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Manually Install Digg This to Your WordPress Theme
Aug 31st
Earlier today I finally came to the decision that I wanted to add a Digg submit button the post page of Evolutionary Designs. Originally I really didn’t like the buttons, but after the redesign of the button and the site’s new look, it grew on me. In the past I used Digg Digg for Digg submission but the plugin did not look very good with my site’s theme, and playing with code didn’t seem to help.
Rcently I tried to get Dig Dig To work on the site after the programmer updated and added a lot more features. But I did not like More >
19 Color Palette Generators to Help You Design Like A Pro
Aug 27th
When building a site or working on a graphic design project, make sure your color pallet has the right colors in them. Use colors that complement each other.
For me, finding the correct colors for a project can be hard. I understand color theory but, when choosing those colors for a design, my mind goes blank. Generally I either pick a color or if I am presented an image or a logo and I need to use colors from the image, I will use a color generator to do this.
What is a color generator?A color generator or color More >
Guest Post: Design Elements That Will Kill Your WebSite
Aug 23rd
Anyone who knows me in real life or through cyperspace knows I love design. Design is a big part of my life. I left the world of tech support and research analyist projects after getting layed off, not finding a job that worked around my schedule, andgetting paid less than what I worth, I decided I was go back to school and work towards a multimedia degree. So I decided to work part time as a freelance web consultant and work part time in the telecom industry (steady pay) to help with building an income.
To me design, is important, it More >
21 Killer Examples of Afro Samurai Fan Art
Aug 17th
What can I say, I am a big fan of fan art and comic book art. I like to display it as wallpaper and I like sharing with our readers. So I am always on the look out for inspirational work or introduce to our readers to new digital artists. Most of these artist will use Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator to create these killer works of art.
Today’s showcase is a Japanese seinen dōjinshi manga series called Afro Samurai that was written and illustrated by Takashi Okazaki. The series is inspired by Okazaki love of soul and hip hop music. The story follows the life of More >
Hootsuite Has Introduced Freemium Plans
Aug 11th
Earlier today Hootsuite annouced that they are now offering premium packaged plans designed for businesses and organizations, but will continue to offer a free verison for their customers. The packages are tiered to provide useful tools to as many customers as possible and provide advanced tools to those customers who need the business features.
The good knews for those that are not interested in paying for a service, Hootsuite will continue to offer a free services to most of their current users. What this means to me and other users is, we should be able to continue to use Hootsuite the same More >
New Logo Banners Designs for Evolutionary Designs
Aug 9th
I have been building and designing websites on and off for several years. Last year, I decided to take this from hobby to a part-time freelance job. Because of this decision and with gardener friend’s husband I became the Director of Sales and Web Designs over at Enternet Now! After, working with Enternet Now! for a few months, I decided I needed to go back to school and learn more about design and development so I could start building logos and creating themes for our WordPress Clients.
Here are a few logos I created for Evolutionary Designs. Of course, I am not a More >
Stress
Aug 6th
Stress can be difficult for anyone. Depending on what you do, how difficult, and the amount of hours you have to put can add to the stress levels. For me, stress its from almost every direction, about year ago, I decided it was time, to start working toward what I liked doing, so I went back to school and working toward a multimedia degree program in web design and motion production. On top of the schooling I am working part time in the telecom industry, then I freelance freelance for EnterNet Now! , and I also run Evolutionary Designs, where talk about More >
What is SEO
Aug 4th
When I work with clients or talk about what I do and services we offer through Enternet Now! and Evolutionary Designs, I often get asked the question “what is SEO?” or “what is search Engine Optimization?” Once I explain, they ask “why would someone want that and pay for that service?” After answering so many times, I came to realize I never really talked about here and even on our Sales page at EnterNet Now! We never really go over what is and how it works. Today, I want to talk about the basics of SEO (Search Engine Optimization), the more More >
We Blog Better is Another Great Blogging Resource
Jul 28th
As I have mentioned before, blogging is a great way to get your site noticed by others and the search engines. Daily, weekly, or even monthly posts are great ways to have new content added to your site. Search Engines love new content and will reward you with higher ranking pages on your site. Along with search engines loving new traffic, so do your readers. Your readers might be just their because they like reading your work, but there is a good chance that some of those readers can be turned into customers or clients. So its always best to More >
What is Tycoon Blogger
Jul 27th
As you can tell I am on a blogging and marketing resources kick this week. If you are here to read more about design, I promise to move more in that direction next week. But this week is all about sharing some of my favorite places I like to read, comment on and learn about blogging, social media, and promotion. As a designer and SEO consultant, I find promotion through online sources such as social, blogging and guest writing, very important part of design. The way I see it is, you can design all day, but if no one knows More >
Have You Heard of iBlogZone
Jul 26th
On a previous article, I wrote about Famous Bloggers and all the benefits of Famous Bloggers. Famous Bloggers is a great place to learn more about blogging and social media, but what if you want more or you are looking to motenize your blog. Today I would like to introduce you to Francisco Perez, AKA diTesco the creator of iBlogZone. This is another great site to learn more about blogging, but it mostly focusing on online marketing of your site. You will find everything from blogging tips to information on ways to montenize your blog and Twitter accounts…
DiTesco describes his site More >
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CommentLuv has Redesigned and Updated the Plugin
Aug 18th
Posted by James in design
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Earlier today I was catching up on some reading over at Famous Blogger and I came across an article Hesham wrote about CommentLuv making new design changes to the plugin. The new changes include, bug fixes, updated badges, click tracking, and Dutch translation. Naturally, after reading up on the articles from Famous Bloggers and CommentLuv, I had to update Evolutionary Designs. In order to make the updates, I had to install the new plugin manually. The new plugin has not been updated when looking at the comluv plugin through the dashboard.
NOTE: To install the new pluging simply Delete the old plugin from your installed plugin More >