Articles and Tutorials
Welcome to the Gradient Pixels blog section which contains several categories relating to help, tutorials, and valuable Tips & Tricks of designing and managing your own website for personal or business. The idea is to help you learn the foundation of building your own website while using a content management system like the award winning Joomla cms or perhaps the ever popular WordPress blogging platform.
How to Use Photos Properly in Your Website
- Category: Website Design Tutorials
- Published on: March 28, 2012
- Author: AJ
My apologies for the following two clichés, but as the old saying goes, "a picture is worth a 1000 words" and content is king! Both are very true when it involves websites because people will "See" before they "Read" and if you do not present your website or web page in a visually pleasing way, why would anyone want to venture onward to page 2?
What Are Joomla Hidden Menus?
- Category: Joomla Tutorials
- Published on: February 20, 2012
- Author: AJ
The mystery behind the Hidden Menu in Joomla! is not known by many, and yet I've been asked what is it and why would I have a hidden menu? A very good question which has a very good answer and that leads me to the writing of this quick tutorial as to why hidden menus are great!
A New and Improved Gradient Pixels
- Category: Articles and Tutorials
- Published on: February 7, 2012
- Author: AJ
For everyone that is familiar with my Gradient Pixels website, you may notice some minor...well, major changes with my site. I thought it was time to go a slight different direction while maintaining theme and template design for everyone to download and enjoy! So what are these changes?
Are You Thinking About Joomla!
- Category: Articles and Tutorials
- Published on: February 6, 2012
- Author: AJ
If you are new to the content management system idea, I will help you prepare a small step-by-step guide so you can see if it's the right thing to do and how to do it easily. We will focus on the popular Joomla cms because by far, it's a very powerful option to consider.
How to Reset your Joomla Admin Password
- Category: Joomla Tutorials
- Published on: February 6, 2012
- Author: AJ
One of the nasty things most if not everyone will experience is the loss of their Joomla administration login. Normally this is the password and if you noticed, there is no "Password Remind" feature built in for administrators, so what do you do when the unfortunate happens?
Custom Design versus Commercial or Free Templates
- Category: Articles and Tutorials
- Published on: February 6, 2012
- Author: AJ
Over the years, creating a website usually meant hiring a professional website designer or developer - which often means paying a premium for a quality design. Designers are not for everyone but there may be instances where the need for a custom (unique) concept is required, therefore a designer will be hired.
How to Plan Your Website and Save Time
- Category: Articles and Tutorials
- Published on: February 6, 2012
- Author: AJ
Planning your website takes some effort but it doesn't have to be a complicated process as some people may think. It's all about knowing what you want to do and how to organize the steps from concept to completion while maintaining your personal sanity. In most cases, you can get a solid game-plan in place within a day so you can save valuable time and focus on the content (the really important part).
I want to use your nice Photos and Content
- Category: Articles and Tutorials
- Published on: February 6, 2012
- Author: AJ
First up, I won't claim to be a lawyer, not an expert on copyright laws in every country, but there is something everyone should be made aware of and it's the purpose of this article to help individuals create content. This is a big topic but I will try my best to streamline it to specifics on what kind of content to use and when to use it, whether it's text or image based.