Creating a CSS Rollover

In this tutorial we are going to teach you how to make a simple CSS rollover, a bit like the ones on the BBC iPlayer.
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What is RSS?

Ok so over the past few months while running this blog I have a had a few non-techy friends ask me what RSS is and when I try to explain what it is and why they should use it they still don’t want it, so I thought for future reference I would put a video on here so they could come and see why they need it!

Firstly a big thank you goes to the guys/gals over at Common Craft who create videos like this all time.

How to create a Rising Sun effect in Photoshop

After a few e-mails asking how I created the rising sun like effect on previous posts headers. I have decided I should make a tutorial explaining how to do it. There are many ways to do this but the technique I use seems to be the quickest.
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How to install brushes in PhotoShop

Ok this is a very simple tutorial that I am writing because I have had a few people unsure on how to add brushes into photoshop. This tutorial was done on a mac but the same principal goes for PC/Linux versions just you have to take a different route to get there.
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How to setup a RSS Feed

These days most sites have an RSS feed to keep their users to up to date, in fact most CMS system have it built in but what if run a static site and want to be able to keep your customers up to date on small changes like addition to portfolio’s? Well in this tutorial I am going to show you how to setup an RSS feed using XML.
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