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Logo Design Process Case Study – How to Create a Logo
Blogging, Design & Coding A few weeks back I wrote about having a logo designed through LogoNerds, and how happy I was with their service. Compared to other design services out there, they are much cheaper, faster and professional than what I have experienced elsewhere. With that said, I went back to them again to have a few more logos created for my sites. I thought it would be a fun idea to break down the logo creation process of my latest design. I’m working on ...
Continue readingCustom Logo Designs with LogoNerds
Design & Coding I’m always creating new web sites and blogs, and one of the most important features when creating a site, is to have a great looking logo. I’ve used a lot of different designers and services, and the majority of them end up disappointing me! From low end, to high end and pricey… I’ve seen it all. I recently ordered two logo designs from Ink’d, which run a few hundred bucks each, and I was really disappointed with ...
Continue readingFinding Royalty Free Images for Blog Use
Blogging, Design & Coding Finding the right images for each of your blog posts is a big deal. I know that I always want to have some screen shots or high quality images and clip art for my latest posts. Not only does it divide up your post content nicely, but the images will also get ranked in the search engines and used as thumbnails on social bookmarking sites. One of the biggest problems with using images in your blog posts is the legal issues involved. Just because ...
Continue readingTake Advantage of 404 Pages
Blogging, Design & Coding, Domain Names & Hosting Have you lost visitors due to 404 “page not found” errors? Maybe you’ve updated a product datafeed or changed your permalink structure and now visitors aren’t seeing what they came to your site for. So, how do you keep and convert those visitors? If your website has a store presence with a shopping cart, I suggest offering a coupon code for a discount. Host Gator is a great example of this implementation: Host Gator ...
Continue readingSecurity Fail: Three Ways Your Blog Can Get Hacked
Design & Coding Blog security is an often-overlooked necessity for bloggers, even though blog hacking is a surprisingly common event and it is a problem that can affect just about anyone. For example, shortly after Christmas, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt found that his blog had been hacked, hosting unauthorized ads, including those for mail order brides. Though what caused the hack in that case is unknown, what is known is that the site was pulled ...
Continue readingHow to Fix 5 Common Theme Problems
Design & Coding, WordPress, WordPress Themes As I mentioned last week, as a blogger, you are going to make mistakes and, fortunately, most of them are very minor ones that you can fix and recover from quickly. That being said, one of the more common and embarrassing mistakes involves screwing up your theme. This can be especially frustrating if you aren’t somewhat experienced with HTML and CSS, but can still be a headache no matter how experienced you are. Though there are literally ...
Continue readingWhy You Need to Know HTML/CSS
CSS, Design & Coding Last week I posted an article entitled “5 Skills Every Bloggers Needs to Excel” spelling out five skills that I consider essential for every blogger to either have or be willing to obtain if they want to truly excel. Overall, the article was well-received but several commenters took issue with the second item on my list: HTML/CSS Skills. Several felt that the power of WordPress/Blogger and other blogging platforms made the need to ...
Continue readingEasyTemplates Makes Flash Website Building Simpler
Design & Coding, Reviews Even if you’re anything but a coding expert, you may be able to fumble your way through a little bit of code to tweak your favorite WordPress theme. It’ll take some time to sort out your plugins and PHP calls, but you might be able to figure it out. Flash, on the other hand, can be a little more complex. It doesn’t have to be hard, though, to set up a Flash-based website. Thanks to EasyTemplates, you really can have easy Flash ...
Continue readingCapsis Media Designs Custom Websites
Design & Coding, Reviews, WordPress, WordPress Coding & Design, WordPress Themes It doesn’t really matter how good your website content is if no one wants to look at your website in the first place. Part of this has to do with efforts like search engine optimization, but the aesthetic appeal of your website is also very important, not only for user experience but also for branding. Rather than use any number of freely available templates that will make your site look like everyone else’s, it may be worth ...
Continue readingPremium WordPress Themes from Dizzain.com
Design & Coding, WordPress Themes Having a clean, professional look for your website is very important, whether you are a small business or you are a multi-million dollar international corporation. The same can be true of professional bloggers too. Rather than use a generic theme that is widely available to anyone else on the Internet, it is usually in your best interest to invest in a custom theme that is unique to your site. For that, you may consider turning to Dizzain.com, a ...
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