It’s a really easy function to that copies remote picture into local folder. You can just use PHP copy() directly, but this function does little more than that, enjoy. function grab_remote_pic($new_file_name, $local_dir_path, $remote_picture_url) { if(!is_dir($local_dir_path)){ //create new dir if doesn't exist mkdir($local_dir_path); } $local_file_path = $local_dir_path .'/'.$new_file_name; if(copy($remote_picture_url, $local_file_path)) { return true; } } Usage : //grab_remote_pic(NEW FILE NAME, LOCAL SAVE PATH, REMOTE IMAGE URL) grab_remote_pic('new_file_name.gif', 'home/path/to/local/images/', 'http://graph.facebook.com/1442161041/picture?width=120&height=120');

This tutorial collection features basic Photoshop & Illustrator drawing techniques to advance coloring and Shading . If  you are good with pencil and paper, why not make your own cartoon and transform your work into digital art. You just need to learn how to effectively use modern digital tools & techniques. This is a collection of 20 old and new tutorials focusing specifically on creating cartoon objects and characters. These wealth of tutorials will help you understand how professionals work & use their skills to adopt to different situations, and will immensely improve your design skills.

Today we are going to create an image upload and resize script with a progress bar. This is an extension of my previous tutorial about image upload and resize script using jQuery and PHP, I suggest you go though that tutorial, because only thing we are going to add here is a progress-bar.

Google says 97% of consumers search for local businesses like yours online using Google places, and when they do, are you really there to grab your share of customers? Only focusing on optimizing content for your business website and competing for Google search ranking is just not enough. People need to know exactly where your business is located and how your office / hotel/ restaurant building looks like from the roof top. Google places is a free service from Google and you should be taking advantage of it already…