Happy birthday AREA 1! Today we celebrate our 1st year (hopefully more will come).
I’m really sorry for not posting anything since last month, but I had some problems with work and within my family. Those were more important than anything, I wasn’t in a good mood and I didn’t have enough time for this.
Now, that’s enough with apologies, let’s speak about the future. I’ll try from now on to post at least 1 article per week. Contests are on their way too. You’ll find out more about this at the right time.
I would like to say thanks to our guest bloggers:
Cristian Vasile for WordPress SEO – 6 basic tips for better SEO, he was the 1st who wrote a guest post on this blog.
You can follow @cristianvasile on Twitter.
Razvan Sava for How to have success with a niche blog, article which was declared Best post at Carnival of Social Media – The Stars & Stripes Edition, and 12 Methods to Obtain Backlinks.
Here’s a list of the most important articles/tutorials on AREA 1:
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Over 5000 FREE Adobe Photoshop Brushes
It’s time for another massive roundup! Brushes, an essential thing for any designer. Having a good collection of Photoshop brushes is vital for your work. Below you’ll find a compilation of 5000 Free Photoshop Brushes that should come handy when you’ve got to work.
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Over 500 Layout Design Tutorials
Designers create website designs using Adobe Photoshop and then slice & convert it into a CSS/HTML template. In this article I have selected over 500 Layout Design Tutorials in Adobe Photoshop, all of them being easy to follow step by step. Follow a tutorial, put your creativity to work & you might get one cool and unique layout.
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60 Websites To Promote Your Articles On
Writing a good article is not enough. Sometimes, it needs a little help to spread around the Internet. Submiting your article to different websites brings you new visitors and backlinks too, which is good for SEO.
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12 Methods to Obtain Backlinks
A good positioning in Google and Yahoo also, means that you need to go through 2 big steps. First, on-page optimizing and the second, the link-building campaign or off-page optimization.
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Hello Super Summer – New tutorial on AREA 1
A tutorial on how to make a nice landscape related to summer.
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How To Have Success With A Niche Blog
Today, I will talk about how to have success with a niche blog. I will tell you a few things about what is a niche blog, how to choose the right niche, a few basic things that you need to know about niche blogs and what you need to do to have succes with your niche blog.
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WordPress SEO – 6 basic tips for better SEO
I will talk to you about Search Engine Optimization for Wordpress. What most people don’t realize is that, WordPress is Google friendly, the problem is that some WordPress Themes actually interface with search engines … not WordPress itself. Here is the list of 6 tips that will help you rank better in Google. This tips won’t guarantee you first page rankings.
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60 Great Wordpress Themes
Anybody who has a blog is searching for new themes to suit to their style or just to have a great looking blog. Most of the great themes cost money, some of them are expensive and some of them aren’t. Here is a selection of 60 Wordpress Themes which you can get for free.
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City Life
A tutorial presenting how can you make an urban photo collage in Adobe Photoshop.
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60 Layout Design Tutorials
In this post I gathered 60 layout design tutorials, from which you can learn how to make your own website design.
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Abstract Coloring
In this tutorial, I will show you how can you achieve a nice image following some simple steps.
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Valentine’s Day Tutorials & Resources
Since Valentine’s Day is coming closer and closer I thought to gather some of the tutorials & resources around the internet.
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Hulk – New Style
A tutorial showing you how to make a retro poster with Hulk in Adobe Photoshop. (can be adapted for other images)
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Creating & Decorating A 3D Text
In this tutorial, I will show you how to create a nice 3D text and how to decorate it – Video Tutorial
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218 Fonts Pack
There are 218 fonts in this pack, available for download.
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Creating Some Nice Effects
Creating a nice background & some nice lighting effects around an object. (ex: a girl) – Video Tutorial
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Making Some Special Lights
I’m explaining how to make a decorative effect that makes a lovely background. – Video Tutorial
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How To Create A Doomed World
I’m explaining how to create a nice image presenting a doomed world. – Video Tutorial
I would like to say thanks to all visitors and subscribers and KEEP VISITING US, new things are on their way.
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Written by: Mihai Opariuc | Visit Website
My name is Opariuc Mihai, I'm a graphic/web designer from Ploiesti, Romania and I'm the owner of AREA 1. I hope we can share a lot of information, tips&tricks and ideas through this website. Follow me on Twitter or add me as a friend on Facebook.
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Wishes for your blog.. waiting for the contests.. let me know when u announce them…
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It is not a long time but you have made a great success. My blog is nearly a month old and still need more efforts. Happy Birthday!
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@Rajesh Kanuri: Be sure I will, thanks for the visit!
@Tinh: Not so great actually … I wish I had more time to manage this blog. Good luck with yours!
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Happy belated birthday!
Seems like you’re to busy doing other stuff I guess..
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