SEO Tools Of The Trade

I really like the latest Artisteer 3. However, one missing feature is the ability to make the header a clickable link.

Here’s one way to do it:

[div class="art-header" onclick="location.href='http://www.yourdomainname.com/';"
style="cursor: pointer;"]

More info on making the Artisteer header clickable can be found here:

http://www.artisteer.com/?post_id=161610&p=forum_post

A nice site for creating QR codes.

http://www.qrstuff.com/

I like all the data type options:

Text
Website URL
Telephone Number
SMS Message
Email Address
Email Message
Contact Details (VCARD)
Event (VCALENDAR)
Google Maps Location
Wifi Login (Android Only)
Paypal Buy Now Link
Social Media
iTunes Link
YouTube Video

MP4 videos sometimes take a long time to load because the meta data information is placed at the end of the file.

This cool utility corrects that by moving the file information to the beginning of the MP4 file, allowing it to load faster.

http://renaun.com/blog/2010/06/qtindexswapper-2/

Sometimes you want to put a thin border around a picture. This tutorial shows how to use vector masks to do this.

http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-effects/rounded-corners/page-2.php

If you ever run into problems reading your HTML, especially HTML with lots of nested tables, then this online program will help to make it more readable. http://infohound.net/tidy/

Here’s a list of 20 services that provide Photoshop PSD conversion to WordPress themes.

http://www.bestpsdtohtml.com/20-best-psd-to-wordpress-service-providers/

Here’s a nice set of free handwritten fonts for when you want to give your copy that personal touch.

http://www.instantshift.com/2009/06/08/50-free-handwritten-fonts-for-web-designers-and-logo-artists/

If you ever need to move your WordPress installation to another directory, then here are the instructions on how to do it:

http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress

Many people use Pamela to help manage their Skype recordings when conducting interviews.

http://www.pamela.biz/

Here’s a nice site that sells stock templates for a variety of purposes: newsletters, brochures, flyers, post cards.

A very cheap way to get some high quality design work in an instant!

http://www.stocklayouts.com/