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Commentary on the experience of web designing, it’s joys and frustrations as well as useful technobable.

An easy way to copy images from your computer screen

  • November 12, 2010
Would you like a faster way to copy/paste images from your computer into your graphics projects in Photoshop or Illustrator? Instead of the tedium of copying the jpg, pasting it into a photo editor, saving it somewhere (usually cluttering up your desktop) and then copy/pasting it or placing it in your file add nauseum, you can copy the image right…
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The advantages of a blog | web design, Santa Rosa, Petaluma

I have recently updated my entire website to a blog. Why? Well, the reasons are numerous, but the main motivation came from my frustrations with the interface of HTML. Over the years I have developed considerable skill with HTML, CSS and JavaScript and I’m glad to have gained the knowledge, but let’s face it- the difference between creating a site…
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How useful is social media?

From Silicon.com Oct 14,2010 New research has found that although a significant number of small and medium-sized enterprises are using social-media sites, over half of those that do remain unconvinced of their usefulness. While 52 percent of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) say they use social sites, according to a survey of 5,800 businesses published on Tuesday, over half of…
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How to make the background of a YouTube player transparent

Create a custom multiple player. Get rid of the white margins of the YouTube video player. If you have a website and you want to embed a YouTube player on a colored background at a particular size, you may find it rather frustrating. When pasting the code supplied by YouTube you will get a player at a specific size (probably…
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Using SlideShowPro for online portfolios

SlideShowPro is a photo and video sideshow player that can be embedded at any web site. SlideShowPro is distributed as a component for the Flash authoring application, as a web gallery extension for Adobe Lightroom, and in standalone form for embedding / customizing without the need for a third party application. I have recently used this software to create an…
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How to embed a YouTube video in your blog

This post updated 4/5/10 Ever wanted to add a movie to your topic to embellish your brilliance? The clever marketing wizards at YouTube have made it childishly easy for the blogger (or shameless web designer) to link to their site and therefore forward their relentless pursuit of world domination. We can assist their evil plan and promote our own selfish…
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Flexable WordPress Themes

  • September 11, 2009
I have just changed the theme on my blog. I found, as so many fellow bloggers and developers have found to their dismay, that the old one had none of the features I required. I am currently running a fairly popular free theme. In the mean time I will continue searching for a great theme that allows design and function…
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Slogging through SEO

I have spent the last week hacking my way through the Search Engine Jungle trying to sort through the overwhelming amount of advice and drivel connected with improving website rankings. The game has changed folks. No longer can you slap a few keywords in the header and hope for the best. Nowadays, you need more than content- you need exposure!…
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