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Vouliagmeni Full Moon Images
Today just a few Photos taken this morning when the full moon was just illuminating Vouliagmeni from the west.… Read more →
WordPress Development with the XR Theme
This post discusses three ways of customizing the new XR Theme for WordPress in view of the upcoming Ycademy Online Seminar: Theme Options Custom CSS Child Themes More Options… Read more →
Semiomantics XR – Responsive WordPress Theme
XR – New Responsive Universal WordPress Theme Semiomantics is releasing its new flagship theme, the XR for WordPress. The time is right to move on and to take advantage of the most recent WordPress and browser developments. Influenced by the broad acceptance of HTML5 and CSS3, boilerplate developments and bootstrap as well as easy...
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Good Bye XO Theme
XO has been created back in 2008 by Semiomantics and it has been developed to its latest version. The development has reached its ultimate limit with the experimental 3.5 version which has been abandoned. It is time to move on and to base Semiomantics’ new flagship theme on a new base, the XR. Semiomantics...
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SEO and Speed for WordPress
Ycademy Seminar February 2013 The upcoming Ycademy Online Seminar will focus on Search Engine Optimization and Loading Speed of self-hosted WordPress based websites, and particularly on sites powered by Semiomantics developments. While WordPress remains one of the most popular platforms for online publishing, the way it needs to be configured for optimized impact has changed over...
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How fast is your Website?
Test the Load Time of your Website Load Time and SEO Website Loading Speed is one of the criteria search engines are looking at when judging our web pages. Optimization of loading times is therefore a must for high performance websites, such as the commercial versions of Semiomantics XO for WordPress. Here below are...
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YORGOO Logo Design Drafts
Some ideas for a YORGOO Logo YORGOO is a platform where a multitude of inputs unite to a whole new entity. Inspired by this idea and in respect of the imposed color scheme I did the following sketch which can work out at very small size for example as a favicon. The graphic represents...
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YORGOO Limited Branding
YORGOO Limited Logo Contest Last Friday, we announced the contest for the creation of the YORGOO Limited Logo and Name Branding. The rules and expectations are as follows: YORGOO Limited Logo The logo should satisfy the following basic criteria: The logo should be: simple yet understandable memorable timeless Scalable and functional Relevant and appropriate What is...
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Hosting South Africa News
New Servers and new IP Addresses During this week-end we have been preparing the migration of our hosting accounts to new servers which are now ready. There are multiple reasons for the move, above all the goal to provide continued high performance WordPress hosting. We take the opportunity to move towards new horizons by building a...
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Ycademy Seminar January 2013
Mobile Apps Apps will be the big topic of 2013, mainly because there is a major shift of web traffic towards the mobile web and consequently traffic harvesting will be more efficient through apps than through browser based websites. The Ycademy January Seminar will focus on Apps Basics and different ways to convert WordPress...
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Glass and Gold Effect in Photoshop
How to create Gold and Glass effects in Photoshop The tutorial shows how to create a Glass and Gold effect in Photoshop CS6 in 3 steps. Create a background with vignette Create a Glass effect Create a Gold effect I have loaded this for those who missed the daily Ycademy call last night and...
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Color of the year 2013
Emerald is Color of the Year 2013 Pantone did it again: they selected Emerald as THE color of the year 2013. After Tangerine Tango and Honeysuckle we are back to colder tints this year, reminding us of the Turquoise from 2010. Meaning of Emerald Green tones are frequently used in web design as...
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Ycademy Seminar December 2012
Application and Applications For the year end, we have a special idea summing up our work; 2012 has been a busy and intensive year indeed. Having learned to use important Applications, such as Illustrator and InDesign and having evolved in Photography and photo editing for web and print, we will look into some practical...
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Photoshop Print Preview Correction
How to correct Photoshop Print preview in CS5 and CS6 You may have noticed that the Print Preview in Photoshop does not reflect the real dimensions of the image in inches or centimeters. To test, just measure the image width on the screen with a ruler and compare it to image size under Image>Image...
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40 Steps to Windows 8 Pro Media Center
Free Windows 8 Media Center Pack So, you have just upgraded your windows to Windows 8 Pro taking advantage of the easy upgrade offer. Included in the offer is the free access to the Windows 8 Media Center which retails for about $70. This post takes you step by step through the Media center...
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Windows 8 Online Seminar
Ycademy Seminar November 24-25, 2012 The recent release of Windows 8 triggers many questions and also some fears relating to switching from Windows 7 to Windows 8. Having followed the Win 8 developments since its early beta stage, we will be able to guide you through the installation and configuration of the new operating...
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Ycademy Net Maintenance
Ycademy Net goes on Maintenance Tomorrow Subsequent to the Ycademy Seminar which took place this week-end we will perform a major maintenance session on Ycademy Net as from Tonight. Here are the sheduled tasks: 1. We will delete all user accounts belonging to inactive users The reason is, that inactive accounts and sites are...
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Ycademy Seminar October 2012
WordPress and Blurb Semiomantics is ready with an XO release candidate for WordPress 3.5. We will therefore look into the latest WP developments and the theme updates. Also Blurb has released the integration software for InDesign, which provides smashing professional editing features for off and on line book publishers. Here is the Schedule for...
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YQ³ Theme for WordPress
YQ³ Theme for WordPress It has been a while since the face of this website has changed. Today we have started with the conversion to a brand new theme, the YQ³, yet another Semiomantics development. I am sorry for the inconvenience this may cause temporarily, however the change will result in a faster, more user-...
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