October 18, 2009, in Web Design.
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If you do a Google search for Photoshop web design tutorial, you will get about 107,000,000 results. It seems to me that there are not enough Gimp tutorials. So, I decided to put together my own.
Today, we will be creating a simple blog and portfolio design, using Gimp. By simple, I mean that you can create this using only the Rectangle Select Tool, Bucket Fill Tool, Blend Tool, Paths Tool, Text Tool, and a couple of others.
Next week, we will be converting our design into HTML and CSS, so that we will be able to make a Wordpress theme out of it.
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October 15, 2009, in CSS.
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One of the most important tips for working efficiently is to always be organized. Make sure that everything is easy to get to, and make sure that it's easy for others to quickly understand how everything's organized.
This applies to source code files, too. Today, I will focus on CSS files. You may be the only one editing your CSS, but you should still write it like if it was for someone else. This can be helpful because you may have to go back and edit your code a year later, and you may have forgotten how you've organized yourself. This applies even more to programming languages, but also quite a bit to CSS.
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October 12, 2009, in Web Design.
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One of the most important parts of a good website is usability. It can measure how easy (or difficult) it is for someone, who may or may not have seen your site before, get around and use your site. It pretty much includes how easily your visitors can find their way around your site, how quickly they can find exactly what they need, and ease of use interaction.
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October 8, 2009, in Blogging, Web Design, WordPress.
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One of the greatest things about Wordpress (and some other blogging platforms) is the number of plugins available. One type of plugin is one that adds extra widgets and other things to the sidebar. Some of these can be helpful, like a latest comments plugin, or they can be completely useless, like a random quote plugin.
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October 5, 2009, in Blogging, WordPress.
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Probably my favourite thing about Wordpress is how easy it is to customize your blog. I'm sure you already know this, but there are tons of Wordpress plugins out there to add new features to your site. In fact, the main Wordpress plugin directory has over 6,800 plugins!
Of course, you probably shouldn't go and install every single one of them, because that would slow down your blog. Instead, I've picked out some of the most useful ones that I use to improve my blog.
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