Wednesday, February 29, 2012

20+ Useful URL Shortener Plugins for WordPress - You The Designer

20+ Useful URL Shortener Plugins for WordPress - You The Designer

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20+ Useful URL Shortener Plugins for WordPress

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 12:00 AM PST

URL shortening services have grown in importance with the expansion of the internet. Oftentimes we need to share URLs but the original address can be a bit too long. Furthermore, with Twitter fever gripping the cyber world, long URLs cannot suffice within the 160 words’ limit and thus, URL shorteners are important.
 
WordPress lets you shorten a URL to a post/page by using the ‘Get Shortlink’ feature just below the Post Title on the Add New Post page. However, in order to get really ‘short’ URLs, we can rely on URL shortener plugins as the default URL might still prove to be quite long!
 
In this article, we take a look at 20+ URL shortener plugins for WordPress.
 

1. Bob’s Dumpr URL Shortener Integration

Bob’s Dumpr URL Shortener Integration uses dumpr.info to shorten URLs and also provides an API for other plugins.

Plugin Homepage | Download
 

2. Custom URL Shortener

Custom URL Shortener makes it easily to quickly add a short URL to your posts or pages.

Download
 

3. Goo.gl Shortlinks

This plugin uses Google’s Goo.gl service to shorten URLs.

Plugin Homepage | Download
 

4.Goo.gl URL Shortener for WP

Another plugin that uses Goo.gl to shorten URLs, but it comes with the added goodness of in-context URL shortening (shortens URLs within comments, posts and pages).

Plugin Homepage | Download
 

5. la petite URL

la petite URL offers personal and customized URL shortening for WordPress.

Plugin Homepage | Download
 

6. LNQ.me URL Shortener

LNQ.me URL Shortener plugin uses the LNQ.me service to shorten URLs and replaces the default WP shortlinks structure.

Plugin Homepage | Download
 

7. Self Shortener

Self Shortener plugin lets you shorten URLs on your WordPress site. It is available in both English and Japanese.

Plugin Homepage | Download
 

8. Short URL

Short URL modifies WP’s get_short_link() function. It is different from other plugins in the fact that it does not essentially use a third party service to shorten URLs. Thus, instead of www.goo.gl/YouTheDesigner, your URL will become www.yourwebsite.com/YouTheDesigner

Download
 

9. Jetpack by WordPress.com


Jetpack by WordPress.com comes with a URL shortener in the form of WP.me Beyond that, it also features a plethora of other goodies!

Plugin Homepage | Download
 

10. Tinyit.cc

Tinyit.cc automatically generates short URLs for posts and places them at the end of each post. It can also be made to automatically post the generated URLs to your Twitter account.

Plugin Homepage | Download
 

11. Tweet Button with URL Shortening

This plugin adds a ‘tweet’ button to your site which can be used along with the URL shortener of your choice — such as su.pr, bit.ly, digg, tinyurl or awe.sm.

Plugin Homepage | Download
 

12. Twi.im URL Shortener

This plugin uses the twi.im URL shortening service to shorten URLs.

Plugin Homepage | Download
 

13. unfake.it URL Shortener for Twitter Tools


unfake.it serves as a filter plugin that shortens URLs before posting them to Twitter.

Plugin Homepage | Download
 

14. URL Shortener

This URL shortener plugin integrates many URL shortening services in the WP shortlinks mechanism.

Plugin Homepage | Download
 

15. WG bit.ly Shortener

This plugin uses bit.ly shortening service to generate short URLs.

Download
 

16. YOURLS: WordPress to Twitter

This plugin generates short URLs using services such as YOURLS and/or bit.ly and then posts them to Twitter.

Plugin Homepage | Download
 
 

ADDITIONAL PLUGINS

 

17. BuddyPress Tweet URLs

BuddyPress Tweet URLs add tweet buttons to your activity stream posts. It generates short URLs using the YOURLS shortener service.

Download
 

18. GentleSource Short URL

GentleSource Short URL automatically shortens the blog post URL.

Plugin Homepage | Download
 

19. Short URL for Posts

Short URL for Posts converts all links in <a href tags to shorter ones.

Plugin Homepage
 

20. SosoBz Short URL

SosoBz Short URL is another plugin that can be used to shorten URLs using soso.bz shortening service.

Plugin Homepage | Download
 

21. Simple URL Shortener

Simple URL Shortener supports over 100 URL shortening services.

Plugin Homepage
 
 
Which service do you use to shorten your URLs? Let us know in the comments!
 
Featured image from Dezeen Magazine.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Graphic Design Software & Skills: You The Designer’s 1st Infographic from the Graphic Designer Survey! - You The Designer

Graphic Design Software & Skills: You The Designer’s 1st Infographic from the Graphic Designer Survey! - You The Designer

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Graphic Design Software & Skills: You The Designer’s 1st Infographic from the Graphic Designer Survey!

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 12:00 AM PST

If you were with us back when we first launched our Graphic Designer Survey, we’re glad to let you know that we’ve just released the first of a series of infographics we’ve made from the survey’s results! This one is about popular graphic design software we use today, and statistics on skill sets and specializations we tend to have. Check it out below!
 

Show off your graphic design skills with business cards from UPrinting!


If you’d like to share this on your blog too, get the embed code here! Stay tuned as we release the rest of the infographic series within the next few weeks!

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Windows Themes,High Quality HD Wallpapers

Windows Themes,High Quality HD Wallpapers


Justice League Logos : Wallpapers for Desktop, iPhone and iPad

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 04:55 AM PST

This wallpaper pack comes with 7 original Justice League logos wallpapers made for Desktop, iPhone and iPad in high quality resolutions.

justice league wallpapers

7 Justice League Wallpapers | By deleket

Resolutions : 1920×1200 (Desktop Widescreen), 1024×01024 (iPad), 640×960 (iPhone)

Download :

All in One (Includes Desktop, iPad & iPhone resolutions) (34.3MB)

Desktop (19.83MB)

iPhone (5.57MB)

iPad (8.94MB)


NanoSchematic : Vibrant Digital Wallpapers in High Definition

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 04:38 AM PST

‘NanoSchematic’ is a series of high resolution vibrant digital wallpapers available in three variants (InfraOrange, InfraLapis, InfraGreen)

Preview :

nanoschematic infraorange

nanoschematic infralapis

nanoschematic infragreen

InfraOrange Wallpaper Series | By submicron

Available in following resolutions :

Widescreen (16:10) : 1152×720, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1200, 2560×1600, 3840×2400

HD (16:9) : 1024×576, 1280×720, 1366×768, 1920×1080, 2048×1152, 2560×1440

Download (13.5MB):

InfraOrange | InfraLapis | InfraGreen


Wednesday, February 22, 2012

25 Awesome Still Life Digital Paintings for Inspiration - You The Designer

25 Awesome Still Life Digital Paintings for Inspiration - You The Designer

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25 Awesome Still Life Digital Paintings for Inspiration

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 12:00 AM PST

There used to be a time when paintings were accomplished only by putting brush on canvas. However, with the growth of technology, all genres of art evolved with time. Today, digital paintings have emerged as a wonderful category of art — one that combines both precision and enigma.
 
In this article, we take a look at some stunning digital paintings. All of these capture still life at its best! The amount of detail contained within each of these paintings is sure to inspire anyone.
 

1949 by robertmekis


 

Apple by katzai


 

boy with a coin by Fleana93


 

Color Study 2 by TheBlackVerse


 

Dragonblood by ELConsigliere


 

Feather Fruit Skull by KatePfeilschiefter


 

Fruit Bowl by saintchase


 

Grapes by KoryTheAnimator


 

Heartburn by phantastes


 

Mindcage by I-NetGraFX


 

Happy New Lunar Year by fxEVo


 

Night at the Saloon by DawnFrost


 

Pen and Ink by LancerMoo


 

Pomegranate Still Life by Hamsterfly


 

Purity by ebrulii


 

Red Queen by ketka


 

Rose Coffee by depingo


 

Still Life by tincek-marincek


 

Study Still Life 1 by tsabo6


 

Still Life by al-nay


 

Still Life by janaschi


 

Still Life — Fruits by Isra2007


 

L5R Tuturi's Tactics by higherdepths


 

White Still Life by cacodaemonia


 

Winter's End by artcova


 
I hope you enjoyed these digital paintings. Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments.

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