Posts Tagged ‘html’

Web Development :: Image Pack & Icons

When you first learn web development, perhaps a spot of html, a hint of CSS it can be a long learning curve before you can actually get things to look spot on, in fact I am still climbing that curve till this day.

Over the last year though I have got a lot better, because I have done a hell of a lot of it.

“we are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit”

Whether you are just starting at it or your a seasoned pro - the images can be the longest part of the build and design process - so in a nice sort of random way I have over the last year been collecting some helpful images, mostly repeatable backgrounds, headers, some web2 style ones and some excellent backgrounds. You can download them all by clicking the following, but please do realise that I have NO idea where they all came from ;)

Those should help - whether your slinging together something quick and tasteless or your masterpiece blog template. Next up I want to share a great place to find icons. There are a ton of free icons you can use, I never really bothered searching for them but when I came across the following I was happily suprised - excellent when you want to create something quickly that looks like you spent ages on, content management systems etc etc.

Click the Image to go to Sweetie Icon Site


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Filed under Graphics : Comments (0) : Jun 5th, 2008

Making Money Online: Pre-Requisites: Coding

Making money online is what a lot of people try to do, a fair proportion report to achieve this goal however the remaining proportion seek quick fixes, instant money makers and one time money making schemes.

“If it seems to good to be true - it is” - this is a common phrase but theres another which I hear less of “If it seems to good to be true 9/10 times it is” - I prefer that one personally because with making money online these one off lucky finds, code glitches, manipulations or competition niches are there - but like the gold mining of generations before us they are rare and can take a lot of looking.

When I talk about making money online I do talk from experience, I do make a bit of money online, a reasonable positive balance that is incremental - but as with all these things it won’t happen over night (at least in 999/1000 cases.)

I have had times amongst my years on the case where one night or one page or one small website has been enough to make a happy man of me but that is due to perseverance and odds not curealls and other peoples “wonderful linkbuilding services”, “directory submissions or similar”.

I am beginning to go on here so here’s the point:

You will find the odds of making money a lot easier the more practical knowledge you get in coding. Even if you are in enough liquidity to pay a coder, or coders - you will want to know what your paying them to do. With this in mind there is a few things you SHOULD learn and do before ever asking questions or worrying your not making enough or even expect to make money. If you have a job to go to, family to support, things to do and give yourself other excuses, that’s your trip - but perseverance I am afraid is I think a pre-requisite in this game.

With that LEARN THESE:

  • HTML, CSS, Basic web complimentary technologies like ftp, photoshop etc.
  • PHP & MySQL - most integral skills in my opinion - LAMP is not necessary you can run it all thru ur windowz
  • SEO - What it is, why we do it, how we do it and how you can use the previous two to help

If you learn these basics, read this and other aforementioned blogs then I don’t see how given time and a fair amount of effort, regardless of the colour of your hat you can fail! That is unless your one of those negotive bastards then you shouldnt be here neway!

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Filed under Basic, Uncategorized : Comments (0) : May 31st, 2008