Project Management for Websites and Small Businesses – PART 1

Thursday, September 22nd, 2011
Tilt Shift New York

I think this post could possible apply to managing most projects not just websites but it’s my attempt at a primer for small businesses who want to know what it takes and how to determine which vendor to go with. First thing in any project are the 3 variables that matter the most, my opinion [...]

7 Simple SEO tips

Tuesday, August 16th, 2011
Simple SEO

This post is aimed at the beginner SEO marketer or small business owner who likes to do things themselves. This won’t cover more advanced items but it will cover things you can do on site as well a few topics that beginners usually have questions about. SEO is simply an acronym for Search Engine Optimization, [...]

Create a Custom Facebook Places Page

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
facebook-landing

So during your travels through facebook you came across a group/page/place that didn’t have the usual wall as their default landing page but rather a nice custom page that looked pretty cool. Something like this? That is what we are aiming for: View It Live. Let’s Get Started! First thing you have to do is [...]

Don’t get ROBBED on Your Next Website (KILL THE TABLE)

Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
robbed

So you want a website for your business, or you are going to get quotes to manage the development of your companies new site. This tutorial will cover some of the basics that you should look for first from your potential developer before and after (and by after I mean after the site is launched). [...]

7 Useful WordPress Plugins

Saturday, June 18th, 2011
7 Useful Wordpress Plugins

If you are here then you have most likely either just recently installed WordPress on your server, or are researching ways to expand it’s capabilities. Either way there is a good chance you have come across at least one of these plugins along the way. This list of 7 plugins are those that I use [...]

7 Useful JQUERY Plugins

Friday, June 17th, 2011
jquery

The introduction of JQUERY to the internet community has produced some amazingly beautiful applications that enhance not just the usability of sites but also their aesthetics. JQUERY simply is (according to jquery.com); jQuery is a fast and concise JavaScript Library that simplifies HTML document traversing, event handling, animating, and Ajax interactions for rapid web development. [...]

XTHML/CSS Beginner Tutorial

Friday, June 17th, 2011
css

So you have heard the terms XHTML and CSS and maybe you know what they mean or aren’t sure. Well this tutorial will cover basics for both as well as show some examples of usage and how to combine the two. This tutorial assumes basic understanding of concepts such as HTML and basic coding familiarity [...]

Adobe Photoshop Layer Mask 201

Thursday, June 9th, 2011
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So in the last tutorial I showed you how to remove that red eye from your images and you got an introduction to the Layer Mask function in Photoshop. Well now I am going to take it a step further and show you how to use the Layer Mask tool to isolate a person from [...]

Red Eye Removal in Adobe Photoshop CS5

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
Red-Eye1

So you have one (or many) pictures that have those dreaded red eyes and you want a way to remove them without having to take all week or pay someone.  With Photoshop it’s quite easy and below I’m going to show you how. First lets open up the image in Photoshop and click the Channel [...]

How to Add CAPTCHA to Any Form With Ease

Friday, June 3rd, 2011
Digital Background

If you are searching for ways to add a CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) then you already should know in part what it is. In case you don’t the image below should clue you in. So as you can see it’s something you are familiar with if you [...]