Archive for May 2009

HowTo: Create a seamless, tileable texture in Photoshop

You’ll want to use “Filter > Offset” if you want to create a seamless, tileable background texture in Photoshop. Watch this screencast to see the technique.

The Right Way to Create Bulleted Lists in WordPress

Whenever you copy and paste a bulleted list from a word processor, the WordPress text editor commonly incorrectly converts that bulleted list. In this screencast, I show you how to fix that error.

HowTo: Upload Photos to your Flickr Photo Stream

So, you’ve signed up for Flickr, and you don’t know how to upload your photos. Watch this screencast to see how. Hint: Once you get used to the process, you might want to try the Flickr Uploadr desktop tool.

HowTo: Make Your Delicious.com Links Private

Do you want to hide one of your Delicious.com links from everyone else? Watch this screencast to find out how.

HowTo: More Tags and Basic Editing in WordPress

In this screencast, I show you have to add a “Read more…” link and do some basic text editing. Note: You may want to adjust your levels before playing this video. I was speaking right into the microphone, and it may be a little loud. Sorry!

HowTo: Embed YouTube Videos in WordPress Using Viper’s Video Quicktags

Viper’s Video Quicktags plugin makes it easy to embed YouTube (and a variety of other services) videos on your WordPress blog. Watch this screencast to see how you simply grab a video’s URL and use the plugin to embed the associated video in your post.