PM Design - Web Design Tutorials

Generate random string of characters in PHP

Pawel — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:54:04 +0000

In this very short tutorial, I am going to show you how to ceate a flexible php function. This function will allow you to generate random string of your choosen characters and your choosen length. Let's create the php function!

Interview with Chris Godby about Online Web Design Tools!

Pawel — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:43:08 +0000

Exclusively for PM Design Blog readers, an interview with Chris Godby - owner of CG Inspired. What started out as a one man show, has now become an elite group of freelance designers and developers providing top quality work to all types of companies and individuals. Chris will be asked about his work, passion and Web Design Tools Online!

New Apple iPad Review

Pawel — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:02:11 +0000

New Apple iPad is something we have been waiting for a long time to be released. Finally this remarkable peace of technology is out. However, does it really meet our expectations? Is it something we have been expecting from Apple? Finally, is it worth getting a new iPad at all? Let's have a closer look at the videos about this product first. iPad Advertisement and Steve Jobs demo presentation.

Ways to promote your website – Social Media

Pawel — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:54:51 +0000

A very officiant way to promote your website is to make a good use of social media options available. We can define 4 main social media types: blogs, social networking sites, forums and social bookmaking sites. Social Media sites helps to get direct traffic to your website and helps to build awareness about your website.

Create custom wordpress navigation with active state using wp_list_pages(); and wp_list_categories();

Pawel — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:30:58 +0000

Wordpress navigation can be tricky to create and sometimes we are not able to create it as we want. Problems starts if our website structure forces us to display categories, pages and home buttons and keep the active status even if deep into the category strucutre. This tutorial will explain how to acomplish just that.

Applying style to an element only if multi-class union exist

Pawel — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:48:28 +0000

Using CSS, you can apply multiple styles to one HTML element. This is obvious and helps to keep our HTML and CSS clean and redundant. What happens if we want to style the element differently ONLY if two different classes applied?

Create Custom Shape from multiple elements in Photoshop

Pawel — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:17:50 +0000

Creating custom shape in photoshop is relatively easy task, but what if you want to create it using multiple elements? This tutorial explains very easy technique to accomplish this task. We could use Illustrator to create such a thing, but I thought it would be interesting to make it in photoshop.

C.R.A.P. Website Design principles, are they really so crap?

Pawel — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:39:49 +0000

If someone is telling you that your design is crap, they’re actually giving you a positive reinforcement! What that actually means? C.R.A.P. stands for Contrast, Repetition, Alignment, Proximity. Good web design practice is to consider and rate your design in terms of ´crap´ before we do any coding and things get more complicated to apply any aditional major changes.

Never fully answered and constantly asked questions about SEO

Pawel — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:44:23 +0000

I have noticed a few questions that never seem to stop being asked or even fully answered, so I thought I would try to clear a few things up for anyone who has ever asked a question about SEO.

23 Funny and Real Reasons why you should date a Geek

Pawel — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:07:48 +0000

When you say the term ´geek´ to a woman they immediately get a terrible image. They begin to imagine a skinny man wearing a horrible shirt, with shorts going up to his chest... etc. (which for the average woman could not be more boring) The thought of dating a geek is just one big nightmare. Is it?

Create pattern backgrounds for you website in Photoshop

Pawel — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:27:49 +0000

This tutorial shows how to create background for your website in Photoshop and how to crop the images and prepare them for your website. Next we will style our html file and display our headers in browser. We are going to create 4 different header elements using patterns and filters.

Wordpress Cheat Sheet v 1.1

Pawel — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:41:46 +0000

Great Wordpress Cheat Sheet for Wordpress Developers. Especially for Pawel Martuszewski Design Readers! Please do not make it available to download on your website! That´s the policy. I hope you´ll like it. Enjoy!

100+ Free Font Collection for Web Designers

Pawel — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:40:50 +0000

This great font collection for web designers is free to use for personal as well as for commercial projects. You can share this collection with others. Please do not make it available to download on your website and do not state it´s yours! That´s the policy. I hope you´ll like it. Enjoy!

Google Wave Invitations – Giveaway!

Pawel — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:33:26 +0000

It seems like Google sent out another wave of invitations. This incredible service looks very promising! I decided to give away 7 invitations to Google Wave Service, to my existing or new subscribers, as a big THANK YOU for being with me and supporting my work and passion!

Ways to promote your website – Linking Strategies

Pawel — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:33:21 +0000

Every website that links to yours, brings you traffic at the same time. However all links are not equal. Links from popular sites makes your site rank higher then those from low traffic sites. Link popularity is an important aspect and more links will help you rank higher in the search engines!

How to implement TweetMeme Button on your website

Pawel — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:43:16 +0000

In this very short article I am going to show you how to implement a TweetMeme badge to your website. This is a great way to encourage your visitors to re-tweet your story. You might want to implement it to your WordPress or non WordPress website. I'll show both ways of getting a TweetMeme badge.

How to get the current page url

Pawel — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:41:00 +0000

Sometimes, there is a need to get the current url to be used within the php code. This is very useful function for social media shearing, as you might want to sent a current page url to be bookmarked or shared with others. You can easily echo your page url using a very simple php function.

How to center a div vertically and horizontally on a page

Pawel — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:30:07 +0000

I came across many young designers asking how to center an element on the website and not using the table. Using table layout is was very easy but not so obvious when we use divs.

Social Media Share Links for your website / blog

Pawel — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:56:34 +0000

Social bookmarking and networking sites is a way for you to promote your website. Some of the services exchange thousands of links and this can be very important for you as the main source of getting the traffic to your site / blog.

Ways to promote your website – Search Engine Optimisation Strategy

Pawel — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:09:15 +0000

Everyone wants to bring the traffic to the website they launch. Often our marketing skills will decide if the service we provide is going to successful one or a total disaster and waste of time. This article highlights important techniques of search engine optimisation (SEO). This is the cheapest marketing strategy.