When I first started using Expression Blend, I was a little thrown off by the zoom function when I srcrolled my mouse.
While it Is a cool feature, you may prefer to set the scroll on your mouse to...... well.......scroll. :0)

Here's how:

Go to the top menu and choose:

Edit > Options > General or Ctrl + k

When the dialog box appears selct:

"Verticl Scrolling" under the "Mose Wheel" section.

Then select: ...

New Button

New Button

Often times, especially when designing a web application with a developer, there will be a need to automate things. One of these is to develop a button or series of buttons that are dynamic and will fit most any text.

Here is a pretty easy way to do this using css.

For starters you'll want to design your button. Click here for a post on creating a web 2.0 button.

This ...

In this post we'll discuss how to Exclude Your IP from Google Analytics.

To start log in to your analytics account.

Go to to top lefthand side of the screen and select, "Analytics Settings".

Next on the bottom right hand side of the page select, "Filter Manager".

Then on the right hand side of the content box click on , "Add Filter".

You can now name your filter, choose pre-defined or custom, and choose what ...

In this we'll discuss how to disable or override embedded blog styles in Sitefinity.

When you implement certain controls in Sitefiinty, like the Blogs module, the styles are saved in a web resource file and are untouchable.

An easy way around this is to override those styles using your main style sheet.

To do this simply copy the style from the web resources file and paste it into you main style sheet.

Then ...

How to create a Web 2.0 Button in Adobe Fireworks

To start select the Rounded Rectangle tool and draw a rectangle approx 148px wide by 31px Tall.

Next Click on the fill color and select: Fill Options > Gradient.

Choose your colors and fading options and press return.

I like to use subtle variants in colors to give a natural look.

Now we are going to edit the rounded corners on the button.

To do ...