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Photoshop Tutorial: Getting rid of red eye

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

There are a lot of ways to get rid of red eye from photos, and in Photoshop you can be a little more particular about it to get a natural looking result. Here is a quick tutorial of one way to go about it.
Here is the image we will work with:

To start, create a new […]

Designing to the Point- 4 Steps to an Effective Website

Friday, March 28th, 2008

People - especially people of business - want websites. If you asked them why, most would say that they want to “Attract more clients”, “Generate customers”, or “Show off my business”.
Imagine that you are an architect. Someone asks you to build them an office. You ask, well, what do you want in an office? The […]

Tutorial: How to display short blog title in WordPress

Monday, December 24th, 2007

I recently updated the design for my website, and the new location for breadcrumbs limits the number of characters I want to display, or it will push my design into a contorted mess.
The problem is that some of my blog titles get lengthy. I wasn’t able to find any function to easily fix this solution […]

SEO WordPress title tag code

Saturday, October 13th, 2007

WordPress does not come with very SEO (Search Engine Optimization) friendly title tags. They look a lot like this:
Blog Archives » SEO WordPress title tag code » Web Design San Diego
And that is ugly. You’ll start ranking for “Blog Archives” before “SEO WordPress”, and that’s not what we want, is it?
I have found a simple […]

CSS Tutorial: How to create CSS image rollovers with a single background image

Wednesday, June 13th, 2007

Everybody is looking for lightweight code with a maximum effect. JavaScript rollovers just don’t cut it anymore- they take too long to load, they’re kinky the first time you rollover, etc. etc. and CSS using multiple images can be kinky if you aren’t using an image pre-load. The solution? CSS image rollovers using only a […]

CSS Tutorial: How to use lists for navigation

Friday, June 8th, 2007

One of the most revolutionizing things I ever learned about building websites with HTML and CSS was the concept of using lists for my navigation. I was flabbergasted! Using lists for navigation? Why, that would look horrible! But then my eyes were opened to the real power that you have to control the way your […]

CSS 101: The basics of CSS

Tuesday, June 5th, 2007

CSS is pretty much my favorite thing about the web. What is CSS? It styles the HTML that contains the structure and content. With CSS you can move, position, color, and change almost every aspect of almost every HTML tag that there is.
What are the benefits of CSS?
The benefits of CSS are phenomenal and I […]