Tag Archive for Design

Ycademy Seminar August 2012

by  • August 20, 2012

1. New Marketing Concept with Semiomantics XOMS The Ycademy August Seminar will focus on the new Marketing Concept using WordPress Multi-Site structures developed by Semiomantics. The new developments implement the most recent groundbreaking ideas when it comes to WordPress based semantic website development. Why a new Marketing Concept Recent changes of the Google algorithm as well as the developments of WordPress to more flexible taxonomies open new perspectives for developers who aim for high impact on Google search. Semiomantics is specialized in excellent semantic exploitation of WordPress as well as of Google. WordPress Multi-Site for advanced Marketing and high Impact While WP custom taxonomies allow for better structured content and CMS like flexibility when building customized site structures, the resulting canonical permalinks do not always satisfy Semiomantics high standards of optimization. For this reason we have been running performance tests since April to measure the impact of various set-ups and alternatives. Interestingly, the Multi-Site concept offers better overall performance than structures with complex custom taxonomies. Seminar participants will convert an existing site into a Multi-Site site testing the Semiomantics XOMS Theme and script. 2. Advanced Photo Editing with Photoshop CS6 With the release of Adobe’s Photoshop CS6 a bunch of [...]

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Ycademy Online Seminar June 2012

by  • June 25, 2012

Adobe CS6 and Semiomantics for WordPress This month’s online seminar will focus on two main areas: Adobe Photoshop CS6 and OnOne Photo-tools New Pro Plugins for Semiomantics WordPress Developments Photoshop CS6 and OnOne Photo-tools With the release of CS6 Photoshop has come back with some smashing upgrades namely for photographers. We will go through the new features and test them in our hands on workshops. If you are not yet in possession of Photoshop CS6 Extended, get the trial version from HERE Besides the Plugin series for Photoshop, OnOne provides a standalone suite of photo editing tools. This suite traces a perfect workflow for photo editing outside Photoshop. We will work with the tool and test out some of the smashing features. If you don’t have this program, you can download a 30 day trial version from HERE New Pro Plugins for Semiomantics XO on WordPress Fed up by the vulnerabilities and bugs caused by free plugins? There is some great stuff available out there with clean code provided by professional developers. At Semiomantics we have selected a series of professional plugs for the purpose of the seminar and further developments which we will implement. Also, in view of the [...]

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How to build a Custom WordPress Site 3

by  • May 17, 2012

Customizing WordPress Child Theme In this tutorial we will create Custom Post Types and add variables and functionality to them. Also we will add some styling for more user-friendly display in the dashboard. Having set up our basic Child Theme structure we will now proceed with the customization. But before that we will do some basic WP configuration and go through the settings. You may be used to building WordPress based sites and therefore you may have some habits in as much as settings and configuration are concerned. Some basic WP Settings Here is what I do in the dashboard: 1. Trash and permanently delete the Hello World Post. 2. Delete the default Links. 3. Set Permalinks to: /%category%/%postname%/ 4. Under Settings General enter Blog Name and Tagline; for the purpose of this exercise I use  as a Title: WordPress TTP and as a Tagline: Tips, Themes and Plugins 5. Add some content to test content display by importing an RSS feed using a plugin such as Feedwordpress. I pulled into a new category called Blog the feed from my author-blog at: http://yorgonestoridis.com/feed Custom Posts and Child Theme We have set up a basic child theme for the purpose of [...]

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New Photoshop CS6 Beta

by  • April 8, 2012

Photoshop CS6 Today let’s have a look at Photoshop CS6 Beta which is available for free download from Adobe. The version is called ‘Superstition’ and it is the first significant update to Photoshop since CS5 ( in the Suite CS5.5 Adobe delivered the same Photoshop as in CS5). Who is Photoshop CS6 for? Having thoroughly tested the new Photoshop CS6 Beta, it seems to me that this version is addressing namely people who are working with digital photos and videos; also the 3D features have been significantly improved. In other words, if you are not using Photoshop to edit your images, needing content aware patching and selective blurring, there is no real need to upgrade your CS5. If however you are a photo freak and if you are shooting short videos, then Photoshop CS6 is a smashing program, allowing you to go beyond what photography can do (such as multiple shallow depth of field areas on a single image). What is new on Photoshop CS6? This is what’s new on Photoshop CS6:     UI redesign (all new icons and optional dark UI) OK, they copied (sorry, got inspired by (big companies don’t copy, huh)) Apple’s Aperture; you can switch back [...]

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How to make WordPress Themes Responsive

by  • January 25, 2012

Responsive Themes for WordPress Responsive Websites become a must in 2012. This tutorial demonstrates how to make your WordPress Theme Responsive. What is Responsive Web Design? In very simple terms: Responsive Web Design aims to display content adapted to the visitors screen size. This means namely that the layout width must be fluid, i.e. expressed as a percentage of the width of the screen, typefaces expressed in em and images must be scalable. Practically speaking: a responsive designs can be viewed on a smart-phone or on a large PC screen, the display will always be the same and adapted to the size of the screen or browser window. n stead of using multiple style-sheets for different screen sizes, designers use Media Queries which allow to create multiple layouts using the same content. To achieve scalability, CSS media queries, such as min-width or orientation are used. Make your WordPress Theme responsive using a Child Theme A quick and easy way consists in creating a child theme; this allows you to upgrade your theme as the case may be without altering your customizations. How to create a responsive child theme? 1. Create a new folder in your wp-content/themes folder and name it [...]

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Facebook Strategy with WordPress

by  • November 21, 2011

10 Steps to Implement your Facebook Strategy with WordPress Implementing your Facebook Strategy will be at the center of the November Ycademy Seminar. This hands-on Seminar and Workshop will stretch over two days and build with participants an eye-ball-twisting Facebook presence. See the seminar schedule at the bottom of the post. The Seminar is designed for WordPress Developers and WP users who are looking for high productivity and customized publishing and marketing solutions. 11 Efficient Facebook Strategies This topic deals with efficient strategies which will efficiently improve your Facebook presence. 7 Ways to jeopardize your Facebook success for sure Surfing through Facebook we notice some common errors well intended people commit when building their Facebook presence. We will discuss these issues and show you how to eliminate them from your personal or business Facebook. 4 Important Facebook features to focus on While content is king, there are different ways of making it accessible to visitors. We will discuss the recent changes Facebook has implemented and show you where the focus should be in order to improve your visibility, traffic and business or network expansion on Facebook. Facebook Privacy and Accessibility settings Function of your strategy we will define and optimize [...]

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How to Publish Digital Photos

by  • July 22, 2011

Digital Photography and WordPress “How to Edit and Publish Digital Photos” is the focus of the Ycademy Online Seminar in July. 1. How to Edit Digital Photos Taking photos has become a relatively easy and cheap task with the proliferation of accessible digital cameras and mobile devices, such as smart-phones and tablets. Of course the quality of the pictures varies in function of the quality of the camera and the skill of the photographer. Some of the shortcomings can be compensated by improving skills and post editing. The Seminar will deal with editing digital photos using namely Photoshop and OnOne Professional Photo Tools. … after some basic editing … … for web and devices with reduced JPEG quality. Editingand post editing have a lot to do with the purpose of the image as well as on the destination platform. We will look into different options and detail specific requirements for the mobile web. OnOne Professional Photo Editing Tools The above sample shows that editing makes the image heavier! The more filters, masks and brushes we apply the more Kb we ad and the slower the image will load once on the site. Here it is getting interesting: the above image counts [...]

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How to Create an Ad with Rollover Effect

by  • May 12, 2011

Add Rollover Effects to your Ads The principle is simple: the ad consists of a styled link, the style consisting of positioning a background image with a rollover effect when the mouse passes over the image (hover). When clicking on the image the target page opens. A few years ago the rollover effect could only be achieved using JavaScript. The same effect can now be achieved using CSS and namely the pseudo-class :hover. 1. Create your Image The rollover effect can be achieved using two separate small images which alternatively load as a background or by creating one big image containing multiple small images and by shifting the background position. (CSS Sprite). For the purpose of this exercise we will use the CSS Sprite version. The example shows the rollover effect as used on the homepage. For our image we need the normal view as well as the hover view of the ad united on one image created in Photoshop: the image here below is 250 pixels wide and 250 pixels high. In stead of creating two images we create only one and leave a vertical space between the two ads. This results in an image of 250 pixels by [...]

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Publish Your Own News Paper Online

by  • May 8, 2011

Copyright © 2009 . Visit the original article at http://yorgonestoridis.com/google-top-10.Sunny weather in Vouliagmeni. Contents Ycademy March Seminar for Beginners The March 2009 Seminar by Ycademy will be a new beginning for some and for others the logic continuation of what has been achieved so far. Beginners: You have an online business or products to promote, you are an affiliate marketer, a networker or you have brought your offline business to the Internet. You have a website and a domain, however the site lacks visibility, Google attention and … it just does not satisfy you? Or is it that you have too many sites to take care of, too many niches you promote and not the huge budget necessary to buy all the GoogleAds needed to get sufficient visitors to your site? Are you an author of great content, but no one knows you, no one finds you, no one knows even that you [...] Original post by Yorgo Nestoridis

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