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How To Build An Online Visitor Counter

Chip — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:17:08 +0000

If, for any given reason, you are not able to implement a MySQL counter, here is the easiest solution for creating a flat file online users counter. Create a file called online.php, make it writable (either CHMOD 755 or CHMOD 777, depending on your server requirements), and insert the following code where you want the [...]

Inception Theme

Chip — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:10:34 +0000

On the foundation of Whiskey Air Theme, I have built a new free premium theme for WordPress: Inception. With several custom built-in functions, such as automatic thumbnail generator, most commented posts from any year, columnized categories, valid XHTML allowed tags for comments, marked new articles in the sidebar, and a nice footer list of categories, [...]

3D Offices Building – 1980′s Style

Chip — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:19:38 +0000

As I was telling you some time ago, I took up 3D modelling pretty seriously. I have several projects for a client, and, in my spare time, I model a thing or two. In this case, a 1980′s style offices building. I’d like to believe it resembles a police station, or a lawyers firm. Anyway, [...]

Beautiful Websites – Design Inspiration #1

Chip — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 12:27:00 +0000

Here is collection of great web designs involving smart typography, textures, grids, navigation and more. Las but not least, our new design is based on several other successful sites, Whiskey Air WordPress theme and our own usability studies. Midtsommerjazz 2010 http://www.midtsommerjazz.no/ Ubisoft’s Settlers 7 http://thesettlers.us.ubi.com/the-settlers-7/ Maksimer http://www.maksimer.no/ Giraffe Restaurants http://www.giraffe.net/ Creative Ad Awards http://www.creativeadawards.com/ BubbleStick [...]

iPad and iPhone Design Inspiration

Chip — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 00:18:23 +0000

After more than a month of inactivity, I started writing again, this time giving you, my readers, more interesting stuff to read, download and interact. This week is time for iPad and iPhone design showcase. First of all, here is a collection of 8 interfaces from Envato’s GraphicRiver.net: Tabletphone user interface professional set v1 – [...]

How To Add The New Twitter Button To Your Blog

Chip — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 23:14:56 +0000

For those of you who did not find out yet, Twitter released a new button feature, similar to what TweetMeme tried to implement, and to Digg style buttons. The new button, which can be seen and tested at the end of this post, has a slicker appearance and shows the total number of tweets. The [...]

Are You A Netsetter?

Chip — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 22:52:40 +0000

A couple of years ago, I would have spelled netsetter as netsettr. It would have been a clever move. Nettsetters know what I mean. “A netsetter is an entrepreneur who understands what the Internet means for making money, starting businesses and changing the way they live. A netsetter realizes that the Internet means you can [...]

Envato Founders Interview

Chip — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 22:40:47 +0000

Celebrating 3 years of Envato, netsetter (sic!) Collis Ta’eed and his wife Cyan released an interview regarding the startup of their company. We also want to celebrate 4 years of blogging here at Blog Tycoon, with a new theme, and a bunch of goodies, soon to come! If you haven’t already, visit the Blog Business [...]

New Addition to adButterfly Network

Chip — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:07:01 +0000

First of all, what is adButterfly Network? adButterfly Network is a (wannabe) closed advertisement network, showcasing client ads on all member sites. Latest addition to this network is a Romanian site about traditional treatments, cures and dealing with diseases. Based on the new WordPress 3.0 and with enhanced community features, like a forum plugin, advanced [...]

New 3D Objects

Chip — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 14:47:02 +0000

My latest 3D model is now up on Turbosquid.com. It’s a simple 3D low-energy bulb. It’s the last simple model, as I intend to go advanced and create some city models. I have several drafts of both modern and futuristic cities. It seems that, lately, object collections start to catch up. So I’ll build several [...]

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