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3 Ways To Find Scripts and CMS’s Running on a Website
Jun 9th
Have you ever come across a website and wondered what CMS (content management system)they are using or what plugins a site is using, maybe what JavaScripts/jQuery scripts the site has installed?
If so, then you are in luck. Recently, I found three tools that can help you find out more information about a site.
Why Would You Want to Know What Scripts and CMS’s Are Running On a Website?As a designer, I am always looking for new trends in design. So when I come across a site with a great design. I like to check out how the site was designed. More >
Manually Add the Google +1 Button to Your WordPress Site
Jun 2nd
Recently Google introduced a new sharing button called Google Plus +1 and now you can add a +1 button to your WordPress site. The Google +1 was designed so that you can give your “public stamp of approval” on articles that you find helpful. Now, your friends, family, and contacts can find the best content when they do a search.
Its important that you have this button on you site, because it might influence Google search engine ranks. If it does help give our articles and sites a little extra boost of influence, then its a good thing to have on your More >
10 of the Best Photoshop Tutorials Created in May
May 27th
It’s the end of the month and there are some new Photoshop Tutorials available to try out. I know there are still a few days left in the month, but its a holiday weekend and I will not be around much. So instead of posting this next month or not all, I decided to post it early. Next month, I will add any great tutorials created in the last week of May since I am posting early.
There are plenty of design sites sharing monthly Photoshop lists, so instead of share everything created each month like everyone else, I thought I would More >
Quicktip: How to Find and Use the Head Tag in WordPress
May 5th
As a website owner, you might be asked to add a line of code to your website. Sometime it is simple as adding it somewhere in the theme. But lets say you want to add web analytics software on your site. Programs such as Google Analytics and many others ask that you add code to your head tag on every page of a site.
The first thing you want to do is look for a plugin that will add the wanted code to your head tag. Just keep in mind, that the more plugins you add to WordPress, the slower your site More >
11 of the Best PhotoShop Tutorials Created in April
Apr 29th
It’s the end of the month and there are some new Photoshop Tutorials available to try out. There are plenty of design sites sharing monthly Photoshop lists, so instead of share everything created each month like everyone else, I thought I would share some of my favorites and ones that will be more useful for everyday users and those interested in learning Photoshop.
This month’s tutorials were good ones, but a lot of them were related to Easter and not so much on general tutorials. So I have compiled a list of my favorite tutorials that were created in April. All tutorials More >
11 of the Best PhotoShop Tutorials Created in March
Mar 31st
Its that time again for our monthly series that showcase the best PhotoShop Tutorials created each month. Instead of listing all tutorials created each month as some sites do, we only share those we feel are the best, our favorites, or will be useful for most of our readers. If you missed last month’s showcase, check it out here.
PhotoShop TutorialsI can’t believe March went by so fast. There was so much to do and so little time to get all done. I am just glad I had time to check out this month’s PhotoShop Tutorials. This month there was a More >
How to Do Screen Capture Selections
Mar 11th
Recently a reader asked me how to to select a region of a webpage and capture it. What she means by this, she doesn’t want to capture everything on the browser she can see but just a region on the screen. She also wanted to add arrows and boxes to those images. You might ask why someone would want to do this. For bloggers and tutorial creators, this is a common use of screen capturing. For a blogger, knowing how to do selection screen capture quickly is a valuable tool.
In the past a person would have to do is hit More >
10 of the Best PhotoShop Tutorials Created In February
Feb 28th
Its that time again for our monthly series that showcase the best PhotoShop Tutorials created each month. Instead of listing all tutorials created each month as some sites do, we only share those we feel are the best, our favorites, or will be useful for most of our readers. If you missed last month’s showcase, check it out here.
There were a lot of good tutorials created this month. This month, I tried to pick tutorials that were for beginners or advanced beginners with a couple of advanced level tutorials for those looking for more advanced tutorials. Next month, I plan More >
10 Free Beginner Videos For Paint.Net
Feb 18th
Paint.Net is a free image and photo editing software created for Windows Computers only. The system has an easy to use interface with layer support, unlimited undos, special effects, and bunch of powerful tools packed in this program. This image editor has been compared to other powerful editors such as Adobe PhotoShop, Corel, and GIMP. Although this editor isn’t as powerful as PhotoShop, it is the perfect tool for someone, who needs a little more editing power than most other free image editors have.
Beginner TutorialsUsing image editors for the first time can be a bit of turn off and can More >
10 of the Best PhotoShop Tutorials Created In January
Jan 31st
Its that time again for our monthly series that showcase the best PhotoShop Tutorials created each month. Instead of listing all tutorials created each month as some sites do, we only share those we feel are the best, our favorites, or will be useful for most of our readers. If you missed last month’s showcase, check it out here.
This month’s creations were great and I had a hard time selecting just ten of them. So instead of listing some of those insanely difficult but incredible tutorials, I decided to focus mostly on beginner and intermediate levels of PhotoShop knowledge.
Attention More >
10 of Best PhotoShop Tutorials Created in December
Dec 31st
Its that time again for another list of best PhotoShop tutorials created each month. This month there were not as many created as in other months. So I took a few of my favorites. I gathered tutorials that will teach you how to use blending tools, filters and how to use selection tools to pull parts of an image and use them to create a new design.
1. A Photo Manipulator’s Guide to BlendingPhoto Manipulator’s Guide to Blending is a tutorial that teaches the technique of blending images to create one design. If you do it right, it can look believable but More >
Best PhotoShop Tutorials Created in November
Dec 3rd
Wow, it was another busy month. Between work, projects, school and family visiting for the holidays, the month went by fast. Its little a late but I thought I would go ahead and post another “best of Photoshop tutorial collection” for last month.
November was a great a month for Photoshop tutorials. I found there was new tutorials posted almost everyday and all of them were good ones. Instead of sharing all of them like other articles have done, I will share with you what I consider to be the best Photoshop tutorials of November.
1. Easy Casino Style Sign in Photoshop More >
