Computers and Technology
Design
All tutorials concerned with designing.
This is a great idea for iPad
Dec 7th
The idea is not to destroy it or burn it or harm it in any other way. Instead use your iPad as an informational screen.
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Bracelet I would even wear
Dec 7th
Imagine a cellphone display, MP3 player display just as simple as a bracelet. The information scrolls around on it. I can see this being useful to runners because who wants to run around with iTouch or any other big screen sized device.
Pc in the wall
Nov 16th
Imagine just a small box, not even micro ATX. Smaller than that, and imagine it not bothering you anywhere, just More >
New Blogs (and Blog Types)
Mar 17th
I am sure the readers of DavePCGuy have been wondering about this very long absence of articles. Well, the story is long and tedious but basically, all summed up, it’s because I have had TOO much to do. I’ve come up with an SEO system for my blogs so they get noticed as much as possible (ie. the use of proper plugins, ad placement, stuff like that). I’ve launched some of them but with minimal content.
I’ll be writing an SEO article on my finds later on this week, which will include the proper set up as well as use of those plugins. I’ll also get into editing WordPress themes to suit your needs. Here are a few types of blog themes most people are not aware of. More >
kuler – Adobe’s version of Color Scheme Designer
Feb 7th
Kuler is a great tool for all designers. It’s really similar to the Color Scheme Designer in the aspect that it composes several colors for you to use in your design.
It has several other features that make it even BETTER than CSD but there are tons of features missing too. Let’s start with the good stuff
Coupon design
Oct 10th
Remember a couple weeks ago I mentioned I would be making a website for a chiropractor? Well, here it is. I finally got my client to approve the hosting and the domain. I’m using JustHost for the hosting and I installed a preliminary wordpress template. It’s the easiest way to start up a website. I used a free template I found online.
My client does not wish to have a blog, of course, so I’ll be creating a static website soon enough. Anyways, one of the things my client wants me to do is make coupons, so let’s do that!
My plan is to hopefully create a nice vector coupon design in illustrator, make a PHP script that will send it to a recipient’s e-mail with THEIR name on it. I’m not sure how I’ll be able to do that cross-browser and all that but we’ll make it together!
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CSS Vertical Navigation
Oct 8th
Finally! Let’s check out vertical navigation. This tutorial will cover different tips and tricks on creating the vertical navigation bar. You can read my article on Color Theory and about Color Scheme Designer for more info on picking colors for your navbar. Most navbars, as I’ve heard, depend on javascript for the more hardcore effects but I’ll show you how to create some dazzling, amazing navbars WITHOUT the knowledge of javascript. Which is great, because I don’t know javascript at all. More >
Setting up (Part 2)
Sep 17th
Setting up (Part 2)
We’ve talked about setting up a XAMPP server and WordPress already in my previous tutorial. Now let’s focus on setting up Photoshop and Dreamweaver for Web Development. If you don’t have Dreamweaver, don’t worry about it. This is not only for PHP but it’s also a basic set up for all Web-Development. Different developers prefer different program.s
A little background on all of this. Adobe Photoshop is by far the best photo editing software out there. A nice alternative for photo editing would be GIMP; unfortunately when it comes to web development, it’s basically useless. It’s a pretty expensive piece of software but for a good reason. Photoshop is just amazing.
Now, about Adobe Dreamweaver. A lot of web-developers do not like this software. It’s one of those “what you see i what you get” types of software. If you learn to work, you’ll find out that it’s pretty good but when it comes to JavaScript and PHP, there are a lot of better alternatives. I use Dreamweaver simply because PHP is not all I do.
Color Scheme Designer Explained
Sep 9th
As I’ve talked about in my last article, choosing the right colors for your template is one of the major components in making your website design successful. And as I’ve promised, here’s an article explaining how to use the Color Scheme Designer 3.