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// August 9th, 2009 // 2 Comments » // Blogging, Useful, Wordpress, Wordpress Themes, Wp Themes, webdesign, webmaster
For those not following the latest WordPress and GPL theme news lately, some big stuff has happened in the past week or so. First, iThemes announced they were going GPL, and WooThemes followed suit later in the week.
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Don’t forget give a little comment love..// August 7th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Blogging, Design, Design Resources, Geeks, Magazine Theme, Useful, Wordpress, Wordpress Themes, Wp Themes, webdesign, webmaster
Here are 10 Wordpress themes that I’ve found and thought were well done. Check them out and Enjoy! Remember to digg this post!
Marikit | Demo | Download Marikit
Marikit – Blue | Demo | Download Marikit – Blue
Marikit – Green | Demo | Download Marikit – Green
Marikit – Red | Demo | Download Marikit – Red
Marikit – Yellow | Demo | Download Marikit – Yellow
Maalaga | Demo | Download Maalaga
Maalaga – Blue | Demo | Download Maalaga – Blue
Maalaga – Green | Demo | Download Maalaga – Green
Maalaga – Orange | Demo | Download Maalaga – Orange
Maalaga – Violet | Demo | Download Maalaga – Violet
Don’t forget give a little comment love..// August 7th, 2009 // 9 Comments » // Blogging, Design, Design Resources, For Geeks, Magazine Theme, Wordpress Themes, Wp Themes, webdesign, webmaster
I did a search tonight for some new Magazine styles Wordpress Themes and I found some really nice ones especially the wpjunction.com themes. Good Stuff! Problem with those is I really had to search to find the download files since the main website is currently under construction and isn’t listing the download files on the website just links to the demo sites. It’s possible he plans on removing them so I’d download them now. Better safe then sorry. I’ve seen this happen before where a designer will offer their themes for free and then change their mind and start selling them as premium themes. Anyway, I’ve posted 14 of them in this post. Enjoy and comment! Digg the post!
Don’t forget give a little comment love..// August 6th, 2009 // 2 Comments » // Blogging, Code, Design, For Geeks, Geeks, Wordpress, Wordpress Themes, wordpress tutorials
How to turn off post revision in wordpress and decrease database size.
Revisions posts feature was introduced in wordpress 2.6 this feature turned on by default in 2.6+ versions. Revision posts create a lot of extra entries into your database and causes of database growing at very high speed.
So if you are worry about the size of your database or you don’t need hundreds or thousands of revisions posts in you database.
Here is the solution.
Open your wp-config.php into a text editor and add following lines into it.
define(’AUTOSAVE_INTERVAL’, 500 ); // seconds
define(’WP_POST_REVISIONS’, false );
This will increase the auto save time from 60 seconds to 500 seconds
and you will not get auto saved posts.
And if you want to delete already created revision posts from your database than go to your hosting control panel and open
PHPMyAdmin and run this SQL-query:
DELETE FROM wp_posts WHERE post_type = “revision”;
If you don’t want to edit your database there is a plugin Revision Control available for you.
Don’t forget give a little comment love..// June 21st, 2009 // 4 Comments » // Apple, Applications, Design, Design Resources, Featured, For Geeks, Freeware, Geeks, Graphic Design, Graphics, I recommend, Photoshop, Software, Useful, Windows, art, free, web tools, webdesign, webmaster
I’ve been doing some research online tonight for a FREE alternative for Photoshop – my Photoshop installation recently became corrupt (no clue how but it might have something to do with the fact it was cracked..um yeh) Call me evil, I just call me poor.
Anyway, I can’t seem to completly uninstall Photoshop and so it won’t allow me to re-install it… and since Photoshop cost about USD $649 per copy... I’ll most likely be using an alternative until I can format my hard drive.
Anyway, I can not work with out some type of imaging software. Period. I’ll let you know which one I decide on.
11 Open Source (FREE) Photoshop Alternatives
Artweaver isn’t just a Photoshop alternative like GIMP, but a fair clone of Photoshop itself. While Artweaver lacks the polish and advanced feature sets of Photoshop, the menus are laid out like they are in Photoshop and the tools function close enough that use is intuitive. The programs are so similar, in fact, that seasoned Photoshop users will find themselves wondering why a feature is suddenly missing from the menu. While it isn’t a true replacement for Photoshop, Artweaver’s feature set is robust; it includes layer management, image cloning, a history function, transparency, pen tablet support, and a host of the common filters in Photoshop. Artweaver is available as a full install or in a portable version. Artweaver is a free download for Windows only.
Fotografix is an amazing example of what creative developers can accomplish in less than one meg. The 680Kb portable application is a very capable image editor and provides nearly all the same functionality I utilize in Photoshop on a daily basis. It was a no-brainer to include in my list of 40 apps you can download in two seconds. Mirrored on Freeware Files.
GIMP stands for “GNU image manipulation program”, and it is one of the oldest and most well known alternatives to Photoshop in existence. Although it doesn’t quite have all of them, you’ll find most of the features included in Photoshop somewhere in GIMP. GIMP is cross platform and supported by a large community.
If just having the feature set isn’t enough for you, there is an alternative based on GIMP known as GIMPShop. It’s the same as GIMP, except the layout has been structured as close to Photoshop as possible, so anyone making the transition should still feel right at home.
Inkscape is an open-source vector graphics editor similar to Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw, Freehand, or Xara X. What sets Inkscape apart is its use of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), an open XML-based W3C standard, as the native format.
Krita has been lauded for ease of use and won the Akademy Award for Best Application in 2006. Part of the Koffice suite for [Linux only] , Krita is slightly less powerful than both Photoshop and GIMP, but does contain some unique features. It has become very popular recently due to its ease of use. While it is not as feature-rich as the Photoshop, or even GIMP, it does contains the necessary tools to create/edit a professional image from scratch. In fact, the latest version contains some features that are not found in both GIMP and Photoshop.
ChocoFlop is a design application designed exclusively for [Mac only] , optimized for Mac architecture. It’s quick and fairly well featured. This program won’t always be free, but until a stable version is released (it’s currently in beta) they are allowing free use. The program works pretty well as is, and if you’re the type who doesn’t mind an occasional bug it’s certainly worth a look.
Picnik is a web based photo editor that has recently taken off due to a partnership with Flickr. It has all the basic features plus a few advanced ones like layers and special effects. It is cross platform since you only need a browser.
Adobe actually has a free web based photo editor of their own. Adobe Photoshop Express has all the basic functionality you’d expect as well as a few advanced features (sadly though, no layers), and interfaces well with a number of photo sharing websites. Again, completely cross platform.
Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for computers that run Windows. It features an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools. An active and growing online community provides friendly help, tutorials, and plugins.
CinePaint is a deep paint image retouching tool that supports higher color fidelity than ordinary painting tools. One of the advantage that it has over GIMP is that it is able to support 32-bits image (GIMP only supports 8-bits image). Cinepaint is mainly used by developers in the flim industry for motion picture frame-by-frame retouching. The current version runs on Linux, BSD, Mac OSX. Stable version for Windows is not available at the moment.
PhotoPlus [Windows only] is the amazing photo editing software that enables you to fix and enhance digital photos, create stunning bitmap graphics and even web animations.
There’s also free web services that allows you to perform basic image editing online.
Here’s few examples:
Don’t forget give a little comment love..// June 20th, 2009 // 4 Comments » // Blogging, Cool Links, Design, Design Resources, For Geeks, Graphic Design, Graphics, Icons, Social Network, Social Network Icons, Twitter, Useful, icon sets, webdesign, webmaster
These are so damn cute! Which came first the Twitter bird or the egg? Enhance your blog or site with these fun Twitter eggs. Available in PNG format in two sizes: 256 x 256 px and 128 x 128 px.
Don’t forget give a little comment love..// June 19th, 2009 // No Comments » // Affiliate Networking, Blogging, Cool Websites, Design Resources, Featured, For Geeks, Geeks, Hosting, I recommend, Wordpress, Wordpress Themes, webmaster
Another Great Affiliate that actually pays! WPWebHost.com I just signed up with them as an affiliate and added a banner to the bottom of my posts using the Shantz WordPress Prefix/Suffix Plugin which I also love by the way.
I earned 70.00 bucks with only 2 referrals and in no time at all. If your like me when you first found out about affiliate marketing you thought “great I can just add links to my website and I’ll make money”. Well it’s really not that easy.
I’m very picky about the affiliates I add to my website. If I don’t believe in their product I’m not gonna bug my visitors with their ads. If it’s something I think my visitors would be interested in then I’ll sign up and add the banner. Knowing full well that I’ll probably never see a dime… but I tend to have the “hey what the heck can’t hurt” kind of attitude when it comes to most affiliates.
However there have been only a few affiliates that I have made money off of and those few are The WP Remix Theme, Woo Themes and now WPWebHost! The cool thing about WPWebHost is you can create and track your own affiliate links! Which is not something most of the Wordpress theme affiliates allow you to do.
WPWebHost also offers tier linking which basically means you can make money from other affiliates who sign up under you.. and no that is not why I’m promoting them. I’m promoting them because I made money and money is is always fun to share! SIGN UP TODAY!
Plus their client list is pretty impressive.. well if your familiar with some of the designers who blog that is..
WPWebHost Clients:
Design Shard is now Hosted with WPWebHost and its been a really great experience so far, support is fast at responding to questions about their hosting and about Wordpress, the features of there servers are better than what I was on at Godaddy! I would recommend them with confidence if your thinking of changing hosts.”
- Max Stanworth, Design Shard
Check out what they have to offer for only 5 bucks a month!!
Don’t forget give a little comment love..// June 15th, 2009 // 3 Comments » // Blogging, Design, Design Resources, Facebook, Graphic Design, Graphics, Icons, Rss Feed Icons, Social Network, Social Network Icons, Twitter, Useful, icon sets, webdesign, webmaster
I’m constantly looking for new social networking icon sets to post but they are few and far between. Good ones at least.
Here are 10 social networking icon sets. A few of them are new to me and a few are not.But all of them are cool.
Make sure to do a search for social networking icons on my website. I’ve posted a ton of them. Also if you know of any new sets that have not been posted here.. pleeze let me know!
Don’t forget give a little comment love..// June 15th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Admin Tools, Blogging, Cool Links, Design, Design Resources, For Geeks, Geeks, I recommend, Ipod, free, web tools, webdesign, webmaster
I’ve recently started taking on some freelance jobs and really just learning more about what is involved in being a freelance designer. It’s been interesting to say the least. I’ve found some really useful tools online that I wanted to share with my readers. I know a lot of designers visit this site looking for themes and social networking icons so hopefully these tools will be useful to some of you.
Don’t forget give a little comment love..// June 11th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Blogging, Code, Design, Design Resources, For Geeks, Geeks, Tutorial, Useful, webdesign, webmaster
If your a webmaster or web designer I highly recommend you read the rest of this post at www.simonday.com
This is a great resource for anyone who does freelance design or builds websites.
What do you want the web site to do for your company?
(is it to just promote brand awareness and for people who hear about them and then go to their site, will people be finding them through search engines, is it existing clients looking for support or news, are you selling online, are you offering downloads, company reports etc)
Who is your target audience (age / level of internet experience etc)?
(Do they require a modern, fast paced, highly graphical site to target the younger generation or a more user friendly site for the less experienced or older internet users. )
What image do you want to portray (Professional / Casual / cutting edge etc)?
(Some sites use white space and limited text to give a relaxed feel while others use lots of images and text to give the site a busy feel. Define the feel of the site)
If you have branding what colours, fonts, styles do you use?
(See business cards, letterheads etc). More often that not the sole trader will have no graphics, no logo and no identity so in these cases you need to ask the client for colour schemes they think fit with the ideas but also do market research on the competition because the client may not be right.
What do you absolutely definitely want on the site?
(This list could include blog, shopping cart, members log in, private areas, RSS feeds. Gallery newsletter, contact forms, advertising space, different languages, search facility, etc)
What would you like if possible/within budget?
What absolutely must be on the homepage and what is the order of priority?
(This is a core question and you should allow the client time to ponder and discuss this with you. Their answers here should define the position of the building blocks. The answers could be phone number, email, help icon, downloads, cart total, core product links etc.)
What must be visible at all times?
(Every page has a fold. A fold is below the visual part of the page and requires you to scroll down to see it. I have a height I use but you should decide for yourself where it should be. The client must understand this and agree what can go above and below).
How many links will be needed and how many levels of navigation will there be?
(You need to understand the journey paths and decide how far down the link structure will go (level one, level two, level three etc)
Don’t forget give a little comment love..// June 10th, 2009 // No Comments » // Blogging, Design, Design Resources, Facebook, For Geeks, Graphic Design, Graphics, Icons, Rss Feed Icons, Social Network, Social Network Icons, Twitter, Useful, free, google, icon sets
This icon set consists of 30 (16×16) finely crafted social media icons. They are free to use non-commercially. Put them on your blog or on your website to help users bookmark or share your site socially. I hear its all-the-rage these days.
www.komodomedia.com
Don’t forget give a little comment love..// June 10th, 2009 // No Comments » // Blogging, Design, Facebook, For Geeks, Graphic Design, Graphics, Icons, Photoshop, RSS Feeds, Rss Feed Icons, Social Network, Social Network Icons, Twitter, free, icon sets
New social networking icon sets & even a few social networking icon brush sets and shapes!
Tweet Tweet Cute Tweet: Another Free Twitter Bird Icon
Free Heart Social Networking Icon Set
Social Media Grungy Watercolor Brushes
Make your own grungy social networking icon set to
match your blog!
Free Social Networking Hand Drawn Photoshop Shapes
Free Set of Social Networking Coffee Stain Icons
Don’t forget give a little comment love..// June 8th, 2009 // 2 Comments » // Blogging, Design, Design Resources, Facebook, Graphic Design, Graphics, Icons, Rss Feed Icons, Social Network, Social Network Icons, Twitter, Useful, free, icon sets
How cute is this icon set? I absolutely love this one but then again.. if your familiar with my website then you know I love icons. Especially FREE icon sets!
Big Props and Big Thanks to Productivedreams.com for sharing this super cool icon set with the public. Make sure to visit the site and download this Free icon set and while you’re there take a look at the rest of the site for more cool freebies and much more.
This is the same graphic designer who designed two of my favorite Twitter Birds!
Don’t forget give a little comment love..// May 31st, 2009 // Comments Off // Blogging, Cool Links, Design, Design Resources, Facebook, For Geeks, Freeware, Geeks, Graphic Design, Graphics, Icons, RSS Feeds, Rss Feed Icons, Social Network, Social Network Icons, Twitter, Useful, free, icon sets, web tools, webdesign, webmaster
New set of icons “WHITE MAGIK” in .PNG format. But please link us back if you use it to chethstudios.blogspot.com.White Magik is perfect for white minimalistic sites and can be used with image hover for excellent looks!
Don’t forget give a little comment love..// May 31st, 2009 // 5 Comments » // Blogging, Cool Links, Design, Design Resources, Graphic Design, Graphics, Social Network, Twitter, Wallpapers, web tools, webdesign
A unique Twitter background will help you stand out from the crowd, impress your visitors, and enhance your brand. There are a variety of places that offer free Twitter backgrounds.
Free Twitter Backgrounds PSD Layered Files – 4 different free twitter backgrounds- PSD zipped files. which can be easily customized with no restrictions. These 4 backgrounds are designed using free textures from textureking and the Twitter Birds are from Productive dreams and SmashMag The rest credits are present on the zipped file.
Zidalgo Twitter Theme Pack 001 by Deluxive
Twitter CSS by AimanStudio – It’s so easy to use Twitter CSS, make sure that you read the info guide that into the .zip file before using this CSS.
Fantastic Twitter Backgrounds by Design-Maker
Follow me on Twitter by ~ kano89 – This wallpaper pack included wallpapers in WIDESCREEN and FULLSCREEN resolutions
100+ Incredible Twitter Backgrounds
Handpicked Twitter Backgrounds from DeviantArt
Visit Rosaura Ochoa’s photostream on Flickr for more unique and beautiful Twitter backgrounds.
Visit themoonwell’s photostream on Flickr for more colors of this design and more Twitter backgrounds.
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