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Have you ever wondered what it takes to power your favorite websites? In this inforgraphic we take a look at some datacenter history, today's largest datacenteres, and some of today's greenest datacenters. A datacenter is a facility that is designed and built specifically to house computers, storage arrays, and telecommunications (networking) systems. Some datacenters have incredible security measures to protect what is inside, and the largest datacenters are known to use more electricity than entire towns. Exact locations of datacenters are generally kept secret for security, but here are some interesting facts about them.

As new CSS properties are becoming more widely supported designers are combining tools to create amazing websites that were once only feasible in Flash. This

6th May 2013 | Posted by Eko S. | No Comments You're excited- you've just had a great idea for a new blog, and you can't wait to get started. With all the specialized software, online tools, and design-based mobile apps available today, you'd think that pulling together a design project would be simple, right?

As WordPress matures into a full-fledged CMS and more and more large online publishers come to rely on the platform, the practice of developing and deploying websites becomes increasingly important. High-profile members of the WordPress community, such as core developer Mark Jaquith and Cristi Burca, have spoken on the topic and built tools such as WP-CLI and WP Stack to improve the professionalism of our administration and deployment.

If you're into social networks, you probably are on two of the biggest platforms, Facebook and Twitter. Trying to catch up on tweets can be a time-consuming task, but if you can't help but get your daily dose of tweets, why not try getting them in a different way. Rather ...

PowerShell is Microsoft's task automation framework, consisting of a command-line shell, an integrated scripting environment (ISE), a scripting language built on .NET Framework, an API allowing you to host PowerShell in your .NET applications, and it is a distributed automation platform. PowerShell provides full access to COM and WMI, enabling you to perform tasks on both local and remote Windows systems. PowerShell is a new breed platform for automation, in that it solves administration and adaptability challenges by seamlessly integrating the .NET Framework. It's good for developers, administrators, testers and more. Based on .NET, the tool drives down costs, while providing developers and administrators a simple and enterprise-ready way to automate, measure and improve all of their processes.

We are back with another freebie, the team of Freepik, our friends from sunny Spain, put together exclusively for you, Noupe's readership. Today we have 200 symbols compiled together in a "Flat Icon Set" for you to download. All these little pictograms stick to the principles of flat design, a major trend in design right now. You can use them freely for any type of project, but you can only get them here…

These days, a necessary tool of the trade for both professional and amateur visual artists, such as graphic designers, web developers, photographers, digital artists, etc., is an online presence; and that is usually achieved with a personal or professional portfolio site. So today we are bringing you a selection of powerful, usable, free WordPress portfolio themes that are all highly customizable for experienced coders, but also just as usable as they are for non-coders. Portfolium Neat and flexible grid-based theme for WordPress, Portfolium can be used on portfolio websites or blogs. Take full advantage of Portfolium's fresh, minimalistic design that is perfect as is, or as a foundation for your custom design.

Unless you are really HTML-savvy, writing articles directly using HTML is not ideal. First, you have to wrap the content properly with the tags in order to format it, and secondly you will have to go back and forth from your code editor to the browser to see how it looks. If you are a frequent web writer, I think it's better for you to write using Markdown. Markdown allows you to write content in plain text that later can be translated into a valid HTML format, and with the help of a tool, you can instantly see the output.

Parallax scroll has become mainstream, Ian Coyle created the very first parallax website for Nike "Nike Better World" on 2011, nowadays it is overused as a trendy effect but it is a great tool if it serves the user experience and is perfect for storytelling websites. The term is derived from the Greek παράλλαξις (parallaxis), meaning "alteration". Nearby objects have a larger parallax than more distant objects when observed from different positions, so parallax scrolling can be used to determine distances.

If you're looking to build any top of business online, growing a mailing list should be a priority. However, with so much spam and unwanted email in most inboxes it can be a challenge to convince your website visitors to subscribe to your list. Fortunately, there are some really effective tools that can make your list building efforts exponentially more effective. If you're a WordPress user there are a number of quality plugins available that have been created specifically to help with building a mailing list. In this article we'll take a look at some of the best plugins that can turn your list building frustrations into success.

People who have managed their own startup or websites online will know the stressors which come along through the job. It will require some finesse and a lot of research online. To install a CMS, create your own theme, back up the database, and fix bugs will require a whole toolbox of knowledge. But there are some helpful resources to be found online which may expedite the process of creating new website launches.

My sponsor Treehouse has not only an excellent video tutorial service, but also an insightful blog. I wanted to feature a few of the posts I found most useful -- hopefully you get something out of them!