Adding Custom HTML Box To My Facebook Profile

After spending some serious time on Facebook trying to do a few things on my profile I realized that Facebook’s navigation between different Facebook applications and elements are less then perfect. It took me hours but I finally found some patterns and figured out how certain things are done.

One of the things I needed to do was to add a custom HTML box to my Facebook Profile, but then I also wanted to do the same to my Facebook Pages that I’ve created. This document is the complete instructions on doing exactly that. So let’s dive in. We’ll first start with Facebook Profile page. I also did a post on adding custom HTML box to Facebook Pages, notice – Facebook Page, not Facebook Profile, these are different – read about the differences in this article.

Read more

Sweet Redesign of Weberica

I’ve featured Weberica here before with their original design (above), and yesterday I found out that they have redesigned the site and below is what it looks like.

If you look at the new design without knowing what it looked like before, I think it looks awesome, some new styles, a little on the grunge side with some elegant elements. I like the rough water color background up at the header area.

Personally, I think I liked the old design a little better. In my opinion (and I know, opinions are like arm pits – everyone’s got two), elegant looking website design always wins over grunge style. Especially when a website’s identity, look has been established with an elegant and clean design and then it changes to a grunge, modern look.

Bottom line, I like both designs, old and new but if I had to choose which one the site looks better with, I’d say the old one.

Source: http://www.weberica.net

Another Cool Portfolio Presentation

Being able to effectively show your past work on a website is essential to getting new clients. Having a resume that talks about the ears of experience and all the exciting stuff is not enough, you’ve got to show examples. This is probably the most important part of a portfolio website.

RareformBranding.com does a very good job at showing their work. It is up front and center as you enter their site. nice slide show grabs your attention and takes you through the most important pieces. Within the first 20 seconds you already know what this company can do for you and what kind of work you can expect.

Source: http://rareformbranding.com

My Web Design Site, FlyNewMedia.com, Gets Re-Designed

Yep, it’s never good enough when it comes to my own website. I think this is re-design number 3 or 4. I finally got the logo to look awesome, if I may say so myself. :)

I wanted this design to look clean and simple while bringing more of me onto the homepage, to make it personal. The idea was to make the visitor feel like I was right there, available for them right now. I built in the little “I am available right now” indicator that is powered by Twitter. I can send a tweet from my cell phone and update where I am available at that time – “Twitter” if I am at the computer and available to answer right away, “Cell phone” if I am away from the computer but answering the cell phone or “Email” if I am not available – which is rare.

Most websites have a personal disconnect between the website and the company or the human that represents it, this is why I wanted to make this site’s visitors feel like I am right here sitting and waiting for them to contact me.

I’d love some feedback – comments, criticism, ideas.
Please leave your comments below.

Thanks!

Source: http://www.FlyNewMedia.com

Amazingly Beautiful & Super Efficient Website Design

MightyLeaf.com is going to be filed into the Best Of 2009 category. I can’t stop starring at it… The design of the site as a whole, then the details – photography work is just stunning, the navigation is very clean and efficient, the logo fits perfectly. This website is truly is a piece of art.

Check out the navigation, it sits there quietly, out of the way while you are not using it, then when you need to find something just hover over the main categories buttons at the top and a smorgasbord of choices come popping out, so much to choose from!

Also the sub-navigation buttons placed nicely under the main navigation is another level of choices to pick from. In all, they have eliminated many extra clicks for a visitor, turning many of then from just visitors to customers.

Source: http://www.mightyleaf.com