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Posted: 30 Dec 2009 03:10 AM PST

Every time the videos that we see on a website gets stored on our local disk in the form of cache. Most of us don't know about it and we simply start downloading a new copy of the same watched video with the help of some software. Why we need to wait again if already we have downloaded the video?

So, today I will introduce an utility which can help you to take the cache from your browser and copy to your desktop or local disk.

Video cache viewer:

Video cache viewer is the utility that can help you to take the copy of videos seen to your desktop. Usually after watching a video the file is stored in the browser cache. This utility can help you to extract the video file from the cache and save it for watching in future. Note that all videos aren’t stored in the cache, but most of them does.

This video cache viewer automatically scans the entire cache of the Internet Explorer and Mozilla based web browser and find if any video cache (video file) are stored in your browser's cache. If the cache is present, then it will display in the video cache application window.

The displayed cache or video files can be easily moved into our local desktop for further use. So, you never get worried about downloading the same watched video again.

Using Video Cache viewer:

This utility is available in two types, one is install/uninstall support and another is without installation i.e. standalone application. Run any one of the application, after running the application you will see some options, but we don't need all those. We need only "Play selected File" and "Copy selected Files To…" option.

Play Selected File: This option allows you to play the selected File there only. Note that firstly we need to configure the video player that must supports or play the *.flv format file.

Copy Selected File: This is the most used option, which is available in the video cache viewer. This option helps you to make copy of the selected file (video files) to our local drives to play the video for later use.

The above two options are the most used option, but in this post we will try to cover all other options too for better understanding.

Open Download URL in Browser: This option helps you to open the web-page where the selected video is downloaded.

Delete Selected Cache Files: Deletes the selected cache file from the browser.

Export Selected Items: This helps you to save the information about the video in *.txt format.

Refresh: If currently watched video is not present in the cache list, then just make use of the Refresh option, it will display that video in the list.

Properties: Displays the property of the selected video.

Find: If the cache list is too big, then use the find option to search the video file.

Exit: Exit the cache viewer application.

I hope this post helps in minimize download task and don’t forget to share your opinion after using this application.

Download Link: Video cache viewer

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Create your own themes without having HTML and CSS knowledge

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 10:45 PM PST

Are you a blogger and interested in making your own professional looking themes for your blogs ? but don't have a technological knowledge about creating theme ? it's ok, now it is possible to create your own theme without know anything about css and html knowledge. This can be made possible with the Artisteer software the one and only Web design automation product. This post explains how we can create our own template with the help of Artisteer software.

Most of the blogger have there own dream towards there blog design but it is not possible to achieve as they dream because they may don't have the knowledge about the Css and Html. But now there dream can be converted into themes without knowing the html and css with the help of Artisteer software. Yes, it's true we can make theme with the artisteer.

Artisteer:

Artisteer is the first first and only Web designing product that can create a themes for you as you wish with the help of Artisteer we can create theme for most blogging platforms such as Joomla templates, Drupal themes, Wordpress themes, DotNetNuke skins, and Blogger templates .

The above image is the screenshot of Artisteer software. It looks similar to the Microsoft word using the Artisteer software we don't need any technical knowledge because the software is designed in such a way they any one can easily understand the function of this software.

This software contains 11 tabs. These tabs are the main working areas in the software They are Ideas, Colors & Fonts , Layout , Background, Sheet, Header, Menu, Articles, Blocks, Buttons, Footer. We will explain the functions one by one.

Ideas:

Suggest Design: The suggest clicking on the "Suggest Design" option you will get theme suggestion that it goes on changing the themes what they have in the software. You won't get unlimited number of themes but it can able to display some amount of themes what the software contains. In the above image you can see one theme is displaying after clicking on "Suggest theme" option the theme is changed to next theme. The Suggest Design option is used only for the purpose of the changing the theme.

Suggest Colors: The suggest color options goes on suggesting the color of the theme i.e in the first screen shot you may see the white+blue+gray color theme when you when on the suggest colors the theme color may changed to black+read+blue. When go on clicking the suggest colors may go on changing the color combination of the theme. It only changes the color combination of the theme but not theme as in Suggest Design option.

Suggest Fonts: The suggest fonts works same as suggest colors option but it changes only fonts not color.

Suggest Layout: The suggest Layout option goes on changing the layout design of the theme. For example the first image which contains the white theme with one sidebar if you click on suggest Layout property the layout of the theme is changed to some other layout i.e the sidebar may moved to left or two sidebar may comes in this way it goes on changing different property.

Suggest Background: The suggest background helps in changing the background color of the theme without making any changes in the theme it just changes only background color of the them making all the things constants.

Suggest Sheets: This works like a style sheet. It going on change some looking property.

Suggest Header: It changes the headers of the theme means it change background images of the header to another images with different sizes of images.

Suggest Menu: Changes the menu placement, structure and etc . This property deals with menu item.

Suggest Article Design: This goes on dealing with the title property, tags etc

Suggest Blocks: This changes the blocks design structure for example the sidebar blocks design pattern goes changing when you start clicking.

Suggest Buttons: If the theme contains any buttons then you can change the button appearance with the suggest button.

Suggest Footer: This property changes the footer display style.

This completes the Idea Tab. I think you will get some knowledge about Idea tab.

Colors & Fonts:

The above image of the colors and fonts tab. This tab gives the more option which is used in the Idea tab for more customization. You can see the same option which is available in the Idea tab but here it goes in depth option means you can find more property which is not displayed in Idea tab.

For example you can see the above image which is the property of "Color Themes" this option works same as Suggest Colors: option which is available in the Idea tab here is the we can easily choose the properties. All other option available in this tab gives more option so that we can easily customize our theme.

All the other tabs i.e layout, background etc which provide the same functions which are explained in the Idea tab but here they give more property or for every there they will displays the dropdown menu as showing in the color Themes option in the above image.

Official Videos:

Introduction to Artisteer

Working with Artisteer

Pros:

Easily create themes for any blogging platform.
Easy to use
No need to have a technical knowledge
professional looking theme can be created
We can add personal images in the header what we see in most professional blogs

Cons:

Slow: If you click to change the theme color then you may need to wait for 5 to 8 sec of time to change
Cannot able to change the size of the sidebar or content area.
You cannot able to apply any creativity to design. All are fixed you need to work within that boundary itself.

This software is only recommended for those peoples who don't have the knowledge of theme creation. This software is not for the people are who the some what css and html language because those peoples can create there own theme with there own creativity.

Download Link: Artisteer software

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