Support Breast Cancer Research
That might be a play on words for some, but to us and that means all of us, men and women, breast cancer is a serious disease that consistently takes loved once from us or puts them through the trials and tribulations of the illness that will affect them for the rest of their lives.
Vegas Online Designs is a proud support of Breast Cancer Research and during the month of October, we are encouraging everyone to do their part in helping researchers search for a cure.
We have already helped the off-road racing team “Binge Racing” by designing their t-shirts for breast cancer awareness. See them HERE.
We encourage everyone to do their part to donate small portion of their time, energy or financial support to the cause by donating to the following foundations:
- http://www.nationalbreastcancer.org/ (National Breast Cancer Foundation)
- http://ww5.komen.org/ (Susan G Komen for… Continue reading
Tips on Logo Develpment
Over the last week I have been working with a sizable website that has been in need and want of a new look. A new logo. Their current one was and has been used for quite sometime, but ultimately they were looking for something simpler, and more or less compattible to those that we see being used for Facebook, Twitter, Google and IBM. With that, became the arduous task of crawling into the mind and working with samples, color schemes and even got the input of many of those who currently use the site who all seemed to find the ‘coldness’ of the logo not ‘warm’ enough for what the site represented. So, we are back to the drawing board and attempting a different approach.
With that thought in mind, I thought I would post and address the idea of what the “Logo”, from a graphic perspective and… Continue reading
What is Twitter and how does it help me?
The idea of the short format is to allow quick information exchange that pushes away those huge emails that get in our way and make us read pages of formatting to get quick pieces of vital information. 140 characters shared with all your followers at once is a brilliant way to get out the information that most are waiting for in a very time efficient manner.
Now, with smart-phones that come equipped with an application to send those text messages from anywhere, and now pictures can be uploaded, all types of visual information helps us identify the intent, location and even the ambiance of all those little pieces of information. Blogs now are equipped as well with a one touch element that allows us to post on our blog and have it cross post to our Twitter, quickly, efficiently and accurately.
There are now also tons of… Continue reading
Facebook and Wrong Image Links
I have been asked several times how ‘link’ images are found and produced by Facebook by clients. The unfortunate part is that Facebook seems to have a mind of it’s own when it comes to selecting the image in which the Link represents the page or website in that is being linked to. In some of my research, there are ways to turn that around, and if you are a WordPress user, then it’s even easier.
The problem is that Facebook may not have updated information about your website, or your website has been submitted by others prior and they have not re-spidered your URL.
Using this link below you can help ‘point’ them to your URL and refresh the information: http://developers.facebook.com/tools/lint/?url= It allows you to submit your site to Facebook for re-scanning. Paste your site’s URL and click ‘lint’. Once done updated pictures of your site will… Continue reading
What is the difference between Print and Web graphics?
Over the years, most graphic artists have learned to accomodate the specifications needed for both the print industry and the Internet. Each one of these have different needs to obtain different results and most of the time, the client is not always aware of what is a viable option to them. Here I will help you understand the difference between the items and hopefully give you a better understanding of what you can be aware of and not feel so “Graphically Challenged” in the lingo.
Printing Graphics:
Printing images should be no lower than a 150 dpi (dots per inch) however, I never recommend using something less than 300 dpi. Remember, if you blow up an image from it’s original size for instance: 2″ X 2″ image to a 4″ x 4″ it will not only distort the image but will also instantly blur it and pixelate it.… Continue reading