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How to design websites that appeal across cultural divides
Posted on 14. Jul, 2010 by Adriana Margineanu.
When you’re designing websites for a global audience, you need to be aware of cultural differences that will affect the way they are viewed in different parts of the world. You cannot expect the exact same website to be well-received around the g...Continue Reading
Beginning Photoshop Tutorials: Start Here
Posted on 28. Jun, 2010 by James Mowery.
Photoshop is one of the most versatile tools available for the graphic designer or artist. Many people don’t realize how truly powerful the program can be when it comes to altering and enhancing images, but the fact is that most commercial images...Continue Reading
Beyond the Blog: Get on the Wordpress Bandwagon
Posted on 18. Jun, 2010 by Barbara Holbrook.
Wordpress, long known as one of the most popular blogging platforms, has turned into so much more. With the release of Wordpress 3 “Thelonious”, the platform really steps into its own as a powerful content management system for writers, des...Continue Reading
6 Tips to Secure Your Joomla Site
Posted on 16. Jun, 2010 by William Smith.
It has been a boom year for hackers and web hacking. Tom Canavan, Joomla web security expert, identifies an increase of greater than 600% in overall hacking this last year. Tom’s book “Joomla! Web Security”, a Packt publication, expands on the th...Continue Reading
How to Create a Hover Effect Using CSS
Posted on 27. Apr, 2010 by Barbara Holbrook.
Hover effects, rollovers, super-fancy link styles — regardless of what you call them — are a great way to get extra bang for your buck when putting together a website. Today we’ll be learning how to add a unique and creative feature to your w...Continue Reading
Getting Work Done for Free: Best Microsoft Office Alternatives
Posted on 15. Mar, 2010 by Derek Walter.
Microsoft’s Office suite has long been the king of productivity software. And with good reason—it is the most full-featured office suite available. Not only is MS Office deployed extensively throughout enterprises, but many consumers rely on it...Continue Reading
Cheap Wordpress Themes: 5 Semi-Premium Designs for Business Websites
Posted on 12. Mar, 2010 by Barbara Holbrook.
We’ve talked about Premium Wordpress Themes ad infinitum on TutorialBlog. But, sometimes you need a cheap WordPress theme that you can get online and looking good in less than an hour. What do you when you (or your client) want it all … a...Continue Reading
Social Networking Software: 12 Ways to Build the Next, Best Social Network
Posted on 16. Feb, 2010 by Barbara Holbrook.
Do you want to be the next YouTube, Flickr, Match.com or Facebook? Then, you need to find the right social networking software. Dating sites, friend networks, video sharing portals are all built on networking platforms that give members control over th...Continue Reading
Facebook Connect: Plugins to Integrate FB and Wordpress
Posted on 12. Feb, 2010 by Barbara Holbrook.
When I first decided it was time to add Facebook Connect to a website, I figured it would be no big deal. Facebook is a social media powerhouse, I figured, so they must have tools to simplify the process. Plus, I use Wordpress! So I was fairly confiden...Continue Reading
Awesome Customizations: 10 websites based on the Yamidoo Magazine Theme
Posted on 14. Jan, 2010 by Barbara Holbrook.
Premium WordPress themes can be a designer’s best friend. But most websites worth visiting know better than to use a theme straight “out of the box.” Your site design is part of your branding and it’s the first impression visito...Continue Reading
How to Use Google Maps with WordPress Blogs: 5 Plugins to Get You Started
Posted on 15. Dec, 2009 by Barbara Holbrook.
It wasn’t long ago that Mapquest was the only quality mapping tool online. Then, the rise of Google Maps, possibly the best and most sophisticated mapping tool available online. Google Maps inspired regular people to become cartographers — map...Continue Reading
Sync Your Life: Great Tools to Sync, Backup and Store your Files
Posted on 02. Dec, 2009 by Derek Walter.
You probably remember that one time when you really needed a copy of that spreadsheet for the meeting; only to realize it was sitting on your hard drive at home. Or the time you wrote up that great list of ideas and forgot to e-mail it to yourself. If ...Continue Reading
Freelancers: Invoice your clients
Posted on 23. Nov, 2009 by Oli.
Create invoices and manage account receivables online using one of these 9 web apps. You’ll save time and maybe even earn more money. The ability to successfully run a freelance design business, requires more than just graphic skills. You’l...Continue Reading
Target Your Marketing Campaign with Facebook Ads
Posted on 04. Nov, 2009 by Barbara Holbrook.
Facebook ads are quickly becoming the top choice for targeted online ad campaigns. Whether your goal is lead generation, sales, or improving brand recognition, a targeted campaign will always have better results. Google Adwords used to be the king of ...Continue Reading
5 Photo Gallery Plugins for WordPress
Posted on 02. Nov, 2009 by Spencer Spellman.
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. If so, then these photo gallery plugins for WordPress must be worth volumes. Each plugin creates the photo gallery a bit differently — jquery slideshows, flash slideshows, automatically from your flickr...Continue Reading
Free Photoshop Shapes: Download Custom Shapes Sets
Posted on 22. Oct, 2009 by Barbara Holbrook.
Photoshop shapes are different than Photoshop brushes, although some people use the terms interchangeably, they refer to completely different tools. Both tools will allow you to easily add custom elements that be stamped out over and over again, used t...Continue Reading
5 WordPress Comment Plugins to Engage Users and Promote Discussion
Posted on 21. Oct, 2009 by Spencer Spellman.
If you’re a new user to WordPress, then you’re probably perfectly content with the comment features you already have. You may not yet realize the positive effect that adding a comment plugin (or three) can have on your site. Better comment ...Continue Reading
Using SWiSH
Posted on 29. Nov, 2007 by Dave.
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Swish is an enormously grand way to include flash effects to your site. It includes making small movies run without Macromedia Flash plug-ins. Swish stands for Simple Web Indexing System for Humans. With it you can easily index directories of files and search the generated indexes. When you do a search, it’s the swish program that is doing the actual searching. Swish objective is to fill the need of Web administrators on the Internet.
Swish is easy to use and simple. You can do many things such as stemming or searching for different versions of a word or the use of synonyms. With it, you can do most of the things that full-featured indexers and search programs can. In indexing HTML files, swish can ignore data in tags and give higher relevance to information in header and title tags. In one pass, it can automatically search your whole Web Site, if it’s under one directory. Index files consist of only one file this is the reason why they can easily be transported.
The most powerful Flash creation tool is the Swishmax. It has 230 new effects a Javascript-like scripting language and support for dynamic content and input forms. It is perfect for interactive Flash presentations.
The new Swishvideo allows you to convert your video files into streaming Flash files. With it you can easily display your videos with play controls and playback settings. You can also import your AVI, QuickTime, MPEG or Windows Media videos into Swishvideo. After that, you can select your videos compression quality, key frame intervals, deblocking and smoothing settings. The play controls are already made available for easy access. The control is complete with play, pause, stop, forward and rewind buttons. Not only that, you can also create your own custom controls in any Flash authoring tool and import them into Swishvideo. To export settings, select an SWF or FLV and adjust your video’s border width, scaling, background color, start and end states.
Another swish craze is the Swishpix. It allows you to create flashy photo albums. You just select your photos, add themes, music, callouts or clipart and viola – an animated photo album! You can also publish your output as a screensaver, burn to CD or upload to your website. Here you can also combine multiple movies and define the playing order as well as play back options and control your movie’s size and window state. To display your movie, select the context menu items and about box.
With Swish, you can turn otherwise idle presentation into an irresistible one. Swish offers a lot more, go and check it out!
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SWiSH Max2 Templates – Getting the Buzz on Practical Flash Design – by Dave Collado
Posted on 29. Nov, 2007 by Dave.
We are very excited to announce the release of a new product category – SWiSHmax2 Templates designed for using with the extremely popular SWiSH software. SWiSH Max is a program distributed by Swishzone.com that utilizes Adobe Flash technology to deliver cross-browser compatible presentations namely flash websites, animated menus, Flash-based video, banner ads, text effects and the like. However, I first heard about SWiSH in the summer of 2004. At the time, I was looking for a solution to dealing with Flash alias text properties (or lack there of) and the only swish I’d ever heard of was that cherry flavored fluoride medicine they made us take back in grade school. Good times.
Like the Adobe Flash software, SWiSH utilizes objects, vector graphics, keyframes and a variation of ActionScript for scripting. The main reason SWiSH is so popular is its large number of built in preset effects such as “Spin and shrink, Alternate jump out fade and slide” which would otherwise have to be created manually in Flash. With this you simply draw shapes and text, add the desired effect and that’s it!
With Flash, on the other hand, you’ll need to understand concepts like layers, masking, frames, libraries and symbols before you even begin! And since these effects come built into SWiSH many people find it not only faster to use than the Flash software but that by lowering the learning curve it is also more practical. Not to mention that SWiSH is a heck of a lot less expensive than Adobe’s software. In sum SWiSH Max is basically Flash for those without the wish, need, time and or finances to buy the actual software.
Recently SwihsZone has gotten lots of praise since it’s September 26, 2007 release of the official SWiSH software entitled “SWiSHMax2″. What’s more, developers worldwide agree that the enhancements and simplification of the product makes it superior to the Adobe Flash technology. As you might expect the new version is not compatible with the older SWiSH designs and software –just like newer Flash versions (e.g Flash CS3) are not compatible with earlier Flash version files and the like.
Because the new SWiSHmax2 software package is so advanced, yet so much easier to work with, templatemonster.com partners & affiliates worldwide could not miss the opportunity to pioneer a new line of beautiful website templates for this revolutionary software. If all of this is making your mouth water with anticipation, it is probably because you know that I have a premium sample SWiSHmax2 Template for your education and use free of charge available for you to download right here.
While some web designers may have been rightfully justified to dislike the old SWiSH software (present company included) because it was inconvenient and had a non-user-friendly interface. That, and the fact the many of us were already so accustomed to using Flash, there was little desire to change to SWiSH. Then again, all of that is very different now.
Rewritten from the ground up, SWiSHmax2 offers hundreds of new features including components, content library and assets, effects browser, in place text editing, video/image/sound effects and an improved interface that is much more convenient and much easier for developers to use because it is similar to the Flash interface witch makes managing and navigating your SWiSHMax2 workspace simple.
SWiSHmax2 is such a wide-ranging application that you’re unlikely to ever exhaust its vast range of tools and features – even experienced SwiSHers will often discover new options and capabilities. Moreover SWiSH not only excels at text effects it also duplicates many of the effects available in Flash CS3.
From now on the SWiSHMax2 Templates will be available to you as one of our categories with our revolutionary SWiSH designed templates. We are sure that our beautiful designs in the SWiSHMax2 Templates will find dedicated fans. Our new SWiSHMax2 Templates will become very popular with customers who appreciate the real design advantages at truly great value prices. To learn more about SWiSHMax2 or, to download a free trial version of this revolutionary new product click on this link.
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Dave Collado is the Senior Design Consultant at www.foamers.net who provides quality website templates customization, Flash templates customization, CSS templates, web design tutorials, and many other web design and web hosting services. This article may be republished providing it remains fully intact.
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