Divageekdesigns.com - it's a Mashup! Free Design Resources for Bloggers.. http://divageekdesigns.com Design Resources for Web Designers and Bloggers, Free Wordpress Themes, Blogging Tips and Tutorials..RSS Feed icons & Social Networking Icons.. graphic resources and the hottest new plugins! Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:18:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 en http://feeds.feedburner.com/divageekdesigns/eaRt?format=skinhttp://divageekdesigns.comhttp://divageekdesigns.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/divageekdesigns_4681.pngDivageekdesigns.com Feed2098580http://www.feedburner.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with PlusmoSubscribe with FeedLoungeSubscribe with Bitty BrowserSubscribe with Live.comSubscribe with Excite MIXSubscribe with Yourminis.comSubscribe with WebwagSubscribe with netomat HubSubscribe with Daily RotationSubscribe with FlurrySubscribe with ParticlsAdd to Any Feed ReaderSubscribe with fwickiSubscribe with Zune MarketplaceThanx for subscribing to my feed I promise not to bore you or advertise you to death. Just free daily design resources and entertainment for bloggers. Enjoy! Subscribe by email for weekly updates. The 1960 Chevy Biscayne! http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/divageekdesigns/eaRt/~3/459613574/ http://divageekdesigns.com/2008/11/20/the-1960-chevy-biscayne/#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:18:35 +0000 Ibdreamy http://divageekdesigns.com/?p=1916 This is way off topic from my usual posts but My parents made this video about their car..that they love. They made the video to enter into an event..don’t have all the details yet but it’s The Bullrun. I love how my Mom counts at the beginning of the video. Heehee! They’re both so awesome. I present [...]


This is way off topic from my usual posts but My parents made this video about their car..that they love. They made the video to enter into an event..don’t have all the details yet but it’s The Bullrun.
I love how my Mom counts at the beginning of the video. Heehee! They’re both so awesome.
I present to you my parents and their classic car…the Biscayne! Enjoy!

It may look like just an old car but when it’s finished it’ll look amazing, the point will be to make it look as it did when it was bought in 1960. It has a fancy engine already..they just need to paint it and add some finishing touches and it will finally be done. They’ve already put a lot of time and money into this car and my Dad loves his cars. So, make sure to visit the video on Youtube and leave some nice comments if you like the car or if your into cars too.

I thought the video turned out cute, I liked the end where my Dad is like “Cut”…”That’s it”. Cut already Mom geez! Haha!

Dad just got a new kneee! So a big Congrats on the new knee! ) He’s doing great for just getting it 12 days ago. Wow!

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]]> http://divageekdesigns.com/2008/11/20/the-1960-chevy-biscayne/feed/ http://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=divageekdesigns/eaRt&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fdivageekdesigns.com%2F2008%2F11%2F20%2Fthe-1960-chevy-biscayne%2Fhttp://divageekdesigns.com/2008/11/20/the-1960-chevy-biscayne/ Divageekdesigns.com - Link Banners http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/divageekdesigns/eaRt/~3/457149995/ http://divageekdesigns.com/2008/11/18/divageekdesignscom-link-banners/#comments Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:58:10 +0000 Ibdreamy http://divageekdesigns.com/?p=1893 <a rel="attachment wp-att-1891" href="http://divageekdesigns.com/?attachment_id=1891"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1891" title="divageek_banner250x250" src="http://divageekdesigns.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/divageek_banner250x250.png" alt="" width="250" height="250" /></a> I made some link banners for Divageekdesigns.com tonight so if anyone wants to trade links or just share the love and link my site your more then welcome to use the banners below. If you'd like to trade links... Just shoot me an email. You can use my contact form. If I like your site and a link exchange makes sense then we'll do it. If your site sells auto parts well then that might not make such great sense and I'd probably say..No way Jose! (not in those words so much) I made some link banners for Divageekdesigns.com tonight so if anyone wants to trade links or just share the love and link my site your more then welcome to use the banners below. If you’d like to trade links… Just shoot me an email. You can use my contact form. If I like your site and a link exchange makes sense then we’ll do it. If your site sells auto parts well then that might not make such great sense and I’d probably say..No way Jose! (not in those words so much)

Get your Social Networking fix at Soup.io -

You really need to check out Soup.io if you haven’t already. I just found it tonight and thought I had stepped into heaven.

Ok well, maybe it wasn’t that dramatic but it’s pretty damn cool. You can stream all your social networking sites into one page like all your digg submissions, delicious, twitter, live journal posts, flickr, youtube, last.fm and any rss feed so it’s sweet as hell. I know there are other sites that do this but not like this..
So, visit mine to see just how cool it is..I actually pointed my other domain name to my stream..so just go to ibdreamy.com


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You can add one of these banners I made to the bottom of your posts using the tutorial I wrote about a few days ago… you can find it here..and clicking on the banners below will bring you to the websites where you can download the full icon sets. You can make your own banners.

These are banners not individual icons.

ENJOY! Just let me know if you have any questions or if you need some help.

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Here’s a picture of Me and couple of my friends at one of those old time photobooths in Portland. We were at this bar/arcade called Ground Kontrol and they have all the old school arcade games, like Galaga, Pac-Man, Donkey Kong & Space Invaders.. so it was pretty cool.

In the first picture I was trying to smile but Annie was cracking me up, she makes great funny faces. Oh yeah..that’s me in the middle.

Good Times. X

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If Pinging to you is just one of those geek terms that you’ve come across but just brushed it off as more techno-speak. Then it’s important that you read this post..

Pinging is why blogs are more powerful than ordinary websites and why blogs are easily indexed in search engines while websites struggle to get indexed, Pinging is also why blogs attract more traffic than ordinary websites..this is all because Blogs have the ability to PING! and you can’t afford to overlook the ping process, no matter how geeky it sounds.

Ok, so What is Pinging and what does it do for my blog?

In geek speak:“In blogging, ping is an XML-RPC-based push mechanism by which a weblog notifies a server that its content has been updated. An XML-RPC signal is sent to one or more “ping servers,” which can then generate a list of blogs that have new material. Many blog authoring tools automatically ping one or more servers each time the blogger creates a new post or updates an old one.” - according to the Wikipedia article: ‘Ping (blogging)‘.

Pinging - not to be confused with Pingback or trackback

Similarly, aggregators also use results from ping servers to tell subscribers which items on their subscription lists have fresh material.

In less-geek speak: One word: traffic. WordPress automatically notifies popular ping services that you’ve updated your blog by sending a XML-RPC ping each time you create or update a post. In turn, Ping Services process the ping and updates their proprietary indices with your update. Now people browsing sites like Technorati or Sphere can find your most recent posts! (Wordpress Codex)

Pinging is Super Fantastic but if your using Wordpress beware there are some major flaws in the way that Wordpress (by default) handles pinging that can get your blog banned from pinging services without you even knowing it…and causing you to loose traffic.

Write a post, PING, Great! Edit the post, PING, edit it again.. PING!! PING!! Not so great.

Multiple pinging can get you banned and if you’ve had your WordPress blog for some time then it’s highly possible that you’ve already been banned.

Do not fret my fearless warriors.. there is a WordPress plugin that fixes this problem ..

The Solution: MaxBlogPress Ping Optimizer Plugin!

With this plugin you can list all the ping services you want to ping like usual but you can also see which posts have been pinged and when, limit the amount of times your site is pinged, when you edit an existing post, it won’t send an unnecessary ping to ping services and saves your blog from getting banned.

If you think you’ve already covered this issue..just so you know..these older plugins don’t work anymore:

  • Smart Update Pinger
  • Ping Fix
  • WP Cron Future Ping

If your not sure which Ping sites to list in your Wordpress read this post…

Carry on my good soldier!

Cool Links:

Helpful Links:

Aggregators:

Ping Services

Ping Clients

Open Ping Servers

Blog Search Engines:

Multi-Pinging services


Remember to Digg this post so more people can fix this issue.. X

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I heart Wood Wallpapers and Textures X

I LOVE this wallpaper - Wood dreams by ~wow-dg

Wood by ~Daisuke-Paster

Old Wood by ~DEVi8design 

Wood Pack 1 by ~J-Owen

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Here is updated popular “Shelves” theme. Now everything lines up perfectly in Firmware 1.1.3. The shelf orientation and page indicator backdrop have been adjusted so everything looks nice and tight. Enjoy, post on here if you have any questions.

Icon come in .png format so you don’t HAVE to use them for an iPhone you can use them anywhere..basically.

Picnic icon set - click image for download

 

More icons from this set for social site Visit MacThemes.com


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No, I will not Fix your own computer!

No, I will not Fix your own computer!

Hey Geeks! Add some geek chic to your wardrobe and show some pride. X

Geek Chic
Google Girl

Design your own geek T-shirts at Cafepress!

Random-ness…Top Internet Web Designer Directories

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Cool Design Tools to make you a better and faster designer.

Feel free to add more in the comments.

  • CSS Type Set - Create custom CSS type styles with this tool.
  • CSS Superdouche - Strip unneeded content and redundant calls from your CSS, reducing its size and complexity.
  • Code Beautifier - Format and optimize your CSS code.
  • CSSFly - In-browser editing of (X)HTML and CSS.
  • CSS Drive CSS Compressor - Decrease your CSS file size and loading speed with this tool.

  • Clean CSS - Another CSS optimization tool for reducing your CSS file size.
  • EM Calculator - Converts your pixel-based sizes to em units for more scalable and accessible CSS design.
  • CSS Redundancy Checker - Eliminate unused CSS selectors automatically as well as check for redundancy in your CSS files.
  • GrayBit - Accessibility testing tool that displays a full-color Web page in grayscale.
  • ProtoShare - Create a clickable website prototype and get feedback, ideas and suggestions from your team members.
  • Most Sliced - A directory of image slicing services that includes reviews and ratings from users.
  • Inserit - A code-free CMS for Web designers.

  • LightCMS - A CMS for Web designers that lets you create websites your clients can manage themselves.
  • clickbooq - A website creation and portfolio management tool.
  • jumpchart - Website planning app that lets you export clean CSS/XHTML.

  • inblogit - A blogging tool for Web designers that can be integrated into any website design.
  • Reflect - A website platform and hosting service for Web designers that lets them and their clients create and manage websites.
  • Carbonmade - An online portfolio site for designers with free and paid plans.
  • ThemesPress - Automatically convert your template files into WordPress themes.

  • Feng GUI - Generates heatmaps for your website by simulating human vision during the first five seconds of viewing your website.
  • Text Generator - Generates lorem ipsum-like text.
  • webvanta - Free business website builder and hosting aimed at providing design professionals a quicker way to build websites.
  • Tuplix - Easy to use website authoring tool that works for new or existing websites.
  • FolioSnap - Website portfolio builder for creative professionals.
  • Frontfriend - CMS for designers that lets them build forms and templates and then lets their clients fill in their own information.
  • ScrnShots - Host, share and tag your screenshots.
  • flickrSLiDR - Create and embed a flickr slideshow on your website or blog.
  • websnapr 2.0 - Online tool for capturing thumbnail of websites.
  • StyleIgnite - Design snippets (CSS, HTML, and more) for contact forms, layouts, and more that you can use on your sites.
  • BgPatterns - Background pattern creation tool with live preview.

  • [ws] Color Scheme Generator 2 - An easy to use color scheme creator.
  • Cornershop - Get the CSS and images to put rounded corners on your website.
  • CSSround - Another tool to create rounded corners on your website.
  • Color Hunter - A color palette creation tool that lets you pull color palettes from images.
  • Web Graphics Maker - A free tool to create backgrounds, lines and bullets for your website.

  • finalcrit.com - Free portfolio site for designers.
  • Should Redesign? - Get feedback on whether or not a redesign is needed for your site.
  • Designflavr - Design galleries for all sorts of artwork, including Flash and CSS websites.
  • View - Showcase of website that can be sorted by color or other criteria.

  • InspirationKing - A searchable gallery of websites for inspiration.
  • DesignerSource - A website design gallery that is browsable by topic or color.
  • BestWebGallery - Tagged website design showcase.
  • StyleVault - Another Web design gallery that lets you rate designs.


My Personal Favorite Design Blogs & Sites

Blogs about Design and Blogging

Top 25 Blogs About Blogging..

  1. Problogger
  2. Copyblogger
  3. John Chow
  4. Quick Online TipsDaily Blog Tips
  5. Lorelle on Wordpress
  6. Dosh DoshPerformancing
  7. Weblog Tools Collection
  8. Blog Herald
  9. Blogging Pro
  10. Successful-Blog
  11. JohnTP
  12. Engtech
  13. Bloggers Blog
  14. Andy Beard
  15. ChrisG
  16. Converstations
  17. The Wrong Advices
  18. Business Blog Wire
  19. Alister Cameron
  20. Blog About Your Blog
  21. Blogtrepreneur
  22. I Help You Blog
  23. Build A Better Blog


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WP Remix a WordPress is by far the coolest and most customizable theme I’ve seen by far for Wordpress. It’s so amazing it basically turns your Wordpress into a CMS and is so completely customizable even for newbies. Here’s some information on how it all works. This is a premium theme of course but it looks to be very much worth it. *starts counting pennies*

Not just a theme. A complete package.