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Inspirational Dose of 25 Creative Print Advertisements

Ravi Ahuja — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:30:23 +0000

If you love creativity then advertisements are the best source of inspiration. As advertisements are all over and we regularly watch advertisements then why not boost your creativity with advertisements.

If we like or not we have to see advertisement whether we are reading newspaper, magazine, watching TV or just surfing Internet we have to see advertisements and Print Advertisements are most common ad option. For inspiration advertisements are best source because this market is so competitive that advertisers need creative ideas for ads.

Print Advertisements are best source for graphic designing inspiration. Prints ads are not just photographs there is lot of work done on that images whether that image is designed from beginning or manipulating different images. Get inspired with 25 beautiful Print Advertisements listed below.

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25 Amazing Print Advertisements Example

I hope you liked these print advertisement examples and we will continue bring these type of creative examples.

25 Scary Free Horror Fonts

Ravi Ahuja — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:45:40 +0000

Every designer knows the importance of Fonts, how fonts can enhance any design. Fonts are used in almost all designing related task if you are creating ads, creating business card, create website etc fonts are used everywhere.

You can create your own font style or use any existing fonts. There are plenty of free fonts available all around the web on various topics. Some font styles like horror or comedy are easily be related to design. You can easily give a design a Horror look just by adding horror fonts. If you are creating design related to Horror then don’t worry there are plenty of free horror fonts available. I have listed some scary free horror fonts which can be used in your horror design.

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25 Scary Free Horror Fonts

Hope you may like these free horror fonts and please share your opinion and work which we can share on this blog.

Modulus WordPress Theme by RocketTheme

Ravi Ahuja — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 11:50:34 +0000

Modulus is latest premium WordPress theme by RocketTheme. Modulus is simple but yet stylish WordPress theme with many customization options.

As every month RocketTheme has released another great WordPress theme Modules. You can customize this theme from its core; you can change colors with Color Chooser, various module positions and much more to give Theme look as you want.

Modulus WordPress theme comes with 12 Preset Styles, MegaMenu & Splitmenu, 68 Widget Positions, 28 Widget Variations and many more features. It runs on RocketTheme’s Gantry Framework which is powerful WordPress Theme Framework.

Modulus Features

Gantry Framework
Color Chooser
12 Preset Styles
Loading Transitions
RocketTheme Plugins Styling
Custom Content Typography
Fusion with MegaMenu & Splitmenu
68 Widget Positions
28 Widget Variations
Javascript Form Styling
FF, Safari, Chrome, Opera, IE7+ Compatible
W3C XHTML 1.0 / CSS Valid

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Different Types of Website Design Layouts

Ravi Ahuja — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:36:02 +0000

Website designing is one of the most critical phases of web development process. Any IT Outsourcing services providing company that takes its work seriously will understand the importance of having a suitable web design. The need to have a well optimized web design becomes unavoidable when the website has been developed for the purpose of ecommerce only. For example, an online store would require an attractive, user friendly and SEO friendly design as these are essential for getting online traffic and making maximum revenue through it. Custom web development service providers are usually experts in using different layouts for creating a suitable web design according to client’s requirements.

The layout of a website plays a vital role in deciding the overall look and feel of a website. Custom web development helps clients in acquiring web solutions that are designed specifically around their unique requirements. There are 6 basic types of layouts using which the web application development company can create a design that suits the requirements at hand. In general, custom web development involves a scheme of 3 or more layouts. These layouts are as discussed below:

Symmetrical Layout: The symmetrical Layout is a balanced and formal layout format that allows forming symmetrical designs by placing different elements on either side of the page or in the center. Extra elements on any one side can be balanced by placing similar sized elements on the other side.

Asymmetrical Layout: The asymmetrical layout allows designers to place elements in an uneven manner. This allows the web application development company to exercise their imagination and effectively convey the desired message through the website.
Isolative Layout: The isolative layout allows developers to place logos and important graphics on the page. These elements should be small in size and can be placed anywhere on the webpage. The level of importance and degree of visibility of these elements can be controlled in this layout.

Dominative Layout: Unlike the isolative layout, the logos and other similar elements are placed in an enlarged format on the page in dominative layout.

Radiative Layout: The Radiative layout enables designers to highlight various elements such as the images, content, logo, symbols etc by using flash effect on them. This helps in making these elements the centre of attraction and brings them into viewer’s attention.
Repetition Layout: The repetition layout is also meant for making above mentioned elements the center of attraction on the page by repeating them on the page and enhancing their visibility.

If a web application development company can make smart use of these layouts then they can achieve a really attractive and business oriented website for their clients. Custom web development allows further flexibility to developers while designing websites as they can use these layouts more freely and work around them according to client’s requirements.

About author::::
Steve Graham is Sr. content editor at Xicom Technologies . Xicom is a CMMI Level-3 Web application development company which offers a full range of IT outsourcing services ranges from mobile application development, web development services to upgradation of existing legacy web applications.Xicom is proactively acquired insights into a leading & emerging technologies to meet the ever-growing needs of clients.

25 Free Photoshop Brushes For Your Next Design

Ravi Ahuja — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:04:05 +0000

Photoshop is amazing designing software in itself and support for add-ons makes it best software for graphic designing. Using Photoshop brushes you can easily create stunning designs and you can save lot of your time using Photoshop brushes.

You can add many third party Photoshop brushes and use them very easily in your design. Using third-party brushes you can save lot of your time as you don’t have to create that design again and again. There are plenty of free Photoshop brushes available and I searched for some good free Photoshop brushes which can be very useful for your project. I hope you will like these Photoshop brushes and will use in your next design.

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25 Free Photoshop Brushes Set

Sharp Abstract

Sharp Abstract brush, great for abstract fire effect free Photoshop brush.
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Free Falling Sparks Brush Set

This free Photoshop brush set contains 10 falling sparks brushes.
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Floral Photoshop Brushes

This pack has several dozen of free Photoshop brushes ranging in size from 800px-100px. Also includes some grunge floral brushes.
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Motion Light Effects Brush Set

This set of free Photoshop brushes is great for adding light effects and swirls to your artwork.
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Dirty Brushes for change

Photoshop brushes allow you to have a readily-accessible suite of brush tips to enhance your compositions.
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Fractal Brushes

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Free Photoshop Firework Brushes

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Free Faded Splatters Brush Set

This free Photoshop brush set contains 10 faded ink splatters.
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Watercolor and Salt Photoshop Brush Set

This free Photoshop brush set contains 10 watercolor splatters over salt.
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Japonelle

Swirling shapes with a grungy nature and a Japanese fee.
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Graphic Circle Brushes

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Summer is Here

Funky flowers with perfect petals or residing inside circular shapes.
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12 Free Swirl Photoshop Brushes

Set of 12 great free Swirl Free Photoshop Brushes.
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High quality Photoshop nature brushes

8 high quality nature brushes for your Photoshop. The brushes come in the maximum size of 2500 pixels in .abr format.
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Noise and Dust A Free Photoshop Brush Set

An awesome free Phtoshop brush set for adding dust and noise effect.
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Free Grunge Scribbles Photoshop Brush Set

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Abstract Light Lines Set 1

10 Photoshop brushes? compatible with CS3 and above.
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Doodle Swirls

A beautiful collection of magical light brushes for Photoshop. The set is a bit random, Doodle Swirls 21 brushes, 7 basic brushes
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CS4 Brushes

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Abstract Smudge Brushes

This free Photoshop brushes contains 5 brushes. A beautiful, energetic abstract collection of Photoshop brushes
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Brushes Pack .05 – Watercolor

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Heart Photoshop Brushes for Valentine Day

This Photoshop Brush set includes 13 different brushes, each in two styles: one filled with color and one with an outline.
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Cat Women Brush Pack

Cat Women Brush Pack, 8 HQ Brushes, Each brush is about 2500×2000
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Cloud Brushes for Photoshop

Photoshop Cloud Brushes that are made in a cartoon style, perfect for scrapbooks and doodle designs.
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Snow Patch Brushes Photoshop

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Free vBulletin Skins for your Forum

Ravi Ahuja — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:12:27 +0000

vBulletin is the best premium forum software today and thousands of forums depend on vBulletin. You can easily setup your own forum in just few minutes with vBulletin. You can easily change look of forum by changing vBulletin Skins.

vBulletin offers skin support so you can easily change look and feel of your forum using vBulletin Skins which are easy to implement. There are plenty of free and paid vBulletin Skins available but finding suitable skin can be difficult. I searched for some vBulletin Skins and found some good and latest vBulletin Skins which can enhance look of your forum. Good looking template increase user engagement and help you attract more users. This post is showcased with free vBulletin Skins and next time I am going to showcase some premium vBulletin Skins. Have a look at these 7 beautiful free vBulletin Skins you will find them interesting.

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7 Free vBulletin Skins

1. Breeze vBulletin 4 Styles

2. Pixels Premium vBulletin Skin

3. Black-Stealth vBulletin Style

4. Military Styles vBulletin Skin

5. Morbid Blue Free vBulletin Skin

6. Back 2 Basics 4.1.9 vBulletin Theme

7. vBFour vBulletin 4.1.9 Template

10 Amazing Cinemagraphs Tutorials

Ravi Ahuja — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:07:24 +0000

In past I have shared some beautiful Cinemagraphs examples created by Kevin Burg and Jamie Beck. This time I want to share some amazing Cinemagraphs Tutorials.

Cinemagraphs was discovered by visual graphics artist Kevin Burg partnered with photographer Jamie Beck. In Cinemagraphs photographer takes a traditional photograph and combines a living moment into the image through the isolated animation of multiple frames thus you get amazing animated image. Only few part of the image are animated and other elements are static it gives a living image.

If you have not seen Cinemagraphs examples then first have a look from link below:

Amazing Cinemagraphs by Kevin Burg and Jamie Beck
Creative Animated Images Cinemagraphs Part 2

Now when you have seen amazing Cinemagraphs images then you may love to learn how to create Cinemagraphs images. Now many people have started creating Cinemagraphs images and many Cinemagraphs Tutorials are created which help you learn how to create Cinemagraphs. I searched for some Cinemagraphs tutorials and found some good Cinemagraphs Tutorials which can make you Cinemagraphs expert.

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Cinemagraphs Tutorials

1. Create Cinemagraph animated gifs from video

2. Create an awesome cinemagraph in Photoshop

This step by step tutorial will teach you the process of creating a cinemagraph. This Cinemagraph tutorials will teach you how to use frames within Photoshop to process your footage, and how to tweak your sequence to find the perfect loop for export.

3. Cinemagraph Tutorial for Photoshop CS5

4. How to Make a Cinemagraph: Tutorial

5. How to Make Cinemagraphs — Still Photos that Move Like Movies!

6. How To Make Your Own CinemaGraph In Photoshop CS5

7. Making a Cinemagraph from a Wildlife Video: Tutorial

8. Cinemagraph Tutorial

This tutorial will teach you how to simple create Cinemagraph using Photoshop.

9. How To Make Your Own Cinemagraphs

10. Cinemagraph/Subtle GIF Tutorial

I hope you may have fount these Cinemagraphs Tutorials very useful. Please share your experience about these Cinemagraphs Tutorials.

Halcyon Joomla Template by RocketTheme

Ravi Ahuja — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 10:44:29 +0000

Halcyon is latest Joomla Template by RocketTheme. This beautifully designed Joomla template includes third party eCommerce solution Ecwid to sell products and service right from your website.

Halcyon Joomla Template is elegant and beautiful perfect for deployment on a professionally or commercially orientated site. Its easy customization help you give desired look as per your requirement. Halcyon Joomla template has integrated styling for Ecwid, a third party and platform independent eCommerce solution, ported into Joomla via RocketTheme RokEcwid component.

As you may know RocketTheme Joomla templates are built on the Gantry Framework and same is for Halcyon. Gantry Framework is powerful Joomla template framework which all easy and per menu item configuration options.

Halcyon Joomla Template comes with 10 Preset Styles, iPhone/Android viewing support, 80 Module Positions, 59 Structural and Stylistic suffixes, beautiful menu bar and much more, have a look at Halcyon Joomla Template features.

Halcyon Joomla Template Features

Joomla 1.5/1.7 versions
10 Preset Styles
Powerful Core Gantry Framework
iPhone/Android viewing support
Ecwid Integrated with RokEcwid Bridge
RocketTheme Extensions Styling
Custom Content Typography
FusionMegaMenu, SpliceMenu & Splitmenu
Load Transitions
80 Module Positions
59 Structural and Stylistic suffixes
FF, Safari, Chrome, Opera, IE7+ Compatible
W3C XHTML 1.0 / CSS Valid

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How to Transfer SEO Data to Different WordPress Theme/Plugin

Ravi Ahuja — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:16:37 +0000

Recently I changed my WordPress theme to StudioPress Genesis Framework. Before changing them my major concern was how to transfer SEO data to Genesis SEO.

Previously I was using “All in One SEO Plugin” but I was interested in using Genesis SEO settings as I had heard lot of good things about Genesis SEO. By using Genesis SEO I was also getting rid of another plugin. To use Genesis SEO I had to transfer all post SEO data from “All in One SEO Plugin” to Genesis and it can be very difficult.

I searched for some solution and found that StudioPress already have a plugin “SEO Data Transporter” which can easily transfer SEO data from many SEO plugins and WordPress Themes Frameworks to any other theme or plugin without losing data.

SEO Data Transporter is a very good plugin by StudioPress which help you transfer SEO data to any other plugin or WordPress theme. SEO Data Transporter plugin allows you to transfer the SEO data such as title tags and Meta descriptions which you’ve entered in one WordPress theme/plugin to another. Transferring SEO data is very easy you can transfer SEO data in just few clicks.

How to use SEO Data Transporter

After installing and activating this plugin you have to choose which platform you’re moving from, and which platform you’re moving to. After clicking “analyze” button this plugin checks for compatibility of data which can be converted. If you find about all data is compatible just click “convert” and this plugin will transport your SEO data from previous theme/plugin to the new solution.

SEO Data Transporter Supports many WordPress themes and Plugins.

Supported Themes

Builder
Catalyst
Frugal
Genesis
Headway
Hybrid
Thesis
Woo Framework

Supported Plugins

All in One SEO
Greg’s High Performance SEO
Headspace2
Meta SEO Pack
Platinum SEO
SEO Ultimate
WordPress SEO

If you where hesitated switching WordPress theme or plugin just because of SEO data then I hope this plugin will solve your problem and allow you to easily transfer SEO data.

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20+ Adobe Illustrator Tutorials

Ravi Ahuja — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:30:05 +0000

Adobe Illustrator is widely used vector designing software. You can create amazing vector designs on Illustrator. With Adobe Illustrator you can create complex designs easily.

If you are beginner in Adobe Illustrator and searching for Adobe Illustrator tutorials then you are at right place. As you can create many amazing design on Illustrator but you must know the basics and process of utilizing Adobe Illustrator. Here I have listed some amazing Adobe Illustrator Tutorials which help you to create simple to complex vector designs. These are step by step Adobe Illustrator tutorials which are easy to understand and implement. These awesome Adobe Illustrator Tutorials will help you master Illustrator and hope you will also create a beautiful design.

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20+ Beautiful Adobe Illustrator Tutorials

1. Create a Vector, Daily Flip Calendar

This Adobe Illustrator tutorials will teach you how to create a daily flip calendar with the help of vector shape building techniques, multiple Illustrator tools etc.

2. Draw a Sunglass Using Gradient Mesh

This tutorial will teach you how to draw a sunglass using gradient mesh in Adobe Illustrator.

3. How to Illustrate A Yacht in Illustrator

In this Adobe Illustrator tutorials, you will learn how to creating a racing yacht in Illustrator. This easy step by step tutorial is fun to create a racing yacht.

4. Create a Simple Penguin Character/

This Adobe Illustrator Tutorials will show you how to create a simple penguin character. These twenty-seven detailed steps will teach you to the basic tools and shape building techniques.

5. Create a 3D Grungy Text Effect in Illustrator

This tutorial will help you learn how to create a grungy, 3D text effect. Learn how to draw highlights and shadows on your text to give it that 3D punch.

6. How to Draw a Vector, Music Folder Icon

In this tutorial learn how to draw a music folder icon in Illustrator using the 3D Revolve tool and Extrude & Bevel effects.

7. Illustrator Tutorial: Roller Blades

This Adobe Illustrator tutorials will help you learn how to draw a pair of high-detailed roller blades from scratch, new useful drawing techniques and you could consider.

8. Create a Vector Gift Box

This Adobe Illustrator Tutorial will teach you how to create an attractive gift box using usual types of tools, such as, Rectangle Tool (M), Ellipse Tool (L), Extrude&Bevel 3D effect etc.

9. Rusty Metal Text Effect

Learn vector text effect on the metal brushed background. Learn how to take advantage of the Appearance Panel and Graphic Styles to speed up the process and keep the text fully editable.

10. How to Create a Vector Radiator Artwork

Create oil filled, vector radiator using 3D-rendering, Blends, as well as other Illustrator tools and professional vector techniques.

11. Create a Steel, Vector Power Button Set

Learn how to create a steel vector power button set in Adobe Illustrator. A power button symbol can be used on a interface design or as a positive digital metaphor in your design work.

12. Illustrator Tutorial: Circus Tent

This short tutorial will teach you the basics of using warp effects to create a nice vector circus tent.

13. How to Create a Stinking Zombie Flesh-Eater in Illustrator

This Adobe Illustrator tutorial will teach you how to create a cartoon zombie in Illustrator from starting by creating a fresh corpse.

14. Create a Simple Vector Ninja Character in Illustrator

Do you love Ninja; in this step by step Adobe Illustrator tutorial you will learn how to create a simple vector ninja character.

15. How to Create a 3D Like and Unlike Symbol with Adobe Illustrator

This Quick Tip you will teach you how to create a multi-purpose 3D Like and Unlike symbol with the help of the Extrude & Bevel settings and the Appearance Panel in Adobe Illustrator.

16. Create a Sale Tag Icon with Adobe Illustrator

Learn how to create a neat Sale tag in Adobe Illustrator. This tutorial will inform you how to simulate a look of a folded corner of the paper by using simple color gradients.

17. How To Create a Cubist Style Logo Design in Illustrator

This Adobe Illustrator tutorial will teach you how to create a cubist style logo design made up of lots of detailed vector facets.

18. Futuristic Interface Design

In this Adobe Illustrator tutorial learn how to draw a futuristic download player using only basic shapes.

19. Create a Cocktail Glass in Adobe Illustrator

Learn how to create a cocktail glass with a colorful drink and fancy decoration in Illustrator.

20. Illustrator Tutorial: Draw a Vector RAM

This Adobe Illustrator tutorial will teach you how to draw a nice looking vector RAM (memory chip) in Illustrator. You will discover how to draw circuit board, memory chips, and circuit lines easily in this tutorial.

21. How To Create a Cute Hairy Vector Monster Character

This step by step Adobe Illustrator tutorial teaches you to create a cute vector monster character with the help of basic shapes to give a cute and friendly appearance.

22. How to Create an Open Book with Illustrator’s 3D Extrude & Bevel Tool

In this Adobe Illustrator Tutorials you will learn how to create an open book mostly with Illustrator’s 3D Extrude & Bevel Tool. This tutorial will teach you how to create open pages with graphics and add a wavy background.

We are Switched to Genesis Framework

Ravi Ahuja — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:08:33 +0000

As you may know that CodeFear.com runs on WordPress and we were using a readymade WordPress theme. From past few months I was thinking of changing my WordPress theme and I was looking at some WordPress theme frameworks.

There are many premium and free WordPress theme framework available and I had shortlisted three frameworks Thesis Theme Framework, Genesis Framework and Headway Themes. It was very difficult for me to choose between these three WordPress theme frameworks.

I searched a lot about these frameworks, I searched for review, comparison between these WordPress theme frameworks. At last I finalize Genesis Framework.

Before updating my WordPress theme there were few concern which I had faced in past like hewighy theme which increase site load time, poorly coded theme which use lot of JavaScript and CSS files, bad on SEO, adding some plugin destroys theme and many more problems.

When I was searching for new WordPress theme all these problems was in my mind and I don’t want to repeat these entire problems on my next WordPress theme. I had two options for my next WordPress theme, one create a new custom theme or buy any premium theme. Previously I had bought some premium WordPress themes which didn’t worked for me.

After lot of searching I choose Genesis and tried it on my other blog and I not faced any problem and finally I implemented Genesis on all of my blogs and all of them are running fine. I am very happy with Genesis.

Reason of Changing Theme and Choosing Genesis Framework

First question comes in mind why you want to change the theme? There can be many reasons or any one stupid reason for me there was many reasons.

1. Theme Support – When you buy a theme it not just that you are finished there. You may need support for theme updates, theme setup support, and theme modification support and so on. If you are not getting these supports you may find yourself in trouble. With premium WordPress themes like StudioPress you get very good support not just for theme modification, setup but you get regular updates so that your theme is compatible with latest WordPress release.

2. Search Engine Optimized Theme – If your theme is search engine optimized then you can understand what you can get from your blog. Search traffic means popularity, lot of visitors and good earning. In past I had tried to change my theme with some other theme but I found sudden drop in search traffic, may be those theme was not search engine optimized. When I searched for SEO friendly theme Genesis and Thesis was the first choice. After installing Genesis I do not find any sudden jump in search traffic but I was happy that I didn’t lose my search traffic and its improving day by day.

3. Plug-in Compatibility – In my previous WordPress theme some of the plugin was not working and I needed them a lot. Whenever I activate those plugin my theme destroyed. After using Genesis I reactivated those plugin and all of them are working fine. I am not a WordPress theme developer so I can’t say why this happen but it makes me sure that Genesis is compatible with most of the plugin.

4. Page Speed – As you may know Google loves fast website and your website may get priority in related search result if your website load fast. There are many parameter which can determined your website page speed like web server response, many http request, JavaScript, lot of CSS, images etc. My previous WordPress theme score only 80 out of 100 (Higher the better) but after switching to Genesis my blog page score is reached to 94 out of 100. This is very good improvement this tells Genesis is lightweight and well created.

5. Theme Modification Options – There are various way of modifying WordPress theme, it can be manually, with theme admin options etc. Genesis provide everything it gives admin options which help you to make changes in your theme, manual changing is always there and the biggest thing is Hooks. With Hooks you can attach content to your theme very easily and it can change your site as you requirement.

6. Theme Design – StudioPress offer many theme designs build on Genesis Framework you can buy child theme as per your requirement. This was another reason of choosing Genesis Framework. I choose Minimum Child Theme and planning to buy some more child theme for my other blogs.

7. Cost Effective – Genesis Framework and its child themes are very cost effective compare to its close competitors Thesis, Headway Themes etc. Thesis and Headway Framework cost between $68 for single site license to $378 for developer license and Genesis cost just $59.95 for unlimited license. You can buy Genesis with one Child theme for just $79.95. It’s very affordable WordPress theme framework.

There are many more reasons of choosing Genesis Framework. Genesis is much better than my previous theme. Many people find using Genesis is difficult; Yes it can be true because if you are not web designer and not much aware of WordPress Theme Framework then you find it difficult to use.

I also find some difficulty in starting but after reading tutorial and support forum my problem was solve very quickly. Thanks to good support and well written documentation. After understanding the concept it was very easy to implement Genesis Framework on my other blogs.

As for now I found Genesis is great WordPress theme framework. It is light weight, fast, SEO friendly, Plug-in friendly and much more I will definitely recommend Genesis Framework.

25 Beautiful New Year 2012 Wallpaper

Ravi Ahuja — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 04:40:05 +0000

New Year 2012 is coming soon and another year is gone. There are lots of thing we have done this year good or bad but we like to make our new year great and full with happiness.

New Year is the time of celebration and new hopes and we love to welcome New Year in our own style. Many of us like to change our desktop wallpaper according to current occasion and it’s time for New Year and many of us looking for New Year Wallpapers. I have collected some New Year 2012 wallpapers hope you will like them. I want to wish all our visitors merry Christmas and happy New Year 2012.

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Happy New Year 2012 Wallpapers

Christmas Deals on WordPress and Joomla Templates

Ravi Ahuja — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:53:42 +0000

Christmas is on its way and its great time to shop. Many template designing companies have started Christmas deals. This Christmas buy some awesome theme at very low price and give your website great look.

There are plenty of offers available which are giving you great discount on Joomla, WordPress etc templates. These offers can give you discount for more than 50%.

1. 50% Discount on NattyWP WordPress Themes
NattyWP developers of WordPress theme is offering 50% discount on WordPress theme bundle which contains 7 beautiful WordPress Themes. This offer is valid till 24 December 2011.

2. ColorLabs Themes – 23 Themes for $49
ColorLabs Themes another WordPress theme developer is offering its 23 WordPress themes for only $49. You are getting themes for just $2 apiece. You will also get 1 year theme updates and support. This is limited time offer and will expire soon.

3. WOO Themes 12 days Christmas offer
WOO themes premier WordPress theme developer is offering 12 days Christmas deal which offer a unique deals per day. Only few days are left so get a new deal everyday for next few days. You can get discount upto 50% on their WordPress themes.

4. WP Zoom 50% OFF Christmas Special!
WP Zoom another popular WordPress theme developer is offering 50% discount on its themes and club membership. This is limited time offer and will expire on 1st January 2012. Use coupon code “WPZOOM2012”.

5. 25% Off on iThemes Toolkit
iThemes creator of awesome WordPress theme framework, themes and plugins etc. They are offering 25% discount on their toolkit which contain WordPress themes, Plugins and WordPress training membership. This is a great offer and will expire soon. Use coupon code “TOOLKIT2011”.

6. Theme Junkie Discount upto 35%
There are plenty of WordPress themes in Theme Junkie portfolio and they are offering discount on their themes. You can get discount upto 35% on WordPress themes and club membership. You will also get free bonus theme with every theme purchase. This offer will expire on January 5th 2012. Use coupon code “XMAS”.

7. YouJoomla 30% Off on Joomla Template
YouJoomla developer of Joomla and WordPress templates is offering 30% off on club membership and renewals. There are 11 hidden gifts which are offered with Christmas gift box. Get this great deal with great themes before December 31st 2011. Use coupon code “YJCHRISTMAS”.

8. JoomlaShack 20% Off
If you are Joomla lover then you will love JoomlaShake’s Joomla templates. JoomlaShack is offering 20% Discount on its all Joomla template and $140 off on lifetime developer club. There are many more offer on Joomla training but hurry because all these offer will expire on December 22nd. Use coupon code “lovechristmas”.

phpBB3 Style Visage by RocketTheme

Ravi Ahuja — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 14:49:45 +0000

As you may know RocketTheme release a new phpBB style every month and this month they have released a new phpBB3 Style Visage. Visage comes with 12 color style options which help you choose your favorite color.

Visage phpBB template is refined visuals, combined with unique look that is flexible and intuitive to use. Visage powers with RocketTheme’s RokBB3 Administration Module which help to creates a base template rich with features, such as the fluid width, configurable modules, amongst many others.

Visage has integrated styled support for RokTabs, providing stunning appearance. Visage phpBB style comes with 12 preset styles, 28 structural and stylistic suffixes, RokNavMenu exporter support and much more.

Features of Visage phpBB Style

Exquisite 12 Preset Styles
6 Matching Imagesets
Extended configuration options
Fluid Width Support
RokTabs Styling
phpBB3 3.0.9 Compatible
28 Structural and Stylistic suffixes
Fusion Menu (with RokNavMenu Exporter)
Loading Transitions
Configurable Module Positions
RokNavMenu exporter support
Integrated RokBB3 Administration module
Customizable layout options
FF, Opera, Safari 4, IE7+ Compatible
W3C XHTML 1.0 Transitional.

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35 Photoshop Photo Manipulation Tutorials

Ravi Ahuja — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:10:45 +0000

In my last post “30 Creative and Inspiring Photo Manipulations” I told that photo manipulation is one of my favorite topic and this time here are Photoshop photo manipulation tutorial. Why not try to create awesome photo manipulations.

When we talk about photo manipulation the first software comes in mind to create amazing photo manipulation is Photoshop. There would be no doubt that Photoshop is the best software and you can create awesome photos and effect on Photoshop. Photoshop provides various tools and tricks to create desire effects.

Photo manipulation is technique to mix two images or edit an image to create a unique image. With Photoshop you can create such amazing effect with less affords. I searched for some cool Photoshop photo effect and have listed them here hop you will find these photo manipulation tutorial useful. These tutorials are useful for beginners to advance level.

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Code Fear

Inspirational Dose of 25 Creative Print Advertisements

25 Amazing Print Advertisements Example

25 Scary Free Horror Fonts

25 Scary Free Horror Fonts

Lycanthrope by Sinister Visions

Kreepshow Frigid by HypoTypo

Face Your Fears Horror Fonts

Gypsy Curse Horror Fonts

Zombified Horror Font by Anthony Robinson

Nermins Typeface Tight Font

October Crow by Sinister Visions

Bloody Horror Fonts by James Fordyce

Scary Monsters by Claude

Phlegmy Kilmister Font

Nyctophobia Horror Fonts by David Kerkhoff

Horrorfind Horror Fonts

Meltdown MF Font

Nightbird by David Kerkhoff

Horror Hotel Horror Fonts

Nightmare 5 by Filmhimmel

Double Feature Font

XXII Ultimate-Black-Metal Fallen-Angel Font

Cold Night for Alligators

Real Horror Show

Ab Fangs Font

Dirt2 Death Font

Friday 13 by Norfok Incredible Font Design

Fearless Font

Brutal Tooth by Kirk Shelton

Modulus WordPress Theme by RocketTheme

Different Types of Website Design Layouts

25 Free Photoshop Brushes For Your Next Design

25 Free Photoshop Brushes Set

Sharp Abstract

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Free Grunge Scribbles Photoshop Brush Set

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Abstract Smudge Brushes

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3. Cinemagraph Tutorial for Photoshop CS5

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6. How To Make Your Own CinemaGraph In Photoshop CS5

7. Making a Cinemagraph from a Wildlife Video: Tutorial

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9. How To Make Your Own Cinemagraphs

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