Web graphics for beginners

For those who would like to take creating their own webgraphics further without incurring cost there are a few free programs on the internet that will give you a good result.

Paint.Net

I can personally recommend Paint.Net, which I use almost daily for the past few years. This program “…started development as an undergraduate college senior design project mentored by Microsoft, and is currently being maintained by some of the alumni that originally worked on it. Originally intended as a free replacement for the Microsoft Paint software that comes with Windows, it has grown into a powerful yet simple image and photo editor tool. It has been compared to other digital photo editing software packages such as Adobe® Photoshop®, Corel® Paint Shop Pro®, Microsoft Photo Editor, and The GIMP.” Source: Paint.net

The ‘poor man’s photoshop’ as I have heard it described, however there is nothing poor about the various editing features it provides.

Paint.Net Tutorials

For those who like to work with a tutorial rather than just trying first there are written tutorials in the forum and a video with some basics that accompanies this post.

Click on the logo above to watch a video tutorial

Once downloaded, install the program and check the HELP on the toolbar for the forum and tutorials for more information and inspiration. With this program you can create, edit, scan, resize, add text, colour and much more. There is a whole array of editing tools which allow you to create an amazing variety of graphics, just let your imagination dictate your creations. Once you grasp a few basics the rest will follow. Astound your friends with some awesome handcrafted web graphics.

Enjoy the fun!

Zo Nicholas

Web graphics made easy

Creating a unique web graphic to illustrate a web page or blog post doesn’t have to be a daunting experience. There are quite a few easy ways to create a unique image that don’t cost money, but just needs your time and a bit of effort.

Collecting Pictures

When first starting to collect pictures on your pc store them in a folder and organise this folder further into various topics. This makes it much easier when searching for something specific. Just for example, create a folder called family, then create further further folders for each family member.

There are many places on the internet that offer free graphics or free photos to download and collect if you don’t have any of your own, just make sure you don’t violate any copyright. Collect pictures that appeal to you. If you own a digital camera just take pictures and collect them for later use. I personally have a old Fuji FinePix A510 digital camera which takes a reasonable picture.

Foto Fun

Now creating something unique for your friends, family or blog can be real fun. Just type in Fotofun into Google and you will find lots of sites that offer free graphic effects where you can create a unique web graphic that you can just save to your computer. Each and every one unique.

Here just some examples of some Foto fun.

No expensive programs are needed like Photoshop to buy and learn. With a few simple mouse clicks you can create a whole image library to use.

For those who want to learn more about webgraphic creation and having fun blogging do join our training and webmaster calls

Zo Nicholas

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By Bianca Gubalke

Best Buy Nikon Coolpix P90

Are you thinking of buying a Nikon P90?

In my view Amazon is the most trusted online shopping source these days offering:

~ Best price,
~ Free Shipping,
~ No sale taxes and a
~ Reasonable return policy.

They really make sure things are delivered to the buyer – so far that due to a lot of theft Amazon no longer ships to South Africa, which is a huge pity – but we have found a practical way to get it anyway :)

However, you can also consult with expert and user reviews before you make your decision.

Coolpix P90 Advertising

Get fast to my dedicated “Coolpix P90″ site HERE .

Please note the slightly changed background of the digital advertising image below and comment if you consider it to be an improvement!

"Coolpix P90" Ad designed by Bianca Gubalke

NIKON Coolpix P90 on Google

As you see below, my “Semiomantics Author” Script has so far carried me to spot 12 of 1,440,000 search returns on Google on “Coolpix P90″ – a search term many digital photography lovers would type in – interestingly, more than they would add “NIKON” before it.

"Coolpix P90" – today's Spot 12 of 1,440,000 on Google

Best Buy Coolpix P90

I invite you to go to my dedicated new Coolpix Blog HERE.

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YORGOO Press Upgrade to WordPress 2.8.1

This night WordPress 2.8.1 has been released. We have immediately tested the final version on our scripts; here are our recommendations:

What’s New on WordPress 2.8.1

According to WordPress here are the changes:

* Certain themes were calling get_categories() in such a way that it would fail in 2.8. 2.8.1 works around this so these themes won’t have to change.
* Dashboard memory usage is reduced.  Some people were running out of memory when loading the dashboard, resulting in an incomplete page.
* The automatic upgrade no longer accidentally deletes files when cleaning up from a failed upgrade.
* A problem where the rich text editor wasn’t being loaded due to compression issues has been worked around.
* Extra security has been put in place to better protect you from plugins that do not do explicit permission checks.
* Translation of role names fixed.
* wp_page_menu() defaults to sorting by the user specified menu order rather than the page title.
* Upload error messages are now correctly reported.
* Autosave error experienced by some IE users is fixed.
* Styling glitch in the plugin editor fixed.
* SSH2 filesystem requirements updated.
* Switched back to curl as the default transport.
* Updated the translation library to avoid a problem with mbstring.func_overload.
* Stricter inline style sanitization.
* Stricter menu security.
* Disabled code highlighting due to browser incompatibilities.
* RTL layout fixes.

WordPress 2.8.1 for YORGOO Press

Upgrade your YORGOO Press to WP 2.8.

If you are using a site from YORGOO Press Network: Upgrade to WP 2.8.1 – we will thereafter add the Semiomantics files.

YORGOO Press Customers: we will do the necessary upgrades for you.

The fact that WP switched back to curl as the default transport system will please all Blaster users!

WordPress 2.8.1 for YORGOO Booster

We have been waiting for this upgrade to finally release YORGOO Booster. A new YORGOO Booster version will be made available in the Customer Area within the next few days. If you are impatient, you can just upgrade your WordPress, it will work anyway, however some of the SEO benefits will be lost. A patch will be made available as well in the Customer Area.

WordPress 2.8.1 for YORGOO NewsCast

A new version will be made available later today and sent to the concerned owners with an instruction.

WordPress 2.8.1 for YORGOO Blaster

YORGOO Blaster works fine on WordPress 2.8.1; you can just upgrade the WordPress back-bone.

We will load a new Blaster Version including the upgrade within the next few days and make it available in the Customer Area.

WordPress 2.8.1 for Semiomantics XO, XY, EC, Y and Art

Keep the site as is if you have an original free Semiomantics Script from one of our Seminars.

By upgrading to WordPress 2.8.1 you will lose many of the SEO benefits of Semiomantics, however the site will still work fine and do better than a ‘normal’ site.

Customers: please contact us and we will upgrade your semiomantics scripts for free.

WordPress 2.8.1 for Semiomantics Author

Free versions: upgrade to WordPress 2.8.1

Customers: We will do all upgrades for you within the next few days; stay put.

WordPress 2.8.1.for Semiomantics Aggregator

Customers: We will do the upgrades for you within the next few days.

The Magic Search Traffic Formula

Original Versions from 2007: the last update was for WordPress 2.5.1, don’t upgrade to WordPress 2.8.1

Customers: We will upgrade your sites within the next few days.

Other Semiomantics Versions

Ask support for a patch, specifying the script version.

Read also:

• News Cast by YORGOO
• Google Top 10 Make Money Strategies
• Wordpress 2.8 Baker
• Ycademy Seminar: How to Build an Online Business
• Make Money with YORGOO Press Seminar

By Bianca Gubalke

NIKON Coolpix P90

At last, our “Coolpix P90″ YORGOO Booster site has been indexed by Google and now we can focus on adding content and offer photographers who are also passionate about taking high-quality pictures with this light-weight camera with great features,  good orientation for the best deals online.

NIKON Coolpix P90 Advertising

When choosing a digital camera it is important to know what the main purpose is.

As I have a quick eye and need to be equally quick and flexible when shooting original material for preparing my Digital Artwork and Web Graphics in Photoshop, and I hate to be schlepping heavy camera equipment around – I have an impressive history of that in the past and enough is enough!!!! – the P90 seems to optimally meet my requirements – and this at a fair price.

"Coolpix P90" by Bianca Gubalke Advertising

If you enjoy my digital pictures, I invite you to click on the brand-new COOLPIX-P90 HERE and you will see some examples of my work when dreaming the NIKON P90 into my possession… (hey! it seems to work!)… and perhaps it helps you make an informed decision as to your own priorities as well.

NIKON Coolpix P90 on Google

When checking this morning to see where I was today after this rather longish waiting period… and bearing in mind that we had immediately occupied Spot 18 with our first posts on the search term “Nikon Coolpix P90″ – largely due to the great Semiomantics Scripts – I noticed that we were actually still positioned quite well… and now we got more steam to climb the ranks! It all starts with being indexed. . .

"NIKON Coolpix P90" indexed by Google

My Cool Pix are on the way . . . where are yours’ ???

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