Visual28-Personal Blog of Mark Aplet - Design, web, and other topics

David Perel and I share a common thought process when it comes to creating layouts. Keep it simple and keep it flexible. We both believe in a 10 Pixel  Grid System. For some time I have thought about writing a framework similar to 960.gs, but have determined that it's just too much work, and I am not that motivated. So instead I thought I would just share my Photoshop template with you.

Download the Photoshop file

Once you have the file open you should see the Guides, if not, press cmd+; to turn them on. If you want to add some additional structure to your design, then you can also turn on the Photoshop Grids (cmd+') The default grid overlay does not work al to well with our template so open up the photoshop preferences (cmd+k) And go to the "Guides, Grid, Slices & Count…" tab.

In the Grid section change the Gridline to every 60 pixels and the subdivisions to every 6. This will give you a nice 10x10 pixel grid for your document.

Share This 1.0 is a free social bookmarking tag for mango blog that adds links for some of the most popular social sites.

Installation

1. To install "Share This" copy the shareThis.cfm file and the sharethisicons folder to your /tags/custom folder.

2. Be sure to include this line at the top of your template page.

<cfimport prefix="custom" taglib="../../tags/custom">

3. To use the tag, all you need to do is include it in your template someplace between the opening and closing <mango:post> tags.

<custom:shareThis>

Download the ShareThis Tag for Mango Blog

Christmas is around the corner, it will be here before you know it. Sometimes finding the right gift can be really difficult for those on your list that already have everything. Here is a list of 25 truly unique (downright odd) items that are I am sure they do not have.

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