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Tutorial

Photoshop to HTML Class at CreativeLIVE.com

April 14, 2010

Photoshop to HTML is a must have skill for making some killer designs. Slicing up a PS design and turning it into a web page is not easy to do without some instruction. Believe me I’ve tried. I think it’s just one of those things that really helps if you see it being done.

I have [...]

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Top Notch Computer Science Video Lectures

February 6, 2010

You can go a long way with reading about .htaccess, HTTP protocol, or apache servers, but there comes a point where you would really like to have it explained by a talented teacher. In comes classroom video lectures from some top schools.
Here are some of my favorites:

AcademicEarth has a great web site that is full [...]

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Watch These Great JQuery Screencasts

October 22, 2009

Just found these yesterday, there is nothing like watching things being done. Go to iTunes and get all of these they are great. Click the iTunes link to go straight there.

Here is the link to the web site “JQuery For Designers” so you can roam around, be sure to look at the written [...]

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Quick Pixelmator Tut

September 17, 2009

This tut came out the other day on Pixelmator’s website and caught my eye. I ended up changing quite a bit because I did not care for the halftone effect, play around with this one it was fun! Never Stop Learning…..
Follow this link and play with Pixelmator!

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MAMP and WordPress Up and Running

September 16, 2009

Good to be back on the blog today! I actually had to work this week, I hate it when work gets in the way of my technology habit.

Last week I got MAMP on my MacBookPro up and running with WordPress Installed. It is the only way to go! I have to admit I have been [...]

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MAMP on Vimeo

September 8, 2009

If you have started messing around with MAMP (Mac, Apache, MySQL, PHP)(It’s a Web-Server right on your computer) or WAMP (Windows) You’ll want to know about the new Video channel over at Vimeo.  Watching the videos to learn more is on my short list.
MAMP on Vimeo.

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Installing WordPress Manually?

September 8, 2009

Here’s a quick tutorial on installing WordPress Manually (in case your web-hosting company does not have a one-click install option)
In the Woods – Installing WordPress Manually.

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Vintage Diary Photoshop Tut Rundown

September 7, 2009

Another photoshop tut! this one was endless for me, I tweaked and changed stuff for several days and finally just said enough is enough! You can tweak forever. The crux of the non-stop tweaking is photoshop skills or the lacking thereof…… you always want to make something look better or more realistic. But, this is [...]

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Great Site for Web-Site Tutorials

September 6, 2009

Wow, just found this one. I’ve looked at several and have had questions answered already.  Take a look around at these great tutorials on whatever you happen to be learning about; web programming, web design, css, database, php, ajax, moo tools and MORE. This is the site of Antonio Lupetti and he does a great [...]

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Making a Custom Web Page for Twitter

September 2, 2009

This one was fun! I really enjoyed it and it got me playing around with some new skills, using a background image in CSS, using absolute positioning and using Photoshop to make a custom background. Well here is how to start (all this stuff is not from me, I use the tutorials from really [...]

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How To Make a Unique Website Page For Your Twitter Updates

September 1, 2009

Earlier I posted about how to make a custom background for your twitter page.  This is a link to a great tutorial from Chris Coyier on how to make a whole web page for your twitter updates.  I’m going to give this one a whirl and if it works out I’ll post it on cliff538.com. [...]

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How to Create a Unique Twitter Background

August 26, 2009

Having a custom Twitter background is just about mandatory these days! ; ) Here is a great step-by-step tutorial on how to go about it.  There are some good things explained in this one like taking a drawing from paper to photoshop.  It’s worth a look.  Now go make yourself one!
TutorialMagazine.com – How to Create [...]

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Beginners Guide to jQuery Mouse Events

August 24, 2009

This is a really good tutorial for jQuery beginners. I will be playing with this and hopefully implementing some form of this into my website.
Beginners Guide to jQuery Mouse Events.

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