Earlier this week I decided that I wanted to start a new series. The new series will be a weekly or bi-weekly mashup of my favorite articles I read each week. I haven’t really decided when the best time to post the mashup, but I am thinking it should be Sunday nights, Mondays or on Fridays.<\/p>\n
This series will contain articles all about new media. The topics will include graphic design, web design, web development, SEO<\/a>, social media, Photography, Inspirations<\/a>, resources, WordPress<\/a>, and blogging resources<\/a>. Each article will be something important, and will hopefully those that read the mashup each week. I will try and post a mashup each week, but some weeks I may not be able to post a mashup. Each article I share, will have a few sentences copied (in italics) from the article that describes the article or I will do a short write up about each link.<\/p>\n TypeTalk: Ten Commandments of Type<\/a> – by Ilene Strizve, CreativePro<\/a><\/p>\n There are exceptions to every rule, but for most typographic circumstances, following these 10 rules will result in projects that look more professional and are easier to read.<\/em><\/p>\n Best Resources To Download Free Fonts<\/a> – by Shamuil, Web3Mantra<\/a><\/p>\n Typography is a main weapon of a good designer. Good designers always keep good fonts library with them.\u00a0 There are several websites which offers free fonts to download\u00a0 some of them are really good. I collected 20 best websites which\u00a0 -offers free fonts. All these websites offers best free fonts which are ranging from Calligraphic, Hand written, Serif etc.<\/em><\/p>\n Which Content Management System Should You Focus On?<\/a> – by Amber, Freelance Folder<\/a><\/p>\n So the problem now becomes, which content management system should you focus on? It can be quite confusing, so let\u2019s take a look at a few and the pros and cons of each.<\/em><\/p>\n Selling a Theme by the Thousands: What Thesis Teaches Us<\/a> – by Mathew Carpenter, WebDesigner Depot<\/a><\/p>\n I\u2019ve studied Thesis to pinpoint the factors that have led to its success. From its flexible code to lucrative affiliate programs, there are eight main elements behind the theme\u2019s skyrocketing sales.<\/em><\/p>\n 20 Free Web Apps for Freelancer Web Designers<\/a> –<\/em> by Adrian, Design Modo<\/a><\/p>\n Nowadays there are tons of different web based applications in the internet. We selected twenty best free web applications for Freelancer Web Designers which may significantly increase your productivity. Hope you will enjoy all of them:<\/em><\/p>\n A Beginners Look Into HTML5<\/a> – by Andy Crofford, TechKing<\/a><\/p>\n HTML5, which has been in development for more than six years, comes with a great number of new elements. These new elements are supported by almost all of the popular browsers. The latest versions of Safari and Chrome are the two browsers that support most of the HTML5 and CSS3 features, followed by Firefox, and even Internet Explorer 9, which was released in beta in September 2010, is also almost fully HTML5-compliant. But what is new in HTML5?<\/em><\/p>\n Did You Test Your Site With JavaScript Disabled Yet?<\/a> –<\/em> by Omer Greenwald, WebTechWise<\/a><\/p>\n 1%-2% of your site visitors have javascript disabled. Most of them turned off javascript as a precaution against malicious scripts (on their own, or as employees working behind strict firewalls in their working places). Others simply want to speed up their browsing or to minimize the annoying popups and ad scripts.<\/em><\/p>\n So if you care about SEO (and you should), you need to make sure content elements in your site are visible to search engines as well as browsers with js disabled.<\/em><\/p>\n Weekly Freebies: 10 Brilliant jQuery Plugins<\/a> – <\/em>by Joshua Johnson, Design Shack<\/a><\/p>\n This week\u2019s collection of awesome free resources includes some of our favorite jQuery plugins. Utilizing these in your site designs can save you loads of time in development and will help ensure that both your code and design is top-notch.<\/em><\/p>\n The 15 Best WordPress Plugins To Use in 2011<\/a> – by Nicholas Cardot, Site Sketch 101<\/a><\/p>\n This list is the 15 most incredible WordPress plugins. Only the 15 best WordPress plugins have made it while anything less than amazing has been kicked to the street. Only 5 plugins survived last year\u2019s listing to be returned this year. The rest are fresh to this year.<\/em><\/p>\n Each of these WordPress plugins are used at Site Sketch 101 and I personally recommend each of them to you. The following plugins are posted in the order that I recommend them.<\/em><\/p>\n How to Create an eBook using Existing Content<\/a> –\u00a0 by, Murray Lunn, Murlu<\/a><\/p>\n This post will take you through the process of repurposing existing content into a freebie eBook.<\/em><\/p>\n The 15 Best SEO Tips For WordPress in 2011<\/a> – by Nicholas Cardot, Site Sketch 101<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n So you\u2019re looking for the best SEO tips for WordPress necessary to get your website noticed by Google? Look no further. Take your time. Exam the ideas below and then transform the effectiveness of your WordPress website<\/em><\/p>\n 100+ Websites to Promote Design Related Articles and News<\/a> – by labeeqa, Design Dazzling<\/a><\/p>\n Hopefully these listed sites will be beneficial for get huge traffic and many unique vis<\/em>itors in very short time. Submit your news, articles, <\/em>designs<\/em>, inspirational data, tutorials<\/em> and everything which you want to promote.<\/em><\/p>\n What Your Business Needs to Know About Social Graphs<\/a> – by Jeff Korhan, Social Media Examiner<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Understanding the concept of social graphs will not only enhance your proficiency with Social media marketing today, it will also help you foresee emerging trends. This will significantly help you be fully prepared when new web technologies are launched.<\/em><\/p>\n Social Media Monitoring Made Simple<\/a> – by Andrew Hanelly, Social Media Explorer<\/a><\/p>\n We know we should be listening but often times it\u2019s difficult to figure out what exactly we should be listening to and how we should be listening to it. And then once we\u2019ve heard it, it\u2019s difficult to figure out what we should do with the output of our eavesdropping.<\/em><\/p>\n The Four Essential Phases of Social Media Adoption<\/em><\/a> – by Tom Pick, Marketing Profs<\/a><\/p>\n Here is a four-phase adoption model designed to reveal the entire elephant that is social media.<\/em><\/p>\n Cause A Stir With Your Social Media Status<\/a> – by Kiesha Easley, We Blog Better<\/a><\/p>\n You can grab a lot of attention and even hook new fans on Facebook <\/em>or new followers on Twitter<\/em> with quality content.<\/em><\/p>\n Do you need all those damned share buttons?<\/a> – by Jay, The Anti-Social Media<\/a><\/p>\n Why do we assume our readers want 100 different ways to share an article? Why do we inundate them with buttons, toolbars, and chicklets that ignore any styling you\u2019ve made for your own site?<\/em><\/p>\n Stop sacrificing your site to get shared. You don\u2019t have to be a share button whore. The path of least resistance to sharing doesn\u2019t make your content any better. Your laziness and design incompetency don\u2019t make me want to share your article any more when it has no content of value.<\/em><\/p>\n The Pros and Cons of Twitter Newspapers<\/a> –\u00a0 by Laura Spencer, Freelance Folder<\/a><\/p>\n In this post, I\u2019ll explain what a social media newspaper is and examine the pros and cons of having a Twitter newspaper. I\u2019ll also share the results of an informal Twitter poll that I conducted.<\/em><\/p>\n 50 Most Breathtaking Examples of Landscape Photography<\/a> – by Michael Dachstein, Inspirefirst<\/a><\/p>\n In this article, I am showcasing some of the most beautiful landscapes that I could find. Some of them are so surreal and breathtaking that it will definitely spark the photographer in you and inspire you to say the least. The links for the photographers who captured these can be followed by clicking the Image. I also have added a few links to resources and inspiration which you will find useful to improve your Photography skills. <\/em><\/p>\n Introducing Light through Photography of Light<\/a> – by Pavol Janovicek, Cruzine<\/a><\/p>\n Images, presented below, illustrate the whole versatility of light in the photography \u2013 from traditional \u201clive\u201d pictures of light to futuristic images, emerging from the symbiosis between a traditional photography and hi-tech image rendering techniques. It is still amazing how different light can be \u2013 at some pictures it is just a subdued ray, struggling through the fog, but at the others light appears in the form of a magnificent phenomenon of aurora, enlightening tremendous amount of the night sky. In any case, humans nourish some special, even primeval respect to light. 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