Web ShopTALK http://www.webshoptalk.com Reviews, Tips and Discussions of a Web Developer Wed, 10 Dec 2008 07:11:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 http://feeds.feedburner.com/nonprofitwebtech?format=skinnonprofitwebtechhttp://feedburner.google.com Links of the Day http://www.webshoptalk.com/links-of-the-day/ http://www.webshoptalk.com/links-of-the-day/#comments Wed, 10 Dec 2008 07:11:45 +0000 jonh http://www.webshoptalk.com/links-of-the-day/ 5 Ways to Spice up Your Images with CSS
Great collection of CSS styles related to images including the inclusion of shadows and my favorite…a nice caption style.

Why Scrolling Isn’t a Bad Thing
Here’s an article that looks at the trends regarding screen resolution and how the old rules are being refined as the typical screen sizes change. Sick of the old 800×600 rule? Me too.

Typesites
Typesites is a weekly showcase of websites with interesting typographic design. This is a great resource for any web developer to understand typography and how it relates specifically to web design.

Vitamin
A resource for web developers and designers.

SOFTWARE: MacUpdate Promo Holiday Bundle
Just in time for the holidays…this is a great bundle that’s available for a greatly reduced price for limited time. Get it while it’s hot… My personal favorites are KeyCue and LittleSnitch.

]]> http://www.webshoptalk.com/links-of-the-day/feed/ Free Christmas Fonts http://www.webshoptalk.com/free-christmas-fonts/ http://www.webshoptalk.com/free-christmas-fonts/#comments Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:08:08 +0000 jonh http://www.webshoptalk.com/free-christmas-fonts/ Looking for some extra fonts to help your Christmas designs? Click here to view/download 10 free Christmas themed fonts.

]]> http://www.webshoptalk.com/free-christmas-fonts/feed/ Email Marketing and Outlook 2007 http://www.webshoptalk.com/email-marketing-and-outlook-2007/ http://www.webshoptalk.com/email-marketing-and-outlook-2007/#comments Sat, 06 Dec 2008 19:38:06 +0000 jonh http://www.webshoptalk.com/email-marketing-and-outlook-2007/ As one who’s doing more and more work with email marketing campaigns, this is a good and quick article on what the infamous (but widely popular) Outlook 2007 email client CAN’T do.

ARTICLE
“Outlook 2007. Most businesses use it every day as part of their communication with clients and the outside world but its effect on email marketing campaigns has been significant…” [ read more ]

What is it with Microsoft and their unwillingness to follow simple web standards?

]]> http://www.webshoptalk.com/email-marketing-and-outlook-2007/feed/ Converting Bitmap or Pixel-based Images to Vector-based http://www.webshoptalk.com/converting-bitmap-or-pixel-based-images-to-vector-based/ http://www.webshoptalk.com/converting-bitmap-or-pixel-based-images-to-vector-based/#comments Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:50:33 +0000 jonh http://www.webshoptalk.com/converting-bitmap-or-pixel-based-images-to-vector-based/ As a follow-up to my post from yesterday, here is a cool online tool you can use to convert images to vector-based. I’ve used it before and it works pretty well.

LINK: [ http://vectormagic.com/ ]

They also have a desktop application for Windows and Mac available. Visit them online to download a trial.

]]> http://www.webshoptalk.com/converting-bitmap-or-pixel-based-images-to-vector-based/feed/ Head-to-Head: Vector VS. Pixel http://www.webshoptalk.com/head-to-head-vector-vs-pixel/ http://www.webshoptalk.com/head-to-head-vector-vs-pixel/#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:47:00 +0000 jonh http://www.webshoptalk.com/head-to-head-vector-vs-pixel/ vector_vs_pixelThe Vector-based vs. Pixel-based discussion is a frequent and somewhat abstract concept that I find myself having to explain quite often. This is no fault of anyone. For people not immersed in graphics design, all that most clients care about is whether or not their logo looks good on their buildings, website, stationery and those cool office mugs (I love coffee mugs). The underlying concepts are the things we uppity designers are paid to know about.

Kind of like me and auto mechanics. Don’t know…don’t want to know - just tell me where to sign (but don’t think I’m a complete idiot).

The folks over at MacMerc.com nailed it with a short and easy-to-understand tutorial on the differences. They did such a good job…why don’t you just head on over and give it a play. This would be a great page to bookmark and pass along to your clients if they actually care to know the differences.

LINK: [ http://www.macmerc.com/news/archives/4659 ]

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