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How to Create a PyroCMS Theme

Like most content management systems, PyroCMS uses front-end themes. Though PyroCMS themes are built a bit differently than what you might be used to from other systems, they’re still quite easy to...

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#137 RedBalloon’s Naomi Simson talks happiness.

Imagine running a business based on happiness – that’s what Naomi Simson decided to try when she left a serious corporate career to set up online experience retailer RedBalloon in 2001. Since then...

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Dunked: Launched, but Hardly Finished

I'm part of the team that has recently launched a web app called Dunked. Dunked is a free simple-to-use online portfolio for creative types. As of May 2013, we are in public beta; continuing to build...

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Design Patterns in WordPress: We’re Just Getting Started

This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series Design Patterns in WordPressThroughout this series, we’ve been taking a look at a few design patterns and how they are applicable to software development –...

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Quick Tip: How to Create an Indoor Panorama

In this quick tip tutorial, we will show you how to use Photoshop’s automated features to combine several photos to create a seamless panoramic photo of a room. In the process, we will show you how to...

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The Right Way to Retinafy Your Websites

Making your website ready for Retina display doesn’t have to be a hassle. Whether you are building a new website or upgrading an existing one, this guide is designed to help you get the job done...

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Learning from Historic Web Archives

There are a plethora of resources available to aid in your success on the web. From countless analytics and SEO applications, to thousands of articles and reports from our peers. For anyone who runs...

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Everything you wanted to know about domain names (Part 1 of 3).

Us small business owners have a lot of questions around domain names. Plus there’s loads of misinformation out there. So, I thought I’d put stop to that once and for all – so what I did was put a note...

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Win a Ticket to Our New Tuts+ Live Workshop

We have 5 tickets to give away for our newest Tuts+ Live Workshop, all you have to do is subscribe to our newsletter. Be quick though, this giveaway ends on Monday!We have a superb new Workshop,...

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Any Old Icon: All Wrapped up!

Any Old Icon is complete, 70 icons in all! Thank you to everyone who contributed, you can be proud to have participated in the most random icon set on Earth! For the rest of you, here’s how to download...

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Laravel 4: A Start at a RESTful API (Updated)

RESTful API's are hard! There are a lot of aspects to designing and writing a successful one. For instance, some of the topics that you may find yourself handling include authentication,...

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Quick Tip: Switch Over to Photoshop Swatches

Let’s talk about Photoshop’s swatches panel. This is one of those tools which you may overlook or even intentionally ignore, which is a shame as it’s really powerful! Let me show you how it works...

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Using CSS Preprocessors With WordPress – LESS + CodeKit

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Using Preprocessors With WordPressIn the first part of this series I gave a quick overview of the popular CSS preprocessors LESS and SASS. I also shared a few of...

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Create a Fantasy City Using Architectural Photographs

Because matte painting often involves combining several photos to achieve an end-result, matte paintings can be great practice for anyone who wants to learn how to create photo manipulations. In this...

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Quick Tip: After the Content – Comments

This entry is part 8 of 8 in the series After the ContentWhat is the best way to get feedback from your readers? Social networks? Contact forms? Nope: Comments are the easiest and the most efficient...

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The Adorable Illustrations of Therese Larsson

Therese Larsson is a freelance illustrator based in Stockholm, Sweden who specializes in character design. Larsson works mainly in advertising, producing storyboards for film and concept art, and has...

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Cargo-Culting in JavaScript

Cargo-cult programming is what a programmer does when he or she doesn't know a particular language or paradigm well enough, and so ends up writing redundant and possibly harmful code. It rears its head...

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Master Developers: Christian Heilmann

A developer evangelist fills an important role for a company. They serve as a communicator, a liason, a thoughful voice and more importantly, an integral part of the web development community. Few...

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How They Did It: Flickr Redesign

Fresh on the heels of Yahoo!'s acquisition of Tumblr, Yahoo! has implemented a complete redesign of Flickr.com. This was met with some strong criticism as well as strong praise, a lot of which has been...

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Celebrating 10 Years of WordPress

The very first version of WordPress was released 10 years ago today, and there are meetups happening all over the world to celebrate, probably even one in your area! Here on Wptuts+, I’d also like to...

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Connecting Creativity and Commerce

During previous articles, we’ve focused on being more creative, or overcoming obstacles which prevent you from being creative. Today, we’re making the sometimes difficult connection between creativity...

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#138 How to create marketing to attract amazing staff with The Physio Co’s...

Tristan White is the founder  and CEO of The Physio Co, which in 2012  was named the 8th Best Place to Work in Australia by BRW magazine. With this award, The Physio Co has been in Australia’s Top 50...

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What’s New in WordPress 3.6 Beta

Work on WordPress 3.6 commenced in January this year, and with Beta 3 being announced on 11th May 2013, we can expect a Release Candidate and hopefully the final stable release in June. This release is...

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How to Make the Most of the Info Panel

The Info Panel in Photoshop has been around for many years but not all users know how to use it or what to you use it for. In this tutorial, we will explain everything you need to know about the Info...

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Drawing With Two.js

Advanced graphics are a big part of the web these days, but there are a couple of different renderers in the mix. You could use canvas, of course; but SVG and WebGL are also options. In this tutorial,...

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Making the Most of Your Student Years

For any aspiring designer or developer, your student years are a time full of opportunities to develop your professional life. Why should you wait until you have a degree to become more professional in...

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Everything you wanted to know about domain names (Part 2 of 3).

In the first post of this three-part series answering domain name questions, my great mates at Netregistry shed light on three key questions small business owners are asking about domain names. Now...

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Create and Animate a Sci-Fi Themed Matte Painting With Photoshop and Nuke –...

In television and movies, artists are often asked to create short animated scenes that only appear on the screen for just a moment. In this Tuts+ Premium tutorial by Ed Lopez, we will show you how to...

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Taking Ems Even Further

I recently wrote about ems; what they are, how they’re used and some bits and pieces to bear in mind when you implement them yourself. I only scratched the surface though, and the comments thread threw...

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#139 Attention content marketers … Get clear your editorial mission.

Content marketing is the new marketing black … I think most motivated small business owners are on to this important marketing fact by now. It’s possibly the best marketing strategy for helping small...

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