Skill Level: Intermediate
Software Used: Wordpress
Helpful Links: Wordpress Plugins
Bloging with WordPress is really easy. This post is geared more towards people who have already found WordPress and would like to add some functionality. If we generate enough interest, we will go more into depth on individual plugins. Feel free to contact us for requests.
Skill Level: Elementary
Software Used: Google Analytics.
Helpful Links: WhatIsMyIP.com
This is one of those Gotchas that people miss when setting up Google Analytics. You need to exclude the computer that you use to maintain the site with. Otherwise, you will artificially inflate the sites’ visitor count.
Skill Level: Newbie
Software Used: Firefox.
Helpful Links: Answers.com Plugin for Firefox
Apple allows you to press “Command + Control + D” on any word in an Apple application to see a dictionary definition. This doesn’t work in Firefox. Bummer. Here’s an alternative that’s just as good.
Skill Level: Advanced
Software Used: Photoshop.
After working for a finicky art director for many years, I learned to make Photoshop documents that were highly editable. I always wanted to be able and go back several steps in case a photo needed to be replaced. This “mask within a mask” technique is a great way to work with two frames around an image or a group of images. By working with folders and vector masks, you don’t have to “flatten” your work which often causes you to have to start from scratch.
Skill Level: Newbie
Software Used: Firefox and Tab Counter.
Helpful Links: Firefox Keyboard Shortcuts.
This is a tip for power users that often have trouble going back to the tab they want. I quickly show you how to “count” your tabs and call up each tab by a number. This is helpful when you get around 6 to 9 tabs and want to count back from the last tab.
Skill Level: Elementary
Software Used: Photoshop Express and Flickr
In this video you are shown a way to bring a photo from your Flickr account into Photoshop Express to do a quick edit.
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