I came across a really handy reference guide earlier, concerned with the size of typical web banners. It’s taken from Wikipedia, but I’m including it on my site as it’s probably an easier to access resource. (Click on image to view full size) Related Posts:Disable directory browsingMore webmaster toolsDomain name suggestionsFree picture resize toolBuying [...]
I came across this time-lapse animation today, of an illustrator/artist creating the cover for a comic book. It’s incredible watching the image being constructed and the detail that goes in to a piece of work like this. I’m not sure I’d have the patience to work on something like this! In the video, the artist [...]
If you need to resize a photo, but you’re away from you main PC – ie on a tablet or netbook, and don’t have access to your regular imaging application, then this handy online pic resize tool is invaluable. It’s free too. http://www.picresize.com/ Related Posts:Typical web banner sizesMore webmaster toolsDomain name suggestionsGood plugin: Wordpress SocializerFree [...]
Continuing on from my last post about domain name alternatives (HERE), there are other tools freely available online that should be part of any webmaster’s toolbox. This post will include links to the ones that I use most frequently and have found easiest to use. There’s no point in struggling through with your web site, [...]
So, you’ve decided you want to have your own web site – either for a personal blog, interest site, or some business venture (or whatever else) and now you need to decide on the domain name that you want. Unfortunately, there’s quite a lot of other people that have had exactly the same idea and [...]
I came across this picture resize tool the other day and thought I’d share it, since it’s actually quite handy. Not everyone fancies setting up Batch processes in Photoshop to resize multiple images, so this should certainly help in that instance. http://www.picresize.com/ Related Posts:More webmaster toolsDomain name suggestionsUse temporary email addresses to beat spamTypical web [...]
I’ve been thinking about this for a while now… and I’m wondering whether the Free Web Site model can really work. It was an advert in today’s Crain’s Manchester that got me thinking. It was an all-inclusive single price package for web site design, logo design and SEO work – all for the bargain price [...]
Ok – so there are loads of different free themes out there for WordPress and I’ve tried more than my fair share. Thanks to the various lists all over the web, it’s easy to preview and demo countless themes quickly and easily. I did previously make a post about my old theme, Regal (HERE) – [...]
09/03/2010 Update – ok, I’ve changed the design now, so this post relates to my old design… it’s still a very nice, clean design but I’ve decided to use this one instead. The new one is called Mystique (available from this designer HERE). If you like this web site design, you can get it yourself [...]
This question seems to be asked all the time, often by people that don’t necessarily understand what’s involved with setting a web site up, or who have been bamboozled by agencies, developers or designers trying to charge them excessive fees. The basics It really depends on what level of technical competency you have personally. Purchasing [...]