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June 21, 2008

Meticulous Design: Image Styling

It takes a bit of effort in styling the images to fit within the site’s design without breaking the flow.

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April 16, 2007

Tired Of Spam – Activate The Spam Stopper

The very first plugin that I’ve activated on my blog was Akismet. During the first month or so I wasn’t sure if it was actually working or not, since it didn’t catch any spams, although I was already getting comments on my blog. Several weeks later it caught the first spam comment on my blog.

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April 5, 2007

New Invaluable WordPress Plugin – WP Ajax Edit Comments

There are many interesting blogs that we all visit and sometimes comment on. Sometimes when I was too eager to quickly submit my comment and move on to another post, or another blog, or get back to my work, I wasn’t proofreading my comment and only afterwards noticing a typo on my already published comment. [...]

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April 1, 2007

The Best WordPress Plugin Ever

Finally, after so many months of fruitless searches for a WordPress plugin that does absolutely nothing and what’s more important doesn’t require us, bloggers, to do anything, it has been released today. Here are some of the best features of this plugin:

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March 4, 2007

Another Handy WordPress plugin

Today I realized that I forgot to mention another plugin in my Handy WordPress Plugins list. A while ago I wrote how to create teasers with a More quick tag in my post How to tease your blog readers and gain more page views. But after upgrading to WordPress 2.1 I’ve noticed that the posts [...]

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March 3, 2007

The Secret Truth About The Plugins Security

Do you want to know a Secret about WordPress plugins (actually about any plugins)? Well, remember the last two questions in my post with 8 Questions to Ask about WordPress Plugins? Yes, I’m talking about the Security vulnerabilities in Plugins and whether or not we can trust plugin writers and believe that they address all [...]

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March 1, 2007

Handy WordPress Plugins

There are hundreds, if not thousands, of WordPress plugins available for download. How to find which ones are worthwhile to install on your blog? I’ve already talked about the essential WordPress plugins in my previous post. So today I’ll present some optional but very beneficial and handy WordPress plugins for you to choose from.

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February 28, 2007

Practical Information About WordPress Plugins

WordPress plugins allow anyone to extend the default functionality that comes with WordPress. Some advantages of plugins are: Everyone can choose to install only the plugins they need, saving on time to generate a web page Extra functionality can be added to WordPress without having to know programming. The numerous plugins will make it possible [...]

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Behind The Scenes Of Exquisite Web Typography
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When The End Is Just The Beginning
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8 Bits Of Perfect Geometry In Classic Logos
Looking for some design inspirations for your logo?
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16 Bits Of Blogs With Unconventional Layout
which seems to be slowly overtaking the mainstream blog’s structure.
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How To Build Lasting Relationships With Your Readers
How do you create a community that will inspire you, build lasting relationships with your readers?
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Group Writing Project Results: 37 Sources Of Inspiration
Your one in a lifetime chance to swim in the ocean of inspiration filled from 37 sources.
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A Plea From 16 Most Overused Fonts
fonts that got together with a plea to give them a break and forget about their existence for the next 25 years.
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16 Best-Loved Font Bits In Web Design
inspired and partially based on the results of the interviews conducted with 35 web designers by Smashing Magazine.

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Meticulous Design: Image Styling
It takes a bit of effort in styling the images to fit within the site’s design without breaking the flow.
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Design Critique: Leon Paternoster
Leon is an ardent crusader for accessible and readable web design. His own sites come with very minimalistic, stripped down to bare necessities, designs.
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Web Design Dissected Into 8 Bits
What are the important aspects in web design? Join the discussion.
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DOS and DON’TS – Blog Branding
How can branding be applied to blogging? What are the driving forces of a flourishing Brand?
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Meticulous Design: Dramatic Headlines
Take a look at the 16 exquisitely crafted headlines.
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Meticulous Design: Information Architecture
Are you forgetting about a very important factor—Information Architecture—the art and science of organizing and labeling any system?
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DOs And DON’Ts – Blog Feng Shui
= Usability + Design
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Best Inspiration Bits in 2007
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8 Strenuous Steps To Get The Ideal Name
It took me three days and three nights to finally decide on the name for this blog.
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How Crazy Are You?
At first his behaviour did look a bit crazy, but then I saw a smile on his face that said…
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Behind The Scenes Of Exquisite Web Typography – Part Three
Study the hidden gems that were so brilliantly put together to form an enjoyable user experience on Jontangerine.com
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Focus On Details And Get Inspired
If there is one thing that places a designer into an admired category of great designers it is the attention to details.
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8 Things I Wish I Knew About Blogging
Things did change since I wrote this post, but some still ring the bell quite vividly.
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Outstanding Posts Are Not Bestsellers
Which posts people consider to be remarkable – the same posts that I personally find noteworthy or the posts that I would label as bestsellers?
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A Candid Interview With Mr. Typography
An interview with John Boardley during the early stage of Type revolution on Web.
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Inspired To Write A Song
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Hi, I'm Vivien. Thanks for visiting my Inspiration Bit. I often find myself scouring the internet looking for either answers to many questions I have or websites that inspire me, sites that I can learn from. On what topics you might ask — any topics that interest me, anything from web design to typography and art, from blogging to entrepreneurship, from programming to open source.
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When I'm not blogging, I design web sites, teach, play with my daughter and try to balance family, work, friends and a somewhat active social life on