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HTML Email Signature in Gmail Using Google Chrome
UPDATE: The script referred to below, email signature generator has been surpassed by a new Chrome Extension... Read more here If you are using Gmail, then you probably by now have realized that Gmail does not allow HTML signatures. And if you are anything like me, you refuse to accept "no" as an answer. I spent a little while searching around on the Internet trying to find a workaround to this issue. It turns out that a number of people before ...
What Every Internet Marketer Should Know About Herding
A few days ago I published a daily marketing tip that discussed the power of herding. I now want to take a more in-depth look at this principle and discuss how I take advantage of this human tendency in my websites. Let's start by examining exactly what herd behavior is. In my marketing tip I defined herding as "an excessive collective behavior in which people believe that something is good (or bad) on the basis of other people's previous behavior." Herd ...
WordPress 2.7 Page Templates Not Working
Today I was working on a few minor changes to my site's design and I wanted to add a few custom page templates to the site. I have been working with WordPress for as long as I can remember and I have used custom page templates extensively in the past. However, today I ran into an apparent bug in the 2.7 version of WordPress. Here's the problem... I uploaded the new custom page template files just like I have always done in ...
Filter Yourself From Google Analytics
If you are like me, you are probably one of the most frequent visitors to your own site. And if you are using Google Analytics this can present a number of problems when it comes to accurate reporting. This tutorial explains the best and easiest way to filter your own computer from Analytics reporting. This is a two pronged approach that uses a combination of scripting to place a cookie on your computer and a custom filter in Google Analytics. STEP 1 ...
Comic Book Photo Effect
A great way to spice up your personal photos can be through the use of filters and creative effects. In this tutorial I am going to walk you through a classic comic book Photoshop effect. STEP 1 Open your source photograph with Photoshop. In my sample I used this picture. Before you do anything else, I recommend that you play with the contrast and color a bit. Here is how my photo looked after the color adjustment: STEP 2 Next, I am adding some ...
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