Web Designer Notes

The Principles Of Cross-Browser CSS Coding

ipite — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 11:51:59 +0000

It is arguable that there is no goal in web design more satisfying than getting a beautiful and intuitive design to look exactly the same in every currently-used browser. Unfortunately, that goal is generally agreed to be almost impossible to attain. Some have even gone on record as stating that perfect, cross-browser compatibility is not necessary. Read full article »

38 Photoshop Photo Manipulation Tutorials: Intermediate to Advanced

ipite — Mon, 17 May 2010 16:58:31 +0000

Photoshop is a wonderful tool for creating photo manipulations if the user knows their way around! This list of tutorials is aimed at users who have a very good working knowledge of Photoshop – they are all intermediate to advanced user level. Read full article »

Issues with Apple’s Decision to Block Flash

ipite — Mon, 17 May 2010 16:52:48 +0000

There are two prevailing issues in the fight between Apple and Adobe. The first is whether or not Flash should be available in the Safari browser running on Apple’s mobile iPod, iPhone, iPad platforms. Read full article »

61 High Quality And Free xHTML Templates Part 2: Year 2010

ipite — Mon, 17 May 2010 16:37:59 +0000

We discussed importance and usefulness about such free templates few days ago, but today we will present updated Part 2 with even more free xhtml templates! How cool is that – check out this article and get more 61 new and free template right now! Read full article »

Easy Digital Painting Illustration in Photoshop

Om Ipit — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:00:49 +0000

This tutorial will walk you through the simple steps used to turn a regular photograph into an interesting digital painting illustration, using Photoshop’s Filter Gallery and the Smudge Tool. Depending on the photograph you choose, it shouldn’t take you more than a couple of hours to complete. Read full article »

Super Easy Typographic Portrait in Photoshop

Om Ipit — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:52:33 +0000

So in this tutorial I will show you how to create a really cool and super easy typographic portrait in Photoshop. We will use the Displace filter and some Blend Modes to achieve the effect. The whole process is quite simple but it might take you some time to add the texts and elements, but once you do that the rest is very straight forward. Read full article »

Do Not Make Me Think, Blog Content – Revisited

Om Ipit — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:47:36 +0000

In my term, information architecture (IA) refer to the art and science to make user interfaces more usable and findable. Deeper into the blog content, it should be easy to use and understand. No need to think hard or much guessing. Web usability is for most common users or people. Read full article @raquo;

An Interview With Seth Godin on Creativity and Resistance

Om Ipit — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:42:12 +0000

Seth Godin publishes a marketing blog with over 500,000 daily readers, has authored several best-selling Marketing books, and created an entire publishing platform with Squidoo. Its fair to say that we at FUEL are big fans. We were stoked for the opportunity to sit down and have this interview with him about his new book “Linchpin: Are you Indispensable?” which will be released tomorrow, January 26th. Read full article »

Top 15 SEO Extensions For Your Joomla CMS

Om Ipit — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:35:04 +0000

Joomla is a powerful CMS, used by over 20 of the world’s 10,000 most popular websites. With Joomla on your side, you’re more than capable of building the best site around, but what use is a great site if nobody’s going to see it? It’s common knowledge that Joomla lets itself down when it comes to search engine optimization (SEO). Read full article »

12 Undocumented Tricks for Google Buzz

Om Ipit — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:32:17 +0000

So. Google just recently announced Google Buzz. I’m not sure about you, but I didn’t see this coming. Sure, Google was bound to start a social network of some sort at some time; but, I didn’t think it’d be this soon! After spending a few hours on Google Buzz, we’re proud to present you with 12 simple tricks to help give you a better Buzz. Read full article »