<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Desizn Tech &#187; Tutorial</title>
	<atom:link href="http://desizntech.info/category/tutorial/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://desizntech.info</link>
	<description>Web Design, Development and Tech Blog</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 16:39:04 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2</generator>
		<item>
		<title>How to Christmas Wreath in Illustrator in Five Minutes ?</title>
		<link>http://desizntech.info/2011/12/how-to-christmas-wreath-in-illustrator-in-five-minutes/</link>
		<comments>http://desizntech.info/2011/12/how-to-christmas-wreath-in-illustrator-in-five-minutes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:47:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kawsar Ali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Graphic Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tutorial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how to]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illustrator]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://desizntech.info/?p=10252</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Christmas is approaching fast and the Christmas wreath is a staple design element for all kinds of projects. Instead of spending a lot of time, I thought it would be useful to have a base, simple design that I could tweak as needed later. In this tutorial we will create a base leaf pattern, convert [...]<p><br/><br/>
Massive Freebies Password: d08YkM1</p>
]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Christmas is approaching fast and the Christmas wreath is a staple design element for all kinds of projects. Instead of spending a lot of time, I thought it would be useful to have a base, simple design that I could tweak as needed later. In this tutorial we will create a base leaf pattern, convert it to a scatter brush, and paint a wreath. </p>
<p><span id="more-10252"></span><br />
<img src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/00-featured.jpg" alt="preview" width="500"/></p>
<p>You can customize this as much as you want with various leaf shapes, colors, and textures. But if you need a quick Christmas wreath in vector format, here&#8217;s how it&#8217;s done:</p>
<h3>Step 1: Basic Leaf Shape</h3>
<p>Use your favorite tool, but I used the Line Segment Tool to quickly make an ugly leaf shape. Just make sure the ends of each line touch so we can join the shape in the next step.</p>
<p><img src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/01-leaf-base.jpg" width="500"/></p>
<h3>Step 2: Joining the Lines</h3>
<p>Using the Selection Tool, select the entire shape, right-click and select Join:</p>
<p><img src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/02-join.jpg" width="500"/></p>
<h3>Step 3: Create Some Curves</h3>
<p>Now, grab the Convert Tool (in the Pen Tool menu). On each of the corners where the leaf points meet, click and drag to create a curve. This is optional, but it&#8217;s an easy way to give the leaf a little more realism. </p>
<p><img src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/03-curves.jpg" width="500"/></p>
<h3>Step 4: Fill Colors</h3>
<p>With the shape selected, choose a lighter green than your stroke color for the fill:</p>
<p><img src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/04-fill.jpg" width="500"/></p>
<h3>Step 5: Veins</h3>
<p>Grab a basic brush shape (F5) and use your darker green to paint veins:</p>
<p><img src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/05-veins.jpg" width="500"/></p>
<h3>Step 6: Create a Scatter Brush</h3>
<p>With the entire leaf selected, open the Brushes menu (Windows -&gt; Brushes), click the New Brush button and select &quot;Scatter Brush&quot;:</p>
<p><img src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/06-scatter-brush.jpg" width="500"/></p>
<h3>Step 7: Scatter Brush Settings</h3>
<p>Use these approximate settings:</p>
<p><img src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/07-settings.jpg" width="500"/></p>
<h3>Step 8: Make the Wreath</h3>
<p>Using the Ellipse Tool, draw a circle on your Artboard and click the new Scatter Brush you created in the Brushes menu:</p>
<p><img src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/08-circle.jpg" width="500"/></p>
<h3>Step 9: Add Density</h3>
<p>At this point it&#8217;s up to you to create the density and size of your wreath. Create a new layer and use the Paintbrush Tool to paint more leaves around the wreath:</p>
<p><img src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/09-leaves.jpg" width="500"/></p>
<p>You can create more leaf shapes/brushes, add embellishments such as berries and ribbons, and basically tweak away from here. Hopefully, though, this quick wreath design should just take a few minutes to set up and give you plenty of tools for continued playing room. </p>
<p><img src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/10-final.jpg" width="500" height="500" /></p>
<a class="downloadlink" href="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/plugins/download-monitor/download.php?id=57" title=" downloaded 124 times" >Download Ai File</a>
<p><br/><br/>
Massive Freebies Password: d08YkM1</p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://desizntech.info/2011/12/how-to-christmas-wreath-in-illustrator-in-five-minutes/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>How to Create Repeating Stripe Patterns in Photoshop</title>
		<link>http://desizntech.info/2011/11/how-to-create-repeating-stripe-patterns-in-photoshop/</link>
		<comments>http://desizntech.info/2011/11/how-to-create-repeating-stripe-patterns-in-photoshop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dt_guest_author</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tutorial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[repeating pattern]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stripes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://desizntech.info/?p=10083</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Stripe patterns are an excellent way to add a little texture to your design elements, such as with fonts in greeting cards, or to set the tone as the background for a website. There are many resources for generating stripe pattern online, it&#8217;s easy to get great looking repeating stripe patterns. But sometimes you need [...]<p><br/><br/>
Massive Freebies Password: d08YkM1</p>
]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Stripe patterns are an excellent way to add a little texture to your design elements, such as with fonts in greeting cards, or to set the tone as the background for a website. There are many resources for generating stripe pattern online, it&#8217;s easy to get great looking repeating stripe patterns. But sometimes you need a very customized patterns and online tools just do not cut it. If you find yourself in this dilemma, then look no further! The following tutorial will guide you through the exact steps needed for creating your very own customized stripe pattern.<br />
<span id="more-10083"></span></p>
<h3>Custom Horizontal Stripe Design</h3>
<p>Let&#8217;s look at a simple way to create a completely custom stripe design. One caveat: you need to know the height of your design since this repeating stripe design will only work for fixed heights. This should not be a problem no matter what the height, whether it&#8217;s 5px or 5000px. You will still be able to create a small file that will repeat.</p>
<h3>Step 1 &#8211; Set up your canvas</h3>
<p>I like to start with twice the size that I will need. So if you are working with a navigation bar that has a height of 100px, then start with a canvas that is 200x200px.</p>
<p><img src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/01-set-up-canvas.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="300" /></p>
<h3>Step 2 &#8211; Set up your grid</h3>
<p>Go to Edit -&gt; Preferences -&gt; Guides, Grid &amp; Slices&#8230;</p>
<p><img src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/02a-set-up-grid1.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="300" /></p>
<p>Set up your grid to be at twice the dimensions you need with 4 subdivisions:</p>
<p><img src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/02b-set-up-grid2.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="300" /></p>
<h3>Step 3 &#8211; Set your boundaries</h3>
<p>Hit CTRL/CMD+&#8217; or go to View -&gt; Show -&gt; Grid to display the grid on your square canvas.</p>
<p><img src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/03a-grid-view.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="300" /></p>
<h3>Step 4 &#8211; Start the stripe</h3>
<p>Just to be over-the-top, I will design a stripe with four colors. Using the Rectangle Tool, draw a rectangle in the far left quarter and repeat for each quarter:</p>
<p><img src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/04-draw-stripe.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="300" /></p>
<h3>Step 5 &#8211; Add embellishments</h3>
<p>Of course, you can add as much or as little at this point, but to demonstrate how much you can do, I added a drop shadow to each layer:</p>
<p><img src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/05-shadows.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="300" /></p>
<h3>Step 6 &#8211; Organize your layers</h3>
<p>I had to re-organize may layers to make the drop shadows work.</p>
<p><img src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/06-reorganize.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="300" /></p>
<h3>Step 7 &#8211; Merge Layers</h3>
<p>Select all the layers, Right-click in the Layers panel and select Merge Layers</p>
<p><img src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/07-merge-layers.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="300" /></p>
<h3>Step 8 &#8211; Downsize</h3>
<p>With your layer selected, grab the Move Tool. While holding the Shift key, shrink the layer down to the bottom quarter of the canvas.</p>
<p><img src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/08-resize.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="300" /></p>
<h3>Step 9 &#8211; Select the Layer</h3>
<p>Using the Rectangular Marquee Tool, select a section of the layer. It&#8217;s not as important to get the height right as it is to make sure you get the width perfect. Using the Snap to Grid feature helps.</p>
<p><img src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/09-select.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="300" /></p>
<h3>Step 10 &#8211; Define Brush</h3>
<p>Go to Edit -&gt; Define Brush and give it a name of your choice</p>
<p><img src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/10-define-brush.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="300" /></p>
<h3>Step 11 &#8211; Fill layer with Pattern</h3>
<p>Now, create a new layer, go to Edit -&gt; Fill and select your pattern you just created.</p>
<p><img src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/11-fill.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="300" /></p>
<h3>Step 12 &#8211; Create the Angle</h3>
<p>Go to Filter -&gt; Distort -&gt; Shear to create the desired angle.</p>
<p><img src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/12-shear.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="300" /></p>
<h3>Step 13 &#8211; Crop it!</h3>
<p>With your grid in view, grab the Crop Tool and crop it at the top 1/4. Hit enter when ready.</p>
<p><img src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/13-crop.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="300" /></p>
<p>Now you can add the little extras like the glossy overlays to give it that polish. To test the design, do the following:</p>
<ul>
<li>Save the image in a new folder on your desktop &#8211; call it&#8221;bg.jpg&#8221; for now.</li>
<li>In the same folder, create a new text file and call it&#8221;test.html&#8221;</li>
<li>Open the test.html in Notepad or other simple text editor and paste the following code:</li>
<pre class="brush: xml; title: ; notranslate">
&lt;!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC &quot;-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN&quot; &quot;http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd&quot;&gt;
&lt;html&gt;
&lt;head&gt;
&lt;meta http-equiv=&quot;Content-Type&quot; content=&quot;text/html;charset=iso-8859-1&quot;/&gt;
&lt;title&gt; Test Page&lt;/title&gt;
&lt;/head&gt;
&lt;body&gt;
    &lt;div style=&quot;height:100px; width:100%;
    background-image:url('bg.jpg'); background-repeat:repeat-x&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/body&gt;
&lt;/html&gt;
</pre>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Save the file</li>
<li>Open it in your favorite browser.</li>
<li>Change the code above to suit your needs like div height and image name.</li>
</ul>
<p><a class="downloadlink" href="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/plugins/download-monitor/download.php?id=55" title=" downloaded 173 times" >Download PSD </a><br /></p>
<p><br/><br/>
Massive Freebies Password: d08YkM1</p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://desizntech.info/2011/11/how-to-create-repeating-stripe-patterns-in-photoshop/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Creating a Jquery Slideshow with Craftyslide</title>
		<link>http://desizntech.info/2011/06/creating-a-jquery-slideshow-with-craftyslide/</link>
		<comments>http://desizntech.info/2011/06/creating-a-jquery-slideshow-with-craftyslide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kawsar Ali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[javascript]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tutorial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jquery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Slideshow]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://desizntech.info/?p=9311</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Craftyslide is a tiny image slideshow script built on jQuery.  It is only 2kb and really easy to implant. Craftyslide is created by CraftedPixelz, an UK design studio. In this post we will show you can how use Craftyslide on our website. Demo &#124; First thing to do, is go to Craftyslide website and download the script. [...]<p><br/><br/>
Massive Freebies Password: d08YkM1</p>
]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://projects.craftedpixelz.co.uk/craftyslide/" target="_blank">Craftyslide</a> is a tiny image slideshow script built on jQuery.  It is only 2kb and really easy to implant. Craftyslide is created by <a href="http://craftedpixelz.co.uk/" target="_blank">CraftedPixelz</a>, an UK design studio. In this post we will show you can how use Craftyslide on our website.<br />
<span id="more-9311"></span><br />
<a class="downloadlink" href="http://desizntech.info/demo/Craftyslide_demo/index.html" target="_blank">Demo</a> | <a class="downloadlink" href="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/plugins/download-monitor/download.php?id=47" title=" downloaded 545 times" >Download Files</a><br />
First thing to do, is go to <a href="http://projects.craftedpixelz.co.uk/craftyslide/" target="_blank">Craftyslide website</a> and download the script. It actually come with a demo page. If you want you can just use that page. We will try to explain in detail how the script works. To begin make sure you have all your script and files organized in the folder.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-9313" title="01_files" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/01_files.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="190" /></p>
<p>Next we are going to open up the <em>index.html</em> and link the javascript files before the <em>&lt;/body&gt;</em> tag ends (<a href="http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/javascript-ajax/24-javascript-best-practices-for-beginners/" target="_blank">why</a>). I  would  suggest to use jQuery from <a href="http://docs.jquery.com/Downloading_jQuery" target="_blank">Google SVN</a>, which will make your website load faster.</p>
<pre class="brush: css; title: ; notranslate">

&lt;!-- jQuery Library --&gt;
&lt;script src=&quot;http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
&lt;!-- Craftyslide Plugin --&gt;
&lt;script src=&quot;js/craftyslide.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
</pre>
<p>Next the <em>HTML markup </em>. The images has to be nested inside a <em>&lt;li&gt;</em> tag . The script looks for the <em>.next(&#8220;li&#8221;) &#8211; list item</em> to go to next slide .</p>
<pre class="brush: xml; title: ; notranslate">
&lt;div id=&quot;slideshow&quot;&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;Flower and Bee&quot; src=&quot;images/image_1.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Flower and Bee&quot; /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;Flower&quot; src=&quot;images/image_2.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Flower&quot; /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;Leaf&quot; src=&quot;images/image_3.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Leaf&quot; /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
</pre>
<p>Y0u do not need changes anything in the CSS file unless you want to changes the caption font or border color. The shadow is created by CSS3 which also can be edited.  Now we call the function to initiate the slideshow.</p>
<pre class="brush: jscript; title: ; notranslate">
  &lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt;
     $(&quot;#slideshow&quot;).craftyslide({
		 'width': 640,
		 'height': 300,
		 'pagination': true,
		 'fadetime': 500,
		 'delay': 500
		});
   &lt;/script&gt;
</pre>
<p>Crafytslide comes with a simple fade transition and few options. Width and height are self explanatory.<em> Pagiantion </em>controls if you want to show the number images/slides on the bottom, <em>Fadetime</em> controls the speed of fade and <em>dealy </em>controls the duration between each slide. You can visit Craftyslide page for <a href="http://projects.craftedpixelz.co.uk/craftyslide/" target="_blank">more info</a>. Here is how the slideshow  looks like.</p>
<p><a href="http://desizntech.info/demo/Craftyslide_demo/index.html" target="_blank"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-9321" title="Slideshow Preview" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/02_slide_show_preview.png" alt="" width="500" height="260" /></a></p>
<p>That&#8217;s all. The simplicity of Craftyslide makes it very useful. Since it does not have a lot of transitions and options, the script is small and faster. Try it out let us know if you have another slideshow script your prefer.</p>
<p>Tutorial images are from <a href="http://www.sxc.hu/" target="_blank">SXC.hu</a></p>
<p><br/><br/>
Massive Freebies Password: d08YkM1</p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://desizntech.info/2011/06/creating-a-jquery-slideshow-with-craftyslide/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Popular Social Media Share Link Snippets</title>
		<link>http://desizntech.info/2011/04/popular-social-media-share-link-snippets/</link>
		<comments>http://desizntech.info/2011/04/popular-social-media-share-link-snippets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:03:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kawsar Ali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tutorial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wordpress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[share-link]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stumbleupon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[twitter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://desizntech.info/?p=8722</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Social media websites has become vital part web browsing and discovering new website on the internet. People usually likes to share/bookmark what they find on the web. Therefore, in this post we are sharing wordpress and HTML links you can implement on your website, which enables your readers to share and bookmark your website on [...]<p><br/><br/>
Massive Freebies Password: d08YkM1</p>
]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Social media websites has become vital part web browsing and discovering new website on the internet. People usually likes to share/bookmark what they find on the web. Therefore, in this post we are sharing wordpress and HTML links you can implement on your website, which enables your readers to share and bookmark your website on popular social media services.  For now we are just including the most popular social media websites. If you want for a specific website you can make a request on the comment and we will update it in the post.<br />
<span id="more-8722"></span></p>
<h3>WordPress</h3>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/db"><img src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Social-Media-Process-v1.0.jpg" alt="" title="Social-Media-Process-v1.0" width="500" height="386" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8740" /></a><br />
You can copy following snippet lines into your wordpress theme file (<em>index.php or single.php</em>). If you want use a <a href="http://css.maxdesign.com.au/listamatic/horizontal01.htm">horizontal list </a> to arrange them. The twitter link also includes wordpress <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/bloginfo#Show_Blog_Title_in_Link">shorturl</a> for convenience.</p>
<pre class="brush: php; title: ; notranslate">

&lt;!-- Delicious --&gt;
&lt;a title=&quot;Share this on del.icio.us&quot; href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/post?url=&lt;?php echo get_permalink() ?&gt;&amp;title=&lt;?php the_title(); ?&gt;&quot;&gt; Share this on del.icio.us &lt;/a&gt;
&lt;!-- Digg --&gt;
&lt;a title=&quot;Submit to Digg&quot; href=&quot;http://digg.com/submit?url=&lt;?php echo get_permalink() ?&gt;&amp;title=&lt;?php the_title(); ?&gt;&quot;&gt; Share this on del.icio.us &lt;/a&gt;
&lt;!-- Reddit --&gt;
&lt;a title=&quot;Share this on Reddit&quot; href=&quot;http://reddit.com/submit?url=&lt;?php echo get_permalink() ?&gt;&amp;title=&lt;?php the_title(); ?&gt;&quot;&gt;Share this on Reddit&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;!-- Facebook --&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=&lt;?php the_permalink();?&gt;&amp;t=&lt;?php the_title(); ?&gt;&quot;&gt;Share on Facebook&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;!-- StumbleUpon --&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=&lt;?php the_permalink(); ?&gt;&amp;title=&lt;?php the_title(); ?&gt;&quot;&gt;Share on StumbleUpon&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;!-- Twitter --&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/home?status=&lt;?php the_title(); ?&gt; - &lt;?php echo get_bloginfo('url') ?&gt;?p=&lt;?php the_ID(); ?&gt;@yourusername&quot;&gt;Tweet This&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;!-- Float--&gt;
&lt;a title=&quot;Float it&quot; href=&quot;http://www.designfloat.com/submit.php?url=&lt;?php the_permalink(); ?&gt;&amp;title=&lt;?php the_title(); ?&gt;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Float it&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;!-- Bump --&gt;
&lt;a title=&quot;Bump it&quot; href=&quot;http://designbump.com/node/add/drigg/?url=&lt;?php the_permalink(); ?&gt;&amp;title=&lt;?php the_title(); ?&gt;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Bump It &lt;/a&gt;
</pre>
<h3>HTML (For any website)</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hubspot/3196650975/in/photostream/"><img src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/social_media_cartoon.jpg" alt="" title="social_media_cartoon" width="500" height="401" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8742" /></a><br />
If just have a HTML website and still want your readers to share your website you can use the following.</p>
<pre class="brush: xml; title: ; notranslate">
&lt;!-- Delicious --&gt;
&lt;a title=&quot;Share this on del.icio.us&quot; href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://yourwebsite.com&amp;title=Your Ttitle&quot;&gt; Boorkmak on del.icio.us &lt;/a&gt;
&lt;!-- Digg --&gt;
&lt;a title=&quot;Submit to Digg&quot; href=&quot;http://digg.com/submit?url=http%3A//yourwebsite.com/&amp;amp;title=Your%3Website%Name&quot;&gt; Post on Digg &lt;/a&gt;
&lt;!-- Reddit --&gt;
&lt;a title=&quot;Share this on Reddit&quot; href=&quot;http://reddit.com/submit?url=http://iamkawsar.com&amp;title=Your Website Name&quot;&gt;Post on on Reddit&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;!-- Facebook --&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://yourwebsite.com&quot;&gt;Share on Facebook&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;!-- StumbleUpon --&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://yourwebsite.com&amp;title=Your website Name&quot;&gt;Share on StumbleUpon&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;!-- Twitter --&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/home?status=Check out this Awesome Site - http://yourwebsite.com @yourusername&quot;&gt;Tweet This&lt;/a&gt;
</pre>
<p>There you have it. Where do think is the best place on your website to put these social media links ? </p>
<p><br/><br/>
Massive Freebies Password: d08YkM1</p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://desizntech.info/2011/04/popular-social-media-share-link-snippets/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Advanced and Comprehensive HTML5 Resources</title>
		<link>http://desizntech.info/2011/03/advanced-and-comprehensive-html5-resources/</link>
		<comments>http://desizntech.info/2011/03/advanced-and-comprehensive-html5-resources/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kawsar Ali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips & Tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tutorial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[canvas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how-tos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HTML5]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://desizntech.info/?p=8505</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[HTML5 is one of the most talked about topics right now among the design community. HTML5 supports many new features such as : cleaner markup, new semantic elements such as &#60;header&#62;, &#60;nav&#62;, new form objects, canvas element for drawing and much more. These features will make websites more interactive for the user and easier for [...]<p><br/><br/>
Massive Freebies Password: d08YkM1</p>
]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>HTML5 is one of the most talked about topics right now among the design community. HTML5 supports many new features such as : cleaner markup, new semantic elements such as <em>&lt;header&gt;, &lt;nav&gt;</em>, new form objects, canvas element for drawing and much more. These features will make websites more interactive for the user and easier for the web designer to create. Rather than doing a round up post of HTML5 tutorial, we have gathered some very useful articles and resources about the HTML5 features and how it will benefit us.<br />
<span id="more-8505"></span><br />
<strong><a href="http://www.w3schools.com/html5/default.asp" target="_blank">W3Schools HTML5</a></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.w3schools.com/html5/default.asp"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8507" title="01_w3shools" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/01_w3shools.png" alt="" width="500" height="200" /></a></p>
<p>Although this  not really advanced but since HTML5 is new W3schools should be your first stop for learning about HTML5. W3Schools includes tutorials and example of the basic tags syntax you need to know.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.netmagazine.com/features/html5-features-what-you-need-know" target="_blank">HTML5 Features: What You Need to Know</a></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.netmagazine.com/features/html5-features-what-you-need-know"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8508" title="02_net_magazine" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/02_net_magazine.png" alt="" width="500" height="374" /></a></p>
<p>Remy Sharp discusses about what HTML5 features we&#8217;ll all be using very soon.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://blogs.sitepoint.com/html5-summary-and-details/" target="_blank">HTML5 Quick Feature: Summary and Details</a></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://blogs.sitepoint.com/html5-summary-and-details/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8509" title="03_sitepoint" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/03_sitepoint.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="296" /></a></p>
<p>This article informs us  what changes HTML5 will brings to the web and show examples of how it can be used.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.communitymx.com/abstract.cfm?cid=0990C" target="_blank">The HTML5 CSS Starter Page Series</a></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.communitymx.com/abstract.cfm?cid=3FEE0"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8510" title="04_html_series" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/04_html_series.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="284" /></a></p>
<p>This a series of 4 article that thoroughly explains about HTML5 and show how to create a HTML5 index page, a form page, a video page that uses the video element and many more HTML5 features. Each of the article in the series are full with examples and details.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://falcon80.com/" target="_blank">HTML 5 Canvas Element Tutorial</a></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://falcon80.com/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8511" title="05_canvas_tutorial" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/05_canvas_tutorial.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="325" /></a></p>
<p>Couple of original tutorials that show how to do graphics, games and animation on your website using the HTML5 Canvas Element.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.lemonjuz.com/2011/03/html5-basic-template-for-beginners/" target="_blank">HTML5 Template for Beginners</a></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.lemonjuz.com/2011/03/html5-basic-template-for-beginners/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8512" title="06_basic_template" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/06_basic_template.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="331" /></a></p>
<p>This article includes a HTML5 template and some useful information on how to create your own template.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://robertnyman.com/2011/03/10/using-html5-canvas-drag-and-drop-and-file-api-to-offer-the-cure/" target="_blank">Using HTML5 canvas, Drag and Drop and File API to offer The Cure</a></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://robertnyman.com/2011/03/10/using-html5-canvas-drag-and-drop-and-file-api-to-offer-the-cure/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8515" title="09_cure" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/09_cure.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="261" /></a></p>
<p>This is a advanced tutorial how to create a drag and drop area using <em>&lt;canvas&gt;</em> element and then start drawing on it.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://wufoo.com/html5/" target="_blank">The Current State of HTML5 Forms</a></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://wufoo.com/html5/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8516" title="10_wufoo_forms" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/10_wufoo_forms.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="274" /></a></p>
<p>Wufoo, the online form creation website illustrates which browser supports new HTML5 input types and input attributes.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.msjoe.com/2011/03/using-html5-local-storage/" target="_blank">Using HTML5 Local Storage</a></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.msjoe.com/2011/03/using-html5-local-storage/" target="_blank"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8517" title="11_HTML5StorageNotes1" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/11_HTML5StorageNotes1.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="250" /></a></p>
<p>HTML5 local storage allows users data to saved on their machine inside their browser. It is like client-side database that makes the interaction between the website and browser easier. This tutorial shows how to use local storage.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.msjoe.com/2011/03/using-html5-local-storage/">HTMl5 Drag and Drop</a></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://html5tutorial.net/tutorials/drag-and-drop.html"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8518" title="12_drag" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/12_drag.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="250" /></a></p>
<p>This is  yet another tutorial about creating HTML5 drag and drop zone.</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://mozillademos.org/demos/dashboard/demo.html" target="_blank">Awesome HTML5 Dashboard</a></strong></p>
<p><a href="https://mozillademos.org/demos/dashboard/demo.html"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8519" title="13_awesomedashboard" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/13_awesomedashboard.jpg" alt="" width="522" height="255" /></a></p>
<p>Awesome HTML5 dashboard is from Mozilla, which has extensive amount examples  and information about cool new features of HTML5.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://robertnyman.com/html5/" target="_blank">Information and samples for HTML5</a></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://robertnyman.com/html5/svg/svg.html"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8520" title="14_html5_info" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/14_html5_info.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="286" /></a></p>
<p>This website is a guide to almost everything you need to understand about HTML5. The great thing about this site it includes example data and code.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dorischen/archive/2011/03/22/developer-resources-html5-ie9-tutorials-and-sample-code.aspx" target="_blank">HTML5 / IE9 Tutorials and Sample Code</a></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dorischen/archive/2011/03/22/developer-resources-html5-ie9-tutorials-and-sample-code.aspx"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8513" title="07_ie9_demo" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/07_ie9_demo.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="288" /></a></p>
<p>Well better late than never. Dr. Doris Chen who is a developer evangelist at Microsoft, shows couple example of new HTML5 features working in IE9.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/html-css-techniques/html5-and-css3-without-guilt/" target="_blank">HTML5 and CSS3 Without Guilt</a></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/html-css-techniques/html5-and-css3-without-guilt/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8521" title="15_html5_css3" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/15_html5_css3.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="244" /></a></p>
<p>Since HTML5 is not widely supported, should we use it or not? This article discusses how to face this dilemma.</p>
<p>Websites to follow to keep yourself <strong>updated with HTML5</strong> news :</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.html5rocks.com/" target="_blank">HTML5 Rocks &#8211; A resource for open web HTML5 developers</a></li>
<li><a href="http://diveintohtml5.org/" target="_blank">Dive Into HTML5</a></li>
<li><a href="http://html5demos.com/" target="_blank">HTML 5 Demos</a></li>
<li><a href="http://html5doctor.com/" target="_blank">HTML5 Doctor</a></li>
<li><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/html/html5" target="_blank">HTML5 &#8211; MDC Doc Center by Mozilla</a></li>
<li><a href="http://html5readiness.com/" target="_blank">HTML5 &amp; CSS3 Readiness</a></li>
</ul>
<p><br/><br/>
Massive Freebies Password: d08YkM1</p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://desizntech.info/2011/03/advanced-and-comprehensive-html5-resources/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Creating Border and Drop Shadow using Pixelmator</title>
		<link>http://desizntech.info/2011/03/5-quick-pixelmator-tips/</link>
		<comments>http://desizntech.info/2011/03/5-quick-pixelmator-tips/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 17:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kawsar Ali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tutorial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[border]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drop shadow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pixelmator]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://desizntech.info/?p=8148</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pixelmator is a great alternative of Photoshop for image editing. However, some of the little enhancements such as drop shadow, or adding border to an image is not built in features like Photoshop. In this post,  we will show you some easy techniques you can easily to add border and drop shadow to any image. [...]<p><br/><br/>
Massive Freebies Password: d08YkM1</p>
]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pixelmator is a great alternative of Photoshop for image editing. However, some of the little enhancements such as drop shadow, or adding border to an image is not built in features like Photoshop. In this post,  we will show you some easy techniques you can	easily to add border and drop shadow to any image.<br />
<span id="more-8148"></span><br />
Pixelmator is truly great app but missing basic features like drop shadow, inner shadow, stroke is just makes it  not a true competitor of Photoshop. Maybe in future updates we will see this ( Hint to the Pixelmator team).<br />
Let&#8217;s get started with the tutorial.</p>
<p>Resource Needed:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://caminopalmero.deviantart.com/art/Old-Paper-Texture-63582296" target="_blank"> Old Paper Texture</a></li>
<li><a href="http://gematrium.deviantart.com/art/superman-194243228" target="_blank">Superman </a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Creating  Border Of An Image or Anything Else</h3>
<p><strong>Step 1 : </strong>Open a 500&#215;500 document and place the texture and the image. Size them however you want.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8152" title="01_step_open" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/01_step_open.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="524" /></p>
<p><strong>Step 2 : </strong>Now select the just the image. You can do that by holding Command(⌘)  key and clicking on the image.  Keep the selection as is and create a new layer under the image layer. It should look like the following image.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8153" title="03_step_new_layer" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/03_step_new_layer.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="232" /></p>
<p><strong>Step 3 : </strong>Make sure the border layer is now selected. Go to<strong> Edit &gt; Refine Selection</strong>. You should see the following dialog pop up. What this step is doing is enlarging the selection. Drag the <strong>size options </strong>to 7px or whatever the size of the border you want. Do not do anything <strong>Smooth</strong> and <strong>Feather</strong>. They are used if you want rounded and blurry border.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8154" title="04_step_refine_selection" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/04_step_refine_selection.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="465" /></p>
<p>You should see that the selection is extended by 7px .</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8156" title="05_step_result" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/05_step_result.jpg" alt="" width="501" height="409" /></p>
<p><strong>Step 4 : </strong>Next step is adding border. Choose the <strong>Paint Bucket Tool </strong>or hit <strong>N</strong> on your keyboard. Choose the color you like using the<strong> Color Tool</strong>. I am using this  #f3ece7.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8157" title="06_color" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/06_color.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="352" /></p>
<p><strong>Step 5 : </strong>Again make sure the the border layer is selected. Now apply the color.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8158" title="07_color_applied" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/07_color_applied.png" alt="" width="500" height="427" /></p>
<p><strong>Step 6 : </strong>There you go, the border is applied. The next thing to is too link the border and image layer. Linking the image will allow you to move the image with the applied border.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8160" title="09_border" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/09_border.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="397" /></p>
<p>After you have achieved your border you can gett creative with it. How about a Polaroid?</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8159" title="08_polaroid" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/08_polaroid.jpg" alt="" width="499" height="491" /></p>
<h3>Adding Drop Shadow To An Image or Anything Else.</h3>
<p>Okay, so now we have got the border. However, we want to add some realistic feelings by adding drop shadow. You can apply this technique to anything you are designing on Pixelmator. We will be using the same resources.</p>
<p><strong>Step 7 : </strong>Follow all the <strong>steps up to 6</strong> . Make the selection is still on. Create a new layer under the border layer and select that layer for drop shadow. It should look like the following image.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8161" title="10_shadow_layers" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/10_shadow_layers.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="213" /></p>
<p><strong>Step 8 : </strong>For this step <strong>make sure</strong> you select the <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>border layer</strong></span>, because the shadow has to be bigger than the border to show up. Again we are going to Refine the selection and extend by 5px. Go to<strong> Edit &gt; Refine Selection. </strong>We will refine the selection by 5px. It should look like the following image.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8162" title="11_border_refine" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/11_border_refine.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="417" /></p>
<p><strong>Step 9 : </strong>Now go back to selecting the <strong>drop shadow layer</strong> and fill with solid color.   I am using #454443 (dark grey) instead of black for the drop shadow. It will look like this :</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8163" title="12_solid" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/12_solid.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="425" /></p>
<p><strong>Step 10 : </strong>The fun part, making the solid color appear like shadow. How ? If you guessed Gaussian Blur, you guess right. Go to <strong>Filter &gt; Blur &gt; Gaussian Blur. </strong> Keep the blue between 20-35.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8164" title="13_adding_blur" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/13_adding_blur.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="499" /></p>
<p>Link the border, image and shadow layer. Let&#8217;s see how it looks.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8165" title="14_border_shadow" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/14_border_shadow.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="500" /></p>
<p>Rounded Corner. <strong>Hint </strong>: Use the smooth options in the Refine window.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8166" title="14_border_shadow_rounded" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/14_border_shadow_rounded.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="500" /></p>
<p>You can download the file below, which includes all the effects you see in this tutorial and more.</p>
<a class="downloadlink" href="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/plugins/download-monitor/download.php?id=39" title=" downloaded 405 times" >Pixelmator Border & Shadow</a>
<p><br/><br/>
Massive Freebies Password: d08YkM1</p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://desizntech.info/2011/03/5-quick-pixelmator-tips/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>WordPress Hacks for Members Only Website</title>
		<link>http://desizntech.info/2011/02/wordpress-hacks-for-members-only-website/</link>
		<comments>http://desizntech.info/2011/02/wordpress-hacks-for-members-only-website/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 18:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kawsar Ali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tutorial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wordpress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[members]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[menu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[navigation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wordpress hack]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wp_login]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://desizntech.info/?p=7653</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By default wordrepss is blogging tool. Nevertheless, you can truly customize to make it however you want. Many of people use wordpress to create members only website. You can only always use a plugin, but if you only needed a little modification, why install a plugin when you can do it with few lines of [...]<p><br/><br/>
Massive Freebies Password: d08YkM1</p>
]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>By default wordrepss is blogging tool. Nevertheless, you can truly customize to make it however you want. Many of people use wordpress to create members only website. You can only always use a plugin, but if you only needed a little modification, why install a plugin when you can do it with few lines of code. Here are some simple yet effective hacks for creating a member only site.<br />
<span id="more-7653"></span></p>
<h3>Content for Members only Without Plugin</h3>
<p>If there are certain content on your site you wanted to show only to the registered member, you can do so by use the following code in your theme. Whatever goes between <em>is_user_logged_in</em> will be seen by only members.</p>
<pre class="brush: php; title: ; notranslate">&lt;?php if ( is_user_logged_in() ) { ?&gt;
				// Content for Logged in user
	&lt;?php } else {?&gt;
		// Content for everyone else
&lt;?php }?&gt;
</pre>
<h3>Show WordPress Login Form Anywhere and Customize  It</h3>
<p>If you want include wordpress login form anywhere in your theme, which is mentioned in <a href="http://www.onextrapixel.com/2010/06/21/8-new-exciting-wordpress-3-0-features/">this post</a> you can do so by using following function:</p>
<pre class="brush: php; title: ; notranslate">
&lt;?php wp_login_form(); ?&gt;
</pre>
<p>However, it does not give you option to customize the login form, because it just directly pulls default wordpress login form.  What if you want show something like this?<br />
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7664" title="01_login_form" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/01_login_form.png" alt="" width="500" height="112" /><br />
Here is code to do that. Paste the following code wherever you want the form to show up.</p>
<pre class="brush: php; title: ; notranslate">
// WordPress Login Form
&lt;?php if (!(current_user_can('level_0'))){ ?&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Member Login&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;form action=&quot;&lt;?php echo get_option('home'); ?&gt;/wp-login.php&quot; method=&quot;post&quot;&gt;
 &lt;table width='100%' cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot;&gt;
     &lt;tr&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
         &lt;label&gt;&lt;?php _e( 'Username' ) ?&gt;&lt;/label&gt;
         &lt;input type=&quot;text&quot; name=&quot;log&quot; class=&quot;input&quot; value=&quot;&lt;?php echo attribute_escape(stripslashes($user_login)); ?&gt;&quot; /&gt;
           &lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;td&gt;
          &lt;label&gt;&lt;?php _e( 'Password' ) ?&gt;&lt;/label&gt;
          &lt;input type=&quot;password&quot; name=&quot;pwd&quot; class=&quot;input&quot; value=&quot;&quot; /&gt;
        &lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;/tr&gt;
      &lt;tr&gt;
      	&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;?php do_action('login_form'); ?&gt;
      	&lt;/td&gt;
      &lt;/tr&gt;
      &lt;tr&gt;
		&lt;td&gt;
         	&lt;a  href=&quot;&lt;?php echo site_url('wp-login.php?action=lostpassword', 'login') ?&gt;&quot; title=&quot;&lt;?php _e('Password Lost and Found') ?&gt;&quot;&gt;&lt;?php _e('Forgot Password?') ?&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
         &lt;/td&gt;
          &lt;td&gt;
          &lt;input type=&quot;submit&quot; name=&quot;submit&quot; value=&quot;Log In&quot; class=&quot;button&quot; /&gt;
            &lt;input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;redirect_to&quot; value=&quot;http://&lt;?php echo $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] ?&gt;&quot; /&gt;
           &lt;/td&gt;
                &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;/table&gt;
&lt;/form&gt;
&lt;?php } else { ?&gt;
&lt;!-- When User logged in Show the follwing info --&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Logout&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;?php get_currentuserinfo();?&gt;
Welcome Back &amp;nbsp&lt;?php echo($current_user-&gt;user_login . &quot; &quot;);?&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;&lt;?php echo wp_logout_url(urlencode($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'])); ?&gt;&quot;&gt;Logout&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;&lt;?php echo get_admin_url(); ?&gt;&quot;&gt;Admin?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- If you are admin goes to admin dashboard --&gt;
&lt;?php }?&gt;
</pre>
<p>You can add a CSS div tag to style it. The advantage of using this login form you can almost create a mini dashboard for members by using <strong>get_currentuserinfo() </strong>function and show any information about the user.</p>
<p><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7665" title="05_loggedin" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/05_loggedin.png" alt="" width="500" height="175" /><br />
</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_login_form" target="_blank">Function Reference/wp login form</a></li>
<li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_currentuserinfo" target="_blank">Function Reference/get currentuserinfo</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.wprecipes.com/add-a-login-form-on-your-wordpress-theme" target="_blank">Add a login form on your WordPress Theme</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Custom WordPress Menu for Members</h3>
<p>Like content you can create custom wordpress  (3.0 only) menu for members.  Let&#8217;s register the menu first. Go to your theme function file (functions.php) . Use the following code to register the menus.</p>
<pre class="brush: php; title: ; notranslate">
	register_nav_menus( array(
		'primary' =&gt; __( 'Primary Navigation', 'twentyten' ),
		'visitor' =&gt; __( 'Visitor Navigation', 'twentyten' ),
		'footer' =&gt; __( 'Footer Navigation', 'twentyten' ),

	) );
</pre>
<p>Now,  put following code where you want your menu to show up, most probably  inside the header.php file.</p>
<pre class="brush: php; title: ; notranslate">
&lt;?php
	if ( is_user_logged_in() ) {
	   wp_nav_menu( array( 'container_class' =&gt; 'menu-header', 'theme_location' =&gt; 'primary' ) );
	} else {
	    wp_nav_menu( array( 'container_class' =&gt; 'menu-header', 'theme_location' =&gt; 'visitor' ) );
};?&gt;
</pre>
<p>Now you need to actually create the menu on wordpress backhand . The  &#8220;Menus&#8221; setting should be under Appearance tab. Create a menu with the name main and visitor. On both menu add whatever you want to show. For example: if you want a page to show up only when user looged, add it in the main menu . Look at the following image.<br />
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7658" title="02_logged_in_menu" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/02_logged_in_menu.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="258" /></p>
<p>Here is live example of how this works.<br />
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7660" title="03_member_menu" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/03_member_menu.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="200" /></p>
<p>You can also create a dynamic footer menu using the same method.</p>
<ol>
<li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_nav_menu" target="_blank">Function Reference/wp nav menu</a></li>
</ol>
<p>That is it for now. We will be back with more wordpress hacks. Do not forget subscribe.</p>
<p><br/><br/>
Massive Freebies Password: d08YkM1</p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://desizntech.info/2011/02/wordpress-hacks-for-members-only-website/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Recreating YouTube Search Form and Other Buttons Using CSS3</title>
		<link>http://desizntech.info/2010/08/recreating-youtube-search-form-and-other-buttons-using-css3/</link>
		<comments>http://desizntech.info/2010/08/recreating-youtube-search-form-and-other-buttons-using-css3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:06:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kawsar Ali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CSS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tutorial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[button]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CSS3]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CSS3 Button]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[form]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[input]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://desizntech.info/?p=6631</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[CSS3 could not get here any faster. Lately, there has been a lot of post about CSS3. It&#8217;s wonderful features are too good not to use. Only folks at Microsoft do not seem to have the grasp of that concept. They could have supported CSS3 for Internet Explorer 8. However, that is another discussion. In [...]<p><br/><br/>
Massive Freebies Password: d08YkM1</p>
]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>CSS3 could not get here any faster. Lately, there has been a lot of post about CSS3. It&#8217;s wonderful features are too good not to use. Only folks at Microsoft do not seem to have the grasp of that concept. They could have supported CSS3 for Internet Explorer 8. However, that is another discussion. In this post, we are using some CSS3 properties to create buttons and forms and show you how to enhance user experience.<br />
<span id="more-6631"></span><br />
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6634" title="01_preview" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/01_preview.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a class="downloadlink" href="http://desizntech.info/demo/css3_button/index.html" target="_blank">Live Demo</a> |<a class="downloadlink" href="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/plugins/download-monitor/download.php?id=28" title=" downloaded 592 times" >CSS3 Buttons Download</a></p>
<p><img title="01_tube" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/01_tube.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="50" /><br />
Here is the HTML structure first.</p>
<pre class="brush: xml; title: ; notranslate">
 &lt;p&gt;
&lt;input id=&quot;searchbox&quot; class=&quot;searchfield&quot; type=&quot;text&quot; name=&quot;q&quot; size=&quot;19&quot; value=&quot;Type Keywords...&quot; onfocus=&quot;if (this.value == 'Type Keywords...') {this.value = '';}&quot; onblur=&quot;if (this.value == '') {this.value = 'Type Keywords...';}&quot; name=&quot;s&quot; id=&quot;s&quot; /&gt;
&lt;input  type=&quot;submit&quot; value=&quot;Search&quot; class=&quot;searchbutton&quot; /&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
</pre>
<p>We added a little javascript <a href="http://www.htmlcodetutorial.com/document/_BODY_onFocus.html" target="_self">onfoucs</a> and onblur to give user hint . The rest simple HTML.  Now the CSS.</p>
<pre class="brush: plain; title: ; notranslate">
.searchfield{
border:1px solid #000;
 width:200px;
height:2.5em;
padding-bottom:3px;
}
input:focus.searchfield {border-color:#c8d9f2;}
 .searchbutton{
position:relative;
top:-1px;
font-size:14px;
height:2.5em;
vertical-align:top;
white-space:nowrap;
cursor:pointer;
overflow:visible;
border:1px solid #ccc;
background:#f6f6f6;
background-image:-moz-linear-gradient(top,#ffffff,#efefef); // CSS3  background property
background-image:-webkit-gradient(linear,left top,left bottom,from(#ffffff),to(#efefef));
// Internet Explorer Gradient Filter http://bit.ly/bVJJP1
filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Gradient(startColorStr=#ffffff,endColorStr=#efefef);
-ms-filter:&quot;progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Gradient(startColorStr=#FFFFFF, endColorStr=#EFEFEF)&quot;;
-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;border-radius:3px; // CSS3 rounded conrners
}
</pre>
<p>A little explanation about the CSS.  For the background we are using CSS3 gradient property for both Gecko (Firefox) and Webkit (Safari, Chrome) browser. You have define your gradient a little differently for each  browser.</p>
<p><img title="css3_explaind" src="../wp-content/uploads/2010/08/css3_explaind.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="340" /></p>
<p>So, what about Internet Explorer? By default it does not support rounded corner. However you can use<a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms532997%28VS.85%29.aspx" target="_blank"> gradient filter</a> for IE. The gradient color rendering in IE7 or IE8 is very ugly. -ms-filter is for Microsoft vendor extension. Read more about <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2008/09/08/microsoft-css-vendor-extensions.aspx" target="_blank">here</a>. The result should look like this</p>
<p><img title="02_tube" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/02_tube.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="80" /></p>
<p>Further Reading:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/CSS/-moz-linear-gradient" target="_blank">-moz-linear-gradient</a></li>
<li><a href="http://developer.apple.com/safari/library/documentation/internetweb/conceptual/safarivisualeffectsprogguide/index.html" target="_blank">Safari CSS Visual Effects Guide: Gradients</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Now, you can get creative with it. You can also define the active state of the button  using the <strong>:active</strong> property.</p>
<pre class="brush: plain; title: ; notranslate">
/*-------------- Button Style 2 -------------*/
		.searchfield_a{border:1px solid #ddd; width:200px; height:2.0em; padding-bottom:4px; color:#999; font-size:14px;}
		.searchbutton_a{color :#666;background :#def9ff; background :-moz-linear-gradient(top,#def9ff,#cbe4ec);background-image : -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#def9ff), to(#cbe4ec));filter :progid :DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Gradient(startColorStr=#def9ff),endColorStr=#cbe4ec);-ms-filter :&quot;progid :DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Gradient(startColorStr=#def9ff, endColorStr=#cbe4ec)&quot;; border :1px solid #c0d7e1;border-radius :3px;-moz-border-radius :3px;-webkit-border-radius :3px;cursor :pointer;font-family :&quot;Myriad Pro&quot;, Gerogia, serif;font-size :14px;font-weight :800;height :2.5em;overflow :visible;padding :0.5em 0.6em;text-transform :uppercase;vertical-align :top; white-space :nowrap;}
	.searchbutton_a:hover{cursor:pointer;border-color:#b9cfdb;outline:0;-moz-box-shadow:0 0 3px #aec3ce;-webkit-box-shadow:0 0 3px #aec3ce;box-shadow:0 0 3px #aec3ce;}
			/*-------------- Button Style 3 -------------*/
		.searchfield_b{border:1px solid #ddd; width:200px; height:2.0em; padding-bottom:4px; color:#999; font-size:14px;}
	   .searchbutton_b{color :#f2f2f2;background :#ff718a;background-image : -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#ff718a), to(#f98a7f));background-image :-moz-linear-gradient(top,#ff718a,#f98a7f); filter :progid :DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Gradient(startColorStr=#ffffff,endColorStr=#efefef);
-ms-filter :&quot;progid :DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Gradient(startColorStr=#FFFFFF, endColorStr=#EFEFEF)&quot;;border :1px solid #c97168;border-radius :3px;-moz-border-radius :3px;-webkit-border-radius :3px;cursor :pointer;font-family :&quot;Myriad Pro&quot;, Gerogia, serif;font-size :14px;font-weight :800;height :2.5em;overflow :visible;padding :0.5em 0.6em;text-transform :uppercase; vertical-align :top; white-space :nowrap;
}
		.searchbutton_b:hover{cursor:pointer;border-color:#d2766d;outline:0;-moz-box-shadow:0 0 5px #fb9196;-webkit-box-shadow:0 0 5px #fb9196;box-shadow:0 0 5px #fb9196;}
	input:focus.searchfield_a,input:focus.searchfield_b {border-color:#bbb;}
</pre>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6816" title="03_tube" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/03_tube.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="119" /></p>
<p>We have also added a simple contact from that was created using CSS3. If there any question or suggestion please let us know in the comment.</p>
<p><br/><br/>
Massive Freebies Password: d08YkM1</p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://desizntech.info/2010/08/recreating-youtube-search-form-and-other-buttons-using-css3/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Create a Beautiful Vibrant Watercolor Web Layout</title>
		<link>http://desizntech.info/2010/04/create-a-beautiful-vibrant-watercolor-web-layout/</link>
		<comments>http://desizntech.info/2010/04/create-a-beautiful-vibrant-watercolor-web-layout/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:16:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kawsar Ali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tutorial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freebie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PSD Layout]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Texture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[watercolor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://desizntech.info/?p=6298</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Use of watercolor in website can really lighten up your design. In this tutorial we will show you how to combine textures in your layout to create a beautiful watercolor layout. You will see how integrating the element of painting in your webpage can make your layout very artistic and creative. Let&#8217;s see the result [...]<p><br/><br/>
Massive Freebies Password: d08YkM1</p>
]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Use of watercolor in website can really lighten up your design. In this tutorial we will show you how to combine textures in your layout to create a beautiful watercolor layout. You will see how integrating the element of painting in your webpage can make your layout very artistic and creative.<br />
<span id="more-6298"></span><br />
Let&#8217;s see the result first.</p>
<h3>Preview</h3>
<p><a href="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/watercolor_full_preview.png"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6272" title="watercolor_small_preview" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/watercolor_small_preview.png" alt="" width="500" height="312" /></a></p>
<p>Click on the image for bigger version</p>
<p>1. <a href="http://desizntech.info/freebies/paper_texture/texture_9.jpg" target="_blank">Notebook and Paper Textures </a>(From <a href="http://desizntech.info/2009/11/10-free-high-res-paper-and-cover-textures/" target="_self">this post</a>)</p>
<p>2.<a href="http://powerpuffjazz.deviantart.com/art/Water-Colour-Paper2-156043554"> Watercolor texture</a></p>
<p>3. <a href="http://jocosity.deviantart.com/art/8-Textures-watercolors-71553214">8 Watercolor Texture Pack</a> ( Used Texture #54)</p>
<p>4. <a href="http://www.iconfinder.net/search/?q=iconset%3Ahanddrawnsocial" target="_blank">Social Icons</a></p>
<h3>Step 1:Using the Texture for Background</h3>
<p>Open up a new document by 1200&#215;800. Fill up the background with #eeb679 and Place the texture from the left side. Like following image.</p>
<p><img src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/01_step_01.jpg" alt="Step 1" width="500" /></p>
<h3>Step 2: Fill up the Edge and Overlay Texture</h3>
<p>Like most of my PSD layout tutorials, I fill up the edge of the texture with fill color so the layout won&#8217;t look awkward in a big screen. It will blend in.</p>
<p><img src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/02_step_02.jpg" alt=" Step 2" width="500" /></p>
<p>Now we use the watercolor texture as overlay. You change the  properties to<strong> overlay </strong>from the Layer Properties window. Put the watercolor texture over the paper texture.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6123" title="02_step_02a" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/02_step_02a.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="311" /></p>
<h3>Step 3: Creating the Navigation.</h3>
<p>Type out the navigation. Use the the ruler if you have to. I am using the Designer notes font. Now we need to draw the menu background. Using the default photoshop brush like the following one brush shown in the picture. Choose #beaa95 for the brush color. Draw and stroke the brush so it covers each menu items background.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6249" title="03_step_03" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/03_step_031.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="284" /></p>
<p>We are going to add <strong>Gradeint Overlay and Pattern Overlay</strong> properties to brighten up the menu background. Here are the settings :</p>
<p>Gradient Overlay Colors #13a4dd and #82d4e9</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-6250" title="03_step_03a" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/03_step_03a-500x420.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="420" /></p>
<p>We are using one of the default patterns that comes with photoshop. Here is the setting or Pattern Overlay:</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-6251" title="03_step_03b" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/03_step_03b-500x324.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="324" /></p>
<p>Here is the end result. You can play around with brush tool and draw as you want. Get Creative!</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-6252" title="04_step_3c" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/04_step_3c-500x80.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="80" /></p>
<h3>Step 4: Creating the Content Area.</h3>
<p>I am using the notebook paper texture for the content, which is modified version of this <a href="http://desizntech.info/freebies/paper_texture/texture_6.jpg" target="_blank">one</a>.  Just use Photoshop&#8217;s <strong>Magic Eraser Tool</strong> to get rid of the white background. I won&#8217;t go into details for that. It is fairly simple. Now, place the notebook paper right below the menu. We need to change the color settings a little.  Here are the settings:</p>
<p><a href="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/05_step_051.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-6253" title="05_step_05" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/05_step_051-500x308.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="308" /></a></p>
<p>Using the Rectangular Margeue Tool select the content area as much as you need and then go to <strong>Select &gt; Inverse </strong>. It will the select the rest of the area beside the content area. Then you can hit delete or go to  <strong>Edit &gt; Clear </strong>. Now move the paper a little below and resize the paper as you want like the following image.</p>
<p><a href="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/05_step_05a.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-6254" title="05_step_05a" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/05_step_05a-500x339.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="339" /></a></p>
<p>We are not done yet! The next thing we need to do is add the watercolor texture to the paper. From the Watercolor texture  pack that we mentioned in the beginning of the post we are going to use the texture#45. Put it right on the top  of the paper and set to <strong>overlay</strong> mode. Now make it <strong>clipping mask</strong>. You can do that by right clicking on the texture or by going on the <strong>Layer &gt;Create Clipping Mask</strong>. Here is how it should look like.</p>
<p><a href="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/06_step_061.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-6256" title="06_step_06" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/06_step_061-500x311.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="311" /></a></p>
<p>Remember since it is a clipping mask you can pretty much move it around as  you want to adjust the page.</p>
<p>Next is the featured works section.</p>
<p><a href="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/07_step_7.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-6257" title="07_step_7" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/07_step_7-500x210.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="210" /></a></p>
<p>I am using <a href="http://www.ascendercorp.com/font/georgia/" target="_blank">Georgia</a> 14pt, italic for the font. For the featured image use any image you like. I just applied Stroke from <strong>Layer Style Properties </strong></p>
<p><a href="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/07_step_7a.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6258" title="07_step_7a" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/07_step_7a.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="337" /></a></p>
<h3>Step 6: Adding the Footer</h3>
<p>For the footer title I  am using <a href="http://www.dafont.com/designer-notes.font" target="_blank">Designer Notes</a> font, 30pt. Type out text and using the Rectangular Marquee Tool draw a <strong>rectangle behind</strong> the text<strong> on a new layer</strong>. Fill it with Black and turn down the opacity to 11%. Here is how it should look like:</p>
<p><a href="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/08_step_08.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-6260" title="08_step_08" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/08_step_08-500x202.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="202" /></a></p>
<p>Do the same for rest of the footer titles.</p>
<p><a href="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/08_step_08a.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-6261" title="08_step_08a" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/08_step_08a-500x94.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="94" /></a></p>
<p>Place the icons and type out the text. The icons are watercolored already. They will match with rest of the design.</p>
<p><a href="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/08_step_08b.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6262" title="08_step_08b" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/08_step_08b.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="228" /></a></p>
<p>For the flickr section use small image and apply  <strong>Stroke </strong>again from the <strong>Layer Style</strong>.</p>
<p><a href="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/08_step_08c.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6263" title="08_step_08c" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/08_step_08c.jpg" alt="" width="490" height="386" /></a></p>
<p>The rest of title and text are easy. Just type out the text and place the icons for bullets. Use whatever icons you like best. For the copyright text I used Century Gothic , italic.</p>
<p><a href="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/09_step_08d.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-6264" title="09_step_08d" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/09_step_08d-500x132.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="132" /></a></p>
<p>As you can see using the right texture and right setting you can turn any design  into colorful, bright and pleasing to look at. Let&#8217;s see the whole  layout again.<br />
<a href="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/watercolor_full_preview.png"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6272" title="watercolor_small_preview" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/watercolor_small_preview.png" alt="" width="500" height="312" /></a></p>
<p>You can download the PSD file, it is organized in the folders. Feel free  to use this layout for personal and commercial use.<br />
<a class="downloadlink" href="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/plugins/download-monitor/download.php?id=24" title=" downloaded 1641 times" >Download Watercolor PSD </a></p>
<p><br/><br/>
Massive Freebies Password: d08YkM1</p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://desizntech.info/2010/04/create-a-beautiful-vibrant-watercolor-web-layout/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>33</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Why You Should Create PHP Powered Websites and How?</title>
		<link>http://desizntech.info/2010/04/why-you-should-create-php-powered-websites-and-how/</link>
		<comments>http://desizntech.info/2010/04/why-you-should-create-php-powered-websites-and-how/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 22:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kawsar Ali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips & Tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tutorial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PHP]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://desizntech.info/?p=6104</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[PHP :Hypertext Preprocessor is very useful, dynamic scripting language. You can create a simple website to powerful web application with PHP. If you are just beginning to get into web design and development you should consider learning it. Let&#8217;s start with little introduction. PHP (originally stood for personal home page)  is a server side scripting language, which means [...]<p><br/><br/>
Massive Freebies Password: d08YkM1</p>
]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>PHP :Hypertext Preprocessor is very useful, dynamic scripting language. You can create a simple website to powerful web application with PHP. If you are just beginning to get into web design and development you should consider learning it.<br />
<span id="more-6104"></span><br />
Let&#8217;s start with little introduction. PHP (originally stood for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHP" target="_blank">personal home page</a>)  is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server-side_scripting" target="_blank"> a server side scripting language</a>, which means it resides on the server. You do not have to install PHP on your computer to view PHP scripts. Therefore, it is faster and better to work it. Whereas, if the javascript is disabled on the client computer, they will not be able to view the whatever script it is running on the web page. However, let&#8217;s not just assume one is better than the other, but both of them has their uses. You can embed PHP directly into the HTML page or create  separate pages page with PHP extension. You do not even have to be a <strong>ninja coder </strong>to use the basic PHP functions. If you understand the basic, you can pretty much take it from there.<br />
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6165" title="php_elephant" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/php_elephant.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="224" /></p>
<h3>Why Create Webpage Using PHP?</h3>
<p>The best thing I like about PHP is the ability to change webpage content dynamically. For example: let&#8217;s say your client wanted ten pages and you coded in the pages in HTML for using the usual header, content , footer layout. So, after you finsished coding all the page, you client says they want to change the logo or header content. You would have to go to individual page and change it. If you used PHP to create the page you would just change the header.php file  and of course you would have to included the header in the all the pages. If you see the example below it will be more clear. You will need to install  <a href="http://www.mamp.info/en/index.html" target="_blank">MAMP</a> or <a href="http://www.wampserver.com/en/" target="_blank">WAMP</a> to test PHP pages locally. If you do not how here is a guide for <a href="http://www.aschroder.com/2009/02/how-to-install-mamp-on-your-macbook/" target="_blank">Mac</a> and <a href="http://www.simplehelp.net/2008/08/25/how-to-install-and-setup-apache-mysql-and-php-in-windows/" target="_blank">Windows</a>.<br />
You can take look at the demo of the two PHP pages created using the following method</p>
<p><a class="downloadlink" href="http://desizntech.info/demo/php_demo/index.php" target="_blank">View Demo</a> | <a class="downloadlink" href="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/plugins/download-monitor/download.php?id=23" title=" downloaded 580 times" >Download Files</a></p>
<p>We will start by creating an HTML page then just change it into PHP. So, here is the HTML layout</p>
<pre class="brush: xml; title: ; notranslate">

&lt;html&gt;
&lt;!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC &quot;-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN&quot;
 &quot;http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd&quot;&gt;

&lt;html xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot; xml:lang=&quot;en&quot; lang=&quot;en&quot;&gt;
&lt;head&gt;
 &lt;meta http-equiv=&quot;Content-Type&quot; content=&quot;text/html; charset=utf-8&quot;/&gt;
 &lt;title&gt;PHP &lt;/title&gt;

 &lt;link rel=&quot;stylesheet&quot; href=&quot;style.css&quot; type=&quot;text/css&quot; media=&quot;screen&quot;/&gt;

&lt;/head&gt;
&lt;body&gt;
&lt;div id=&quot;wrapper&quot;&gt;
&lt;div id=&quot;header&quot;&gt; &lt;h2&gt;This Header &lt;/h2&gt; &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div id=&quot;content&quot;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;This is First Page&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div id=&quot;footer&quot;&gt; &lt;h2&gt;This footer &lt;/h2&gt; &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;!-- end wrapper --&gt;
&lt;/body&gt;
&lt;/html&gt;
</pre>
<p>Here is how the PHP files will be formatted</p>
<p><img title="01_page_1" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/01_page_1.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="400" /></p>
<p>First, we will create header.php. Copy from &lt;html&gt; to  <strong>&lt;div id=&#8221;header&#8221;&gt; &lt;h2&gt;This Header&lt;/h2&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;</strong> to a new page and save it as a new page as header.php</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6139" title="02_step_02" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/02_step_02.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="284" /></p>
<p>Everything between content div will be inside index.php. We can later uses this PHP file to for more pages by duplicating it.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6141" title="03_step_03" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/03_step_03.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="263" /></p>
<p>Next, is the footer. This is end of the page.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6142" title="04_step_04" src="http://desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/04_step_04.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="115" /></p>
<p>We need  to to add all this three file into one. To combine this three file we will be using PHP <a href="http://php.net/manual/en/function.include.php" target="_blank">include functions </a>. This function includes one PHP file into another. Here is how we will both header and footer inside the index file:<br />
On the beginning for index.php</p>
<pre class="brush: php; title: ; notranslate">
&lt;?php include(&quot;header.php&quot;); ?&gt;
</pre>
<p>At the end of the index.php file we add</p>
<pre class="brush: php; title: ; notranslate">

&lt;?php include(&quot;footer.php&quot;); ?&gt;
</pre>
<p>That is it. We have created our web page with PHP. Now, let&#8217;s say  you want to create another page, you can just copy paste the index.php file and change the just the content.  If  you wanted to change something in the header, content or footer , you will just make change in the individual files you will not need make changes to each file. This was just most basic use of PHP , if you are planning to extend you knowledge on PHP we will add some links at the end of the post, where you can learn more PHP.</p>
<h3>PHP and CMS ( Content Management System)</h3>
<p>Most of the famous and <strong>well known <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_content_management_system" target="_blank">CMS</a></strong><strong> </strong>such as<strong> </strong><a href="http://wordpress.org/" target="_blank"><strong>WordPress,</strong></a><strong> </strong><a href="http://drupal.org/" target="_blank"><strong>Drupal</strong></a><strong> , </strong><a href="http://www.joomla.org/" target="_blank"><strong>Joomla</strong></a> are written in PHP. If you wanted to create your own theme for one for these CMS or edit a theme for customization knowing PHP is a must . If you know enough PHP you can familiarize yourself  the codex of these CMS and take it form there.</p>
<h3>PHP Tutorials and Resources</h3>
<p>Now that we have showed you why you should learn and use PHP,  here are some tutorials and resources to help you extend your PHP knowledge.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.w3schools.com/PHP/DEfaULT.asP" target="_blank">PHP basic Tutorials </a>- Arrays, Loops,  Switch statements and more.</li>
<li><a href="http://devzone.zend.com/article/627" target="_blank">PHP 101: PHP For the Absolute Beginner</a></li>
<li><a href="http://desizntech.info/2009/04/essential-php-techniques-for-web-designer-and-developers/" target="_blank">Essential PHP Techniques for Web Designer and Developers</a> : Some Advacned PHP tutorials.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.bigwebmaster.com/PHP/Tutorials/" target="_blank">PHP Tutorials : For the programmer/developer</a>: Some Simple and Useful PHP tutorials.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.designzzz.com/advance-php-tutorials-scripts/" target="_blank">Advance Level PHP Tutorials &amp; Scripts</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.smashingbuzz.com/2010/03/35-really-useful-php-tutorials-and-development-techniques/" target="_blank">35 Really Useful PHP Tutorials And Development Techniques</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.thesitewizard.com/archive/feedbackphp.shtml" target="_blank">Writing Your First PHP Script: Feedback Form Script</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.herongyang.com/PHP/" target="_blank">Really Useful PHP Tutorials: From Beginner to Advanced </a></li>
<li><a href="http://adambrown.info/b/widgets/easy-php-tutorial-for-wordpress-users/" target="_blank">PHP Tutorial for WordPress Users</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="http://anton.shevchuk.name/php/elephpant-wallpapers/" target="_blank">Image Credit</a></p>
<p><br/><br/>
Massive Freebies Password: d08YkM1</p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://desizntech.info/2010/04/why-you-should-create-php-powered-websites-and-how/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>33</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

<!-- Performance optimized by W3 Total Cache. Learn more: http://www.w3-edge.com/wordpress-plugins/

Minified using disk: basic
Page Caching using disk: enhanced

Served from: desizntech.info @ 2012-05-22 16:31:03 -->
