Archive for April, 2009

Outlook 2007 – Move an Offline Folder File (.ost)

Sunday, April 26th, 2009

Move an Offline Folder file (.ost)

If you work offline with Outlook or use Cached Exchange Mode with Microsoft Exchange Server, you can change the location of the local Offline Folder file (.ost) to a different folder or hard disk drive.

  1. Exit Outlook.
  2. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
  3. Double-click Mail, and then click E-mail Accounts.
  4. Click Show Profiles, and then select the profile that contains the .ost file.
  5. Click Properties, and then click Data Files. (more…)

How To Create A Favicon In Photoshop

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

Original Author: Jennifer Apple of PhotoshopSupport.com
Comment:  This is a very well written article by Jennifer for those who want to create custom “FavIcons” for your website.

Create a Favicon for your Website

Adobe Photoshop tutorial - Favicon.ico — How To Create A Favicon In PhotoshopA Favicon is a little custom icon that appears next to a website’s URL in the address bar of a web browser. They also show up in your bookmarked sites, on the tabs in tabbed browsers, and as the icon for Internet shortcuts on your desktop or other folders in Windows. And when I say little, I mean 16 pixels by 16 pixels. So if you like a good design challenge try your hand at this one.

All you need to add a Favicon to your site is a Windows Icon (.ico) file usually called favicon.ico that you upload to the main directory of your website. Nowadays, most browsers besides Internet Explorer can use a GIF (including animated ones) or PNG (including full transparency) instead. But since all browsers including IE understand the .ico format, and because it’s got a lot of intriguing features that GIFs and PNGs don’t, read on to find out how to make one. (more…)