Putting a "Share This" button in a blog post
Mon, Jan 18 2010 05:25
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Social networking icons and buttons have become a common feature in blogs. This in turn makes it easier to promote blog posts organically, improve SEO (search engine optimisation) and generally make your blog a more friendly place for regular readers. There are a number of different social networking icons which can be added to a page. Some authors prefer to use their own custom icons, whereas other prefer to use a widget or module. This post will focus on a ready-made module of buttons, but the same procedure can be applied to custom buttons as well.
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Create a simple stripe background in Pixelmator
Sat, Dec 5 2009 02:22
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Stripe backgrounds and gradient backgrounds have become a popular trait in modern web design. Although there are quite a number of online services for rolling out your own stripe background, using an application like Pixelmator gives you a bit more control over colours and some users may find it easier. Now that Pixelmator supports the export of images to the web, the process is even easier. This tutorial will show you how to create a basic stripe background which can be tiled across a website background.
Spacer Stack screencast available
Tue, Nov 24 2009 07:00
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My thanks to Ed Brenner and the other members of SupportCasts who have kindly put together a free video on using the spacer stack for RapidWeaver. As explained in the video, this is probably the most simple third-party stack available for the Stacks plugin. The purpose of the stack is to insert a whitespace and help divide pages up into blocks of content which are then easier to read. Whitespace is often a bit scary at first -- the concept of empty space within a commercial website may not immediately seem a sensible idea and breaks traditional rules. But as any modern web designer or developer will (should) tell you, whitespace is key in outputting pages which engage the reader and make a website a pleasant place to visit. An excellent article was written here on A List Apart talking about this concept of whitespace. This is also a topic Smashing Magazine regularly visit and make reference to.
Theme Fridays - a new RapidWeaver theme (almost) every Friday
Fri, Oct 30 2009 07:58
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Starting today I am releasing a new freeware RapidWeaver theme nearly every Friday. The truth be known that I've got a large number of RapidWeaver themes which have either been developed to test new features for commercial themes or have simply been developed to make decent themes. Most of these themes will gradually be released for free under the Creative Commons Attribution license so users will
News Media RapidWeaver theme launched
Sun, Oct 25 2009 04:43
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News Media sets a new standard in RapidWeaver theme development. This theme picks the best features from world renowned media websites, and combines them with modern web technologies to deliver this minimalist yet highly customisable RapidWeaver theme.Packed with professional features giving you the power to develop stunning sites which are both flexible, well structured and highly functional for end