10 of the Best Photoshop Tutorials Created in January
Feb 3rd
It’s the start of a new month, so its time once again for me to share list my favorite Photoshop tutorials created in the last month. This was a great month for tutorials, if you like photo manipulations. The list that I gathered is mostly intermediate level tutorials but, if you are comfortable with Photoshop’s tools, then you should be able to complete the tutorials. There a couple of photography related tutorials that are beginner level but worth checking out if you are into photography or if you just want better processed imaged.
The Best Photoshop Tutorials of January Create an More >
Avenger by ThesisAwesome
Feb 2nd
Are you looking for a professional theme that works off of Thesis? If so, I have the perfect theme for you. It looks good, its fully features, and designed to make your author’s profiles look good.
Earlier this morning, ThesisAwesome released their latest theme for Thesis. That theme is Avenger. Its full of great features and I have to say, I love this theme. The features are what every professional theme should have and the best part is that it runs on one of the best frameworks available for WordPress.
Avenger FeaturesAvenger comes with a ton of built-in features such as related More >
4 Rusty and Painted Metal Textures
Feb 1st
It time for the weekly design resource. This week I have another set of textures. This set of textures I took earlier this week when taking some time off and did some shopping in Historic Downtown McKinney with the wife.
This set of textures is tree rusty metal textures taking from various buildings and structures that were around 100+ years old. Plus I also added one peeling paint (not really people, just worn down) diamond plate on an outdoor winding stair case.
Free High Quality Textures CreationsYou are free to use any of my (Evolutionary Designs) textures on your projects More >
Author hReviews Makes it Easy to Add Google Rich Snippets for Reviews
Jan 30th
Do you like to do reviews about products and services on your blog. Do you companies offer products and services for you to review? If so, I have a plugin for your WordPress blog that will only help you out with your reviews.
Author hReview WordPress PluginThe plugin that will help you build your review articles is the Author hReview Plugin by Hesham Zebiba. He originally created the plugin as a Thesis Only Plugin but had a change of heart. He made so everyone can use it. All you have to do is have a self hosted WordPress blog and More >
Weekly Mash Up #28: Topics in Blogging Design, Development, Freelance, and Inspiration
Jan 29th
It’s the start of a new week, so its time to share this week’s Weekly Mash Up. Last week was a great a week. I actually had the time to read a lot of great articles in the world of new media. Believe me, there were so many great articles last week, that I had a hard time figuring out what articles to share with you. But I finally was able to narrow the list down to my top favorites.
This week’s Mash Up has twelve great articles. The topics include blogging tips, design, development, freelance and a collection of really More >
Tools to Make Your Link Building Life Better
Jan 27th
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 could be link prospects, without having to scour the internet for hours on end.
What is This All About?Here’s what this post will show you how to do: quickly create a spreadsheet of 100 (at a time) sites that may be good link prospects. In More >
Get 44+ StudioPress Themes for $270.00
Jan 26th
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 offering one last deal before they raise the price. That deal is 10% discount off the Pro Plan! That brings the price from $299.95 down to $270.00! To get that deal, all you have to do is purchase the plan and add the code, TEN, at the time More >
5 Popular Premium Themes from StudioPress
Jan 23rd
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 that look great and are full of the features to help you run a successful site.
What is the Genesis Framework?To get started with StudioPress you need to purchase the Genesis Framework. The framework is what makes Studiopress what is. Genesis was designed to add More >
5 Free High Quality Metallic Textures
Jan 19th
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 before using them. Most require a link back or a comment on the texture pack that used it and where to find the completed work.
Free High Quality Metallic Textures Metallic Textures 2Image source: Metallic Texture 2
DreamingImage Source: Dreaming
TexturaImage Source: textura
DRAKNESSFALLSImage More >
WordPress Mondays: Are Your Contributors Getting Notified When You Publish Their Articles?
Jan 16th
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 will always have to email your writers when you submit their articles.
If you have the occasional writer, then it isn’t a big deal. However, if you have a lot of articles going live everyday or you like to set dates for the articles to More >
Weekly Mash Up #27: Topics in Blogging, Content Creation, Design, Freelance, jQuery, SEO, and WordPress
Jan 15th
It’s time once again for the Weekly Mash Up and it was a great week. It was so good I had a hard time cutting the list of articles down to only 11. But I did and I only choose ones that would be helpful.
This week’s Mash Up includes articles in Blogging, content creation, freelance topics, design, jQuery, SEO, and WordPress. All great topics and all worth reading.
Blogging Tips10 Titillating Tips For Struggling Bloggers – Famous Bloggers
www.famousbloggers.net1/13/12
“I sat down at the antique desk in absolute agony, my groin screaming. My jaw was clenched tight as a drum. My More >
30 Popular Portraits From 2011
Jan 14th
2011 was a great year in photography. The web has revolutionized how people interact with photos and photographers. Lots of sites encourage peer-to-peer critiques and reviews through sharing and “likes” of content. Due to this increase in social feedback, photographers have been eager to host their photos all over the web and gain ratings. The idea is that the higher the rating, the more a photographer can sell print or digital versions of the photo, such as for use in commercial printed brochures.
But does highly rated photography translate to “good” photography? This collection is of 30 photos from 2011 that More >
