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[5 Apr 2010 | One Comment | ]

This is a short and sweet deal today. In the process of trying to help some fix their Godaddy site, I determined that it doesn’t handle PHP includes in the way that I’m used to (as with most coders) I have been fighting with it for a few days and going to Google for solutions that never seem to work. Finally I broke down and called customer support who insisted I had coded it wrong, when I had tested this repeatedly in XAMPP, Dreamweaver and my own browser and I KNEW the files were being referenced correctly.

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[11 Nov 2009 | No Comment | ]

There are a lot of great advantages to using WordPress, but if you get to a point where you are seeing an Internal Server Error 500 every time you want to upgrade a widget, install a plugin or do anything useful, then it can be a real pain. Thankful I have a fix for you, especially if you are in a shared hosting environment like 1and1 or Godaddy.

Articles, Search Engine Optimization, Web-Design-tutorials »

[15 Sep 2009 | 9 Comments | ]

Here it is, a simple and straight-forward set of answers about Google search engine optimization and Page Rank. In this article I will explain methods for qualifying for a better Google Page Rank and Search Engine Position.

Articles, Search Engine Optimization, Tutorials, Twitter, Web-Design-tutorials »

[10 Sep 2009 | 6 Comments | ]
How Designers SHOULD Use Twitter to Succeed

As we all know twitter is the current craze of the internet, we can’t escape, we can’t deny it, and we can’t help but use it! Unfortunately this also holds true for people who want to flood the web with spam, scams, and useless marketing ploys. However if you are a Graphic Designer, Digital Artist or Web Designer/Developer, twitter can be one of your greatest assets if you really know how to use it!

Articles, Search Engine Optimization, Tutorials, Web-Design-tutorials »

[24 Aug 2009 | No Comment | ]
5 Secrets of On Page SEO

Good on page SEO strategies come in all shapes and sizes, but these are proven. These 5 secrets tell you what you need to know to make an impact on the Search Engines.

Articles, Search Engine Optimization, Tutorials, Web-Design-tutorials »

[16 Aug 2009 | 4 Comments | ]
4 Things You Need to Know About SEO

Search Engine Optimization is a huge cornerstone in web design and web development today, and with good reason. Search engines have become a big part of our lives. People utilize these for everything to research, event planning, shopping, or even finding perspective employees for their businesses.

Articles, Graphic-Design-tutorials, Tutorials »

[31 Jul 2009 | One Comment | ]
Design Guide to NON-Destructive Editing

Some people have the mistaken impression that Non Destructive editing is simply using layer stacks properly, but its so much more than that! Photoshop has come a long way in how it allows you to presever the natural integrity of your images.

Articles, Headline, Photo-Effects-tutorials, Photo-Manipulation, Photo-Retouching-tutorials, Photography-tutorials, Tutorials »

[23 Jul 2009 | 3 Comments | ]
Retouching Like A PRO 101

In this photoshop tutorial we’re going to be looking at retouching a photo using mostly adjustment layers. Were going to make the model really pop and give her skin a nice healthy glow and some dynamic lighting. We will also address masking.

Articles, Graphics-Portfolio, Photo-Manipulation, Portfolio, Tutorials »

[22 Feb 2009 | 2 Comments | ]
Break Down

“Break Down” was a graphic inspired by the popular game “Dance Dance Revolution” , and named for a particular song on the game that I’m fond of.

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[24 Dec 2008 | No Comment | ]

Making your own resources is very important aspect of web design, that is often overlooked.
Why is it important? Simply because one of the other important aspects, (probably the most important one) is time management. No matter how great a designer, artist, or coder you are, time will be your constant enemy.

Articles, Effects-tutorials, Photo-Effects-tutorials, Photo-Manipulation, Photo-Retouching-tutorials, Photography-tutorials, Tutorials »

[20 Oct 2008 | 2 Comments | ]

In this tutorial we will use some “5 minute Photoshop” to change the eye color of a subject quickly, easily, and naturally. We will be using the Edit Quick Mask Mode, and Adjustment Layers in this tutorial.