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Web site redirection

July 28th 2009

This articel tells you how to Redirect a website or webpage to another domain location or page : Purpose for use : • You are using optimising the index.html page for search engines • A web page no longer exists so you are redirecting it to a new page. • Directing a .co.uk domain to [...]

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Fireworks shapes

July 28th 2009

Here are some handy tips when working with shapes in Fireworks : Combine shapes together Select the shapes to combine In top menu – Modify/Combine Paths/Union Punch Shapes out (Cookie Punch) Position two shapes with cut out tool on top Select both shapes In top menu – Modify/Combine paths/Punch Importing an image to your size [...]

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Design Charts

July 25th 2009

This is a good way to massage your designer ego. A top chart of sites where “Web designers are the new popstars”of real-life.  Visit it regularly http://www.designcharts.com

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Connecting MacBook to network printer on vista

July 23rd 2009

This article steps you through connecting your Mac or MacBook to a network printer.  The printer is connected via usb to a windows Vista PC.  The article also details how to connect the Mac to the PC .  On the Windows PC carry out the following :- Open Control Panel/Network and Sharing Center.  Then set [...]

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High google ranking

July 20th 2009

The German company Sistrix analyzed the web page elements of top ranked pages in Google to find out which elements lead to high Google rankings. They analyzed 10,000 random keywords, and for every keyword, they analyzed the top 100 Google search results. Sistrix analyzed the influence of the following web page elements: web page title, [...]

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Frame by frame animation

July 20th 2009

This tutorial produces a small movie using flash CS3. It does so using a frame by frame animation. Each frame will be different, hence all frames will be key frames. Select the number of frames which will represent your stack of paper Right mouse click on this selection and pick “convert to blank keyframes” Draw [...]

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Backing up WordPress

July 20th 2009

Ensure you always have a fairly recent backup of your WordPress site.  Especially when updating the version of WordPress. Firstly download all the files using an FTP download program. I suggest the whole httpdocs folder is downloaded. That way you have everything to simply re upload should the need arises. Next access the database using [...]

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Masking and Gradients in Fireworks

July 18th 2009

These technique are for fading an image in or out.  It’s mainly used for creating web site banners. Import an image or photo Create a white rectangle over the image. Select the white rectangle and in the properties panel set the fill property to Gradient/Linear. Alter gradient left to right, white on black. The white [...]

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How to update WordPress

July 17th 2009

This is a more reliable way to update WordPress than using the auto update tool, which in many cases won’t work.  I have been using this method and never had an issue. Backup your wordpress files and database.  Personally I ftp down the whole “Httpdocs” file and then backup the database using PHPAdmin. Download the [...]

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Morphing two shapes together

July 15th 2009

This tutorial allows two shapes to be morphed together using a shape tween in adobe flash. Select frame 1 and draw your first shape in it. This is the animation start point. Select the last frame and insert a blank keyframe (insert/time line/blank keyframes). this is the end point. Draw the secound shape in the [...]

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