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  • ZenCart show image when out-of-stock PHP code

    Posted by admin on June 6, 2011

    The goal

    To show an image notifying customer that the item is out of stock, but will ship within a certain amount of days (depicted in the image). If you would still like to have the customer be allowed to add to cart, you must set this in the admin panel (Configuration>Stock>Allow Checkout).

    The code

    I noticed there was quite a few people asking how …

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  • Top 10 Sites for Good CSS Examples

    Posted by admin on April 16, 2011

    Inspiration comes from many different places. For good css, this is where I look when stumped. Most examples are superb and cleanly coded on all of these sites. Many examples use CSS3 as well, some even HTML5 which is great. I’ll post some HTML5 examples one of these days….

    http://www.csszengarden.com/ http://www.cssdrive.com/ http://www.awwwards.com/ http://www.cssleak.com/ http://www.cssmadness.com/

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  • Where do designers go to get things printed?

    Posted by admin on January 1, 2011

    There are many online shops that cater towards designers high quality standards for finished design projects. Quality of printing and paper are just as important as a quality design. Printing at low-quality print shops or online printers will ruin your design.

    Quality of Printing and Processes

    Many online printers now offer offset and digital options for printing. Most of the time the quality is the …

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  • Most UNDER-RATED feature of Photoshop CS5 – HUD Colorpicker

    Posted by admin on September 10, 2010

    Painter has always been awesome for painting. One of the major drawbacks in the past for using Photoshop has been the lack of workflow for people using it for drawing or painting. CS5 is growing to attract more and more artists and painters.

    FOR YEARS, I have wanted my “right-click” to have a color picker. I no longer have to want.

    The secret key combo: …

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  • Create a free website using Weebly – Make advanced changes

    Posted by admin on June 1, 2010

    Weebly is an awesome way for non-tech savvy users to create websites on their own. Their advanced image uploading system lets users upload and resize images with ease. I’d easily argue that Weebly Drag-and-Drop builder is 10 times easier to use than Microsoft Word!

    Best Features of Weebly It’s …

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  • Wacom Tablet Windows 7 Circle Clicks FIX!

    Posted by admin on May 18, 2010

    DOES NOT WORK FOR WINDOWS 7 HOME VERSION,  all other versions with Local Group Editor work. Thanks Tim

    I searched all over the net trying to find a solution to get rid of the little blue circles and radiate out whenever you click on the screen using a tablet. Or when you click and hold you get that circle that goes around the spot you …

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  • Variable Data in InDesign CS4 – mass mail or anything!

    Posted by admin on April 15, 2010

    Purpose and Usage

    What is variable data? Have you ever had a client ask you to create name tags with job titles underneath each name? Or how about taking an excel spreadsheet with names and addresses and put them onto a postcard you just designed? This would be a major pain, but not any more. What you will learn from this short tutorial will save …

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  • Sand Castles and Sculpture Tools and Tricks

    Posted by admin on April 10, 2010

    sandcastle tools pound upSand Castle/Sculpture Pound Up

    You’ve probably scoured the web like we have searching for how the competition pros do those awesome sculptures at the competitions. Most don’t mention how many days the competition takes (or weeks!). Lots of sand, water, tractors, time and glue…magic ingredients. My father, who has …

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  • Letterpress – Slow death of a skilled trade

    Posted by admin on April 9, 2010

    Freelance letterpress?

    Yes. Please contact me with details, portfolio items and pricing.

    State of letterpress:

    What was once the only way to mass produce any printed pamphlet, brochure, business card, you name it, has recently become a dying trade and reviving art form. The single most distinguished characteristic of letterpress prints, in my opinion, is the humanized quality. The Linotype machine (which revolutionized the printing …

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  • Fight Club Like Soap using Photoshop and font (PSD included)

    Posted by admin on April 8, 2010

    I searched and searched like you did for a “.psd” of the fight club bar of soap.

    It’s a photoshop file and uses styles and an editable font (FightThis @ DaFont). It is far from perfect, but it is convincing enough. It is not high-resolution, so you wont be doing any large-scale printing with it, but its plenty big for fun web stuff.

    What …

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