News
- Adobe PhotoShop has released a free online version Adobe PhotoShop Express. It is only available to the US as yet, which peeves me, so all I can tell you is that it is a cut down and simpler to use version of Photoshop. As you are given your own URL I presume you can share your creations with others. Perhaps one of the privileged could let us know if it is any good although Profy thinks so Photoshop Express - An Excellent Web-based Photo Editor
- Andy Beard has been noticing a trend in his blog and other which leads him to ask Alexa Rating Changes? Have you noticed any changes in your rating?
Reading
- 7 must-read Webmaster Central blog posts - Google Webmaster Central
- 25 Paths to an Insanely Popular Blog - Skelliwag
- The Fragmentation of Identity and Discussion - Internet Duct Tape
- 20 Types of Pages that Every Blogger Should Consider - Darren Rowse
- Blog Marketing Tips Even the Professional Bloggers Won’t Share - Tip #1 - Andy Beal.
- 50 Thoughtful, Funny and Polemic Blogging Quotes - Daily Blog Tips
- How to Help Immunize Your Site Against Scraping - Blog Herald
Blogging Tools
- Social Scan is an online tool for checking a website link popularity among well known social sites.
- Test different font types, styles and spacing at Font Tester or Typesetter
- LinkBunch lets you put multiple links into one small link which you can share over IM, Twitter, email - or even via blogs as you can see by the blogging blogs I have bunched together here: http://linkbun.ch/76r
Social Networking
- Alltop, a news aggregator, now has a section for dads - Dads.Alltop.com
- Profile aggregator Tabber has been completely redesigned. You can read a review by Profy at Tabber’s Complete Makeover: Looks Like FriendFeed
- Colin of Life warns us about Social Networks Targeted With Trojan At present this uses the Orkut social network to spread. I hope this is not just the tip of the iceberg! Thanks for keeping track of such nasties Colin.
- Facebook has introduced a new feature that suggests “people you may know.”
- Social Media and Simplicity, Part 1: Reduce by Muhammad Saleem writing on Freelance Switch. Wise strategies to reduce our blogging workload.
- The Common is a new site aimed at bringing people who wish to know how do do something together with those who do know. Profy has a post that explains more - The Common: Helping Each Other 2.0 Style
Blogger
- How to Install a Blogger XML Template - includes an excellent idea for saving all your current widgets if you do not want to lose them in a template change over.
- Blogger has recently created a Blogger Help YoutTube channel for those who prefer their tutorials in video form.
- 8 steps to a more professional Blogspot blog - from the Download Squad
- A directory of Blogger Templates - BTemplates
Wordpress
- An easily browsed visual index of free Wordpress themes - Fresheezy!
- Wordpress 2.5 has some significant changes that will need learning. Here are a few posts introducing you to WP 2.5:
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some great links there Sue - thanks for the Blogger platform ones. I browsed quickly and theyelook excellent.
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Some great new Sue, hadn’t seen those theme sites. Can never have to many theme sites
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Liking those themes. As Leigh said - can never have too many themes.
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Agreed Leigh and Jen. I like looking at theme and web showcase sites even if I do not have a need to use them. Good for ideas.
Excellent post!
I had also previously noticed the free online version of Photoshop and tried it out a week or so ago myself. I do have to say that it took a very long time to load everything and I didn’t have much patience for that, but it’s free after all and does work very nicely - definitely better than paying hundreds for a copy of the full Photoshop! But, since I do own Paint Shop Pro XI (which I really recommend), that’s what I’ll continue using for editing photos. Has anyone else tried the online Photoshop? I’d like to hear other opinions about it as well. I’m wondering if its extreme slowness only occurred for me.
Also, thanks for sharing those great links. The article from Skelliewag was one of my favorites. I also hadn’t known about Social Scan, so thanks for telling us about that as well!
I’m definitely subscribing to your blog, you’ve got some great content and information here. Keep it up!
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Thanks Tay, your comments are appreciated as is your subscription. I use PhotoShop but despite having quite a powerful computer it is heavyweight. It will be interesting to see what can be done with the online version although slow loading pages do bug me.