Monthly Archives: July 2011

Moodle 2.1: Making Changes to the Header of Your Moodle Theme

In this tutorial we will show you how to make changes to the header of your Moodle 2.1 custom theme using Dreamweaver CS5.5. We will concentrate on changing the background of our header and the text contained within it. If you wish to change the logo or add one I have already done a tutorial on this so I won’t… (more…)

Gravatars in Content Management Systems

In this brief tutorial we will cover the basics of what Gravatars are and how they are used. As well as how to integrate them in a sire you are developing. A Gravatar is an image that once loaded up to a central site will follow you from site to site and every time you post a comment on someone’s… (more…)

Moodle 2.1: Getting a Theme Ready to Edit

In this tutorial we will show you how to set your Moodle theme up ready for you to edit it to your hearts content. We will show you how to get the name of your Moodle theme to show up properly in the themes selection menu, edit the basic information of your theme and how to get Moodle to show… (more…)

YouTube: Three Tips to Help Your YouTube Channel

In this article we will cover three way to help you get your videos out there and noticed on your YouTube channel. Simple ways to make your channel stand out from the millions of channels out there. Even with billions of videos being viewed every day by millions of people it can be quite hard to gt noticed in the… (more…)

Fireworks CS5.5: Saving and Using Custom Textures

In this tutorial we will show you how to add a custom texture to Adobe Fireworks CS5.5. This tutorial is more of a tip that a full blown tutorial as the process is actually quite easy. This technique works for Fire works CS5 and CS4 as well but the directories you save the textures in changes with those earlier versions.

Photoshop CS5.5: Adding One Two or Three Round Corners to a Rectangle

In this tutorial we will show you how to add rounded corners to some but not all corners of a rectangle in Photoshop CS5.5. As we all know with all adobe products when it comes to adding rounded corners to a shape with the tools available it is every corner rounded or every corner squared. We will show you a… (more…)

Fireworks CS5.5: Adding Three Round Corners to a Rectangle.

In this tutorial we will show you how to add three round corners to a rectangle in Fireworks CS5.5. This quick Tutorial is in response to an email I received as this was not covered in my previous tutorial. If you only want to add one or two rounded corners please check out that tutorial here. That tutorial will give… (more…)

Studentworks Mockup

In this assessment we had to create a mockup of a website to be developed in Joomla for Studentworks. Studentworks is a non-profit organisation which gives 14 – 16 year old student a more hands on teaching experience. This is the front page/landing page for the site mock-up I did. For this assessment I started using multiple page layouts in… (more…)

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