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• 10 Designs Inspired by Microsoft’s Metro UI

  Fuel Your Creativity

  Joel Falconer

  25 Jan 2012 | 7:09 pm

  Advertise here via BSA Since Microsoft first unveiled the Metro UI on Windows Phone 7, the rollout has been gradually taking place across every Microsoft product and website. It is the cornerstone of the Windows 8 interface and one of the most notable official uses of Metro UI available now is the excellent implementation on the Xbox 360 dashboard. The new design language has been a refreshing sign that Redmond cares about fixing its messy, bloated and ageing image, and the company is following through and executing. In the process, Metro has picked up a lot of fans in the design…

• The Golden Age of Design in Startups

  Bokardo

  Josh

  5 Dec 2011 | 4:59 am

  I just returned from Dave McClure’s excellent Warm Gun Conference, and I haven’t been this excited to be a designer in a while. The entire event was about design, metrics, and products, and even more importantly the people at the conference were many of the who’s who in Bay Area design. From what I saw and experienced there I daresay there are signs we’re entering a golden age of Design. The evidence: 1. The startups being invested in are designer-led. Take the new Designer Fund that funds startups with designer-founders and helps mentor them. Consider the companies in…

• An Introduction to Concrete5 CMS — Part I

  You The Designer

  Sufyan bin Uzayr

  18 Jan 2012 | 11:59 pm

  When we talk of CMS, the options are plenty. For a start, we can opt for some of the biggest names in the game – WordPress, Drupal or Joomla! However, in this article, we shall take a look at one of the fastest growing and light-weight CMS, that is, Concrete5. Since this is Part I of the two-part series, we shall be familiarizing ourselves with the CMS by taking a look at each of its menus. In the concluding part, we shall delve into deeper details. A BEGINNER’S PRIMER TO Concrete5 Overview Concrete5 is an extremely easy to use CMS that has a fairly simple mode of operation and can be…

• Designing for the Next Step

  Bokardo

  Josh

  16 Jan 2012 | 8:33 am

  Note: this is an excerpt from my forthcoming book Make them Care! In a recent post (Why you should bury the sign up button) I told the story of a redesign I did in which people just didn’t want to click the “sign up” button on the home page, no matter how beautiful or sexy that sign up button was. What I realized from that project is that there are cases in which no amount of visual design will significantly improve the state of things…instead we need to focus on making people care. Here’s another example. On cyber Monday this past November I received an email…

• The UX Research Plan That Stakeholders Love

  Smashing Magazine Feed

  Tomer Sharon

  26 Jan 2012 | 9:35 am

     UX practitioners, both consultants and in house, sometimes conduct research. Be it usability testing or user research with a generative goal, research requires planning. To make sure product managers, developers, marketers and executives (let’s call them stakeholders) act on UX research results, planning must be crystal clear, collaborative, fast and digestible. Long plans or no plans don’t work for people. You must be able to boil a UX research plan down to one page. If you can’t or won’t, then you won’t get buy-in for the research and its results. This article…

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• Designing for the Next Step

  Josh

  16 Jan 2012 | 8:33 am

  Note: this is an excerpt from my forthcoming book Make them Care! In a recent post (Why you should bury the sign up button) I told the story of a redesign I did in which people just didn’t want to click the “sign up” button on the home page, no matter how beautiful or sexy that sign up button was. What I realized from that project is that there are cases in which no amount of visual design will significantly improve the state of things…instead we need to focus on making people care. Here’s another example. On cyber Monday this past November I received an email…

• Design is not Horsepoop

  Josh

  17 Dec 2011 | 6:37 am

  In his impassioned piece Design is Horseshit, YongFook suggests that the increased focus on designers as founders is misguided because design isn’t what makes most startups successful. In my recent post The Golden Age of Design in Startups I was bullish on designers as founders, so I’m here to call bullshit on Yongfook calling bullshit…or something like that. (actually, the idea of “calling bullshit” seems silly to me…why not just respectfully debate a point?) Yongfook’s argument is that design is not the reason why startups are successful. He suggests that…

• More on Burying the Sign Up Button

  Josh

  7 Dec 2011 | 10:49 am

  A couple weeks ago I published Why You Should Bury your Sign Up Button and got some really interesting feedback and comments from folks. One of the more interesting bits was a follow-up post by the folks at Zurb who had experienced the exact same phenomenon…when they took away the “sign up” button and instead put a “learn more” button at the bottom of the page they got a 350% increase in sign ups: Why Burying Sign Up Buttons Helps Get More Sign Ups Think about how counter-intuitive that is at first glance. You take away the call-to-action that says “sign…

• The Golden Age of Design in Startups

  Josh

  5 Dec 2011 | 4:59 am

  I just returned from Dave McClure’s excellent Warm Gun Conference, and I haven’t been this excited to be a designer in a while. The entire event was about design, metrics, and products, and even more importantly the people at the conference were many of the who’s who in Bay Area design. From what I saw and experienced there I daresay there are signs we’re entering a golden age of Design. The evidence: 1. The startups being invested in are designer-led. Take the new Designer Fund that funds startups with designer-founders and helps mentor them. Consider the companies in…

• Why you Should Bury your Sign Up Button

  Josh

  21 Oct 2011 | 9:26 am

  A short while ago I was involved in a project redesigning a home page of a website. I dutifully designed the page in the common fashion, using a bold headline, some bullet points, and a juicy call-to-action button. It was very similar to many of the startup home pages that you might run across every day. The goal of the redesign was to increase conversion on the primary call to action of sign-up. We wanted to double or triple (or more) the number of people who were signing up and trying out the product. I knew the redesign was a vast improvement over the existing one, merely because the page…

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• Limiting The Visibility Of WordPress Posts Via Usernames

  Chris Ellison

  27 Jan 2012 | 7:51 am

     Controlling who is able to view a post is a simple task once the system is established. Limiting access to certain users has several applications, such as enabling a design studio to distribute artwork to its various clients, or enabling a small school to arrange for homework to be posted online using a cheap and easy solution. The easiest method to get this system working is to make the recipients of the information “subscribers” (since they need not be able to post) and the distributors of information “authors” (since they should only be able to edit their own posts).

• The UX Research Plan That Stakeholders Love

  Tomer Sharon

  26 Jan 2012 | 9:35 am

     UX practitioners, both consultants and in house, sometimes conduct research. Be it usability testing or user research with a generative goal, research requires planning. To make sure product managers, developers, marketers and executives (let’s call them stakeholders) act on UX research results, planning must be crystal clear, collaborative, fast and digestible. Long plans or no plans don’t work for people. You must be able to boil a UX research plan down to one page. If you can’t or won’t, then you won’t get buy-in for the research and its results. This article…

• How To Deliver Exceptional Client Service

  Jeremy Girard

  25 Jan 2012 | 8:02 am

     We often hear companies, including Web agencies, boast about how they provide exceptional client service. But how do they define exceptional? Consider this scenario. You are hired to design and develop a new website for a retail client. The client loves the design, and the pages you develop use the latest in HTML5, CSS3 and responsive design, resulting in a website that works wonderfully across browsers and devices. The e-commerce features of the new website help the client significantly increase their online sales, and the entire project is delivered on time and on budget. Now,…

• What Successful Products Teach Us About Web Design

  Yiannis Konstantakopoulos

  24 Jan 2012 | 9:01 am

     Web design is a craft that is constantly evolving and yet also sometimes sabotaged. The moment a design is released, a new version is born. In the beginning, like a baby, it seems vulnerable and weak, but in time it grows up and becomes self-sufficient. Redesigning a website for its own sake doesn’t prove anything; quite the contrary, it reveals a lack of effectiveness on the part of the designer. Product design is a craft in which new versions come to life with increasing difficulty. We can learn a thing or two from it when designing for the Web. First, let’s look at some…

• Introduction To Linux Commands

  Paul Tero

  23 Jan 2012 | 6:02 am

     At the heart of every modern Mac and Linux computer is the “terminal.” The terminal evolved from the text-based computer terminals of the 1960s and ’70s, which themselves replaced punch cards as the main way to interact with a computer. It’s also known as the command shell, or simply “shell.” Windows has one, too, but it’s called the “command prompt” and is descended from the MS-DOS of the 1980s. Mac, Linux and Windows computers today are mainly controlled through user-friendly feature-rich graphical user interfaces (GUIs), with menus, scroll bars and…

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• Building Twitter Bootstrap

  17 Jan 2012 | 3:00 am

  Bootstrap is an open-source front-end toolkit created to help designers and developers quickly and efficiently build great stuff online. Its goal is to provide a refined, well-documented, and extensive library of flexible design components created with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for others to build and innovate on. Today, it has grown to include dozens of components and has become the most popular project on GitHub, with more than 13,000 watchers and 2,000 forks. Mark Otto, the co-creator of Bootstrap, sheds light on how and why Bootstrap was made, the processes used to create it, and how it…

• An Important Time for Design

  17 Jan 2012 | 3:00 am

  Design is on a roll. Client services are experiencing a major uptick in demand, seasoned design professionals are abandoning client work in favor of entrepreneurship, and designer-co-founded startups such as Kickstarter and Airbnb are taking center stage. It’s becoming increasingly difficult to ignore the fact that design has a massive role to play in the evolution of the web and the next generation of web products. The result, says Cameron Koczon, is that designers have now been given a blank check—one that lets web designers band together as a community to change the way design is…

• A Pixel Identity Crisis

  17 Jan 2012 | 3:00 am

  The pixel has long been the atomic particle of screen based design: a knowable, concrete unit of measurement. But layouts based on the hardware pixel are fast becoming an endangered species. Even the introduction of a new, W3C standard reference pixel, although it promises stability in the long-term, can't help us navigate the current chaos. Consider the two "standard" pixel definitions and 500 "standard" viewports your user's Android device may support. To create designs that transcend platform differences—the promise of the web and standards—you must normalize pixels across devices.

• What I Learned About the Web in 2011

  13 Dec 2011 | 1:00 am

  As the year draws to a close, we asked some A List Apart readers to tell us what they learned about the web in 2011. Together their responses summarize the joys and challenges of this magical place we call the internet. We need to continue to iterate, to embrace change, and challenge complexity to keep shipping. Above all, we must continue to reach out to one another, to teach, to support, to help, and to build the community that sustains us.

• Say No to SOPA

  29 Nov 2011 | 2:00 am

  A List Apart strongly opposes United States H.R.3261 AKA the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), an ill-conceived lobbyist-driven piece of legislation that is technically impossible to enforce, cripplingly burdensome to support, and would, without hyperbole, destroy the internet as we know it. SOPA approaches the problem of content piracy with a broad brush, lights that brush on fire, and soaks the whole web in gasoline. If passed, SOPA will allow corporations to block the domains of websites that are “capable of” or “seem to encourage” copyright infringement. Once a domain is blocked,…

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• Create a Post-Apocalyptic Photo-Composition – Tuts+ Premium Tutorial

  Mark Mayers

  27 Jan 2012 | 4:00 pm

  In this Tuts+ Premium tutorial, author Mark Mayers will create a post-apocalyptic photo composition that will take inspiration from movies such as Planet of Apes, where an astronaut finds himself marooned on Earth thousands of years in the future only to find scattered relics of mankind. This tutorial is available exclusively to Tuts+ Premium Members. If you are looking to take your photo composition skills to the next level then Log in or Join Now to get started! View the Tutorial Tuts+ Premium Members can login now for instant access to this tutorial. Membership to Tuts+ Premium gets you…

• How to Create High Quality Metal 3D Text in Photoshop

  Wojciech Pijecki

  26 Jan 2012 | 9:00 am

  Most of you probably know those awesome letters that were generated with 3D programs. But what about when you don’t have any particular program and you need to make 3D typography? This tutorial will show you how to create the 3D text shape and give it a high quality metal look using pure Photoshop. Check it out! Editor’s note: This tutorial was originally published on Psdtuts in December of 2008. Step 1 Let’s start with a new document of 1500 pixel by 1500 pixel, and 300px/inch resolution. Create a new layer, name it "3D TEXT_first." Then grab the Type Tool (T) and…

• Sneak Peek at Adobe Photoshop CS6

  Grant Friedman

  25 Jan 2012 | 6:43 pm

  In this video, Photoshop Senior Product Manager Bryan O’Neil Hughes gives us a sneak at Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw and Adobe Photoshop CS6. The most dramatic change that you will notice from this video might be the darker color of the new interface (although this can be adjusted). What do you think? What features would you like to see in Photoshop CS6 when it is released some time during the first half of 2012?

• Create a Medieval Battle Axe in Photoshop

  Martin Perhiniak

  25 Jan 2012 | 9:00 am

  Photoshop is an excellent tool for manipulating photographs but it can also be used as a means to create stunning digital art. This tutorial is part of a 25-part video tutorial series demonstrating everything you will need to know to start producing digital art in Photoshop. Digital Art for Beginners, by Adobe Certified Expert and Instructor, Martin Perhiniak will begin by teaching you how to draw in Photoshop. At the conclusion of this series you will know all you need to produce your own concept art and matte paintings in Photoshop. Today’s tutorial Part 21: Create a Medieval Battle…

• Quirky and Creative 2D Illustrations and Concept Art

  Grant Friedman

  24 Jan 2012 | 9:00 am

  Concept art plays an important role in the creation of just about any animated movie or video game. In this article we will feature some quirky and creative illustrations and concept art from some amazing artists and illustrators. Let’s take a look! Niddler – The Pirates of Dark Water Easter Goblin Old Yoda Smurf Sighting Beam Me Up Scotty Cockroach Smoko Playtime I Love My Planet Konk – The Pirates of Dark Water The Adventure Of Sanitary Ware Pinocchio-Born With Anger Early Bloom Alien’s Picnic

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• Free Video: iOS Tab bar (UITabBarController)

  Amit Bijlani

  26 Jan 2012 | 2:55 pm

  In this 7 minute video, you will learn the basics of the UITabBarController and how to create one using the Xcode project template. This video is from Treehouse, a high-quality video training site with hundreds of short videos on topics like … Accessibility CSS3 Aesthetic Foundations Django HTML CSS HTML5 iOS Development JavaScript jQuery NoSQL PHP Responsive Web Design Ruby Ruby on Rails UX Version Control WordPress Theme Design New videos are added regularly, so it’s a great way to stay up-to-date on all the latest technology and methods. Browse the entire library of videos.

• Twitter Bootstrap 2.0

  Jason Seifer

  26 Jan 2012 | 8:00 am

  Twitter Bootstrap 2.0 will be coming out January 31st. In the mean time, there is a pre-release you can check out and report on any bugs that you find. Twitter Bootstrap is a great HTML and CSS framework that has been gaining a lot of popularity recently. You can check out sites built with bootstrap on the unofficial Built With Bootstrap tumblr. You can also follow @twbootstrap on Twitter. Here’s some of what’s new in this release: Responsive layout (!) with media queries. New 12 column grid (the old one was 16 columns). Stacked forms are the default. Split button dropdowns. New…

• A New Year, A New Responsive Dribbble Portfolio – Part 1 of 2

  Mat Helme

  26 Jan 2012 | 8:00 am

  What better way to start off the new year than a fresh new Dribbble portfolio?  If you are a designer with minimal coding experience and want to display your Dribbble work in all browser sizes, you have come to the right place.  We will be creating a HTML5 one page portfolio which pulls your Dribbble information and is responsive in all browsers.  This little project will be presented in two parts. Part 1 (this post): HTML/CSS/jQuery set up. Part 2 (coming soon): Convert HTML to PHP and use the Dribbble API to pull your data. Plus IE fixes. The File Structure Let’s dig right in and start…

• Scrolling Made Fun

  Mat Helme

  25 Jan 2012 | 2:00 pm

  Just when you thought scrolling your web page was getting boring. Scrollorama has stepped the scroll game up with this remarkable jQuery Plugin. Scrollorama allows you to manipulate text when you scroll the page. You can do everything from Transitions to Zoom to Parallax. Check out the Scrollorama site to view some great examples and the plugin’s documentation. This Plugin is great for landing pages and highly interactive web applications. Like CSS3 transitions, use your animations sparingly.

• Our new Treehouse Student Plan is live!

  Ryan Carson

  25 Jan 2012 | 3:58 am

  We’ve just released our new Treehouse Student plan and it’s only $9 per month! It’s the equivalent to our Gold plan, which is $49 per month, so you’re saving a massive 82%. Anyone who attends a school, college or university is eligible. After you sign up, we’ll ask you to provide proof of your student program. Benefits include: Unlimited access to our Video Course Library. 450+ videos, more added each week on topics like CSS3, HTML5, JavaScript, iOS, Photoshop and more. All videos downloadable for offline viewing. Unlock Badges to prove your knowledge. Complete…

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• How to Create a Set of Highlighter Brushes for Illustrator

  Vandelay Website Design

  26 Jan 2012 | 6:35 am

  Get a free icon and vector bundle (worth $54) just for subscribing to our weekly newsletter! A few months ago at Vandelay Premier we recently released a set of highlighter brushes for Adobe Illustrator,and in this tutorial we’ll show how you can accomplish the same thing on your own. We’ll scan some lines made by a highlighter and that will give us a nice brush for using whenever highlighter or marker effects are needed. What you will need to complete this tutorial: Highlighter Paper Scanner Adobe Illustrator Step 1: Draw Strokes with a Highlighter Take your highlighter and paper…

• Ultimate Roundup of Photoshop Custom Shapes

  Vandelay Website Design

  25 Jan 2012 | 6:11 am

  Get a free icon and vector bundle (worth $54) just for subscribing to our weekly newsletter! Photoshop presets like brushes and patterns get more attention, but custom shapes can be equally useful. Because custom shapes are vectors, they can be scaled to larger sizes with no decrease in quality. In this post we’ll link to some of the best custom shapes sets that can be downloaded for free. As always when working with freebies, be sure to read the terms of use or license details to make sure that you are using it in accordance with the designer’s guidelines. You may also be…

• Showcase of Outstanding Portfolio Websites

  Vandelay Website Design

  24 Jan 2012 | 6:13 am

  Get a free icon and vector bundle (worth $54) just for subscribing to our weekly newsletter! Portfolio websites are a major marketing tool for most designers and design agencies. The portfolio site allows you to showcase your work, provide information about your services, and receive inquiries from those who are interested in your services. Portfolio sites are often examples of quality design work, as every designer wants to make a positive impression through the design and usability of the portfolio site. In this post we’ll showcase 30 fresh examples of well-designed portfolio sites…

• 25 Amazing Nightscape Photographs

  Vandelay Website Design

  23 Jan 2012 | 6:20 am

  Get a free icon and vector bundle (worth $54) just for subscribing to our weekly newsletter! The same scene captured in a photo at night will have a completely different feel than one taken during the day. Night photos can be intriguing and amazing, but the low levels of light make them a challenge to master. In this post we’ll showcase 25 examples of beautiful nightscape photos taken by various photographers. To see any of them in a larger size simply click on the image to be directed to the source. You may also be interested in Showcase of Night Photography. Photo credit: Byrd…

• 7 Keys to Effective Blog Re-Designs

  Vandelay Website Design

  19 Jan 2012 | 6:13 am

  Get a free icon and vector bundle (worth $54) just for subscribing to our weekly newsletter! Many blogs get re-designed every couple of years, if not more frequently. Re-designing a blog brings a number of challenges because more content is being added to the site all the time, new types of content may have been introduced since the last design, and the priorities and goals of blogs often change or evolve over time. This means that when re-designing a blog you’ll need to take some time before jumping into the design work in order to think about how to prioritize the right content, how…

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• Does Facebook Timeline Make Sense For You?

  FreelanceSwitch.com

  27 Jan 2012 | 9:00 am

  I have yet to adopt the new Facebook Timeline interface. I don’t want to. I’m comfortable with using Facebook the way it is, thank-you-very-much. When I found this post on mashable about how to revert back to Facebook classic, I knew I wasn’t alone in wishing some things would just stay the same. I know I probably sound like a curmudgeon to you, but honestly, when things I use on a constant basis—like Facebook—go through an “upgrade” it’s all I can do to not pout. They say they are making their product more user friendly, but all change has a learning curve. I’m a busy…

• Interview with Freelance Marketer Danny Iny

  FreelanceSwitch.com

  27 Jan 2012 | 7:00 am

  Want to boost your profile? Add additional income streams to your freelancing business? Release your own self published book? It’s time to have a chat with author and freelance marketer Danny Iny. He quit school at the age of fifteen to start his first freelance web design business. The only problem with it was that it didn’t work. He then tried several other businesses, continually pushing himself. A lot of hard work and devotion paid off. Soon he saw himself guest lecturing at the John Molson School of Business at Concordia University, making a good income from his blog Firepole…

• Make Time for YOU – Part Two

  FreelanceSwitch.com

  26 Jan 2012 | 10:00 am

  It’s the beginning of the year and things are slow. You are hustling to get work and the work that comes your way you don’t feel you can turn down. By the time summer rolls around, you have been working your butt off and let things—like life outside of your office—go by the wayside. Having a life outside of your job is incredibly important. Spending time with your family and friends, as well as making time for your hobbies keep you grounded, energized, and overall happy. I really loved the ideas these entrepreneurs shared with Inc.com on how to get a life outside of your job. Here are…

• 9 Steps to Starting Your Freelance Web Design Business

  FreelanceSwitch.com

  26 Jan 2012 | 9:00 am

  So, you want to be a freelance web designer? Ah, the glamor of it all. Your own boss, answering only to the call of your creative muse… get up, feel inspired, do some work, go for a walk, laugh knowingly with other freelancers who have also discovered The Secret of: high profile projects, the big bucks, expensive coffee, conferences in glamorous European cities, laughing at the corporate rats you’ve left behind… enjoying the high life that you so richly deserve. Hurrah! Or… welcome to a world of uncertainty, of irregular income, of blurred lines between work and home. Where,…

• 5 Pros and Cons of Freelance Job Marketplaces

  FreelanceSwitch.com

  26 Jan 2012 | 7:00 am

  Online job marketplaces are billion dollar businesses today, ducking the recent recession and expanding at a tremendous rate. No wonder then that more and more sites open up every day catering to a small niche of freelancers. The two biggest general online job marketplaces are Elance and oDesk, but there are many smaller ones which are specialized, offering differentiated options for freelancer. These marketplaces have potential to add value at every stage of a freelancer’s career. While online job marketplaces are a current trend worthy of your attention, you should consider the pros…

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• Creative Uses of Illustration in Web Design

  Nousheen Aquil

  26 Jan 2012 | 3:00 am

     Using illustration in web design has become quite trendy these days. People love to see beautifully designed illustration based websites because they stand out from the rest. Not only because of the beautiful illustrative art work and carefully crafted web designs but also because of the perfect balance struck between these two important components. Today, we want to dig into some creative ways you can work beautiful illustrations into your web design projects. We hope that this compilation will inspire some new ideas. You can see in the examples where designers have captured a…

• Flashes in the Dark: Low light Photography

  Noupe Editorial

  25 Jan 2012 | 2:59 am

     Photographers put a lot of focus and emphasis on the lighting for their pictures. After all, lighting is a powerful instrument in setting the overall tone and feel of the piece. Even when there is very little light to work with. In fact, it is in these situations that the lighting can create extremely emotive and distinctive compositions for the pics. Giving the shadows so much reign to run freely, carving interesting depths and crevaces into the pieces. This can also prove very tricky for photographers as some equipment does not work as well under these conditions, and cannot…

• The New Redesign Rules of the Web

  Robert Bowen

  24 Jan 2012 | 3:00 am

     With the ever-changing landscape that is the internet, web designers and developers are constantly tasked with redesigning some part of the web. Whether it be for our own sites or for those of a client, redesigning is a big part of working in the field right now. For whatever reasons, be it the growth and popular new directions of the web, or even a desire to keep your brand fresh, the web these days seems to be in a constant state of redesign. The world wide web is littered with sites undergoing reconstruction. Image by Joshua Rothhaas So today we are going to take a look at…

• USB Drives That Make You Jump Drive For Joy!

  Speider Schneider

  23 Jan 2012 | 3:00 am

     In the Stone Age of computers and digital storage, there were little “floppy disks” that promised holding an entire megabyte of space… although it was really only 978 kilobytes. AOL would send these little plastic disks to every household each and every month, hoping computer users would sign up for that now antiquated and laughable hook up to the internet. They made great drink coasters or building blocks for the kids. Syquest made these huge, lumbering disks that held 70 megabytes but if they got bumped or shaken like an Etch-a-Sketch, the information would be lost. They…

• 50 Inspiring Logo Designs

  Kevin Muldoon

  20 Jan 2012 | 2:58 am

     A logo is an essential part of branding your website and marketing it offline and online. Some logo designs feature simple, beautiful typography whilst others more are fun and colourful. However, all logos should be memorable and able to integrate with your website design effortlessly. One of the best ways of getting inspiration for a logo design is by looking at what other designers have created. Today we would like to show you 50 creative logo designs that we hope will inspire you and give you ideas for creating your own logo. Lovely Logo Designs 1. Storm Foundry A great logo…

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• Dyson to NY: drop dead

  Jeffrey Zeldman

  27 Jan 2012 | 9:21 am

  DYSON’S WEBSITE won’t sell me a vacuum cleaner. It claims New York, a U.S. state it provides in its own drop-down menu, is “not a valid state.” I have previously ordered Dyson products from the Dyson website and shipped them to a different address in New York. I have an account and everything. But the website won’t let me ship products to my office. This is just one of about a dozen errors that wasted half an hour of my life today.

• Accident

  Jeffrey Zeldman

  23 Jan 2012 | 12:32 pm

  CAR JUST HIT ME as I was crossing street. Van carrying old people. Driver didn’t see me. Van struck my head. # I punched door. Driver and passengers stared at me. Time slowed way down. I gestured for driver to pull over.# Asked woman on street if I was bleeding. She said no. Told van driver to leave. He got out, walked over, insisted on seeing if I was ok. # Black man, about 60. Told him I was good, merry Christmas. Shook his hand twice, nearly hugged him. Glad to be alive. # Two hours later: In ER with friend, getting checked after accident. # No concussion, no spinal or brain injury,…

• A List Apart Issue No. 342: A Pixel Identity Crisis; An Important Time for Design; Building Twitter Bootstrap

  Jeffrey Zeldman

  17 Jan 2012 | 11:11 am

  In a triple issue of A List Apart for people who make websites, it’s time for designers to seize the day! Transcend mobile platform differences, harness the power of an open-source front-end toolkit, and band together to change the world: An Important Time for Design by CAMERON KOCZON Cameron Koczon says designers have now been given a blank check—one that lets us band together as a community to change the way design is perceived; change the way products are built; and quite possibly change the world. Building Twitter Bootstrap by MARK OTTO Mark Otto, the co-creator of Bootstrap,…

• Ding dong, SOPA is dead.

  Jeffrey Zeldman

  16 Jan 2012 | 8:27 am

  DING DONG, THE WITCH IS DEAD. For now, at least, the “ill-conceived lobbyist-driven piece of legislation” known as the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is no more: Misguided efforts to combat online privacy have been threatening to stifle innovation, suppress free speech, and even, in some cases, undermine national security. As of yesterday, though, there’s a lot less to worry about. …Though the administration did [not] issue a formal veto threat, the White House’s opposition signaled the end of these bills, at least in their current form. A few hours later,…

• Selling Design – an online reading list

  Jeffrey Zeldman

  11 Jan 2012 | 9:30 am

  TOMORROW, WHICH IS also my birthday, I begin teaching “Selling Design” to second-year students in the MFA Interaction Design program at School of Visual Arts, New York. Liz Danzico and Steve Heller created and direct the MFA program, and this is my second year teaching this class, whose curriculum I pull out of my little blue beanie. In this class we explore collaboration and persuasion for interaction designers. Whether you work in a startup, studio, or traditional company; whether you design print, products, purely digital experiences, or any combination thereof; whether…

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• Rambling Thoughts on Tumblr, WordPress, Posterous, Pinterest and Blogging

  desk@subtraction.com

  27 Jan 2012 | 1:28 pm

  We just relaunched the Mixel blog yesterday along with a refresh of our main Web site. The main goal was to bring the look and feel of both in line with one another and, specifically for the blog, to create a more editorial-friendly presentation. As I explained in this post, the Mixel blog turned out to be a more text-intensive product than we anticipated, and so we needed a design that would accommodate that. We also needed to switch to a publishing tool that was more suitable for that kind of content. Tumblr wasn’t doing it for us. I wrote about Tumblr a while ago with great…

• The New Yorker: The Man Who Owns L.A.

  desk@subtraction.com

  26 Jan 2012 | 12:58 pm

  Writer Connie Bruck wrote this piece that ran a few weeks ago in The New Yorker about the men behind a plan to build a new NFL stadium in downtown Los Angeles. One of them, Phillip Anschutz, is a politically conservative billionaire seven times over, who made his fortune in oil and gas, real estate, railroads, telecommunications, and sports and entertainment. It’s a fascinating article, even though I’m not particularly sympathetic to his agenda or that of his compatriots. But I did really like this quote from him: “It helps to have your back against the wall. Adversity…

• MindNode Feed Sponsorship

  desk@subtraction.com

  25 Jan 2012 | 11:00 pm

  MindNode is an elegant, easy-to-use mind mapping tool for Mac and iOS. Whether you’re brainstorming for your next project, organizing your life, or planning your vacation, MindNode lets you collect, structure, and expand your ideas. And thanks to built-in Dropbox and WiFi sharing, even your biggest ideas can go anywhere your iPhone does. MindNode is easy mind mapping for your Mac, iPad, and iPhone. Try out Mindnode Pro and MindNode touch today!

• Jorge Chamorro

  desk@subtraction.com

  24 Jan 2012 | 3:24 pm

  This Madrid-based designer has a stunning portfolio that uses a contemporary, intricate take on modernism. He’s also apparently a collage artist, as suggested in this poster he designed for what looks like a show of his collage works. He seems like someone I would like to meet. Visit his site here. To follow me on Twitter click here.

• Airport Runway Screenprints

  desk@subtraction.com

  23 Jan 2012 | 2:26 pm

  Architect and designer Jerome Daksiewicz of Nomo Design has produced these beautifully matter-of-fact poster designs that capture the runway designs of various American airports. You can see them in more detail at this link, or buy prints at their shop. To follow me on Twitter click here.

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• Simple responsive design test page

  Andy Clarke

  26 Jan 2012 | 4:14 pm

  Just drop this HTML document in the same folder as your index page and open it – it’s dead simple, really! File this under “why didn’t I think of that?”

• ★ Attention. This is an automated computer system alert

  Andy Clarke

  26 Jan 2012 | 5:54 am

  Like, I guess, many people, we leave our computers running when we’re not using them. We keep apps like iChat and Skype running too, with the sound turned up, in case anyone should call. So I’m sitting in the studio, alone, this morning, listening to The Talk Show while I get my head clear for a day’s work, when the Mac behind me starts to talk (video below.) It turns out it’s repeating, recorded spam, coming through Skype. How can this even happen? Update Out of curiosity, I typed w w w dot pee gee em ess gee dot com into my browser. I’ve seen this type of fake…

• The new (and hopefully final) linear gradient syntax

  Andy Clarke

  11 Jan 2012 | 6:00 am

  Peter Gasston on the updated syntaxes for CSS3 gradients. Time to update those LESS mixins fellas.

• ★ Down under and fashionably flexible

  Andy Clarke

  10 Jan 2012 | 8:38 am

  It’s only three weeks until I’ll be flying down under to Australia to escape the British winter. While I’m there I’m hosting four Fashionably Flexible Responsive Web Design workshops — one in Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. Perth: February 14th Melbourne: February 17th Sydney: February 24th Brisbane: February 28th This Fashionably Flexible Responsive Web Design workshop’s completely new and I’m excited because as well as talking about hot responsive topics, I’m putting the focus of this workshop onto design. In particular we’ll…

• ★ My year in music

  Andy Clarke

  31 Dec 2011 | 11:50 am

  My Last.fm favourites I don’t use Last.fm socially, but I left it scrobbling so it could compile the soundtrack to my 2011.

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• The Best Looking Beer Cans – a Beer Can Appreciation Day Special

  Fernando Jose

  24 Jan 2012 | 9:54 am

  January 24, 2012 marks the 77th anniversary of the day Gottfried Krueger Brewing Co. first brought canned beers into the market. Though it hasn’t been (and probably never will be) declared an official holiday, more and more people are celebrating Beer Can Appreciation Day to pay tribute to the creation that has changed the experience of buying, keeping and drinking beer, forever. YTD takes part in the Beer Can Appreciation Day celebration with this collection of 35 tasteful beer can designs. Check them out and don’t forget to leave a comment after. Cheers!   Hurlimann…

• An Introduction to Concrete5 CMS — Part II

  Sufyan bin Uzayr

  23 Jan 2012 | 2:00 am

  In the previous article,  we took an introductory look at Concrete5 as a CMS. In this follow-up part, we shall learn about the salient features of the CMS and learn to accomplish common tasks using its admin panel. IMPLEMENTING Concrete5 TheDashboard Just like WP, Concrete5 also has its own Dashboard. Once you login to the admin panel, you will see it. The Dashboard gives you access to site updates and traffic stats. There is also a widget that lets you search the official documentation for help. Finally, a basic but nifty note taker widget is also available. AddingUsersandUserGroups You…

• An Introduction to Concrete5 CMS — Part I

  Sufyan bin Uzayr

  18 Jan 2012 | 11:59 pm

  When we talk of CMS, the options are plenty. For a start, we can opt for some of the biggest names in the game – WordPress, Drupal or Joomla! However, in this article, we shall take a look at one of the fastest growing and light-weight CMS, that is, Concrete5. Since this is Part I of the two-part series, we shall be familiarizing ourselves with the CMS by taking a look at each of its menus. In the concluding part, we shall delve into deeper details. A BEGINNER’S PRIMER TO Concrete5 Overview Concrete5 is an extremely easy to use CMS that has a fairly simple mode of operation and can be…

• [CLOSED] One.Page.Go! Design a 1-Page Site with IM Creator and Win BOSE Headphones!

  Cadence Wu

  16 Jan 2012 | 11:50 pm

  We here at You The Designer are happy to announce the first contest on the blog for 2012!     IM Creator, a new HTML website builder, is holding a one-page design competition.     Design a one-page site on IM Creator choosing one of their templates or starting from a blank template.     The creator of the most original and beautiful template, as picked by IM Creator’s design team, will win BOSE QuietComfort® 15 Acoustic Noise Cancelling® headphones, valued at $300!   Enter here and create away!   Important: All participants need to click PUBLISH and…

• A Tribute to The Dreamer – Martin Luther King Jr. Art

  Fernando Jose

  10 Jan 2012 | 10:00 am

  The 1963 TIME Magazine Man of the Year and youngest ever awardee of the Nobel Peace Prize, Martin Luther King Jr. will forever be remembered as the voice that inspired much-needed changes in American society. The speech he delivered during the historical Washington March was widely regarded as one of the greatest speeches of the 20th century. “I Have a Dream” was the highlight of King’s life as a civil rights activist who fought primarily against racial segregation and discrimination using nonviolent resistance. This January 16, the world will once again celebrate Martin…

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• The Weekly Wraparound: January 27

  27 Jan 2012 | 1:22 pm

  Top stories this week: redesigns, Facebook’s IPO, IxDA People’s Choice Award, a dearth of critical discourse on design, Design Envy picks from Jonnie Hallman and more.

• The True Partnership: How to Get Great Design Solutions

  26 Jan 2012 | 10:54 am

  There are three general types or client/designer relationships: boss/worker, friends and partners. All three types have their place, but only one of them offers the potential for truly great design to emerge.

• The Weekly Wraparound: January 20

  20 Jan 2012 | 11:48 am

  Top stories this week: The new face of American activism, design’s role in the evolution of the web, creative gatherings in Utah, Design Envy picks from Jessica Walsh and more.

• What is AIGA’s position on SOPA?

  18 Jan 2012 | 12:50 pm

  Executive Director Ric Grefé outlines AIGA’s position on SOPA and PIPA, recent bills introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate intended to protect creative property.

• CultureStrike: Design Activism to Impact Immigration Reform

  17 Jan 2012 | 9:45 am

  Protesting, making posters, writing, performing, using social media—through methods both new and old, design activists speak out against extreme immigration policies and economic inequality.

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• Social Six: Community Manager Appreciation Day

  Alyssa Rosengarden

  27 Jan 2012 | 5:12 pm

  Community Manager Appreciation Day 2012 This week, community managers everywhere participated in the third annual Community Manager Appreciation Day (also known as CMAD)! Now, while some of you may be thinking “oh no, not another made up holiday”, let me explain why Community Manager Appreciation... [[Read full article on Experience Matters]]

• A Web Analytics Q&A with Shaina Boone and Elea Feit of the Wharton School

  Shaina Boone

  26 Jan 2012 | 5:08 pm

  As the moderator of this week’s Wharton School of Business panel, “Analytics Across Industries” Elea Feit (Wharton Customer Analytics Initiative) asked CM’s VP Marketing Science a number of questions about current trends in online measurement. Here’s a glimpse inside... [[Read full article on Experience Matters]]

• How to Mobilize a Movement in One Day: Lessons from Wikipedia

  Andy La Fond

  23 Jan 2012 | 2:02 pm

  Wikipedia, Google, and other sites slowed, if not killed, the SOPA and PIPA legislation with their blackout protest on Wednesday, January 18. The big sites behind the blackout clearly exploited their massive reach and place in people’s daily lives, enabling the protest to grow with amazing speed.... [[Read full article on Experience Matters]]

• Social Six: Facebook Timeline Apps

  Alyssa Rosengarden

  20 Jan 2012 | 9:21 am

  Apps Bring Your Timeline to Life Facebook announced 60 new apps for Timelines this week, and with further extension of the Open Graph, there will be plenty more on the way. Essentially, that means developers will have the opportunity to create the apps they desire and add them to their timelines.... [[Read full article on Experience Matters]]

• 5 Ways Apple Can Make iCloud Awesome

  Alan Dodaro

  12 Jan 2012 | 2:32 pm

  After years of missteps, Apple finally got the cloud shortly before Steve’s death in 2011. Replacing MobileMe with iCloud brought a slew of new features to IOS devices. In-the-air syncing, iMessage, wireless backups and PC-free operation were great starts to the iCloud service, and I think... [[Read full article on Experience Matters]]

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• CSS cutie | The beauty and cutie of CSS design

  12 Jan 2012 | 11:05 am

  Csscutie is a gallery of well designed css based web sites from around the world. Get your inspiration.

• Sweater Letters For Winters

  4 Jan 2012 | 10:19 am

  In winters I looked for some creative and different typography particularly suitable for this season. I got lots of inspirations and finally decided to go with embroidered sweater textured typography. ...

• Web Design Tutorials website

  4 Jan 2012 | 10:13 am

  Creative Bumps discusses all web design related stuff.

• FREE Non-Commercial Fonts

  19 Dec 2011 | 11:37 pm

  FREE Non-Commercial Fonts for PC, Mac and Linux For Download

• Things to Know if You Plan on Working Abroad

  24 Mar 2011 | 9:42 pm

  Searching for a job abroad is a more common practice every year. Many people go past the border of their own country to look for a life elsewhere.

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• Accessibility & Integrity

  Jacob Cass

  25 Jan 2012 | 9:34 am

  I was recently humbled and amazed at an email I received through my brand identity questionnaire and I just had to share the story, not only because it opened my eyes to something amazing, but something I would never have thought of and I’m sure not many others would have either. To cut to the chase, the lady who was inquiring about my brand identity / design services was blind. Although accessibility should be built into in all websites, I still find this fact extremely fascinating. I simply can’t fathom the process of trying to find the right designer without being able to see…

• How to Keep Start-up Costs Low

  Jacob Cass

  20 Jan 2012 | 1:17 pm

  This is a guest article contributed by Daniela Baker*. – The success or failure of a business depends on how wisely you allocate start-up funding. As a solo-preneur you can monitor every expense and decide where your money will best be spent to get your business off to a good start. Here are four suggestions for controlling start-up costs. Be Flexible & Smart With How You Get Funds The cost of borrowing, along with the terms attached to most loans, can make them quite prohibitive to the small business owners. However, there are several other options new business owners may consider…

• 3 Great Ways To Attract Higher Quality Clients

  Jacob Cass

  11 Jan 2012 | 8:30 am

  This is a guest article contributed by Lior Levin. – You have probably been in a situation where you felt like a client was not willing to pay you enough or did not appreciate the quality of work you had put into a project. For freelancers & business owners, this is not something unusual. Many people who hire you, especially if you are a freelancer, may undervalue your work or even insist that they pay you as little as possible for a ridiculous amount of work. Far too often, designers in that position cave into these outlandish demands and end up in an unbearable situation. These…

• A New Profile Picture & An Upcoming Re-brand

  Jacob Cass

  7 Jan 2012 | 4:27 pm

  For the first time in over fours years I have updated my profile picture, which you will notice on the left side bar of the website and across my social media profiles (Facebook, Twitter, Dribbble, etc.). Although it may seem like a small change, there is a lot of brand equity and recognition that is built up within a profile photo. A profile photo is what represents you across the web & offline, similar to how a logo represents a business or product. The New Profile Photo The new photo was taken on a cruise ship, using a Nikon D80 at 1/125, using a white back drop and two umbrellas. The…

• Top 12 Logos of 2011 As Voted By You

  Jacob Cass

  3 Jan 2012 | 9:03 am

  These are the top 12 logo designs of 2011 as voted by you (the awards that won Logo Of The Month) on my other site Logo Of The Day. What logo do you believe should win the 2011 Logo Of The Year? Cast your vote at the bottom of this post. Voting closes January 31st. And just so you know, we are always accepting new logo submissions. Feel free to suggest a logo for a chance to win the Logo Of The Day award. You can view the top logos of 2009 and 2010 here. January: Bread & Breakfast Bread & Breakfast is a coffee shop / bakery that serves breakfast all day (after all – it is the most…

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• How LO can you GO?

  David Airey

  24 Jan 2012 | 10:20 am

  The following guest post was written by Tom and Phil of London-based Mat Dolphin. One of the services we offer as a design agency is logo design. No surprises then when we recently stumbled upon another agency offering the same service. So far, so average – the majority of graphic design agencies throughout the world do exactly the same. The difference with this one, however, was the costing of their work. $42. That simple. For $42 you can get a logo designed with two rounds of amends and a number of different files formats sent to you. Sceptical of the quality of the work and a little…

• Green T

  David Airey

  23 Jan 2012 | 4:48 am

  Cutting the grass is about as far as my green fingers stretch, but I like this logo-growing project by Judy Kameon for the New York Times. Kameon created a T from 130 plants “Together with her husband, photographer Erik Otsea, Kameon created a T from 130 plants. And in a postscript sure to warm the hearts of environmentalists, no flora were harmed in the making of this artwork. In fact, they’re all bound for a new demonstration garden in Kameon’s office and showroom.” Her husband, the photographer Erik Otsea, captured the T The finished product Click for full-size chart of…

• DC Entertainment

  David Airey

  22 Jan 2012 | 10:08 am

  Earlier this week DC Entertainment revealed a new brand identity. Some of you remarked about this on the LDL Facebook page, so for those who aren’t Facebookers, here are a few images showing Landor‘s redesign (also reported on Brand New, with a ton of comments). “DC Entertainment, a Warner Bros. Entertainment company and home to iconic brands DC Comics, Vertigo and MAD, revealed today a new brand identity. The new identity is reflective of the company’s mission to fully realize the value of a rich portfolio of brands, stories and characters, distinguished by incredible…

• Kodak logo evolution

  David Airey

  19 Jan 2012 | 5:57 am

  Sad news today that 131-year-old Kodak has filed for bankruptcy. As good a time as any to take a quick look at the Kodak logo evolution. Image (above) and text (below) via Kodak website Early 1900′s Kodak is the first company to integrate its name and look into a symbol. 1930′s Focus moved to the Kodak name and the red and yellow “trade dress” color. 1960′s The corner curl was introduced. 1970′s The mark retained the red and yellow colors and the Kodak name, but a box and graphic “K” element were added. 1980′s A more contemporary type font…

• 2012 Olympic non-events

  David Airey

  18 Jan 2012 | 5:28 am

  Speaking of Olympics… “Throughout the course of the 2012 Olympic fortnight, an alternative programme of events will be taking place in offices and homes across London. “While these events enjoy no official status, they represent some of the most popular participation sports in the UK. “This blog is an attempt to recognise and honour these under-appreciated events through a system of practical iconography.” Jumping to conclusions Wrestling with your conscience Throwing a wobbly Shooting yourself in the foot Fencing stolen goods Kicking yourself Lifting a finger…

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• Mothership's David Rosenbaum Directs Robotarm for Cisco

  27 Jan 2012 | 12:18 am

  Mothership director David Rosenbaum teamed with OgilvyWest to tell a simple story about a complex concept in a "Robotarm" for Cisco that broke during the NFC Championship broadcast on January 22. Despite a four-week timeline, the all-CG spot delivers film caliber computer animation that is entirely photo-real.

• Bill's Design Talks 2012

  26 Jan 2012 | 4:54 am

  Bill's Design Talks, a vibrant conversation and presentation series moderated by Cooper-Hewitt director Bill Moggridge, resumes in February and continues through June at the Jerome L. Greene Performance Space at New York Public Radio. "We want to bring the most interesting designers to our audience in the Greene Space and online to find out what they do, what they think and who they are," said Moggridge.

• Slight Increase in Nonresidential Construction Spending Expected in 2012

  26 Jan 2012 | 4:46 am

  Despite the lingering effects of an over-built housing market, the continued difficulty to obtain financing for real estate projects, budget shortfalls at state and municipal governments and the anxiety surrounding the prolonged European debt crisis, there are signs that the U.S. design and construction industry will be improving. Corporate profits have returned to pre-recession levels and businesses have subsequently been increasing their capital spending, borrowing costs are at record low levels and pent up demand for commercial and retail projects factors into what projects to be a 2.1%…

• RIBA Launches Exclusive Career Advice for Aspiring Architects

  26 Jan 2012 | 4:00 am

  Top British architects and experts from the creative industries are on offer to give young aspiring architects and creative professionals their exclusive tips for career success. Jamie Oliver's brand guru, Bryan Edmondson of communications agency SEA, entrepreneur Rob Hamilton of property company Instant, and Mark Blayney Stuart of the Chartered Institute of Marketing are amongst the experts who have provided guidance for young professionals on how to find a job, manage finances, marketing, business planning and how to sell your creative ideas.

• IIDA Presents Global Perspective to Architects and Designers in Dubai

  25 Jan 2012 | 10:17 pm

  Global demographics and technology have drastically changed architecture and design over the last 10 years. According to Cheryl Durst (Hon. FIIDA), Executive Vice President and CEO of the International Interior Design Association (IIDA), a younger world and social media are transforming how people think about their relationships to work and the office environment must respond accordingly.

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• Star Wars Blue Print Designs

  Toon Creffield

  27 Jan 2012 | 7:11 am

  Flickr: Vespertin From the Graphic Design and Web Design ForumSubscribe to this feed

• Simon Harsent Photography - Melt Portrait of an Iceberg

  Toon Creffield

  27 Jan 2012 | 7:01 am

  Melt Portrait of an Iceberg on the Behance NetworkSubscribe to this feed

• How to Get More Click on Twitter

  Toon Creffield

  27 Jan 2012 | 5:59 am

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• High Resolution Image of the Earth

  Toon Creffield

  27 Jan 2012 | 5:23 am

  A ‘Blue Marble’ High Resolution Image of the Earth taken from the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA’s most recently launched Earth-observing satellite – Suomi NPP. This composite image uses a number of swaths of the Earth’s surface taken on January 4, 2012. The NPP satellite was renamed ‘Suomi NPP’ on January 24, 2012 to honor the late Verner E. Suomi of the University of Wisconsin. Subscribe to this feed

• Iconic movie sunglasses

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  27 Jan 2012 | 5:06 am

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• ShopTalk Episode 3

  Chris Coyier

  26 Jan 2012 | 10:27 pm

  Where Dave and I are joined by Chris Eppstein. Sponsored by LessAccounting and United Pixelworkers (who are offering a 10% discount on shirts with coupon code "shoptalk"). Direct Link to Article — PermalinkShopTalk Episode 3 is a post from CSS-Tricks

• Animate to an Inline Style

  Chris Coyier

  26 Jan 2012 | 2:18 pm

  You already know that inline styles are "bad practice." Inline styles aren't reusable like CSS in separate files is, and thus, inefficient bloat. Unless of course, when it isn't. There are some instances where inline styles make perfect sense. Perhaps you have an application where user's pick their favorite color, and then you set the background of the body to that. Using an inline style in that case is actually more efficient than external CSS, since it's specific to one user and one element. Now let's say you want to animate to a value set in an inline style. Say you want to animate a…

• Custom Fonts in Emails

  Chris Coyier

  25 Jan 2012 | 11:45 am

  A reader writes in: Would it be possible to draw an entire typeface in CSS to be sent in emails? Our company needs to send out emails to about 20k people to introduce a new brand that we are launching. The emails will be in HTML/CSS. My CEO is very specific about the type of aesthetic he wants to achieve, and this includes using a typeface that is not native to either Mac or Windows computers. We do not want to use images in our email. First off, it's pretty cool your CEO cares about type and aesthetics at all. It's usually a good thing to have the person steering the ship care about beauty…

• Burst Title

  Chris Coyier

  19 Jan 2012 | 9:51 pm

  During the previews for a movie I saw recently, there was an advertisement for an Oprah-related something or another. I wasn't paying attention because I was trying to get out my phone so I could snap a picture of it. Which I failed to do. There was these neat title screens that I thought would be fun to recreate with CSS. They looked like... well they looked like this: View Demo   Download Files Turns out you can do it rather semantically. Just a header tag with an anchor link inside. Admittedly, it would be cool to do it with just the header tag but I wasn't able to figure out a way to…

• CSS1k

  Chris Coyier

  18 Jan 2012 | 4:21 pm

  Back in the day, the CSS Zen Garden was a place to showcase the power of CSS. A single page was redesigned in vastly different ways with no change to the HTML. The CSS1k project (head up by Jacob Rask) is in that same vein only you are limited to only 1k of CSS. Fun, but the purpose is to get you thinking about how to be efficient and size economic with CSS. Direct Link to Article — PermalinkCSS1k is a post from CSS-Tricks

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• Using Free Transforming To Show Perspective in Flash

  Chad Sweely

  27 Jan 2012 | 2:54 pm

  In this tutorial, I will show you how to display perspective (near to far) using objects in Flash with help of the Free Transform Tool. For a simple example of this, I will be showing you how to make a car from the distance become near. Step 1: Creating The Flash Document: After you have opened Flash, create a new document and resize your new Flash document in the Properties Inspector. To do this, click on the Size button with the default dimensions on the Properties Inspector Within the Document Properties window, make the dimensions of your Flash document 500 x 383. This will be the size of…

• Average Search Rankings Redefined By Google

  Navneet Kaushal

  27 Jan 2012 | 9:27 am

  The definitions of average position in the search query report in Google Webmaster Tools and search optimization report in Google Analytics is being changed by Google. The change was revealed in the Google Webmaster Blog and Google Analytics Blog. What’s the new definition? As per the new definition, your search ranking will be determined by the average of the top ranking of the site for all searches, as opposed to all URLs listed and average that. Please note that only the top rankings will be taken. Earlier, the average search ranking was gathered by taking all the positions of your…

• Basics of Debugging Google Analytics Code

  Lukas Oldenburg

  20 Jan 2012 | 9:46 am

  Is that Virtual Pageview really being sent to Google Analytics when someone submits my registration form? Does the Event Tracking Call for outbound links get to GA in time before the visitor has left my website? Why do I not get any data for clicks on my teaser links? Questions that can drive a Web Analyst mad. Not if you know how to debug. When I started using Web Analytics tools, there always was this huge black box: I’d put the tracking code on each and every page, and from then on, I usually waited and hoped the code would work as intended. Often, it didn’t, but I wasn’t able to see…

• How do I create a new Aperture library on my Mac?

  Dave Taylor

  19 Jan 2012 | 8:25 am

  I take a lot of photos. So many that Aperture is starting to bog down. I was talking with a fellow photographer and he said that he splits his Aperture library every six months. Sounds like a good idea. How do I create a new Aperture library or, better, move a project into a new library? Dave’s Answer: I’m a big fan of Aperture, but I have definitely found that it works a lot better with a few thousand photos than it does with ten thousand or more. Yes, I also take a lot of pictures! I don’t split things every six months, however, but I do create a new Aperture library every…

• Twisted Swirly Thingy

  Soud Al-Abbasi

  18 Jan 2012 | 12:17 pm

  This tutorial will teach you how to create an abstract background of twisted swirly lines using Adobe PhotoShop, something that looks like this:   Let us start with a new file of your preferred aspect ratio (try to have a square, but a rectangle is fine just do not make it stretch too much because that won’t give the intended results.) I used the preset web with 1600X1200 for this one. Set the foreground and background colors of your choice (I used black and white for additional effects.)Then, Filter > Render > Clouds.     Then, Filter > Pixelate > Mezzotint.

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• Pat Kiernan: On Curation Tactics, Getting Up Early & Calling It Done

  23 Jan 2012 | 6:00 pm

  How do you filter through the noise and craft your own story? NY1 morning anchor Pat Kiernan discusses his curation process & how he has so much energy at 5am.

• On Criticism, Cynicism & Sharpening Your Gut Instinct

  21 Jan 2012 | 6:00 pm

  Criticism is valuable. Cynicism is toxic. Can you trust your gut to tell the difference?

• 6 Steps To Creating A Knockout Online Portfolio

  17 Jan 2012 | 6:00 pm

  Ready to pump up your creative portfolio? Behance's Chief Designer shares insider tips on showcasing your best work and standing out from the crowd.

• The Rhythms of Work vs The Rhythms of Creative Labor

  16 Jan 2012 | 6:00 pm

  Are all types of work created equal? We think not. Rote work may have a predictable rhythm, but creative labor marches to its own drummer.

• The Noun Project: From Sketchbook To Startup

  11 Jan 2012 | 6:00 pm

  How do you turn a casual idea into a global library of icons? The Noun Project founders discuss their journey from childhood obsession to burgeoning business.

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• Web Design Critique #75: Income Diary

  28 Jan 2012 | 12:00 am

  Every week we take a look at a new website and analyze the design. We’ll point out both the areas that are done well in addition to those that could use some work. Finally, we’ll finish by asking you to provide your own feedback. Today’s site is Income Diary, a blog that offers simple, practical advice for how to earn money online. Let’s jump in and see what we think! If you’d like to submit your website to be featured in a future Design Critique, it just takes a few minutes. We charge $49 for critiquing your design – considerably less than you’d pay…

• Weekly Freebies: 15 Free Business Card Templates That Don’t Suck

  27 Jan 2012 | 9:13 am

  Business cards are an awesome creative outlet where designers tend to push themselves to come up with unique and interesting solutions. If you’re a newbie to business card design though it can be difficult to break out of the cliché unoriginal layouts that will no doubt pop into your head. This post of over 15 free layered business card templates should help you out. As a bonus, we’ve included not only layered business card templates, but a few editable 3D mockup files as well so that once you start creating your own awesome designs, you can show them off in style. Like the…

• Design Inspiration: Eric Yerke

  27 Jan 2012 | 6:00 am

  A great example of a letterpress business card that oozes minimalism.I particularly like the restrained use of text, and the attention given to the typeface. This design was featured on the Friday 27th of January 2012. It falls under the category of Business Cards, and has a layout style of Other. If you'd like, you can visit this site, or view all our other featured designs.

• Design Inspiration: Soft Analog

  27 Jan 2012 | 6:00 am

  A great example of an analog style control that makes an impact through its use of texture.I particularly like the soft use of lighting effect. This design was featured on the Friday 27th of January 2012. It falls under the category of Element, and has a layout style of Other. If you'd like, you can visit this site, or view all our other featured designs.

• Design Inspiration: Carter Digital

  27 Jan 2012 | 6:00 am

  A bold site for a digital agency that makes strong use of typography.I like the minimal header, and how it gives way to a portfolio of previous work. This design was featured on the Friday 27th of January 2012. It falls under the category of Design, and has a layout style of Other. If you'd like, you can visit this site, or view all our other featured designs.

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• Beating Borders: The Bane of Responsive Layout

  webmaster@REMOVETHIScssdrive.com

  19 Jan 2012 | 7:36 am

  This article looks at how CSS's "outline" and "box-sizing" properties can help resolve issues that arise in percentage based layouts.

• Web Typography for the Lonely

  webmaster@REMOVETHIScssdrive.com

  5 Jan 2012 | 7:23 pm

  Cutting edge experiments with HTML5 canvas and SVG graphics to create interesting typography effects.

• Spinning icons using CSS3 transform

  webmaster@REMOVETHIScssdrive.com

  28 Dec 2011 | 2:51 pm

  An alternative effect to the image rollover, see how to make icons spin on their axis when the mouse rolls over them using CSS3 animation.

• Make It Snow on Your Website With CSS Keyframe Animations

  webmaster@REMOVETHIScssdrive.com

  28 Dec 2011 | 2:54 am

  A look at using CSS3 multiple background images and keyframe animation to create a background snow effect.

• The Art Of UX Sketching

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  22 Dec 2011 | 8:56 am

  Peiter Buick at Smashing Magazine delves into the art of UX Sketching with tips, techniques and much more!

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• 10 Designs Inspired by Microsoft’s Metro UI

  Joel Falconer

  25 Jan 2012 | 7:09 pm

  Advertise here via BSA Since Microsoft first unveiled the Metro UI on Windows Phone 7, the rollout has been gradually taking place across every Microsoft product and website. It is the cornerstone of the Windows 8 interface and one of the most notable official uses of Metro UI available now is the excellent implementation on the Xbox 360 dashboard. The new design language has been a refreshing sign that Redmond cares about fixing its messy, bloated and ageing image, and the company is following through and executing. In the process, Metro has picked up a lot of fans in the design…

• Timeless Design, Ferrari

  admin

  25 Jan 2012 | 12:10 pm

  Advertise here via BSA To begin with what I hope will end up being a mindful, thought-provoking article on the essence of timelessness in design, I felt it only fitting to start with what gave birth to this idea. As a designer and all around technology consultant, it’s my job to stay up-to-date with current trends and product offerings, which by its very nature is contradictory to the idea of timelessness. I’ve been grappling with this concept for over two years now. A lot of you that follow me on Twitter know that I’m an absolute nut about cars. Up until about 24 months ago my passion…

• Free Web UI Wireframe Kit

  Jeff Olson

  24 Jan 2012 | 5:00 am

  Advertise here via BSA Sometimes you don’t need to build interactive wireframes, or may not feel all that comfortable in Visio or OmniGraffle. I know there are times I just want to open up Photoshop and start laying things out. This web UI template kit is made completely with shape objects and in some cases converted into SmartObjects. So they’re totally scalable. There are no usage restrictions but if you find them helpful give us a shout. We love hearing from you! CLICK TO DOWNLOAD via

• Shape, Color, Content – The Language of Logos

  sara tack

  9 Jan 2012 | 7:00 am

  Advertise here via BSA Before you approve that new logo you’re considering, stop for a moment to consider how people perceive visual information. The content of your logo is third in the sequence of recognition, behind shape and color, because the brain takes more time to process language. Letterforms can be very powerful in creating content and meaning. The use of initials as an identifying mark has been around for centuries, since medieval kingdoms became economic enterprises. Letterforms are often abstracted to create clever symbols which act as metaphor for the core brand positioning.

• Starting a T-Shirt Line with No Money

  blakepoutra

  5 Jan 2012 | 10:25 am

  Advertise here via BSA I have to admit right up front that the title of this article is a bit of hyperbole. You might be quick to think that a t-shirt line that can be started without any money cannot possibly be a good one. It’s true that we could easily end this post in a few sentences by suggesting one of the many turnkey websites that sell one-off digital printing on every product imaginable. However, I am actually referring to starting a high quality screen printed t-shirt line without any money. Thanks to the internet…this is very possible. Tell Your Story One of the main…

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• Wireframing for responsive design

  Leigh Howells

  27 Jan 2012 | 9:30 am

  I’m conscious that some people in the web industry, including myself(!) may be getting tired of hearing the word ‘responsive’ in everything they read.  We shouldn’t be, because I don’t think it’s going to change any time soon (not until the next big web paradigm shift at least) and mobile will only become more important as time goes on and the device numbers grow and they technology evolves. Get used to it. We, the content designers, have to be just as responsive as the interfaces we create, adapting to change as it happens. To do this we need to learn…

• Responsive Design Sketchbook

  Leigh Howells

  27 Jan 2012 | 2:18 am

  I really like the look of this carefully thought out sketch pad: http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0064/4612/products/responsive-blueprint_grande.png?100729 I can imagine how this could benefit the design thinking process, helping designers to remember and consider that site design should be working at many widths. Want. Thanks for subscribing to Boagworld; a web design blog, forum and podcast run by Paul Boag and friends. If you are new to my feed may I recommend also: Following me on Twitter Checking out my get started guide Having a look through the archive of posts Subscribing to the…

• Pen and paper wireframing without the hassle

  Paul Boag

  26 Jan 2012 | 10:08 am

  I love wireframing by hand especially when working collaboratively with the client. When you work on a computer only one person can wireframe at a time, but with pen and paper we can all wireframe together. The problem is that pen and paper wireframing takes a lot of redrawing. You find yourself constantly drawing and redrawing screen elements, which proves time consuming. This is not a problem on a computer where you can copy and paste. Apparently I am not alone in my desire to combine the best of computer based wireframing and good old pen and paper. Nat from Lanyrd feels the same and has…

• What internal web teams can learn from the European Commission

  Paul Boag

  25 Jan 2012 | 10:07 am

  Last week I was invited by the web community at the European Commission to visit them in Brussels. As you can imagine working in an organisation the size of the European Commission has some unique challenges. With over 400 websites, tens of thousands of pages and 23 languages to accommodate, it is hard to get things done. Amazingly, despite being faced with such overwhelming challenges the web community there is very proactive, positive and forward thinking. They come together regularly to share ideas and find ways to work collaboratively. They also run a series of masterclasses (hence my…

• Does your labelling cause confusion?

  Paul Boag

  25 Jan 2012 | 5:44 am

  I find it fascinating to watch users interact with navigation on websites. In particular, I am always interested in how users react when they encounter a term they do not understand. Unclear labelling can lead to inaction and confusion. Lets imagine an 18 year old visiting a University website. In the navigation they encounter a label marked Alumni. They don’t understand that the term refers to former students and that the content is therefore not relevant to them. One might expect that when faced with a term they do not understand they would simply choose to ignore it. However, the…

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• 33 Examples of Latte and Coffee Cream Photography

  Jake Rocheleau

  25 Jan 2012 | 9:45 am

  Advertise here with BSAOne of the more unique artistic visions of the 21st century comes in the form of coffee cream. Many infamous cafe’s found all around the world have mastered the skill of latte foam art. Using some milk or cream these artists can put together beautiful designs in your steaming brew. If you have an interest in photography then definitely check out my showcase below. These are some powerful skills you won’t find just anywhere! Overall combining a delicious beverage with some very inspirational artistic visionaries. Usual Latte Art Pioneer Coffee Sun Art Coffee…

• 31 Beautiful Fashion Websites

  brantwilson

  23 Jan 2012 | 10:26 am

  Advertise here with BSAToday we have collected some beautifully designed fashion related websites for your inspiration. If you like these web designs you might also want to check out our previous post below. 32 Clean And Minimal Web Designs Showcase of Black and White Web Design tatchies diesel michellehunziker shoprevolution socialwear bokicabo goliathsportswear hair-makeup everlane bensherman fashionphotography carolinewiseman pauleka paulsmithjeans supremebeing newgothamnyc carhartt-wip lecoqsportif luladesigns timberland editerjournal vertu woodandfaulk showstudio versacecollection cxxvi…

• Guide to Building Semantic Web Forms

  Jake Rocheleau

  18 Jan 2012 | 10:47 am

  Advertise here with BSAIn the web design industry there are many different rulebooks you can follow. Most notably the World Wide Web Consortium is renowned for creating these standard rules of the road. Web browsers do not always conform to these standards, thus you have many of the hacks seen today(such as Internet Explorer). In this guide I’d like to focus solely on building input forms for the web. There are plenty of semantic rules to cover for both beginners and experienced web developers. To gain some further insight into the discussion check out this W3C FAQ on the topic of our…

• 47 Beautiful Shots of Panoramic Photography

  Jake Rocheleau

  13 Jan 2012 | 10:41 am

  Advertise here with BSAPanoramic photos are a beautiful way to capture your surrounding areas. Photographers from all around the world have utilized panoramic photography to showcase beautiful works of nature. City landscapes, countryside roads, and ocean views are just a few of the many subjects. Check out our gallery below and let us know your thoughts. Upper West Side NYC Prospect Park Night Panorama Winter in Chicago Panoramic Strip Mall Mount St. Helens Upper Cathedral Lower Manhattan Financial District, New York City James River Snow Lake Overholser Dam Huddersfield Town Centre Old…

• 39 Touching Moments Captured in Wildlife Photographs

  Jake Rocheleau

  10 Jan 2012 | 8:39 am

  Advertise here with BSABeing in nature and hanging around animal life is like no other experience in the world. Our Earth is practically teeming with millions of different creatures, and photographers are like the record keepers. Out in the wild you never know what will happen. And these heartwarming events are often missing the camera. Below I’ve put together 39 examples of wonderful photographs featuring animal wild life around the globe. These photographers are not only skilled but extremely lucky to have witnessed such magnificent moments! Grazing Goats Giraffe Calf Orphaned Badger…

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• Come realizzare un video blog dal look professionale

  Antonio Lupetti

  26 Jan 2012 | 12:13 pm

  In questo video vi illustro quali sono alcuni requisiti tecnici per realizzare un video blog dal look professionale, rispondendo ad alcune delle domande più frequenti che ho ricevuto da molti di voi, nelle ultime settimane, da quando ho aperto il canale su YouTube. Il video è volutamente ironico e scherzoso per due motivi. Primo: detesto la troppa seriosità. Secondo:mi piace raccontare le cose in maniera divertente. Questo non vuol dire che l’argomento sia trattato in modo meno “serio” – che è ben altra cosa dal “serioso” – rispetto ad un video in…

• Risultati eccezionali per Apple nel Q1 2012. Ma per i soliti detrattori: “è solo marketing senza sostanza”

  Antonio Lupetti

  25 Jan 2012 | 12:11 pm

  “Non riesco a capire come ci siano tante persone così ottuse che acquistino prodotti Apple”. E’ uno dei tanti messaggi che circolano su Twitter da qualche ora dopo che Apple ha reso noti i risultati relativi al Q1 2012 (ottobre-dicembre 2011). Già, non si riesce a capire e a credere. E probabilmente, visti i numeri, forse, neanche a Cupertino si sognavano un risultato simile. I ricavi del trimestre ammontano a $45,66 miliardi di dollari (quasi il doppio dello scorso anno $26,74 miliardi) con un margine netto di 13,6 miliardi di dollari. Apple ha venduto, solo nel trimestre…

• Perché chiudere MegaVideo e MegaUpload non servirà ad arginare la pirateria online

  Antonio Lupetti

  23 Jan 2012 | 12:34 pm

  La notizia è arrivata qualche giorno fa e ha fatto subito il giro del mondo. L’FBI ha chiuso MegaVideo e MegaUpload, due tra i siti più popolari della rete utilizzati dagli utenti per condividere anonimamente file di ogni genere, compresi software, musica e film. La motivazione della chiusura da parte del Bureau è stata quella di voler dare un duro colpo alla pirateria online. Ecco però perché, al di là del sensazionalismo della notizia, questo atto di forza della giustizia americana non risolverà affatto il problema della diffusione illegale dei contenuti online. Anzi…

• Compagnie telefoniche e clienti in ostaggio delle penali

  Antonio Lupetti

  20 Jan 2012 | 3:28 pm

  Era dicembre 2007. All’epoca viaggiavo su internet ancora con il doppino telefonico. Una linea ISDN era l’unico lusso che mi potevo concedere in termini di connessione nella mia zona. Niente ADSL neanche a morire. Una mattina mi chiamò una gentile signorina che lavorava in Tiscali. Siamo lieti d’informarla che da oggi è attiva la connessione ADSL per il suo numero telefonico, ventinove euro al mese, tariffa flat, in promozione per tre mesi a costo zero, se fossi in lei l’attiverei immediatamente. E così feci. Quel giorno quasi piansi per la contentezza. Mi inviarono immediatamente…

• Social network e cattive abitudini degli utenti

  Antonio Lupetti

  20 Jan 2012 | 11:48 am

  Twitter, Facebook e tutti i più famosi social network della rete sono ormai entrati a far parte prepotentemente della nostra vita e con essi tutta una serie di cattive abitudini tipiche degli utenti che li utilizzano. Eccone alcune.

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• Lessons Learned Running a Small Business in 2011

  Michael Martin

  1 Jan 2012 | 2:23 pm

  As 2012 begins, I want to look back over the past year to see what can be learnt from it. Learning from your mistakes is less glamorous than a list of grand New Year’s Resolutions (Though I do like those too), but often more effective at ensuring the next year is even better than the last. With that in mind, what follows are some of the lessons I have picked out from my own 2011. I would love to hear if these resonate with you. When looking back at your own year, I’d encourage you not to look for when things went “wrong” as such, but simply to think of how things may…

• How to Create WordPress Posts in Themes/Plugins

  Michael Martin

  8 Aug 2011 | 11:00 am

  Recently, one of our clients needed to let visitors create WordPress posts (Or custom post types of course) from the website itself. In this post, I’m going to walk through some of the WordPress functions I used to achieve this. We’ll go over creating the post itself, adding categories/tags, and adding metadata. (We’ll skip the stage where you build a form, validate what users enter etc. and just focus on the WordPress functions instead) Create the Post The method to create the core post is simple. Essentially, you build a $post object, and then insert it with…

• How to Make a Floating Share Box

  Michael Martin

  12 Jul 2011 | 11:00 am

  This is one of the most common questions I get asked; how do you make a floating box with share links? Today, we’re going to see just how simple it can be. We will: Set up the current trinity of search (Facebook, Twitter, +1). See how to make sure they share the right URL. Align the box to the bottom left of the user’s browser. Hide the box if the user’s browser is too small (So it never overlaps our content). You can see the demo site here (Try resizing your browser smaller). 1 – The URL and Text to Share The first step involves a little WordPress code. In footer.php…

• Validate Forms in WordPress with jQuery

  Michael Martin

  22 Jun 2011 | 11:00 am

  This article will teach you how to add validation to your WordPress comment forms, using jQuery. With validation, users can submit their comment and instantly see if they’ve hit an issue. There is no need to submit the page and get WordPress’ default “There is a problem…” page. Instead, errors are displayed inline instantly. In our example, we will build a plugin which you can drop into any theme and will work instantly. Just like last week, you can see the finished product in action on the demo site. And you can download the completed files here. Organize Your…

• Load Next WordPress Posts With AJAX

  Michael Martin

  15 Jun 2011 | 11:00 am

  Today, we’re going to replace the standard “Older Posts” links on your blog. Our plugin will create a button to instantly load the next page of posts, without reloading the page (Similar to what Twitter used to do at the bottom of profiles) Click here to load the demo site and see the final project in action. You can also download the completed files as a plugin here (Just upload and activate it). Now, let’s get started. Our plugin is going to have several features: Multiple clicks – First clicks will load page 2′s posts, second will load page 3 etc.) Check…

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• All parts of design are important—no, I’m not kidding

  26 Jan 2012 | 10:24 pm

  A reader calling himself “areyoukiddingme” writes about color symbolism: Why are you making such a big deal out of what color your page uses? You should be more focused on the content on your website, the drop down menus, the organization, homepage outline, etc. Color is the last thing you should worry about. Personally, though, I would go with black letters and a white background. The only color that should be different is your logo. By the way, links should always be blue. Do you agree? While I agree with him that text should be black on white (or very dark on very light) for…

• Poll: How important is elearning to the web?

  25 Jan 2012 | 9:25 pm

  With the release of iTunes U and other ways to get more access to elearning, it seems to me like this is an area that is growing both in importance and popularity on the web. But elearning is more than just posting web content online and letting people learn from it. Good online education includes assessment, exercises, and interaction to help the students really learn what is being taught. Of course, this all used to be done with packages like Authorware, but these days, you can build great elearning solutions right in Dreamweaver. What do you think? Is elearning an important part of the web…

• HTML5 Design Gallery - RDWonline v8.0: The Quasareclipse

  24 Jan 2012 | 10:19 pm

  This is a fun example of a site that is essentially one page—although you still click through to inner pages. Ronald uses great interactive CSS3 features to make the page more interactive. I’d love to see him use the History API to get the URL to change, so it’s easier to navigate. And there are some issues with formatting in my browser. But overall it's a great example. Have you built an HTML5 site? Or do you know of one that does a great job with HTML5? Submit HTML5 site designs to be featured on this site.

• Understanding the Differences Between CSS3 Transformations and Transitions

  24 Jan 2012 | 12:42 am

  When I first started learning CSS3 the transformations and transitions were hard to get. Mostly because the words were similar. I would find myself typing transform when I meant transition and transition when I meant translate, and so on. But learning what they all meant has helped me get them straight in my head. Learn the difference between CSS transformations, transitions, and even translations. Read the full article: CSS Transformations versus Transitions More Help with CSS Transitions and Translations CSS Transitions CSS Transformations CSS3 Tutorials

• CSS Transformations Make Your Elements Even More Changeable

  23 Jan 2012 | 10:22 am

  Until recently, when you created a web page, you had to stick with some form of grid, with all your elements as little rectangles on the grid all marching in rigid lines up and down the page. But CSS3 gives you a way to change that. With CSS3 transformations you can adjust your elements to be skewed and stretched, rotated and resized. And best of all, these work in Internet Explorer! Learn how to use CSS transformations. Read the full article: CSS Transformations More Fun with CSS3 Animate with CSS Transitions CSS3 Linear Gradients CSS3 Shadows: Box Shadows and Text Shadows More CSS3…

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• Happy Data Privacy Day Eve!

  27 Jan 2012 | 1:46 am

  Yes, had you forgotten it's Data Privacy Day tomorrow? See StaySafeOnline for events in the US and Canada. Not sure why it's a Saturday — maybe to give the weekend journalists a story they can prepare in advance, and then take the day off. While there is a programme of events, data protection has been in the news this week following the publication on Wednesday of the European Union's proposed reform of data protection legislation, promoted under the banner of aiming: to increase users' control of their data and to cut costs for businesses There has been extensive documentation and…

• Privacy, Labelling and Legislation

  24 Jan 2012 | 2:08 pm

  The proposed new European Data Protection Directive will be announced tomorrow. Apart from the leaked draft document, there has been plenty of comment (e.g. here, here and here), Viviane Reding, Vice-President of the European Commission, has also been speaking up. Meanwhile IAB Europe has been busy behind the scenes discussing online behavioural advertising (OBA) and IAB USA has been blogging about its self-regulatory programme. Lots happening then with privacy, advertising and online marketing. We will find out tomorrow if the leaked document was representative of the final proposals.

• London Android Group

  20 Jan 2012 | 1:30 am

  After attending the London Web Performance Testing Group on Wednesday evening, I went along to the London Android Group (londroid) at Skills Matter. Mixing Native and Web Technologies, Oh My included three presentations/demonstrations. Great stuff. Dave Springgay spoke about his experiences at News International developing highly crafted news apps which provide high quality and high performance on native mobile operating systems. He explained their use of HTML5, Android WebView and Java bridging to use JavaScript to inject content (mainly JSON) directly into pre-built HTML templates which are…

• Web Performance Testing Group

  19 Jan 2012 | 2:34 am

  One of the benefits of being in central London during the week is the number of events it is possible to attend. With too much choice, it is sometimes possible to miss opportunities to expand your knowledge, but yesterday I took the opportunity to attend for the first time, a meeting of the London Web Performance Group being held at the London Canal Museum near King's Cross. David Burns spoke about web performance testing and continuous integration. He described how he had developed processes for building web performance testing into development processes and is now able to do this with…

• New Entry at No 4: Cyber Attacks

  14 Jan 2012 | 11:52 am

  I have to thank Alexis Fitzgerald for pointing out this weekend's reading — the latest edition of the Global Risks report from the World Economic Forum. All 50 risks examined in this year's Global Risks 2012 - Seventh Edition fall in the high-impact and high-likelihood areas. This year cyber attacks have been identified as one of the top five risks in terms of likelihood. However it terms of impact, issues like major systemic financial failure, water supply crises, food shortage crises, chronic fiscal imbalances and extreme volatility in energy and agricultural prices have much greater…

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• WiGig: More than Wi-Fi on Steroids

  Tim Kridel

  27 Jan 2012 | 11:06 am

  Advertise here with BSATweet Intelligence In Software: IT Software Strategy WiGig: More than Wi-Fi on Steroids Wi-Fi is one of the world’s most widely used wireless technologies. Two common downsides of that popularity are interference and often slow speeds. A new wireless technology called WiGig aims to complement Wi-Fi performance by providing an alternative for certain usages, like peer-to-peer and device-to-device information exchange. Commercially available by late 2012, WiGig will use the 60 GHz band, which is unlicensed spectrum that’s virtually unused in most countries. Wi-Fi…

• Seven Amazing Ways To Obtain Passive Income Online

  NTHEMES

  26 Jan 2012 | 5:17 pm

  Advertise here with BSATweet Last year, the owner of a Word Press site made a record sale, he received more than $50,000 by selling the respective masterwork on market websites. It’s true, it’s a record and it’s an exception, but a lot of money may be gained from selling website templates. It’s awesome not only because the amount of money is respectable, but also because it’s catalogued as passive income. You don’t have to be an expert accountant to know that all income may be “brutally” divided into two main categories: Active income, is in fact the payment received for…

• 10 Simple & Best WordPress Contact Form Plugins For Your Blog

  Leif

  25 Jan 2012 | 3:21 pm

  Advertise here with BSATweet Trying to find a Word Press plugin that best suited for your needs can be a bit of a hassle sometimes. Having a contact form is very important for your blog, which allows your visitors or advertisers to get in touch with you. But it’s very important to keep it simple and user friendly along with creative look involved. WordPress is one such great platform that will allow you use simple plugins and get the contact form in minutes. We tried to list 10 best of those plugins here to save you time and frustration! 1. Contact Form 7 2. Contact Form By Contact Me.com…

• 60+ Hilarious, Creative & Beautiful Examples of Toy & Video Game Inspired Photography

  Andy Sowards

  24 Jan 2012 | 5:53 pm

  Advertise here with BSATweet When I was in middle school, I used to walk down to the comic shop (which sadly doesn’t exist anymore where I live) after school and I would pick up a ToyFare magazine (which again doesn’t exist) and I would LMFAO. If you have never heard of ToyFare then check this wiki link. It was a magazine full of the coolest toys, and they would have hilarious captions in them – it was almost like a print version of Robot Chicken (I assume you are all familiar with that). But Today I have some awesome toy photography that reminds me of those good ole days of…

• Epic Giveaway – Get Any Deal of Your Choice From Mighty Deals for Free!

  Andy Sowards

  24 Jan 2012 | 11:21 am

  Advertise here with BSATweet Today we are honored to partner with Mighty Deals to bring you this exclusive giveaway. As you have probably seen, Mighty Deals has some quality deals going on all the time, well today is your chance to get your hands on one of these hot deals for absolutely Free! Who is Mighty Deals? Mighty Deals is a flash sales platform for digital goods aimed at web professionals. It provides the opportunity not only to get exposure to the entire web design and development community, but also to boost sales and reach out to tens of thousands of new potential customers. It has…

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• Uicons – Icons for Apps and Stuff

  Gerasimos

  23 Jan 2012 | 5:38 am

  “Hand crafted multi-layered scaleable psd icons perfect for apps, websites and just about anything else imaginable.” Licensing Uicons Raster Set is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution license. Uicons Vector set requires no attribution. A raster set is available for free while the PSD vector set costs just $25. Amazing set. Related posts:1000 Free “Farm-Fresh Web Icons” 15 Free High Resolution Icons Free Ecological Vector Design Elements

• WordPress Plugin: Groups, user management, capabilities and more

  Gerasimos

  18 Jan 2012 | 2:41 am

  I found out about this plugin a few days ago in the wp-hackers mailing list where the author is basically asking for some feedback. Groups provides group-based user membership management, group-based capabilities and content access control. It integrates standard WordPress capabilities and application-specific capabilities along with an extensive API. Related posts:WordPress Plugin: Custom post relationships (CPR) v1.01 Menu Humility – A WordPress plugin to keep menu items in order WordPress plugin – P3 (Plugin Performance Profiler)

• jQuery ContentHover Plugin

  Gerasimos

  16 Jan 2012 | 3:41 am

  ContentHover is a small jQuery plugin that helps you show some hidden content on top of an element when the mouse hovers over it. There are options to chose how your hover effect would appear, like fade in or slide in from any direction, you can change the opacity of the overlay etc. Related posts:jQuery Plugin imgPreview jQuery Plugin: Feature List Slide Box – a jQuery plugin

• iOS Icon Gallery

  Gerasimos

  13 Jan 2012 | 3:48 am

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• WordPress plugin – P3 (Plugin Performance Profiler)

  Gerasimos

  12 Jan 2012 | 2:08 pm

  With P3 you can check which plugins are slowing down your WordPress installation. After a complete scan you can get a detailed report about the pages that generate the most database queries. Available only for WordPress 3.3+ and browsers capable of displaying data on the <canvas> element. Related posts:WordPress Custom Post Type Code Generator WordPress Plugin: Custom post relationships (CPR) v1.01 WordPress Plugin: Custom Post Types Relationships

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• 15 Icon Design Photoshop Tutorials

  Gisele Muller

  27 Jan 2012 | 7:57 am

  Advertise here with BSAIcons are a very important element of web design and play a big role in a website. Designing the perfect icon is definitely a challenge and is always good to have resources and tips in this matter. Today we decided to gather a few Icon Design Tutorials to keep your ideas flowing and to increase your resource library. From new and fresh tutorials to a little bit older but still classic ones, you will find a lot of tips and inspiration in this list, enjoy. Create a Mobile App Icon in Photoshop Design a Detailed Audio Receiver Icon in Photoshop Create a Detailed Camera…

• 30 Amusing and Funny Photo Manipulations

  Tomas Laurinavicius

  25 Jan 2012 | 11:22 pm

  Advertise here with BSAPhoto manipulations are quite popular among all generations of designers and digital artists. It is also a genre often used in the advertising industry because of the effect these manipulations have on people. This sort of artwork are usually shocking and unrealistic and they are demanding of people’s attention and reactions either negative or positive. That’s the purpose of advertising – to make people feel something about the brand or particular product. In this post you will see 30 funny and amusing photo manipulations with different messages and…

• WDL Premium: Retro UI Set

  Henry Jones

  25 Jan 2012 | 11:59 am

  Advertise here with BSAThis week for our WDL Premium Members, we have a set of retro UI elements from Vandelay Premier. The set includes a considerable number of unique elements that are sure to be useful for those who like the always trendy retro style. Be sure to check out Vandelay Premier for more great design resources. Here’s a preview of the set: Download Retro UI Set Premium MemberYou must be a WDL Premium member to download this file. Sign Up Login About this Partner Vandelay Premier provides web and graphic designers with high-quality resources for the purpose of making your…

• 10 New Free Fonts for Your Designs

  Henry Jones

  24 Jan 2012 | 6:20 am

  Advertise here with BSAFinding the perfect font for a project is a real challenge, and that is why we like to provide our readers with as much fonts as we can. We know that having a lot of options to choose from is very helpful, so today we gathered a new round of free fonts to give your designs a new touch, check it out. Arvil Poly Meander Manteka Adamas Regular The Graffiti Font Origram Nomed Font Urbe Haymaker

• 21 Examples of Inspiring Typography in Web Design

  Gisele Muller

  22 Jan 2012 | 11:03 pm

  Advertise here with BSAFrom print to packages to web design and pretty much all other media that you can think of, typography always plays a big role. Not only can good use of typography add to your design from a visual standpoint, it can also play an important role in defining the heirarcy of the content. With this in mind, we gathered a collection of inspiring typography usage in web design. From small type to huge and colorful ones we will show you that typography can be very important in your design. Life in Greenville Cider Circles – Meetups for the Creative Types goodness Yes…

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  Unmatched Style

• The Manual v2

  Gene Crawford

  26 Jan 2012 | 1:30 pm

  We’ve reviewed The Manual website and even the book itself before on UnmatchedStyle. I really enjoyed the first issue and have loved the second even more. The website is a simple exercise in design, using concise and clear elements mixed with some small details show’s the craft involved. Love it when you swap from issue 1 to issue 2 and the blue turns to read - that’s the type of thing i’m talking about. Love it!

• svt.se

  Gene Crawford

  26 Jan 2012 | 9:30 am

  Checking out the newly responsive Swedish broadcasters’ site: svt.se/ug/ /via @Malarkey — Responsive Design (@RWD) January 4, 2012 Very nicely done responsive site design for the Swedish broadcaster’s network. Lots of nice transitions between the breakpoints to study from here.

• designerfounders.com

  Gene Crawford

  26 Jan 2012 | 7:00 am

  I love this single page site design. The way the screens darken as you scroll down and then reveal the fixed header/nav design. The sections with the founder bios and story points are all well designed and make me want to dig in deeper to see what the deal is.

• lifeingreenville.com

  Gene Crawford

  25 Jan 2012 | 1:20 pm

  Beautifully clean design for lifeingreenville.com. I love designs like this, that are chock full of subtle detail and a careful eye for craft. It’s also beautifully responsive - HUZZAH!

• allisonnold.com

  Maria

  25 Jan 2012 | 9:30 am

  This is a no-nonsense site that shows the Who and the What. I like that the intro area at the top gives you a quick but solid idea of who Allison is. If you’re already so super-engaged by the high quality photo of her and her pet ampersand, there are links to go off and explore other parts of the web where she’s found. If you want to dig down a bit you’ll see really well done presentations of her work, along with a small amount of info relevant to the challenge and her role in the solution. I got a little tripped up by the “roles” text being contained. At first I…

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  Desizn Tech

• 5 Benefits of Using Online Storage for Your Projects

  Kawsar Ali

  26 Jan 2012 | 10:52 am

  Online storage has revolutionized the way we work, live, and do business. Where we once had to cart around floppy disks (or later, USB flash drives) we now can store data in the cloud. Over the past year services such as Dropbox have brought online storage into small businesses and homes, and we are finding new ways to use it almost daily. When you are working on a website with other people, online storage offers lot of benefits. Let’s take a look at a few.  Online Storage for Teams Eliminates Duplication Errors One of the best ways to use online storage is for team-based projects.

• A Showcase of Creative About Us Pages

  dt_guest_author

  23 Jan 2012 | 8:33 am

  When you are designing a site for a small company (and especially if you are designing a site for a large company) it can be challenging to get across the personality of the team. Sites exist to serve a function, but people often want to know who works there and what they are like. This is especially true of small startups who want to prove that they are not as corporate and dull as the typical companies in the industry, they often want to show off their quirky, interesting and different style. This is where the “About Us” page comes in – and it is the perfect way of…

• Study of Best WordPress Themes Design

  dt_guest_author

  16 Jan 2012 | 8:17 am

  As designers, we always have to question why a certain visual look is popular. This is not so we necessarily copy it, but if something becomes popular, it must resonate with a large audience. One excellent way to examine designs with mass appeal is to look at popular WordPress themes. In this post we will analyze some of the most downloaded and popular WordPress themes . Why do you think these themes were so popular? Notice the trend towards minimalism in the layout and colors. As you examine these themes, look for patterns and see if there are themes you can draw from these designs and…

• 7 Sins of Business Card Design

  Kawsar Ali

  12 Jan 2012 | 9:03 am

  Regardless of your job industry or type, you need a well-designed business card, one that is appropriate for your trade. A business reflects your skills, professionalism and attracts clients and customer. Therefore it is absolutely vital to have a business card that brings more clients not turn them away. Keep the seven sins of business card design listed below in mind when you design or have a business card designed for your business. Avoid these seven pitfalls, and you are well on your way to creating an unforgettable business card. 1. Not Including Logo Not adding logo on a business card…

• A Showcase of Animals in Logo Design

  dt_guest_author

  29 Dec 2011 | 8:21 am

  Creating a logo that perfectly suits a particular company or brand’s personality can be extremely challenging – and it’s perhaps even harder when the logo needs to include, or show off, a character or mascot. Designing a logo around an animal can be extremely difficult, but it can also be rewarding when you get it just right. That logo can match the personality of the brand and stand out from the regular, more traditional brand logos. We have selected a showcase of animals in logo design to help inspire you for your next brand design. Are there any logos that you think…

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• Shana Zadrick (Inspiration)

  milo

  27 Jan 2012 | 5:24 am

• Vanessa Paradis Lagerfeld (Inspiration)

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  27 Jan 2012 | 5:23 am

• Dafne Cejas (Inspiration)

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  27 Jan 2012 | 5:23 am

• Will Davidson (Inspiration)

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• Tuuli Shipster (Inspiration)

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  Ashley Ford - Tutorials :: jQuery :: PHP :: CSS :: HTML5 :: Papermashup.com

• Animate through a set of list items with jQuery

  Ashley

  27 Jan 2012 | 5:29 am

  Here’s an interesting code snippet I’ve found handy in past projects. Great for highlighting specific information within an application or web page. To start with lets have a brief explanation as to what we’re going to be doing. We have a set of items in a list, and we want to iterate though the list increasing and decreasing the font size. Here’s how it’s done. The Code Firstly we setup three variables that are used in the function, notice that we’re chaining the variables instead of declaring ‘var’ each time which is the optimal way of…

• jQuery Fancy Switch

  Ashley

  24 Nov 2011 | 5:24 pm

  I wrote a post a while back on coding an iPhone style switch using jQuery. I’ve now put together a simple tutorial demonstrating how simple it is to build a switch that triggers two radio buttons in a field set. It also degrades gracefully if JavaScript is disabled just displaying the two radio buttons with labels. This tutorial is aimed at users just stepping on the jQuery ladder, and hopefully this will demonstrate how simple some techniques are. The design of the switch was done by Shegy and you can download the full set of switch designs as a PSD here The Code Lets run through line…

• Using Google’s Weather API

  Ashley

  25 Oct 2011 | 11:46 am

  I thought it would be a nice little project to write a tutorial on how to build a basic but powerful weather application for either mobile devices or the desktop. The application takes a set of Google weather API feeds and makes some simple decisions based on the output. For example we can recommend the user takes an umbrella if rain or storms are forecast, or whether the temperature warrants the need for warm clothes. Basic but nonetheless useful information. The Logic Code Lets have a quick run through at what the project consists of. Firstly we use the simplexml_load_file() PHP function to…

• jQuery Show / Hide Plugin

  Ashley

  28 Sep 2011 | 12:28 pm

  Due to popular demand here’s a re-written version of the tutorial I wrote over a year ago on how to show and hide content using jQuery. After I first published the post I’ve had a lot of requests as to how you can show and hide multiple divs so I’ve written this plugin which does all the work for you! The Plugin (function ($) { $.fn.showHide = function (options) { //default vars for the plugin var defaults = { speed: 1000, easing: '', changeText: 0, showText: 'Show', hideText: 'Hide' }; var options = $.extend(defaults, options); $(this).click(function () { // optionally add…

• Country drop down list with php function

  Ashley

  18 Aug 2011 | 1:30 am

  I had a project recently that required the user to select their country from a drop down list and store the data in a database. It was such a long process setting up the PHP switch statement that I thought someone might find it useful for a project. The code below is a snapshot of the switch statement I’ve setup. The download at the bottom includes 238 countries and continents. You just need to store the country code in the database then call the function below to return the country name. Code snapshot Below is a snapshop of the PHP switch statement. Download the full code of the…

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• Steps to Integrate Buddypress with WordPress Multi-sites

  admin

  25 Jan 2012 | 4:28 am

  when you opt for a multi site WordPress Development, you get an option of converting a regular looking WordPress blog into an amazing network of blogs, managed by a single admin back end process. Though it was previously a random feature to include the option of multi site WordPress blog, now it has been included [...]

• 7 Valuable Check Points for Creating Effective FAQ’s

  admin

  18 Jan 2012 | 1:57 am

  Frequently Asked Question (FAQs) is one of the most important tools that help you build user-friendly website. The tool is unavoidable when you provide rich information about any subject on your website. When a user opens your website, he may not be interested in the lengthy user guide or a long list of instructions, which [...]

• Tips Before Integrating Shopping Cart Software to Online Store

  admin

  13 Jan 2012 | 12:36 am

  It was a dream come true experience for a lazy yet passionate shopper when the online shopping stores were revealed to the world. The enthusiasm towards ecommerce website development has been brought up with phenomenal success stories of ecommerce platforms like eBay and Amazon etc. today with easy shopping cart integrations, any plane website can [...]

• Psychological Impact of Website Designs

  admin

  9 Jan 2012 | 12:31 am

  When it comes to creating a web design, psychological impact matters a lot. There are different elements in a web design like color, size, images etc. these different elements affect the psyche of people in different manners. Moreover, there are certain standard psychological responses that people tend to give on seeing a particular color etc. [...]

• Know The Ecosphere of Facebook Commerce

  admin

  3 Jan 2012 | 12:04 am

  When it comes to social commerce, it has been estimated that it will reach $30 Billion in the next five years. The question that arises here is how this became possible? If we take Facebook commerce in consideration, it just amounts to liking product pages. However, there are seven dimensions in total that drive Facebook [...]

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• Giveaway: 100 Custom Flyers from Next Day Flyers

  Jacob Gube

  23 Jan 2012 | 9:00 am

  Advertise here with BSA We’ve partnered up again with our wonderful friends at Next Day Flyers to give away two sets of 1/4-page flyers with free shipping anywhere in the Continental U.S. Each set contains 100 flyers. Flyer printing can be used and customized for a variety of purposes including promoting a club event, marketing a small business and sending out announcements. Read on to see how you can win! About Next Day Flyers Next Day Flyers is an offset printing company offering an array of printed materials such as flyers, business cards, postcards, brochures, tickets and more.

• The Proxority Principle in Web Design

  Jacob Gube

  18 Jan 2012 | 7:27 am

  Advertise here with BSA In web design, the position of design elements and the layout of web pages is everything. So many cool, exciting techniques are available to help us lay out our designs (especially with CSS3 at our disposal) that we often forget that structure is as important as aesthetics. How do you determine where content should appear, and how can a well-oiled interface increase website readability? This is what we’ll aim to uncover in this article. We’re going to examine a basic technique that could help you improve your general content flow, and, for lack of a better…

• Giveaway: 10 Subscriptions to Mindomo (Mind-Mapping App)

  Jacob Gube

  18 Jan 2012 | 7:20 am

  Advertise here with BSA Mindomo, a mind mapping application for brainstorming,  has teamed up with us to give out 10 Premium Account subscriptions for one year (worth $65 each). Read on to see how you can win this awesome prize. ** Update: Giveaway Period Has Ended ** About Mindomo Mindomo is a simple mind mapping application, which can be used individually or in group for creative idea generation, gathering project requirements, building quick site-maps and simple project management. A designer’s mind map created by Mindomo. Mindomo allows easy development of a design concept or idea.

• Announcement: Winners of PSD2HTML.com PSD to Conversion Services

  Jacob Gube

  14 Jan 2012 | 4:00 am

  Advertise here with BSA We had a great giveaway from our friends at PSD2HTML.com, a leading provider of PSD to HTML conversion services. In this post, we’d like to announce the two winners who’ve won themselves $400 and $300 worth of PSD2HTML.com services, as well as three free pages of design to mobile template conversion. The Winners The first prize winner receives $400 worth of services and three free pages of design to mobile template conversion, while the second prize winner gets $300 worth of services and three free pages of design to mobile template conversion. Below are…

• Giveaway: 5 Free Deals from Deals2Have

  Jacob Gube

  10 Jan 2012 | 9:30 am

  Advertise here with BSA Our friends at Deals2Have — a site providing great discounts on digital products for Mac enthusiasts, creative professionals and startups — is giving away five free deals to five lucky Six Revisions winners. Read on to find out how you can win! ** Update: Giveaway Period Has Ended ** About Deals2Have Deals2Have, which started in summer of 2011, is a site where you can find big discounts on useful digital products. For example, Deals2Have is currently running a deal on the Photoshop Styles Mega Pack Collection; normally it costs $59, but they’ve worked…

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  Chris Wallace

• Part of Your World

  Chris

  21 Jan 2012 | 9:45 am

  play pause mute unmute Rogie King sings “Part of Your World” from The Little Mermaid on autotune. Dug this one up from a few years ago. You’re welcome, Rodg.

• We Finally Have an UpThemes Facebook Page

  Chris

  9 Jan 2012 | 1:56 pm

  It only took a few years, but UpThemes finally has a presence on Facebook! Like us now so we can get a vanity URL and also so we can share awesome WordPress theme news and info with you.

• We Just Joined the 19th Century! We Have a Facebook Page!

  Chris

  9 Jan 2012 | 1:39 pm

  I wanted to take a moment to let you all know that we now have an official UpThemes Facebook page!

• It’s Light Snow outside!

  Chris

  6 Dec 2011 | 3:55 am

  Currently it’s 32 degrees Fahrenheit in McKinney, TX.

• New on the UpThemes Blog: Extreme Cyber Monday Deal – 50% OFF

  Chris

  28 Nov 2011 | 10:25 am

  UpThemes is excited to present an exclusive deal on all club memberships during Cyber Monday! Save 50% on all themes and club memberships by entering the coupon code “CYBERMONDAY” during checkout. This deal is valid today only, so make sure to take advantage of it before it’s gone!

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• Line25 Sites of the Week for January 27th 2012

  Chris Spooner

  27 Jan 2012 | 1:00 am

  Line25 Sites of the Week is a weekly roundup of the most outstanding website designs that I stumble across during my every day browsing. In this week’s collection, we have designs from rtraction, Bear CSS, Graz Secrets, Circles and Unify.rtractionView the websiteBear CSSView the websiteGraz SecretsView the websiteCirclesView the websiteUnifyView the website

• How To Display a Message on Old WordPress Posts

  Chris Spooner

  23 Jan 2012 | 1:00 am

  If you post helpful information on your blog chances are some of your early posts are now outdated as technologies have changed over the years. Let’s take a look at how we can add a mix of PHP tags to our WordPress themes to automatically add a small disclaimer or warning message to posts over X years old.The little snippets of code we’re going to add to our theme will allow us to display a message above our post content, but only on posts over a number of years old. We might only want to display this message on certain types of posts, in my case it’s only my tutorials that…

• Line25 Sites of the Week for January 20th 2012

  Chris Spooner

  20 Jan 2012 | 1:00 am

  Line25 Sites of the Week is a weekly roundup of the most outstanding website designs that I stumble across during my every day browsing. In this week’s collection, we have designs from Fine Goods, The Gifts Project, UPPERDOG, Smashing Magazine and One Minute With.Fine GoodsView the websiteThe Gifts ProjectView the websiteUPPERDOGView the websiteSmashing MagazineView the websiteOne Minute WithView the website

• How To Create a Vibrant Cloud Icon in Photoshop

  Chris Spooner

  16 Jan 2012 | 1:00 am

  Follow this step by step Adobe Photoshop tutorial to create a colourful and vibrant cloud icon. We’ll be using plenty of gradients and lighting effects to produce a really cool icon perfect for a modern website design or mobile app.The cloud icon we’ll be creating features plenty of vibrant colours to create a three dimensional appearance. A flow of purple to blue provides the colourful base while the highlights help illuminate the icon and lift it from the screen.View the full size icon designOpen up a new Photoshop document and begin by filling a black circle with the elliptical…

• Line25 Sites of the Week for January 13th 2012

  Chris Spooner

  13 Jan 2012 | 1:00 am

  Line25 Sites of the Week is a weekly roundup of the most outstanding website designs that I stumble across during my every day browsing. In this week’s collection, we have designs from Seismi, Oliver Lisher, Shopify, Kayako and Ruby Bots.SeismiView the websiteOliver LisherView the websiteShopifyView the websiteKayakoView the websiteRuby BotsView the website

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  Nettuts+

• 24 Extremely Useful Ruby Gems for Web Development

  Siddharth

  26 Jan 2012 | 3:38 pm

  One of the nicer things about developing on the Ruby platform is the sheer amount of meticulously categorized, highly reusable code wrapped up in the form of aptly named ‘gems’. I’m sure you’ve heard of popular frameworks like Sinatra or the super popular Rails that ship as gems but you’re missing an entire spectrum of others that handle issues at a much lower level. Start using these and watch your productivity shoot through the roof! A Quick Note I’m well aware that some of the gems listed here have Rails, or parts of Rails, as a dependency. That…

• Why you Should be using PHP’s PDO for Database Access

  Erik Wurzer

  25 Jan 2012 | 10:04 am

  Many PHP programmers learned how to access databases by using either the MySQL or MySQLi extensions. As of PHP 5.1, there’s a better way. PHP Data Objects (PDO) provide methods for prepared statements and working with objects that will make you far more productive! May of 2010 PDO Introduction “PDO – PHP Data Objects – is a database access layer providing a uniform method of access to multiple databases.” It doesn’t account for database-specific syntax, but can allow for the process of switching databases and platforms to be fairly painless, simply by…

• Meet Crockford’s JSDev

  Andrew Burgess

  24 Jan 2012 | 11:29 pm

  Recently, Douglas Crockford released a neat tool that makes the process of developing and testing your JavaScript a bit easier. Interested in learning more? Watch today’s quick tip to find out! Watch the Screencast Show Link Douglas Crockford’s Google+ Post JSDev | Github Labelled blocks, useful? Gist of test_code script I created in the screencast Will you use JSDev? I’m curious; is this something that you’ll use in your daily coding? I’m still not sure, myself. Let us hear your thoughts in the comments!

• .htaccess Files for the Rest of Us

  Dan Wellman

  23 Jan 2012 | 6:37 pm

  .htaccess files are used to configure Apache, as well a range of other web servers. Despite the .htaccess file type extension, they are simply text files that can be edited using any text-editor. In this article, we’ll review what they are, and how you can use them in your projects. Please note that .htaccess files don't work on Windows-based systems, although they can be edited and uploaded to a compatible web server, and on Linux-based systems they are hidden by default. In order to work with htaccess files locally, to see how they work and generally play around with them, we can…

• Testing your PHP Codebase with EnhancePHP

  Andrew Burgess

  20 Jan 2012 | 10:51 pm

  You know it; I know it. We should be testing our code more than we do. Part of the reason we don’t, I think, is that we don’t know exactly how. Well, I’m getting rid of that excuse today: I’m teaching you to test your PHP with the EnhancePHP framework. Meet EnhancePHP I’m not going to try to convince you to test your code; and we’re not going to discuss Test Driven Development, either. That’s been done before on Nettuts+. In that article, Nikko Bautista explains exactly why testing is a good thing and outlines a TDD workflow. Read that sometime, if…

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• Recreating the IBM Lotusphere logo in CSS3

  23 Jan 2012 | 12:52 pm

  A while ago, I visited the IBM Lotusphere 2012 conference page. One thing that I noticed immediately, was their beautiful logo on the background. Although it's design is very minimal and simple, the logo just looks very good. I wanted to recreate this logo using only HTML and CSS3. The main key to this effect is using the border-radius and overflow:hidden properties. I've created two versions: One that uses extra HTML elements, the second one uses CSS3 pseudo elements. Check out the demo to see how the logo looks like in your browser. Keep in mind, no images are used at all. Feel free to dig…

• Giveaway contest - Stickers by Sticker Mule

  9 Jan 2012 | 2:10 pm

  Since it was my 23rd birthday last weekend, and I wanted to start off the new year with some great goodies, I've got a great giveaway for everyone. Today, we're giving away store credit for all kinds of stickers by Sticker Mule! They could be useful for anything! Design your custom sticker, create die cut stickers or even create custom skins for your iPhone, laptop, Kindle or iPad. Read the rules below to find out how you can join this contest: it's pretty simple! Make sure you join this contest quick, since it ends on January 16th. You'll automatically receive information if you have won a…

• Looking back at 2011

  2 Jan 2012 | 1:15 pm

  Welcome to 2012 everybody! I hope you had a great Christmas time and enjoyed New Year's eve. Just like last year, I wanted to look back at my own blog to see what took place. Sadly, I wasn't able to post a lot this year due to personal circumstances. Yet, I'm pretty sure that all the posts that I did place are true, high quality unique articles that you might be able to use for your next web project since they were mainly about jQuery, CSS3 or HTML5. I really hope you liked reading the articles on Marcofolio.net for the last year! As for 2012, I hope to write more articles than past year. I…

• Build native-looking apps for iOS

  12 Dec 2011 | 2:42 pm

  Lately, I've been messing around with cool HTML5 stuff a lot. One of the things that HTML5 is trying to reach, is the market of mobile devices. A long time ago (when I got my first iPhone), I wrote an article on how to add a webclip for easy access to your website. But since then, I've learned a couple of more things on how to build native-looking apps for iOS using only HTML. I've created a template/boilerplate that you can use for your next project to create native looking apps for iOS (more specifically: Mobile Safari) using nothing but HTML. Simply build your website starting with this…

• Working with Websockets

  28 Nov 2011 | 2:17 pm

  HTML5 has some extremely cool features, and a couple of weeks ago I took a deep dive into Websockets. This protocol, which you can recognize by the ws:// and wss:// (secure websockets) URL prefix, enables "Server side push events". During my deep dive, I learned a couple of things that are pretty interesting. If you're into/learning HTML5, you really should try out Websockets! In my opinion, it's one of the coolest technologies they've added. Are you ready to dive and learn more about Websockets? Here are a couple of things to keep in mind when working with Websockets. Read more...

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  Webdesigner Depot

• Comics of the week #114

  Walter

  28 Jan 2012 | 3:13 am

  Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD.The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers.These great cartoons are created by Jerry King, an award-winning cartoonist who’s one of the most published, prolific and versatile cartoonists in the world today.So for a few moments, take a break from your daily routine, have a laugh and enjoy these funny cartoons.Feel free to leave your comments and suggestions below as well as any related stories of your own…Brand recognition problemThe louder the…

• 15 useful plugins for multi-author blogs

  Cameron

  27 Jan 2012 | 3:32 am

  Managing a blog with a single author can be time-consuming enough, but adding in multiple authors can exponentially increase the amount of time and effort it takes to manage.There’s editorial workflow, scheduling, and author management to consider, among other things.Below are fifteen plugins that can make managing your multi-author blog a lot easier.They include editorial workflow plugins, scheduling and calendar plugins, and plugins that will benefit your authors or make it easier to communicate with them.EditFlowEditFlow is one of the most useful plugins for managing posts on a…

• 7 mistakes developers make

  Paul Scrivens

  26 Jan 2012 | 3:26 am

  Great websites always seem to combine great design with great code. Since building a website is a pretty simple task you find many people learn HTML and CSS and figure that if they can learn that then they can design any website they want. While technically they can you will often find that there are some key mistakes they make because they don’t wish to take the time to actually learn about design.Programmers are designers in their own right, but they design code and wonderfully architected systems. To design something visual is completely different and just because you have a good eye…

• High quality WordPress templates from TemplateMonster.com

  Cameron

  25 Jan 2012 | 3:54 am

  [Editor's note: This is a sponsored post for Template Monster]TemplateMonster.com is among the most well known stock template and theme providers online.They offer templates for a wide range of sites, agricultural sites to church sites, as well as general templates that can be used on almost any kind of site.And all of their themes come with fantastic features that rival the top themes out there.Every TemplateMonster.com WordPress theme has a long list of great features, and all are available for a reasonable price. They even offer installation services for all of their themes.Below…

• How to make your own icon webfont

  Heydon Pickering

  24 Jan 2012 | 3:24 am

  In this article, I’m going to examine the science behind making successful UI icons before teaching you how to make your own embeddable icon font.From designing the individual icons to converting them for @font-face embedding, and even licensing them for distribution, we shall be using only free software and online services. How about that? You will not need to rely on any of the esoteric knowledge required to make successful alphanumeric typefaces; just an eye for designing things that may appear very, very small.Ultimately, you should go away with a process for making design elements…

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• 10 Great Ways To Watch TV Shows and Movies Online (now that Megavideo is no more)

  Jared Friedman

  27 Jan 2012 | 9:38 am

  Last week, Megavideo was shut down by federal prosecutors for violation of the Stop Inline Piracy Act (SOPA). The 13th most popular website on the Internet, Megavideo received more than 50 million hits per day from people around the world seeking to watch their favorite movies and tv shows online. Internet users are now scouring the internet trying to find other websites to satisfy their movie cravings. Here is a list of the top 10 similar sites to Megavideo with the best selection and quality on the web. 1. Metacafe Metacafe is a top-3 video site in the US with more than 40 million worldwide…

• iNoobs: 6 Words Any CMS Admin or Blogger Should Know

  Catalin Zorzini

  27 Jan 2012 | 8:36 am

  Whether you’re a blogger or the administrator of a site or CMS account, there is a certain level of vernacular you will be expected to know before you move on to the next level of your career or enterprise. You may be responsible for aggregating hosting reviews or simply tracking a site’s pingbacks. Regardless of the extent of everyday acumen, make sure you are comfortable speaking about the following terms and can use them in a sentence: Dashboard—It’s hard to imagine that you’ve created a blog, let alone added content or media, without knowing what a dashboard is.

• The Art & Science Mash-Up

  Catalin Zorzini

  26 Jan 2012 | 8:22 am

  James Trezona, MD of Mason Zimbler suggests that if you’re looking to create awesome ideas in 2012, you should borrow some lessons from Leonardo Da Vinci. The Ideas Economy is going to be more important than ever in 2012. We all need ideas to make better products, to tell better stories, to stand out from the crowd. At Mason Zimbler we rely on the generation of fresh ideas to communicate a client’s products, brands and business. So how can you create even better ideas in 2012? You could start by mixing two essential ingredients: art and science. Art provides: ideas that wow, genius…

• CSS Awards – 20 Beautifully Designed Websites

  CSS Awards

  25 Jan 2012 | 8:42 am

  We asked the CSS Awards team to create a selection with the greatest submissions from the last week. Check them out below and suggest other entries in the comments! Also, feel free to submit here other cool finds or your own creations. Ascension Latorre ala We are Royale Planilandia Agencia Creativa Phil Martinez Design AGENCE CRAC Cassius Cymetriq Studio Sir John A Day inTacto 10 years Parnas Virrral paiko Vuu Media screendesigner.ideenfrische Kathy Gomez R Chiara Pontiggia Edoardo Leo ORCIANI Unit Portables This is a post from Inspired Magazine. If you like it, you may want to subscribe to…

• iNoobs: How to Write a Blog – Organization

  Zach Katkin

  24 Jan 2012 | 8:32 am

  I recently wrote about the importance of adding good content to your website or blog. This post will discuss the importance of good organization in your blog writing. Organization Helps with Flow and Maintains User Interest You see that? Right there, just above this writing. I wrote about what I’m going to write about in this section. It’s a blog section header, and it’s helpful for a couple of reasons: 1) It gives the reader the head’s up on what to expect from this section of writing. 2) It helps search engines determine content and rank your blog in organic search results.

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  Onextrapixel

• Best of WordPress Anti-Spam Plugins and Why You Need None to Fight Spam

  Salman Siddiqui

  27 Jan 2012 | 5:00 am

  Today, while skipping rope I was pondering (my level of concentration increases when I skip rope) the reason behind the availability of innumerable anti-spam WordPress plugins. Did the creators of WordPress not think about spam issues and don’t they do so now when WordPress has gone viral? Actually, that isn’t the case. WordPress, as a Content Management System, comes loaded with basic features to tackle spam. It is just that we have been spoon fed the idea that a plugin is a must for any WordPress feature other than writing articles and uploading images. Plugins are required for extra…

• Top Ten Offline Design Resources

  Chloe Lloyd

  26 Jan 2012 | 5:00 am

  There are hordes of online graphic design tutorials, resources and lists however we thought that to make a change, a list of top ten offline resources would be great for those who spend far too much time in front of a computer screen or for those times when, God forbid, your internet connection isn't working! While blogs and magazines are great for quick reference and news, they don't offer the depth that a good old read can. Whether you are a professional and looking for a book that can give you the edge and offer the best service to your clients or a novice designer looking for guidance,…

• Year of the Dragon – Outstanding Dragon Digital Art

  Carol Francis

  25 Jan 2012 | 5:00 am

  This year, Chinese New Year is on 23rd January, and 2012 is the year of the Dragon. The Chinese zodiac is also divided into 5 elements, and the element for this year is water – so this year celebrates the Water Dragon. The other elements are wood, fire, earth and metal, and previous dragon years have been: 2000: Metal Dragon, 1988: Earth Dragon, 1976: Fire Dragon, 1964: Wood Dragon, 1952: Water Dragon. In general, the characteristics of those born in the year of the Dragon are: resourceful, adaptable, original, arrogant, irritable. Dragons are most compatible with rats and monkeys. In the…

• Showcase of Creative Booklet Designs

  Jameel Khan

  24 Jan 2012 | 5:00 am

  In the world of corporate design, booklets are one of the standard tools that you can use for promotion and advertising. Booklets are like the tiny books or magazines yet are very powerful. Booklets usually lay around in conference halls, offices and waiting rooms and on occasion they include an annual report of the company or showcase the portfolio of an artist. Apart from being easy to carry, booklets are less likely to bore the reader as their content is shorter and enticing. Therefore, such printed materials can be utilized essentially as manuals, guides, as well as flyers to furnish…

• Full CSS3 HTML5 Contact Form with No Images

  Stéphanie Walter

  23 Jan 2012 | 5:00 am

  In this tutorial, I will show you the code step by step to create a full HTML5 CSS3 contact form like the one above, without using any images. First, a little disclaimer. HTML5 and CSS3 are still working drafts; the goal of this tutorial is to show what we can do with those technologies. This form has some compatibility issues with old browsers, so if you want to use it in production, do so at your own risks. The form we will build is a simple contact form with basic information: name, email, URL, subject and message. For the sanity of the code, I omitted the vendor prefixes in this article,…

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  SloDive

• 25 Colorful Pictures of Balloons

  SloDive Admin

  27 Jan 2012 | 8:29 am

  Pictures of balloons, especially those of massive hot air balloons, always make a great sight. Balloons fiestas that happen across the world feature most unimaginable, craziest possible balloons, that occupy the sky for a million-dollar view. Other than the hot air

• 30 Short Hair Styles For Thick Hair Which You Will Love

  Sunalini Rana

  27 Jan 2012 | 8:20 am

  Thick Hair looks very beautiful and elegant and definitely boosts up ones confidence regarding looks and overall appearance. Hairstyles have a major impact on the appearance of an individual and also the style of the individual. Hairstyles for thick hair are

• 30 Navy Tattoos Which Will Make You Go Sailing

  Sunalini Rana

  27 Jan 2012 | 8:11 am

  Navy is a highly respected institution as it serves the nation and protects from the evil forces on the waves. Navy tattoos are a very good source of inspiration to many navy officers and the inspirers. Navy tattoos give a very

• 25 Cartoon Monkey Pictures You Will Enjoy

  Sunalini Rana

  27 Jan 2012 | 8:03 am

  Humans are a replica of monkeys; these animals usually do the same stuff as us. Monkeys are generally not very cute animals, they tend to scare us off but sometimes they too have an innocent side to them. I personally love

• 35 Lovely Short Hair Styles For Older Women

  Sunalini Rana

  27 Jan 2012 | 7:45 am

  More she grows older, more she gets graceful. Though, middle aged or older women can carry themselves better than any of their younger counterparts, a below average hairstyle for older woman might easily highlight her flaws. Thus comes, the need to

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• 50 Brilliant Text Effect Tutorials

  Suhail

  27 Jan 2012 | 7:53 am

  50 Brilliant Text Effect Tutorials Text Effect Tutorials are tutorials that offer you guidance over creating unique text effect. There are tools and layer tools available online that can be used to generate text with good effects. Whenever one try new graphics application, the urge to create a good and unique text effect is always felt that differentiate itself from the regular cheesy effects that people are annoyed and bored of. There are Photoshop text and layer tools available that can be used to create some really awesome text effects. Here is listed some of the best text effect tutorial…

• 35 Brilliant Pictures of Waterfalls

  Suhail

  26 Jan 2012 | 9:18 am

  35 Brilliant Pictures of Waterfalls 35 Brilliant Pictures of Waterfalls are displayed out here. Pictures of Waterfalls are views of waterscapes falling from heights captured within a photograph. Beautiful pictures of waterfalls become the pride of artists’ painting, photographers’ photograph and treat to human vision. A brilliant picture of waterfall can never be out of trend and has been a boon for natural photography from ages. While in earlier times, nature lovers or camera lovers used to capture natural view of lovely waterfalls, at the present age a whole genre of professional…

• 40 Excellent Examples of Wedding Photographs

  Suhail

  20 Jan 2012 | 2:02 am

  40 Excellent Examples of Wedding Photographs Wedding photography is the photography of activities relating to weddings. It encompasses photographs of the couple before marriage (for announcements, portrait displays, or thank you cards) as well as coverage of the wedding and reception (sometimes referred to as the wedding breakfast in non-US countries). It is a major commercial endeavor that supports the bulk of the efforts for many photography studios or independent photographers.Initially, professional studio photographers might bring a lot of bulky equipment, thus limiting their ability to…

• Unusual Cake Designs

  aafreen

  13 Jan 2012 | 11:47 am

  Cakes are bought on all occasions and have very cool designs, but some cake designs seem a bit boring as they are almost repetitive. To make your cake standout and look very unusual and creative you should look out for designs that are very unique and In this post I have listed some of the best cake designs that can be taken as inspiration. There are loads of cake designs that are best but not every design would look good, go ahead and enjoy the designs.                                        …

• High Definition Ipad2 Wallpapers

  aafreen

  12 Jan 2012 | 5:13 am

  High Definition Ipad2 Wallpapers: Ipad2 has been the most famous and loved tablet among the others that released in 2011. It is very good to see how technology has fast pace life and the new gets replaced with the new in just few months. In this post we have listed high definition ipad2 wallpapers that are most downloaded and been created by the best authors around the world. Wallpapers are most popular among all ipad2 lovers who tend to pimp up their ipad2 with the latest wallpapers. It is always good to keep changing the wallpapers to keep the mind freshened up. Ipad2 wallpapers have many…

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  Inspiredology

• Friday Fix January 23 – January 27

  Chad

  27 Jan 2012 | 7:16 am

  The Friday Fix is a weekly recap of all things inspiring. We look at new web apps, portfolios, beautiful websites and anything else design related. Zero Bundle Styiens 50 AIGA EDITS Quarterly Mathieu Strabach Ramotion Tobias Van Scheider Graz Secrets Tombras <Code/Racer> Bones

• 20 Popular TV Show Ads

  Mike Puglielli

  25 Jan 2012 | 7:28 am

  Taking a break from our more indepth posts, such as the Web Critiques, here is something that is light on the reading and light on the eyes. 20 Ads and logos from today’s most popular shows.  

• For Your Inspiration: Typographic Videos

  Mike Puglielli

  24 Jan 2012 | 9:29 am

  Weekly web series to bring you a small dose of inspiration. Join us as we tap into the designer’s itch for all things artistic, trendy, and otherwise magical. The Social Network “Going Live” Typography from Jorge Sandoval on Vimeo. Binary 2.0 from Jeroen Krielaars on Vimeo. Boy Meets Girl from Ben Mounsey on Vimeo. Moshun from Jeroen Krielaars on Vimeo. Stephen Fry Kinetic Typography – Language from Matthew Rogers on Vimeo. Mindshare “Storytelling” from Andy Martin on Vimeo.  

• Web Critique Week: Round-Up and Q&A

  Mike Puglielli

  20 Jan 2012 | 8:31 am

  We really enjoyed slewing together a week of Web Critiques for the Inspiredology community, giving proper light to one of our new projects. Here’s a quick recap and rapid fire Q&A with Andrew, Chad, and Myself. Mashable. Our first Web Critique to start off the week fell a smidge flat. Partly because Mashable is so boring. While they make use of pretty good design philosophy, there really isn’t a whole long going on. Their brand is too weak and doesn’t quite break through the generic styling to give us much to chew on. TheNextWeb was, I think, a nice transition from…

• Web Critique Week: ThinkVitamin.com

  Mike Puglielli

  19 Jan 2012 | 7:48 am

  Web Critiques is a take on examining a current piece of web art and breaking it down. We show off the good, the bad, dos and dont’s, why and how it works (or doesn’t), and the list goes on. This week we’re going all out and doing a Web Critique a day—bringing in ThinkVitamin.com to round out the week. Style and Function When we talked about some of the blogs we’d want to take a look at, that were relevant to our community, we really jumped on the idea of looking at Think Vitamin’s design blog. Bringing in some new flavor to the blog atmosphere, Think Vitamin brings a lot…

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• vitogo

  27 Jan 2012 | 12:00 am

  Fitness. Simplified.

• MeetingKing

  27 Jan 2012 | 12:00 am

  Meeting workflow and documentation tool to help keep meetings short and effective by making documentation and task follow-up easy

• wup.co

  27 Jan 2012 | 12:00 am

  Wup is a custom search engine to find information relevant social media.

• invoicebus.com

  27 Jan 2012 | 12:00 am

  Fast easy invoices!

• markdownpad

  27 Jan 2012 | 12:00 am

  MarkdownPad is a full-featured Markdown editor for Windows.

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  WebAppers

• JavaScript Library for Resumable Uploads via HTML5 File API

  Ray Cheung

  27 Jan 2012 | 1:01 am

  Advertise here via BSAResumable.js is a JavaScript library providing multiple simultaneous, stable and resumable uploads via the HTML5 File API. The library is designed to introduce fault-tolerance into the upload of large files through HTTP. This is done by splitting each files into small chunks; whenever the upload of a chunk fails, uploading is retried until the procedure completes.Resumable.js allows uploads to automatically resume uploading after a network connection is lost either locally or to the server. Additionally, it allows for users to pause and resume uploads without loosing…

• Another Stylish Tooltips jQuery Plugin

  Ray Cheung

  26 Jan 2012 | 2:46 am

  Advertise here via BSAPoshy Tip jQuery Plugin is a tooltip plugin that allows easily creating stylish tooltips. With Poshy Tip you can position the tips relative to the mouse cursor or to the target element and align them in every possible way horizontally and vertically.Poshy Tip supports using a function for returning the tooltip content and the script also passes an update callback function as an argument to this function. By using this callback, you can easily update asynchronously the content of the tooltip after it has been displayed.Requirements: jQuery Framework Demo:…

• Fully Customizable Edit In Place jQuery Plugin

  Ray Cheung

  25 Jan 2012 | 7:59 am

  Advertise here via BSAJeditable is an in-place editor plugin for jQuery. With few lines of JavaScript code it allows you to click and edit the content of different html elements. User clicks text on web page. Block of text becomes a form. User edits contents and presses submit button. New text is sent to webserver and saved. Form becomes normal text again.You can also get full control of Ajax request. Just submit to function instead of URL. Parameters passed are same as with callback. Jeditable is licensed under the MIT License.Requirements: jQuery Framework Demo:…

• Font.js – A Powerful Font Toolkit for JavaScript

  Ray Cheung

  24 Jan 2012 | 1:01 am

  Advertise here via BSAFont.js is a Powerful Font Toolkit for JavaScript. It gives you font loading events using a technique perfected in Mozilla’s pdf.js project, metrics information, and a better version of the canvas element’s measureText method with additional information such as height, bounding box, and leading.Font.js works by downloading the font data with an AJAX request, parsing out some metadata to determine that it is indeed a valid font file and to pull out the metrics information. Then it inserts an @font-face rule into the page.Requirements: JavaScript Framework Demo:…

• Rickshaw JavaScript Interactive Time Series Graphs

  Ray Cheung

  23 Jan 2012 | 8:05 am

  Advertise here via BSARickshaw is a simple framework for drawing charts of time series data on a web page, built on top of Mike Bostock’s delightful D3 library. These charts can be powered by static historical data sets, or living data that continuously updates in real time.Rickshaw was a JavaScript toolkit for creating interactive time series graphs for Shutterstock. Rickshaw makes every effort to provide help for common problems without obscuring anything underneath it.Requirements: JavaScriptFramework Demo: http://shutterstock.github.com/rickshaw/ License: See…

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  Woork

• Come realizzare un video blog dal look professionale

  Antonio Lupetti

  26 Jan 2012 | 12:13 pm

  In questo video vi illustro quali sono alcuni requisiti tecnici per realizzare un video blog dal look professionale, rispondendo ad alcune delle domande più frequenti che ho ricevuto da molti di voi, nelle ultime settimane, da quando ho aperto il canale su YouTube. Il video è volutamente ironico e scherzoso per due motivi. Primo: detesto la troppa seriosità. Secondo:mi piace raccontare le cose in maniera divertente. Questo non vuol dire che l’argomento sia trattato in modo meno “serio” – che è ben altra cosa dal “serioso” – rispetto ad un video in…

• Risultati eccezionali per Apple nel Q1 2012. Ma per i soliti detrattori: “è solo marketing senza sostanza”

  Antonio Lupetti

  25 Jan 2012 | 12:11 pm

  “Non riesco a capire come ci siano tante persone così ottuse che acquistino prodotti Apple”. E’ uno dei tanti messaggi che circolano su Twitter da qualche ora dopo che Apple ha reso noti i risultati relativi al Q1 2012 (ottobre-dicembre 2011). Già, non si riesce a capire e a credere. E probabilmente, visti i numeri, forse, neanche a Cupertino si sognavano un risultato simile. I ricavi del trimestre ammontano a $45,66 miliardi di dollari (quasi il doppio dello scorso anno $26,74 miliardi) con un margine netto di 13,6 miliardi di dollari. Apple ha venduto, solo nel trimestre…

• Perché chiudere MegaVideo e MegaUpload non servirà ad arginare la pirateria online

  Antonio Lupetti

  23 Jan 2012 | 12:34 pm

  La notizia è arrivata qualche giorno fa e ha fatto subito il giro del mondo. L’FBI ha chiuso MegaVideo e MegaUpload, due tra i siti più popolari della rete utilizzati dagli utenti per condividere anonimamente file di ogni genere, compresi software, musica e film. La motivazione della chiusura da parte del Bureau è stata quella di voler dare un duro colpo alla pirateria online. Ecco però perché, al di là del sensazionalismo della notizia, questo atto di forza della giustizia americana non risolverà affatto il problema della diffusione illegale dei contenuti online. Anzi…

• Compagnie telefoniche e clienti in ostaggio delle penali

  Antonio Lupetti

  20 Jan 2012 | 3:28 pm

  Era dicembre 2007. All’epoca viaggiavo su internet ancora con il doppino telefonico. Una linea ISDN era l’unico lusso che mi potevo concedere in termini di connessione nella mia zona. Niente ADSL neanche a morire. Una mattina mi chiamò una gentile signorina che lavorava in Tiscali. Siamo lieti d’informarla che da oggi è attiva la connessione ADSL per il suo numero telefonico, ventinove euro al mese, tariffa flat, in promozione per tre mesi a costo zero, se fossi in lei l’attiverei immediatamente. E così feci. Quel giorno quasi piansi per la contentezza. Mi inviarono immediatamente…

• Social network e cattive abitudini degli utenti

  Antonio Lupetti

  20 Jan 2012 | 11:48 am

  Twitter, Facebook e tutti i più famosi social network della rete sono ormai entrati a far parte prepotentemente della nostra vita e con essi tutta una serie di cattive abitudini tipiche degli utenti che li utilizzano. Eccone alcune.

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  ComBridges

• The App Year in Review: My Favorite Apps from 2011

  Jon

  27 Jan 2012 | 1:00 pm

  “Hello, my name is Jon, and… I’m an App-aholic.” Apps is me. I love ‘em and I love to share ‘em. And, just for the record, I consider my obsessive behavior with apps of all kinds, especially iPhone apps, iPad apps and small business productivity-oriented web apps to be a healthy addiction. Well mostly healthy. At least I’m learning about the future of mobile computing… and I’m definitely having fun. Here are my mini-reviews of my favorite apps from 2011 (more to come in 2012). I look forward to your comments and to hearing your recommendations via the…

• Top 3 Social TV Trends Emerge from CES News Announcements [Video]

  ComBridges

  12 Jan 2012 | 12:18 pm

  CES,  the Consumer Electronics Show, happening this week in Vegas, is a sure bet for the inside track on the latest innovations in social TV and the convergence of traditional television and the exploding world of online video. As I explain in TheTVNews video commentary below, three CES news stories stand out for me as big-picture trend indicators. This blog post also provides links to the stories themselves so you can get more details. Bottom line, the difference between being online and watching TV is blurring as a hybrid experience of the multi-screen experience and social TV comes to the…

• Your Social Media Future: It’s Time to Say YES.

  ComBridges

  4 Oct 2011 | 4:43 pm

  I continue to be amazed by how many professional people still resist social media marketing. In fact, this seems to be one of the main reasons that participants find so much value in my workshop, “Mastering the Social Media Marketing Mix.” The US “premiere” of this workshop will be in San Francisco, next Wednesday, October 12th. The producer, Linda Kosut just sent out an email announcement to her list with the headline, “Social Media IS Our Future” including a commentary about how she personally resisted this idea for a long time. "Social Media…

• My 2nd 2011 Social Media Speaking, Workshop Tour of New Zealand Will Energize With Authenticity

  ComBridges

  17 Aug 2011 | 11:49 pm

  I can hardly believe that I’m taking off (“leaving on a jet plane”) this weekend for my second 2011 “tour” speaking and leading workshops throughout New Zealand. I am amazed and delighted that my April, 2011 NZ speaking tour has led to a new batch of “return engagements.” Truthfully, I relish the opportunity to “turn on” business audiences to the remarkable communication opportunities of social media and Internet marketing, while also encouraging them to be proactive Net citizens who use the medium well through authenticity and leading…

• New Custom-Design WordPress Website | Conscious Order

  ComBridges

  16 Aug 2011 | 7:17 pm

  We love delighted clients almost as much as we love delightful clients. Annie Rohrbach—whose new book, “Conscious Order: Clear Your Mind, Leave Clutter Behind“ has just been published—qualifies as both delighted and delightful. ComBridges created an uncluttered design (no surprise there) and implemented the website in WordPress including her new blog and our usual array of WordPress plugins (a.k.a. the “ComBridges Custom Cocktail”) that will enable our Internet marketing services that are to follow as well as other functionalities. Part of ComBridges’…

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  Bwired Weblogs

• Responsive Design - Is it a Solution?

  23 Jan 2012 | 10:59 pm

  What is Responsive Design Responsive design, according to Smashing Magazine, is “the approach that suggests that design and development should respond to the user’s behavior and environment based on screen size, platform and orientation.”  Put forward by Ethan Marcotte, responsive web design has got me very excited for the future and where we’re heading in design and web strategy. A website that knows if a user is on a desktop, smartphone or tablet and responds accordingly is an important tool, and in 2012 it will differentiate you from the competition. (To see it…

• Don't Tick the Mobile Website Box

  12 Jan 2012 | 8:00 pm

  Australia is a leader in smartphone adoption, and with faster broadband speeds and more mobile devices hitting the market on a regular basis, the consumption of mobile content is only going to rise. Mobility is becoming the norm. Clients in ‘laggard sectors’ such as agriculture saw their audience on smartphones move from 20 percent to over 80 percent in 2011. In 2012, we will see business catch up and scramble to make sure their online assets perform on mobile platforms. Customers will simply expect to be able to find everything they need on the little device they are carrying…

• 10 Social Media Considerations

  28 Oct 2011 | 1:40 am

  The case for Social Media is generally accepted (grudgingly in some cases). Acceptance of the channel and recognition of opportunity is a first step, one that leads immediately to questions on approach, potential issues, concerns and other considerations. The following '10 Social Media Considerations' should help to frame your thinking if you are starting out, or provide a good 'cross-check' for existing participants keen to assess performance and practice. ONE - Why Social Media? (The Market) Social Media in some form or another is here to stay! Nielsen research in 2010 highlighted the size…

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• Buero Buero

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  18 Jan 2012 | 12:00 pm

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• Ri Channel

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  17 Jan 2012 | 6:00 pm

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• Matt Delbridge

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  17 Jan 2012 | 3:00 pm

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• The Beauty Shoppe

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  17 Jan 2012 | 12:00 pm

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• Workstead

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  16 Jan 2012 | 6:00 pm

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  Blog@PixelCrayons™

• Steps to Integrate Buddypress with WordPress Multi-sites

  admin

  25 Jan 2012 | 4:28 am

  when you opt for a multi site WordPress Development, you get an option of converting a regular looking WordPress blog into an amazing network of blogs, managed by a single admin back end process. Though it was previously a random feature to include the option of multi site WordPress blog, now it has been included [...]

• 7 Valuable Check Points for Creating Effective FAQ’s

  admin

  18 Jan 2012 | 1:57 am

  Frequently Asked Question (FAQs) is one of the most important tools that help you build user-friendly website. The tool is unavoidable when you provide rich information about any subject on your website. When a user opens your website, he may not be interested in the lengthy user guide or a long list of instructions, which [...]

• Tips Before Integrating Shopping Cart Software to Online Store

  admin

  13 Jan 2012 | 12:36 am

  It was a dream come true experience for a lazy yet passionate shopper when the online shopping stores were revealed to the world. The enthusiasm towards ecommerce website development has been brought up with phenomenal success stories of ecommerce platforms like eBay and Amazon etc. today with easy shopping cart integrations, any plane website can [...]

• Psychological Impact of Website Designs

  admin

  9 Jan 2012 | 12:31 am

  When it comes to creating a web design, psychological impact matters a lot. There are different elements in a web design like color, size, images etc. these different elements affect the psyche of people in different manners. Moreover, there are certain standard psychological responses that people tend to give on seeing a particular color etc. [...]

• Know The Ecosphere of Facebook Commerce

  admin

  3 Jan 2012 | 12:04 am

  When it comes to social commerce, it has been estimated that it will reach $30 Billion in the next five years. The question that arises here is how this became possible? If we take Facebook commerce in consideration, it just amounts to liking product pages. However, there are seven dimensions in total that drive Facebook [...]

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  hongkiat.com

• 7 Splendid Techniques to Encourage Comments on Your Blog

  hongkiat

  27 Jan 2012 | 7:03 am

  One of the best ways to gauge the health of your blog readership is to check out how many comments you have for your posts. More comments mean that your readers are actively engaged in what you have to say. Such positive engagement between the readers and yourself creates a lively community that sustains readership and attracts more visitors to your blog. Not getting the amount of comments that you would like to have? Don’t worry; it may not have anything to do with the content you’re providing. You may be providing quality content and information to readers, but not sufficiently…

• [Freebie] St Valentines Icon Set

  hongkiat

  27 Jan 2012 | 12:09 am

  This year, to celebrate the St Valentines Day, Hongkiat and Grafpedia are really proud to provide you this beautiful and lovely icons set. Roses, Love messages, hearts, chocolates, rings, gifts, candles everything to switch your website and commercial tools in the power of love. Each icon is available in various sizes: 48×48, 72×72, 128×128, 256×256 and 512×512. You can use them for personal and commercial use. Redistribution without permission is prohibited. Here’s a quick preview of what’s in the pack: Download Download St Valentines Icon Pack (all)

• 5 Amazing Things Internet May Have Ruined

  hongkiat

  26 Jan 2012 | 7:03 am

  Many of us are unable to survive without the internet because our modern society has grown to become so reliant on it. We go online everyday and has grown so accustomed to the net that we don’t actually realize the impact that the internet has on our lives. Needless to say, the internet has serves us well by allowing us to connect with the rest of the world ever-so-easily. (Image source: Shutterstock) Yet, this convenience comes with a price tag. We should take a moment and ask ourselves what are some of the things we may have sacrificed along the way. That way, we can gain a proper…

• 100 Imaginative “Cities of the Future” Artworks

  hongkiat

  25 Jan 2012 | 7:01 am

  What the future might hold has long been a topic of speculation for artists and creative types. Trying to imagine what the world around us might look like in twenty, fifty, hundred years, or even end of the world can provide hours of entertainment. And it’s obvious that those artists and designers who take the time to create concepts of what they think the future might hold for us put a lot of time and consideration into their pieces. Below are 100 fantastic artworks depicting what the future of the city might be. There’s a lot of diversity in the images, with everything from…

• Building Websites and Browser Apps with jQuery Mobile: Designing Custom Themes

  hongkiat

  24 Jan 2012 | 7:00 am

  In our earlier jQuery Mobile tutorial I had introduced much of the underlying framework and how to go about setting up your first website. The JS library is both lightweight and easy to pickup in regards to learning difficulty. There is also generic a CSS stylesheet included with the files so you can further customize the elements in your layout. For this second segment I’d like to spend a bit of time delving deeper into this idea of jQuery Mobile themes. The entire design industry has been revolutionized by jQM and the process of constructing a mobile template from scratch has been…

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  Inspired Magazine

• 10 Great Ways To Watch TV Shows and Movies Online (now that Megavideo is no more)

  Jared Friedman

  27 Jan 2012 | 9:38 am

  Last week, Megavideo was shut down by federal prosecutors for violation of the Stop Inline Piracy Act (SOPA). The 13th most popular website on the Internet, Megavideo received more than 50 million hits per day from people around the world seeking to watch their favorite movies and tv shows online. Internet users are now scouring the internet trying to find other websites to satisfy their movie cravings. Here is a list of the top 10 similar sites to Megavideo with the best selection and quality on the web. 1. Metacafe Metacafe is a top-3 video site in the US with more than 40 million worldwide…

• iNoobs: 6 Words Any CMS Admin or Blogger Should Know

  Catalin Zorzini

  27 Jan 2012 | 8:36 am

  Whether you’re a blogger or the administrator of a site or CMS account, there is a certain level of vernacular you will be expected to know before you move on to the next level of your career or enterprise. You may be responsible for aggregating hosting reviews or simply tracking a site’s pingbacks. Regardless of the extent of everyday acumen, make sure you are comfortable speaking about the following terms and can use them in a sentence: Dashboard—It’s hard to imagine that you’ve created a blog, let alone added content or media, without knowing what a dashboard is.

• The Art & Science Mash-Up

  Catalin Zorzini

  26 Jan 2012 | 8:22 am

  James Trezona, MD of Mason Zimbler suggests that if you’re looking to create awesome ideas in 2012, you should borrow some lessons from Leonardo Da Vinci. The Ideas Economy is going to be more important than ever in 2012. We all need ideas to make better products, to tell better stories, to stand out from the crowd. At Mason Zimbler we rely on the generation of fresh ideas to communicate a client’s products, brands and business. So how can you create even better ideas in 2012? You could start by mixing two essential ingredients: art and science. Art provides: ideas that wow, genius…

• CSS Awards – 20 Beautifully Designed Websites

  CSS Awards

  25 Jan 2012 | 8:42 am

  We asked the CSS Awards team to create a selection with the greatest submissions from the last week. Check them out below and suggest other entries in the comments! Also, feel free to submit here other cool finds or your own creations. Ascension Latorre ala We are Royale Planilandia Agencia Creativa Phil Martinez Design AGENCE CRAC Cassius Cymetriq Studio Sir John A Day inTacto 10 years Parnas Virrral paiko Vuu Media screendesigner.ideenfrische Kathy Gomez R Chiara Pontiggia Edoardo Leo ORCIANI Unit Portables This is a post from Inspired Magazine. If you like it, you may want to subscribe to…

• iNoobs: How to Write a Blog – Organization

  Zach Katkin

  24 Jan 2012 | 8:32 am

  I recently wrote about the importance of adding good content to your website or blog. This post will discuss the importance of good organization in your blog writing. Organization Helps with Flow and Maintains User Interest You see that? Right there, just above this writing. I wrote about what I’m going to write about in this section. It’s a blog section header, and it’s helpful for a couple of reasons: 1) It gives the reader the head’s up on what to expect from this section of writing. 2) It helps search engines determine content and rank your blog in organic search results.

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• 24 Extremely Useful Ruby Gems for Web Development

  Siddharth

  26 Jan 2012 | 3:38 pm

  One of the nicer things about developing on the Ruby platform is the sheer amount of meticulously categorized, highly reusable code wrapped up in the form of aptly named ‘gems’. I’m sure you’ve heard of popular frameworks like Sinatra or the super popular Rails that ship as gems but you’re missing an entire spectrum of others that handle issues at a much lower level. Start using these and watch your productivity shoot through the roof! A Quick Note I’m well aware that some of the gems listed here have Rails, or parts of Rails, as a dependency. That…

• Why you Should be using PHP’s PDO for Database Access

  Erik Wurzer

  25 Jan 2012 | 10:04 am

  Many PHP programmers learned how to access databases by using either the MySQL or MySQLi extensions. As of PHP 5.1, there’s a better way. PHP Data Objects (PDO) provide methods for prepared statements and working with objects that will make you far more productive! May of 2010 PDO Introduction “PDO – PHP Data Objects – is a database access layer providing a uniform method of access to multiple databases.” It doesn’t account for database-specific syntax, but can allow for the process of switching databases and platforms to be fairly painless, simply by…

• Meet Crockford’s JSDev

  Andrew Burgess

  24 Jan 2012 | 11:29 pm

  Recently, Douglas Crockford released a neat tool that makes the process of developing and testing your JavaScript a bit easier. Interested in learning more? Watch today’s quick tip to find out! Watch the Screencast Show Link Douglas Crockford’s Google+ Post JSDev | Github Labelled blocks, useful? Gist of test_code script I created in the screencast Will you use JSDev? I’m curious; is this something that you’ll use in your daily coding? I’m still not sure, myself. Let us hear your thoughts in the comments!

• .htaccess Files for the Rest of Us

  Dan Wellman

  23 Jan 2012 | 6:37 pm

  .htaccess files are used to configure Apache, as well a range of other web servers. Despite the .htaccess file type extension, they are simply text files that can be edited using any text-editor. In this article, we’ll review what they are, and how you can use them in your projects. Please note that .htaccess files don't work on Windows-based systems, although they can be edited and uploaded to a compatible web server, and on Linux-based systems they are hidden by default. In order to work with htaccess files locally, to see how they work and generally play around with them, we can…

• Testing your PHP Codebase with EnhancePHP

  Andrew Burgess

  20 Jan 2012 | 10:51 pm

  You know it; I know it. We should be testing our code more than we do. Part of the reason we don’t, I think, is that we don’t know exactly how. Well, I’m getting rid of that excuse today: I’m teaching you to test your PHP with the EnhancePHP framework. Meet EnhancePHP I’m not going to try to convince you to test your code; and we’re not going to discuss Test Driven Development, either. That’s been done before on Nettuts+. In that article, Nikko Bautista explains exactly why testing is a good thing and outlines a TDD workflow. Read that sometime, if…

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• MightyDeals Giveaway for Access All Areas Members

  Chris Spooner

  25 Jan 2012 | 1:00 am

  This week MightyDeals have arranged a great offer for Access All Areas members. They are giving away any of their current deals to 5 lucky winners! Fancy some new vector resources, a premium font to add to your collection, or maybe a book to learn something new? Log in and ...Log in to your Access All Areas account to read the rest of this post.Not a member? Becoming an Access All Areas member gives you the ability to view exclusive members-only content just like this. The premium category is already packed full of discount codes and useful design resources, and there's plenty more to come!

• How To Create a Vibrant Abstract Shards Poster Design

  Chris Spooner

  23 Jan 2012 | 1:00 am

  Follow this step by step Illustrator and Photoshop tutorial to create a cool poster design of vibrant shard graphics. We’ll create the array of shapes with Illustrator’s vector tools before finishing off the poster with some subtle textures in Photoshop.The design we’re creating today features a range of sharp vector shard shapes each with a vibrant mix of colours. These colours interact with the help of blending modes to create an intricate piece of digital art.View the abstract shards poster designOpen up Illustrator and use the Pen tool to create a random triangular shape…

• Art & Design Inspiration Fix for January 20th 2012

  Chris Spooner

  20 Jan 2012 | 1:00 am

  The Art & Design Inspiration fix pulls together a collection of my favourite graphical images that I’ve come across over the past week to give you a fix of creative inspiration. This week we have designs from Stewart Scott-Curran, Justin Kamerer, Chris Honeywell, Ben Thomas and Tom Whalen.The Flaming Lips by Stewart Scott-CurranRockaholics by Justin KamererTýr by Chris HoneywellAva by Ben ThomasEverest to Antarctica by Tom Whalen

• 20 Tutorials for Learning Digital Painting Techniques

  Chris Spooner

  16 Jan 2012 | 1:00 am

  I’ve always loved browsing the insanely detailed and realistic artwork created by digitally painting in Photoshop, so this year I’m planning on setting aside some time to learn the basics myself. I’ve read through numerous online tutorials and have hand picked the best to share with you today. All the tutorials showcased in this post describe the step by step process and offer useful tips to help you get started with the art of digital painting.Despite being an extremely popular subject it’s pretty difficult finding guides or tutorials that actually explain the process…

• 4Templates.com Credits Giveaway for Members

  Chris Spooner

  13 Jan 2012 | 1:00 am

  This week Access All Areas members have the chance of winning $50 worth of credits to spend on website templates and themes from 4Templates.com. Choose from hundreds of beautiful designs, each built with standards compliant code and supplied with the PSD source file.4Templates.com offers website templates and themes that are ...Log in to your Access All Areas account to read the rest of this post.Not a member? Becoming an Access All Areas member gives you the ability to view exclusive members-only content just like this. The premium category is already packed full of discount codes and useful…

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• The January 2012 Go Media Flickr pool showcase

  Simon H.

  27 Jan 2012 | 9:00 am

  Snow everywhere! It’s January 2012, it’s cold and there’s snow everywhere. Who needs another excuse to stay home with a cup of coffee or hot cocoa and browse through inspiration? Not me. Also, yes, there wasn’t any December 2011 showcase. This won’t happen in 2012, promise. The showcase The January 2012 Go Media Flickr pool showcase is a post from: GoMediaZine Go Media is a creative agency based in Cleveland, Ohio. Besides the GoMediaZine, we also work for clients and sell stock artwork and design files on the Arsenal.

• Daily Inspiration: Patience

  William Beachy

  25 Jan 2012 | 9:00 am

  Go Media president Bill Beachy sits down to give you some daily inspiration and advice. Bill shares his years of experience building Go Media into the company it is today. Topics in this video series include Getting Started, Happiness, Humility, Patience, Flow, Focus, Productivity, Business Systems, Courage, Eating Well, Obstacles, and Creativity. For more information about Bill Beachy, check out his bio on gomedia.us. Bill is currently accepting opportunities to speak at your event, university, or business. View all episodes of Daily Inspiration here Sponsored by Prooflab The Daily…

• Custom Sticker Giveaway by Sticker Mule

  Simon H.

  23 Jan 2012 | 9:00 am

  Today is giveaway day! Hello Zine readers! We’ve got an awesome giveaway today for $100 in free custom stickers, from Sticker Mule. If you’re a designer, the folks at Sticker Mule are good people to know. They make awesome die cut stickers, in any shape and size. And their ordering system is really simple. Just upload your artwork and they’ll take care of the rest. They’ll make your artwork print ready for free, and provide a free online proof with every order. Here are some examples of what you could win: Here are some shots of their other products: How to enter?

• The Making of Thread’s Not Dead

  Jeff Finley

  17 Jan 2012 | 9:00 am

  It’s been about 8 months since I launched my first ebook entitled Thread’s Not Dead: The Designer’s Guide to the Apparel Industry. We’ve sold over 1,000 copies of the ebook and we recently celebrated the launch of the hardcover edition. It gives me goosebumps to think of my book sitting on the coffee tables or bookshelves of people across the country and even overseas. I wanted to take a little bit of time to tell the story about how Thread’s Not Dead came to be and hopefully it will inspire you to maybe make your own book or do something you’ve been…

• Weapons Declassified: Alex Cornell

  Raji Purcell

  13 Jan 2012 | 9:00 am

  Written & Designed by: Raji Purcell Edited by: Jon Savage Alex Cornell is a man after my own heart, and one I look up to. A young, modern, renaissance man whose creative branches reach not only to design but to film, photography, writing, music, and entrepreneurship. Alex’s work has an incredible level of cohesiveness that spreads through every medium he touches. His success made all the more sense after listening to his talk, and the great amount of wisdom he had to share. Heres what happened: When introducing himself, Alex told the audience he used to be a psychologist with the…

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• Freebie Friday: 6 Abstract Lines Brushes

  Dustin Schmieding

  27 Jan 2012 | 1:10 pm

  Happy Friday everyone! Today I’m releasing this set of unique and tough to define brushes. The source for these was a microscopic piece of pollen. Up close the strands looked like barbed wire. After photographic it, I brought the images into Illustrator and Live Traced each one, so the edges are very defined. Each brush is 2500×1800, hope you enjoy. Preview Download ZIP

• Free Texture Tuesday: Grab Bag 14

  Dustin Schmieding

  24 Jan 2012 | 10:40 am

  Today’s grab bag of textures contains a couple old book covers and three other various textures. Each one will add a different dimension to your designs.

• Freebie Friday: 5 Simple Fabric Brushes

  Dustin Schmieding

  20 Jan 2012 | 8:19 am

  This collection of five subtle hi-res fabric brushes will add some natural surfacing to your work. Each brush is 2500×2500. Preview Download .ZIP

• 25 Most Popular Mac OS X Apps for Web Designers

  Jake Rocheleau

  18 Jan 2012 | 10:20 pm

  The new Mac App Store on 10.7 Lion has greatly improved the usability of OS X. Now designers and developers have easy access to a whole collection of software from around the world. It’s also a fantastic system for Cocoa programmers to earn some extra cash on the side by selling applications. I’ve put together this gallery of 25 popular Mac programs for web and graphic designers. Be sure to check them out and let us know your thoughts! ColorSnapper Transmit BBEdit Alfred Wunderlist Cloud FileSorter Things Coda BaseApp Day One RapidWeaver Sparrow Screen Capture X Gitbox Pixelmator Hues PHP…

• Free Texture Tuesday: 5 Cracked and Peeling Wood Textures

  Dustin Schmieding

  17 Jan 2012 | 8:22 am

  These hi res wooden board textures can act as solid foundations or as a small touch to your work. Each one is 4500×3000.

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  Blog Perfume

• Best Affiliate Program for Selling Web Icons

  Blog Perfume

  11 Jan 2012 | 2:01 am

  Are you interested in helping Web Icon Set sell icons and earn you cash? They have just launched Affiliate Program If you have a blog, website, email list or Twitter account then you can recommend Web Icon Set to your audience and earn a 40% commission on every new member. When your referred members renew their subscriptions, you also receive 30% renewal commissions. The tracking cookies are set 30 days. This means that if customers you referred did not buy on their first visit, but came back later (before the cookies expire) and joined memberships, you will still receive commissions. You can…

• Plugin: Leaflet Maps Marker WordPress Plugin

  Blog Perfume

  10 Jan 2012 | 2:01 am

  The Leaflet Maps Marker WordPress Plugin allows you to pin, organize & show your favorite places through OpenStreetMap/WMTS, Google Maps/Earth (KML), GeoJSON or Augmented-Reality browsers. You can easily pin your favorites places with markers, use integrated address search (Google Places API) for quickly finding your places, choose from up to 700 custom free map icons from Maps Icons Collection, choose individual basemap, size and zoom level for each marker/layer map. Pricing: FREE Requirements: WordPress 3.0+ Source: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/leaflet-maps-marker/

• Theme: WordPress Frontend Editor with Editing Panel

  Blog Perfume

  5 Dec 2011 | 2:01 am

  WP Paintbrush is a new premium theme for WordPress, which comes with a built in editing panel, allowing anyone from beginners to advanced WordPress users to quickly create a unique and beautiful design for their website. WP Paintbrush makes it easy to redesign your site, even if you have zero knowledge of coding. If you want to change a background colour, try a different font, or match the design to that of your brand you can do it all with WP Paintbrush. WP Paintbrush is designed for maximum customisability for minimum hassle. Make sure you are logged in, then go to the front page of your…

• Plugin: The WordPress Mobile Pack

  Blog Perfume

  23 Nov 2011 | 12:30 am

  The WordPress Mobile Pack is a complete toolkit to help mobilize your WordPress site. It has a mobile switcher, themes, widgets, and mobile admin pane. It includes a mobile switcher to select themes based on the type of user that is visiting the site, a selection of mobile themes, extra widgets, device adaptation and a mobile administration panel to allow users to edit the site or write new posts when out and about. The pack has been tested on WordPress 2.5.1, 2.6.5, 2.7.1, 2.8.6, 2.9.2, and 3.0. It has been tested on WordPress MU 2.6 in the ‘plugins’, rather than…

• Theme: Clean Style WordPress E-Commerce Theme

  Blog Perfume

  7 Nov 2011 | 2:01 am

  Phomedia Wordpress Theme is a clean Style wordpress e-commerce theme, with wp-e-commerce plugin, ajax contact form, animated sortable gallery and much much more. Will be good for photographers who want to sell their images, but can early be converted to any kind of e-commerce store. Pricing: $35 Requirements: WordPress 3.0+ Source: Buy it Now

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• Hiring Web Site Information Architecture – Tips for Better Decisions

  cre8pc

  23 Jan 2012 | 2:12 pm

  Web site information architecture is an additional skill web designers may not have that you may need to outsource for. Information architecture is tied to usability testing and how humans search, sort, classify and order things. This is not the same as site architecture that SEO’s use in their work. Shari Thurow describes what information architecture is for web design, why its so important to design and how it relates to user centered design.  She offers logical examples and a warning about basing design decision on search engine algorithms. Economy blues? Poor conversion rates? Web…

• SES NY Speaker Deadlines and Pre-Agenda Pricing

  cre8pc

  20 Jan 2012 | 3:41 pm

  Today is the last day for pre-agenda discount pricing for those heading for the New York Search Engine Strategies conference in March. The New York conference is very popular, with education, training and networking opportunities in abundance. This is not one to miss! Register today for your pre-agenda pricing, plus another 20% discount. They have also announced speaker deadlines, which are around the corner. Go to SES New York 2012 Deadlines Proposing a session: Jan 31 Speaking submission: Feb 17 Register now for discounts! Economy blues? Poor conversion rates? Web site lost its spunk?

• Save Money on Your Search Engine Strategies Conference New York Trip

  cre8pc

  17 Jan 2012 | 3:08 pm

  I’m thrilled to tell you that as Founder and Owner of Cre8asiteforums, I can offer Cre8asiteforums members 20% off your registration fee for the next Search Engine Strategies Conference to be held in New York City in March. Visit Cre8asiteforums to sign up as a new member and register for the conference using your 20% off code. The New York Search Engine Strategies conference is one of the largest of their global events. This year’s keynote speaker is a true genius! This is your chance to see and hear Avinash Kaushik, Digital Marketing Evangelist for Google. Having met and toured…

• Slideshow: Web Design Techniques To Enhance Online Marketing

  cre8pc

  17 Jan 2012 | 2:44 pm

  For those who haven’t seen it, I presented a webcast for the American Marketing Association last June. Here is the free slideshow of the presentation. Aquent/AMA Webcast: How User Centered Web Design Techniques Enhance Online Marketing View more presentations from Aquent Webmaster When a search engine giant such as Google has a large usability department, you can be assured that user experience is vital to online and offline marketing. This webcast session will debunk the myth that search engine marketing “tricks” search engines. Whether you are part of software development…

• Balancing Search Marketing & User Experience: Why Bother?

  cre8pc

  16 Jan 2012 | 1:26 pm

  Yesterday a colleague asked me to find information on software application response times. I responded with some qualifying questions to refine my assistance but what it boiled down was this: the corporate powers wanted to know how much they could fudge things so that an ecommerce software application could roll out into “production” even though it wasn’t ready to effectively respond to customers. Could this be a problem and if yes, who says so? Selling Customer Experience Most online marketers focus on getting web site pages crawled, indexed and ranked high in search engines. If you do…

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• 40 Negative Space Logo Designs

  Brant Wilson

  27 Jan 2012 | 8:51 am

  Advertise here with BSAIn this post we have collected 40 well design negative space logo designs. Enjoy!! If you like these logo designs you might also want to check out our previous posts below. 40 Creative Logo Designs 28 Clean and Creative Logo Designs 24 Clever and Unique Logo Designs Australian wine Ignite biobuddha Two knives VIP1 Net Credit WINEPIRE woman quotes Oak Bros. Happy Catfish Gecko SpadeDealer v2 Alchemic Motion Come home cafe explorations Jurassic Wine French Wine Iconik Patron Agri Systems Outdoor Living Today 247 b/w ConnectedHome Three Nuts General Contractors v.2…

• Logo Design: 36 Emblems & Badges

  Brant Wilson

  24 Jan 2012 | 10:48 am

  Advertise here with BSAIn this post we have 36 well design and emblems & badges. Enjoy!! If you like these logo designs you might also want to check out our previous post below. 28 Clean and Creative Logo Designs 40 Creative Logo Designs Tokyo Bicycles Personal Logo V.1 Growcase Simplexity Service Assembly 36 River Jam Soccer Tournament Logo Lavender Fastener Company Ann’s BBQ sauce_2 Monkey Business Emanuel GO GREEN Pocket Tales Slice of life Temple Beth Torah Northeast Longhorns Paessagio Toscano Smithy of sounds SDFRA Liquid Propaganda Artisan Builder Van De Laar Automaten Nails…

• 10 Essential Guidelines for Freelance Collaboration

  laura

  19 Jan 2012 | 9:22 am

  Advertise here with BSAFreelance collaboration is on the rise. Increasingly, teams of freelancers are now doing the work that in-house departments used to do. Graphic designers are now working on teams with writers and programmers. But many freelancers are used to working alone. Collaboration definitely requires freelancers to make a few adjustments. In this post, I’ll provide ten essential guidelines to help you put the pieces together for freelance collaboration. If you enjoy this post, you may also enjoy reading 15 Questions to Ask Before Collaborating. Guideline #1: Do Your Homework…

• Showcase: 33 Examples of Brilliant Industrial Photography

  Jake Rocheleau

  16 Jan 2012 | 10:51 am

  Advertise here with BSAThe Industrial Revolution is a significant part of our history on this planet. It seems like a long time in retrospect, but only 100-150 years ago we were just kicking off the creation of American corporations and factories nationwide. Now we can see much of the remnants in heavily populated city areas. In this showcase I’ve put together 33 stunning examples of industrial photography. These pictures capture the essence of our industrial society as we move forward in the 21st century. These are very inspiring photographs and really make you think about our deep,…

• 30 Super Oversized Footers in Modern Web Layouts

  Jake Rocheleau

  11 Jan 2012 | 9:49 am

  Advertise here with BSADesigning a working footer layout can be difficult. There are so many styles and attributes including columns, link lists, bylines, and custom illustrations. My personal favorite trend is the oversized layout style which leaves plenty of room for custom link menus. Thus I’ve collected a wonderful set of 30 super-oversized footer designs from modern websites. If you’re a fan of this design trend I highly recommend checking out some of my examples below. Similarly if you know of any great footers you don’t see on this list, be sure and let us know in the…

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• Lessons Learned Running a Small Business in 2011

  Michael Martin

  1 Jan 2012 | 2:23 pm

  As 2012 begins, I want to look back over the past year to see what can be learnt from it. Learning from your mistakes is less glamorous than a list of grand New Year’s Resolutions (Though I do like those too), but often more effective at ensuring the next year is even better than the last. With that in mind, what follows are some of the lessons I have picked out from my own 2011. I would love to hear if these resonate with you. When looking back at your own year, I’d encourage you not to look for when things went “wrong” as such, but simply to think of how things may…

• How to Create WordPress Posts in Themes/Plugins

  Michael Martin

  8 Aug 2011 | 11:00 am

  Recently, one of our clients needed to let visitors create WordPress posts (Or custom post types of course) from the website itself. In this post, I’m going to walk through some of the WordPress functions I used to achieve this. We’ll go over creating the post itself, adding categories/tags, and adding metadata. (We’ll skip the stage where you build a form, validate what users enter etc. and just focus on the WordPress functions instead) Create the Post The method to create the core post is simple. Essentially, you build a $post object, and then insert it with…

• How to Make a Floating Share Box

  Michael Martin

  12 Jul 2011 | 11:00 am

  This is one of the most common questions I get asked; how do you make a floating box with share links? Today, we’re going to see just how simple it can be. We will: Set up the current trinity of search (Facebook, Twitter, +1). See how to make sure they share the right URL. Align the box to the bottom left of the user’s browser. Hide the box if the user’s browser is too small (So it never overlaps our content). You can see the demo site here (Try resizing your browser smaller). 1 – The URL and Text to Share The first step involves a little WordPress code. In footer.php…

• Validate Forms in WordPress with jQuery

  Michael Martin

  22 Jun 2011 | 11:00 am

  This article will teach you how to add validation to your WordPress comment forms, using jQuery. With validation, users can submit their comment and instantly see if they’ve hit an issue. There is no need to submit the page and get WordPress’ default “There is a problem…” page. Instead, errors are displayed inline instantly. In our example, we will build a plugin which you can drop into any theme and will work instantly. Just like last week, you can see the finished product in action on the demo site. And you can download the completed files here. Organize Your…

• Load Next WordPress Posts With AJAX

  Michael Martin

  15 Jun 2011 | 11:00 am

  Today, we’re going to replace the standard “Older Posts” links on your blog. Our plugin will create a button to instantly load the next page of posts, without reloading the page (Similar to what Twitter used to do at the bottom of profiles) Click here to load the demo site and see the final project in action. You can also download the completed files as a plugin here (Just upload and activate it). Now, let’s get started. Our plugin is going to have several features: Multiple clicks – First clicks will load page 2′s posts, second will load page 3 etc.) Check…

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• Comics of the week #114

  Walter

  28 Jan 2012 | 3:13 am

  Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD.The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers.These great cartoons are created by Jerry King, an award-winning cartoonist who’s one of the most published, prolific and versatile cartoonists in the world today.So for a few moments, take a break from your daily routine, have a laugh and enjoy these funny cartoons.Feel free to leave your comments and suggestions below as well as any related stories of your own…Brand recognition problemThe louder the…

• 15 useful plugins for multi-author blogs

  Cameron

  27 Jan 2012 | 3:32 am

  Managing a blog with a single author can be time-consuming enough, but adding in multiple authors can exponentially increase the amount of time and effort it takes to manage.There’s editorial workflow, scheduling, and author management to consider, among other things.Below are fifteen plugins that can make managing your multi-author blog a lot easier.They include editorial workflow plugins, scheduling and calendar plugins, and plugins that will benefit your authors or make it easier to communicate with them.EditFlowEditFlow is one of the most useful plugins for managing posts on a…

• 7 mistakes developers make

  Paul Scrivens

  26 Jan 2012 | 3:26 am

  Great websites always seem to combine great design with great code. Since building a website is a pretty simple task you find many people learn HTML and CSS and figure that if they can learn that then they can design any website they want. While technically they can you will often find that there are some key mistakes they make because they don’t wish to take the time to actually learn about design.Programmers are designers in their own right, but they design code and wonderfully architected systems. To design something visual is completely different and just because you have a good eye…

• High quality WordPress templates from TemplateMonster.com

  Cameron

  25 Jan 2012 | 3:54 am

  [Editor's note: This is a sponsored post for Template Monster]TemplateMonster.com is among the most well known stock template and theme providers online.They offer templates for a wide range of sites, agricultural sites to church sites, as well as general templates that can be used on almost any kind of site.And all of their themes come with fantastic features that rival the top themes out there.Every TemplateMonster.com WordPress theme has a long list of great features, and all are available for a reasonable price. They even offer installation services for all of their themes.Below…

• How to make your own icon webfont

  Heydon Pickering

  24 Jan 2012 | 3:24 am

  In this article, I’m going to examine the science behind making successful UI icons before teaching you how to make your own embeddable icon font.From designing the individual icons to converting them for @font-face embedding, and even licensing them for distribution, we shall be using only free software and online services. How about that? You will not need to rely on any of the esoteric knowledge required to make successful alphanumeric typefaces; just an eye for designing things that may appear very, very small.Ultimately, you should go away with a process for making design elements…

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• Tracking Outbound / Affiliate Links with getClicky

  Joost de Valk

  26 Jan 2012 | 4:30 am

  I use Clicky for most of my day-to-day tracking and analysis, only using Google Analytics for the harder analyses. One of the things Clicky can do most wonderfully is track outbound clicks. There's an issue however when you start routing your affiliate links through a script or on-site redirect. I redirect mine through /out/ here on yoast.com, but not all of the /out/ links need to be tracked. Let me show you how I do track the ones I need to track.Forcing Clicky to track a link as outboundFirst of all, you need to know that when you add a class clicky_log_outbound to a link, Clicky will…

• On WordPress Dashboard Widgets

  Joost de Valk

  25 Jan 2012 | 2:18 pm

  I was one of the first plugin developers to add a dashboard widget to your dashboard when you installed one of my plugins. I'm hoping people will follow me in doing the reverse as well. While it generates traffic, it doesn't generate sales. Let me show you.When I added mine, in the beginning, it drove lots and lots of traffic. People weren't used to it yet and thought I had somehow "found my way into core". Recently, I've added more elaborate tracking to my WordPress SEO plugin links. Allowing me to see how much traffic the individual sections of my plugin were sending back to my site. Let me…

• Search & Social – you can’t get the cream out of the coffee

  Joost de Valk

  11 Jan 2012 | 8:47 am

  Yesterday, Google launched "Search plus your World", intermixing search and social and providing even more "personalized" results. There's a lot of outcry about some parts of this, with people saying they don't want "personalized" results. I actually think that normal users do want personalized results and that this is, for the most part, a good thing.There's been some outcry though, because Twitter and Facebook aren't "highlighted" as much as Google+ in those new social results. Danny is doing some awesome reporting on this, first in "Search Engines Should Be Like Santa From “Miracle On…

• Stop SOPA, help the internet.

  Joost de Valk

  11 Jan 2012 | 4:31 am

  I'm not political in my posts normally, just like WordPress.org isn't and Matt Cutts isn't, but it's about time we put this whole SOPA thing to a stop. Since some well respected politicians are using my plugins and carry my news widget in their dashboard, I thought it was time I used that "power" to show them what SOPA would do to the internet and our world. Watch this video: If you're in the US, it's time to stop SOPA, so make your voice heard. If you're outside, call on your US friends to do what ever is needed to stop SOPA. As bloggers united, we can make a difference, let's make that…

• WordPress SEO Plugin Theme Integration Guide

  Joost de Valk

  1 Jan 2012 | 6:38 am

  Theme authors come in two different shapes and sizes: those who integrate SEO "functionality" into their themes and those who don't. If you're in the camp of integrating SEO functionality into your theme, you've got yet another choice to make: do you "yield" for site owners that have an SEO plugin installed, disabling your own SEO functionality or do you deny them that choice.For those who do decide to yield and for those who do not integrate SEO functionality into their theme, this is the guide to follow on how to make sure your theme works with all the major SEO plugins and more in…

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• Thoughts on CreateBaltimore2

  bconnor-interactive

  21 Jan 2012 | 6:00 pm

  Not having been to an unconference before I didn’t know what to expect. I like structure and productivity so the thought of a crowd sourced conference makes me a little nervous but I must say this particular unconference was very successful. Productivity naturally emerges from a group of people willing to get up on a Saturday morning and trudge through newly ice covered streets to have good conversation with like minded folks.  Like any traditional conference there were plenty of opportunities to meet people and network. CreateBaltimore had the added benefit of helping organize people by…

• The trailer for the Herbert Matter Documentary which is...

  bconnor-interactive

  11 Jan 2012 | 8:17 pm

  The trailer for the Herbert Matter Documentary which is currently making the rounds on tour being shown at limited venues. Here’s some of the fantastic work of the man the documentary is about. 

• Mapping Istanbul from ProjectProjects

  bconnor-interactive

  11 Jan 2012 | 8:09 pm

  This series of narrative information graphics from ProjectProjects catalogs travel routes, population density and demographics, and economic factors for the great city of Istanbul.

• Fun concept for Amtrak’s default luggage tags I designed to...

  bconnor-interactive

  11 Jan 2012 | 8:01 pm

  Fun concept for Amtrak’s default luggage tags I designed to resemble the work and feeling of Michael Scwhab‘s campaign for Amtrak.

• Verichron Quartz World Clock ala thrift store

  bconnor-interactive

  11 Jan 2012 | 7:51 pm

  My favorite thrift store purchase of all time. The Verichron Quartz World Clock. It’s sitting on my desk right now. 

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  Seth Goldstein | Philadelphia Web Designer and Social Media Marketer

• I'm at the Boy Scouts of America Doylestown for #SoMeBizLife Social Media Round…

  Seth

  28 Jan 2012 | 8:13 am

  I'm at the Boy Scouts of America Doylestown for #SoMeBizLife Social Media Round Table. Google+: View post on Google+

• Secret Windows 8 Weapon: Kinect Built Into Your Laptop

  Seth

  27 Jan 2012 | 10:05 pm

  How crazy will we look waving at our machines like crazies? Ah the future. Isn't it great. We already look nuts talking to ourselves (hands-frees). Embedded Link TechCrunch | Secret Windows 8 Weapon: Kinect Built Into Your Laptop The Windows release of Kinect is coming up in a couple days, but for most people that won't be a major event: the Kinect they have is sitting on their TV or in a drawer, waiting to be taken out for an… Google+: Reshared 2 times Google+: View post on Google+

• Polish lawmakers protest ACTA with Anonymous Guy Fawkes masks

  Seth

  27 Jan 2012 | 10:00 pm

  Who would have thunk? Embedded Link Polish lawmakers protest ACTA with Anonymous Guy Fawkes masks When Poland signed the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement yesterday, lawmakers from the left-wing Palikot's Movement showed their dissatisfaction in an unusual way: by donning the Guy….. Google+: Reshared 14 times Google+: View post on Google+

• Public text box is a phone booth for Twitter

  Seth

  27 Jan 2012 | 9:58 pm

  Interesting Concept. Embedded Link Public text box is a phone booth for Twitter The promise of social media is that your profile will aggregate information about you wherever you go — think check-ins and Facebook's Open Graph. But what if a single location could have its… Google+: View post on Google+

• Aneesh Chopra Will Be Missed

  Seth

  27 Jan 2012 | 9:56 pm

  Aneesh Chopra Will Be Missed Embedded Link Aneesh Chopra, first US Chief Technology Officer, resigns Two and a half years after being sworn in as the nation's first Chief Technology Officer, Aneesh Chopra is stepping down. Politco first reported a rumor, which was confirmed by the White House this…… Google+: Reshared 1 times Google+: View post on Google+

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• Suing Over Reputation Management

  janeth

  26 Jan 2012 | 12:52 pm

  He was the youngest prosecutor in Norwalk, Conn. He worked for the NFL and was an analyst on Court TV. But if you Google Matt Couloute, the first thing that comes up is: Liarscheatersrus.com, a site that warns women web-surfers about men who lie and cheat in their personal relationships. “It’s unfortunate,” said Couloute, as [...]

• Building and Online Business

  janeth

  26 Jan 2012 | 9:31 am

  I’m going to take you through the steps I would take if I was starting a business from scratch. On the Internet there’s nothing written in stone and everything is constantly changing. So everything that follows from this point on is nothing more than my opinion of how I would set up a business online. [...]

• Agriculture Fruit Farm Business Website Designs

  Julie

  23 Jan 2012 | 8:08 am

  Google’s Ranking With a Touch of Panda Like any good recipe, Google’s ranking algorithm contains a lot of different ingredients, the newest one being called Panda. Google is constantly making tweaks and changes to their ranking algorithm most of these changes go unnoticed to the average Google searcher. It’s like adding a pinch more salt, [...]

• Agriculture Farm Business Website Designs

  Julie

  18 Jan 2012 | 3:30 pm

  Google’s Ranking With a Touch of Panda Like any good recipe, Google’s ranking algorithm contains a lot of different ingredients, the newest one being called Panda. Google is constantly making tweaks and changes to their ranking algorithm most of these changes go unnoticed to the average Google searcher. It’s like adding a pinch more salt, [...]

• Agricultural Consultant Website Designs

  Julie

  18 Jan 2012 | 2:18 pm

  Google’s Ranking With a Touch of Panda Like any good recipe, Google’s ranking algorithm contains a lot of different ingredients, the newest one being called Panda. Google is constantly making tweaks and changes to their ranking algorithm most of these changes go unnoticed to the average Google searcher. It’s like adding a pinch more salt, [...]

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• Retropress – a premium business wordpress theme at a crazy price!

  Gopal Raju

  4 Jan 2012 | 7:20 am

  Happy 2012! We’re glad to introduce a premium wordpress theme – Retropress, from Convax Solutions at a surprisingly low price – $10. If you’re running a business, this is the one for you. Retropress works with the latest version of wordpress – 3.3.1 (which was released today). download Preview Documentation Features of Retropress 1. Works with wordpress 3.3.1 2. Modern, customizable design 3. Support for Custom Menu 4. Twitter bar showing your latest tweet (with show/hide) 5. Supports post thumbnails 6. Ability to add Portfolio items (Custom post type) 7. Widget…

• What makes a design RETRO?

  Roxanne Peterson

  15 Jul 2011 | 10:54 am

  Using retro themed web designing templates is the latest trend in web designing. Retro templates are characterized by period icons, vivid graphics and pale colors. This popular theme is not only showing its presence in websites but also in paintings, ads and fashion designing. Let us find out the reasons behind this growing popularity of retro web designing. Reasons of popularity Retro designing transcends time, styles, tastes and ages. Web designing templates having retro style are well accepted by customers from different countries. Retro designing usually focuses on certain eras or pop…

• It’s time to try your luck! 3 sets of Moo Cards and 3 Fotolia Coupons

  Gopal Raju

  13 Jul 2011 | 3:24 am

  We are excited to have MOO provide us with 3 sets of FREE business cards & business card holders and Fotolia with 3 coupon codes for our lucky readers. 1. Business Cards & Holders From MOO – 3 Winners If you have not come across MOO before, they love to print – whether it’s unique business cards, creative MiniCards, Postcards, Greeting cards, StickerBooks and more! You can see a cool video of the Showcase business card holder below – MOO’s unique printing technology ‘printfinity’ allows you to place a different image on every business card in a pack! This is an…

• 12 Steps to better navigation

  Siobhan Ambrose

  18 Jun 2011 | 3:23 pm

  Navigation should be thought of as a tool for your users. It’s there to help them find their way around your site. Like a map; only you’re marking the points on it and passing it over to your visitor to use. This means that your navigation is for your visitor, not for you. While there is scope for some design flair and creativity you should be ensuring that it is fit for purpose, that it helps your visitors rather than hindering them. Here are 10 steps that can help you achieve better navigation. 1. Plan Your Route Planning is one of the most important steps in any web design process. You…

• 40+ Awesome Textured Icons

  Gopal Raju

  31 May 2011 | 9:43 am

  Once again, we’re back with a clean simple textured icon set, which could be very useful for any website or web application. This time we’re releasing it via InstantShift. The set contains 40+ icons which includes 10 social network icons. Each icon comes in 32×32 size in PNG format. The vector PSD version has also been included in the zip file, which means you can scale up the icons to any size! The set is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License (Free for personal and commercial use) download Related posts:20 Semi-transparent Icons &…

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  Design Instruct: A Web Magazine for Designers and Digital Artists

• A Conversation About Creative Portfolios

  24 Jan 2012 | 8:54 am

  I recently had a discussion with a friend who's an interior designer in the process of putting together a new portfolio. While she was telling me about it, and the trials and triumphs she's come across during the process, I took some mental notes of the points we touched on. I thought I'd share parts of our conversation with all of you. Continue reading...Continue Reading: A Conversation About Creative Portfolios

• Create a Cute Bird’s Nest in Illustrator

  16 Jan 2012 | 10:00 am

  In this tutorial, we'll create a cute bird's nest with a cracked eggshell inside of it. We'll start by drawing our artwork with the Pen Tool, bringing it to life with the Gradient Tool, and finishing it up by adding shadows and highlights. We'll use some often-neglected Illustrator tools and features, such as the set of symbol tools in the Tools panel and working with color groups in the Swatches panel. Continue reading...Continue Reading: Create a Cute Bird’s Nest in Illustrator

• 5 Tips on Getting Organized (From Someone Who Hates Organizing)

  14 Jan 2012 | 10:00 am

  The task of getting organized can sometimes be a very daunting prospect to those who don't think of themselves as organizers. Some people love to have a place for everything, arranged in 90o angles, sorted by color, size, theme and cross-referenced.Some people don't. Continue reading...Continue Reading: 5 Tips on Getting Organized (From Someone Who Hates Organizing)

• Giveaway: 5 PowerMockup Licenses

  12 Jan 2012 | 9:33 am

  PowerMockup turns PowerPoint into a design tool for sketching wireframe models of websites, web apps and desktop applications. It provides ready-to-use templates for the typical elements of a user interface: buttons, text boxes, menus, tabs, tables and much more. The giveaway includes five "Small Team" licenses, each priced at $119.95. Read on to see how you can win one! Continue reading...Continue Reading: Giveaway: 5 PowerMockup Licenses

• 6 Tips for More Productive Brainstorming Sessions

  8 Jan 2012 | 10:00 am

  You're sitting down with people throwing ideas around. You're writing stuff down more than usual. You're keeping an eye out for a standout idea that you can roll with. You're storming that brain. You're brainstorming. Continue reading...Continue Reading: 6 Tips for More Productive Brainstorming Sessions

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• 20+ Incredible Multi Exposure Photographs For Inspiration

  Rishabh

  5 Jan 2012 | 7:55 am

  Ordinarily, cameras have a sensitivity to light that is a function of time. For example, a one second exposure is an exposure in which the camera image is equally responsive to light over the exposure time of one second. The criterion for determining that something is a double exposure is that the sensitivity goes up and then back down. The simplest example of a multiple exposure is a double exposure without flash, i.e. two partial exposures are made and then combined into one complete exposure. Some single exposures, such as “flash and blur” use a combination of electronic flash…

• Angels – 20 Inspiring Logo Designs

  Hilde

  3 Jan 2012 | 7:55 am

  Here are some nice logo designs featuring angels. Enjoy!                                      

• 22 Absolutely Awesome Car Wallpapers

  Hilde

  30 Dec 2011 | 7:55 am

  Today we have put together a collection of some really nice car wallpapers if you want to spice up your desktop. Please enjoy!                                          

• Shoes – 20 Creative and Cool Logo Designs

  Hilde

  28 Dec 2011 | 7:55 am

  Today we’ll show you some nice creative shoe logos that are inspiring. Enjoy!                                      

• Stopping Time with 20 Awesome Pieces of Digital Art

  Hilde

  26 Dec 2011 | 7:55 am

  Today we’ll look closer at some digital art that is inspired by time and clocks. Enjoy!                                      

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  Alphabetix

• A Little Late for Christmas

  Laura

  27 Jan 2012 | 6:18 pm

  It may be a little late for Christmas, but it’s never too late for a little humor involving Google. Check out this awesome rap about how Santa uses Google to get ‘er done. Read more blog posts at Alphabetix - Web Design. Only Better.

• Some (Humerous) Insight into Yahoo! Answers

  Laura

  24 Jan 2012 | 4:26 pm

  While perusing the web (yep, we do that a lot around here), I came across this amusing insight into the world of user-generated content on National Post. In it, Gene Weingarten discusses the relevance and accuracy of answers on a Yahoo! Answers. What is Yahoo! Answers you’ve no doubt heard of Yahoo!. Yahoo! Answers is the user-generated portion of the search engine that allows users to submit questions and answer other users’ questions. If you’ve ever Googled a question, it is likely that Yahoo! Answers comes near the top of responses. Why? Because there’s a ton of…

• SBDC Weekly Connections – January 23-27

  Laura

  23 Jan 2012 | 12:03 pm

  Upcoming Winter Trainings QuickBooks Bootcamp 2: Managing Business Transactions Two-Day Hands-On Training in QuickBooks (Two 3-hour sessions) Working with real-life customer, vendor and banking transactions, you will use the software to process money coming into and going out of a business as part of a 30-day bookkeeping cycle vital to your business. Learning Outcomes: 1. Set up & manage listings of customers, vendors and Items. 2. Post to the software & manage: a. customer invoices b. sales receipts c. customer payments d. deposits e. vendor bills f. bill payments g. checks h.

• In a Child’s Path Farm Preschool

  Laura

  19 Jan 2012 | 12:15 pm

  Alphabetix was fortunate to be able to work with In a Child’s Path farm preschool near Sandy, Oregon on a website that includes great features like both public and private blog posts and a private calendar. In a Child’s Path is an entirely different preschool than what you’re used to. It is based on teaching children through the “Power of Play”, rather than structured drill-based learning, according to the school’s director, Cindy Wiederhold. We love when our clients get good publicity, and this week, the Sandy Post featured the Boring area preschool.

• Alphabetix Gets Censored

  Laura

  18 Jan 2012 | 2:00 am

  Alphabetix strongly feels that the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) greatly infringes upon Internet freedom under the guise of protecting copyright law. So, for the next 24 hours, Alphabetix will be censored. Watch this video to learn more. PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo. Read more blog posts at Alphabetix - Web Design. Only Better.

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  Ask Insivia

• NBC Nightly News Interview with Insivia

  Alexis Hazboun

  9 Jan 2012 | 12:44 pm

  NBC Nightly News visits Insivia to discuss growth and hiring. Cleveland, Ohio – January 6th, 2012 - Insivia was recently featured for large growth during a difficult economic environment by NBC news and WKYC. Insivia, a strategic marketing agency founded in 2002 by Andy Halko, has recently seen significant growth despite a lack luster economy. In recent months we have expanded our staff and within the first 6 months of 2012 expect to grow even more. A recent TV segment by Tom Costello on NBC Nightly News spoke to Andy about Insivia’s continued growth and outlook for the economy.

• CALFEE’S Ad Spotted in Crains!

  insivia

  12 Dec 2011 | 3:29 pm

  Congratulations on the big move! Our friends at Calfee are moving to a new space in a few short weeks. We are proud to have you as a client and love the way the advertisement we designed turned out!  

• Andy Halko Recognized in Crain’s 40 Under 40

  Laura Wright

  23 Nov 2011 | 1:20 pm

  We are very proud of our CEO, Andy Halko, on his achievement of being named one of Cleveland’s 40 under 40. It is nice to see one’s efforts being honored. As a team, we are excited to be part of northeast ohio’s economy and commitment to business. Congratulations to Andy, and the 39 other young professionals, on being recognized for being established leaders in Northeast Ohio!

• Greater Cleveland Aquarium Featured in Plain Dealer

  insivia

  20 Nov 2011 | 4:19 pm

  We are super excited for our client the Greater Cleveland Aquarium. So much happened last week for them including Insivia launching their new website redesign at greaterclevelandaquarium.com, the start of selling annual passes, press conferences and so much more. The Plain Dealer shot a little video of the progressing construction here: Video of Greater Cleveland Aquarium Construction So check out all that is going on and keep visiting their site to get more updates prior to the opening on January 21st, 2012. We love Cleveland! Support you town and buy Aquarium Annual Passes too.

• A Can Castle for The Foodbank

  Laura Wright

  18 Nov 2011 | 3:17 pm

  Getting into the giving spirit, Insivia participated in a Can Castle Contest. The team members of Insivia donated canned goods that were used to build the castle. The cans will be donated to the Cleveland Foodbank which will help provide food for families on Thanksgiving day. If you want to find out how to donate to the food bank and help the cause go to clevelandfoobank.org to find out how.

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  Web Design and Development

• Great Statistics Book for "Data Science" Self-Learner

  25 Jan 2012 | 7:12 am

  A "Head First Statistics" book is an easy read and a great starting point for learning of the fundamental Statistics topics, and it is best suited for those interested in learning on their own.                         &n...

• Academic Open Source Initiative

  6 Jan 2012 | 2:36 pm

  Many individuals have already used or benefited from Open Source software. According to Netcraft data, most Internet sites are hosted on Apache web server software. If you've ever used Firefox, you have used Open Source software.

• Psychopaths at the helm of financial institutions and highly competitive corporations. Great article and a research paper.

  6 Jan 2012 | 1:04 pm

  "At one major investment bank for which I worked, we used psychometric testing to recruit social psychopaths because their characteristics exactly suited them to senior corporate finance roles."   A very good article from

• Beginning My Social Media Process

  30 Dec 2011 | 9:07 am

  Tweeting is an interesting activity that accommodates a number of different SM strategies. However, I immediately noticed that there are situations...

• Classroom response systems and beyond

  24 Dec 2011 | 3:27 pm

  Classroom response systems are important tools promoting active learning. Participatory learning helps students to contribute to the classroom discussion and quickly provide feedback to the instructor about their level of understanding or perspective.

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  Fresh Tilled Soil

• Fresh Tilled Soil Voted As Finalist In Ad Club Non Awards!

  Alex S.

  26 Jan 2012 | 10:23 am

  Last night was the first ever Ad Club Non Event & Awards ceremony– we at Fresh Tilled Soil were honored to be finalists in the “best website” category for our work with TedXBoston. Our stiff category competitors were Continuum for their partnership with Haley House, and the worthy winners, MMB for Movember, Inc.  You can check out all of the winning media campaigns on the Ad Club website here–  and I recommend you do; it’s truly inspiring creative work. I think Vest-A-Dog Inc took home the most awards last night, winning the Best Use of Radio category and Best Use of…

• HBS Event: Winning & Losing– Web & Mobile Design & Your Business

  Alex S.

  19 Jan 2012 | 4:07 pm

  On Tuesday night, Richard gave a presentation for a welcomed audience at Harvard Business School; he shared some of his special master craft secrets on web & mobile design, and discussed the impact it has on user psychology, experience, and mostly, business & your bottom line. Word on the street is it’s pretty awesome, so if you missed it, (or want to see it again,) you can check out the event video & presentation slides below…. Winning & Losing: How Website & Mobile App Design Can Make Or Break Your Business View more presentations from Fresh Tilled Soil

• A Great Call To Action Design

  Alex S.

  17 Jan 2012 | 9:13 am

  An example of a great “Get Started” page design.

• Basis does a superb job with tour pages

  Richard

  11 Jan 2012 | 7:09 am

  Lovely tour page with bold graphics and short feature descriptions

• Biggest Global UI/UX Web Design Conferences in 2012

  Alex S.

  3 Jan 2012 | 2:36 pm

  We’ve been on the prowl for some of the world’s biggest and best UX/UI design conferences to put on our 2012 calendar.  Fresh Tilled Soil is even speaking at a few of them. Below are a handful that I’ve discovered; please feel free to leave comments and add other conferences we may have missed. January 2012 Health Innovation Summit 2012 San Francisco January 18-20, 2012 Web Visions New York January 18-20, 2012 SXSW Interactive NYC Community Meet Up New York City January 23, 2012 iWorld San Francisco January 26-28, 2012 Seedcamp London London January 31, 2012 February 2012…

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  Design Fridge

• McCafe

  Jim Ramsden

  25 Jan 2012 | 3:28 am

• Relevance

  Jim Ramsden

  25 Jan 2012 | 3:27 am

• The Design Office

  Jim Ramsden

  25 Jan 2012 | 3:26 am

• B&O Play

  Jim Ramsden

  25 Jan 2012 | 3:25 am

• Uberlife

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  ryanfmc

• Design Inspiration on Tumblr

  ryanfmc

  11 Jan 2012 | 4:06 am

  It’s official I am on Tumblr! Over the last few months I have found it increasingly difficult to get behind the keyboard in a blogging sense due to work commitments, and so I decided to take the easy way out and create a Tumblr account. On my new Tumblr blog (entitled ‘And one more thing‘) I will be posting design inspiration from around the world and the web, leaving me free to use ryanfmc.co.uk to concentrate on ‘how to’ articles, design theory and design issues. I will of course do the odd design round up of my Tumblr blog on here but for the main part but…

• Skiing at Christmas

  ryanfmc

  2 Jan 2012 | 1:32 pm

  Over Christmas I was fortunate enough to get away to the Alps to do a spot of skiing, and I took my camera along for the ride. As you can probably tell from the photos I have posted up before I like taking natural portrait photos in natural light, partly down to my very much amateur status as a photograph and partly down to the fact that I do love taking a natural snap. Either way I am fairly happy with the way these photos have come out, it was a great laughter filled holiday and I think it has come across in the photos I have taken.

• Possibly The Coolest Posters In The World! No.20 – Boxing Day Football Special

  ryanfmc

  26 Dec 2011 | 4:33 am

  Boxing day football is a tradition in England, and so I thought I would share my love of this great day with everyone else and feature some great football based graphic prints. In this addition of PTCPITW I have incuded a couple of new artist I have not used before Steve Welsh from Miniboro and Graeme Bandeira, as well as Stanley Chow (who I have featured more than any other artist in this series). If you want preruse the ‘Greatest Posters In The World’ archive you can here.

• What an iPhone 4S camera can really do…

  ryanfmc

  27 Nov 2011 | 12:29 pm

  I have recently upgraded my old iPhone 3GS for the 4S model and after all the hype over Siri, which is great fun, the main difference for me has be the camera and screen resolution improvement. So this weekend I took trip down to Brighton, in which I visited the best takeaway in the country as voted in the Food and Farming Awards 2011, the Brighton Smokehouse run by Jack and Linda Mills (if you ever go to Brighton this is a must), and I decided to take the camera for a real road test and I was mightily impressed with the out come. Please note that none of the photos below have been…

• Possibly The Coolest Posters In The World! No.19

  ryanfmc

  24 Nov 2011 | 3:18 am

  It has been tooooo long since I last updated my PTCPITW side project so I thought it was as good a time as ever to do it. In this issue I have used (as usual) some old favorites, but I have also used an artist that I haven’t featured in a while Graham Erwin, as well as 2 artists I have not featured before in  Jason Munn and Dan Stiles. I love Jason’s simplicsitic approach and his ‘Photography’ poster is part of a larger project which you should probably check out, whilst Dan’s approach is simple with a thoughtful approach to composition. If you want…

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  Web Design Dispatch

• 15% Off The Business of Web Design e-book

  Admin

  16 Jan 2012 | 5:59 pm

  The Business of Web Design e-book is now for sale! This book was originally titled Design Business Secrets Exposed and was one of the top selling e-books about how to start a web design business. This is the second edition, retitled and with lots of new and updated content. If you run a web design business, want to expand or plan on starting a web design business, this is the book for you. It is packed with over 170 full pages and over 50 chapters on everything from picking your business name to marketing your business using the latest methods. It is a truly comprehensive guide to starting,…

• 5 Reasons Many Web Design Businesses Fail

  Admin

  2 Jan 2012 | 8:05 pm

  Starting a business is no easy task and even if you are freelancing or running a web-based business, many important business practices remain the same. Below are some common reasons many web design businesses fail. Do the opposite if you want a chance at running a successful long-term venture. They Don’t Know Their Target Audience Knowing your audience is essential and more often than not, many web design businesses just have the mind set that they will build websites for anyone that needs a website. That just won’t cut it in today’s competitive market. You need to know your…

• 15 Cool Calendar Designs

  Admin

  3 Dec 2011 | 12:09 am

  When it comes to print design, the calendar might not be as popular as business cards, but it’s still a great promotional tool and can be an interesting item to create. A calendar has many set elements that are needed, but how you display them is the fun part. Check out these cool calendar designs below and save this post for when you need some inspiration while creating your next calendar design for a client. Head over to Next Day Flyers if you need calendar printing services that are professional and affordable. Calendar Designs School Calendar Everyday is a Color Calendar CAB…

• 5 Reasons Most Brochure Designs Fail

  Admin

  29 Nov 2011 | 10:34 pm

  There are five major reasons that brochure designs fail and most of these reasons can actually be applied to any direct mail marketing materials you design. Avoid the five pitfalls below, and you’ll give your client’s brochure the best possible chance to influence the reader and turn potential customers into live customers—buyers! 1. Too Much Copy More is less. People don’t want to read copy—they want a quick solution to a perceived or real problem. Determine what problems your solutions will solve, and focus your brochure on those points. Write a rough draft, and slice and dice…

• Basekit Website Builder Review

  Admin

  19 Aug 2011 | 3:34 pm

  When it comes to creating a website, not all of us can afford a web designer right away. If you don’t get a custom site done you have two options. One is you can buy a theme, which you will still need to edit using Dreamweaver or a similar program or you can use an online website builder. I recently had the chance to test out the beta version of one of the leading website builders Basekit and was pleasantly surprised with how far online site builders have come. The full version will be live on the 5th of September 2011. Within seconds I had my website layout in front of me ready to edit…

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• Free PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript editor (IDE) – Codelobster PHP Edition

  Vladimir Yasmenko

  20 Jan 2012 | 11:51 am

  For valuable work on creation of sites you need a good comfortable editor necessarily. There are many requiring paid products for this purpose, but we would like to select free of charge very functional and at the same time of simple in the use editor – Codelobster PHP Edition. Let us consider some important possibilities and advantages of this program: - All code highlights depending on a type, the also mixed code is thus supported, so the area of HTML will be highlighted as HTML, PHP as PHP, and Javascript as Javascript in a the same file. Thre is possibility of choice from color…

• How To Program with PHP

  Vladimir Yasmenko

  11 Jan 2012 | 3:00 am

  Have you ever heard of a PHP programming language? If you can follow simple instructions, then you can learn the programming language PHP. As countless other marketers aggressively use affiliate programs, autoresponders, page branders, and more, it’s clear that your site is going to have to stand out in the crowd, somehow, sooner or later. The experienced programmer Robert Plank, creator of products like Lightning Track, Redirect Pro, and Hypersplitter, shows you in seventeen friendly chapters, how to: - Easily personalize your pages. - Make easy .htaccess code for yourself. - Code…

• How To Increase PPI

  Vladimir Yasmenko

  4 Jan 2012 | 3:00 am

  It’s pretty easy to increase the dpi – Dots Per Inch or ppi – Pixels Per Inch of your photo, image, picture, or graphic. To me there isn’t much difference between the dpi and ppi, but some people might argue differently. They are the same to me because in Photoshop it is referred to as Pixels Per Inch which is ppi. Then, when I go to see the properties of that same picture in a folder, it refers to it as dpi. So, from now on let’s just call it ppi. Anyway, there two ways that I know of to increase your photo’s ppi. One is by using Adobe Photoshop which is…

• How To Clean Computer From Virus

  Vladimir Yasmenko

  23 Dec 2011 | 1:59 pm

  The very first step in Cleaning Your Computer from Virus, Malware, Spyware or any other Rogue and annoying programs is suppose to be to Shut Down your computer. At least that is what I found out when I actually had to do it myself for my mother’s computer. My mom told me that she got to some website, and some window popped up asking her something, so she replied… I told her so many times to NOT do that if she is NOT sure about any kind of a pop up. Well, the next thing she noticed is that many windows kept opening up and telling her that she got lots of viruses in her computer and…

• Swoosty Problem in WordPress

  Vladimir Yasmenko

  25 Nov 2011 | 12:15 pm

  Did you have an issue with your WordPress blog post today? Was it because of some weird and annoying Swoosty code insert? Well, I did too, and after asking God for help, I solved it pretty fast. I don’t want to put Swoosty owners down I just want to help those people who got similar problem to get rid of this issue. I don’t know if Swoosty got hacked by someone or what, but that was pretty annoying getting an unknown code inserted into your Blog’s post without your permission. I am using Firefox, by the way, and this issue may only have happened to Firefox users. Also, I…

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  SpyreStudios

• How to Design a Dribbble-Style Homepage Layout

  Jake Rocheleau

  26 Jan 2012 | 10:10 am

  Advertise here with BSAThe popular design network Dribbble has grown substantially in just a few short years. Graphics designers and illustrators from all over the world have flocked onto the web seeking invites. But aside from the exclusivity their layout design has become a prominent factor of the entire branding. I love the simplistic nature of their gallery-style photo boxes. It matches well with a community of designers excited to share their latest pixels with the world. In this tutorial I’ll go over techniques for constructing a similar design in HTML5 and CSS3. You can build a…

• 31 Super-Unique and Functional Website Navigation Menus

  Jake Rocheleau

  20 Jan 2012 | 9:12 am

  Advertise here with BSAWeb navigation is a vital piece to any layout. Designers have known this for decades, but not all menus are built equally. It’s very important to distinguish between design and functionality. Some web designers understand this and attempt to better their own skills. Meanwhile the cream of the crop can incorporate both design and functionality with ease. I have collected this brilliant set of 31 website menus with amazing UX and aesthetics. You need to capture your visitor’s attention and offer them a simple solution for navigating your pages. I hope this…

• 35 Minimal Web Designs

  Brant Wilson

  17 Jan 2012 | 9:26 am

  Advertise here with BSAIn this post we have put together some fresh and beautiful minimal web designs for your inspiration. Enjoy! If you like this post you might also enjoy the posts below. 56 Light & Clean Website Designs Using A Minimalist Color Scheme Minimalist Design: A Brief History and Practical Tip sachagreif radoorco kicktable thomasrobin socialwear captaindash theworkcycle crafft alexandermunk sam.brown lisidesign strbk adonit goliathsportswear dwd mikesmart bindacademie svenjohan brandonhawthorne xctravels lomography lamoulade computergraphics joshsullivan danielhritzkiv…

• 20 More iPad Apps for Designers

  laura

  12 Jan 2012 | 2:28 pm

  Advertise here with BSAIn this post, I’m sharing twenty iPad Apps that designers may find helpful. Many of these apps have been developed in the last few months and several are also free. If you liked this post, you may also want to check out this post on 7 Tips to Help Freelancers Get the Most from their iPad at the Freelance Folder blog. You may also want to check out 15 Amazing iPad Apps. Art Authority for iPad Now you don’t have to go to a museum to see great artwork. View some of the world’s best pieces of artwork from anywhere using your iPad. Great for inspiration.

• 40 Eye-Catching Dark Website Layouts

  Jake Rocheleau

  9 Jan 2012 | 8:49 am

  Advertise here with BSAWeb designers are constantly looking for hot new trends to catch their visitor’s attention. This list of exciting design trends has changed dramatically in the past 10 years, but dark-themed websites have always been in style. This color swatch combined with many different web elements is a surefire way to draw in attention. If you’re a fan of these deep-rich color schemes please spend some time perusing my design gallery. Kisko Labs Crafton ImGame for iOS Casa Vaello FFFFALLBACK Capo for OSX Abduzeedo GR Packaging Riff Raff Web Design Abstraktion ci design…

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• How to make your company easier to contact online

  Tim Bennett

  26 Jan 2012 | 3:27 am

  If you wish to make sales online, making you company as easy to contact as possible is essential. This might seem an obvious point but it is often overlooked. Here are five simple ways to make your company easier to contact online. Don’t hide your phone and email Plaster your email and phone number all over your website, in large bold type. Also, include contact details for specific members of your team (E.g. account managers, customer services). Use Skype Skype is widely use these days. When you create a Skype account you can easily integrate it into your website so people can call or chat…

• Your website looks pretty but…

  Tim Bennett

  2 Dec 2011 | 8:00 am

  The design of your website is important but as I’ve discussed before, a website is more than just good design. In this blog I outline some of the mistakes designers make when designing their site. So, your website looks pretty but… …it relies on Flash There’s nothing wrong with Flash per se but it is blocked in some corporate environments and some mobile devices, such as the iPhone, simply do not support Flash. By all means use Flash but provide alternatives for those who do not have it installed. …it takes ages to download In today’s age of broadband it wouldn’t appear to be as…

• How to make a website easier to navigate

  Tim Bennett

  7 Nov 2011 | 5:39 am

  Some sites are huge. Using a site with a large number of pages can be like negotiating your way through a complicated labyrinth. So here are some tips on how to make a website easier to navigate. Use a site map A hierarchical page of links to all the main sections in your site gives the visitor a good overview of how your site is structured. Sometimes you can link to every page but if your site is particularly great in size you may have to leave out individual pages to prevent it from looking confusing. Include a breadcrumb trail This term comes from the trail of breadcrumbs left by Hansel…

• How to add photos to your website

  Tim Bennett

  24 Oct 2011 | 4:02 am

  Almost all websites use photography in one way or another. But how are you going to add photos to your website? Here are three ways: Take them yourself It seems like almost everyone has a digital camera these days. Whether it’s on your phone or through a higher-end device, the likelihood is you, or someone in your company, has access to a camera. So, you can taken the photos yourself. The obvious advantages here are you can take as many as you want, whenever you want—and it won’t cost you a penny. However, you do get what you pay for. This option may cost nothing in a monetary sense but…

• Hosting packages explained

  Tim Bennett

  21 Sep 2011 | 2:50 am

  The main types of hosting packages are: Shared hosting Shared hosting is where many websites are hosted on the same server. Each server can host many hundreds of websites. Shared hosting is the most economical option but it does have some drawbacks. All the websites on the server share the same top-level settings such as script and mail settings so if you have some bespoke requirements a shared package may not be an option. Reseller Hosting Reseller hosting has the capability to subdivide your hosting into separate hosting packages. Essentially you can create your own shared hosting packages…

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• 3 Free Twitter Marketing Tools

  Tommy Olovsson

  15 Jan 2012 | 3:43 am

  Many marketers and bloggers (for Instance) tell about the importance of social media, and one of the most important social media services is Twitter. But social media has a habit to be very time consuming. And as you know, time is money. The Final Solution – Massive Landing Page Package: 43 Landing Page and Sale Page Templates with two year of setup Support. No HTML knowledge needed. Cashrevelations presents 3 effective and time saving Twitter marketing tools – to help you to become a more effective marketer with the help of social media. Two of them (Ifttt and Commun.it) are…

• A Year Of Satan!

  Tommy Olovsson

  31 Dec 2011 | 9:26 am

  The year 2011 has been a very turbulent year – I would like to go so far that I call it the Year of Satan – at least on the personal level. First a stroke, and that alone is enough to take someone out of business, since it is one of the major sicknesses. But it went well, without any physical complications (thank God, for that). The second big disaster, was a divorce. If I had been abled to choose between those two disasters – I would choose stroke, anytime. Divorce is a nasty thing – a very painful event in the life. And I am sorry to say that this blog has been…

• Free Facebook Fan Page Templates

  Tommy Olovsson

  12 Dec 2011 | 2:03 pm

  Facebook fan pages are a great tool if you are a marketer or anyone else who needs to reach out to a lot of people with your message. The problem is that most Fanpages look a bit crappy and boring – design is not easy always. Wix offers a collection free and great looking Facebook Fanpage templates. They are simple and easy to use. The first you need to do is to sign up for a Wix account. After that you can choose a template for your project – You can even modify the template to suit your needs. This tool is easy to use, but if you still not understand, Wix has a lot of step by…

• How To Improve Your Internet Marketing

  Tommy Olovsson

  28 Nov 2011 | 1:10 pm

  If you have decided to start building a website you are about to embark on a wonderful journey that offers you tremendous amounts of benefits. Follow our simple advice to quickly pull your market value up, and get your message out to your clients faster. Click here to view the embedded video. In the video above, Stefan Mischook (he built his first web site in late 1994) give you some additional tips, and insightful thoughts on some of the many Internet Marketing phenomenons, but also some advises about starting a website based business. Be User Friendly The first thing you will want to do is…

• Premium List Magnet Discount

  Tommy Olovsson

  24 Nov 2011 | 12:13 pm

  Premium List Magnet, the best List Building WordPress plugin in the market, is currently running a Black Friday discount, starting now. But you have to hurry, as the discount is only valid from now till Friday 25 November 2011 at 23:59 EST. The price of comes down to $47 for two short days, starting now until Friday 25 November 2011 at 23:59 EST. What can Premium List Magnet do and why does it deserve to be called the best list building wordpress plugin? Go here to find out now: Premium List Magnet and then use this coupon code on checkout page to get your discount: blackfriday2011

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  jQuery4u

• 10 Interactivity and Communication jQuery Plugins

  jquery4u

  26 Jan 2012 | 3:00 pm

  We have collected 10 Interactivity and Communication jQuery Plugins to help you create an online application, news previewer, widget to show related posts, blogroll slider that can be used or integrated into your website. Have fun! Related Posts: 10 AJAX And JavaScript Authoring Tools Create Your Own Mobile Phone Barcode Thingy 1. Interactive Image Vamp [...]

• jQuery4u Top Page URLs

  jquery4u

  26 Jan 2012 | 5:19 am

  Top 5 Landing Pages http://www.jquery4u.com/plugins/ http://www.jquery4u.com/ http://www.jquery4u.com/mobile/50-jquery-mobile-development/ http://www.jquery4u.com/snippets http://www.jquery4u.com/mobile Top 5 High Traffic Pages http://www.jquery4u.com/mobile/50-jquery-mobile-development/ http://www.jquery4u.com/ http://www.jquery4u.com/windows/14-jquery-modal-dialog-boxes/ http://www.jquery4u.com/plugins/10-jquery-pagination-plugins/ http://www.jquery4u.com/demos/jquery4u-parallax-demo/ Top 5 High Content Page Groups http://www.jquery4u.com/plugins/ http://www.jquery4u.com/mobile/…

• 10 Must Have JavaScript Cheat Sheets

  jquery4u

  25 Jan 2012 | 3:00 pm

  More and more websites are realizing the power of client side scripting and AJAX to bring their site to the next level of interaction as JavaScript is becoming a second hand language to almost every serious web developer today. Here is our collection of 10 must have JS cheat sheets to help you along on [...]

• 10 jQuery Mobile Features

  jquery4u

  24 Jan 2012 | 3:00 pm

  Today’s post is about jQuery mobile that will give focus on the different features of mobile framework and make a mobile webpage with jQuery. Have fun! Related Posts: 50 jQuery Mobile Development Tips Free jQuery Mobile WordPress Themes 10 Free Mobile Application Development Icon Sets 1. jQuery Mobile CSS Transitions The jQuery Mobile framework includes [...]

• 10 Excellent Free Rich-Text Editors

  jquery4u

  23 Jan 2012 | 3:00 pm

  Rich-text editors, also known as online rich-text editors, are web components that allow users to edit and enter text within a web browser. They are essentially web-based WYSIWYG (“what you see is what you get”) editors. There are many rich-text editors out there and what could be better than having a lot of choices? In [...]

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  Bloggermint

• OptinBar Review – A New Way To Get More Subscribers And Leads

  Franklin Manuel

  25 Jan 2012 | 2:12 pm

  Generating leads and gaining subscribers are essential for blogs to sell products and keep your readers updated with all your posts. There are so many WordPress plugins in the market mean specifically for attracting your readers to sign up using their email address. Well, frankly almost all the plugin of such kind lack giving out different opt-in form styles. Introducing OptinBar a Premium WordPress plugin to get more leads and subscribers with a different style. Unlike other WordPress plugins, OptinBar offers 11 different styles to gain your readers attention. If your a regular reader of…

• Magic Members Review: Best WordPress Membership Plugin

  Franklin Manuel

  24 Jan 2012 | 12:44 pm

  Well last year I written a post about best WordPress membership plugin and suprisingly some of my readers personally mailed me asking my favorite choice. My answer to all those questions are here. Yes, Magic Members is my favorite WordPress membership plugin and I will be giving you a detailed review about it now. Recently I purchased Magic Members single license for one of my premium design blog. As you know WordPress is a powerful platform for selling products products online, with variety of premium ecommerce themes. Apart from themes WordPress is well known for support, so you can easily…

• 5 Website Monitoring Tools To Monitor Downtime

  Franklin Manuel

  22 Jan 2012 | 1:40 am

  Websites are crucial for business and for those who make their living online. For a guy like me, all my blogs need to be monitored for downtime regularly. Since everybody knows its impossible to keep track of website downtime manually, website monitoring tools alert us through email or SMS when your website or blog goes down. Now this directly saves time and keep us out of risk. Some of the website monitoring tools are offering error reports which actually give you a clear idea why your site is down. Along with that some premium monitoring services has a dedicated iPhone app to monitor all…

• Easiest Way To Embed RSS/ATOM Feed On Any Web Page

  Franklin Manuel

  20 Jan 2012 | 8:20 am

  There are many ways to embed RSS on HTML web page or any web page. Most of them I seen in the past are little complicated to configure and it requires PHP to execute it. Ultimately at the end of the day we need some simple method that can used to embed or display RSS feed of any website on any web platforms. To make embedding simple, I have used FeedEK an awesome jQuery plugin to display RSS/ATOM feed from any website.With FeedEk you can display feed description, feed counts and feed item publish item which is really cool when compared with other techniques.Here is how to do itStep 1:…

• Create Custom Facebook Landing Page With No Coding Skills

  Franklin Manuel

  19 Jan 2012 | 4:57 am

  Couple of months back I written about creating Facebook landing page using Static iFrame tabs. Frankly I got many positive feedback for that post. Even though my previous post about Facebook fan page was simple, people with no programming knowledge find it hard. Yes for people with knowledge about HTML, CSS and how the iFrame tab work here is a pretty nifty premium tool – FanPageEngine that offers drag and drop environment to create custom Facebook landing/fan page.FanPage EngineWhy I selected Fan Page Engine is because of the custom templates, drag drop page designs, inserting videos…

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  Daily Work

• How Can Your Website Designing Be More Refined?

  Nina

  27 Jan 2012 | 6:21 am

  When we see around, we find countless success stories narrating internet to be the prime factor leading people to success. With the increased role and influence of internet in our lives, adopting internet compliant business strategies is definitely the call for success. Now, for running an “internet-wise” business, the role of a highly attractive and efficient website is very important in capturing new business prospects as well as facilitating them to run satisfactory business experiences with any business entity. Therefore, this article is aimed at listing some essential tips of website…

• Things That Differentiate a Good Taxi Service From an Ordinary Taxi

  Nina

  26 Jan 2012 | 3:31 am

  There is no denying the fact that whenever someone thinks of private transport, the first thing that comes to mind is a picture of taxi. Taxi is the most preferred mode of transport all over the world; the locals as well as tourists prefer taxi to any other mean. However when it comes to taxi services, everyone wants to chose the best taxi service. A good taxi service comes with reliability, comfort, and safety, whereas, an ordinary taxi lacks all these features, and is so to the maximum. Taxi is comparatively reliable to all other transport options a person can have. With taxi a person does…

• How To Get Your Own Online Auction Sites?

  Nina

  19 Jan 2012 | 4:18 am

  Online auctions have become one of the most talked about topics of virtual world nowadays, courtesy to the amazing benefits they offer a worldwide audience, in addition to a high level of fun, joy, and excitement that has become their part and parcel. The popularity of online auction sites not only serves a stimulus for common people to look for beneficial deals over there, but it also serves as an inspiration to many for setting up their own online bidding sites, owing to the amazing success stories of sites like eBay. However, doing so is much easier said than done, because of countless…

• Understanding the Working and Offerings of Airport Taxi in Orlando

  Nina

  19 Jan 2012 | 12:51 am

  The arrangement of transport in Orlando is as important as the arrangement of transport from your home city to the airport. The way people understand the working of their home city transport, which facilitates them in reaching their destination, should also be the case with Orlando transportation. However, due to diverse options, it is difficult to keep tract of the offerings of the Orlando transportation. Besides the city transport, there is also Orlando airport transportation, which offers almost the same transport options, as does the city. Among all the airport transport options, the…

• Utilizing ‘Google Instant’ for Effective SEO Strategy Building

  Nina

  16 Dec 2011 | 4:28 am

  Since its launch in august 2010, Google Instant has been a topic of debate among SEO professionals. They are always wondering and exploring ways with which they can make the most out of this feature, and try to effectively utilize it in their SEO strategy. When you type a search phrase or sentence in Google’s search bar, as you move from general to specific in your term, the result displaying changes in response to every word you type in the search. This changing of search results with every letter you type is the phenomenon of Google Instant. An SEO services company keeps a close eye on…

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  1stwebdesigner

• How to Properly Redesign a Website

  Christian Vasile

  28 Jan 2012 | 4:00 am

  Redesigning a website happens very often on the internet today. It can be thanks to the new technologies that appear one after another (and every one of us wants to stay in fashion) or because the rules change from month to month. Whatever the reason is, it is quite important to do it properly and to ensure the new design will bring you more advantages over your competitor than the old version. We don’t redesign a website only for the sake of spending money. We do it because we feel that the site needs a visual revamp, we feel that our visitors want to see something new from a visual…

• Create a Classic-Styled Portfolio Design in Adobe Photoshop

  Dillen Verschoor

  27 Jan 2012 | 3:00 pm

  Howdy, today we will be creating a nice design for your online portfolio. What we will learn here is how you can use a combination of textures and patterns to create a nice old-school look and how to use guides in a smart way.  Here is what we will be making: Resources for this tutorial Icons from Iconsweets Sample images for the center image PSD Download – but really, you should follow the tutorial first! Step 1: Setting up the Document Start by creating a 1600px x 1600px document in Photoshop. Ruler Tool is very useful for this tutorial make sure that rulers and guides is turned on.

• Guided Tour Through Web Design History

  Christian Vasile

  27 Jan 2012 | 4:00 am

  Web design has been with us for a bit longer than 20 years now and sure, it is easy to criticize poorly designed websites nowadays, but few people really know how and where it all started. Things when web design started were really different – actually so different than such a website would be a shame today: weird colors, cluttered information, tables all over the place, Vegas lights and so many other things that everybody despises today. It is never too late to know a bit more about the history of web design, so let’s take a look at the most important changes throughout it.

• 5 Must-Know Tips for Better WordPress User Management

  Rochester Oliveira

  26 Jan 2012 | 3:00 pm

  WordPress is a great tool to use for managing content. It’s really simple for developers, for managers and for users to use, especially when using a great theme. But if there is one thing that I think that needs to improve yet is its user management settings. I mean, even basic functions need to be coded, like editing a user’s profile fields, add roles, edit capabilities, export user data. All of those need plugins or a little coding to get working. Here we’ll see 5 amazing and simple tips that you can use right now and greatly improve your user management and you can use…

• Is Web Technology Rapidly Progressing or at a Standstill?

  Jamal

  26 Jan 2012 | 4:00 am

  Take a moment and realize how far our industry has come from where it originated. It seems like centuries ago since IE6 was considered the top browser and when being able to use CSS in conjunction with HTML was groundbreaking. Remember when the use of tables was a best practice? It is easy to see that there is an amazing amount of progress that has been made and even more amazing is the rate at which it is all constantly happening. Many of the problems those early pioneers had to deal with seem to be far removed for anyone who wasn’t around at the beginning. Or have they just changed…

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  Stunning Mesh

• Rising to Success through the Referral Ladder

  Arfa Mirza

  27 Jan 2012 | 12:36 pm

  It is one big challenge for a freelancer, an especially a new one, top find a paying clientele because clientele is what a business runs on. Although, it’s critical that you get clients for your business, there is also a fact that there are also loads of other freelances out there who are looking for [...]

• How to Decorate Your Home Office Space to Optimize Productivity

  Ryan

  26 Jan 2012 | 12:31 pm

  In recent office decor, employers have killed off all cubicles and hideous carpeting in favor of open offices, clean lines, and concrete flooring at young companies like Facebook and Yelp. These companies promote open communication among coworkers and hope that spacious offices will provoke innovation within the company. These strides in office decor suggest that [...]

• Different Career Avenues for a Graphic Designer

  Arfa Mirza

  25 Jan 2012 | 1:14 pm

  If you set out on taking graphic designing up as your career, you will find that there are more things to get to know first than you think, like what does graphic designing actually mean and what kind of jobs you will have available. After all this, you will find that a designer career is [...]

• How to design Blog Calendar Icon in Photoshop

  Adil Raja

  24 Jan 2012 | 12:43 pm

  In this Photoshop tutorial you will learn how to design Blog Calendar Icon. We will be using some tools like Rectangle Tool, Marquee Selection Tool, Horizontal Type tool etc. We will also learn some Layer Styles techniques like, Gradient Overlay, Inner Glow, Drop Shadow, Inner Shadow etc. Nice tutorial for those who are new to [...]

• Top 5 Common Business Misconceptions On Online Marketing

  Marcela Dias

  23 Jan 2012 | 12:39 pm

  In an era of technological innovations, many businesses are embracing the trend of online marketing as a tool to augment their business model. That is all well and good but there are many common misconceptions businesses hold about online marketing. Apart from the understanding that online marketing requires creativity and technological expertise, time, effort and [...]

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  Nvish Solutions

• Social Commerce – The new face of e-commerce

  admin

  12 Jan 2012 | 5:28 am

  Social commerce is the subset of e-commerce that uses social media to enhance online purchase experience via social interactions and user contributions. It primarily focuses on helping people connect where they buy, and buy where they connect. Social commerce has emerged as a revolution, if we talk in reference to monetizing social media with e-commerce technology. However, social commerce itself is not new. We have been recommending and promoting brands and products in our social circles through word-of-mouth marketing. It has been a powerful marketing tool since the time our ancestors…

• Agile Payment Strategies to Accelerate E-commerce Growth

  admin

  18 Dec 2011 | 10:31 pm

  The e-commerce channel has seen immense growth across global markets, and is now a major contributor to the overall retail sales and profits of organizations operating in a multi-channel commerce environment. At the same time, these organizations are facing unique challenges and opportunities to drive future e-commerce growth. While finding new innovative ways to enhance e-commerce operations, payment process is the key element that most businesses overlook. Whether it is a B2B channel or a B2C channel, payment systems need to adjust to challenges such as ease of use, market reach, payment…

• Role of Quality Content in Success of Your Website

  admin

  17 Nov 2011 | 6:03 am

  Success of any corporate website depends upon several crucial factors, including design and layout, navigation, and most importantly the content. Failure to strike a right balance between these elements may have far reaching negative consequences. Let’s picture a website with an amazing design, eye-catching images, but without any quality content. Will it be useful to the visitors? Well, hardly. Content is the major building block of a website that provides visitors with the information they need. A recent study indicates that 92% of marketers consider content creation ‘effective’ for…

• Performance Testing – Ensure the performance readiness of your applications

  admin

  31 Oct 2011 | 4:49 am

  Performance Testing The success of an application or software hinges on its ability to deliver flawless performance under rigorous workloads. Failure to address performance related risks via proven mitigation strategy often results in a solution that delivers functionally, but falls short on acceptable performance and availability. Performance testing eliminates the performance related anxiety associated with an application, before or after its release. Performance testing is conducted to determine the responsiveness, throughput, reliability, and/or scalability of a system/application under a…

• Leverage the potential of e-commerce for business growth

  admin

  9 Sep 2011 | 6:51 am

  An Introduction to E-Commerce The World Wide Web has changed the traditional landscape of business environment. With its ability to provide unparalleled convenience, e-commerce has expanded rapidly over the past few years, encouraging customers to spend more on online purchases. As a result, e-commerce has opened new avenues of revenue generation and business growth for enterprises looking to expand their market reach. In the U.S. alone, e-commerce sales are predicted to reach $229.5 billion by 2013 Benefits of E-Commerce Besides eliminating the cost of a traditional brick-and-mortar…

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  Artbees - High Quality Free Resources for Designers & Developers

• 60 social media mono icons

  Rouzbeh Firouzmand

  16 Jan 2012 | 4:18 pm

  We think that there are a few of free token icons for social networks on the web. That's why we decided to design 60 most popular social media mono icons. Continue reading>>

• Free letterpress business card mockup

  Rouzbeh Firouzmand

  29 Dec 2011 | 9:27 am

  Any idea how your new design will look on a letterpress business card? Well you can try "Free letterpress business card mockup" and present your ideas to your clients, audiences and even yourself before any print jobs. Continue reading>>

• Torn paper vectors and brushes

  Rouzbeh Firouzmand

  24 Jun 2011 | 3:01 am

  3 torn papers including brushes and vectors to apply on any textures and images. Continue reading>>

• 2 Hi-Res Cardboard Pieces

  Rouzbeh Firouzmand

  10 Jun 2011 | 2:05 am

  2 Hi-Res cardboard pieces including transparent layers so that you can use it directly on any surfaces. These shredded cartons can be used both as objects and textures. Continue reading>>

• How To Increase The Loading Speed Of WordPress Blog

  Bob Alpakar

  27 May 2011 | 2:50 pm

  Today it is the matter of seconds on web browsing. Based on researches on website loading speed it has been said every second added to loading time cause a percentage of users to close the page which results to traffic loss. Even loading speed affects SEO as search engines ranks web pages to how fast they load... Continue reading>>

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  Web Design Fact

• A/B Testing for E-Commerce

  Vivek Dhande

  27 Jan 2012 | 9:48 pm

  If you run an e-commerce store you probably understand the implications of the design of your site and its usability in effecting sales. A/B testing for e-commerce is a standard practice amongst big-box online retailers such as Easy and Amazon and for good reason. With a host of variables to test – from pricing to product categories to ratings, the potential for improvement is abundant. By a/b testing, you can see how small changes to your website will effect direct sales, not indirect metrics, making the investment well worth your time. Call to Action Button The buy now button is perhaps…

• Minimal Poster Designs: Need to Want Less Design

  Vivek Dhande

  24 Jan 2012 | 11:14 pm

  As a big fan of minimal design, I always search and bookmark websites those talks about minimalism. Here we’re showcasing cool, funny and inspiring minimal illustrations and posters by Erin Hanson. Needs are the essentials, the basics of life that we cannot live without whereas wants are items, activities, or services that increase one's life standard. So let’s enjoy! Below you will find some inspiring articles about minimalism and poster designs:  Ready For Print Typography Posters 50 Excellent Poster Designs for Your Inspiration 30 Amazingly Beautiful Typography Posters and Designs…

• Beautiful Yellow Web Designs for Your Inspiration

  Vivek Dhande

  22 Jan 2012 | 10:42 pm

  Continuing our web design inspiration series of posts on color inspiration for web designers, today we look at yellow websites. Yellow may not be the first color that comes to mind for a website background or for a primary role in your color scheme, but as the sites featured here will show, it can help to produce interesting and vibrant websites. You will notice here that many of these sites are using black or dark gray with yellow to make it incredible. Have a look! More web design inspiration: Yellow Websites Personal Photographs in Web Designs Big Backgrounds in Web Designs Back &…

• Single Page Design – A Perpetual Web Designer’s Dilemma

  Vivek Dhande

  18 Jan 2012 | 12:14 am

  So, you have been told numerous times that slapping content, graphics and rest of the other elements in one single page is not that cool at least from search engines perspective, but you still find it really tempting to do so. It looks cool and gives you enough scope to unfurl your creative wings far and wide. However, single page design cannot be equated with simplicity; in fact designing a single page website takes a lot of doing and consume a lot creative work hours but as some experts believe, it gives designers enough room to do some crazy experiments and this is probably the reasons why…

• 30 Brand New Examples of Using People in Web Design

  Vivek Dhande

  15 Jan 2012 | 8:34 pm

  Change is the only permanent thing in the world. And it’s true! Especially when it comes to web design industry. The web design industry is one where designers should be much creative. For your inspiration, here we’ve collected some examples of website designs where photographs of people in key part of design. So let’s start! Before you start, you may like to read our previous articles into web design inspiration series: Capitals That Made a Web Design Stunning 50 Beautiful & Enticing Designers Websites Types of “Coming Soon” Page Design With Examples Beautiful Purple Websites…

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  Website for Business

• Website Design and Mobile Applications Development in Houston, Texas

  19 Jan 2012 | 11:54 pm

  Looking for expert website design services in Texas? You’re not alone as there is a great demand for quality web development expertise in Texas as well as other States. Most of the companies offering this expertise are falling to dogs just because they are not well equipped with the sufficient and quality variety of experts. As we talk about the web design services in Houston, some nearby areas like Austin, Dallas, San Antonio, Fort Worth etc are also gaining popular for professional web design services in Texas.Web Development in Houston, TexasWebsite For Business is constantly providing…

• Ecommerce Web Design Solutions and Mobile Applications Development in Chicago Illinois

  15 Jan 2012 | 12:14 pm

  Most of the corporate entities are looking for the website design in Chicago, Illinois where it has become most important to be online in order to survive in the online market. The world has got another aspect of virtual business since the inception of the internet and that is the same reasons why online competition is the most crucial competition for the businesses. On the other hand every business isn’t competent enough to deploy available resources for the development of website and here is where Website For Business helps those businesses continue with their online future business…

• Mobile Application Development in Chicago Illinois by Website For Business

  14 Jan 2012 | 6:47 pm

  Chicago, Illinois has become a hot favorite for iPhone applications, Blackberry apps, Android programming and iPad Apps development has been in great demand for the past few years, with companies and individuals providing innovative applications development. This is where Website For Business comes into play which specializes in mobile applications development serving the Chicago, Illinois market. For more details about applications development, please contact us at 888-733-6993 or email to info@websiteforbusiness.com

• Web Development and Mobile Applications in iPhone, iPad and Android Programming in Chicago Illinois

  13 Jan 2012 | 11:33 am

  At Website For Business, a professional web development company in the United States, the top priority is client's satisfaction and to meet all their expectations. Interactive, data driven, and media rich websites are where we shine! We can help you define and build the mobile solution that will integrate with your existing systems and add value to your offerings.We provide:Website Design Chicago IllinoisEcommerce Solutions Chicago IllinoisSearch Engine Optimization Chicago IllinoisiPhone Applications Chicago IllinoisiPad Applications Chicago IllinoisAndroid Application Development Chicago…

• iPhone Application Development in United States

  11 Jan 2012 | 7:01 pm

  The overwhelming demand of iPhone with ever increasing number of its users, the mobile applications have entered a new arena of global competition. iPhone application development has created a wide market due to the boosted number of Apple iPhone user. To meet this ever growing demand, Website For Business has entered the foray of Mobile Applications Development for developing top notch iPhone applications.

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• Why web designers rely on Lorem Ipsum

  admin

  24 Jan 2012 | 5:57 am

  Wikipedia defines the term Lorem Ipsum as placeholder text commonly used to demonstrate the graphics elements of a document or visual presentation, such as font, typography and layout. The Lorem Ipsum text is typically a section of a Latin text by Cicero with words altered, added and removed that make it nonsensical in meaning and not proper Latin. It was derived from a Latin statement, titled De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, by author Cicero. The “What” (Source: Wikipedia). So why does the web design industry rely so heavily on Lorem Ipsum? Lorem Ipsum is a unique style of writing and is…

• Understanding Web Design

  admin

  10 Jan 2012 | 5:48 am

  The web design is used as a general term to describe any of the various tasks in creating a website. The site consists of thousands of pages through which a presentation of information using different technologies that are linked together with hyperlinks.There are two basic aspects of any website on the Internet. The first is a presentation to the user interacts with, usually visually, while the second is a back-end that includes information for non-human browsers. From a technical standpoint, the act of designing web pages can be very difficult.Unlike traditional print media, HTML has a…

• Text effects with CSS text-shadow

  admin

  5 Jan 2012 | 2:38 am

  Text effects are a great way to enhance your web designs, and with just one CSS property you can replicate effects that were only possible before by using images of text. Text-shadow is supported in all major browsers except IE, and along with RGBa colours, allows us to replicate some popular effects. Text-shadow is easy to use and gives you a lot of control, letting you specify values for: The shadows colour (RGBa is great for subtle effects). The X position of the shadow, offset from the text. The Y position of the shadow, offset from the text. The blur radius or spread of the shadow. And…

• How to Increase Facebook Fans

  admin

  23 Dec 2011 | 6:09 am

  As a Creative  Marketing  Company we pride ourselves on understanding how to make the most out of social media. So when one of our clients, a new forest spa came to us with the brief of helping their Facebook campaign and in particlular their Facebook fan numbers we were delighted to devise a strategy to improve their social media profile. We made many changes to improve the presence and content on their social media profiles. Alongside installing plugins to publish all content over all social media platforms we devised a simple but effective push to increase Facebook fan numbers. The…

• Free SEO iPad Apps

  admin

  5 May 2011 | 3:57 am

  Now that Apple iPad’s consumer base has grown, webmasters need to find a way to step up their game and adjust to new SEO techniques in order to suit the iPad’s new design and features. They can do so by employing a few types of SEO apps. However, before tinkering with iPad SEO in particular, they must first learn about the nature of mobile SEO. Before choosing the right kinds of SEO apps to download to enhance their iPad SEO, however, webmasters must first understand that mobile search engines are designed differently from traditional search engines. Both types of search engines employ…

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• Modular front-end development with LESS

  Delwin Campbell

  27 Jan 2012 | 4:08 am

  I am constantly looking for ways to make my work as a front-end developer easier and more efficient, but it is only recently that I have paid my good friend CSS any real attention. The whole movement to make this sector of front-end development easier started with grid systems and the idea of object-oriented CSS, and has since been made easier with extensions to the language itself in the form of CSS pre-processors — the two most well-known being LESS and Sass. This article will explore the benefit of organizing your code efficiently while keeping it reusable and modular. Let’s get…

• Collective #2

  Pedro Botelho

  26 Jan 2012 | 12:47 pm

  HTML5 Please – Use the new and shiny responsibly The same brilliant minds that gave us HTML5 Boilerplate, Modernizr & CSS3 Please, now give us HTML5 Please: a very useful resource that summerizes the support and possibilities for all the new properties. Read it Scrollorama Scrollorama is an awesome jQuery plugin by John Polacek for doing cool and experimental scrolly stuff. Just scroll the page and you’ll discover some nice effects. Check it out Font.js – A Powerful Font Toolkit for JavaScript Mike “Pomax” Kamermans gives us this useful library that adds a…

• Be Less Annoying: Reduce Bounce Rates through Better Web Design

  Patrick Cox

  26 Jan 2012 | 6:30 am

  According to the almighty Google, bounce rate is defined as “the percentage of single-page visits or visits in which the person left your site from the entrance (landing) page“. Basically, those users who leave your site right after they hit it — without checking anything else out. Bounce rate is a true measure of your site’s engagement. There are a bunch of factors that are involved with a lowering bounce rate, the main one being having relevant content, but even relevant content doesn’t stand a chance with a very poor web design. Truly, the real killers of…

• Arctext.js – Curving Text with CSS3 and jQuery

  Pedro Botelho

  24 Jan 2012 | 9:30 am

  View demo Download source While CSS3 allows us to rotate letters, it is quite complicated to arrange each letter along a curved path. Arctext.js is a jQuery plugin that let’s you do exactly that. Based on Lettering.js, it calculates the right rotation of each letter and distributes the letters equally across the imaginary arc of the given radius. How it works The main idea behind the Arctext plugin is to rotate letters with CSS3 transforms in order to place them along a curved path. The curve is always a segment of a circle (hence arc) for which the radius can be specified. The space…

• How to spice up your menu with CSS3

  Mary Lou

  22 Jan 2012 | 6:51 am

  View demo Download source In this new category called “Tips and Tricks” we will introduce some quick and interesting methods around web development and web design. In today’s tip we’ll show you how to spice up your menu by adding a neat hover effect to it. The idea is to slide an image out to the right when hovering over a menu item. Each menu item (which is a unordered list item in this case) will have an anchor containing two spans and an image: <ul class="mh-menu"> <li> <a href="#"> <span>Art Director</span> <span>Henry…

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• 40+ Outstanding Illustration Designs

  Shevaa

  27 Jan 2012 | 12:08 am

  An illustration is an image presented as a drawing, painting, photograph that is created to elucidate or dictate. A great illustration contains a little concept called art. Be sure to observe the artwork and find the hidden meanings. To design an Illustration requires creativity, good knowledge in software like Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator. Designers often look [...]

• 36 Amazing Natural Light Photography

  Shevaa

  19 Jan 2012 | 5:29 am

  Photography is the art of capturing light, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation. There are many features in photography. Most beautiful elements are natural photography. So Today’s post consists of Pure Natural Lighting. There are three elements that a Photographer keeps in mind before taking pictures mainly [...]

• 35 Stunning Perfect Timed Action Photos

  Shevaa

  13 Jan 2012 | 12:09 am

  Our living world is constantly in motion. Action Photos is the apparent streaking of rapidly moving objects in a still image. Taking Action photography is all about timing, Moving shots can be more difficult than shooting inanimate objects so you know the best moment to take the shot. It’s also important to be knowledgeable about [...]

• Few New Collections of CSS3 Effects

  Shevaa

  10 Jan 2012 | 5:40 am

  Since CSS3 comes out its make a revolution in the life of web developers. Many of the new features in the CSS3 are take the quality of our designs to the next level. CSS3 has changed severely is web typography. We create quick and easy text effects and much more visually impressive stuff with CSS3. [...]

• 30 Mind Blowing Parallax Scrolling Effect Websites

  Shevaa

  2 Jan 2012 | 11:25 pm

  Now a day’s Parallax scrolling effect become a New and More Popular Trend in web design. Parallax scrolling is a special scrolling technique in computer graphics, to create an illusion of depth in a 2D video game and adding to the immersion by moving multiple layers of images at different speed. Same technique can also [...]

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• Apple reveals Digital iTunes U – A Catalog for Education Content Called iBooks 2

  admin

  25 Jan 2012 | 12:10 am

  Apple is a one of the most popular brand for their innovative works and superior ideas. Apple reveals a new digital version of iTunes U which will be the world’s biggest digital catalog of free education content that called iBook2. iBooks 2 is available now for the iPhone and iPad from the iTunes App Store. The iTunes U will now encompass of a wide range of topics, you will now have a best online resource to help you learn anytime, anywhere. The iTunes U will comprise of over 500,000 free lectures, videos, books, and other resources on thousands of subjects. Apple also introduced iBooks…

• iPhone Game Development – Avenue For Fun, Popularity And Profits

  admin

  21 Jan 2012 | 8:57 am

  When I was a kid, I used to play video games in my free time. In earlier days, video games, indoor games were just a medium of entertainment but today mobile game development has changed the entire definition and purpose of gaming applications. Today, the popularity of mobile games is on top of the roof, mobile games are not only for teenagers and college students; in fact it is for everyone who wants to have fun anywhere anytime and exercise their mind. Evolution in the mobile gaming industry started with the advent of smart phones like iPhone, android and blackberry. I am sure you might…

• Android Application Development – Best Option for Newbies of Mobile Application

  admin

  18 Jan 2012 | 1:31 am

  Let’s see the business benefits of android application development: Open-source Platform Android is an open source code platform meaning there is not just one company working on the code but there is an entire community working on the code. As more number of people keeps accessing the code each day, there are very less chances of bugs or errors in functionality. However, if any bug is found, the developers’ team of android community releases the patches quickly. Open source platform is a great platform for developers to enhance their creativity and thus more often than not the community…

• Top Seven Benefits of Hiring India Based ASP.NET Programmers

  admin

  11 Jan 2012 | 12:31 am

  In-house developments of IT solutions require good investment in human resource, infrastructure and technology. On top of it all, you may encounter many operational issues throughout the development process and to resolve them you must have good expertise in applied technology. All these challenges can be avoided by opting for offshore IT outsourcing services. If you are looking for an ecommerce solution then ASP.NET is an answer for you. ASP.NET is the most recommended ecommerce solution to create dynamic websites. ASP.NET allows you to incorporate all the necessary features like buy…

• Outsource Your Website Design at Viteb – Get an Edge over Competitors

  admin

  6 Jan 2012 | 12:01 am

  A successful website design can increase the sales or traffic to your website. Adversely, a messy and complex website design can break your sales. A web design is a critical parameter for the success of online business. Web designers at Viteb cater to all enterprises across the globe. Many of our corporate clients have their own in-house IT team but when it comes to a unique and professional website designing, our web designers are most often called on. As we are India based company, you might be wondering why you should outsource your website design. Below are the top 7 reasons to choose…

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• Pittsburgh SEO and Internet Marketing

  Nick Ker

  3 Jan 2012 | 6:15 pm

  Ker Communications provides internet marketing, SEO (search engine optimization), social media and website design services to a variety of companies and organizations around the world. We are located in the South Hills of Pittsburgh, PA (South Park Township to be precise) and we love the Burgh – and we love helping local Pittsburgh businesses succeed online. Of course there are thousands of website design, SEO consultants, social media agencies and internet marketing companies to choose from, but sometimes you just want to do business locally. If you are looking for great service when…

• Debunking Common SEO Misconceptions and Myths

  Nick Ker

  29 Nov 2011 | 12:14 pm

  Search Engine Optimization, can provide the best ROI for your internet marketing budget. Because it is widely misunderstood and just as commonly misused and abused, there are plenty of misconceptions about SEO that can derail your marketing efforts. Here are some commonly held beliefs that need some clarification: “I don’t need on site SEO, just 100 more links” There is just too much misinformation about SEO out there for you to assume your on site optimization has been done right.  Many times we will have a new client tell us it is all taken care of, then we discover their pages…

• Duquesne University Small Business Tech Conference

  Nick Ker

  9 Nov 2011 | 12:33 pm

  Duquesne University Small Business Development Center has invited me to speak about SEO at the 6th Annual Pennsylvania Business Technology Conference on Thursday, November 17, 2011 in Pittsburgh. I will be doing a break out session on “Search Engine Optimization – The Power of Page One: Why Search Engine Rank Matters & How to Climb Higher”. Since this is a small business oriented event, I will try to focus on some of the basic things small businesses can do to improve their search engine position on a limited budget. If you have ever spoken with me, you probably know I…

• Where to Find Links That Help Build Trust and Improve Search Engine Ranking

  Nick Ker

  11 Oct 2011 | 12:06 pm

  Some of the best SEO link building is “do it yourself” When it comes to getting better search engine ranking for your keywords, providing users with useful, informative, or entertaining content is of course your first priority. Second is good optimization of that content and how it is delivered – your site structure, meta tags, page titles, H1 headings, alt img tags and all that other behind the scenes stuff. Once you have that out of the way, achieving good search engine positions is all about trust, authority and reputation. Of the hundreds of ways Google and other search…

• Learn the Basics of SEO – Even If You Hire a Consultant

  Nick Ker

  4 Sep 2011 | 10:45 am

  Search engine optimization can be very confusing and time consuming to learn, especially if you only have limited knowledge of web design and development – and you don’t have the time nor the desire to learn all about it. For this reason, many people choose to hire professional SEO providers to take care of it for them. That is usually the best choice, but you would be doing yourself a huge favor if you take the time to learn the basics of SEO, so you will have a better understanding of what you can reasonably expect. Your consultant will be happier too, since they won’t…

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  ilike2Flash

• Animated line drawing using TweenLite in AS3

  13 Jan 2012 | 8:47 am

  In this post I will show some examples of animated line drawing using TweenLite and the Drawing API in Actionscript 3. I will be using the lineTo() and moveTo() methods from the Drawing API to draw... Copyright © 2011 ilike2flash. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your news aggregator, the site you are looking at is guilty of copyright infringement. No unauthorized copying allowed.

• Drag and drop shapes in EaselJS

  23 Dec 2011 | 9:07 am

  I have been playing around with the EaselJS library recently. The EaselJS is a JavaScript library for the HTML5 canvas element that is similar to the Flash display list. The syntax is similar to... Copyright © 2011 ilike2flash. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your news aggregator, the site you are looking at is guilty of copyright infringement. No unauthorized copying allowed.

• Simple AS3 video player using VideoLoader

  28 Nov 2011 | 4:55 pm

  In this tutorial you will learn how to create a simple Actionscript 3 video player using the Greensock Videoloader which can be downloaded from greensock.com. I find the Greensock Videoloader is more... Copyright © 2011 ilike2flash. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your news aggregator, the site you are looking at is guilty of copyright infringement. No unauthorized copying allowed.

• Texturing a sphere in Away3D

  16 Nov 2011 | 11:20 am

  In this post I will add a texture to a sphere primitive in Away3D and rotate the sphere around the x axis using the mouse. You will need the Away3D engine which can be downloaded from: away3d.com and... Copyright © 2011 ilike2flash. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your news aggregator, the site you are looking at is guilty of copyright infringement. No unauthorized copying allowed.

• Bouncing ball effect in Actionscript 3

  7 Nov 2011 | 7:20 am

  I was contacted with a question about how to create a bouncing ball effect in Actionscript 3. I previously wrote a pendulum effect tutorial where I used the Math.sin() method with the rotation... Copyright © 2011 ilike2flash. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your news aggregator, the site you are looking at is guilty of copyright infringement. No unauthorized copying allowed.

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• Modular front-end development with LESS

  Delwin Campbell

  27 Jan 2012 | 4:08 am

  I am constantly looking for ways to make my work as a front-end developer easier and more efficient, but it is only recently that I have paid my good friend CSS any real attention. The whole movement to make this sector of front-end development easier started with grid systems and the idea of object-oriented CSS, and has since been made easier with extensions to the language itself in the form of CSS pre-processors — the two most well-known being LESS and Sass. This article will explore the benefit of organizing your code efficiently while keeping it reusable and modular. Let’s get…

• Collective #2

  Pedro Botelho

  26 Jan 2012 | 12:47 pm

  HTML5 Please – Use the new and shiny responsibly The same brilliant minds that gave us HTML5 Boilerplate, Modernizr & CSS3 Please, now give us HTML5 Please: a very useful resource that summerizes the support and possibilities for all the new properties. Read it Scrollorama Scrollorama is an awesome jQuery plugin by John Polacek for doing cool and experimental scrolly stuff. Just scroll the page and you’ll discover some nice effects. Check it out Font.js – A Powerful Font Toolkit for JavaScript Mike “Pomax” Kamermans gives us this useful library that adds a…

• Be Less Annoying: Reduce Bounce Rates through Better Web Design

  Patrick Cox

  26 Jan 2012 | 6:30 am

  According to the almighty Google, bounce rate is defined as “the percentage of single-page visits or visits in which the person left your site from the entrance (landing) page“. Basically, those users who leave your site right after they hit it — without checking anything else out. Bounce rate is a true measure of your site’s engagement. There are a bunch of factors that are involved with a lowering bounce rate, the main one being having relevant content, but even relevant content doesn’t stand a chance with a very poor web design. Truly, the real killers of…

• Arctext.js – Curving Text with CSS3 and jQuery

  Pedro Botelho

  24 Jan 2012 | 9:30 am

  View demo Download source While CSS3 allows us to rotate letters, it is quite complicated to arrange each letter along a curved path. Arctext.js is a jQuery plugin that let’s you do exactly that. Based on Lettering.js, it calculates the right rotation of each letter and distributes the letters equally across the imaginary arc of the given radius. How it works The main idea behind the Arctext plugin is to rotate letters with CSS3 transforms in order to place them along a curved path. The curve is always a segment of a circle (hence arc) for which the radius can be specified. The space…

• How to spice up your menu with CSS3

  Mary Lou

  22 Jan 2012 | 6:51 am

  View demo Download source In this new category called “Tips and Tricks” we will introduce some quick and interesting methods around web development and web design. In today’s tip we’ll show you how to spice up your menu by adding a neat hover effect to it. The idea is to slide an image out to the right when hovering over a menu item. Each menu item (which is a unordered list item in this case) will have an anchor containing two spans and an image: <ul class="mh-menu"> <li> <a href="#"> <span>Art Director</span> <span>Henry…

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• Tools to Make Your Link Building Life Better

  RogerPanella

  27 Jan 2012 | 2:45 am

  We all know that high-quality inbound links are an essential ingredient in an SEO campaign.  We also all know that it can be extremely time consuming, and sometimes frustrating, looking around the web for sites to approach for links.  I’m going to show you one technique for quickly putting together a list of sites that… Related posts: Building Traffic Through the Power of Backlinks Part 3 WebSite Directory Submission Sites Building Traffic Through the Power of Backlinks Part 2 QuickTip: How To Make Search Engines See Images

• Get 44+ StudioPress Themes for $270.00

  James

  26 Jan 2012 | 2:02 am

  Earlier today I received an email from StudioPress that they are raising the price of their Pro Pack All Theme Package on Tuesday, January 31, 2012. Currently you can get all 44 StudioPress Child Themes plus every theme they make in the future for $299.95, but after the 31st it will go up. StudioPress is… Related posts: 5 Popular Premium Themes from StudioPress Get 25% Off Everything You Purchase at StudioPress For a Limited Time! What is StudioPress

• 5 Popular Premium Themes from StudioPress

  James

  23 Jan 2012 | 8:29 pm

  Studiopress is one of the more popular premium WordPress theme companies out there. They offer a framework (also know as a parent theme) that was designed to empower websites owners with a secure and search-engine optimized foundation to build their WordPress website on.  They also offer a large collection of professional and personal child themes… Related posts: Get 44+ StudioPress Themes for $270.00 What is StudioPress Studiopress Released News Theme 2.0

• 5 Free High Quality Metallic Textures

  James

  19 Jan 2012 | 12:01 am

  Once again it’s time for the weekly design resource. This week we have another free high quality texture around up. But this time, I found 5 metallic textures from the texture community over at DeviantArt. These textures are all free and most can be used for commercial work. Make sure to read each creator’s rules… Related posts: 5 Free High Quality Concrete Textures 5 Free High Quality Brick and Plaster Textures 162 Free High Quality Rust Textures

• WordPress Mondays: Are Your Contributors Getting Notified When You Publish Their Articles?

  James

  16 Jan 2012 | 11:56 pm

  Do you run a multi-authored blog or have the occasional guest writer submit articles to your site? If so, does WordPress automatically notify the author when their article is published? If you aren’t sure you might want look into that? Some themes, may not have this function built into the theme. So that means you… Related posts: WordPress Mondays: Use the WordPress Editor to Find Related Content for Deep Linking WordPress Mondays: Anatomy of a WordPress Theme Submit Your WordPress Articles To WordPress Junkies

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• Stop Censorship by the government on the Internet – SOPA

  Web Designer #1

  18 Jan 2012 | 7:38 am

  Black out or use a ribbon on your sites Wednesday January 18 to protest forthcoming Internet blacklist legislation known as SOPA and PIPA. The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) proposed by the U.S. House of Representatives and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) proposed by the U.S. Senate have the potential to severely cripple the free and open Internet. To learn more about these devastating bills, and for information on how you can help to stop SOPA and PIPA, please visit the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Action Center. Call your congress people to let them know this is unacceptable to the…

• Buy Problogger one or three ebooks Begin, Build, Online Marketing

  Web Designer #1

  21 Dec 2011 | 1:56 am

  Update Dec 21, 2011 Three day sale on Three books for 50% off – Buy individually  or all three Starting today we’re running a 50% discount for 3 days on any (or all) of 3 ProBlogger eBooks Grab one or Grab All Three – But Don’t Delay 3 eBooks represent the 3 biggest needs – starting out, giving things a kick start when they’re slow and making money. So whatever your blogging goals are in 2012 I believe we’ve got you covered. Sale ends in 3 days time on Friday 23 December at midnight US Eastern time so don’t delay – they’ll all be full price again from 24th and into…

• Human blog spam is a waste of time

  Web Designer #1

  20 Dec 2011 | 7:41 pm

  Blog spam can be bots (robots) or humans There are plenty of plugins for blog spam. Still I get too much human blog spam with comments that are kinda comments but then I start noticing a trend from same ip address different name. Or they never read the article. Or they say nonsense. Or they are advertising their business with links. I do not use Askimet because I am running a business with a goal of making money. Communication is part of a business but spammers are time wasters and sucking time away from others. Finding a way to stop them from commenting while leaving comments open to others…

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  Website design, web design and website development for small business - A Website Designer

• Replace your brain with Evernote

  Dan

  22 Jan 2012 | 8:13 pm

  Evernote has a very fitting logo. An Elephant never forgets In my last article in this productivity series I talked about DropBox and how some of these new cloud technologies not only solve the problem that traditional software solves but also 1 or 2 more things at the same time. This week we are looking at Evernote, which is very much in the same boat in terms of it being a great tool for taking notes but also a lot more. Taking notes is part of every business person’s daily routine. Some people use hardcopy, some use software. Some rely on their memories. In the past when you used…

• Why you need dropbox

  Dan

  18 Jan 2012 | 7:09 pm

  Hi guys welcome to a new category on the blog called ‘Productivity’ where I’m going to introducing you to some of my favourite small business productivity tools. If you have any ideas for posts in this category feel free to comment below and let me know.  We are in very exciting times for technology right now. Technology always used to be a pain in the arse really didn’t it? It wasn’t about ‘yay I can insert this USB drive and back up all of my stuff’ it was ‘bugger, I forgot to back up my stuff now it’s lost’. The cloud movement…

• How’s business?

  Dan

  17 Jan 2012 | 10:45 pm

  Web Control Room shows 1 page with charts from various sources to give you a full picture of your small business performance. As a small business owner people are always asking me “How’s business”. But I’ve always felt that I don’t really know the answer to this question. To help me and other small business owners answer this question I have built a free tool called Web Control Room but more on that later. Why don’t I know the answer? So why don’t I know how my business is going? Well, sure if I log into Xero and click on enough buttons, I can find…

• My number 1 secret to building authority online

  Dan

  15 Jan 2012 | 8:48 pm

  How to build trust and authority online (part 2 of 2) In part 1 of how to build trust and authority online, I discussed the idea of running a business without advertising. Creating great content, becoming known as the expert in your field by creating a web presence that helps you build trust and authority. Instead of interrupting people who aren’t interested in your services, people come to you because you are the expert! Sounds good right? But now? In this post I am going to tell you the number 1 secret I use to build trust and authority online. But before I do I’m going to fill…

• SEO case study 2 – Wedding Videos

  Dan

  10 Jan 2012 | 7:09 pm

  Dave from Video My Wedding If you haven’t seen our first SEO case study check out how we took Flower Child from 32nd in Google to 1st in 2 months, doubling their organic search revenue in the process here. For our second case study we are working with Brisbane wedding videos specialist Video My Wedding. Overview There is a fair bit of competition in this space and a number of competitors who have been around for a long time. However Dave has a few things in his favour including: His site is a few years old with some existing authority in the eyes of Google He is tech savvy so he can…

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• How to Make Your Business Card Stand Out in the 21st Century

  Guest Author

  27 Jan 2012 | 3:00 pm

  It is all too easy in the digital age that we live in to write off many traditional business and marketing techniques like direct mail, face to face interactions, and business cards. Digital marketing and e-commerce have changed the playing field but have not changed the rules. Business cards are a great way to establish relationships and remind potential clients of your services in the future. Below are many ways to make your business card stand out in the 21st century.   credit: Lucid-Dreams 1) Use new technology like QR codes Credit: Global X Almost everyone has a smartphone these…

• 7 Cool Gmail Add-ons To Make Your Inbox Useful

  Guest Author

  26 Jan 2012 | 3:00 pm

  When Google does something they do it really well and Gmail is a really good example of that in action. Google has taken the idea of a free email service and turned it into so much more. But there’s always room for improvement and sometimes people need that extra bit of functionality from something that can only come from an add-on – which Google refers to as “gadgets” – for their Gmail client. The really neat thing about Gmail gadgets is that most people don’t even know they exist. Even better there are some of them that add that extra bit of functionality…

• 5 Best HTML 5 and CSS 3 websites for an Inspiration

  Guest Author

  25 Jan 2012 | 10:00 pm

  HTML5 has been launched and is all set to change the way have used web till now. It is basically a specification about how HTML can be formatted to deliver text and images on the browser optimally. HTML is a revised and advanced way to put all the data on the web together. HTML 5 offers offline storage, canvas drawing, native video and audio streaming support like no other, geolocation and several web applications. In addition, With HTML5 and CSS3 coded websites; the need of third party plugin is no more required. Several browsers such as Google, Apple, and others have already picked it up…

• 12 Rack Cards Design that will inspire you

  soulmenj

  25 Jan 2012 | 1:26 am

  A rack card is a document used for commercial advertising, frequently in convenience stores, hotels, landmarks, restaurants, rest areas and other locations that enjoy significant foot traffic. Rack cards are typically 4 by 9 inches in size and sport high-impact graphic design. Rack Cards are proven to be one of the most effective yet low cost marketing tools.  Promote your business to vacationers, tourists, travelers – or even those customers right in your own backyard. Aside from business card, flyers and brochure you might also give a try to this method since there are…

• Moon Photography with a Style

  Mars

  24 Jan 2012 | 3:00 pm

  Lonely, stress, heart broken or just relaxing over your rooftop drinking beer and the only companion is the moon. The moon is the only thing you look and talk to when you have this kind of emotions and feelings, sometimes you tend to grab a camera and take a shot of it. most people becomes good in composing and creativity when they got drunk he-he-he that happens to me. my imagination keeps popping when i am alone and having a drink. it means photography are for people who get drunk also. Moon comes with different shapes, shoot every shape and compile them into one image, this will make more…

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• 5 Tips to Designing for a Global Audience

  Monjurul Dolon

  26 Jan 2012 | 7:50 pm

  This is a guest post by Christian Arno, founder of Lingo24.com, a leading provider of business translation services. The word globalization has become a major buzzword in the business world. Nowadays, businesses realize the important role that the internet plays and as a result have tapped into it to reach new and emerging markets on a global scale. Of course, planning and designing a business website aimed at a global market is simply more than translating your website into a chosen foreign language. E-marketers will understand that cultural differences will play a substantial role when it…

• Working at a Startup: What I’ve Learned Over the Last 6 Months

  Monjurul Dolon

  24 Jan 2012 | 2:27 pm

  Over the past six months, I’ve lived and breathed the startup life, working full-time as lead designer/frontend engineer for a pre-Series-A startup in Silicon Valley. I’m back on the East Coast now tending to some family issues, but I wanted to take some time to reflect on what I’ve learned over the past few months. 1. Success is dependent on effort This might seem pretty obvious but while I was in the valley, I noticed first-hand that the companies that put in the most amount of effort were the most successful. It’s essentially just like school – the people who…

• Your Favorite Code Editors and a New Poll

  Monjurul Dolon

  24 May 2011 | 11:18 am

  So it turns out you guys really like Notepad++. It was the clear leader of our last poll, with over 31% of the total votes. What surprised me, however, was that Dreamweaver was second in popularity, followed by Eclipse. Top 5 Code Editors Used by DevGrow Readers: Notepad++ Dreamweaver Eclipse NetBeans Textmate Dreamweaver… what the?! I can understand the love for Notepad++, I use it daily as my preferred coding editor, but are that many people still using Dreamweaver? I remember using Dreamweaver in my earlier days of web development but quickly outgrew it as I moved on to what I…

• Freebie: Modern UI Pack Photoshop PSD

  Monjurul Dolon

  11 May 2011 | 12:04 pm

  I’ve been running across several new UI PSD kits that cover a wide range of elements, everything from buttons to media players. I wanted to take a shot at making my own with a few simple elements – feel free to use the following UI elements in any project you’d like. PreviewDownload PSD Even if you don’t end up using the elements themselves, consider taking a look at the blending effects to see how they were achieved. I’ll be using this kit and others like it to help create Photoshop mockups for clients more quickly, it saves time not having to remake elements…

• The Psychology of Success, Part 2: Belief

  Monjurul Dolon

  14 Apr 2011 | 8:00 pm

  One of the most important characteristics you’ll find in successful individuals (especially entrepreneurs) is belief in themselves. It’s no secret, many athletes use it to give them an edge to beat competitors and current billionaires have used it in the lowest moments of their lives as motivation to keep going. A lot of us know the importance of this important trait yet fail to make use of it in our daily lives. Yes, you can be successful too. Too many times have I seen friends and colleagues with high aspirations get shot down because of the supposed rareness of success in their…

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  Web Developer Juice

• Professional Web Designing: 7 reasons why you should go for it

  Steve

  27 Jan 2012 | 8:59 am

  There are many Web development companies available in the market, but still some of us do not feel the need of a professionally developed Web site. Even many of us prefer to use a free template with little customization. Websites are a crucial part of business and that is why it is necessary that it [...]

• What makes these top CMS so Helpful?

  Steve

  25 Jan 2012 | 8:53 am

  The world of web site design and development has undergone a serious over haul. More than being a luxury of the riches and fashion trend, it has now become a basic need of any business house to have a web site or any sort of web presence, i.e. through social networking media or blog, ecommerce [...]

• How Texture Enhances the Efficiency of Website

  Steve

  23 Jan 2012 | 7:48 am

  An effective and visually appealing web design can work wonders to lift the performance of a small business business. When it comes to a good web design, good texture has its own importance. In fact, it has now become an integral to the design. More than just being a trend, effective texture now plays an [...]

• The New Year for Polishing Up Your Social Media

  Steve

  20 Jan 2012 | 9:21 pm

  Thanks to the strength of social media, most job seekers are polishing up their Facebook pages and Twitter accounts to attract potential employers. Social media networks are becoming the go-to for people looking to enter the job market; they’ve also become a controlled environment in which employers can find and screen candidates before extending an [...]

• 12 Precautionary Tips When Choosing Web Hosting

  Steve

  16 Jan 2012 | 12:59 am

  Choosing a web hosting provider can be as tricky as Search Engine Optimization since there are so many options to choose from. Often this flexibility in choice can lead people to make some poor decisions in terms of who they decide to sign up with. Here are twelve precautions you can take when it comes [...]

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• Nice Template from TM

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  28 Jan 2012 | 12:26 am

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• Twitter Saga

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  27 Jan 2012 | 1:39 pm

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• Sexy Arrows for Web Designers

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  27 Jan 2012 | 12:08 pm

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• Enhance Your Site’s Speed by Optimizing Your CSS

  Sangeeta

  5 Jan 2012 | 7:05 am

  CSS is an acronym for Cascading Style Sheets. These are specific styles that will define how web browsers display HTML elements on web pages. When HTML was developed it was not designed to utilize... Our website maintenance program includes regular updates, adding new features to the website, and tracking web traffic to your site. It's a cost-effective approach to website maintenance. Hire web designers and graphic designers starting at $25 per hour for all your website design needs.

• Is Your Website Ready for Holiday Sales?

  Sangeeta

  20 Dec 2011 | 3:57 am

  Online sales have boomed ever since people have started spending more of their time on the Internet rather than commuting to a store. There are two kinds of people, the buyers and the walkers. For... Our website maintenance program includes regular updates, adding new features to the website, and tracking web traffic to your site. It's a cost-effective approach to website maintenance. Hire web designers and graphic designers starting at $25 per hour for all your website design needs.

• Virtual Drives What Makes Online Storage Crucial for Small Businesses

  Sangeeta

  1 Dec 2011 | 1:38 am

  The latest trend in information storage is online storage, or virtual drives. Many companies, small to large, are turning to online storage for numerous reasons. The primary reason is for the safety... Our website maintenance program includes regular updates, adding new features to the website, and tracking web traffic to your site. It's a cost-effective approach to website maintenance. Hire web designers and graphic designers starting at $25 per hour for all your website design needs.

• Ensure Your Website Security With Professional Website Maintenance

  Sangeeta

  21 Nov 2011 | 7:24 am

  A professional website maintenance service is vital to the success of every business in today’s marketplace. It is no longer enough to simply create a website in order to market your product or... Our website maintenance program includes regular updates, adding new features to the website, and tracking web traffic to your site. It's a cost-effective approach to website maintenance. Hire web designers and graphic designers starting at $25 per hour for all your website design needs.

• Website Maintenance: When Revisions Matter

  Sangeeta

  11 Oct 2011 | 7:04 am

  Your company website is the first thing a prospective client sees when looking for you on the Internet. If your site is complicated to understand, not up to date, unappealing or lacking real... Our website maintenance program includes regular updates, adding new features to the website, and tracking web traffic to your site. It's a cost-effective approach to website maintenance. Hire web designers and graphic designers starting at $25 per hour for all your website design needs.

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• The (Dis)Advantages of Working From Home

  Amber Weinberg

  25 Jan 2012 | 9:13 am

  Being a freelancer means you often have complete freedom on where to work. However, we tend to stay at home and work from our beds, dining room tables, a corner in our room, or if we’re lucky enough, a whole room dedicated as an office. What we mostly do not do, is leave our home to work in a separate office or co-working space.Working from home comes with several advantages after all – no overhead, free range of the kitchen, no dress code and the ability to sleep as late as we want and stroll from the bedroom to our computer.However, there are also several disadvantages we…

• Why RFPs Are Never Good

  Amber Weinberg

  18 Jan 2012 | 5:47 am

  I just received my first RFP (request for proposal) from a client today in over two years of being self-employed. Now, I had always heard that these things were mostly junk and you should never pay them any attention, or work with a client who demanded you filled one out, but I never knew why. Now I do.Let’s take a look at the proposal I got today. Upon reading, several red flags immediately popped up, and I hadn’t even talked to the “potential” client as of yet.Already we have our first issue. The client doesn’t want any major changes to the IA or content.

• 100 Things Every Designer Needs To Know About People

  Amber Weinberg

  11 Jan 2012 | 4:50 am

  About 99% of the time I really don’t enjoy industry books. I do my best to read as many as possible, but it’s only to keep up with our industry more than because I enjoy them. Let’s face it – the workings of the web can be a bit dry. So it was quite surprising how much I enjoyed Susan Weinschenk’s book, 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People. I literally couldn’t put the book down and read it quickly in just a day or two. At 244 full colored pages, the book was a look into the psychology  of how people read, think, act and socialize.

• Really Simple Icons Set

  Amber Weinberg

  9 Jan 2012 | 8:39 am

   A collection of icons I made for a secret project I’m working on, free for you to use! Use as you like, the only thing I ask in return is a nice tweet or share someplace for others to find. Download the PSDPSD includes 100x100px icons of:CodesnippitDribbbleFacebookFoursquareGithubGoodReadsInstagramLanyrdLinkedInMeetupPinterestRavelryTumblrTwitterWordPressYoutubeWant to see other icons or formats? Just leave a comment below and I’ll place some time aside each week to make some

• 12412 – Experience and Learn 12 New Web Technologies in 12 Months

  Amber Weinberg

  4 Jan 2012 | 8:04 am

  I stumbled across 12412.org when looking at Paul Davis’s work. Consisting of three developers including Paul, Anthony Killeen, and Stephen Fulljames, 12412 aims to log their activities throughout 2012 as they choose a new technology or technique every month to learn and play with.I thought this was a fantastic idea. I’ve had an insanely busy 2011 and haven’t spent much time learning new things like I should. What better way than to make a goal to learn something new every month? I thought I’d take their idea and list out a few items of my own that I want to do some…

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  Zero 3 Computers

• World Of Warcraft, An Infographic

  31 Dec 2011 | 3:13 pm

  World of Warcraft, often referred to as WoW, is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) by Blizzard Entertainment. This entertaining game has become a phenomenon in recent years and some people dedicate their lives to it. Players from all over the world have spent countless hours in front of their computer leveling up their characters. See what all the buzz in about in this article.

• Grab The Ultra Bundle

  29 Nov 2011 | 9:11 am

  Ultrashock is a community based royalty-free stock marketplace. They offer a wide range of professional quality Flash, audio, vector art, and images at affordable prices for use in your creative projects.

• How To Market Your Website

  23 Nov 2011 | 9:04 am

  While you are creating your website, and after you have launched your site, you will constantly have to be thinking about how you want to market the site to get new viewers. Who are you trying to reach? What do you want to accomplish? These are questions you will have to consider in order to attract your target market to your website. Whether you have created a blog, a business website, or an informational website, you will need to create a marketing plan so that your website is as successful as possible.

• Showcase Of Hosting Companies

  16 Nov 2011 | 10:30 am

  In order to get started online with your business or start a personal blog you need to purchase hosting from a reliable hosting company. There are virtually millions of hosting companies that offer domain name registration, email accounts, database use, and cloud hosting. Which one is the best for you? Well, we hope to give you a few options you may not have known about or you may have heard about yet never investigated. Use our handy list below to find the hosting company that is perfect for you.

• Aesthetics In Web Design

  2 Nov 2011 | 9:50 pm

  These days, a website is required for a company to see any level of success. Having a website could draw potential clients and customers from visitors who would not have otherwise known about your company. The text on your website is extremely important. It not only gets your message across, it also helps for SEO purposes. The text can get your website ranked in the search engines for specific keywords. This will contribute to more targeted traffic.

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  Blog Reign

• Bishop Jordan Holds the Key to Prosperity

  BlogReign

  6 Jan 2012 | 8:55 am

  Running your own blog can be stressful.  Like traditional businesses, a blog’s success relies on a constant stream of traffic.  And while there are many techniques that blog owners can use to increase traffic to their sites, one of the most important things to keep in mind is your state of mind.  Sometimes the stress that’s associated with running your own business can overwhelm you, but you can better manage that stress with the help of Bishop Jordan Bishop Jordan’s uncanny ability to control the success of businesses has earned him the title of prophet.    Bishop…

• Capital Online Revenue: How to Turn Traffic into Customers

  BlogReign

  4 Jan 2012 | 12:26 pm

  One of the hardest (and most important) things an e-commerce website needs is a constant flow of traffic.  Why?  Traffic means customers.  But how is an entrepreneur supposed to get the attention of potential customers if he or she has no established connections in the business?  He or she could use trial and error, and risk wasting valued time and money in inefficient and ineffective marketing.  Or, one could avoid all the maybes, and sign up for Capital Online Revenue. Capital Online Revenue is, simply put, a business plan.  It is a guaranteed blueprint for success for gaining capital…

• Link Building Strategies for Your Blog

  BlogReign

  25 Jan 2011 | 8:43 am

  When it comes to building up traffic to your blog and increase your search engine exposure, back linking is the best method for long term results. There are many different ways you can build backlinks to your web site, but in this article we will focus on the best “free” methods. Below is a quick list of three different methods that you should be using on your blog right now. The earlier you start creating backlinks, the longer your blog will benefit from these seo methods. Article Marketing One of the most effective ways to get link juice flowing to your blog is through article…

• Create Amazing CU3ER Image Slideshow within Minutes with cManager

  Wallace

  5 Aug 2010 | 11:20 am

  CU3ER is a very popular free image gallery and slider that allows you create a Flash 3D transitions slideshow on your sites. The team of MadeByPlay is rolling out an new online application that designed to make CU3ER development easier. It’s called CU3ER Manager (aka cManager) with interactive workflow, rich GUI, timeline and live preview. No XML editing and config anymore, you can now create CU3ER easily and quickly with real-time editing feature which allows to instantly view results of your settings. Once you are satisfied with your masterpiece, export CU3ER package with all relevant…

• FontPark Huge Free Fonts Archive

  Wallace

  3 Aug 2010 | 9:33 pm

  FontPark is probably one of the largest free fonts archive that you can find more than 70,000+ fonts for commercial and noncommercial applications for Windows, Mac OS and Linux. All the fonts are categorized very well for 82 categories totally such as 3D, Calligraphy, Distorted, Greek, Korean, Retro, etc. And you are allowed to search the fonts repository or browser the “top fonts” on this site. One of the handy features on FontPark is that you can also define a specific text where all the fonts will display that to help you preview the fonts before download.

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  The Apheus Blog

• Apheus Launches the Riverwalk Website

  Bob Barcus

  12 Jan 2012 | 7:14 am

  Apheus recently launched the RiverwalkPlymouth.com website for a villa-style community in Plymouth, Indiana. Featuring a photo gallery, community information, floor plans, maps and more, the website will help the Riverwalk neighborhood take off in Plymouth! Located near the founder’s Riverpark neighborhood, Riverwalk is a new community established for residents aged 55 and older. Riverwalk combines [...]

• SOPA = Greed

  Bob Barcus

  23 Dec 2011 | 4:44 am

  While I’m not an advocate for online piracy, I understand why people illegally download music, videos and software online. Digital media can get quite expensive, especially when consumed in large quantities. The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) has been heavily debated in Congress over the last few weeks with both sides taking heavy stands for [...]

• Switch Back to Yahoo Mail Classic – Another Alternative

  Bob Barcus

  20 Oct 2011 | 11:21 am

  In one of my previous posts, I talked about how you can switch back to Yahoo Mail Classic. Unfortunately, as Yahoo continues to change its methods, its getting harder for  users to switch back to their old mail. Well, for those of you who are having problems, I have an alternative solution that doesn’t involve [...]

• AddThis Slowing Down Your Website?

  Bob Barcus

  12 Oct 2011 | 8:47 am

  On one of my blogs, I decided to include the AddThis button that allows content sharing across multiple social networking platforms. The problem was that the AddThis button’s javascript base was significantly impacting my website’s performance. After some careful tinkering, I finally discovered that the default bubble counter was the cause of the problem. Simply [...]

• How to Fix Firefox – Unable to Download or Save Files

  Bob Barcus

  25 Sep 2011 | 7:25 am

  I recently came across a problem with my Firefox browser in which I suddenly could no longer download or save files. Ironically, this was just after I installed AVG 2012. Obviously, I knew that there was some sort of problem between the two flagship programs on my Windows 7 desktop computer. After scouring the forums, [...]

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  SitePoint

• SitePoint Podcast #147: The CSS Ninja with Ryan Seddon

  Louis Simoneau

  27 Jan 2012 | 10:26 am

  Episode 147 of The SitePoint Podcast is now available! This week our regular interview host Louis Simoneau (@rssaddict) interviews Ryan Seddon (@ryanseddon) about his course on Modernizr, his work on fontdragr.com, and his other CSS projects too.Listen in Your BrowserPlay this episode directly in your browser — just click the orange “play” button below:Download this EpisodeYou can download this episode as a standalone MP3 file. Here’s the link:SitePoint Podcast #147: The CSS Ninja with Ryan Seddon (MP3, 26:05, 23.9MB)Subscribe to the PodcastThe SitePoint Podcast is on…

• Managing Multiple Sites with WordPress Network

  Daniel Shamburger

  25 Jan 2012 | 10:27 pm

  Here you are, a web developer currently working on several different WordPress sites at varying stages of development. They’re all in different directories on your domain so clients can have a look and see how they’re coming along. Out of nowhere, a major new WordPress version is released, and the Genesis framework you’re using to build all your sites needs to be updated.Managing all your WordPress installations at a times like this can be a real hassle. This may not be your exact story, but I’m sure many of you can sympathize.WordPress Network comes to the rescue in…

• What Expectations Are You Setting With Clients?

  Brandon Eley

  25 Jan 2012 | 8:54 pm

  We’ve talked about nightmare projects and client red flags, but with today’s topic I’d like to turn the focus on us for a moment. Do you have demanding clients? Do you have clients that don’t pay on time? How about the client that emails, only to call five minutes later to make sure you received it, or the client that drops in to your office unannounced and wants to look over your shoulder while you make one last change to their website?You’re probably thinking “but he said we were going to talk about us.”I am.It’s not your client’s fault…

• Tips for Designing an Amazing Proposal

  Brandon Eley

  25 Jan 2012 | 8:35 pm

  We recently overhauled our proposal, and what we ended up with was pretty amazing. We started with a document that was all about us, from the design to the language in the proposal. When you picked it up, you knew who it was from immediately. But as we were working on a proposal for a very large project recently, we thought the proposal shouldn’t be as much about us as it is about the client.So we started redesigning our proposals based on the client or project. We have always broken out our proposals into sections, and we decided to use large, full-color photographs to separate each…

• 5 Steps To Guarantee Client Payment

  Craig Buckler

  25 Jan 2012 | 11:02 am

  If you’ve ever experienced the hassle of late payment, you’ll understand how much it costs. Your cashflow’s affected but you’ll also lose hours chasing clients and it’ll sour your relationship. It doesn’t need to be that way.1. Use a ContractIf you do nothing else: write a legally binding contract for you and the client to sign. Yes it’s boring, but create a reusable template which is easy to modify. Keep it concise but include:An outline of the project, the prices and delivery datesThe client’s payment schedule. Highlight fees and interest…

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• Samsung Galaxy S Photoshop Tutorial + Free PSD

  Muhammad Wildan

  24 Jan 2012 | 2:39 pm

  Hello everybody, in this tutorial we will create a Samsung Galaxy S with some simple techniques in Photoshop. We will be using the Rounded Rectangle Tool, the Pen Tool, shape mode and some effect in Blending Options. So, you should know the basics of them. Preview of Final Results Download the PSD samsung-galaxy-s-PSD.zip | 13 MB Resources New York Skyline – Dreamstime Watercolor Splatters Photoshop Brushes – Photoshop Tutorials Water Background – knightfall-stock Step 1 Firstly, we must create a new document ( Ctrl + N ). See the following image. Step 2 To make background…

• Stop SOPA With Grassroutes

  Web Design Fan

  17 Jan 2012 | 6:52 pm

  Here is a great feature for those of you interested in fighting SOPA and the PROTECT IP Act that is currently in the U.S. Congress. Allow visitors to your website to call, email, Facebook and tweet their congressional representatives. To grab the code so you can show this on your website, visit Grassroutes today.

• Best Free Photoshop Winter Brushes

  Sonia Mansfield

  4 Jan 2012 | 4:43 pm

  Whether you’re a web designer, a passionate photographer, or an amateur or professional illustrator looking for original and eye-catching pictures or symbols to serve as decorations for gifts or party invitations, you can find an impressive variety of free Photoshop winter brushes online, by simply browsing by keywords. However, this can be quite an overwhelming and time-consuming task for someone in urgent need for new tools to add great winter effects to their pictures and design projects. This is why we took the time to browse through a large gallery of free-of-charge brushes…

• Web Design Fan Reviews: KISSInsights

  Zachary Brown

  23 Dec 2011 | 8:30 am

  This video is part of the Web Design Fan Reviews series. Every week, we will be posting software reviews that benefit web designers and developers. Have a software you’d like us to review? Tell us in the comments or via Twitter @webdesignfan. Did you create a software you’d like us to review? Get in touch. Today we are looking at KISSInsights, a survey and customer feedback service from the same people who bring us KISSMetrics. KISSInsights is useful, incredibly easy to use, and unexpectedly powerful. Watch our review and see for yourself. I have a feeling there is a project of…

• Create Awesome Post-It Note Art with Photoshop

  Gerard Harris

  22 Dec 2011 | 8:30 am

  Earlier this year, the full force of post-it note art broke with some of the most amazing visualizations ranging from Super Mario and Kirby to Elvis Presley and Ray Charles. However, where do you start if you want to get involved yourself? If you’ve got a design package like Adobe Photoshop with a grid function, the whole process is actually quite straightforward to design, leaving you with a simple, but time consuming, job of just following your design when you start sticking post-it notes to the wall. Below is the process you need to follow to use Adobe Photoshop to design your own…

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• Theme Thesis for sale!

  Matt Dunn

  17 Jan 2012 | 11:13 pm

  Hey everyone,Theme Thesis has been put up for sale. Find more detail on Flippa here. Would appreciate if you could spread the word, or let me know if you know anyone interested.Thanks, Matt

• Using WordPress’ the_post_thumbnail with Lightbox

  Matt Dunn

  26 Sep 2010 | 12:24 pm

  Note: This is not a Thesis tutorial. When Thesis launched, WordPress didn’t have post images, so Thesis had its own method of using them and it was great. Now that WordPress has native support for them, I prefer to use that. To learn how to use the_post_thumbnail with Thesis, check out this article or this article.WordPress 2.9 brought us the_post_thumbnail, which lets us set a photo for a post without using custom fields. It works really well and it’s one of my favourite newer features. The post thumbnail works with WordPress cropping functions and can be called at various sizes.

• 9 Blogs to Help You Master the Thesis WordPress Theme

  Matt Dunn

  7 Sep 2010 | 3:16 pm

  So you just picked up a copy of the wonderful Thesis WordPress theme framework, installed it, and don’t quite know where to begin. Sure you can read some basic tutorials and instructions and get a simple site going, but we all know Thesis is more powerful than that. That’s why I’ve compiled this list of 9 awesome blogs to read and subscribe to that will be sure to make you a Thesis master in no time.Note: You should always have a solid WordPress foundation before working on a specialized framework, so make sure to check out some WordPress development blogs before you dive…

• 4 Ideas For Styling Link Hovers With CSS

  Matt Dunn

  24 Jul 2010 | 9:29 am

  Links are a basic part of the Internet. They’re what keep it connected, really, so why not make these connections fun? A link hover is what happens when you hover your mouse over a link (obviously). Usually you’ll see an underline, or an underline removed, or a different colour. But there are many ways to show people that they can click, so I thought I’d show you four of my favourites.TransitionCSS3 has introduced an awesome new property called “transition”. Don’t be scared when I say CSS3, as this degrades perfectly fine and non-supporting browsers will…

• How to Make a jQuery-Powered Alert Box for the Thesis WordPress Theme

  Matt Dunn

  9 Jul 2010 | 8:20 am

  The details of this tutorial only apply to people using the Thesis theme. The technique, however, can apply to anyone. So if you’re new to jQuery with any tip of website, read on.As you may know, the wonderful Thesis theme comes with some default paragraph styles. This includes styling for notes (as you can see above) and alerts (as you can see above that). These are great, but wouldn’t it be cool if you could close the alert after you’ve been alerted? Potentially.This tutorial has a bigger purpose than that, though. It should be a great introduction to jQuery for those who…

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• Speed Design From Code Year

  Max

  18 Jan 2012 | 7:01 pm

  I found out about Code Year a couple days ago. It is a website launched by a Y-combinator company called CodeAcademy. They grabbed quite a lot of attention by signing up 200,000 users in just two days. Recently, I stumbled onto this post by the landing page designer about how he designed the CodeYear landing page. I think the key takeaways here are to focus on simplicity and what you want the visitor to do. Enjoy!

• Some Of The Earliest Color Photos

  Max

  29 Dec 2011 | 3:08 pm

  The Denver Post has a gallery up of some of the earliest color photos taken during the early 40s. I thought some of the images were pretty cool. Here is the link. Here are my favorites:

• Design a One Page Portfolio Site in Photoshop – Part 2 Coding

  Mohammad Jeprie

  25 Nov 2011 | 7:52 pm

  This is second part of designing a one page portfolio tutorial series. In the first tutorial, we had created a simple and elegant Portfolio PSD mockup. Now, we’ll convert the PSD to a HTML5 and CSS3 with some jQuery goodness. Make sure you have read the first tutorial and make the design in Photoshop, or you can just grab the final PSD mockup from there. Take a look at our PSD mockup first. Our portfolio design has a simple one column page with a large white-space, big and bold header, a slider to put some portfolio items, and a contact form on the footer. We’ll play around with…

• Design a One Page Portfolio Site in Photoshop

  Mohammad Jeprie

  25 Nov 2011 | 7:03 am

  In this tutorial, we will learn to design a one page portfolio site in Photoshop. In the process we will use subtle pattern and lots of layer styles to make a simple and interesting design. Let’s get started! This tutorial is a collaboration with a young and talented web designer from Indonesia, Aris FM. Preview Click on the image below to see it in full size. Step 1 Open Photoshop. Click File > New or hit Ctrl + N to make a new file. In the dialog bos, set its size to 1340 × 2598 px. Step 2 Make new layer. Click foreground color on toolbox and change its color to #c5c5c5. Hit Alt +…

• Draw a Realistic Wacom Bamboo Tablet – Part 2: Photoshop Tutorial

  Mohammad Jeprie

  3 Nov 2011 | 4:21 pm

  > Draw a Realistic Wacom Bamboo in Illustrator and Photoshop – Part 2 In this second part of the tutorial, we are going to draw a realistic Wacom Bamboo. Make sure to read the first part, drawing the path in Illustrator. Preview Below is the final result of this tutorial. Resourse Used Following resource is used in this tutorial: Fabric Patterns Step 1: Import Vector Path from Illustrator Select all the paths we have made in Illustrator. Copy (Ctrl + C) and then paste it (Ctrl + V) in Photoshop. In Photoshop, you will get a dialog box asking type of paste that you want. Because we…

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  WebAppers

• JavaScript Library for Resumable Uploads via HTML5 File API

  Ray Cheung

  27 Jan 2012 | 1:01 am

  Advertise here via BSAResumable.js is a JavaScript library providing multiple simultaneous, stable and resumable uploads via the HTML5 File API. The library is designed to introduce fault-tolerance into the upload of large files through HTTP. This is done by splitting each files into small chunks; whenever the upload of a chunk fails, uploading is retried until the procedure completes.Resumable.js allows uploads to automatically resume uploading after a network connection is lost either locally or to the server. Additionally, it allows for users to pause and resume uploads without loosing…

• Another Stylish Tooltips jQuery Plugin

  Ray Cheung

  26 Jan 2012 | 2:46 am

  Advertise here via BSAPoshy Tip jQuery Plugin is a tooltip plugin that allows easily creating stylish tooltips. With Poshy Tip you can position the tips relative to the mouse cursor or to the target element and align them in every possible way horizontally and vertically.Poshy Tip supports using a function for returning the tooltip content and the script also passes an update callback function as an argument to this function. By using this callback, you can easily update asynchronously the content of the tooltip after it has been displayed.Requirements: jQuery Framework Demo:…

• Fully Customizable Edit In Place jQuery Plugin

  Ray Cheung

  25 Jan 2012 | 7:59 am

  Advertise here via BSAJeditable is an in-place editor plugin for jQuery. With few lines of JavaScript code it allows you to click and edit the content of different html elements. User clicks text on web page. Block of text becomes a form. User edits contents and presses submit button. New text is sent to webserver and saved. Form becomes normal text again.You can also get full control of Ajax request. Just submit to function instead of URL. Parameters passed are same as with callback. Jeditable is licensed under the MIT License.Requirements: jQuery Framework Demo:…

• Font.js – A Powerful Font Toolkit for JavaScript

  Ray Cheung

  24 Jan 2012 | 1:01 am

  Advertise here via BSAFont.js is a Powerful Font Toolkit for JavaScript. It gives you font loading events using a technique perfected in Mozilla’s pdf.js project, metrics information, and a better version of the canvas element’s measureText method with additional information such as height, bounding box, and leading.Font.js works by downloading the font data with an AJAX request, parsing out some metadata to determine that it is indeed a valid font file and to pull out the metrics information. Then it inserts an @font-face rule into the page.Requirements: JavaScript Framework Demo:…

• Rickshaw JavaScript Interactive Time Series Graphs

  Ray Cheung

  23 Jan 2012 | 8:05 am

  Advertise here via BSARickshaw is a simple framework for drawing charts of time series data on a web page, built on top of Mike Bostock’s delightful D3 library. These charts can be powered by static historical data sets, or living data that continuously updates in real time.Rickshaw was a JavaScript toolkit for creating interactive time series graphs for Shutterstock. Rickshaw makes every effort to provide help for common problems without obscuring anything underneath it.Requirements: JavaScriptFramework Demo: http://shutterstock.github.com/rickshaw/ License: See…

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  Webdesigner Depot

• Comics of the week #114

  Walter

  28 Jan 2012 | 3:13 am

  Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD.The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers.These great cartoons are created by Jerry King, an award-winning cartoonist who’s one of the most published, prolific and versatile cartoonists in the world today.So for a few moments, take a break from your daily routine, have a laugh and enjoy these funny cartoons.Feel free to leave your comments and suggestions below as well as any related stories of your own…Brand recognition problemThe louder the…

• 15 useful plugins for multi-author blogs

  Cameron

  27 Jan 2012 | 3:32 am

  Managing a blog with a single author can be time-consuming enough, but adding in multiple authors can exponentially increase the amount of time and effort it takes to manage.There’s editorial workflow, scheduling, and author management to consider, among other things.Below are fifteen plugins that can make managing your multi-author blog a lot easier.They include editorial workflow plugins, scheduling and calendar plugins, and plugins that will benefit your authors or make it easier to communicate with them.EditFlowEditFlow is one of the most useful plugins for managing posts on a…

• 7 mistakes developers make

  Paul Scrivens

  26 Jan 2012 | 3:26 am

  Great websites always seem to combine great design with great code. Since building a website is a pretty simple task you find many people learn HTML and CSS and figure that if they can learn that then they can design any website they want. While technically they can you will often find that there are some key mistakes they make because they don’t wish to take the time to actually learn about design.Programmers are designers in their own right, but they design code and wonderfully architected systems. To design something visual is completely different and just because you have a good eye…

• High quality WordPress templates from TemplateMonster.com

  Cameron

  25 Jan 2012 | 3:54 am

  [Editor's note: This is a sponsored post for Template Monster]TemplateMonster.com is among the most well known stock template and theme providers online.They offer templates for a wide range of sites, agricultural sites to church sites, as well as general templates that can be used on almost any kind of site.And all of their themes come with fantastic features that rival the top themes out there.Every TemplateMonster.com WordPress theme has a long list of great features, and all are available for a reasonable price. They even offer installation services for all of their themes.Below…

• How to make your own icon webfont

  Heydon Pickering

  24 Jan 2012 | 3:24 am

  In this article, I’m going to examine the science behind making successful UI icons before teaching you how to make your own embeddable icon font.From designing the individual icons to converting them for @font-face embedding, and even licensing them for distribution, we shall be using only free software and online services. How about that? You will not need to rely on any of the esoteric knowledge required to make successful alphanumeric typefaces; just an eye for designing things that may appear very, very small.Ultimately, you should go away with a process for making design elements…

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  Web Designer - Defining the internet through beautiful design

• HTML5 Please offers markup help

  Mark Billen

  27 Jan 2012 | 6:19 am

  HTML5 PLEASE GIVES DESIGNERS & DEVELOPERS TOP TIPS ON NEXT-GEN MARKUP Prolific developer and Opera Web Opener Divya Manian has beautifully constructed a brand new website called HTML5 Please – offering invaluable help on mastering HTML5 coding the right way. With a focus on conveying responsible techniques that adhere to desirable standards, the site offers a serach filter for drilling down to the finer details you want answered, whereas more casual browsers can access specific points via an accordian-type design. You’ll then reveal actually tag and snippet examples, working demos…

• Optimise WordPress & enhance site performance

  Steve Jenkins

  17 Jan 2012 | 9:50 am

  As the web evolves, it is of even more importance for your new-look WordPress site to respond quickly and efficiently, giving your users and visitors exactly what they’ve searched for without them waiting around for an eternity for it to load. Site optimisation is more important now than ever, as users access your content on a variety of devices across varying levels of connection speeds. In this tutorial, we will have a look at some of the plug-ins available to download and implement within your WordPress installation to help reduce server load, optimise code and templates, and go some way…

• Web Designer wants your portfolio

  Steve Jenkins

  13 Jan 2012 | 7:03 am

  Don’t be shy, we really do want to see your portfolios. If you think you have what it takes, email us at steve.jenkins@imagine-publishing.co.uk with a URL and a quick comment. Already looking forward to getting your portfolios, so start sending now.

• Web Designer 192 on sale now

  Mark Billen

  12 Jan 2012 | 3:00 am

  - Main Features Web Designer’s HOT 100 2012 - Annual feature special with 15-pages of expert tips on what’s hot in HTML5, CSS3, jQuery and WordPress! Adobe Proto - Learn how to generate site wireframes on the fly with this new Android-based application Design Diary: Fjord & Flypost - Agency Fjord explains the process behind redesigning and rebranding the Flypost mobile app Pro File: CHIPS NY - We land on Brooklyn New York for a chat and tour with this three-man creative collective - Also inside… - Next-gen rollovers: Add big impact hover effects using CSS3 - Design an…

• Build responsive sites using the 320 and up framework

  Steve Jenkins

  2 Jan 2012 | 2:30 am

  The hottest trend in web design right now is responsive design. Thanks to the powers of CSS3 and HTML5, we can finally embrace the concept of One Web, which lets us build one website that adapts to the device it is being viewed upon. This is necessary since the plethora of devices on the market is ever-growing, and with that we get more and more screen resolutions to take into account. For most projects it just isn’t possible to build a mobile version, an app and then a tablet version, and a desktop one at that – there is no sense in the economy there. Luckily responsive web design can…

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  WebResourcesDepot

• A Single-File-Script For PHP Debugging: PHP Bug Lost

  Umut M.

  27 Jan 2012 | 3:45 am

  Advertise here with BSAPHP Bug Lost is a free and open source script for debugging and monitoring PHP code. It is a one-file-script, works by inserting a function inside web pages and displays the information in a console window right over the web page. The script can present custom logs, SQL queries, variables, Ajax queries and measure loading times + CPU/memory usage. PHP Bug Lost is not only built to be used in the development environment but it can also be set to auto-send e-mails when any of the monitored data is over or below the expected values. Special Downloads: Ajaxed Add-To-Basket…

• Create iOS App Icons Easier: App Icon Template

  Umut M.

  26 Jan 2012 | 1:53 am

  Advertise here with BSAApp Icon Template is an icon design toolkit for creating iOS application icons faster. The kit includes a .PSD + .ATN (Adobe Photoshop Action) file where the .PSD comes with useful layers like the rounded corners, gradients and even various background textures. Smart objects are used to automate the generation of multiple sizes and, once the design is saved, the template instantly displays the same icon in multiple sizes. The PS actions included generate every needed file, both in squared (no transparency, to be used in the app) and in rounded versions (for other design…

• Clipping JPEGs Freely With JavaScript: polyClip.js

  Umut M.

  25 Jan 2012 | 4:37 am

  Advertise here with BSAWhen we need to clip an irregular shape from an image and use it on the web, PNG is the most common answer as it is the only image format used by all web browsers that support alpha channels. However, PNG images come with a penalty of size (if the source is a photograph) compared to similar sized JPEGs. polyClip.js is a script, built on jQuery, that allows us to clip any image with imagemap coordinates using HTML5 Canvas. For implementation on many images, "how practical would it be to use polyClip.js" is open to discussion however, for only few images, it can…

• 34 Free WordPress Theme Frameworks and Starter Themes (With A Comparison Chart)

  devrim

  24 Jan 2012 | 4:11 am

  Advertise here with BSAWordPress offers a huge space for creativity and flexibility when designing and developing new websites. Any type of website can be built on top of it: from blogs to newspapers, corporate websites to landing pages and even social networks. All you need is a theme coded to handle that functionality. Yes, WordPress theme development. That is an easy process for experienced hands who knows the capabilities of the application and familiar with its functions and "not too hard" for others. To simplify developing new themes, there are awesome WordPress theme…

• HTML5 Please – A Compatibility And Info Chart For New HTML/CSS Features

  Umut M.

  23 Jan 2012 | 2:41 pm

  Advertise here with BSAHTML5 Please is an interactive compatibility chart of HTML5/CSS3 features to find out "in which browsers they are supported (or not)". Using a smart search bar, it is possible to filter the results with browser or device support, type (HTML5 or CSS3 elements/properties) and more. Every item is described shortly and an opinion on whether they should be used with fallbacks or polyfills (with links to them) are shared. The site is simply a must-bookmark for anyone designing with the new web technologies and need a guide for quickly checking the support for each…

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  Theresa Sheridan Designs

• Best Free Video Editing Software Programs

  theresa

  27 Jan 2012 | 9:25 am

  The following is a guest post by Terry Ford. Professional video editing software can be extremely expensive. But if you don’t have hundreds of dollars to spare, you’re not out of luck. Whether you want to edit video for a hobby, personal video blogging, home movies, or professional-quality films, there are quite a few great programs available for free on the web. They often perform the same functions as costly paid software, and they work just as well. If you’re looking for a way to edit your videos without spending money, here are some of the best free video editing software programs…

• WordPress Wednesday – How to Create a Static Home Page in WordPress

  theresa

  25 Jan 2012 | 11:45 am

  With the improvements to WordPress as a CMS (Content Management System), many people are now using WordPress for their website, not just their blog. By default however, WordPress will make your posts page the “Home” page, instead of a static page. If your website is more than just a blog, you will undoubtedly want to make your home page static, instead of a listing of all your recent blog posts. This is easier than ever and doesn’t require any coding knowledge whatsoever. If you haven’t already created the page that is to become your Home page, in your Dashboard menu…

• 6 Free Online Image Editing Tools and Why They’re Great

  theresa

  20 Jan 2012 | 10:30 am

  The following is a guest post by Randall Davidson. Creative Commons License photo credit: javcon117 Thanks to computers, image editing has become easier than ever. With the right tools, you can edit your photos just like the pros. Today, many free editing tools are available online. The following are six free online image editing tools and why they’re great: Pixlr.com – Pixlr was developed by Autodesk, the world’s leading computer-aided design software developer. With Pixlr, you can either edit an existing photo or create an image from a sketch online. Editing tools include red eye…

• WordPress Wednesday – Raw HTML Snippets Plugin

  theresa

  18 Jan 2012 | 10:00 am

  **Note: this post assumes you are using the latest version of WordPress, 3.3.1. If you’d like to upgrade WordPress and you’re not sure how to do that, please read How to Update WordPress. Most of the time, WordPress users can get by without using any HTML code. Every now and again, however, we want to add something to our website to enhance the user’s experience and this will require embedding small snippets of HTML code. Whether it’s embedding a YouTube video, a Google Calendar, or form, it’s helpful to be able to insert this code in our pages to provide those…

• Nothing Better Than a January Branding in the California Sunshine

  theresa

  16 Jan 2012 | 10:30 am

  Saturday was branding day. Most of the branding has been done already, these calves were saved to invite some friends over to play….well work, too, but mostly play. Brandings are the social events of the season in many cases, and when you get friends together to rope and brand, it’s usually a pretty fun time…..especially when the weather cooperates.  We’re having a bit of a dry spell in this part of California, with no measurable rain since November 20th. While this is great for a branding, it’s not so great for the ranching and farming world, since water makes…

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  Internet Marketing & Web design

• 10 Free Social Media Tips To Get Your Business Started

  K.Singh-Kronik Media

  28 Jan 2012 | 1:36 am

  1. Create a Facebook Page Create a custom branded inspiring Facebook Page for your business. Remember, this is different to your personal Facebook profile. A Facebook pages or Fan pages is designed especially for businesses, blogs, brands or communities. For a more professional loo, custom brand your Facebook page. See Victoria’s Secret’s Facebook page below. 2. Set-up a Google Account Set up a Google Account if you do not already have one. There are many Free Google Tools for SEO that you can take advantage of to promote your business. Create your public ...

• Content Sharing – 10 Free Websites to Publish Content

  K.Singh-Kronik Media

  27 Jan 2012 | 2:47 am

  What are content sharing sites? Content sharing websites are sites that allow you to publish and share your own content with others for free. They are great places for publishers to share and promote their content. Content sites are useful in many ways. They are great places to publish your articles. Even if you have your own blog, you can benefit by creating a presence on content sharing sites. There offer excellent marketing benefits as you can get extra exposure for your content or brand. They also tend to get very ...

• Top 12 Free Article Directories

  K.Singh-Kronik Media

  26 Jan 2012 | 2:01 am

  Free article directories are websites that allow you to publish and promote your articles for free. The process of publishing articles or Article Marketing has many benefits. Publishing quality articles regularly helps establish your credibility on the Web. You also benefit by including a link to your website in the author bio that is displayed with each of your articles that is approved for publishing. This brings traffic to your website. As article directories seldom remove articles that have been published, your articles can continue to bring new visitors to ...

• Top 12 Places to Create a Website For Free

  K.Singh-Kronik Media

  24 Jan 2012 | 4:53 am

  There are many ways to create a website for free. The Internet has many free web building platforms that allow you to create a web presence for personal or business use. Even if you already have a website or blog, you can use these sites for additional exposure for your brand which can in-turn improve your website’s rank on search engines and provide extra exposure for your business. 1. Webnode.Com Webnode is a tool for the fast and easy creation of web sites. It is simple and free. You can even use ...

• 10 Internet Marketing Methods You May Not Be Using

  K.Singh-Kronik Media

  23 Jan 2012 | 3:26 am

  There are many ways to promote your website on the Internet.  Internet marketing and SEO techniques such as article marketing, link building and social media marketing are integral to an effective Internet marketing strategy and used by most businesses to promote their website. Many of the SEO techniques focus on obtaining back links to your website which improves search engine ranking over time. Following are some additional Internet marketing and SEO methods that you may not know about or may not be using until now. These can be equally effective in ...

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  The Official Design Theory Blog

• What You Should Know About Google’s New Privacy Changes

  Design Theory

  27 Jan 2012 | 6:15 am

  If you haven’t heard by now, Google is making a shift toward a more transparent user experience with their applications. Much like how Facebook has cookies that keep an eye on where you go on the internet, Google is looking to read and capture your online data too. I shouldn’t say it like they haven’t [...]

• Clients…are they dictating your designs?

  Daphne Lenti

  26 Jan 2012 | 6:15 am

  There is a point in a designer’s career, that  you will, if you haven’t already, come in contact with a client that wants to rule the entire project. They pick on the colors, the layout, and the typeface (Comic Sans anyone?). Everytime you try put in your two sense, you’re shut down. I mean,  you wouldn’t [...]

• When Designing Can Bite You In The Ass

  Design Theory

  23 Jan 2012 | 6:15 am

  Remember when you first started out as a designer? That overly ambitious feeling to get any kind of work no matter what you’d be getting paid. Sure we all remember those days. Even if they were a few months ago for some. What quickly follows after your first few projects is the feeling of “wow [...]

• Graphic Design Trends for 2012

  Daphne Lenti

  19 Jan 2012 | 6:15 am

  Graphic Design Trends for 2012 While there are key classic practices that should make your designs safe every year in terms of projection and content, you will not be able to guarantee its effectiveness if it stays static.  The key to continuous success with your work,  is for you to always develop them with the [...]

• Perfectionism and Development

  Peter Burgin

  18 Jan 2012 | 6:15 am

  I'm sure many web developers, web designers, or graphic artists are like me--working hours and hours to get it "just so" and, even then, finding a million other things we'd like to perfect before letting our creation see sunlight. For better or worse, perfection isn't a realistic expectation to set on yourself. Here's a few ways perfectionism can do more harm than good.

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  AmritRay - A Blog for Designers and Internet Enthusiasts

• SOPA / PIPA – Few Essential Facts To Know

  joy

  26 Jan 2012 | 7:26 am

  Both the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA) have been receiving global attention these days as the Government of the United States continues to face tremendous pressure within the country. Recently Wikipedia (English) joined several thousand websites in protesting the PIPA and the SOPA. As a mark of protest, English Wikipedia went on a black out for its content for a day. In fact, news on online piracy is nothing new. There has been a growing demand for some steps to stop online piracy. In this regard, the computer software publishing and entertainment companies have been…

• 20 Amazing And Beautiful Mystical Photography

  aparna

  25 Jan 2012 | 1:29 pm

  Mysticism is defined as something that is beyond normal human perception. The element of mysticism fascinates almost every one of us. Mysticism is sort of devoid in our modern lives; not as evident or prevalent as it used to be in olden times when people used to live in the country with houses far apart from each other surrounded by woods, moors or marshlands etc. I am not saying it is totally absent in our concrete jungles but that it is a lot lesser than earlier times. I am bringing some mystic photographs or photos with elements of mysticism in them. How well I have succeeded is for you to…

• 25 Refreshing And Awesome Rain Photography

  aparna

  23 Jan 2012 | 2:10 pm

  Rain is beautiful and it symbolizes many things for many people. Some consider it romantic, for some it is fun thing and for someone else it is a blessing. Rain is so appealing to the senses that many poets have written innumerable number of poetry on this subject. Rain photographs can also be, somewhat compared to poetry, but visual poetry. Every captured moment of rain says a thousand words; you can hear the splattering sound of rain drops, you can feel it on your skin, you can smell the earth. Rain photography has many aspects to it. One side can capture the human emotion, the other the…

• 15 creative And Great Looking Brochure Designs

  joy

  22 Jan 2012 | 1:09 pm

  A firm uses many modes of advertising. One of the modes very commonly used is through the use of brochures. This is not an internet based medium, rather falls under the print media. It is a very effective marketing tool that is used to provide company information to its customers. They are usually very well designed and colourful and contain all the info on the products and services that the company offers. It is very much like a website, but on paper. Usually the brochures are designed by a professional design company. It is interesting to see the brochure designs of different companies. So…

• 31 Stunning And Beautiful Silhouette Photography

  aparna

  21 Jan 2012 | 1:33 pm

  When a photograph is taken into the light, the subject appears completely dark against a lighter background. In other words, you take the photograph keeping the subject or object between you and the sun and the silhouette effect is created. Silhouette is a very popular mode of photography and when done properly does give a very artistic touch to the photograph. Just knowing the technique of course is not enough, it is the artist the right moment that creates the magic. It is the imagination and creative thinking of the artist and the right placement of objects that gives you that perfect…

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  Stephen Gates - Interactive Creative Director - Web Design, Online Advertising & Marketing Blog

• My visit elBulli Taller – Ferran Adria’s private workshop

  Stephen Gates

  20 Jan 2012 | 9:55 am

  If you have followed my blog for any period of time you know that I get a lot of my creative inspiration from avante guard chefs and probably none more than Ferran Adria and his restaurant elBulli in Spain. The world at large probably first heard the name Ferran Adria in 2003 because of Anthony Bourdain’s TV show No Reservation on an episode called “Decoding Ferran Adria” which was the first primetime look into Ferran restaurant and workshop. I have been such a huge fan of chef Adria and the food because it is wildly creative and challenges the very conventions around what makes a…

• Happy Holidays

  Stephen Gates

  19 Dec 2011 | 6:31 pm

  This year I thought I would wish everyone a Happy Holidays with the best agency holiday card I received which was created by Chandelier Creative. My work schedule has kept me from posting as often as I would like the past few months but I have a lot of pieces in the works which I will post soon. Happy Holidays.

• Upcoming speeches at NYCUPA, Mobile Marketing Summit and Marketing World 2012

  Stephen Gates

  22 Nov 2011 | 9:02 am

  A quick update on my speaking schedule with three upcoming sessions already booked for 2012. I will be starting off the year by returning to speak at the New York City Usability Professionals Association on the evening of Tuesday, January 24, 2012 and I will have more details about the topic and venue soon. After that I will be doing a three hour workshop on Best Practices in Creating Mobile Websites at the The Mobile Marketing Conference on Monday, March 19, 2012 at The Gansevoort Hotel in Miami Florida. Finally on July 16-18 I will be giving a session on digital branding…

• Getting stuck on Pinterest

  Stephen Gates

  18 Nov 2011 | 2:16 pm

  An invite to the beta of a new site called Pinterest.com landed in my email box about a week ago. I get a lot of these so I generally tend to ignore them but I remembered hearing a few different people recently talk about the site so I thought I would check it out. Like the name implies the site is a virtual bulletin board where you can virtually “pin” images of the things you like as you cruise around the Internet. Those collections of images are put on “boards” that can then be named so the content is made into collections of themed content. Pinterest then add in a…

• For creativity, there isn’t any wisdom in crowds

  Stephen Gates

  2 Nov 2011 | 7:58 am

  With the economy that has been headed south faster than a Lynard Skynard tour bus, the topic of ‘spec’ or ‘crowdsourced’ design work seems to be coming up more and more from some of my clients as a cheap design option and among my friends as a continuing source of frustration. For anyone who isn’t sure what I am talking about, speculative or crowdsourced design work is done through a web site like Crowdspring.com where a client posts a project asking a designer to do a job under the loose promise that they will be paid a small amount of money if and when the…

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  Getting Creative

• Trend Spotting: Brackets

  Elise Spontarelli

  24 Jan 2012 | 9:38 am

  Accompanying our new post series ‘The List’ is another new series here at Getting Creative called Trend Spotting. The inspiration for this topic comes from the creative forces at Design Shack, and the posts will focus on current trends in the design world. I will provide examples and critique the usage of each trend as it applies to the web design, graphic design and/or photography industries.This first trend is a text element that is getting a lot of unusual use. Brackets, particularly curly brackets, are being used as graphic elements in logos, websites and more. So far these…

• SOPA & PIPA

  Elise Spontarelli

  18 Jan 2012 | 6:49 am

  Today, January 18th, is a day of internet strike against censorship. Next week Congress is voting on one bill that will pass internet censorship in the U.S. There are two bills, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House and PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate, that would largely affect Americans’ access to information online. These bills would put companies like GetCreative in legal trouble if we linked to a site anywhere online that had any links to copyright infringement (source). The protection of copyright is very important to us and we take efforts to ensure that any…

• Client Profiles: Plastic Surgery Assoc. & CVA Neuro.

  Elise Spontarelli

  17 Jan 2012 | 7:54 am

  Today I will be highlighting two new sites: Plastic Surgery Associates and Central Virginia Neurosurgery. Both of these projects were in collaboration with Bill and Susan at Dayrich Enterprises, as well as their designer Stan. First up is Plastic Surgery, which went live this summer. The site is a big improvement on their older site (as witnessed here), and includes a lot of updated information in addition to the updated look. The site was built in Flash and has an overall soothing look to it. Each page fades in when loaded, which adds to the serenity of the design. The neutral background and…

• The List: Jan 6

  Elise Spontarelli

  6 Jan 2012 | 2:57 pm

  Happy New Year, readers! Welcome to The List, a collection of random things that have caught my eye in the past week or two. The List will include an update on what some GetCreative clients are up to, some goodies from ‘the internets’ (as my husband says), and anything that seems worth mentioning. If it provokes a smile, makes my life easier or is generally awesome- I will share it here. The List: Jan. 6th Edition From clients… New website up for Central Virginia Neurosurgery. More details coming soon in the form of a Client Profile, but in the mean time check it out! Visitors at Club…

• The List: Dec 15

  Elise Spontarelli

  15 Dec 2011 | 9:08 am

  Welcome to The List, a collection of random things that have caught my eye in the past week or two. The List will include an update on what some GetCreative clients are up to, some goodies from ‘the internets’ (as my husband says), and anything that seems worth mentioning. If it provokes a smile, makes my life easier or is generally awesome- I will share it here.   The List: Dec. 15th Edition From clients… The Halligan Bar has opened their NEW location in Short Pump in Richmond. Features of the new building include: a Fire trucks as the main bar, 2 full bars, outdoor seating, and  VIP…

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  Velora Studios Blog

• What Will Grow Your Reputation in 2012 as a Designer

  4 Jan 2012 | 10:29 am

  Good reputation is good business: it helps you find great clients and helps them find you. This article is a brief round-up of what will grow your reputation in 2012, starting with real examples. However, one should always keep an eye on what's gaining more weight in different environments. Learning to adapt is a designer's best strategy, so let's start with what's proved to be effective so far. Write with Purpose Bring your blog back to life and start by establishing a clear goal to achieve by the end of 2012 through writing. Jeffrey Zeldman suggests that a blog post can facilitate more work…

• Time Perception in UX Design

  4 Jan 2012 | 9:30 am

  You are close to finishing up your project; your workflow has improved significantly since you started using that project management tool for developers: time is flying. Later that day your flight is delayed and you start reading the news and switch to playing a game: time goes slow; distraction keeps your eyes off the clock until departure. Time perception is an interesting dimension of user experience that designers need to understand to improve the UI. When users engage with the interface, a slight change in their perception of time can affect their entire experience. In this article we…

• Persuasive Web Design: How to Persuade the User with Usability, Copy and More

  4 Jan 2012 | 5:14 am

  Is usability a persuasive element in UX Design? To what degree does usability account for an online business' success? What guidelines exist in design for creating usable and captivating interfaces? This post provides a few useful answers to the questions above, answers that will be useful as general guidelines for one to keep in mind whether working on larger web projects or smaller ones.  Photo by: Witflow, an UX & Usability Studio from Poland 1. Persuade Through Usability Good usability is more than fluid navigation and a good implementation of information architecture principles.

• Web Design for Real People

  6 Dec 2011 | 3:22 pm

  Web design used to be a developer's playground before UX designers came and added more levels to the process. As the center of gravity shifted from designing systems to creating experiences, it became more clear that everything we designed needed to add value to our life and choices. As we move to an experience economy, allot of designers spend time looking for inspiration in online resources, only to discover that the best solutions come from offline sources and everyday life. UX designers will become more skilled at identifying real world resources that can be applied in web design, because…

• What We've Been Working on at Velora Studios - BrightLounge and the Velora Network

  4 Nov 2011 | 2:53 pm

  Here at Velora Studios, when we are not busy working with our awesome clients, we are busy building our own projects. We are excited to announce the launch of two projects we have been working on for some time now. Read on to hear the story behind BrightLounge, Velora.co and our new network button. BrightLounge and Velora.co Introducing BrightLounge, our New Video Podcast Last month we released BrightLounge, a video podcast about design, startups and technology. BrightLounge is much more than another podcast about design and technology. We have a bold and unique vision: Every episode we…

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• 20 Outstanding Poster Design For Inspiration

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  24 Jan 2012 | 5:30 am

  TweetPoster is one of the best ways to communicate and present the information visually. It is a piece of printed paper designed to attract the attention of visitors. However, for attracting the attention of visitors, make sure your posters are designed to be both eye-catching and informative. But designing is not sufficient, poster printing also plays an important role. If printing is not good, your design fails and visitors get annoyed. So make sure you use best printing techniques for producing the posters. Though posters may be used for many purposes; advertisers (such as events, films,…

• Web Designers Websites: 20 Creative and Inspirational Sites

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  20 Jan 2012 | 2:24 am

  TweetWeb Designers Websites, also termed as web designers’ portfolio. Designers create these websites or portfolio to illustrate their skills and emphasize their prospect as a creative web designer. These websites not only display designers’ work but also depict the presence of designer on the web. However, it is necessary for every designer to pay attention while designing, creating and posting their portfolio website online. Some of the points which every designer needs to keep in mind are; who you are and what you do, simple and eye catchy designs, samples of your best work,…

• Vector Graphics: 20 Incredible Design Inspiration

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  12 Jan 2012 | 3:31 am

  TweetVector Graphics is an art based on mathematical expressions for representing the images in computer graphics. In this art, images made from geometrical primitives such as lines, parabola, curves, points, and other shapes. Each image can be defined by these geometrical statements and has individual properties assigned to very object such as shape, color, outline, thickness and also fill. These properties do not affect the size of the files because information already resides in the structure, and it describes you how to draw the vector. And that is why; vector images are known as a…

• 5 Free Assignment Management Tools: Best for Students

  admin

  10 Jan 2012 | 5:17 am

  TweetMoving up to new school, new semester means the amount of assignments you receive will begin to rise, so it’s the time for you (or your kids) to manage your time properly and learn from the mistake you have done in the past; just by utilizing the help available on the Internet. The homework management tool is the best way available on the Internet from where you can take help regarding your assignments and never repeat past mistakes. Through these free tools, you can manage your time and money properly. So, In this post, we’ve presented some of the free homework management…

• 15 Prominent Flyer Designs for Inspiration

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  9 Jan 2012 | 5:28 am

  TweetA Flyer or Flier, (also known as handbill, leaflet, circular or pamphlets), is an inexpensive form of paper advertisement intended for wide distribution among public place, posted on bulletin boards or given away at events. Though there are many forms of mass marketing or communication medium (such as postcards, pamphlets) but flyers are a low-cost form; which the individuals, businesses, or organizations use for promoting their products and services. Flyers, along with pamphlets, small posters, postcards and many more are used as communication forms for engaging the public into their…

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• How To Increase Twitter Followers For Business

  31 Dec 2011 | 4:55 pm

  Celebrities like Lady Gaga (@ladygaga), Justin Bieber (@justinbieber), and Katy Perry (@katyperry), currently the top three most followed users on Twitter, make building an dedicated base of followers look easy.  For just about everyone else, it takes some effort.  We've assembled a list of three easy recommendations that will help your business increase Twitter followers -- the right way.

• Let’s Be Clear: Websites Suck - Unless They Sell

  3 Dec 2011 | 4:37 pm

  Websites consume a large amount of valuable company resources.  The costs include obvious expenses such as designing, updating, hosting, search engine optimization and advertising to more hidden costs through your staff’s involvement in the creation process, routine updating and now social media. With the large investment in creating, maintaining and promoting a site, your business must ask a simple question, "Is your company’s website just sucking away both time and money - or does it sell?"

• GA: When Visits Are Lower Than Absolute Unique Visitors

  31 Oct 2011 | 10:18 am

  Google Analytics is a powerful, web stats application that helps many webmasters, search marketers and executives visualize and monitor the impact of their website.  Although, there are quirks with most in-depth applications and Google Analytics definitely isn't immune.

• Insider’s View: Sending RFPs To Web Design Companies

  28 Oct 2011 | 11:24 am

  A request for proposal (RFP) is a formal document and a convenient way to provide a lot of web design companies your site's requirements. Just be aware that some companies will ignore you — unless you spend quality time discussing the project with them as well.  That's not a problem if most shops will fit your needs, but if you really want proposals from a handful of great companies eliminate the upfront and lengthy RFP.  Just talk with the web design companies first and provide them a basic outline of your needs. Then, follow up with a formal RFP document later on, if…

• Web Designer’s Guide To Website Fonts

  6 Oct 2011 | 12:32 pm

  Web designers work hard to locate the right font for their web design projects.  Since poorly chosen type can diminish an otherwise perfect design, selecting the right font for a site is an important job.  We explore the popular options available today for locating and using special web fonts on the web.

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  Aaron Michael Irizarry - Experience Designer, Foodie, Heavy Metal Enthusiast

• UX Speakeasy

  Aaron Irizarry

  25 Jan 2012 | 11:25 am

  I am super excited to have the opportunity to work with a great bunch of people to help put on a 1 day conference in San Diego on March 31st. The UX Speakeasy Conference combines User Experience speakers, workshops, panels and … Continue reading →

• Designing Your Design Workspace

  Aaron Irizarry

  20 Jan 2012 | 3:49 pm

  Earlier in the week I blogged about workspaces. We spend a lot of time in these places so it goes without saying that it can be very beneficial to really a create an enjoyable space that, lends to creativity, comfort, and fun. … Continue reading →

• IA Summit 2012 Schedule Posted

  Aaron Irizarry

  17 Jan 2012 | 1:32 pm

  I am excited to be able to attend and speak at IA Summit 2012 again this year. I will be co-presenting  with Adam Connor on the topic of critique. We presented this last year, and at a few conferences since … Continue reading →

• Workspace Fun

  Aaron Irizarry

  13 Jan 2012 | 3:37 pm

  Our environments really contribute to how we work, and many of us spend a lot of time designing the place where we design. So I though it would be fun to to gather pics from whoever wants to participate. It … Continue reading →

• Putting together great designs starts with putting people together

  Aaron Irizarry

  12 Jan 2012 | 3:25 pm

  Putting together great designs, starts with putting people together. This a concept that Bill Scott elaborates on in a great UIE podcast, where he is talking about getting everyone involved with a project to have a shared understanding. Here is a snippet of a … Continue reading →

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• Inspirational video – Where Good Ideas Come From by Steven Johnson

  Ron

  24 Jan 2012 | 7:31 am

  Related Posts:Quick web design approvals. How to give & get appropriate feedback without destroying the design creative.User Generated Content for your website – Inspiring your visitorsCrafting an online identity – the art of personal branding by Prashant Pinge14 practical ideas for what you can do with a business websiteImprove bounce rates and time on site with an intuitive context driven navigation rather than category driven navigation.

• Beating the Google Panda update – How we transformed www.drmalpani.com and brought traffic up to Pre-Panda levels.

  Ron

  16 Jan 2012 | 12:56 am

  More than a few months ago we were hit with the Google Panda shocker.  Overnight our Infertility treatment related website www.drmalpani.com lost over 30-40% of its daily traffic. Although the traffic was still substantial, the loss of the top end traffic did hurt. We immediately went into a damage control mode and made tweaks to the site meta-tags, content and a lot of other things. But it did us no good. We realized that we needed to go in for a complete overhaul.  So here’s the story of what we did and how it worked and hopefully if your site has been affected by Panda you can use…

• Start With Why by Simon Sineck – I’ll tell you why you should buy this book!

  Ron

  13 Jan 2012 | 6:18 am

  I have been wanting to get my hands on the book by Simon Sineck (of Ted Talks fame) – ‘Start with Why’. I finally managed to get a copy and was not disappointed. Simon’s lucid and clear style of writing and explaining of intellectual concepts was engrossing. Why should you buy this book? If at some point you have hit a ceiling or are frustrated with the progress of your career, business, marriage or any other activity into which you have put your time then this book is for you. It helps you get back to your roots – the all important WHY. Reading the book and…

• Are dotcom entrepreneurs cluttering the marketplace with unworkable services and products?

  Ron

  9 Jan 2012 | 1:16 am

  The media today is awash with stories of dotcoms starting, getting funding and as quickly closing down. The culprits are too much money in the wrong hands, irrational expectations and a completely useless value-add concept. What is the value add here? That should be the question every dotcom entrepreneur should be asking oneself? Its a fundamental question every business needs to answer. If you don’t give value – you die. Simple as that. Dotcom entrepreneurs are not magicians no matter how many ideas they conjure out of thin air. Some of the ideas I am seeing are so flimsy that…

• United Way Mumbai – unitedwaymumbai.org – An endearing but complex website project.

  Ron

  3 Jan 2012 | 1:56 am

  Its rare to get the opportunity to mix business with doing good and the United Way Mumbai Website gave us just such an opportunity. Technically it was a normal client project but considering the cause, it felt different.  Right from the beggining we realized that it was also a huge responsibility for us - a large bulk of the online donations during the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon would be piped through this website.    Challenges faced by our team and complexities of the project The United Way Mumbai website caters to 4 major constituencies for the Mumbai Marathon – NGOs,…

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• 35 Interesting Angry Birds Merchandise

  Adrian

  28 Jan 2012 | 3:02 am

  People throughout the world are impressed by the Angry Birds charm and want to show their love for these adorable birdies in every possible manner. When one observes Angry Birds, he feels angry. These Red, Yellow, White, Blue and Black birds have made a soft room in every gamer’s heart. So is the fame of [...]Advertise here with BSA

• Free High Quality Leather Textures for your Design

  Adrian

  27 Jan 2012 | 12:52 pm

  There are a lot of words related to designing and leather texture is the new concept to add a crispy, shiny and sharp look to your design. This is not a common practice among the designers and many are ignorant about the uses of this moderate and beautiful looking texture. To get highlighted in crowed [...]Advertise here with BSA

• Friday Motion – Inspiration Dose #52

  Adrian

  27 Jan 2012 | 3:38 am

  Friday Motion is post series that will bring a new life to your Friday. Every week we will post impressive and creative videos for your inspiration and pleasure. And for this week you’ll find some of creative and wonderful videos for your inspiration. If you want to participate and share your video inspiration, just send [...]Advertise here with BSA

• Top 10 Premium CSS3 and HTML5 Mega Menus

  Valeriu Timbuc

  26 Jan 2012 | 1:26 pm

  Often used on e-commerce and large scale web sites, the mega menus become more popular in modern web design. They are a great and effective way to display large amount of content on your website while you keep a nice and clean layout. With mega menu you will be able to improve the navigation and [...]Advertise here with BSA

• Everything You Need to Know About a Logo

  Lief

  26 Jan 2012 | 5:16 am

  The Webster English dictionary defines a logo to be: An identifying statement. – Source A statement, in turn, is defined as: the act or process of stating or presenting orally or on paper. – Source Now presentations on paper can be textual or may contain images. Therefore your logo can be either text based or [...]Advertise here with BSA

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• Beautiful Woman with Jewelery Photography

  WebDesignFM

  27 Jan 2012 | 9:27 am

  For years it has done its job.  It has led me not into temptation.  It has reminded my husband numerous times at parties that it’s time to go home.  It has been a source of relief to a dinner companion.  It has been a status symbol in the maternity ward. The jeweler allows me to wear the sapphire blue lake on my finger, the emerald green leaves around my neck, and take the citrine sunset with me wherever I go.  Jewelry has become my daytime link to nature in an office with no windows.  And if I have to work late, there’s nothing like diamond stars and a pearl full moon against an…

• Japanese Barcode Designs are Awesome and Cool

  WebDesignFM

  23 Jan 2012 | 4:49 am

  Masters of turning the mundane cute, we recently came across this collection of the clever ways Japanese designers have extended this eccentricity down to the boring barcode. Without impeding on the necessary numbers, inventive versions transform humble skus from the usual black-and-white rectangle to graphics that range from cityscapes to waves, often relating to the product it identifies. The online gallery from Tokyo’s Design Barcode studio demonstrates the creative ways the barcode can go from basic to engaging with a few simple additions, revolutionizing the iconic information tag.

• Double Sided Flyer Designs For Your Inspiration

  WebDesignFM

  18 Jan 2012 | 6:09 am

  Lets look at some creative double sided flyer designs for your inspiration. It will help you allot for your next flyer design. Flyers, along with postcards, pamphlets  and small posters, are forms of communication for people who want to engage the public but do not have the money or desire to advertise over the internet, in telephone directories, or classified or display advertising in newspapers or other periodicals. As marketing became more direct in the late 1980s and 1990s, flyer printing evolved and currently there are many formats to be found. Flyers are inexpensive to produce and are…

• Useful Google Chrome Extensions For Web Designers and Developers

  WebDesignFM

  12 Jan 2012 | 2:21 am

  Google chrome is the most commonly used web browser and it has achieved huge fame with its extra ordinary performance and features. Google chrome has also launched the number of extensions and add-ons for the ease of web developers and designers. These extensions help them effectively and save more time. On the other hand Chrome is the first browser to incorporate machine translation in the browser itself. Google chrome provides a platform “Chrome Web Store” it is an online marketplace where you can discover thousands of apps, extensions and themes for Google Chrome. Today we have…

• Amazing Showcase of Famous Fashion Magazine Covers

  WebDesignFM

  9 Jan 2012 | 10:47 am

  We are going to present most stylish and sexy looking magazines covers for your inspiration. Seriously awesome and great looking, these fashion magazines covers are very famous in there time and people love to see and buy only because of the attraction and style of the cover. Related to fashion and beauty, the models and celebrities expose and show there sexy looks and fashionable trends which is loved by millions of people around the world. The covers are from the world famous magazines like Vogue, Instyle, Esquire, Marie Claire, Elle, Lucky and other famous fashion magazines around the…

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• What Does It Take to Be a User Experience Designer?

  Niko Nyman

  26 Jan 2012 | 9:12 am

  This is a Usabilla guest-post by Niko Nyman I love good products. I love a kitchen knife that is perfectly balanced, I love it when someone transforms a product category by taking a fresh look at the process – the old way of doing things – and making it easier for everyone involved, I love a car so cleverly designed it has a light underneath the door to show me where I put my foot when getting out, I love a web app that draws me in without blocking my flow with four-step registration and a five-minute tutorial video, and I love great service from companies who empower staff to overcome…

• A Smashing Redesign

  Jurian Baas

  24 Jan 2012 | 10:04 am

  Given that we love everything UX and design related, it must come as no surprise we are big fan of Smashing Magazine. Their choice of subjects is always spot on, and their articles show an impressive amount of attention to detail. They recently had their site redesigned, and the result is a beautiful, spacious site, designed from the typography out. I took a closer look at the new design and I’d like to discuss some of the findings with you. I will not speak only based on my own observations however: I set up a Usabilla design feedback test among 30-some of our loyal followers.1 They…

• Usabilla UX Tweet Scoop – Week 4 of 2012

  Jurian Baas

  23 Jan 2012 | 3:56 am

  Time again for the best articles we have read last week! Cameron Koczon shares an eloquent view on how we live in an important time for design. Designers used to only do client-work, which makes it hard for people to see design as something else than a commodity. This is changing with the focus on design by startups. This renewed focus on design gives a lot of opportunity, but also presents a challenge: how do you let design flourish in organization that doesn’t really understand it as a craft, and how can a design team be seen as a partner, rather than a service provider? User stories…

• How Beauty Brands Seduce You With Emotional Design

  Sabina Idler

  19 Jan 2012 | 9:45 am

  In order for you brand or product to be successful, you need to appeal to your target group. There are countless appeals you can use: fun, friendship, relaxation, luxury, beauty, or sex, to name only a few. As long as it’s reasonably linked to your brand, anything can be used to draw attention to your website. With clever use of appeals, you can draw your customers in and take charge of their will. I admit this sounds a little scary, but really it is rather helpful for everyone designing for the Web. Appeal to your target audience Appeals can obviously be anything on your website that…

• Web Designers Should Just Become Designers: an Interview With Don Norman

  Anneke Schapelhouman

  17 Jan 2012 | 9:27 am

  Donald Norman is one of the world’s most influential designers and writers about design. We are big fans, and really proud that Anneke could talk to him about his books, the future of designing for the web, emotional design, the balance between design as an art-form and as a form of marketing, and much more. 'Emotional Design' by Donald Norman - a must read. Usabilla: When you wrote The Design of Everyday Things you focused on utility and usability, function and form. In your book Emotional Design, your focus is on the emotional side of design. Do you think the term…

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• BugFinders slams poor ecommerce testing

  Craig Grannell

  27 Jan 2012 | 10:02 am

  Online stores turning off buyers with beginner errors

• The .net strip #16: Job ad

  Brad Colbow

  27 Jan 2012 | 9:00 am

  The moon on a stick? Yes, please! Brad Colbow's exclusive comic strip looks at the world of job ads for web designers this week

• Setting up a lab in your agency

  Jon Lax

  27 Jan 2012 | 5:00 am

  Jon Lax, the co-founder of Teehan+Lax, discusses why the agency built a dedicated labs group, how they chose to structure it and what they have accomplished in their first year

• Dev rallies against HTML5 confusion

  Craig Grannell

  27 Jan 2012 | 4:00 am

  Likens commonplace use of the term 'HTML5' as a brand AND spec to DHTML and Web 2.0

• .net launches web design survey 2012

  Oliver Lindberg

  26 Jan 2012 | 9:00 am

  Take part in The Web Design and Development Survey 2012 and help us build a profile of our audience and the industry in general