Archive for March, 2011
Changes in the Chrome user agent
Posted on 31. Mar, 2011 by John Mueller.
Webmaster Level: Intermediate to Advanced
The Chrome team is exploring a few changes to Chrome’s UA string. These changes are designed to provide additional details in the user-agent, remove redundancy, and increase compatibility with Internet Explo…
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Newbie lawn care business start up tips.
Posted on 31. Mar, 2011 by Lawn Care Business Marketing Tips - GopherHaul Blog.
New start up lawn care business owners normally have many questions to ask. Here are a few questions that were asked on the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum.
One new entrepreneur wrote “I am 21 and will be graduating from college in August with a busin…
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27 Premium Resource Packs Added in March, Plus a Free Website Template for Our Blog Readers
Posted on 31. Mar, 2011 by Vandelay Website Design.
During the month of March we released 27 new resource packs at Vandelay Premier! Members get unlimited access to all of the resources on the site, or resource packs can be purchased individually.
In addition to the 27 new packs, we also have a free website template to giveaway in this post courtesy of Snobby Slice. Our friends at Snobby Slice approached us about giving away a template to our readers and they donated their coding services to make it happen.
If you’d like to stay up-to-date with new resources as they are released, you can subscribe to the Vandelay Premier RSS feed, or like us on Facebook.
Free Resources:
This is a set of 6 high-res textures that were given away for free to our blog readers. If you haven’t already downloaded them you can visit the page at Vandelay Premier to get them for free.
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Introducing Page Speed Online, with mobile support
Posted on 31. Mar, 2011 by John Mueller.
Webmaster level: intermediate
At Google, we’re striving to make the whole web fast. As part of that effort, we’re launching a new web-based tool in Google Labs, Page Speed Online, which analyzes the performance of web pages and gives specific sugg…
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Apply Graphics to Textured Surfaces With Displacement Maps
Posted on 31. Mar, 2011 by Design Shack.
Do you ever wonder how Photoshop masters create such realistic compositions? Seemingly simple tasks such as throwing some text onto a brick wall can easily lead to lackluster results if you don’t know what you’re doing. So what sets you apart from the pros? Why are their final results so believable while yours reek of [...]
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Design a Print-Ready Retro Business Card
Posted on 31. Mar, 2011 by CardDesire.
In this tutorial you will learn the techniques to create a print-ready business card in Photoshop.
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How to Design a 1980s Movie Poster in Photoshop
Posted on 31. Mar, 2011 by unuzero.
In this article, you’ll look at a few inspirational movie posters from the 1980s, then use Adobe Photoshop to create a 1980?s style movie poster for our fictitious film titled “The Designer’s Mansion”.
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Add a Comic Retro Effect
Posted on 31. Mar, 2011 by Abhimanyu.
Learn how to add an amazing comic book effect to your boring photos.
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Manipulating a WW2 Fighter Aircraft
Posted on 31. Mar, 2011 by yudee1987.
Read this tutorial on how to manipulate a WW2 fighter aircraft in Photoshop.
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10 Essential Web Application Usability Guidelines
Posted on 31. Mar, 2011 by Design Shack.
Don’t take user feedback as seriously as much as having test users try out your web app. What the user isn’t even conscious of you’ll be able to see immediately and fix any interface issues.
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50 Free Fonts for Web Designers
Posted on 31. Mar, 2011 by Design Shack.
Choosing the right typography can make your design much more attractive! So, here we present you a great collection of 50 Free Fonts For Web designers, hope you’ll enjoy it!
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Beginner’s Guide to WordPress Plugin Development
Posted on 31. Mar, 2011 by Design Shack.
In this brief tutorial we’ll be going over the basic steps required to create a simple WordPress plug-in.
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Photoshop Tutorial To Enhance Photos and Still Keeping Skin Pores
Posted on 31. Mar, 2011 by Elisha Leo.
Clients that attend bridal studios or professional photographers want to look good in their photos. But they also want to look real. They want to look like themselves (but with a few enhancements).
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Design a Blue Corporate Website Layout in Photoshop
Posted on 31. Mar, 2011 by Vandelay Website Design.
Today we’re going to be walking through the process of designing a homepage for a corporate website in Photoshop. This particular design belongs to the Vandelay Corporate Template (HTML/CSS), which is available to members of Vandelay Premier or can be purchased for $10.
Here is a look at what we will be creating (click the image to view in full size):
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Design Inspiration: James Whitesmith
Posted on 31. Mar, 2011 by Design Shack.
A beautifully minimal and clean site for a freelance designer. I love the stylish logo and use of a subtle greys, it really works well and lets the product design make an impact!The simple gallery is effective and adds some great colour to the site, yo…
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Design Inspiration: Ginas
Posted on 31. Mar, 2011 by Design Shack.
A beautiful logo that takes a simple idea and makes it work. The spacing and straightforward nature of the typeface works really well in contrast to the background colour.This logo is made by the gorgeous colour combination. This design was featured…
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Design Inspiration: The Good Food Finder
Posted on 31. Mar, 2011 by Design Shack.
A clean and simple interface for an ingenious iPhone App that helps you discover and share the best local ingredients.I find that the colour palette really works, while the map feature is an effective way to source and find ingredients. This design …
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Design Inspiration: Rollpen
Posted on 31. Mar, 2011 by Design Shack.
A fascinating concept for a pen that would keep a record of what you’ve been writing, so you can share and digitally disperse your work. I love the futuristic design of this forward thinking concept! This design was featured on the Thursday 31st of …
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Design Inspiration: Sellected
Posted on 31. Mar, 2011 by Design Shack.
A clever site for a web development agency that immediately grabs your attention. I love the use of red circles and the intriguing layout of the site.I particularly like that the tagline is supremely visible, it immediately tells a visitor where they’v…
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Design Inspiration: act
Posted on 31. Mar, 2011 by Design Shack.
A brilliant business card for a designer that would make an immediate impact. The tactile nature of the raised lettering makes you want to hold it and turn it over in your fingers.I like how simply stylish this design is, the silver really works well. …