Running your own server can seem like a duanting task. Many webmasters find themselves crunched for time as it is with design and maintenance issues. This article will cover the basics of obtaining and maintaining your own server.

In this UNIX tutorial, I'll run you through some of the basic commands you will need to get started when you decide to tackle command line.

Unlike most Unix command tutorials, I'll throw in some desktop shots so can see the end result of an action. If you want to follow along, you'll need an SSH client (again - we use PUTTY) to connect to your server.

This is just a quick and easy tutorial on how to connect to a remote system via SSH (secure shell). It is intended to outline the basic connection process for my other tutorials that may require it.

We'll use a client called PUTTY to do this since most of my tutorials include screenshots from that program.

Visit this link to download PUTTY.

Now that you understand the basic 'components' of a dedicated server, we can start looking for a host. In my experience, I have run across a few resellers that just didn't quite make the cut, so you need to keep your eyes and internet ears open to suggestion.

This photoshop tutorial will show you how to use an existing handwriting font to create a more realistic handwritten look. You can make just about any font look like it was written with a marker.

When working with Photoshop a lot of the tasks involve making selections. You can't make changes to just one part of the picture, until you can isolate that part of the picture. Fortunately, Photoshop provides individuals with plenty of tools for making selections, refining those selections, and working with those selections. This Photoshop tutorial is aimed at showing multiple ways for making selections easily.