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A new way to display sitemaps using SlickMap CSS
Posted in Web Design & Development, Zing Blog on December 3rd, 2009 by Rusty

I am always inspired with new ways to display website content. And today I found an interesting and creative way to display sitemaps created by Matt Everson of Astuteo. I am talking about those lovely hierarchical pages of links we mostly find at the footer of our websites. A sitemap…

Customizing Facebook using MyFanSite Tutorial
Posted in Graphic Design, Web Design & Development, Zing Blog on November 22nd, 2009 by Rusty

Customizing Facebook has always been a drag because of the unified styles they insist on holding. Limited customization is however available. This is why we created My Fan Site application for Facebook. It’s provides an easy interface for web designers to customize a tab on their profile or fan page and give it a little more edge.

SWFaddress solves Flash SEO problems
Posted in Javascript / AJAX, Web Design & Development on October 8th, 2009 by Rusty

One of the biggest draw backs of flash is using back and forward buttons in the browser and Search Engine Optimization in the URL’s. Well now look no further. Introducing SWFaddress – a small JavaScript library that lets you create virtual URLs for Flash and Ajax. SWFaddress has been around…

11 Websites for Web Analysis
Posted in Industry News, Web Design & Development on September 27th, 2009 by Rusty

As with every web design comes web analysis. Web analysis is important because you need to find out what areas of your website traffic is finding more interesting so you can continually tweak your site for optimum deliverability and monetization. Below I have listed 11 websites which I think are…

jQuery with other frameworks without conflicts
Posted in Javascript / AJAX, Web Design & Development on September 9th, 2009 by Rusty

While jQuery is certainly a popular JavaScript framework, it’s by no means the only game in town. Other frameworks such as Prototype, MooTools, Dojo and many others all have their own strengths, weaknesses, and devoted groupies.

Generally speaking, these frameworks all play well together — you can mix and match…

Web Designers Gain A New Resource For Inspiration
Posted in Graphic Design, Industry News, Web Design & Development on August 28th, 2009 by Rusty

With the internet expanding rapidly coming up with new creative designs can be a daunting task. That’s why we created a website to help do just that, inspire designers. WebInspir.com is a web 2.0 designer inspiration website. Where online designers can submit their creativity to inspire others. Designers can vote…

How to Create Totally Secure Cookies
Posted in PHP / MySQL, Web Design & Development on August 24th, 2009 by Rusty

Originally Posted at Carsonified.com

Securing cookies and sessions is vital to keeping an application secure. Many tutorials have been written on the subject, but as the internet (and browsers loading it) evolve so do the methods you can use to keep your application secure.

In this article we’re going to…

32 Google Ranking Optimization Tips
Posted in Online Marketing, Web Design & Development on August 21st, 2009 by Alex

Figuring out the process of SEO can be quite a challenge. Knowing what you need to do and what work best and where to put your performance is a daunting task. So this is where I can help you out by providing 32 Google Ranking Optimization Tips. These were gathered…

Creating a Custom MySpace 2.0 Profile
Posted in Graphic Design, Social Networking, Web Design & Development on August 20th, 2009 by Rusty

Customizing social media pages is an important factor for designers, users, and social media marketers. The ability to create custom backgrounds and designs for myspace, twitter, etc. can become a lucrative business model for savvy designers and developers.

Compared to many other social networking sites, Myspace offers the most flexibility in the layout…

9 Tips for Successful Email Blasts
Posted in Online Marketing, Web Design & Development on August 5th, 2009 by Rusty

When you design an email these days it’s still quite far off from the browsers. There are still no standards for email presentation and designers are stuck using ancient coding techniques to create the best effective method. Using the following 9 tips should help you create a successful email blast…