When you have a graphic that just needs that tad of ’spark’, an easy way to improve on the visual effectiveness thereof is to apply some simple Photoshop techniques.

Levels

Saturation

• To improve the colours in your picture, open up the saturation editor (image / adjustments / hue/saturation).
• By moving the saturation slider to the right about 10-20 points increases the overall colour richness of your image.
• If your picture seems to have too much of a specific colour, you can select specific CMYK to change that.
• You can also get some interesting effects by changing the hue when having those selected, for instance you want to change the blues in your image to a richer blue etc.

The best idea is to play around with these settings and never to overdo it. Use different settings and do print proofs as onscreen colours often look different than print when working in CMYK.(spcdsn/wd)

This tutorial is will provide you with some basic guidelines during the development and search engine optimization of your Joomla web site. The article is purely based on experience using Joomla over the past 3 years by my master. The items covered in this topic are also only suggestions you may know of a better SEO approach and if so then please share your knowledge by submitting an article to the web site and we will be happy to publish it. What not to do ? I would strongly suggest you do not introduce the following for your CMS web site.

Do not include hidden text within your web site. Some web masters have being known to include hidden text or targeting keyword to move up the rankings. Basically they hide the text from the real user IE ( white text on a white background ) and so on. Google can spot this and will penalize your web site.

Loading pages with keywords. Avoid spamming the search engines by including lots of keywords which have little relevance to the content of you web site or make no sense if a real user was to visit and read the content on your web site.

Avoid Doorway pages Do not use doorway pages IE – individually optimization pages for specific search engines.

Avoid cloaking Cloaking involves dynamically generating thousands of keyword rich web page’s using server side scripts which only the search engine Bots can see but the end user can not. Some Webmasters have introduced this approach to gain a high ranking which may work in the short term but in the long term it will fail and your site ( domain ) will be banned or removed from the index.

Avoid automated submission web sites. You may have seen many SEO sites selling services which include submitting your Joomla web site to hundreds of search engines, FFA link farms and directories. If you do decide to use this service you could get banned for ” spamming the search engines ” I would strongly advise you avoid using such sites but instead manually submit your site to the relevant search engines Google, Yahoo, MSN and so on. Another approach is not to submit your site directly to the search engine but let them find you. This involves creating a linking strategy based on exchanging links with sites who are both established and have a good PageRank. The Bot will then index the high ranking site and follow your link therefore indexing your web site.

So… What to do ?

Create high quality keyword rich content
When writing content for your Joomla web site create it for users not search engines. Focus on creating content which is relevant to your web site (IE) if you run a Joomla template site then focus on writing content for joomla templates. Also Make use of your targeted keywords within the content and use H1 and H2 “bold” to highlight and reference keyword phrases. Use hyperlinks to reference the relevant web sites and also use anchor text.

linking strategy
Think about who your target audience and web sites who have a similar interest to the service or content your are offering via your web site. Do your research, Search Google, Yahoo, MSN or visit the communities and build up a list of sites with similar interests. For example if you run a Joomla web site dedicated to Joomla open source then build up a relationship with other sites based on exchanging web links with them or news articles. Also when submitting your web link to a web site make sure the title and keywords relating to the web site are referenced in the web link, news article.

Title, description and Metatags
Joomla incorporates some very useful functionality which compliments your content to ensure the title, description and metatags are relevant to each specific document. Make sure you make use of the functionality available within Joomla.
For example once you have written your news item complete the following.

1. Associate the news item with the relevant news category.
2. Click on the Meta Info tab.
3. In the description field enter a relevant, clear and concise meta description which clearly reflects the content of the news item.
4. In the keywords field click on the Add/sect/Title which will automatically assign the news category, keywords to your news item. You may need add additional keywords.

Site Title Tag
The site Title Tag play’s one of the most important role’s in achieving a high ranking web site. Search engines including Google, Yahoo, MSN and AltaVista place alot of focus on the site title tag. From the Global configuration option via the Joomla Administrator you can change the site name, Global Site Meta Description, Global Site Meta Keywords.

Think about the following when creating your site title.

1. Ensure the site title is specific and relevant to the content of your web site.
2. Your site title ideally should be between 64 and 66 characters which makes it Google friendly. Yahoo will accept up to 120 characters as per the W3 standards
3. Add one or more of your targeted keywords in the site title.

Global Site Meta Description

• Write a brief description which clearly reflects the content of your web site
• The Meta description should be between 170 characters or 200 characters
• Include one or more of your targeted keywords which are included in your site title and keywords.

Keywords
Some Search engines do not give as much weight to The keyword metatag as the site title or site description but it is recommended that you make use of it.

• Avoid keyword stuffing ( IE ) repeating your keywords.
• Add your one or more targeted keywords contained in your site title, site content within your Global Site Meta Keywords.
• Place your targeted ( most important ) keywords at the start of your Global Site Meta Keywords which gives the keyword more weight
• Separate keywords with a comma and no spaces.

Courtesy: coretemplate

Want to have a nice site with fresh alternative and more functional feature for a new era media site?

In addition, there are specific features to complement this template:

1. Scroll Latest News, Showing some image and title of each content with scrolling slide directions. This feature use mootools.
2. Breaking News, showing the title content plus sepecial Tool Tips with containing Title and Introteks.
3. Special Scroll ticker at the TV / News Ticker.
4. Showing the latest updated information about the latest time update dari situs ini.
5. And other features from 3rd developer (Stock Trader, V Rates, etc)

The templates are available in standard package and Quickstart package for Joomla 1.5.x native and 1.0.15.x

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Celebrity gossip news site is always fun and exciting.
And it will be more fun, if the site is presented with a professional look and easy on the eye. This month, we present Celebs Plazza, special for you who wants to start an online lifestyle magazine site, news about celebrities, movies, gossips, and everything else. Or maybe for those of you who already have a web site but unsatisfied with the layout, which possibly looking very plain and kinda boring.

We are here with several supporting components (which we made especially for Celeb Plazza), such as TPNice Slideshow component to provide your highlight items in an eye catchy format. We also have TP Top Item component that is able to show the Top Item List, like Top 10 music chart or Top 10 Movie box office. And then, we also have TP News Ticker, to give you the latest news in a small but efficient form. With all that components and so much more, making Celebs Plazza is the right choice for you!

So, without further adu, please check the demo version here , and please login first to download it.

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Style of technology is something that always popular and comfortable when you see. At the 1st time, we present a free template, called Techno Core.

Techno Core is a choice for sites that want to show the nuance Elegant, simple, but convincing and modern. Suitable for news sites, schools, education, community, e-commerce, etc.

There are several module position with rounded motives for each module on the left. And in the middle, the position module can be used as a place to display banner ads or Google and other.

You can view a demo of this template through this url. And if you want to download please download them directly from this link

In addition we provide this template in Joomla version 1.5 native, we also provide in Joomla version 1.0.

courtesy: coretemplate.com

Live Clock Date Module is an extremely versatile module for live clock and date. Every aspect of it is configurable, from specifying whether to just display the time, the time plus date, the time after date; to the clock’s font type, font size, font color, background color; to determine hours system and display style and more.

You can view a demo of this template through this url. And if you want to download please download them directly from this link

In addition we provide this template in Joomla version 1.5 native, we also provide in Joomla version 1.0.

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Imagine that you are a restaurant owner (this may not be difficult for some of you!), and that your new restaurant is located on a large, busy street in a well populated area. Everything is ready – the décor is finally just perfect, the tables are set, and the staff is eagerly awaiting an influx of hungry customers. Imagine, also, that after days of being open, you still haven’t had a single patron, and you’re starting to worry. Finally, a week after opening, someone cautiously approaches the door and walks in. They look surprised to find a restaurant, and go on to explain, “I was wondering what was in here – there’s no sign out front, and the building is completely blank!”

A restaurant operating from a stark, blank building certainly sounds like a ridiculous scenario – what business owner would allow hundreds of potential customers to drive by their establishment without posting a sign to give the passersby an idea of what services were offered inside? It certainly sounds far-fetched in this context, but it’s something that many businesses are doing every day on the Internet.

If you own a business, you most likely already have a website, and you probably print the website address on your business cards and in your advertisements. However, most people fail to consider the thousands of potential customers “driving by” on the Internet every day. In fact, thanks to search engines such as Google, Yahoo, and MSN, web surfers are actually a much better demographic than the random sampling of drivers whizzing by your establishment. Because Internet travelers so often use search engines as their starting point on the web, you can target those “passersby” who are seeking out the specific products and services your business offers, and who are eager and ready to patronize a company who can provide them with what they’re looking for. This is where Search Engine Optimization, or “SEO”, comes into play.

Search Engine Optimization is the process of orienting your business’s website so that it is positioned very early in search results for specific keywords and phrases. Keeping with the restaurant analogy, it’s certainly helpful to have your site come up if you search for, for example, “Keller’s Restaurant in Hatboro, PA”. However, an Internet user performing that search is probably already planning to eat at your restaurant, and may just need menu choices or directions. What about those people who are searching for “fine dining Hatboro” or “best vegetarian options Montgomery County”? Would your site show up clearly and early, or would it be buried among thousands of other results? Even worse, will one of your competitors’ sites show up on the first results page because they recognized the need for SEO and positioned their site to respond to these phrases?

The importance of Search Engine Optimization can’t be overstated. Recent estimates suggest that at least 90 million American homes and businesses have high speed Internet access, and that 72% of American adults are surfing the net on a regular basis. This means that literally millions of people are “driving by” your website every day. Do you have a sign out front?

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