digitalpicnic.com http://digitalpicnic.com Wed, 14 Dec 2011 05:37:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Learning HTML5 for Free http://digitalpicnic.com/2011/12/learning-html5-for-free/ http://digitalpicnic.com/2011/12/learning-html5-for-free/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 05:37:35 +0000 Digital Picnic http://digitalpicnic.com/?p=253 Well, I was thinking today that it might be about time to get a jump start on HTML5. So, I started looking for good tutorials.  The best one I’ve found so far is http://www.w3schools.com/html5/default.asp, although it was so much information that I quickly got into overload.  A couple others I will try are: http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/html-css-techniques/25-html5-features-tips-and-techniques-you-must-know/ and the video http://vimeo.com/6691519.  Good luck!  Let me know if you find any good, simple ones for me.

]]> http://digitalpicnic.com/2011/12/learning-html5-for-free/feed/ 0 Beth K. Vogt, Author http://digitalpicnic.com/2011/12/beth-k-vogt-author/ http://digitalpicnic.com/2011/12/beth-k-vogt-author/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 04:00:25 +0000 Digital Picnic http://digitalpicnic.com/?p=245 This is a redesign of an older site, and is a custom WordPress template for a blogging author. Visit the site

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]]> http://digitalpicnic.com/2011/12/radco-inc-2/feed/ 0 The Best FREE (or Cheap) Stockart Sites http://digitalpicnic.com/2011/07/the-best-free-or-cheap-stockart-sites/ http://digitalpicnic.com/2011/07/the-best-free-or-cheap-stockart-sites/#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2011 22:12:16 +0000 Digital Picnic http://digitalpicnic.com/?p=212 The  biggest problem I’ve found with free stockart sites is that their search engines are horrible and/or they have a zillion clicks to get to the pictures through ads.  You search for something like “computer keyboard” and the search turns up everything from pictures of a blue platypus (yea, Agent P) to photos of barn doors. After alot of searching and trial and error, here are some of the better ones I’ve found:

FREE:

http://pixeldef.com (personal use only – see their legal page)

http://freepixels.com

http://freefoto.com

http://www.sxc.hu/

http://urbandirty.com/gallery/ (GREAT textures for free)

 

CHEAP:

http://istockphoto.com (of course)

http://www.veer.com/

http://www.bigstockphoto.com/

http://us.fotolia.com/

 

Most of the time it is generally better to pay something for them, even if it’s just a small amount, just to save time and effort.  The free ones are out there if you look hard enough, though.  Good Luck!

]]> http://digitalpicnic.com/2011/07/the-best-free-or-cheap-stockart-sites/feed/ 0 How to Add Google Analytics to your WordPress code http://digitalpicnic.com/2011/07/how-to-add-google-analytics-to-your-wordpress-code/ http://digitalpicnic.com/2011/07/how-to-add-google-analytics-to-your-wordpress-code/#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:57:08 +0000 Digital Picnic http://digitalpicnic.com/?p=3 First, you’ll need to get your tracking code. Here are the steps (taken from Google):

  1. Log in to Google Analytics at http://www.google.com/analytics
  2. From the Overview page, select the account that has the profile for the tracking code you’re looking for
  3. Select the profile from the accounts Overview page.
  4. From that profile’s Actions column  on the end, far right, click Edit
  5. At the top right of the ‘Main Website Profile Information’ box, click Check Status
  6. Your tracking code can be copied and pasted from the text box in the Instructions for adding tracking section

Now, you will need an FTP program (a free one can be found at Filezilla-project.org)

  1. Login to your server (you might need to contact your hosting provider if you need a username, hostname and password for this)
  2. Next, open your WordPress theme folder (located in wp-content/themes/nameofyourtheme) and find a file called header.php
  3. Copy this file to your computer using the FTP program.
  4. Using a HTML editor or  “Notepad” on a PC, open header.php on your computer
  5. Copy and paste the tracking code from the Google site into the head section of your HTML code, immediately preceding the </head> tag.
  6. Upload header.php to your site into the same folder listed above using the FTP program

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After a while, login to http://google.com/analytics and make sure there is a checkmark under status to know you did everything correctly.

That’s it.

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]]> http://digitalpicnic.com/2011/07/top-five-webmaster-resources/feed/ 0 Little Rock Climbing Center http://digitalpicnic.com/2011/07/little-rock-climbing-center/ http://digitalpicnic.com/2011/07/little-rock-climbing-center/#comments Wed, 06 Jul 2011 03:22:20 +0000 Digital Picnic http://digitalpicnic.com/?p=5 This site is a redesign of a site first built in 2006. It is for a great climbing gym in Little Rock, Arkansas. They wanted quick links to a Twitter feed and photos and videos on Facebook and YouTube. They also wanted a cool javascript menu and a sliding advertisement photo on their homepage.  Visit this site

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This Denver, CO based company wanted Flash-based audio on their client’s (Sun Microsystems) landing page. Digital Picnic designed the page and added the interview.

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]]> http://digitalpicnic.com/2010/06/peakdream-com/feed/ 0 Author John Eldredge http://digitalpicnic.com/2010/04/author-john-eldredge/ http://digitalpicnic.com/2010/04/author-john-eldredge/#comments Tue, 06 Apr 2010 21:07:04 +0000 Digital Picnic http://digitalpicnic.com/?p=72 Ransomed Heart Ministries requested an ad to display on their website for Mother’s Day for a special on John Eldredge’s book, Captivating.

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