site:yourblogname.com searchterm
This is an example how to search your blog as a query in Google. But have you ever wanted to learn how to make your own ‘Search Tools’ for Firefox so that you can look-up information on your own blog quickly, from anywhere on the internet? Or do you want to hack Google Custom search to improve your earnings and it’s functionality?
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Gmail recently released Gmail Labs, a plugin-style system allowing users to try out new Gmail features still in beta (yes, for a beta product). Users will find a new “Labs” tab in their settings page, from where they can selectively opt-in to enable particular features built by various members of the Gmail theme. These features - that range from signature management to Gmail interface tweaks and even a JavaScript-based Snake game - cleanly fit in to the web-based Gmail client when activated. Of interest to web developers, however, is the simple yet masterful approach to rolling out the beta test. Here’s why. (more…)
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All languages need constant revision, updating and expansion. As we move closer to a unified and cohesive semantic web, HTML is growing by the day to include new things. The latest complete overhaul is currently being developed and many representatives from Apple (Safari), Mozilla (Firefox), Opera and Microsoft (Internet Explorer) are being included in talks. (more…)
I recently developed a new logo for a social networking community. The site needed a logo so I began work right away. Here are a few tips that came to me after completing the task.
JonGos in Design, General, JavaScript, Photoshop, WordPress | 3 Comments »
There’s been an explosion of resource, recruitment and tutorial sites, in Part 2 we continue our review of the biggest and the best of them, analyze their brands and make suggestions for their growth. Make sure you read Part 1 before continuing.
05. PSD Tuts (Tie)
Founder(s) - Unknown History - PSDTUTS is a blog/photoshop site made to house and showcase some of the best Photoshop tutorials around. We publish tutorials that not only produce great graphics and effects, but explain in a friendly, approachable manner. About the Brand - A strong thematic cohesiveness throughout their family of websites. Alexa.com Ranking - 14,664 Other Properties - audiojungle.com, flashden.com Ideas for Growth - Their team has successfully created a design and tutorial blog, the audio search engine and a monetized flash resource site. They should take the business model they used for Flashden.net and apply it to resources for AfterEffects or Premier. Alternatively they could create a portal for scripts like Hotscripts.com
JonGos in Content & Blogging, Design, General, Photoshop, Web | 9 Comments »
There’s been an explosion of free design resources made available thanks to a number of sites that offer freebies and related tips. In this two part in-depth look, I examine the biggest brands in design blogs and suggest what they can do to make their brands even bigger and better.
This list was compiled and ordered by relevancy as well as their influence on the design community at large. I looked at each groups branding, site design, logo design, the strength of content and resources offered. I also looked at the number of properties each had. Alexa rankings were used to estimate site traffic although a high Alexa ranking did not always equal a higher ranking on this list. I did all this so as not to appear to be biased towards any particular blog or group.
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If you’re a wordpress power user, you’ll inevitably have some questions about how you can improve your blog or add new features. Here are five tips that will make life easier for people wanting to maximize their use of Wordpress.
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In my ten part series “Designing and Coding a Wordpress Theme From Scratch” we made our own Wordpress theme starting with a design in Photoshop. But now that you’ve made a theme, what about releasing it to the public?
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Part 3 - “Photoshop to XHTML in 24 Hours” Part 4 - “Cleaning Up Your XHTML” Part 5 - “Preloading Images with Javascript and CSS” Part 6 - “Marking Up is Hard to Do” and “The Anatomy of a Wordpress Theme” Part 7 - “Beginning with PHP for Wordpress” Part 8 - “Putting the Press in Wordpress with PHP” Part 9 - “Marking Up Header.php, Footer.php and Sidebar.php”
So far we’ve made a ton of progress with our theme design. We designed it in Photoshop, we converted to XHTML and then we began the somewhat tedious task of adding PHP. Now that we’ve created index.php, header.php, footer.php and sidebar.php, we can move on to creating the rest of the theme.
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Part 1 - “Tools For The Task” and “Preparation” Part 2 - “Layout And Structure” and “Designing Wordpress Themes in Photoshop” Part 3 - “Photoshop to XHTML in 24 Hours” Part 4 - “Cleaning Up Your XHTML” Part 5 - “Preloading Images with Javascript and CSS” Part 6 - “Marking Up is Hard to Do” and “The Anatomy of a Wordpress Theme” Part 7 - “Beginning with PHP for Wordpress”
Wordpress is a state-of-the-art publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability as the makers proudly proclaim at wordpress.org. The keyword there being ‘publishing’ and the most important part of the Wordpress publishing engine is the element that allows content to be published online easily and automatically. This element is called the the loop.
