Evolutionary Designs: June 2011

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

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Posted: 27 Jun 2011 08:33 PM PDT

A blogger could have a brilliant and exciting strategic plan. However, if they have no passion, drive or motivation for blogging, their plan will amount to nothing. While there are times when energy will be low, making writing, researching and networking a drudgery, bloggers need to find new and innovative ways of fighting apathy. Keep Related posts:

Monday, June 27, 2011

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Mash Up #15

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 08:57 PM PDT

Hi guys, it's time once again for our weekly Mash Up series. This series is a list of great articles I have read over the last week or so and I share them here. Generally these lists have articles for everyone. You can usually find a great listing of design related articles. But I also Related posts:

Saturday, June 25, 2011

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Hootsuite Brings Back Pending Tweets Column!

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 04:22 PM PDT

Last Wednesday I wrote an article about Hootsuite and the new Publisher features. During this upgrade, they removed the Pending Tweets Column from the dashboard in favor of the Calendar View under the publisher tab. As of Yesterday (June 23rd, 2011), Hootsuite gave us back our Pending Tweets Column by popular demand. Pending Tweets Column Related posts:

Friday, June 24, 2011

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QuickTip: How to Create WordPress Links That Open in New Window

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 03:52 PM PDT

When I browse websites, I find it annoying when a site has a link that when you click on it opens in the same tab or window you are currently reading. For me, I like to click links and have it open new windows or tabs so I can check out the link and go Related posts:

Monday, June 20, 2011

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Mashup #14

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 09:28 PM PDT

Hi guys, it's time again for our weekly Mash Up series. This series is a list of great articles I have read over the last week or so and I share them here. Generally these lists have articles for everyone. You can usually find a great listing of design related articles. But I also share Related posts:

Friday, June 17, 2011

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Tips for Choosing Website Colors

Posted: 16 Jun 2011 07:22 AM PDT

Selecting the appropriate colors for your site is as vital as choosing content and graphics. Colors affect people in many ways. Certain colors can arouse particular emotions in people. These emotional reactions can influence your company's image in the mind of visitors and have a major impact on your brand. If you doubt that colors Related posts:

Thursday, June 16, 2011

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Streamline Your Social Media Status Updates With the New Hootsuite Publisher

Posted: 15 Jun 2011 07:33 PM PDT

Hootsuite does it again! They have added even more great features to their already feature packed dashboard. Now they gone and streamlined your scheduled updates, selection of profiles, and broadcast messages to your audiences. Scheduling Your Status Updates across Multiple Networks Just Got Easier! Do you schedule a lot of tweets, do you schedule updates Related posts:

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

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Picking The Right Web Hosting Plan

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 08:34 PM PDT

There are numerous businesses that offer web hosting services and the packages they offer include features that may seem to confusing and complicated to truly understand at first. Don’t let this discourage you, finding the right web hosting service is easier than you think. There are 3 basic kinds of web hosting services offered, dedicated Related posts:

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

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QuickTip: Digg Digg Makes it Easy to Manually Add the Google +1 Button to Your Site

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 09:55 PM PDT

Recently, I did a short tutorial on how to manually add the Google +1 Button to your site and another tutorial on how to add the Google +1 Button by using the use the WordPress ShareBar plugin. Today, I found another great way to manually add or even use a plugin to add the Google Related posts:

Friday, June 10, 2011

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3 Ways To Find Scripts and CMS’s Running on a Website

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 12:07 PM PDT

Have you ever come across a website and wondered what CMS (content management system)they are using or what plugins a site is using, maybe what JavaScripts/jQuery scripts the site has installed? If so, then you are in luck. Recently, I found three tools that can help you find out more information about a site. Why Related posts:

Thursday, June 9, 2011

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The Best WordPress Social Media Sharing and Marketing Plugins of 2011

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 08:58 PM PDT

Once you have your WordPress blog created and have your SEO plugins in place, you need to add your social media and marketing plugins to your site. Usually I recommend not adding to many plugins to your site at first but I do recommend getting your social sharing buttons setup. Before setting up your social Related posts:

Saturday, June 4, 2011

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jQuery Resources: Articles and Tutorials for Developers

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 03:31 PM PDT

As a designer and WordPresss user I learn early on that I needed to more than just design. I found very quickly when modifying WordPress themes that you needed to know PHP and knowing a little about jQuery was also helpful. Even if you do know coding but know how to add the code and Related posts:

Friday, June 3, 2011

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Manually Add the Google +1 Button to Your WordPress Site

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 04:40 PM PDT

Recently Google introduced a new sharing button called Google Plus +1 and now you can add a +1 button to your WordPress site. The Google +1 was designed so that you can give your "public stamp of approval" on articles that you find helpful. Now, your friends, family, and contacts can find the best contentRelated posts: