Archive: July, 2009

50+ Different Ways To Vastly Improve Your Wordpress Blog

50+ Different Ways To Vastly Improve Your Wordpress Blog

posted by John Owen on July 27th, 2009, in Web Design, Wordpress | 35 Comments

We all want to improve our wordpress blog in various ways, that is why I have compiled a massive list of different ways to improve your wordpress blog. From navigation to page loading times, it’s all here!

Create A Floral Colorful Solid Text Effect

Create A Floral Colorful Solid Text Effect

posted by John Owen on July 24th, 2009, in Featured, Photoshop, Text Effects | 52 Comments

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a floral text effect that is colorful and powerful all in one. This is a intermediate skill level tutorial.

Free WordPress Theme: Newsmag Basic

Free WordPress Theme: Newsmag Basic

posted by Steve on July 21st, 2009, in Featured, Freebies, Wordpress | 6 Comments

In this post we are proud to release, Newsmag Basic 1.0 – a simple yet stylish 2 column, widget ready WordPress theme. This theme was deigned by Danny John for Webmediamagazine.com and its readers.

Essential Checklist’s For Successful Website Launches

Essential Checklist’s For Successful Website Launches

posted by John Owen on July 17th, 2009, in Web Design | 1 Comment

Your website is designed, the CMS works, content has been added and the client is happy. It’s time to take the website live. Or is it? When launching a website, you can often forget a number of things in your eagerness to make it live, so it’s useful to have a checklist to look through as you make your final touches and before you announce your website to the world.

Using SimpleXML To Read & Parse XML

Using SimpleXML To Read & Parse XML

posted by John Owen on July 17th, 2009, in PHP | 14 Comments

In this tutorial I will teach you how to use SimpleXML to read & parse XML feeds. Before PHP5 reading XML was a mess, this all changes with SimpleXML. You will learn how to parse a standard XML RSS Feed and display it and many other functions.

Fresh Set Icon Pack – Part 1

Fresh Set Icon Pack – Part 1

posted by John Owen on July 13th, 2009, in Freebies, Icons | 2 Comments

I present you the first free icon pack of this site! It is a series icon pack and more will be available at later dates. The format’s of this pack are icon, png and eps which means you can have this icon resized to any dimension. Open the EPS File with Photoshop and enter any dimension you want the icon’s to be.

Using Functions Effectivley In PHP

Using Functions Effectivley In PHP

posted by John Owen on July 11th, 2009, in PHP | 4 Comments

Today I will show you how to use functions in PHP effectivley and get the most out of them. Functions can be very useful and can save a lot of time if you have a piece of PHP code that needs to be run very often.

Create a Catastrophic Tsunami, Impacting the Statue of Liberty (.PSD Included)

Create a Catastrophic Tsunami, Impacting the Statue of Liberty (.PSD Included)

posted by Danny on July 10th, 2009, in Photo Effects, Photoshop, Special Effects | 35 Comments

In this tutorial, we will create a catastrophic tsunami crashing into the Statue of Liberty, similar to a scene in The Day After Tomorrow. To achieve this effect, we will be combing and adjusting regular images to form a stormy composition, with a massive tsunami rushing past the Statue of Liberty.

Fiery Looking Splatter Text Effect

Fiery Looking Splatter Text Effect

posted by John Owen on July 10th, 2009, in Photoshop, Text Effects | 11 Comments

Everybody loves text effects and hopefully you will too. Today you will learn how to create a nice splatter text effect, this can also be used for blood splatter and even underwater text if you get it right. Once created you can use the letters over again, so technically you could create your own font with this technique.

Easily Create A Starburst Brush

Easily Create A Starburst Brush

posted by John Owen on July 9th, 2009, in Basics, Photoshop | No Comments

For a quick tip I’m going to show you how to create a starburst brush quickly for use in all your designs. This method will let you create the starburst accurately and precisely at any size.

Create A Smooth, Glossy Logo In 5 Easy Steps

Create A Smooth, Glossy Logo In 5 Easy Steps

posted by John Owen on July 7th, 2009, in Photoshop, Text Effects | 6 Comments

This tutorial will show you how to produce a nice smooth glossy logo which can also be used as a text effect. Only basic knowledge of photoshop is required as it is very easy to follow. You will learn about layer styles & how to apply a gloss effect effectively. A PSD is included [...]

4 High Quality Magazines For Photoshop Users

4 High Quality Magazines For Photoshop Users

posted by John Owen on July 7th, 2009, in Photoshop | 2 Comments

Hello, we all like reading magazines and sucking up all the information on paper which is considerably easier than a computer. You mightas well so this is why i’ve compiled a list of quality photoshop magazines to help with all your photoshop needs. The skill of these magazines vary so choose the right ones. Most [...]

8 Essential Tips to Becoming Rich Online

8 Essential Tips to Becoming Rich Online

posted by Danny on July 7th, 2009, in Business, Featured | 3 Comments

This article will look over a few essential tips to becoming wealthy online, however it will not look in depth at online strategies and methods for making a quick buck, but will indulge in the certain qualities and knowledge required in the process of becoming rich online.

Create Hand Drawn Social Media Icons

Create Hand Drawn Social Media Icons

posted by John Owen on July 6th, 2009, in Icons, Photoshop | 7 Comments

Hand Drawn Icons are in fashion at the moment, there’s plenty of them on the web and they are very easy to create. This tutorial will show you how to create them, it is a very simple method and will help your drawing skills along the way .
Note: Don’t be put off by my [...]

Create A Grungy Text Background

Create A Grungy Text Background

posted by John Owen on July 6th, 2009, in Backgrounds, Photoshop, Text Effects | 4 Comments

This tutorial will show you how to create a cool grunge background, it also works as a good text effect too. I will provide you with the neccassary brushes and resources so don’t worry. You will learn how to use brushes and apply them effectively. This tutorial heavily relies on you creating a good basis [...]

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