I want to let everyone know that I opened up Advertising on Webtecker.  I promise you there will be no change on the content that will be produced.  Check out the Advertise page now to view what is available.

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Over the past few months I’ve been trying to find a new ways to advertise and make money for this site in order to cover the hosting and advertising costs. While Searching I found the TNX ad network.

TNX offers an easy way for advertisers to place contextual ads and offers publishers the opportunity to earn TNX points which can be used for various purposes simply by displaying TNX text ad links on their pages. Joining TNX is free for publishers and TNX has made it a simple to join, you only input the most basic information. Publishers and Advertisers can register at here. TNX has a promo by which you get a 5,000 points free by posting on the DigitalPoint forums.

Advertiser

After getting the 5,000 points I started an advertising campaign using TNX. I’ve placed 1,650 links for this month on various sites using keywords I wanted to rank higher for. What I really liked about TNX for advertisers is that you can select the PR of pages on which links should be placed, but you cannot select the websites you want them to be placed on. A problem I found is that some of the links I placed aren’t being displaying on some of the websites, but I am apparently being charged for them.

Publisher

As a publisher, I enjoyed the TNX system. You get 3000 points for a PR4 page, 1200 points for a PR3 page, 300+ points for a PR2 page. So if you have a site with lots of PR3+ pages, you can make a lot of points every month. Just review the links being placed though. A lot of spam links show up on pages with high PR. That is the only problem I see with TNX, but since you can delete the links that you don’t want its not that big of a problem. You can redeem points for cash payment to PayPal accounts. The “exchange-rate” is currently at $0.78 for every 1000 points.

Affiliate Program

TNX has an affiliate program where you get points based on what your affiliate referrals do. There’s a 13.3% payout percentage from the earnings of the websites of users you directly refer.

Signup today and comment below what you think of this service.

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Today password strength is extremely important to keep your data secure. As web developers/designers we need a way to show our users the strength of their password. Below is a list that will allow you to add a Password Strength meter to your website.

• Password Strength Meter like Google - This script is built with no framework. It works based on a point value that as you use different variations of letters, numbers and symbols your password will be stronger. This script is completely free to use on any project you wish.
  
• Password Meter - Password Meter is built on top of the EXT JavaScript library. It has a very nice animated meter that goes up as you type. It does all of the normal checking of the different variations of upper/lower case letters, numbers and symbols.
  
• Password Strength Meter - This Password Strength Meter is based on a point system. Its main goal is to help the end user with a stronger password. It is very detailed and it might be over detailed but it is one of the best I’ve seen. It is also written with no framework.
  
• ColdFusion Password Strength - This Password Strength meter works fairly well. When you first type in the password field it tells you what you need to make a strong password. Since I haven’t seen another ColdFusion Password Strength scripts I think this would be a nice add for ColdFusion Developers.
  
• Prototype/Scriptaculous Password Strength Meter - This script is written with prototype and scriptaculous. It is a very strong password strength script works very similar to all the others. It uses a point system to calculate the strength of your password.
  
• JQuery Password Strength Meter - Password Strength Meter is a jQuery plug-in that provides a smart algorithm to detect a passwords strength. The Password strength works on a point structure that if you pass a certain test than more points will be added and in turn your password will be more secure.
  
• Another JQuery Password Strength Meter - JQuery password strength meter is a small plugin to jQuery that provides an easy way to show the strength of a user’s (intended) password. It is very easy to implement and I think you should check it out.
  

If you have any more scripts please comment below.

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This is another fun post, as I am currently working on a free Premium Wordpress Theme for all to download. Anyway, I found this website Speedtest that will track how fast you type.  Lets have a fun challenge lets see what you get.  Comment below your Words per Minute.

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So you wanna suck at web design? Then read this guide to help achieve your goal.

1. Call yourself a web designer when your only client is your mom.
2. Learn web design from Myspace.
3. You must build your site with tons of Javascript effects.
4. Only build your websites using Front Page.
5. Use Frames on every website you build.
6. Make sure the graphics/photos you use on your website are all pixelated.
7. You must use very annoying animated gifs.
8. Build your website with no clear or consistent navigation structure.
9. Use tons of colors and fonts on your website.
10. Play music or video on your website that you can’t turn off.
11. Put pop-ups on your site.
12. Put a Flash intro with no skip button

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