Tweet-Parade (#31 Jul 2010)

Posted on: July 31, 2010 | Category: miscellaneous | 7 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.

The Most Powerful and Feature Rich Web-Based Code Editors (IDEs) – With all the talk of Cloud computing at the moment and after reading a short article on Dzones blog a few months back that questioned whether or not It Was the Right Time for Web-Based IDEs?, we were inspired enough to venture out and find out what web based IDEs (integrated development environment) are available and which actually are the best. The results were a little bit surprising.

Ways To Drive Free Targeted Traffic To Your Website – It’s a sad thing to know when you have a website developed at great cost and then it doesn’t get any visitors. When the launching party is over, then you begin waiting for any good signs, but soon you find out that the visitor counter remains at zero.

A Web Designers Guide to Information Architecture – Web Design and information architecture go together like peas and carrots. Whether you have an information architect to work with or you are flying solo, a basic understanding of the interaction between the two is a fundamental in designing successful websites.

Better UI Design: Proper Use of Tables – Tables have been part of HTML almost since HTML began. As the internet progressed and as people started doing more things online, designers started using tables to create multi-column website layouts. This was never the intention of those who created HTML standards, but it quickly caught on and table-based layouts became the norm online.

Load JavaScript after pageload – The most common reason that website don’t rank good in popular web sites is slower loading time. Often excessive JavaScript on your page is the main reason for this. The page has either too much of JavaScript code or it refers to a lot of third party JavaScript files from different servers (like advertisement server or any other third party widgets you are using).

CSS3 demos and tools – Ever used some CSS3 properties in your designs? Maybe you should already start messing with it as some properties and selectors can already be used. To give you an idea of what you can achieve with it, take a look at these demos. Once you did, start using it with the useful CSS3 tools listed.

30+ Places to Submit Your Website Designs - Sometimes you finish a web design project and you’re really proud of the results. Maybe it’s a personal project, or the client gave you complete creative control. Whatever the case, you know it’s some of the best work you’ve ever done, and you want the world to see it.

Wireframing is not a Religion – Ah, the wireframe. The bread-and-butter of the UX designer. The IA’s best friend. And possibly, the bane of your existence. It all depends on how you view them. Wireframes are an indispensable tool for design thinking—a digital sketch pad—ready to be drawn and erased, scrapped or resurrected at any moment.

Graphic Design, Brand Identity, Typography, etc.

Qualities to achieve in identity standards - Some worthwhile qualities designer Jerry Kuyper tries to achieve when creating identity standards.

Blogging, Social Media, Wordpress etc.

The Anatomy Of A Great List Post – As some readers may be aware, there are some very strong feeling about list posts in the community these days – and for good reason. Sometimes I look at certain RSS and news feeds, or at some of the stuff that gets passed around on Twitter and it just makes me want to scream in frustration.

Thumbnail Based Archives – Here at Digging Into WordPress, we’ve attached thumbnail images to every single (non-link-style) post since day one. We started before WordPress 3.0 had the specific feature for thumbnails. We did it just by attaching a file path to the thumbnail image as a custom field.

Optimizing WordPress Permalinks – Configuring your WordPress permalinks is simple and only takes a second, but understanding what they are and how they work is key to setting up the best permalink structure possible. Your site’s permalinks are like the street address for your site’s web pages.

Writing An Effective Article And Marketing It Online – There are many ways to advertise a business today. This is true both online and offline. However, many online and offline businesses are effectively using article marketing on the Internet with great results.

5 Types Of Titles That Can Get More People To Read Your Article – You probably already know that article marketing is a great way to get your story in front of people that can benefit from it. It helps to drive targeted traffic to your website and is the beginning of the relationship that you build with your customers.

6 Ways to Use Social Media Successfully as a Designer – If you’re a web designer and you’re NOT using social media to help you in your work, then all I can do is direct you to 2002, because that’s where your workflow lives. Your competitors, co-workers and clients are all using social media, which means if you’re not, you’re getting left behind.

13 Tips for Working with WordPress on Client Sites – In the right situation WordPress is an excellent CMS to use for client websites. As a designer/developer, it provides flexibility and it’s easy to work with. From the client’s perspective, it’s free and open-source and it gives them control over the content of their own website.

Optimize Your Social Media Pages for Top Rankings – 5 Easy Things You Can Do Right Now – Though the likes of Facebook and Twitter have taken the marketing world by storm, many of our online experiences though still start through search.

How To Protect Your Blog From Hacking Attempts – Following the famous saying, “Security is only as strong as its weakest link,” security is very essential, especially when it comes to doing online things. A single weak link can be used to compromise all your hard work and even online identity. With wordpress being used as a CMS solution for most of the blogs out there, we present a comprehensive list of tips, tricks and measures that you should take so that you never get hacked.

SEO, Search Engine Optimalization, Rankings, etc.

Your Homepage Should be Clean – I come across home pages of many websites that look like they are about to give a person a seizure. Blinking buttons, too many call to actions and a lack of focus can really hurt a business or a website in many different ways. A website home page should always funnel down quickly to the action needed.

7 Cutting Edge Web Design Trends (that Can Actually Improve SEO) – As the worlds of web design and SEO merge ever closer, we’ve been seeing design-specific elements produce a positive impact on SEO for the sites that employ them. It’s terrific news for SEOs who love design and are capable of and passionate about making it part of their repertoire.

How Using Lots of Keywords Can Help You Focus On One Keyword – If you have ever spent any amount of time doing keyword research you can walk away amazed (or even frustrated) about the sheer volume of ways people search for what is essentially the same thing. Take a single core term like “window cleaner” and you can get dozens, if not hundreds or thousands, of search terms all using those two keywords.

Wear Your Marketing Hat Often! – Optimizing a website is a craft that many acquire after going through the motions time and time again, and gaining the knowledge to do search engine optimization effectively. It is not about jamming keywords throughout your website with having the hopes of gaming the system along the way.

Tutorials

Create a Refreshing Beer Themed Poster Design in Photoshop – When you create a print advertisement, it’s important that all the elements of your composition are geared towards selling a product and promoting a brand. Today, we will demonstrate how to create a refreshing beer-themed poster design in Photoshop.

T-Shirts Designing: Ultimate Roundup of Tutorials and Inspiration – T-shirt is a part of our everyday clothing and it is used extensively no matter what your age is, we can also say that, it is a basic clothing need of everyone. T-shirts are being used widely in every society whether it is simple or designed but T-shirts with unique and creative designs are always appreciated and accepted.

Brilliant Adobe Photoshop CS5 Tutorials From 2010 – Adobe Photoshop CS5 is a new, but experienced kid on the block. With its new powerful features, it provides designers with a flexible tool for printing, making a video or designing for the Web.

Just Plain Brilliant & A Great Read!

Why Your Customers Don’t Want to Talk to You – Have you ever walked into an airport, seen that there is nobody in line at the check-in counter, but still made a bee-line for the self-service kiosk? Better yet, have you ever waited in line for an ATM machine even though there is nobody in line for the teller inside the bank?

Complete beginners Guide to Content strategy – A common occurrence: you or someone you know wants to create content and have it published online. A slightly less common occurrence? Having that same someone articulate high aspirations for their content.

How to Promote Your Design Business on the Cheap – Ah … the life of a freelancer. It’s not enough that you’re creative and technically savvy. No, you have to be a clever businessperson as well. No matter how talented you are, when starting out you probably won’t get clients unless you pound the pavement for them.

Morality in Web Development – Your Thoughts? – I’ve been doing websites for as long as I can remember. Because of that, I’ve done at least one website for almost everything, from different kinds of religions, to goofy products, to websites in languages I couldn’t even understand.

I hope you have enjoyed these hand-picked great articles? Please let me know by sharing your opinion in the comments-section. Did we miss a great article, please let us know  ..

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