August 2010
37 posts
Farewell Tumblr, It's Been A Blast
In late January we moved the Envato Marketplace blogs here to Tumblr, and it has been a blast. A crazy 4,006 posts later over seven tumblogs, we’ve come to appreciate Tumblr’s speed and flexibility, its informal atmosphere, its variety of post types, its integration with other social media sites, and its bookmarklet that allows you to create Tumblr content from just about anywhere.
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“I want something like Facebook. And don’t try to rip me off, I know that...”
– (via clientsfromhell)
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A New Way To Embed YouTube Videos →
An enhancement to our video embed capability is now available through a new embed code style. This new style uses <iframe> and looks like this:
<iframe class=”youtube-player” type=”text/html” width=”640” height=”385” src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/VIDEO_ID” frameborder=”0”> </iframe>
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5 Novel Ways to Unwind from the Workweek →
“The weekends are a time when I need to get away from the rigors of a tough workweek. Even though I oftentimes bring my work home with me, at least in my thoughts, I usually can separate my weekends from the work week. Finding different and interesting activities to do on the weekend tends to invigorate me and adds a lot to the end of a long workweek. Here is a brief list of some...
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Clients From Hell →
Client: “We want every single upper case letter removed from the site and replaced with all lower case.”
Me: “Okay, that’s a lot of work. There are dozens, probably hundreds of instances of upper case letters on the site. Unfortunately, we’ll have to bill you for this.”
Client: “That’s fine.”
Me: “Can I ask why you only want lower case lettering?”
Client: “Because it’s cooler. Oh, and we want...
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16 Vital Checks Before Releasing a WordPress Theme →
“Releasing a WordPress theme on a marketplace, such as ThemeForest, where the audience is so large and diverse, has some challenges. You cannot test a solution directly with the client. You need to plan in advance for all edge cases, and ensure that your theme is as customizable as possible. If you’re inexperienced, chances are that some things will unfortunately slip through the cracks....
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25 HTML5 Features, Tips, and Techniques you Must... →
“This industry moves fast — really fast! If you’re not careful, you’ll be left in its dust. So, if you’re feeling a bit overwhelmed with the coming changes/updates in HTML5, use this as a primer of the things you must know.”
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July 2010
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“I think that since I already paid you a 50% deposit, I’m going to test run my...”
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Behind the Scenes of Nettuts with Collis! →
… Nine months after launching Psdtuts+, it was time to expand out the clearly successful formula to other types of tutorials. Beginning with web development and Nettuts+, we launched over the course of two years a total of seven more sites. Each one applies the same overall editorial concept into a different niche, with a different editor and different writers.
The plus side of this is that the...
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How to Build a Successful Blog Business →
The Complete Handbook on Building a Blog Business Written by Collis of Envato
Here at Envato we’re pretty famous for building a lot of successful blogs, like this one! We’ve done quite a few now, so last year I decided other people might find our techniques and systems useful. Today I’m really happy to announce my new book How to Build a Successful Blog Business which is a step by step guide to...
Build an Incredible HTML5 App: $7000 Competition →
codecanyon:
Can you write HTML5 code? Don’t miss out on these prizes in Nettut+’s latest competition!
“As HTML5′s popularity continues to increase, we at Tuts+ and CodeCanyon would like to do our part in promoting and rewarding those who are on the cutting edge of what’s possible with HTML5, local storage, geolocation, SVG, and CSS3. Not only that, but we’re also, at the conclusion of this...
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