In this small series I will keep you updated on several promotional techniques that I am experimenting with on some of my websites and services. Each post will focus on one method and provide you with some useful tips and stats.
PSD to HTML conversion is a tedious step in the web design and development process. One great way to save time and money is to outsource this process all together.
In the last 2 years there has been a real up rise in PSD to HTML providers. Most of them actual outsource the real slicing themselves. They act as a intermediate between you and a network of people abroad. That is why for a while these services kinda had a bad name.
Strangely enough blogging about the best 50 photoshop tutorials or 20 must have free Wordpress themes isn’t quite unique anymore. Combing “best of the web lists” is a hot topic in the blogging community lately. Since this blog is suppose to be about stuff i come across on the internet I decided to make a top list of top lists. Sounds double right? This list contains lists that i as a designer and developer find interesting. I hope you will find them interesting too.
The most common way to host a RoR app is through a Mongrel and Apache setup. This article sums up some different hosting providers that use this setup.
For the record: Hosting your RoR app in a Mongrel/ Apache setup is most effective when your website is attracting more than 1000 visitors a day or when you want faster page loads. (more than 100 visitors a day).
A fun way to learn more about Ruby on Rails techniques or plugins is by watching screencast tutorials. Screencasts are short movies covering a specific problem or technique. They are very useful if you are planning on building something with a technique you haven’t used before.
Let’s say you are planning on integrating PayPal into your rails app. Railscasts has a clear screencast on that topic, giving you a runthrough and a example of the entire process needed for ingegrating PayPal.
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