This is my first iGoogle Theme to be accepted into the Google directory. This theme features a magical tree illuminated by swirls of color and sparks set against a colorful landscape. A brilliant nebula and planet is also seen in the star filled sky. I have updated to this theme to provide a color changing sky that indicates the time of day.
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I’ve been a WordPress user for many years, and during that time I have seen a lot of plugins. I have compiled the following not only to share my favorite plugins with you, but also to hopefully make your life as blogger easier. All of the plugins listed below are currently in use, or have been used, on this site.
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In 2008 the graphic design, and in particular, the web design world has seen a shift toward pencil sketches, handwritten fonts, and grungy ink splatter designs. Often times, the best way to create these effects can be quite simply done with pen and paper and scanned into a digital format. However, sometimes it can be really fun to create your own custom fonts and them use them throughout your design.
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I have just published a brand new widget that promotes my daily marketing tips. You can now get my daily marketing, advertising, and sales tips every day on your home pages, social network pages, blogs, and anywhere else by subscribing to my Marketing Tip of the Day Widget. I will post creative strategies and marketing principles every day to help develop your understanding of marketing and stay abreast of new ideas, theories, and research.
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How Much is Your Website Worth?
Ever wonder how much your website would be worth on the open market? Aside from actually running an auction to see what the market is willing to pay, there is little way of accurately assessing a site’s value. There are few, if any, reliable blanket estimates for a site’s value based on page views. This is due to variances between industry, source of the traffic, design quality, links, etc.
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Design Float has taken notice of my CSS Template Cheats and the post has been floating to the top all day! With a few more floats I should be hitting the top of the homepage list. Thanks to all of you that voted already.
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In today’s online world you have to keep track of way too many passwords. You need a password for your network, your e-mail, your FTP, your blog, online passwords (like MySpace, Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook), etc. etc. etc. The list is endless.
To be safe and secure you should use different passwords for each account. If you use only one password everywhere and someone gets this password you have a big problem. The thief would have access to your e-mail account, homepage, banks, everything.
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This tutorial demonstrates how to create shiny glass orb button or icon using Adobe Photoshop and explains how to style the icon within the button to achieve fully 3D glass marble button effect. This type of button can be used in a GUI, website design, or even print media.
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