How to Save an html web site and load it up on your local host

C:\Program Files (x86)\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs put your files in there
then go to your browser, http://localhost/filename.html
Note: You have to type this in browser. Double clicking in file explorer might not work.
This is useful when you test your Dreamwaver code in an IE browser and it doesn't work, you could load it up directly on localhost and it will work.

Photoshop Basics

Expanding the Canvas
Shortcut 'C' to select the crop tool
Then Shift+Alt to resize from the centre

Zoom in on MAC: Command +
Lasso - l key
Marquee - m key
Quick way to find your layer you want: mouse over a layer, alt+right click

Make a duplicate copy of a layer - alt+shift+right drag

Control + D to deselect

Control + T to transform

Use quick mask to do a selection

Press D to go back to default colour

Press Q for quick mask mode

Press B for Brush tool

Then gently paint over the area you want

Once you are done, press Q to exit Quick mask and leave the area selected

How to change the colour for a specific area:

Do all the steps of quick mask above

Click on the adjustments panel > Hue/Saturation > Properties tab > mask > invert > Hue/Saturation tab > tick the colorise box > change the brightness/hue/etc.

Click on the quick mask tool (just below the colour on the left) 

Unable to change theme colour in Magento

"What you can do is check that settings is not overrided on different scope level like website or store view
Scope switch is located in top left corner of Configuration page
More info about scopes - http://queldorei.com/faq.html#basic_6"

Command to login ssh

You may not be able to unzip a file via ftp.

Log into ssh using
ssh username@serverName.com
then unzip

Where do I add a Meta tag for Magento?

Just edit app\design\frontend\default\default\template\page\html\head.phtml and add the custom meta tags in there. Or maybe the path is different if you set up a new template for your website (maybe app\design\frontend\yourtemplate\default\template\page\html\head.phtml)
or
Please go to System > Configuration > Design > Html Head and edit “Miscellaneous scripts” field. Unfortunately this works only for static information / meta-tags.


See more about SEO on Magento:
http://www.screenpages.com/about/articles/seo-in-magento

What file contained these SQL database connection variables in Magento?

 /app/etc/local.xml

Start the FTP Server in OS X

Start the FTP Server in OS X

This will start a generic FTP and FTPS server on the Mac, but not an SFTP server:

• Launch the Terminal (/Applications/Utilities) and enter the following command to start the FTP server:
sudo -s launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ftp.plist
• Confirm the FTP server works by typing:
ftp localhost


Create an FTP user and set up an FTP password