With just a little jQuery code, you can easily develop and seamlessly implement your own plugin to extend the jQuery library. Excerpted from:Extend jQuery with Your Very Own Plugin

Automated language translation services are freely available on the Web, but how good are they? Rob Gravelle finds out. Credit:Accessing Language Translation Web Services in Plain English

After you get through the initial setup, using the open source MySQL database with Microsoft’s ASP.NET is extremely easy. Here is the original: Using MySQL with Your ASP.NET Applications

Search engine optimization (SEO) helps search engines display your web site in their search results. Keywords are an important piece of the SEO puzzle. Here is the original: Search Engine Optimization: Selecting and Embedding Keywords

Are web-based translation services good enough for professional applications? Explore the features in Google’s Language Translation services to find out. Go here to read the rest: Are Google’s Language Translation Web Services Ready for Prime Time?

Meeplace is a business review script and content management system that you can install to turn your site into a professional review site, similar to sites like Yelp. See the original post: Installing and Using Meeplace, the Business Review CMS

Using ASP.NET and a database, you can create an electronic newsletter and send it to multiple recipients at once. Read more: Sending an HTML and Plain Text E-newsletter with ASP.NET, Part 2

To input text in languages other than your keyboard default on Windows platforms, you’ll need to do some tweaking. Learn how to enable various International Unicode Keyboards in Windows XP. Credit:Create Multilingual Web Sites with Windows Unicode Fonts

One Open Source CMS that stands out above the rest for small businesses and personal networks is the Elgg open source “social engine,” which can be used to create social applications. Scott Clark shows you how to install and get started with this social networking CMS. Originally posted here: Installing the Elgg Social Networking CMS

When the HTTP protocol was designed, it was assumed that data transmission would be secure. Times have changed and network security has become much more important to us, especially for certain tasks. Sukrit Dhandhania shows you how to set up Secure Sockets Layer. Source:Setting up an SSL Certificate in Apache

CSS 3 is well on its way and promises some amazing features, including scrollable divs. There are several implementations of custom scrollbars, but the following implementation works across all popular browsers and supports scrolling with the mouse wheel. Excerpt from:Custom Scrollbars with CSS

Want to give your website a more broad appeal and increase readership? Who doesn’t?! Your site could benefit by introducing some non-English material. Today’s article will focus on various tools that you’ll need to produce multilingual HTML documents. Read more from the original source: Increase Site Traffic by Including Multi-language Content in Your Web Page

Have you ever wanted to use the profile object in ASP.NET to store the user’s profile information for later retrieval and usage? Joydip Kanjilal shows you how to work with the authentication and profile services using Ajax. Original post: Working with Authentication and Profile Services Using Ajax

This fourth article the Globalize your Web Applications series deals with something that’s at the forefront of your web apps: the character sets. More specifically, we’ll be taking a look at the Universal Character Set (UCS) and its role in creating multilingual web pages. The rest is here: Globalize your Web Applications: The Universal Character [...]

Scott Clark was lucky enough to get a sneak peek at vBulletin 4.0 Publishing Suite, which is a big step up from an ordinary discussion forum; in fact, it’s a complete publishing system. Learn about the main features and find out why Scott gives it a thumbs up. Original post: vBulletin Publishing Suite 4.0: Not [...]