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IconsPedia is a site with many icons free for download. Check the license first to see if you can use it for the purpose you want it for (some have conditions - not for commercial use, and/or must attribute (give credit to) the author). You can also upload any icons that you have produced (as long as they are free).

.NET Cheat Sheets includes ".NET Format String Quick Reference", "ASP.NET 2.0 Page Life Cycle & Common Events", "Visual Studio 2005 Built-in Code Snippets (C#)" as well as links to several more.

It is possible to implement a tabbing system without needing to use JavaScript. All you need is CSS and standard (X)HTML. The downside is that you won't get styling on the active tab to indicate that it is active. CSS: div.tabcontainer { width: 500px; background: #eee; border: 1px solid #000000; } ul.tabnav { list-style-type: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 100%; overflow: hidden; } ul.tabnav a { display: block; width: 100%; } ul.tabnav a:hover { background: #ccc; } ul.tabnav li { float: left; width: 125px; margin: 0; padding: 0; text-align: center; } div.tabcontents { height: 290px; background: #ccc; overflow: hidden; border-top: 1px solid #011; padding: 3px; } div.tabcontents div.content { float: left; width: 100%; height: 102%; overflow-y: auto; } div.tabcontents div.content h2 { margin-top: 3px; } HTML: <div class="tabcontainer"> <ul class="tabnav"> <li><a href="#tab1">Tab 1</a...

In PHP, it is possible to get a list of files and folders and save them into an array: PHP: List files in a directory . Building on this, I have added recursion to the dirList function detailed in the aforementioned link: /** * Return a list of all files within a directory * * @param string $directory The directory to search * @param bool $recursive Go through child directories as well * @return array */ function dirList($directory, $recursive = true) { // create an array to hold directory list $results = array(); // create a handler for the directory $handler = opendir($directory); // keep going until all files in directory have been read while (false !== ($file = readdir($handler))) { // if $file isn't this directory or its parent, // add it to the results array if ($file != '.' && $file != '..') { // if the file is a directory // add contents of that directory if(is_dir($directory.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.$file) && $recurs...

I'm sure some may already do this, but compressing textual content can save bandwidth but also make it easier to maintain (by just including a php file instead of a CSS or JavaScript one). For example, create a file jquery.php in the same directory as JavaScript files: <?php ob_start("ob_gzhandler"); header("Content-Type: text/javascript"); include("jquery-1.2.6.min.js") ?> Then include it instead of the normal JavaScript file: <script type="text/javascript" src="/js/jquery.php"></script> It's simple to maintain and could be improved (for example, some kind of caching). CSS files can also be used: <?php ob_start("ob_gzhandler"); header("Content-Type: text/css"); include("styles.css") ?>

Not web related, but possibly of interest. thumbs.db is a file that caches the thumbnails of images stored within a folder. There are tools for deleting these files, but they are often through the use of an application to be downloaded or installed. There is an easy way to do this without resorting to that, just by using the command prompt. del *thumbs.db /s /ah This will delete all files (and folders) ending in thumbs.db (e.g. myappthumbs.db), so don't run this if you are unsure (or run it in a folder other than C:\). The /ah parameter searches hidden files and folders as well (so you may get access denied on C:\RECYCLER) Disclaimer: Be very careful with this as a typo could prove disastrous. Do not run this if you are not completely sure and don't have a backup if a mistake is made.