Author Archives: Drakenhart

What is an Art Blog?

Posted on 07/07/2009 by Drakenhart

A general overview on what an art blog is, and a few tidbits of good advice! Continue reading →

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Creating Themes: Introduction

Posted on 06/10/2009 by Drakenhart

Welcome to Themes Themes, also known among some as “skins”, consists of the html, css, and images that make a site look the way it does. Those UI (User Interface) designers who do not do a lot of back-end coding can, feasibly, work up a Theme. One doesn’t need a lot of design skill, not with all the tutorials and help sites out there today. But taking that Theme from Image Mock-up to final product requires a little bit more effort. What it requires is the ability to understand a given CMS (Content Managemnt System) and how it outputs the … Continue reading →

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Review: Platium SEO Pack Plugin

Posted on 02/11/2009 by Drakenhart

As I learn more about SEO and Plugins in general, I decided to trim down some of the multiple-use plugins for ones that were all inclusive. In short, fewer plugins helps the site run faster and load more quickly. So I want the power of many of these SEO Plugins without the need for so many downloads. The Platinum SEO Pack offers this and is a pretty powerful tool. So far I like what it offers and have disabled other SEO Plugins. But I did discover something. After visiting the Site Grader, it informed me that I had not site … Continue reading →

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The new SEO!

Posted on 01/28/2009 by Drakenhart

No tips, no tricks, no insider trader info, just facts. Common sense facts! SEO. I’m sure plenty of you have heard of the term. Even better some of you may know what it is and how to go about doing it. Some may only know the “old way” that most search engines are rejecting for better and more exacting options. For those that don’t read on. For those that do skip down a bit. What is SEO? SEO is a short form acronym for “Search Engine Optimization”. What this is or does, is offer the search engines information to try … Continue reading →

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Navigation Links

Posted on 02/05/2012 by Drakenhart

Surfing around the net I discovered a difference in philosophy on, of all things, Navigation links. So why write an article about it? Well for the completely clueless, navigation links are the hyper links (short-form: links) in say a header menu, a side-bar menu, or a footer menu. In fact they can show up anywhere, even inside a blog post, or website page. These take you to important areas, or areas that a designer/ site owner want to draw your attention and have you visit. Navigation links are honestly vital to any website. I mean otherwise how would people get … Continue reading →

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