Archive: July, 2009
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]