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Come realizzare un template WordPress

admin — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:01:16 +0000

Solo 11 LEZIONI INDIVIDUALI per poter realizzare un template WordPress da zero. Ecco una guida che ti segue passo passo nella realizzazione di un template, completamente personalizzato, in wordpress!

Ecco l’elenco delle funzionalità non appena il vostro template sarà pronto:

Tutto il search-engine optimization di cui avrete davvero bisogno
Markup supportati da google
Struttura markup semantico che può essere utilizzata per creare qualsiasi layout
layout predefiniti Smart CSS
Dinamica del corpo, le classi post e i commenti
Riferimenti e commenti threaded
2 aree di widget codificati che scompaiono quando sono vuoti
E tutte le cose tipiche di WordPress che vi aspettate da un tema

… Continua su http://themeshaper.com/wordpress-themes-templates-tutorial/

Seven big questions about the new Windows Phone 7 Series

admin — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:22:19 +0000

(Zdnet.com)

I watched this week’s announcement of the new Windows Phone 7 Series over the web. It was in Barcelona, and I was stuck here at home digging out from under a mountain of work that piled up after a pleasant vacation. Still, even over the Internet, it was an impressive demo, and the post-announce buzz was uniformly positive. (ZDNet’s coverage includes excellent posts from my compadres Mary Jo Foley, Matthew Miller, and Joel Evans, analysis by Larry Dignan, and a slick image gallery.) After looking at the announcement and thinking over its ramifications, I’ve come up with seven big questions that stand out in my mind.

Is this a complete reset of the Windows Mobile line? And can Microsoft pull it off?

This is a new operating system, a new user interface, and a new set of requirements on hardware makers. What’s left? All in all, this is indeed a complete reset and a pretty spectacular admission that the old Windows Mobile line was years past its sell-by date.

It does invite shuddering comparisons to the XP-to-Vista transition, doesn’t it?

Fortunately, this isn’t as big a leap as it appears. The hardware, the OS, and the new UI have already had a pretty thorough shakedown in the evolution of the Zune hardware, which culminated in the ZuneHD, which is impressive technically even if it hasn’t been a hit sales-wise. For Zune-watchers who wondered why Microsoft was persisting in its seemingly quixotic competition with the iPod juggernaut, you now have your answer: The ZuneHD wasn’t a mere media player, it was a stealth, hidden-in-plain-sight workout of a new hardware platform. Based on the ZuneHD experience, we already know what the UI and hardware can do at a minimum, and there are some pretty impressive new technologies in the Windows Phone 7.

continue… (http://blogs.zdnet.com)

Best Valentines Day Wallpapers

admin — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:21:52 +0000

St. Valentine’s Day is a traditional holiday celebrated on February 14.

In this article we are providing wallpapers that could fill your desktop with the spirit of Love on this Valentine’s Day.

Best Graphic 64 bit Apps for Windows 7

admin — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 17:11:46 +0000

A list of free grafic programs that runs in a 64 bit environment:

Designer Pro 1.1.3 (Download v. 1.1.3)

The program is champion at creating sketches, you can create an on-screen preview together with your customer within minutes. The viewer gets a three dimensional impression on how the product will look like. This improves transparency in the production process and customer satisfaction. This version has the following functionality; Use of variable document sizes different base models for the draft (t-shirt, coffee cup, button). It creates files in industry standard SVG format that can later be used e.g. with plotters. Test the application for free with full functionality for 30 days.

Gimp for x64 Windows 2.6.8 (Download Gimp 2.6.8)

The Gimp is the open source reference in image manipulation. This free application will allow you to retouch, author and edit your photos thanks to a wide set of tools.
Let’s quickly go through what you can do with the Gimp. The painting function has the essential clone, airbrush or pencil tools and a powerful gradient and blend tool. You can also create and save your own brushes and patterns for later use. The program lets you manipulate your photos, adding layers, doing Bezier and polygonal selections or setting text. Load and save animations in a frame-as-layer format and batch process all your photos for quick editing. The multi-windowed interface can be moved around to fit your needs and resized according to your desktop space.
While the Gimp is user friendly, the installation process can result a bit hairy. Because the application works under the GTK Runtime Environment, you will have to install this kit to successfully launch the program. The process is fairly lengthy and some error messages tend to pop up, however if you persist, you will be able to install the Gimp properly on your PC
Despite this fairly hazardous installation process, the Gimp is a program we recommend. Whether you’re out of dough or are looking for a free alternative to Photoshop, the Gimp is excellent image manipulation software with all the tools you’d expect. The friendly interface and expandability make this a program of choice.

Ashampoo Photo Optimizer 3 3.11 (Download Ashampo 3.11)

All the photo editing you really need. Instantly. Ashampoo Photo Optimizer enables you to touch up your digital photos fast. Everything is so simple you never need to read a manual – after you point and shoot just click and go. Ashampoo Photo Optimizer doesn’t try to replace major graphics programs. It just gives you everything you need when you want results fast. Features at a glance – Instant Optimize function makes dull photos shine – Optimize all your photos with a single click – Select and click red eye removal – One-click image rotation – Convert to black-and-white, sepia and inverted – Easy brightness and contrast sliders – Automatic backup: all edits reversible at any time – Explorer view doubles as a quick image viewer – Start with right-click from Windows Explorer

Fractal eXtreme 2010 (Download Fractal Extreme for x64)

Fractal eXtreme is a fractal exploration program that used real-time zooming and scrolling to make exploring easier and more intuitive than ever before. Fractal eXtreme uses high-precision math routines to allow zooming to virtually infinite depths, and the 64-bit version can do this deep zooming roughly four times faster than the 32-bit version.

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Inkscape 0.47 (Download Release 0.47)

An Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X, using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format.

Inkscape supports many advanced SVG features (markers, clones, alpha blending, etc.) and great care is taken in designing a streamlined interface. It is very easy to edit nodes, perform complex path operations, trace bitmaps and much more. We also aim to maintain a thriving user and developer community by using open, community-oriented development.

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Blender 2.49b (Download 2.49b stable)

Blender is a 3D graphics application released as free software under the GNU General Public License.

It can be used for modeling, UV unwrapping, texturing, rigging, water simulations, skinning, animating, rendering, particle and other simulations, non-linear editing, compositing, and creating interactive 3D applications, including games.

Blender is available for a number of operating systems, including Linux, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows. Blender’s features include advanced simulation tools such as rigid body, fluid, cloth and softbody dynamics, modifier-based modeling tools, powerful character animation tools, a node-based material and compositing system and Python for embedded scripting.

Atmosphere plugin for after effects

admin — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:04:10 +0000

Digieffects launches Atmosphere plugin for After Effects

Digieffects has launched Atmosphere, a new After Effects plug-in for simulating atmospheric conditions. The plug-in is capable of generating haze and fog effects within videos, while several configuration options allow users to adjust the effects depending on lighting and distance to the camera. Layers that are further away from the camera show a heavier haze/fog effect than the layers that are closer to the camera. This effect is also applied to parts of layers, resulting in greater immersion depending on which areas of the layer are closer to the camera.

Atmosphere is compatible with Mac OS X 10.4 or higher and priced at $50. It also comes bundled with Trapcode Lux for $220, or in the company’s Megasuite that includes all of the Digieffect’s plugins (except for FreeForm AE) and is priced at $800.

Digital Art Yourself Into a Avatar

admin — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:25:27 +0000

I did a search online and found this website: http://free-web-design.co.cc/create-james-camerons-avatar-movie-poster-in-photoshop-tutorial.html. It’s a great guide that gives step-by-step instructions on how to alter a photograph into an avatar.
or you can visit this site http://www.avatarizeyourself.com, just take a picture of yourself, upload it and it makes you an avatar thing!!
The third option is to do as this genius!!!… Avatar Makeup Tutorial

Alexander McQueen: 12 Unforgettable Designs

admin — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:14:03 +0000

From outfits for Lady Gaga to Madonna to Gwyneth Paltrow, see how the late designer put his stamp on pop style

(http://www.ew.com)

10 FREE Photoshop brushes

admin — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:26:16 +0000

Photoshop brushes are one of the most useful and often under-rated aspects of the program. Download these Free Photoshop Brushes and upload them to Photoshop. Free original Photoshop brushes for web & graphic designers!

99 Websites Every Designer Must Know

admin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:55:37 +0000

A list of graphic design websites which are useful to any aspiring designer.

It is sorted by category: General Design, Web Design, Resources, Show cases, Development, Flash and Flex, Typography, Video and Motion, Personal Design Blogs, Web 2.0, Relaxation, Various.

General Design

1 Spunk United

An excellent magazine with a selection of the worlds best artists providing inspiration, interviews, articles and more.

2 FreeLance Switch

The community site of reference for all freelances. You must know this one!

3 Computer Arts

The site of the excellent international magazine Computer Arts. I have subscribed to this mag and love it!

4 David Airey

A graphic and logo designer who shares his knowledge on these areas.

5 Behance

A site gathering the portfolios of the artists of the whole world, a true inspiration.

6 Pdf Mags

References all the PDF mags out there! A great resource.

7 Graphic Design Forum

The most active of the graphic design forums out there. A bit more focused for the beginner designer.

8 Design Is Kinky

An Australia site focused purely on design news and design in general. Stay up to date!

9 Freelance Folder

A community blog which posts regular articles on freelancing. Very diverse.

10 Bittbox

Provides regular resources for design… tutorials, brushes, vectors and more!

11 Vandelay Webdesign

Provides very social media friendly articles, large resource lists and tips for web designers.

12 You The Designer

Very complete and diverse range of articles on graphic design.

13 Design You Trust

A daily design magazine, blog and small community, full of new design trends, news and events, great design portfolios and hand-picked design stuff from all over the globe.

Web Design:

14 Noupe

An excellent site on Web design & the development of the web (CSS & Ajax).

15 Smashing Magazine

Information for all. So broad that if you are a designer and you don’t know this site, we all have pity for you.

16 Think Vitamin

Vitamin is a resource for web designers, developers and entrepreneurs. 50,000 subscirbers can’t be wrong.

17 24 Ways

Web design and development, quality articles are always here.

18 A List Apart

Another pillar of the Web Design blog world, very good articles with diversified contributors.

19 Site Point

Very diversified site, graphics, css, ajax… Also editor of many Web Design books.

20 The Rissington Podcast

Excellent podcasts full with humour of excellent the Web Designer John Oxton and Jon Hicks.

21 Web Appers

Blog of Open Resources for Web Developers. .

22 Happy Cog

They publish their best ideas and speak out to the world on web design.

23- Web Designer Wall

A must have for all web designers and designers out there!

Resources:

24 Design Float

A digg like site for design related subjects. Must know!

25- Psd Tuts

The best tutorials on the web. Mmmmm.

26- Blue Vertigo

The MUST HAVE bookmark of all stock resourceson the net.

27- SXC.hu

My favourite stock site, you may notice I use this site for most of my images on this site.

28- Icon Finder

Self explanitory.

29- Da Font

Free fonts. Mmmm.

30 Maniackers Design Make

A lot of inspiration can be found here along with a lot of free resources. Bit hard to navigate though.

31- Colour Lovers

Find, create and exchange your pallets of favourite colors.

Show Cases:

32- Command Shift 3

Have you heard of hot or not? This is like that but for web designs, you choose the best website of 2. Great for inspiration.

33- Showcase Point

Showcases Flash & CSS sites with several options of sorting.

34- Zeniltuo

Large database of all the inspiration sites out there.

35- The FWA

Mainly shows off flash websites but is always of high quality. Great inspiration here.

36- CSS Mania

Another showcase site.

37- CSS Remix

A very good gallery of CSS websites.

38- Best Web Gallery

A very good selection of designs.

39- ScreenFluent

A very good selection of Web designs.

40 W3C Sites

Excellent selection of valid W3C sites.

41- CSS Beauty

A good gallery and it also has very interesting articles on the development of websites with news.

42- Edu Style

The schools and universities have also right to a gallery css, this one is particularly remarkable.

Development:

43 – Problogger

Tips on blogging in general. Must have for any blogger.

45- Pro Blog Design

Tips on improving your blogs design. Only quality articles here.

46- WP designer

The blog of reference for all the WordPress developers.

47- Ajax Rain

One of largest Ajax bookshops on the Web.

48- CSS3.info

The site of future standards – CSS3.

49- CSS Earth

Site referring the best articles on the development of CSS on the Web.

Flash & Flex:

51- Labs Adobe

New technologies and development from Adobe.

52- Christophe Coenraets

Blog of a Flex developer.

54- Adobe AIR Tutorials

The site of for tutorials on AIR.

55- Mike Chambers

The blog of Mike Chambers based on programming and technology.

56- The Blog Flash

Blog for Action Script 3 and Flex.

57- Jean Phi Blog

One of the largest French flashers. Has some great work, but the French part may be a problem for some.

Typography:

60 Swiss Legacy

A blog focused on typography, swiss design and the grid.

61- I Love Typography

Speaks for itself. A must know.

62- Design & Typo

The blog of the famous Peter Gabor, posts cool inspiration pieces (in English too).

63- The Typographer

The site on typography for the French.

64- Slanted

Large German site on typography.

Video & Motion:

65- Stage6

YouTube of animation (2d and 3d). Great quality.

66- Fubiz

A great blog which posts creative daily inspirational pieces of design. Bookmark this one for sure.

67- Motiono Grapher

International reference for all who are in the motion business.

68- Video Copilot

Tutorials of creating special video effects.

69- Graphics/ Motion

Italian Blog of Motion, the articles are of great quality and are updated very regularly.

70 FX Guide

Great Community site of Video and Motion, do not miss this one!

71- Works Motion

The site of John Dickinson, great inspiration here.

Personal Design Blogs:

72- Elliot Jay Stocks

Just check it out. His name pops up everywhere!

73- Veerle Blog

One of most beautiful blosg on the Web, very complete articles and tutorials, in short a must.

75- Jina Bolton

Design of Jina Bolton (aka Sushi Monster), author of the book “Art & Science of CSS” and of the excellent conference “Create Sexy StyleSheet.” A very envious portfolio.