Resources Mentioned In The Video:
Involver – http://www.involver.com
Facebook.com/username – http://www.facebook.com/username
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Click Here To Access The Graphics Resource Sheet
The last video in the blog graphics and image creation series. Inside this video I have shared some of the best resources that I have been using for my projects. It has taken me lot of time, research and money to find these resources. I have summed up these resources into this video and the Graphics Resource Sheet which you can download by clicking link below the video (no conditions apply).
I hope these videos were helpful to you in creating fast, easy and awesome graphics for your online projects. If you have any resources or ideas that you would like to share with us, please leave it below this video. It will help us to know more methods and resources that you use to create graphics for your blog.
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WordPress plugins are a great way to add great functionality’s to your blog even if don’t know any coding. There are a whole lot of plugins out there which help you in adding various features to your blog.
Inside this video, I have shared the Top 7 WordPress Plugins That Can Enhance The Overall Graphics Experience Of Your Blog. It is not mandatory to use all these plugins on your blog. You can choose and install the right plugins which you feel would enhance the graphics experience for your blog readers.
1. SEO Friendly Images
SEO Friendly Images is a WordPress optimization plugin which automatically updates all images with proper ALT and TITLE attributes for search engines like Google, Bing, Yahoo etc..
If your images do not have ALT and TITLE already set, SEO Friendly Images will add them according the options you set. Additionally this makes the post W3C/xHTML valid as well.
ALT attribute is important part of search engine optimization. It describes your images to search engine and when a user searches for a certain image this is a key determining factor for a match.
TITLE attribute play lesser role but is important for visitors as this text will automatically appear in the tooltip when mouse is over the image.
Download and Installation Guide: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/seo-image/installation/
2. SMUSH IT
Smush It is a plugin which automatically smushes and removes unnecessary bytes from the image and graphic files that is uploaded to your blog. This optimization technique used is specific for image formats. The effects can be really surprising. They reduce the image size by 5-10% and even 30% sometimes without affecting the visual quality of the image. This really improves the loading time of the images on your blog and as a result improves the overall loading time of your blog.
Installing this plugin as easy as any other WordPress plugin. Once you install and activate this plugin, it smushes all the images that are uploaded to your blog. You can also go to your Media Library and smush your old images one by one by clicking on the Smush It Now option adjacent to each image.
Download And Installation Guide: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-smushit/
3. PhotoSmash Gallery
PhotoSmash Galleries makes it easy for you to create appealing galleries in blog posts and pages that you and your readers can upload images to. It is very easy to install the plugin and to create galleries of various layouts on your blog. It is very flexible and its options will make your gallery look appealing.
You can find all the installation guide and features of this plugin at the link below:
Click here to watch the demo of this plugin
Download and Installation Guide: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/photosmash-galleries/
4. Frontpage Slideshow
Frontpage Slideshow plugin allows you to create awesome looking slideshows of your blog posts on the home page of your blog. It uses the images and graphics used in your blog posts and creates a slideshow on your blog home page.
Click here to watch the demo of this plugin
Download and Installation Guide: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/frontpage-slideshow/
5. Flickr Photo Album
Flickr Photo Album plugin allows you to pull your photos from Flickr and display them as albums on your WordPress blog. It is highly customizable and allows you to display albums that matches the look and feel of your blog.
Once the plugin is installed and activated on your blog, it adds a Flickr icon in the editing options of your blog. It also allows you to integrate with some of the third party applications as well.
Click here for the demo of this plugin
Download and Installation Guide: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tantan-flickr/
6. FlickrPress
Flickrpress WordPress plugin is more or less similar to the Flickr Photo Album but the difference is that you will be able to display individual photos in this as well along with the photo albums and widgets. You can also choose to show or hide your photos on the blog post and pages as well.
The photos are cached to reduce the loading time of the images on your blog. This also comes with the advantage that the images are stored on the Flickr server and saves a lot of space on your Web host.
Click here for the demo of this plugin
Download and Installation Guide: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/flickr-press/
7. LightBox 2
LightBox 2 plugin allows displays your images in a cool light box whenever your users click on the image. It brings your images and graphics to life and looks very appealing when these images are displayed on your blog.
You can also create cool slideshows which will be again be displayed in the cool light box. This plugin is compatible with all the latest modern browsers.
Click here for the demo this plugin
Download and Installation Guide: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/lightbox-2/
Do leave a comment below and let us know what you feel about the video. Also let us know if you are doing anything different for the graphics on your blog.
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Photo sharing websites are one of the best ways to add your photos, images and share them online. It helps you in keeping your images organized. It also minimizes a lot of technical stuff like the format, size etc. Photo sharing sites makes life a lot easier especially for beginners. They take care of all the technical stuff once you upload your images to their website. They also have amazingly user friendly image editors which can be used to edit your images and share online.
As bloggers there are several advantages that these photo sharing websites offer to us. A few advantages are
- Saves web space on your servers since most of the photo sharing websites offer unlimited storage and bandwidth
- Helps in building community and social presence around your images (if they are good and appealing)
- Helps in driving traffic to your blogs
- Online editors helps you to edit and personalize your images to suit our blogs
- Your images are safe and secure with them as you have complete control over the images and you can make them private or public. You can also block search engines from accessing your images. You can also protect your images with passwords as well
There are a few disadvantages of using them for blogging purpose as well.
- You need to play their rules and will not have complete freedom to do unique things with your images
- You don’t own your account. They can shut down your account whenever they want and the images you have added to their account is lost
- Adding these images from these websites slows down your blog. Many people argue on this, but I have tested this on few of my blogs and feel that it slows down your blog.
Flickr and Photobucket are one of the largest photo sharing websites out there on the internet. They are trusted by many photographers, online entrepreneurs, bloggers and other users for storing and sharing their images online. I would recommend you to use them as well. But again go through the advantages and disadvantages and be sure how you are going to use them optimally.
Inside this video I have shown you how to add images from these photo sharing websites to your blog very easily. I hope you find it useful. Let me know by leaving a comment below on how you are using images on your blog so that we can learn more from your ideas.
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