MassEffect 2 is Coming!!

// January 5th, 2010 // No Comments » // Celebrity, For Geeks, Gaming, Geeks, PS3, Videos, Xbox, blog

Hell YAA!!! I can’t wait for this game!

Tutorial: How to add an image gallery to your Wordpress post

// October 4th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Blogging, Design, Design Resources, Tutorial, Useful, Video Tutorials, Videos, Website Templates, Wordpress, Wordpress Themes, Wp Themes, blog, web tools, webdesign, webmaster, wordpress tutorials

A gallery will display a set of thumbnail images attached to that post or page. If you upload images using the Add an Image icon, they will get attached automatically. If you upload images using the media library, you will need to attach it to a post or page before it will appear in a gallery.

Here is a video tutorial on how to add an image gallery to your blog post:

30 Wordpress Video Tutorials

How to Make Money Online With Wordpress Themes!

// July 13th, 2009 // 7 Comments » // Affiliate Networking, Blogging, Code, Design, Design Resources, For Geeks, I recommend, Magazine Theme, Premium Wordpress Themes, Wordpress, Wordpress Plugins, Wordpress Themes, Wp Themes, blog, free, web tools, webmaster, wordpress tutorials

Making money online. When you hear those words, what’s the first thing that pops into your head? A year ago, I would’ve instantly thought “Google ads on a website”. I’m sure that’s what many of you thought of too.
There are literally hundreds of ways to make money online, and if you can just perfect one of those methods, you’ll be good to go. Maybe not quit-your-day-job rich, but you’ll have a very comfortable amount of secondary income coming in every week. Who wouldn’t want that?
In this post, I’ll be outlining the 3 best ways to make money with Wordpress themes. I’ve used each of these methods myself, and have experimented around in all three. I know what works best for me, and what doesn’t. At the end of the post, I’ll let you guys know my opinion on what I feel is the best technique.

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Twitter from Your Outlook Inbox

// July 11th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Applications, Blogging, Featured, For Geeks, Freeware, Geeks, I recommend, Software, Twitter, Useful, blog, free, web tools

Are you addicted to Twitter, but afraid to use it while you’re at work? Here’s a cure for your addiction! Well, not really a cure… I guess it would be more like throwing fuel on the fire. Now there’s a way for you to post on Twitter directly from your Outlook Inbox for FREE! Not only that but you’ll also be able to read posts from the people you’re following? Sounds great, right?

The app that will let you do all of this for free is called TwInbox. It integrates directly into your Outlook client so that you can both read and post to Twitter… all while looking like you’re sifting through hundreds of emails. The toolbar serves as a quick access point for all of your Twitter needs.

Want to know what all this is capable of? Here’s a list of features:

• Update your Twitter status directly from Outlook.
• Receive your friend updates in Outlook.
• Archive, manage, group and search your tweets the same way you manage your email.
• Search, track keywords. TwInbox will automatically download ALL tweets matching the keywords you specify, even if you are not following the tweet sender. This feature is perfect for keeping up to date with the Twitter buzz on your name, brand, interests, etc.
• Group tweets by sender, topic, etc using the Search feature.
• Upload and post picture files and Outlook email attachments.
• See new tweets at a glance.
• Assign custom folder and categories to new messages.
• Use Outlook’s “Reply” and “ReplyAll” commands to send twitter direct messages and @replies.
• Automatically sort new tweets into per-sender folders.
• Shorten URLs with tinyurl.
• See graphs of your Twitter usage statistics.

Tweets sent to you (@replies and direct) are marked with high importance, so you can see them at a glance.
Honestly, this is the most creative interface I’ve ever seen for managing a Twitter account. When I first saw this I didn’t expect it to do much more than provide a popup box for posting to Twitter. The thing is a full-featured Twitter client right in your Inbox! I could see this being a huge hit in the corporate world… especially for people who are forced to tweet for the company they work for. Pretty much everyone is familiar with Outlook, and this undoubtedly minimizes the learning curve. Not that Twitter is difficult to use, but this makes it feel no different than sending a short email.

I give mad props to the developer(s) for not only creating this, but for also making it free. And, in case you’re wondering, it works with both Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007.

TwInbox Homepage (Windows only; free)

ThemeForest now offers PHP scripts!

// July 6th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Affiliate Networking, Blogging, Cool Links, Design Resources, FeaturedSlider, For Geeks, Geeks, Graphic Design, Graphics, I recommend, Magazine Theme, Photo Gallery, Premium Wordpress Themes, Wordpress, Wordpress Plugins, Wordpress Themes, Wp Themes, blog, portfolio

I’ve been checking out ThemeForest.net looking for new themes and was super excited to see they’ve added PHP scripts to their list.  I’ve known about Themeforest for over a year but I’d have to say the quality of  work has gotten better.. yes, they’ve always been good but they’ve really set the bar higher in my opinion.

I recommend taking another look if it’s been awhile and if you’ve never checked them out I recommend doing so now.

They also have graphics, flash files and audio files and the have really resonable prices.

• FlashDen
• AudioJungle
• ThemeForest
• VideoHive
• GraphicRiver

PHP Scripts from ThemeForest.net

Costs $12.00

The Ultimate Client Manager gives Freelancers the ability to Receive and reply to support requests from customers, Track payments with PayPal, Allow customers to log in and see their information and payment history, Alerts and Reminder notifications for domain renewal / hosting renewals / phone calls.. etc… plus more and you can buy this script for 12 bucks!

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PayPal Download Manager Version 1.0 – PHP Script

Costs: $8.00

PHP Script Features:

Fully detailed setup instructions and FAQ ’s

• Admin Control Panel
• Admin Login Page
• PayPal Button Creator
• Secure Download Links
• Auto Email after successful purchase
• Easy-to-edit PHP with comments

and much more!

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Advanced Gallery Wordpress Theme

Costs $25.00

A feature rich WordPress gallery theme for those who want total gallery control, unrestricted blogging support and a ton of built in features:

• Both dark and light color schemes
• A super advanced theme control panel
• Control over how and where your gallery images link
• Custom meta boxes for easy posting
• Built in login widget
• Built in related posts
• Built in social network badges
• Built in twitter support
• Built in supprt for 125×125 ads
• Built in support for gallery ad insertion
• Built in logo image selector
• Built in support for wp-pagenavi and wp-postratings
• Separation of blogging and gallery posts
• Multiple sidebars
• Page type sidebar selection
• Dynamic menu building
• Helpful in-theme setup messages
• Submission button
• Custom default avatar .gif
• Threaded comments

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Bluelight Wordpress 2.0 Portfolio/Blog

Cost $25.00

Bluelight Wordpress 2.0 Portfolio/Blog - One of the  best selling HTML templates on ThemeForest now has a Wordpress counterpart. Manage your portfolio and blog posts easily with this mash-up Wordpress theme.

Included Features

• Installation Screencast!
• Theme Options Page(makes setup very easy)
• Numerous Color Schemes (managed from theme options page)
• jQuery Graphic Slider (managed via theme options)
• Blog/Portfolio mash-up on Homepage
• Featured Project
• Twitter Implementation Widget Enabled
• Easy Portfolio Management
• Blog Section
• Current Page/Category Highlighting
• Well Documented
• Valid XHTML
• IE6 + Compatible

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Black Aperture Wordpress Template

Cost $25.00

Black Aperture is an all-in-one news and reviews theme specifically catered to video games. It’s built for WP 2 .7+ and doesn’t require any plugins to run out of the box.

Main Features:

• Unique featured posts showcase requires minimal effort to take advantage of.
• Dynamic image resizing for various thumbnails used through-out the theme. Upload once, and see the image used all over in different sizes and aspect ratios.
• Custom built theme settings panel within WP-Admin that allows you to customize the theme without editing any templates. Change the accent colour used in the nav and headings using a colour picker, switch from 3 columns to 2 by selecting a checkbox, construct the main navigation bar, and even manage ads.
• Default 3 column layout can be changed to 2 (removes left sidebar) from WP-Admin.
• Both sidebars are widgetized.
• Custom widgets for the 3 main ad spots, along with a recent posts list.
• Change the logo to plain text (which makes use of the Blog Title and Tagline settings) or replace it with your own image without touching any code.
• Super lean markup and CSS , makes advanced customization a pleasure.
• Tested on Windows and Mac – IE6 -8, Firefox 2 & 3, and Safari 3 & 4. Some details are toned down for older versions of IE, but nothing is broken.
• Support for WP-PageNavi and Subscribe to Comments plugins out of the box!

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Memex Business Wordpress Template

Costs $35.00

(this is the most expensive they get at ThemeForest..not bad at all for a premium theme)

General Features

• Homepage Portfolio Slider
• Change the 10 themes: You can now change/switch the themes color from the admin panel.
• Blog Page / comments Page / Posts pages / Portfolio pages customized with the olderposts and newest post buttons
• Search Engine Friendly ( SEO Optimized)
• Homepage Styles Services 1 on homepage and 1 in services page without images.
• TimThumb for automatic thumbnail generation Requires PHP 5 .1.0 + and Image Processing (GD) support on your server
• Seperate file for editing 4 Blocks below Header on Homepage
• Easy to edit well commented
• Customized Contact form validation CSS

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