Mash Up #8

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Hey guys, its that time of the week for the weekly Mash Up. This week I found some great articles in content creation, design, WordPress .htcaccess, keyword research, site traffic, photography, and inspiration.

Each week, I try and gather articles that I have read that I found helpful and might be useful for our readers. I find most of these great articles  from my Twitter Stream, bookmarking sites, and through my RSS feeds in Google Reader. Sometimes I find great articles through my reader’s comments.  I try and visit everyone’s sites who leave a comment, if you are using ComLuv then I have a better chance to see your better articles. So if you want us to start sharing your articles, all you have to do is produce killer and useful content that will help us out and I will share your articles.

Content Creation

The Simple 5-Step Formula for Effective Online Content
"So what could I give content marketing newbies that would give them the right foundation? And how could I help content marketing veterans who weren’t finding the success they wanted? Was there a “formula” they could use that would start them on the right foot?"

Design

CSS Typography: The Basics
"This is the first part of a three-part series of guides on CSS typography that will cover everything from basic syntax to best practices and tools related to CSS typography."

CSS Typography: Techniques and Best Practices
"This is the second part of a three-part series of guides on CSS typography that will cover everything from basic syntax to best practices and tools related to CSS typography"
CSS Typography: Examples and Tools
"In the previous part of this series, we discussed some techniques and best practices for CSS typography. Let’s now delve into the subject further by looking into some case studies, tools, as well as a showcase of excellent CSS typography on the web."

How to Choose a Typeface
"Choosing a typeface can be tricky. The beauty and complexity of type, combined with an inexhaustible supply of options to evaluate, can make your head spin. But don’t be baffled — and don’t despair. While there are no easy-to-follow rules on how best to choose a typeface, there are many tried-and-true principles you can quickly learn and apply to make an appropriate typeface choice. If you work systematically through the options below, you’ll have a winning typeface choice in no time."

WordPress

6 .htaccess Tricks for Better WordPress SEO & Security
"Here are six htacccess tricks that will help improve the security and SEO quality of your WordPress-powered site. We do this using .htaccess to establish canonical URLs for key peripheral files, such as your robots.txt, favicon.ico, and sitemap.xml files. Canonicalization keeps legitimate bots on track, eliminates malicious behavior, and ensures a better user-experience for everyone"

Keywords

Bloggers On Keyword Research
"I decided to ask a few questions to a couple of bloggers who specialize in sending traffic to their websites."

Site Traffic / SEO

Understand Your Site’s Traffic
"But all of these different types of visitors have a certain frame of mind when they visit your site. Almost always, they will have a different reason for coming to your site. In this post, I’m going to explore those reasons from a psychological perspective so that we can understand the actions people generally tend to perform when they come to your site from a certain traffic source."

Photography
15 Minutes Photography Crash Course

"This article is intended for the newcomers and amateurs, but no matter how seasoned professional you are, you should find something new here.

These techniques, tips and tricks work almost each time you take a photo. And these are the methods that you MUST know if you have plans to become a photographer

Inspiration

Impressive Time-Lapse Photography Examples
"Time-Lapse Photography is one of the Cinematography techniques wherein the camera shots a video of an action a long time to take place and replay it in a faster frame-rate. This gives the speed animation effect for events like the city daily activities and nature phenomena, etc."