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7 Free Online Button Maker Tools

Ferman — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 12:16:30 +0000

Online button maker tools are solution for web developers, those who find it really hard to create buttons. To generate Web 2.0 looking buttons, i have collected 7 best online button generating tools.

Just go through all the 7 tools and pickup the tool according to your needs and start creating brilliant buttons. If you know more button generators, you are welcome to comment about them.

You may also be interested in 7 Useful CSS3 Code Generators.

1. Button Maker Online

Use this online free button maker tool to easily and visually create those popular “XHTML valid” micro buttons (80×15). You can also opt for the larger 88×31 button instead.

2. Button Maker

The button maker tool is provided by Adam Kalsey. Just pick some colors, enter some text, and you’ll get a button you can download for your site.

3. CSS Button Maker

This is an amazing button maker tool, to generate the CSS codes for your buttons, provide by CSS-tricks. Using this tool you can make gradient based buttons for your web sites.

4. Da Button Factory

Create buttons online quickly. You can create buttons of different sizes and download the output as PND,JPEG,GIF or ICO.

5. Web 2.0 and Grudge Style Button Generator

This online button generator does a bit more than generating grudge and Web 2.0 buttons. It also generates a menu system from your buttons.

6. Glassy Buttons

Generate glossy buttons online and download the zipped file of buttons. As you can see in image below there are lots of options to generate buttons.

7. As Button Generator

Using, flash based application, As Button Generator you can edit the icon you see using a tabbed interface. It’s very nice button generator service.

4 Fun Web Tools for Your WordPress Blog

Ferman — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:47:56 +0000

There are many fun web tools and applications which you can embed in your wordpress blog or site. I have gone through many tools but i liked only 4 applications, the most.

You can also play with these 4 fun web tools and embed in your blogs to make it more interactive and fun.

1. Wallwisher

This is very interesting tool to create a web wall for your blog. It’s very easy to create and embed in your blog or website.

2. Dipity

Dipity is a fun tool to create free timelines online. Digital timelines are a great way to increase traffic and user engagement on your website. Dipity is the fastest and easiest way to bring history to life with stunning multimedia timelines.

PelFusion Design Magazine on Dipity.

3. Kwout

It is a web tool you can use to a part of a web page as an image with an image map. To use this service, all you need is to add our bookmarklet to your favorite browser. If you roll over the mouse on below image you can click on any of the links.

3. Voki

Voki is a free web tool that lets you create customized Avatar and add voice to it. You can post that to your wordpress blog or website. Don’t forget to play the below Avatar.

5 Websites To Schedule Your Tweets

Ferman — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:58:37 +0000

You all must be familiar with Twitter, go Google it if not, and the purpose it is used for. But sometimes you want to do something more with Twitter, like if you want to send a tweet at a specific time but Twitter itself doesn’t provide such functionality. But there are some free web tools you can use to schedule your tweets and send them on specific time.

Below is the list of 5 websites that will help you schedule tweets.

1. HootSuite

It’s very useful tool to manage your multiple twitter accounts and this is the tool i use to schedule my tweets. You can visit thier help desk to learn how to schedule tweets.

2. Twuffer

Twuffer is a tool that helps you schedule list of tweets. You can even set the time and date you want it to go live.

3. CoTweet

You have to register first on CoTweet before scheduling your tweets. You can send tweets to one or multiple twitter accounts on specific time.

4. FutureTweets

FutureTweets.com is a free service that lets you schedule your Twitter messages. Send it at a specific time in the future or send a reoccuring Tweet daily, weekly, monthly or yearly!

5. Twaitter

For Personal use, all features of Twaitter are free at this time. It offers some advanced options, built-in URL shortener, translate your tweets, save drafts, copy tweets, and edit queued messages.

10 Extremely Useful Background Generators for Designers

Ferman — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:35:16 +0000

Using good background image in web design can really lift up a simple layout. Now the question is, how to generate interesting backgrounds for your website. There are many ways to achieve that, you can do it either a simple way or harder way. Simple way is to use online background generators, which can be used to make stripped, tiled, textured and dotted patterns.

Here are 10 extremely useful background generators for designers, to have fun with.

1. Striped Backgrounds

2. BG Patterns

3. Pattern Cooler

4. Stripemania

5. Dotted Background Generator

6. Background Maker

7. TartanMaker

8. Tile Machine

9. ColourLovers

10. Stripe Generator

Showcase of Awesome iPhone App Websites and 7 Tips for Creating Them

Gino Orlandi — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:39:29 +0000

As iPhone is getting popular it’s apps are getting popular too, more and more developers are jumping in this field to make good money out of it. Developing good iPhone app is not the main thing, launching it is also very important. So, here i would like to share some useful tips for creating an awesome iPhone app website.

1. Show Your App in Action

If there is one important thing in common with almost every iPhone app website I have seen, it’s that they all show how their application looks inside an actual iPhone. There are plenty of free mockups of iPhones out there that you can use for free to save you the trouble of shooting a picture of an actual iPhone.

This will make it clear what your site is about, so don’t be afraid to have the iPhone mockup large and in charge on your home page. Just make sure it’s as close to how your app will look as possible.

2. Create a Killer Headline

Arguably the most important part of any site trying to sell something is the headline. A large headline is usually the first thing a viewer reads and it often decides whether or not they will hit the back button. A killer headline can skyrocket your sales and keep people on your site for much longer.

It should accurately describe what your app is about, what it can do for the user and why it’s better than the competition in just one great sentence. Try writing a few dozen versions and testing which work best. Its one of the few elements of a site you can change easily and see big improvements as a result.

3. List Features and Benefits

Features and benefits are your best friend. They are the most important copy next to your headline and should also be in a prominent location above the fold of your website, which means you should see them without scrolling. Separate features and benefits into two sections and use bullets to draw attention to them.

This works great for a lot of people who like to scan sites quickly for information. Don’t exaggerate your features and benefits. Be honest about what your app can do and why the user should buy it.

4. Have a Large Call to Action

Your end goal is going to be to get people to buy and download your app so you need a big download button! Make it clear and easy for users to download your app. If some one comes to your site they should be able to spot the download button within 3 seconds without any trouble.

Create a couple different variations and remember bold is better. Also be sure to use action phrases for the button text such as “download now”. Again, you should test the button and a simple way to do so is to have some friends view the site while you are in the room with them and tell them to point out the download button as soon as they can and record how long it takes them to find it.

5. Add Some Video

Nowadays video is king and sometimes it’s a lot easier to get your point across to a viewer by actually showing them your iPhone app in action. If you don’t want to be on camera find some one who is a natural on camera and a very good speaker.

While you can write a script for the person, a way to make it more natural and fun is to find some one who really loves your apps and knows it backwards and forward. Just remind them of a few key points to touch on and then just ask them to talk about your iPhone app and show what it can do live.

6. Go Social

If you want your app to be HUGE you need to play into how viral the web can be. Try out different viral marketing methods such as videos, images, content and always have lots of ways for people to share your website and content across social networks such as Twitter, Facebook, StumbleUpon and so on.

7. Keep it Simple

In the end, you are just selling an iPhone app! There is no reason to have a very complicated website with dozens of pages and all kinds of fancy features. Include the key stuff mentioned above in a simple layout and let your app do the rest of the work.

Take a look at other Iphone app sites to see what they are doing and then make yours better! Study what works and apply it to your site if you want to increase your chances of success.

Showcase of iPhone App Websites

20+ Web Applications and Tools for Designers

Ferman — Fri, 01 May 2009 11:40:54 +0000

There are lots of helpful tools and web applications to create different design stuff. I tried to compile free or paid web apps that are really useful for designers.

So here is the list of 20+ web applications and tools to create design stuff or helpful for designers in anyway.

1. iPlotz – Wireframe your Ideas

iPlotz allows you to rapidly create clickable, navigable mockups and wireframes for prototyping websites and software applications. You can create 5 wireframe pages for free.

Wireframe Your Ideas

2. Create Flash Websites For Free

Using Wix you can create a free flash website or make free MySpace and Flash MySpace layouts.

Create Flash Site

3. SnapPages

SnapPages takes online website creation to a whole new level. Now anyone can create and manage a professional quality website with drag-and-drop simplicity. You can create 5 custom pages and have 1 GB of storage space for free.

Website Creation