Original Article at Photo Sprites Menu Tutorial.Photo CSS Sprites for WordPress — Free PSD This Tutorial will show you step by step how to build an attractive menu using sprites for your WordPress Photo website. I have used this feature on the below demo site: The menu is placed in the header.php of the WordPress theme (here its Semiomantics XO) in replacement of the navigation. 1. Create the Image file in Photoshop The image file consists roughly of a Filmstrip serving as mask and then the images which are inserted into the film strip. In the normal position, the images are dimmed by a black fill layer at about 75% opacity. The final image looks as follows: Download the PSD File Download my PSD file from HERE. Open the PSD file in Photoshop and inspect it When you open the file in Photoshop, you will find 3 folders in the layer stack: The bottom folder contains the lower film-strip, the next folder concerns the upper film-strip and on top you find the Semiomantics XO Photo Publishing ad which I kick in as a bonus. To start, just make the “ad” folder invisible by clicking on the eye icon placed to the left of the “ad” folder. [...]
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Original Article at How to Publish Digital Photos.Digital Photography and WordPress “How to Edit and Publish Digital Photos” is the focus of the Ycademy Online Seminar in July. 1. How to Edit Digital Photos Taking photos has become a relatively easy and cheap task with the proliferation of accessible digital cameras and mobile devices, such as smart-phones and tablets. Of course the quality of the pictures varies in function of the quality of the camera and the skill of the photographer. Some of the shortcomings can be compensated by improving skills and post editing. The Seminar will deal with editing digital photos using namely Photoshop and OnOne Professional Photo Tools. … after some basic editing … … for web and devices with reduced JPEG quality. Editingand post editing have a lot to do with the purpose of the image as well as on the destination platform. We will look into different options and detail specific requirements for the mobile web. OnOne Professional Photo Editing Tools The above sample shows that editing makes the image heavier! The more filters, masks and brushes we apply the more Kb we ad and the slower the image will load once on the site. Here it is getting interesting: the above image counts [...]
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Original Article at How to Edit YORGOO Press Default Images.Default Images on YORGOO Press YORGOO Press News Paper layout uses thumbnails for illustration purposes. These thumbnails are created automatically from the first image loaded in a post. The thumbnails are only created from images loaded to the WordPress media upload folder (using the post or page editor). For this reason, automatic thumb-nailing does not work on imported or syndicated posts. To automate the thumbnail creation also on imported content, YORGOO Press allows you to load default images which will show when ever no image from the WordPress media upload folder is associated with a post. Thumbnail and Default storage on YORGOO Press The thumbnails and default images are stored in the wp-content/uploads and the wp-contents/uploads/cache folder. Both folders need to have permissions set to 777 (CHMOD). The default images are placed in the uploads folder while the thumbs created will automatically be cached and stored in the image cache. The Cache can be flushed from your dash board under Settings — Viva-Zoom. Download — Default Placeholders for YORGOO Press The default placeholders can be downloaded from HERE Unzip and place the content in a folder called “uploads” (without the quotes and in small letters) Your folder content looks like [...]
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Copyright © 2011 Yorgo Nestoridis. Visit the original article at http://yorgonestoridis.com/yorgo-nestoridis/ycademy-training-edit-images/.Ycademy Training Edit Images Editing and Publishing images for training purposes. Samples. [singlepic id=15 w=320 h=240 mode=web20 float=] [singlepic id=18 w=320 h=240 mode=watermark float=] [nggallery id=4] Related posts:Publishing and Editing Images 2 How to Make Money with Images Social Media Marketing by Ycademy How to Make Money with Images Managing Images on YORGOO Press
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Copyright © 2011 Yorgo Nestoridis. Visit the original article at http://yorgonestoridis.com/yorgo-nestoridis-development/semiomantics/semiomantics-evo2/evo2-menu-tutorial/. Contents [ hide ] 1 How to Structure the Evo2 Menu 1.1 YorgoMan Menu 1.2 How to Edit the Menu 1.3 Multiply the Image Galleries 1.4 Customize the Galleries 2 Author: How to Structure the Evo2 Menu The Evo2 Menu is as flexible as you need it to be. To adapt the menu to fit your project, decide first which modules you wish to use and then edit the menu in function of the desired structure. YorgoMan Menu The YorgoMan site will feature mainly Photos. The preferred gallery module is the Images module. YorgoMan wants to organize the images in albums and for each album he wants to load a menu entry. Albums: Sun and Sea Basketball Friends Holidays I me and myself We will need 5 times the Image module. A further category will be Music where he wants to load his preferred songs; for this we will use the Music Module. Finally, he wants to load some YouTube clips, for which we use the YouTube Galley module. For the good order’s sake we keep the contact form and eliminate all other modules. How to Edit the Menu [...]Related posts:Elegant Web Design Evo2Elegant Evo2 Web DesignEvo 2 Home Page TutorialHow to build your Evo2Elegant Evo2 Web Design
Copyright © 2010 Yorgo Nestoridis. Visit the original article at http://yorgonestoridis.com/yorgo-nestoridis-development/edit-wordpress-theme-css. Contents [ hide ] 1 Edit Theme CSS with Firebug 1.1 2 Good Reasons for using Firebug 2 Test your Site with YSlow Edit Theme CSS with Firebug Tonight’s call will focus on the use of Firebug to quickly test and edit your Theme style. Please download and install it. Firebug integrates with Firefox and is immediately ready for use. Firebug is one of the most efficient tools for professional developers and newbies alike. 2 Good Reasons for using Firebug Have you ever edited your website’s style? And, have you ever had a hard time to find within the CSS style-sheet the exact block of code you needed to edit to implement a desired modification? With Firebug, you will see immediately which line of your code you need to edit and best of all, you can test the modification on the fly before actually hacking your CSS code. Having Errors on your page, in your CSS or HTML code? Firebug is an ideal debugger pointing you directly to the problem area and suggesting the necessary modifications. If you are not yet using Firebug, it’s time to get started tonight [...]
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1 5 Tips to take Pictures of Cars
1.1 Look at the subject from different angles
1.2 Look for interesting Details
1.3 Create Focus with your Camera Settings
1.4 Create Focus by Post-Editing
1.5 Narrow Framing
5 Tips to take Pictures of Cars
When you take shots of [...]
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