Zo Nicholas

Web Design fonts Creating a collection of web design fonts in the gallery for further use on different sites. Font Galleries Fonts - fonts  used on web design sandbox Fonts 2 - mixed collection of fonts Fonts 3 -  coming soon
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Web Design font Part of the ‘look’ of any website is the fontface that is used, for the title and the body or contents. Visitors do remember the look, the colour and the feel of a site.  For this site, ‘Web Design’, I have already settled on a title font, however for the h1,h2,h3 that is...
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Add a border to a photo or image Sometimes a plain photo or image is rather boring and makes no impact at all. Just by adding a border to a photo or image gives it a complete lift and adds a new dimension. Add a border using Gimp Here are some examples of borders using a free photo/image...
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Create your own Web Effects With a simple image/photo editor you can create your own web effects. These editors often come as software with your digital camera, or you can choose from the many that are freely available online.  Simple Web Effects For the  purpose of this exercise in creating a simple web effect I am using...
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Header Graphics 2 Having created quite a plain header graphic for this blog I decided to try and create different versions of the same using a free image and photo editing software.  Header Graphics for Web Design There are many free image editors on the net. The two I like to work with are Gimp and Paint.Net....
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Header Graphics A header graphics can be as simple or complex as you desire them to be. They are the first thing a reader sees when opening your site. A header needs to be striking and memorable and yet not distracting. Web Design Header Graphic For this site I have continued the theme as used in my...
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Small Business Ideas Branding 2 Having written a post about branding Small Business Ideas I noticed that when the post was published the blockquote was hugging the visual presentation as you see from the image below.   Blockquote , pullquote As you can see from the above blockquote that is used to illustrate the codes used, it totally...
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By Zo NicholasWeb Style Sheets 2 Customising a web style sheet  is on of those tasks that requires one to really plan ahead. A web style sheet seperates the content of the site from the presentation. When customising a web style sheet you control the colour, the fonts and the layout of your site. The resulting...
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By Zo NicholasWeb Style Sheets Last months Ycademy monthly seminar focused on building a customised authors blog with a professional look and feel. Customising a blog now longer becomes such a daunting affair. The follow-up Ycademy trainings over the past few weeks have gone further to increase the knowledge in working with web style sheets and creating a...
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By Zo NicholasWeb graphics for fun Fun web graphic created by Laetitia Paris during a daily training call at Yorgotalk.com . Anyone can create great fun graphics using simple free tools online. Zo Nicholas . Author: Zo Nicholas, Media, Marketing, Publishing. Co-Founder of YORGOO, Ycademy,YORGOO Press and Semiomantics. If you enjoyed reading the above,...
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