In the design world the most popular image editor and design tool is PhotoShop. With PhotoShop being the most popular tool for designers available, Most designers and design bloggers use and create resources for PhotoShop only. But PhotoShop isn’t the only image editor available. Out of all the of the editors available for people to […]
January 14, 2011 By 6 Comments
An Easy Guide to Setting Up Your Privacy Settings on Facebook
After all the issues with Facebook and their privacy settings issues, I thought I would share with everyone how you can set your privacy settings and block those from seeing your private information or even filter out what status updates and images you add by setting up friend lists. Why Would You Want Privacy On […]
October 8, 2010 By 20 Comments
GrowMaps Anti-Spambot is a Better Way to Combat Comment Spam
Today, I found out about a new Anti-spam plugin released by Growmap, and Andy of Commentluv. As of yesterday the new plugin was released to the WordPress Directory! I have been waiting for better spam fitting tools for a while, and think this plugin may be the one! What I like about this plugin is, […]
July 1, 2010 By 19 Comments
QuickTip: How To Resize Images Using GIMP
Many bloggers and social media users carry cameras with them to catch that perfect shot or use large images on their sites and profiles. These images look good to the viewer, but it kills the site load time. Now a days, this is not a big deal as it use to be since most users […]
June 21, 2010 By 9 Comments
Back-End Solutions to Having a Quick Load-Time
There’s a long list of best practices for making your website load quickly. If you’re a design/interactive marketing agency, this is especially important. Often times you don’t have maybe have your actual website loading quickly, but other things are preventing it from being quick and snappy. A lot of these things have to do with […]
June 10, 2010 By 9 Comments
Add Search Functionality to Your Site
Do you have a search field on your WordPress site? If not, why not add one. Having your own search engine for your site will help your visitors find what they are looking for and keep them on your site longer. By using a search field, visitors can type in a set of keywords and […]
May 25, 2010 By 4 Comments
Quick Tip: How To Use GIMP to Easily and Quickly Color Correct and Image
Everyday, I see social media users upload images that need color correction. As a designer and amateur photography fan I get turned off reading a blog or looking at images that are dull and boring. One of the easiest things you can do us a image editor and spend five minutes to correct the color […]
April 16, 2010 By 13 Comments
Gmail Gets Drag and Drop Attachments and Insert Calendar Invitation
Yesterday on Google’s Official blog they announced two new features were added to Gmail. For those that do not use Gmail, Gmail is a popular email system that has been growing with popularity since its invite only release in 2004. What different with about these new features is that it was rolled out for general […]
January 25, 2010 By 34 Comments
Blogging Tips – Starting a New Blog
Starting a New Blog When starting a blog there are many things to think about. Some of those thoughts are, what should I right about, what blogging system do I use, how do I get traffic to my site and how can I get people to comment on my sites. There are some many different […]
How to Comment Out PHP Code
At one time or another, every blogger using WordPress will come across an issue with a plugin or theme that is causing errors. If a bloggers wants to fix these types of issues they need to learn PHP to make any database coded changes to the system. Lately, I have been going through my plugins, […]