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Add a Non-Javascript Based Google Translator

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Many of our readers asked on how to add a non Javascript Google Translator just like we are using on our blog. This simple and easy to follow tutorial will teach you how to add a exact replica of what you see on our blog. This tutorial assumes that you know the basic of Wordpress...

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October 18th, 2009
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Comment Form Styling: Examples and Best Practices

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by György Fekete Comment forms are an essential part of our blogs, social networks and websites. Comment forms are our websites’ communication channel. Through these forms we get feedback on our content; therefore, it’s necessary to design them in such a way that they...

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October 18th, 2009
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The Ultimate Round-Up Of T-Shirt Design Tutorials

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Among all of the graphic designers in the world, many of them have probably had a go at designing some cool artwork for t-shirts. The t-shirt, after all, is one of the world’s most purchased products, and a lot of us wouldn’t know what to do without them! If you have yet to design...

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October 18th, 2009
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Preparing and Planning for a Redesign

Preparing and Planni...

So many businesses out there set up a website and then think, “There, that’s done with” and never bother to re-evaluate their website’s design or position in the marketplace. But looking at a website as a static, unchanging bit of advertising will put you...

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October 18th, 2009
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Interactivity in Web Design: A Beginner’s Guide

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The Internet is a different place than it was 10 years ago. Back then, the only way people could find information was by surfing the Internet using search engines and then jumping from link to link in order to find other websites. This has all changed with time ever since Web 2.0...

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October 18th, 2009
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7 Key Principles That Make A Web Design Look Good

7 Key Principles Tha...

By Juul Coolen Everyone and their grandfather (and dog ) seems to have a website these days. The Web is getting more crowded by the day, with literally dozens of websites being added as you read this article. It is becoming harder and harder to get noticed among the masses. “Fortunately”...

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October 18th, 2009
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3 Powerful Ways To Make Typography Talk On Your Website

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Typography is a very powerful tool in a web designer’s arsenal. We have seen simple websites glorified in an instant with the use of proper typography. We have seen brilliant websites pale because the “type” tone they used was all wrong. Understanding typography and implementing...

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October 18th, 2009
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40+ CodeIgniter Framework Tutorials for Kick-Ass PHP Application

40+ CodeIgniter Fram...

CodeIgniter is an Application Development Framework – a toolkit – for people who build web sites using PHP . Its goal is to enable you to develop projects much faster than you could if you were writing code from scratch, by providing a rich set of libraries for commonly...

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October 17th, 2009
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Setting Up Photoshop For Web, App and iPhone Development

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Most people who have designed websites or apps in Photoshop will, at one point or another, have had issues trying to match colors in images to colors generated by HTML, CSS or code. This article aims to solve those problems once and for all. Color Management to Match Colors Across...

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October 14th, 2009
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Does being a starving graphic artist suck?

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Does being a starving artist suck? Even if you are not starving, you should get yourself familiar with the books & resources of Jeremy Tuber , a designer & author based in Arizona, USA. Jeremy and myself have been in contact via email & twitter in a very on and off...

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October 14th, 2009
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How To Persuade Your Users, Boss or Clients

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Whether you are getting a client to sign off on a website’s design or persuade a user to complete a call to action, we all need to know how to be convincing. Like many in the Web design industry, I have a strange job. I am part salesperson, part consultant and part user experience...

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October 13th, 2009
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Typographic Design Patterns and Best Practices

Typographic Design P...

Even with a relatively limited set of options in CSS, typography can vary tremendously using pure CSS syntax. Serif or sans-serif? Large or small font? Line height, spacing, font size and padding… The list goes on and on. To find typographic design patterns that are common in modern...

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September 13th, 2009
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25+ 3D Text Tutorials to Enhance your Photoshop Skills

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There are different kinds of Photoshop Tutorials on the internet for you to learn. Just like our post today, we will feature the latest and the best Photoshop 3D Text Tutorials of all time. Some of these tutorials also use other programs like 3D Max, Illustrator and Xara for creating...

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September 13th, 2009
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How To Reduce Bounce Rate Of A Blog Or Website?

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It’s better late then never, maybe you might have ignored your analytics bounce rate for a long time but don’t worry you can still work on it and get those high bars down. It’s a normal problem faced by bloggers and website owners to get more than one page views...

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September 13th, 2009
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How To Add Favicon To Blog

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Favicons are a fantastic way to give your Blogs a little added flair and panache. Whenever you’re on the web you may notice small images displayed in the address bar of your browser. They appear directly before the URL of certain websites. These images are known as “Favicons”...

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September 12th, 2009
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8 Web Usability and Best Practices for Beginners

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As a web designer when you are coding and designing website, it is your job to make sure that the site is user intuitive, friendly and easy to navigate. Although these are basic work ethics for every web designer sometime you might miss out a little things here and there, that might...

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September 12th, 2009
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