Many folks who are just tuning into the HTML5 saga because of the battle between Adobe and Apple are surprised to learn that the push to create a fifth official version of the HTML specification began six years ago. And that’s just the first half of the story because the latest implementations, while nice, are…
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Easily Add Videos to Your WordPress Blogs
With the online video industry taking off, you may want to know some easy ways to add video to your WordPress sites. There are several great WordPress plugins for adding video content to your blogs. In this guide I’ll go over: * Adding your own hosted .flv videos to WordPress* How to embed videos from…
How to glamour a photoshop picture
1- Open the image you wish to “glamorize”. Now duplicate it. Layer, Duplicate Layer 2- On the top layer go to Filter, Blur, Gaussian Blur. Try 25-50 pixels for 6-meg images. 3- Still on the top image go to Image, Adjust, Brightness, and Contrast. Try +15% on both for starters. 4- On the Layers Menu…
Simple web 2.0 banners
1. Create a new file 478 x 60 pixels and make a Linear Gradient #1e1e1e to #3f3f3f 2. Then with the Custom Shape Tool and using Fixed Size we’ll make a new shape. 3. Now click over the layer and Rasterize it. 4. Then go to Filter/Distort/Twirl and put 150°. 5. You should have something…
HTML5 Knocks Out Adobe Flash in Reader Vote
A few weeks ago, tensions between Adobe and Apple rose to all-time highs after Apple prominently left Flash off of the iPad. A lashing by Steve Jobs, calling Adobe lazy and Flash buggy didn’t help matters at all. The problem: Apple believes that Flash shouldn’t be part of the web’s future. Instead, the company believes…
Flash hurts your SEO
We have all seen amazing sites using Flash throughout. As humans, we can appreciate these sites for what they are and often find them compelling and professional. But the simple fact is that a search engine spider cannot read the content of a Flash website. Before you put a flash site up, look at the…
7 tips for a website business
Having a great website is not necessarily easy. Free templates tend to be generic and not compelling so paying for a website design is like a shot in the dark for most companies. At DWHS we highly recommend taking on the task yourself. Try to just be patient, eventually, it will all make sense and…
Top 5 reasons websites load slow
Slow-loading websites are still the number one reason why people leave a website before buying, here are some flags for what might be slowing down your website. The top 5 reasons a website loads slowly: