From a new look to your website by creating online graphics

Posted by on December 23, 2011 No comments


GRSites is suitable for those who want to give a new look at their website, this site offers users the ability to buttons create: logos, menu , icons and but also text boxes and even entire pages templates, which can be created, modified and filled directly online.


The design you created can be saved in the free version of GRSites program, then to see them just simply paste the snippet of HTML code in the space of your web pages (NB after the first edit the design remains editable, without changing the HTML code of the web page).


Regarding the rescue of your projects, you must know that the latter can also download as a ZIP file containing all HTML, CSS, Javascript and image files that are associated with, the whole Kingdom to instructions on how to integrate the design to your website.


Design the design of your website is free, in fact within the site there are many free options, although for get full access to all functions you must subscribe to a subscription, which translates to pass you must use for a single day, or a monthly or annual subscription for use referred to a longer period of time.


 

The most common errors of an unprofessional Web Designer

Posted by on December 16, 2011 No comments

I am particularly fond of, even for the success which has been in the English version of our blog – was a series of examples and tips about the creation of amateur websites: visualizations dated, typographical horrors, animated GIFs … a beautiful gallery that showed how the Web was a wasteland of usesabuse and lack of professionalism.


I wish I could say that this article is among those that are not dated, more feedback in this 2011/2012 but-alas-not so. Just wander around a bit on the web and open some random site to see what the situation, after almost three years, has not changed one iota.


This article is not a denial, but a remake of the one I made in 2011: changing times, changing Web designers, and consequently change the errors. Assuming that none of our regular readers realize sites like those presented in this article (please, tell me no!)  and then there is no need to put in the pillory again animated GIFs, flash intros and tables (please, tell me no!)  Today we will see what are the mistakes that a Web Designer should avoid if you want to work in a professional manner and not amateur.


Circumstances: there is nothing wrong with using templates, if the customer’s budget is reduced and you need a sloppily and inexpensive solution. But if it claims to be a Web Designer and you’re usually buy templates cheap and selling them at ridiculous prices, maybe it’s time to face reality. Design and develop websites is another thing. Web Design is another thing.


If you want to live this work begins to give a value to what you do, because if your business does not have a value means that is not a profession but a pastime.


The thought of ‘ so I first ‘ is a trap. Work on a project, there is a problem, find a solution quickly and painlessly incorrect but, you see that it works, mute your consciousness and you find yourself working with these ‘ tricks ‘ without even us case. You have chosen a tunnel without return.


An example? Load any image in the background, because dissect it and waste time? Yes, Oh well, it would be better for other resolutions, and the page would be less heavy to load.but who cares, so do I!


Generally, in virtue of this episode, we find the do first:


-Non-optimized Codes, taken from third-party web pages and pasted, weighed down by rows and rows of unnecessary rules;


-Blocks of images where we find the text; in more severe cases web pages are composed of one/two images in the background, in spite of the most basic accessibility principles;


Web designers are egotistical, useless to deny it. However, if you want to work in a professional way, stifle self-centeredness and be all geared to customer needs. We are not God, it is said that our preferences (aesthetic or conceptual) are necessarily those that must be our client. And it is normal that the latter do not agree to our charges, like we the prophets of the web. Listen to your customer, be able to guide him firmly but with an open mind, always ready to change the perspective and questioning your choices.


If you want to appear amateur and little serious, you just start to not respect the delivery times are defined in the contract. There is nothing less professional than an individual who proves not to be able to organize their projects and to meet their commitments.


Always take a few more days in the delivery time estimate: not promising mari e monti in five days that you’ll make a good nomination, but working with care on details and carrying out quality work. And quality takes time and dedication.


It’s important to understand what are their skills (so do what I ask? are able to do a good job?) and what is the availability that we guarantee every project (I’m working on other projects? delivery times requested I go right?). Do the longer wheelbase of the leg: If you are in work, not overdoses to accept an appointment if you don’t have the certainty that they can devote proper attention and to comply with the timing requirements. Especially, if you don’t know do something, not fingerti a superhero accepting larger projects you just want to enlarge: If your horizons, learn to delegate and to rely on colleagues who can help you dispose of excess labor.


Do not copy. Even if it is easier, even if that site you like so much and that is precisely what your customer wants. Even if it is to ask the latter to blatantly plagiarize the site of his competitor. There are things that should not be done for money, and plagiarism is one of these.  A professional does not copy the work of others, first of all because it is able to create quality projects, and secondly because they respect the work of others. And if these two motivations do not suffice, you do a third: If you copy sooner or later someone will notice. And is there, that your credibility cola to peak, without possibility of recovery.


But if you really don’t see any reason to do so, it means that you’re looking at what should be your profession from the wrong perspective. And if you don’t feel ready to invest a minimum in yourself and what you believe, why a hypothetical customer should be? Why should consider yourself a professional, if you are not able to present it as such?


These are some of the mistakes that we should avoid if you want to work in our industry so mature and aware. This article is not a criticism of anyone, but a useful food for thought that we should all devote ourselves in this Monday morning:) If you riconosciutio in one or more points do not go to hell, it just means that you have to work a little more about yourself.


 

Download whole entire Playlist video from YouTube

Posted by on December 9, 2011 No comments

Download lists of videos from Youtube and convert them


In this article we present a useful program for Download entire playlist video from Youtube, free software in question is called: Free YouTube Download and its use is really simple and immediate.


Free YouTube Download, download and quickly converts to AVI, MP4, WMV content from most popular video sharing website in the world. The program will download very quickly, the size of the installation files are less than 13 MB and also installing in seconds.


Regarding the operation, nothing new compared to many software that download individual videos, just enter the reference to the list of videos of interest and start the download process. The speed of the process will vary depending on the quality of the movie, available bandwidth, and finally by the power of the PC.


Software producers that is frequently updated to remain compatible with the methods used by Youtube hosting.


No particular negative, perhaps would be helpful to convert directly to mp3 the sound of the video, but given the capacity of most modern media players you can directly use the movies on your mobile device, even if this means storing many fewer songs and consume more battery during playback.


The application is compatible with: Windows XP Service Pack 2, Vista, 7.Net Framework 3.5 SP1


We recommend to download this free program from the manufacturer’s website and try it: Free YouTube Download

Front-end and innovation: how much is hard with older versions of Internet Explorer

Posted by on December 2, 2011 No comments

Development of a front-end to consider looking for a high quality standard is to ensure a homogeneous view on most popularWeb browser: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome and Safari.
Each version released by the team of the respective browser has had and has, who – who more less – some small flaw … on the other hand the incessant rhythms and high competition require release dates to the public ever more stringent.


In this case however I want to focus on Internet Explorer, particularly versions 6 and 7, which more or less we all know.


I’ll talk about them because with HTML5, CSS3, and new technologies on the agenda, even in Italy the web is trying to “break free”; However there are some clients who do not complete knowledge of the web or stubbornness or for special needs, claim that a site you see with the same precision “pixellistica” IE6 also on IE7and. Even our fault that we are lulled into Laurel, without looking at the news. This however means spending much more time to adopt the appropriate technical hack and implement Visual degradation of the content.


To raise an objection might be argue about the real distribution of those browsers in the world and in Italy.
We have at least three sources that make our case: W3CSchools, Statcounter and NetMarketShare (partly free).


The common denominator is that both versions are well below 10%, a threshold that would describe as psychological to seriously consider a dedicated development.


As I said before, HTML5 and CSS3 (and jQuery, to make a name) we make available of the innovations that are cool and above all are useful because they help to develop code and pages with less-often-lines and less time (and of development and loading pages).


A simple module, intended as part of the page, needs a time just to be developed and overcome compatibility on modern browsers (including IE9), then we need more and more to get it to work slowly on previous versions of IE.
Take for example a box with rounded corners and gradient background: with CSS 2.1 must upload a background image with already ready with the appearance that we need. With CSS3 rounded corners and gradient background with rules are border-radius and the background, with an actual saving byte … Unfortunately, in this specific case, on IE background is unstable and the rounded edges are seen with a file to upload.
So loading pages on IE6 and IE7 could slow i/o for the hacks required. Might be a slight difference but it is a technical aspect should not be underestimated.


If the customer insists on asking a back-compatibility for IE6 and IE7, or prefer to assess the possibility of including, in phase of development budget for these browsers extra entry, as the time needed to ensure the functioning of the project in the browser is no longer in step with the times. It’s up to me to figure out if it is really worth. Then, if it refuses, I assess together with the customer as it is better to proceed.


If the customer is simply a compatibility until IE8 browser and not too old, there are two paths:


It’s a topic that has its pros and cons, but it is a fact that, in addition to slowing the innovation research development dedicated to older versions of IE requires much more effort and time spent is not free assessment: it takes analysis, research and patience. Making it clear this aspect, the professionalism and fairness are valued.