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Summer 2009

AE Summer Magazine - engine AE Summer Magazine - engine

All the main tutorial content from AwarenessEngine.com has been largely revised, and set out within a newly designed A4 format interactive PDF, with over 72 pages of no...

Joomla Layout Overrides / Custom Layouts Joomla Layout Overrides / Custom Layouts

One of the challenges I used to find with Joomla was in laying out certain areas of the site and the front-page in particular. For this I used to use a popular commercial comp...

Online Proofing (updated) Online Proofing (updated)

One of the challenges with design for print is the proofing stage. Thankfully, with the Internet, proofing documents is a simple matter of using PDF's (Portable Document Forma...


Joomla! 1.5 Template Tutorial Joomla! 1.5 Template Tutorial

This tutorial on 'Creating Joomla! 1.5 Templates' has been written for users wishing to create Joomla! v1.5 templates from scratch and for those users who are using off-the-sh...

Creating a CSS File for Print Creating a CSS File for Print

The following information may help you in creating a printer CSS file for your own site:Firstly, you define all of your regular sites' CSS files as being aimed at a particular...

Complete Joomla & Mambo CSS Listing Complete Joomla & Mambo CSS Listing

You can copy and paste the following listing into your CSS editor and begin styling. I will continue to update this list where appropriate, so please submit any errors using t...


CMS Text Formatting for Headings, Paragraphs and Editor Settings
CMS Text Formatting for Headings, Paragraphs and Editor Settings

One thing that was initially confusing with using CMS editors and their options was in how they handled line-breaks and proper CSS spacing and usage for headings and paragraph...


Background Colour Picker (for Joomla 1.5)
Background Colour Picker (for Joomla 1.5)

As you'll see from the Site Settings module (right), I designed a colour picker to allow users to change the background colour of the site. I used PNG transparent graphics thr...


Sound Slider Routine for Actionscript 2
Sound Slider Routine for Actionscript 2

I got this routine initially from the Web and have altered it to allow for main volume changes across scenes, meaning that if you change the volume in one scene the value will...


Video and Multimedia
Video and Multimedia

With sites such as youtube.com and myspace.com becoming ever more popular, virtually all modern websites have to consider how to present various forms of media, including vide...


For Musicians
For Musicians

Awareness Engine is pleased to offer a specific service for musicians, with options for such things as audio demo's, music videos and creating album cover designs, in addition...


Web Feature Options
Web Feature Options

As you'll see from the links under Web Feature Options to the left, there are many considerations when thinking about a website. Giving visitors options such as commenting, f...