Farsaid - Web Design - Graphic Design

70 Awesome Open Source Tools for Graphic Designers

2010-03-04T16:25:00.007+01:00

I am happy to present a very interesting article full of graphic tools and resources written by my colleague Amy.

"No longer limited to freehand logos, graphic design is a booming field. From website design, to publications, presentations, and much more, graphic designers are in demand in just about every field imaginable.

With so much demand, graphic designers can get caught up on the supply end. Don’t lose out on an opportunity or job because you aren’t equipped to handle it. Use the below 70 awesome open source tools for graphic designers to get a leg up, expand your resume, and much more. Best of all, the price to put all of them to use is completely free..."

Worth peek.

ZTKings - Vandali Dentro - Online Shop

2009-12-04T21:14:00.003+01:00

The perfect place to look for a present during festivities:

Web 2.0... The Machine is Us/ing Us

2009-11-26T02:41:00.007+01:00

Doppiaggio in Italiano:

Getting Up & Getting Old - Eternal Graffiti in the Eternal City

2009-11-07T16:11:00.006+01:00

ZTKings - Vandali Dentro Productions presents a new concept of animated graphics video. It was conceived for the first time more than five years ago, when the first few seconds of animation were made, but it was not developed so far till nowadays (this is only a first bite and it will probably be developed further in the future).

The video's been built from static photos showing pieces of the past two decades of "eternal graffiti writing in the eternal city" (Rome, Italy). In this video you can look at them in a different and unique way ...as if it was a time machine. It shows you "the illusion of time passing, never ending, always changing".

Web-based File Management in joomla! with eXtplorer

2009-11-04T19:55:00.004+01:00

As stated in joomla's official site, eXtplorer is a web-based File Management Component for all your needs.

It has a desktop-application-like interface with drag&drop, grid and a directory tree and makes heavy use of the ExtJS Javascript Library.

You can use it to access and modify the files and directories on your server via FTP or direct file access.

eXtplorer runs natively under Joomla! 1.5.x, 1.0.x and can also be used as a standalone application.

This is a video tutorial from JoomlaForBeginners.com for the Open Source Joomla! Content Management System version 1.5. This tutorial discusses eXtplorer, a web-based File Management Component for all your needs.

Making a Backup of or transferring your site using JoomlaPack

2009-11-04T19:29:00.008+01:00

As stated in Joomla's official site, JoomlaPack is an open-source backup component, quite a bit different than its competition.

Its mission is simple: create a site backup that can be restored on any Joomla!-capable server.

Its possibilities are endless: It creates a full backup of your site in a single archive. The archive contains all the files, a database snapshot and an installer derived from the standard Joomla! installer.

The backup and restore process is AJAX powered to avoid server timeouts, even with huge sites. Alternatively, you can make a backup of only your database.

If you want a reliable, easy to use, open source backup solution for your Joomla! site, try it out.

Here you have a good video tutorial by Norm Douglas from the Joomla forums. It shows you his method of moving your site to a new domain.

Enjoy it as I did, I always like learning new ways of doing things.

Sabayon Linux - 5 Themes

2009-09-25T17:23:00.021+02:00

My Home-made Sabayon Linux 5 Theming for KDE-4.x.
I used The Sabayon 5 artwork Backgrounds available in the
/usr/share/backgrounds/
directory of every Sabayon system (if the sabayon-artwork package was correctly updated).
Here we have 2 different Splash Screens:
1) Sabayon 5 OxySplash Screen Theme

You can download it here:
http://myfreefilehosting.com/uplFinished/5ad510c6bf

2) Sabayon 5 Glassified Theme

Install it as any other kde4 splashscreen theme

(using the kde SystemSettings-->Appearence-->SplashScreen-->Install button and browsing to the downloaded file).
Please note that there are two different backgrounds depending on which screen resolution you use ...I made it for my 16:9 screen

and Here is a KDM Theme:
1) Sabayon 5 Elegant-Air KDM theme

You can use it together with the (bubble) Splashscreen I already posted here:
viewtopic.php?f=18&t=18341

NOTE: to install it you have to be root. You can achieve this running:
kdesu systemsettings

Enter root password, then you go to Advanced-->LoginManager-->Theme-->Install New Theme and you browse to the downloaded file.

Download Link here:
http://myfreefilehosting.com/f/66d8573f86_0.1MB

Have fun playing with it

Joomla In Pillole

2009-06-22T20:23:00.002+02:00

Tante mini-guide, a più livelli di difficoltà, per conoscere, imparare a personalizzare ed estendere Joomla!

Pillole di Joomla! nasce dall'idea di riuscire ad avvicinare webmaster e sviluppatori di portali al più diffuso sistema di gestione di contenuti, attraverso brevi tutorial per Joomla!

Joomla!, infatti, può essere un'ottima soluzione per più tipologie di sviluppatori web per la creazione siti internet dinamici: dal webmaster allo sviluppatore PHP che vuole velocemente cimentarsi nella realizzazione siti, realizzazione portali, ecommerce sino alla progettazione di applicazioni di interazione molto complesse che sfruttano appieno l'architettura di questo potente software.

Imparare Joomla! in pillole vuol dire dedicare poco tempo all'apprendimento di molti concetti, idee e soluzioni attraverso mini-guide che permettono di realizzare siti in Joomla! - tante mini-guide, suddivise in tre livelli di difficoltà, sugli aspetti del CMS più disparati: da come realizzare un componente Joomla! a com'è fatto un template Joomla! e molto altro ancora.

Tre Tigri Design - Joomla Site

2009-06-22T18:42:00.011+02:00

This is another professional Joomla! 1.5.x site I made using a modified JP Poker template from JoomlaPlates.

Tre Tigri Design è un laboratorio creativo fondato nel 2008 da Luca Lunghini e Monica Kobiakov, due disegnatori industriali arrivati a Roma dopo anni d'esperienze lavorative tra Madrid e Londra.

Prodotti Tre Tigri Design:

Lavorazione Su Richiesta:

"Ci specializziamo nella progettazione e produzione di oggettistica indirizzata a diversi settori quali merchandising museale, complimenti d'arredo, accessori di moda, ecc. Parallelamente alla nostra produzione in proprio, offriamo servizi di lavorazioni su richiesta. Stiamo continuamente sviluppando nuovi prodotti e sperimentando con materiali diversi per offrire oggetti originali. Seguiamo ogni fase della creazione dei nostri prodotti, dai primi disegni concettuali al prodotto finale, con particolare interesse alla comunicazione dell'oggetto ed alla sua presentazione nei vari punti vendita."

Innovative Legal Solutions - Joomla Site

2009-06-22T17:01:00.012+02:00

Here you have a professional Joomla! 1.5.x site I made using JSN Epic Template from JoomlaShine.

Innovative Legal Solutions è un Network di Avvocati ideato da giovani professionisti, per fornire servizi legali innovativi, come la consulenza legale online, in un mercato, i cui scenari, sono caratterizzati da costante e rapida evoluzione.

Innovative Legal Solutions è nato per proporre un diverso rapporto tra clienti e professionisti basato sull’uso delle nuove tecnologie che permettono di migliorare le attività lavorative e rispondere con puntualità e rapidità alle esigenze dell'utenza che si rivolge ad uno studio legale tramite un Team di professionisti qualificati, formatisi in diversi rami del diritto, attenti alla formazione permanente e agli sviluppi tecnologici per la professione.

Innovative Legal Solutions, in particolare, si propone di costituire un costante punto di riferimento per le Imprese, in grado di soddisfarne le esigenze di consulenza ed assistenza legale connaturate all’attività di organizzazione aziendale ed a quella propria di impresa.

L'attività è basata sulla gestione informatizzata delle pratiche, in un contesto di aggiornamento professionale continuo.

Accedendo all'area riservata, il cliente potrà visionare lo stato delle pratiche direttamente on line e avvalersi, in modo diretto e immediato, della consulenza legale di professionisti specializzati, i quali gli forniranno piena assistenza, informandolo costantemente sullo stato della propria problematica legale.

Il tutto nel rispetto delle norme del Codice Deontologico Forense e delle normative in vigore.

Template Generators - psd2css Online

2009-06-19T17:50:00.006+02:00

Create a working Joomla Template from your Photoshop PSD design in seconds. Joomla is a Content Management System you can use to build fantastic websites with. Now you can build your own theme or skin for that website in Photoshop or Gimp and install it to your Joomla website without writing any code. Watch this video tutorial to learn how.

Here is the link to the official site http://psd2cssonline.com/

Template Generators - Artisteer

2009-06-19T16:09:00.000+02:00

If you are looking for a simple method of creating custom templates for your needs and you don't mind following some standards for layouts, or you just want to have a good brainstorming time, you can try using automated template generators for joomla! templates to have a top down approach.

There are sofisticated softwares with familiar interfaces wich can do the coding for you respecting web and search engines standards.

First you design graphics, then automatically create the code. After that you can always check/change/customize it as you prefer.

There is a commercial product which automates web design and looks like MS Office. There are also other free softwares, but this time i've decided to show you one of the most advanced which obviously is made to profit and it's called Artisteer.

In this video created by Artisteer Help located at http://www.artisteerhelp.com/

we have a very brief introduction to demonstrate how it works as well as how quickly you can create a web site template.

The official site is: http://www.artisteer.com/

I hope i'll be back on this topic talking about open source and free software solutions soon!

Web Hosting Services

2009-06-09T19:35:00.009+02:00

I think this is a useful link to have bookmarked:

http://www.webhosting.info/

You can find interesting info about Web Hosting Services all around the world using their research data and tools.

It is a good starting point, you can have a look at statistics of different Web Hosting Companies and compare different offers.

Also take a look at it's Worldwide Top 50 Web Hosts ...and for italians at the Top 25 Web Hosts in Italy.

Enjoy!

How To Enable SEO in Joomla!

2009-02-16T18:52:00.003+01:00

This joomla video tutorial teaches you how to enable the SEO (Search Engine Optimization) feature which is built within Joomla and uses the .htaccess file.

This video tutorial uses the old version of Joomla!

I suggest you take a look at the official Joomla Search Engine Optimisation Website for more tutorials on this topic using the newest version of Joomla! CMS.

Joomla Internal Search Engine

2009-02-16T18:22:00.002+01:00

An effective way to get into the mind of your website visitors.

Using Typography in Joomla 1.5

2009-02-16T18:06:00.004+01:00

Learn how to use custom typography editing the HTML code of your content in your templates using Joomla 1.5.

ZTKings - Vandali Dentro - Online Shop Opening

2009-02-06T02:23:00.008+01:00

I'm happy to announce the opening of this new Street Clothing Online Shop.
ztkings.spreadshirt.net
You have the possibility to choose the color of the t-shirt/sweater before the printing process.
High quality products with low prices ready for shipping in 48 hours.
Enjoy!

Sweaters Out Now!

2008-12-20T22:06:00.010+01:00

New hooded sweaters (M-L-XL) from ZTKings Vandali Dentro street clothing.

Changing Logo Image In Joomla

2008-12-13T20:13:00.006+01:00

This tutorial will explain how to change your Logo Image uploading a different image or embedding a flash animation.

Creating Survey's and Polls With Joomla

2008-12-13T19:37:00.004+01:00

This tutorial will cover how to create polls and surveys, and how to use your module manager to create a poll module to display on your site.

You should also look at the official joomla.org Polls extensions section.

Creating Banners in Joomla

2008-12-13T19:02:00.009+01:00

This tutorial is about how to add banner categories, banner clients, and finally banners into your Joomla 1.5 platform. Additionally, it goes over the steps to activate a banner module and show certain banners, or banner rotations.

You should also look at the Banner Management section of joomla.org for additional features.

Creating a Contact Form in Joomla

2008-12-13T16:34:00.004+01:00

This tutorial covers how to create contact categories and contacts. It also shows how to link to them with the contact menu item.

There are also more sophisticated Contacts Form components and modules for joomla offering several additional features. You can find them at joomla.org.

Menu Links to Content

2008-12-12T19:25:00.008+01:00

This tutorial goes over how to take the articles you created and create menu items that link to them on your frontend. It also briefly discusses menus and modules.

You should also take a look at joomla.org to check out various Menu Systems modules and components available.

Adding/Embedding Videos/Flash in Joomla

2008-12-12T19:12:00.007+01:00

This short tutorial shows the steps of how to add or embed videos or flash components into your Joomla 1.5 platform.

You should also take a look at joomla.org for varoius Video Channels plugins, components and modules available. There is also a Flash Management section which can be very useful. You can use these tools to customize the way your website integrates multimedia content.

Make Text and Picture Link to URL in Joomla

2008-12-12T18:55:00.009+01:00

This short tutorial covers how to make text and picture link to other websites in your Joomla 1.5 platform.