{"id":3829,"date":"2011-10-09T20:44:07","date_gmt":"2011-10-10T02:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.evolutionarydesigns.net\/blog\/2011\/10\/09\/mash-up-1-topics-in-blogging-tips-design-development-photography-wordpress-and-inspirational-art\/"},"modified":"2011-10-09T20:47:22","modified_gmt":"2011-10-10T02:47:22","slug":"mash-up-1-topics-in-blogging-tips-design-development-photography-wordpress-and-inspirational-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.evolutionarydesigns.net\/blog\/2011\/10\/09\/mash-up-1-topics-in-blogging-tips-design-development-photography-wordpress-and-inspirational-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Mash Up #21: Topics in Blogging Tips, Design, Development, Photography, WordPress, and Inspirational Art"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week\u2019s Mash Up<\/a> is a good one with sixteen articles and several bonus articles attached to the listed articles! The mash up includes articles I found helpful or interesting. As the title says, I found articles about Blogging Tips, Design, Development, Photography, WordPress, and Inspirational Art<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

16 Great Articles Blogging Tips, Design, Development, Photography, WordPress, and Inspirational Art<\/h2>\n

Blogging Tips<\/h3>\n

6 Secret Techniques You Can Use To Become A Great Headline Writer<\/a> “Let\u2019s take a look at six examples of effective headlines and why they capture your attention. Though some of them are dated, they will still give you an idea of the power that can accompany a great headline.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Building Subscriber Lists<\/h3>\n

7 Dynamic Goals that Skyrocket Your Subscriber Count<\/a> “If you want to make your blog grow big, you need to set and follow seven crucial dynamic goals:” <\/em><\/p>\n

Design<\/h3>\n

Advantages in Using Vector Graphics in Designing<\/a>
\n“Most often, vector<\/a> graphics are used in graphic designing. In today\u2019s post, we will share to you the advantages of using vector<\/a> graphics in designing<\/strong> so that you could decipher the reason why most designers prefer to use it.”<\/em>
\nPhotoshop vs Fireworks in Web Design \u2013 The Last Battle<\/a> – Video
\n“Most people try to compare Fireworks and Photoshop in the field of web design. Everybody knows that a lot of things you can do in Fireworks, can also be made in Photoshop. This is a fact but is not demonstrating that Photoshop was built for making screen layouts.\u00a0 It was built for image editing, image manipulation. In fact, it\u2019s the best image editing software available on the market, since 2003, when it first appeared.”<\/em>
\nConversation Techniques For Designers<\/a>
\n“Designers are visually literate creatures. We use visuals to express our ideas, whether by building wireframes, sketching interfaces or pushing pixels. As a result, the majority of knowledge captured when we design a product is some form of \u201ccorporate memory\u201d: a combination of assets and documentation. This creation of visual artifact is widely regarded as our most effective means of communicating thought through a product. However, creating a product takes more than just documentation, and much of it is communicated not visually, but verbally.”<\/em>
\nKeys to Effective Web Design Proposals<\/a>
\n“Being able to draft an effective proposal is an essential part of staying busy and keeping money coming in as a freelance designer. In order to land client work you will need to be able to break down what you have to offer. Working on proposals is often an intimidating part of the process for new freelancers, so we\u2019ll take a look at some things that you can do to improve the effectiveness of your own proposals for client projects.<\/em><\/p>\n

Here are some keys to proposals that will help you to land the client\u2019s business.”<\/em><\/p>\n

What Is A QR Code And How Does It Work?<\/a>
\n“The cool part is that anyone can make them. Yes, that includes you. Just Google \u201cQR code generator\u201d and you\u2019ll have a plethora of websites that make it incredibly easy to make your own QR code. But that\u2019s not even the best part. Once you have a QR code, you can mix things up, add color and graphics, and so much more. The key is to know how to keep your code scan-able.”<\/em>
\n5 reasons why your web design r\u00e9sum\u00e9 sucks<\/a>
\n“All in all, it is a pretty quick process, but it all starts with the r\u00e9sum\u00e9. But if your web design r\u00e9sum\u00e9 falls trap to any of these fives flaws, you won\u2019t be making it past the hundreds of others floating along that conveyer belt.”<\/em>
\n5 Strategies for Designing a Website Under a Time Crunch<\/a>
\n“It comes in many forms\u2014the annoying priority \u201cexclamation point\u201d in your inbox, the flustered voice on the other end of the phone, or the quick meeting that makes use of terms like \u201crush,\u201d \u201curgent\u201d or my personal favorite, \u201cas soon as possible.\u201d Regardless of the manner in which they present themselves, the reality is that rush projects sometimes pop up, and you aren\u2019t always in the position to turn them down. What\u2019s a designer to do in a situation that goes against the time-intensive creative process needed to put out quality designs? Here are some of the strategies I\u2019ve used to pull together a good design when time is not on my side:”<\/em><\/p>\n

Development<\/h3>\n

7 Crazy Tips That Will Help You Become a Better Coder<\/em><\/a>
\n“There are a whole slew of developers writing amazing and practical code and there are thousands of public code repositories on sites like GitHub. Meanwhile, the rest of us are content with just cutting and pasting the code of these industry geniuses.
\nFor the majority, it seems that true coding has become a lost art. Almost every project, it seems, now uses some sort of library\/framework or contains a heap of plugins.
\nIt\u2019s rare to see any front-end coding project truly start from scratch anymore.
\nIn this article, I thought I would give some somewhat off-the-wall tips on improving your skill as a front-end coder.” <\/em><\/p>\n

HTML<\/h3>\n

You\u2019re Doing it Wrong: Common HTML Tag Misuses<\/em><\/a>
\n“View the source code of a hand full of websites featured in CSS galleries today and you\u2019ll often see the same errors appear time and time again. These mistakes are usually habits we picked up during our early days of coding that have stuck around due to lack of clarification. This post rounds up a collection of common HTML tag and element misuses and describes the best practice to correctly and semantically use them in your markup.” <\/em><\/p>\n

Marketing – Freelance<\/h3>\n

Effective Ways to Promote Your Online Business<\/em><\/a>
\n“Freelancing is on a high, and more and more professionals are taking this route. Executive-level full-time professionals are not the only ones contemplating it; personnel at all levels and from various industries want a taste of freelancing. The lure of \u201cbecoming one\u2019s own boss\u201d and deciding one\u2019s own schedule is too hard to resist by anyone who considers themselves even partially good at their trade. Success stories of freelancers from all corners of the world and from different lines of businesses are inspiring budding entrepreneurs and instilling in them a belief that they are capable enough to share in this success.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Photography<\/h3>\n

10 Relevant Tips for an Effective Macro Photography<\/a>
\n“With a good lens and a good camera, you wouldn\u2019t find it hard to get into the depth of Macro Photography<\/a><\/strong>. You just don\u2019t cease discovering new things. Feel <\/em>free<\/em><\/a> to open your mind with new things so here goes some Tips<\/a> on How to Take Superb Macro Photos<\/strong>\u2026” <\/em><\/p>\n

WordPress<\/h3>\n

A comparison of leading WordPress theme frameworks<\/a> “So you know you need a framework if you want to be more efficient in designing WP themes, but there are dozens of starter themes and frameworks out there. Where do you begin?The answer to that is with the list below. Check out the free and premium frameworks and starter themes below. Try a few of them out and then decide which one(s) work best for your projects.”<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n

10 Very Useful WordPress Hacks<\/a>
\n“WordPress is a great platform but it\u2019s not perfect, so that\u2019s why many users want to optimize it a little. A friend of mine sent me a document with a bunch of wordpress scripts,\u00a0 so I wanted to share some of them with you.Please note that I\u2019m not the one who wrote them; these scripts are so popular that I couldn\u2019t find the authors for them. So, let\u2019s thanks the unknown coders who make our life easier with their work. :)”<\/em><\/p>\n

Inspiration<\/h3>\n

40 Breathtaking Examples of Infrared Photography<\/a>
\n“There are many types of art photography out there that show a new way of viewing things like infrared photography, micro and macro photography, lomography<\/a>, light photography, and many others. In this article we will talk about infrared photography, a type of photography that captures the unseen beauty of nature made possible by technology.”<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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