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Dev-Tips Turning 1 Soon, Big Giveaway Bash Planned!

On January 6, 2010, Dev-Tips turns one year old. It's hard for me to believe it's been almost a year now that Dev-Tips has been up and running with quality web development articles from numerous authors. There are so many great people and readers that got us this far, that we'd like to plan a giant giveaway and need your help! Read on to find out how you can get in on the fun!

Below are the items that have been kindly donated so far.I will update the list below as they (hopefully!) continue to come in.

• PHP Reference Book by Mario Lurig (Print Edition).
• Spotify Invites (for the free version, no monthly fees!) and a $25 Amazon Gift Card. donated by BeCreativeMagazine.
• FREE PSD to XHTML Conversion (Homepage and one contact page!) a retail price of $123 by Hidden Pearls.
• 3 Month TUTS+ Subcription courtesy of Envato.
• $50 Credit to any one of the following Envato Marketplaces: ActiveDen, AudioJungle, ThemeForest, VideoHive, GraphicRiver, 3dOcean, or CodeCanyon courtesy of Envato.
• Paperback Edition of AJAX and PHP: Building Modern Web Applications 2nd Edition courtesy of PacktPub
• PDF Edition of Digging into WordPress courtesy of DigWP
• One standard premium account for Are My Sites Up? courtesy of Chris Coyier.
• Hard copy of Beginning Zend Framework courtesy of Apress Publishing.
• PDF Version of Beginning Python: From Novice to Professional, Second Edition courtesy of Apress Publishing

Giveaways

We've had some amazing success in the past with book and web development related giveaways, and we'd love to do it again this year! We've been contacted by some great people and are planning on having frequent book reviews and giveaways for the next year on Dev-Tips.

Giveaway Items Needed!

If you have any kind of web development related product or item that you'd like to contribute to the giveaway, please get in touch with us! We are in desperate need of giveaway items, and we'd love to give you some free traffic, so if you have anything at all let us know!

Some items we are looking for (but not limited to):

• Web Dev or Design Books
• Software or Scripts
• Templates or Designs
• Discounts to web apps or memberships to programs

If Dev-Tips has helped you out in anyway at all, please consider donating an item to the giveaway, or making a donation below. We don't ask often, and donations and a small amount of advertisements are what keeps us going.

Submit an Item/Product for the giveaway

To submit an item for the giveaway, please contact us through this form with the subject line of "One Year Giveaway".

All persons who donate an item or product to the giveaway will receive full credit and promotion on Dev-Tips.

Make a Donation

To make a donation to Dev-Tips, simply use the donation button below.

If you make a donation and don't mind me letting me know, I will be sure to credit and link everyone who does this also, as it's the least I can do. If you'd rather stay anonymous that's fine too.

A Giant Thank You!

A big thank you to all of the readers who stuck with us throughout our first year, we've seen solid growth every month and have bigger and better things planned for 2010! Have a wonderful New Year!

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