Cool Wallpaper for your Mac, made by Ben Adamson. Available in 1024×640 and 1920×1200.
Conquer the Universe Background. A galaxy wallpaper with Apple logo to honor the great birth of Leopard. Offered in 1920×1200, with and without the Apple logo.
Stylish Simpsons Wallpaper with a hungry Homer and a sweet Apple.
Free and Customizable Leopard Wallpapers. The wallpapers currently come in the following dimensions: 1024×768, 1280×800, 1280×960 and 1600×1200. Each of them suits a different mood.
Leopard (Red) and Leopard Server (Blue) Aurora Wallpaper. Both come in 1024×640 and 2560×1600.
30 Apple related wallpapers (Apple logo, MacOS, iPod) that are definitely worth a look.
Retro Apple logo but with a glassy modern look. The Wallpaper comes in 3 big sizes (1280 x 1024, 1600 x 1200, 2560 x 1600) from which you can create all other common resolutions.
Do you want to make the big money online? - Of course! One step forward is the selection of good advertisement. The Internet offers several methods…
Banner ads
They belong to the most common advertisements in the Internet. They are graphic elements with a message that are included in the regular site. Regularly ads are payed according to views or clicks. The big problem with banners is that many users ignore them because of the masses and their eternal presence. So it is very important where to place a banner and how to construct it. Usual solutions are:
- Skyscraper: Very high banners usually at the sides of a website which are even visible in parts when you scroll down.
- Content ads: Advertisements, which are integrated into the content of a website. Sometimes they are also included close to the menu bars and other interaction fields. For this reason some users see an advertisement not knowing that it is one.
Mark Zuckerberg did it and many others! They build successful websites and applications, and you can do the same! The first and most important thing is the idea. If your idea has potential then why not give it a try! Many people haven’t thought of becoming famous and rich by their websites but they were wrong.
What do you need to start your own website, blog or web application?
The idea - it’s the A and O to be successful! Are there already sites that do the same as yours? Is it possible to make money with your idea (sell premium content, banner advertising) or do you just want to be popular?
The website - do you master (x)HTML, PHP and JavaScript and maybe another language like Java? The point is - make yourself clear what is possible with your capabilities and what not. Maybe hire a professional programmer, but keep in mind that they are very expensive. Also nowadays it’s essential to permanently keep an eye on your sites’ security.
Do you have a banner for your website or blog? If not, create one right now! In order to do this, I summed up a few basic tips.
1. Be professional: A banner is your virtual business card. People are getting their first impressions of your website based on your banner ad, so you must to be sure that it presents you in the best possible manner. This means you should be very careful with using correct spelling and grammar. Also, choose font sizes, styles and colors that maximize your banners readability. If you don’t do so some people might get a bad feeling of your site.
2. Ask for an action: What do you want people to do when they see your banner? Most probably you want them to visit your website. Write something like “click here” or “enter now” on it. On the Internet you can see many examples of this strategy.
This week I will present you 5 extraordinary fonts from deviantart.com, an outstanding community for art lovers.
Advent - This font features 7 weights (regular, light, extra light, regular oblique regular rounded, bold and extra bold) of advent along with carefully adjusted kerning. Unless written approval by the author Andreas Kalpakidis only personal usage of it is allowed.
Sliced AB - The typeface includes many of the key elements you need in a font, upper and lower case, as well as numerals and punctuation. Created by Alex Banks.
Bobel - by Chris Pitney. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License.
Manu - Both, Oktober and Manu, are fonts designed by Alen Stojanac. The author grants permission to use, alter and distribute them, either commercially or non-commercially.
Oktober
