Tweet-Parade (#28 Jul 2010)
Posted on: July 10, 2010 | Category: miscellaneous | 10 Comments
A new Tweet-Parade; The best Tweets found on Twitter about new articles posted on the various blogs about webdesign, graphic design, typography and design in common.
The best way to keep track of these tweets is simply to follow me on Twitter. Also I see this as my personal bookmarks of great articles from the Community of the last period. The different articles and post are categorized by their main topics:
Webdesign, CSS, HTML, jQuery, etc.
30 Pro jQuery Tips, Tricks and Strategies – Whether you’re a developer or a designer, a strong jQuery skillset is something you can’t afford to be without. Today, I’m going to show you 30 handy jQuery coding tricks that will help you make your scripts more robust, elegant and professional.
25 Incredibly Useful CSS Tricks You Should Know – Here are 25 incredibly useful CSS tricks that will help you design great web interfaces. You might be aware of some or all of these techniques, but this can be your handy resource to nifty CSS tricks that you should know.
Awesome Cufonized Fly-out Menu with jQuery and CSS3 – In today’s tutorial we will create a full page cufonized menu that has two nice features: when hovering over the menu items we will move a hover-state item that adapts to the width of the current item, and we will slide out a description bar from the left side of the page, reaching towards the current menu item.
10 Awesome CSS3 Techniques You’ll Want To Start Using – With CSS3 starting to work its way into the design arsenal, and browser support becoming much more widespread, many people are interested in using CSS3 in their new websites to add a bit of flare as well as to demonstrate proficiency in new web technologies.
250 Quick Web Design Tips (Part 2) – As web professionals, we’re always looking for ways to improve our knowledge and skills. Continuing on with our list of quick web design tips (see Part 1), these tips will cover the website development process as well as positive marketing and promotional tips for web designers.
How to Create an Engaging and Effective Bio Page – When building out your website or blog, one of the most important—and frustrating—tasks at hand is creating your bio page. We can write for days about our topic of expertise, but when it comes to writing about ourselves, it’s tempting to cower under the desk and hope the need will pass.
5 Good Habits That Will Make You a Better Coder – We all want to grow in the things we do, and in the field of web development, one of the main areas that we spend a lot of time on is our code. This could include HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Python, ActionScript or any other language that you may choose to use for building websites.
How to Create a better FAQ page for end users – FAQ (Frequently Asked Question) pages have become commonplace on many websites for many reasons. The main, is that they offer a way to provide support, most commonly, customer support, without having to re-iterate solutions to common problems.
Graphic Design, Brand Identity, Typography, etc.
Font Management Software – Font Management Software is a utility that facilitates the handling of the font on your computer. A font management software can give the user a detailed overview of all the fonts installed, make installing or uninstalling fonts easier and much more.
An inverse appreciation law? – It struck me recently that the theory, process and practice of identity change seems to be understood at one level, thencompletely and utterly misunderstood at another.
The Evolution of The Logo – Logo design has been a controversial subject in the design press lately. One branding professional recently claimed that logo design is not that hard to do and another said that logos are dead; some rebutted while others concurred. Why all the fuss?
Six Super Helpful Typography Cheat Sheets – Some may argue that typography is the single most important aspect of web design, but yet it’s often one of the most neglected and overlooked. There’s a lot involved in typography, and becoming a master can be difficult.
Visualize Everything: 32 Free Tools To Create Different Diagrams – Diagrams are often used to help visualize something. What to do if you need to create a chart but don’t have a software like Microsoft Office? I’ve collected 32 online tools for creating diagrams, flowcharts, charts and graphs and all you need to use them is a web browser.
What are the Origins of the World’s Most Important Typefaces – Who would have thought that these little letters that we type out on our keyboards could have such a colorful history? Typeface, or font, is the stylistic unity of letters used in type. We see different fonts in magazines, print, advertisement, campaigns – even in text messaging. But have you ever given much thought as to how these unique fonts came to be?
Blogging, Social Media, WordPress etc.
Break Your Goals into Micro-Goals to Make Them Achievable – Here’s the thing about goals. They’re well intentioned and broad in focus and we wave them around as if we’re really proud of these lofty ideas we hope to achieve. But unless we take the time to create a plan of action to reach them, they rarely amount to more than warm-fuzzy inducing line items.
Designing A Facebook Fan Page: Showcases, Tutorials, Resources – Despite its privacy issues, Facebook clearly has a key role in global Internet activity. It has become a kind of universal social network, being used for both personal and business needs. For many individuals, companies and organizations, Facebook has become an integral part of their branding strategy and promotional campaigns.
7 Awesome Alternatives to WordPress as a Blogging Platform – WordPress is a very popular blogging platform that runs millions of blogs. But, what if it doesn’t meet your needs? Just because tons of people use it doesn’t mean it will be right for you. Here are 7 solutions to help you find your own advanced blogging solution.
Great tips for better blogging – I believe there is a morale duty for experienced web designers, developers or generally speaking for successful freelancers to share their experience with beginners or with the ones who need valuable tips or good pieces of advice.
Marketing With Articles: 5 Proofreading Tips That Produce High Quality Articles – Marketing with articles is one of the most user-friendly, cost-effective and reliable ways to increase targeted traffic to a website. Every day thousands of small business owners write and submit articles and have them published all over the internet, effectively building links to their site …
SEO, Search Engine Optimalization, Rankings, etc.
Learn from Your Analytics Data – Whether it is Google analytics or some other technology (such as Go Stats) you use, it is always important to track what is happening on your website. If you have pages that need help your analytics information will become very important. Good analytics monitoring will also allow you to really leverage your online marketing efforts.
How to Make Your Content Trusted Content – I was talking with a client the other day about how to optimize their content. They kept saying, in a way of trying to understand what they need to do to improve their website, that what they need to do is to create a bunch of content and keep using their keywords over and over.
Think Big as a Small Business – If you look around you it is clear that every business should be doing “something” online to spread their word and message about what they do as a business. I’m not saying you have to become a guru in your industry over night but if you have a loss of business or need more and you don’t think like a big business it might be time to start.
Beginners Tips for SEO – There really is no secret sauce when it comes to search engine optimization. There are however some important efforts that every new website owner or SEO beginner should be doing when it comes to getting their message out.
Tutorials
How to modify a typeface to create a unique logo – When creating a new brand identity, it’s important to ensure your design is unique and one way to ensure this, is to either create your own font or modify an existing one. In this tutorial we will be creating a new brand identity for Computer Arts by modifying ‘Gotham’, an incredibly well-crafted typeface by H&FJ.
Just Plain Brilliant & A Great Read!
Making Your Mark On The Web Is Easier Than You Think – We who work on the Web live in wonderful times. In the past, we did of lot of trial-and-error learning, and the biggest hurdle was getting people to understand what we were on about. Over time, companies like Google, Yahoo, Skype, Facebook and Twitter managed to get the geeky Web into the living rooms of regular people …
Is modern web design too like print design? – Here’s a thought that’s been nagging at me for the past few months: Over the last decade or so web design has become increasingly homogenous, attempting to ape the styles of other, older media and losing touch with what could make it new and unique.
When Designers And Developers Work Together – Even in today’s fluctuating job market, one rule that still remains constant and true is to always play to your strengths. Part of this comes from having a complete and firm grasp of your own capabilities and limitations, while part of it also comes from knowing the same about those you are working with.
Less is More, More or Less – Intuitions based on only one good reason tend to be accurate when one has to predict the future, when the future is difficult to foresee, and when one has only limited information. They are also more effective in using time and information.
It’s The Little Things – Years ago, as I was venturing into the unknown world of high school and some semblance of teenage angst, Gavin Rossdale sang the line “it’s the little things that kill”. That chorus played frequently through my stereo and the headphones of my good old Sony DiscMan
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