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So, for those of you that haven’t gotten the chance to tweet with us, well were sorry to tell you that you’re missing out on loads of freebies and fresh info on web design resources, but no worries because from now on well be bringing you at webdesignshock.com the best of our daily tweets on a regular basis for those that might have just missed it!, or who just simply can’t get enough of Web Design Shock’s feeds of information.
Getting Quality twitter followers
Have you ever feel the need to get more followers in a social network? Well, most of us have and we cannot excuse for that: it’s human nature to get recognition. Social networks have integrated the relationships and the interactions we have with the technological aspect of our lives, and that’s why we feel the need to use them all day. Read more
175 recommended Google+ users to follow
During the short existence of Google Plus, we have noticed that anyone can become a relevant user, not because of the amount of followers they have, but because of the quality of the content they posted. Today we wanted to present you the users we consider might help you get inspired and those from whom you’ll learn something. They were carefully selected not because the number of followers , not because they are cool or because they are celebrities. We think all of these people create excellent pieces of art in all of their fields, so we were sure to check the content they posted and their respective websites, blogs and portfolios, and we think their contributions are awesome. Here are the best Google Plus users in every field in categories like illustration, painting, sculpting, general design, blogging, writing and others, acknowledging that there are many more users who are also great and post awesome content. So if you know another one who posts great content in these categories feel free to share their profiles with us in the comments and of course, don’t forget to add them to your circles. Read more
Google Plus: The good, the bad and the ugly
Well, it’s been a month since Google Plus was released, making the social giants to shiver, as they’re watching their social empires being seriously threatened for the first time. We already showed you all the main features of Google Plus and how to take advantage of them, now we decided to make a complete research with the purpose of detecting the pros and contras regarding this new social network. We hope this analysis can help the Google team make the required adjustments in order to deliver an even better service that can help them place Plus on top of the social services.
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Google Plus, everything you need to know
Yes, we know that the ‘social network’ term is starting to sound annoying, but due the fact that there’s no other term for making reference to those websites where people can interact with people we’re going to stick with ‘social network’ for a little while. Since laughter became XD, to blush =$ and more, the internet has become the number one channel for keeping a permanent interaction with the rest of the world, so know you can talk to any person around the world by just making click.
And is after these premises that the new social project of the almighty Google has been released. Google Plus promises to become the ultimate tool for social engaging and sharing that will change the way we see things. Although is kind of hard to determine how well things are going to be for Plus in a couple of months, we consider that these guys have learned from their mistakes (let’s not forget the big failure of Google Buzz and Google Wave) and Plus will probably turn out to be a successful project for the company.
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Free Google+ invitations from Webdesignshock
If you’re a person that is constantly working online and is also aware of the latest trends in web design and social networking, then you know that the newest sensation on the field is Google+, the latest social networking product by Google that aims to help users to connect online with their friends and coworkers.
Since its release day, the amount of people joining Google+ has increased exponentially, having crossed the barrier of 10 million users. Now that Google has stopped sharing invitations, the demand for obtaining a Google+ invitations has increased and today you might be the lucky one to receive an exclusive invitation from Webdesignshock.
Google +1 button set
After months of whispering and rumors, Google has finally released the plus one (+1) button, an attempt of socializing web searches by letting people vote-up the sites and contents that they consider valuable, these votes will make an influence over their friends’ searches, giving them a hint over which sites they should be visiting right now.
Zootool and the best designers to follow on it
Have you ever thought about what would’ve happened if Delicious had not stayed in a moat during the past few years?, it probably would’ve ended up like Zootool, one of the best and fast-growing bookmarking websites nowadays. Every day new designers, photographers, artists and more decide to join the network to share their work, recently we discovered a big list featuring the best designers to follow in Zootol.
Social icons sidebar: ShareSidebar
When you’re at the developing stage of a website, either if it is a blog, an e-commerce page or just anything related with web design and social networks, you will probably want to place some major social icons within your site to help people share your contents with their friends easily, that’s what ShareSidebar is for. Read more
Designers to follow on Twitter, a deep analysis
If there’s something that we can be sure about regarding Web 3.0 is that social media will occupy a huge role in business and companies will need to pay more attention to sites like Twitter and Facebook because that’s where the money is.
On this article we have chosen Twitter, the world-famous microblogging website that since the Ashton Kutcher days has attracted millions of followers. We fixed our attention in the design community (which is also our main focus group) considering both independent bloggers and big design blogs that have a good amount of followers and make a constant use of the social network. We made a series of tests that helped us determine the most relevant aspects such as average daily tweets, retweets, use of hashtags and more, all of this with the only purpose of identify how designers relate with their clients and followers via Twitter and subsequently obtain enough information that helped us to write some tips on how to improve your Twitter life and establish the main tweeters you should follow for finding quality design information.
Floating social toolbar with jQuery and CSS
Hello friends, today we’re going to show you how to make a fancy floating bar using jQuery and JavaScript, as the one you see when scrolling down on this page. From creating the PHP file to customizing the CSS, we will guide you across the several steps before you can complete this fancy floating bar ready to be implemented on your website and where you can place several elements, including social icons, information and more. Some other good examples of floating bars can be found at Meebo and Wibiya. Remember that among the main uses you can give to this great floating bar we can list:
- Social information
- Advertising
- Highlight important information (promos, etc.)
- Contact information
- Polls / feedback
Halloween icon set, great social superheroes by Iconshock
Hi friends, as the Halloween season is approaching, everybody is thinking about their costumes, decorating their houses and planning the celebration, but what if you could also prettify your social icons according to this theme?. Well our friends at Iconshock thought about this and just released a fabulous social icon set featuring some of the most iconic superheroes of all time.
The package includes the original vector files of each one of these icons, so you can work with them and personalize them according to your preferences.
New Twitter design and PSD for standard resolutions
Just a few moments ago, we were lucky to get the New Twitter interface in our Tutorialshock account and we have to say that we’re pleased with it, the design is now more organized than before, the information is well distributed and bottom-line, we think it’s a step forward for Twitter.
As soon as we got the new Twitter interface, we started making tests, from checking the new features to taking a look at other profiles and soon we find out that the Iconshock’s background was having problems to fit inside the new layout, and that’s when we decided to make this article, a quick review around the new Twitter features and also offer you a great pack of background layouts to help you adjust your own background into Twitter’s new design.
The ultimate StumbleUpon guide
As many of us know, since the arrival of the web 2.0 era, many websites that focus on creating communities and sharing contents were released, all this sites stood in front of improving the interaction between users and developers.
We all know that when you’re looking for your website to outstand in front of the rest, it’s necessary a conscious and consistent process of promotion and socialization. The name world wide web itself describes the essence of the success on this environment, in order to make it on the www market, you need to become a valuable part of the community and not just a leech. Read more
Submit your blog and RSS to these 200 sites
As we all know, blogs are one of the growing powers on web, having this days specialized guys known as bloggers behind them. There are many ways to increase your blog’s traffic, which is the ultimate goal behind every blog on the web, for start, there is the SEO (search engine optimization) that guides the developers towards the implementation of more friendly websites; there is also the link baiting, which is the process by which people tend to place links inside their websites that connects to the ones that are placing the bait, usually this is done through downloadable links or offers.
