October, 2008
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
Writing for the Web - “Content is King”
Keep your text simple and written in plain language. Unless your audience requires technical or legalese, stay clear of “spelling bee” words…
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Ping it!Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
Brochure Design Tips and design tips and tricks
The temptation to fill up the empty space may win out over good graphic design practices. It may not seem obvious, though it can be tempting to add extraneous messages in your advertisement…
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Ping it!Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
Offering New York Web Design at affordable prices!
Good business sense — and a common sense approach— shape the way I think and the graphic designs I create. With over 28 years of experience as a graphic design…
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Ping it!Friday, October 24th, 2008
Opaque text on transparent background
This tip was based on Mandarin’s Opacity Background: Fully Opaque Text. An example is shown on my homepage HERE. This CSS Trick example consists of essentially…
No Comments » - Posted in Cascading Style Sheets by dave
Ping it!Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
Manual upgrade, SVN or CVS for WordPress?
For the past 8 years I’ve taken advantage of the many powerful features of CVS (Concurrent Versions Systems) to upgrade my Web apps and FreeBSD ports…
No Comments » - Posted in WordPress by dave
Ping it!Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
WordPress Admin Plugins and Customizations
As often happens, I forget what I was searching for when I stumbled upon a great resource for WordPress developers, WordPress designers and aficionados. In my case…
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Ping it!Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
Advanced (or just cool) Web Apps for WordPress
WordPress Gadgets, widgets and snippets and how you can make the power of blogging work for you…
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Ping it!Friday, October 17th, 2008
Logo ideas gives WinSCP a brand
Free FTP client for Windows needs a corporate identity and help is on the way! WinSCP is an open source secure FTP client that offers many features making it a powerful tool for Web designers like me…
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Ping it!Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
A before and after: Ulster County Workforce brochure redesign
Recently redesigned tri-fold brochure for Ulster County government agency in Hudson Valley, New York. A before and after comparison…