http://tutorials.cimmeronstudios.com Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:32:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Twitter, a growing social networking site/utility that allows you to message in real time with all the other members of Twitter (the twittersphere), has jumped into the news lately due to the HUGE amount of fuss produced by the Motrin Moms. If you haven't heard about this, the story goes like ... http://tutorials.cimmeronstudios.com/2008/11/20/twitters-power-over-motrin/ There are a few things to think about when designing a logo. In fact, a lot of the same things that you consider when designing a web site come into play when designing a logo. 1. What is your market? Businesses such as finance, law and such would want to portray a ... http://tutorials.cimmeronstudios.com/2008/11/04/logo-design-for-small-business/ Ok, here's a quick tutorial for my friend Jerry. In production work (doing the same thing repeatedly for different images or designs), the key is to speed up the process. In Photoshop, you have the ability to really streamline things...if you know the shortcuts. Here is a simply tutorial ... http://tutorials.cimmeronstudios.com/2008/10/16/copy-and-paste-layer-effects-in-photoshop/ Here is a quick overview that will show you how to control the size of the window that opens using javascript.  There are other ways to do this, but this is a fairly simple and quick method. < a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="window.open('http://www.cimmeronstudios.com/','LinkName','height=400, width=400,scrollbars=no')">LinkName In this piece of code you can change the variables: height ... http://tutorials.cimmeronstudios.com/2008/09/18/controlling-the-size-of-the-window-when-link-is-clicked/ Website webpage design with Dreamweaver Many webpage designers choose to use Dreamweaver for the actual HTML coding of their web sites and some do all of their coding by hand. Most tend to use a combination of both, because why spend extra time hand coding when you can use some ... http://tutorials.cimmeronstudios.com/2008/08/12/website-webpage-design/ You may or may not have heard about the security issue with certain versions of Wordpress. The rumor is that Wordpress 2.6, out a full month ahead of time, fixes this issue, detailed below: Some versions of Wordpress have been open to a big security issue - SQL injection. Apparently, this ... http://tutorials.cimmeronstudios.com/2008/07/30/sql-injection-attack/ From a usability standpoint, I stay away from frames. They are bothersome to the user for the most part, making them do extra scrolling just to see what's going on. Most visitors want to see it quickly, not figure out HOW to see it However, sometimes you have information coming from ... http://tutorials.cimmeronstudios.com/2008/06/08/test/ CSS is definitely the wave of the future.  Once a die-hard html coder, I LOVE CSS but I have to admit there are times when it makes me want to pull my hair out. The thing to remember, I think, is to think of it as a complete coding language in ... http://tutorials.cimmeronstudios.com/2008/05/16/make-css-work-the-way-you-want-it-to-work/ Ok, here's a coding tutorial that will help you open a NEW window when a link is clicked, but it will give you several OPTIONS of what you want to do with that window. For example, maybe you want to RESIZE the window - that is what I often ... http://tutorials.cimmeronstudios.com/2008/05/14/onclick-window-open-options/ Your web site doesn’t have to have a complicated back-end system driving it. It doesn’t have to have extensive Flash animation, or cost a lot of money to get your customer’s attention. So, what does your website design need? This: Smooth, clean navigation - essential #1 Inviting colors and graphics - essential ... http://tutorials.cimmeronstudios.com/2008/05/06/affordable-web-design/