1. Design Bombs- This gallery allows comments, and rating so that you can see how people react to the designs. This would give you a better outlook on which designs to think up. They also have a Twitter account so that you can connect with them as well as resources for designers.
2. CSS Heroes- Pretty much the same as the above site but they don’t have twitter or resources but they do have a great categorization system!
3. CSS-Website- This gallery doesn’t appear to have any kind of search function but designs are browseable by color, date, and category.
4. CSS Impress-This gallery is pretty much the same as CSS Heroes-they allow ratings and comments by users. I have come across some great design concepts via this gallery.
5. CSS Drive-This gallery is one of my personal favorites because not only do they have a great collection, but they also have resources, and other nifty tools.

Know of other great web galleries? Let me know in the comments below Similar Posts:

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1. Define Your Mission and Goals-I have talked about my mission before in my post, “Whats Your Blogs Mission?.” To summarize that post my mission is to help people, to have done something meaningful in my life, and to share what I know and learn. However, now that I look back on it, that mission is better suited to my overall life, not for this blog. My blog’s mission is to help people learn what they want to know about the Internet, and other aspects of the “online world.”

My goals for this blog include such things as:

• Reaching 1000 Subscribers
• Reaching 500 comments
• •    Writing at least one tutorial-type post per week.
• •    Creating at least one video post per month.

2. List Your Blog’s Strengths- While I was in school, I had no time for my blog which caused it to fail. Now that I am out of school, I have more time for my blog which is a strength. Some assets could also include the fact that I have reliable hosting (so far), a domain name, and am using the WordPress platform. :p Another strength that I have as a blogger is the fact that I LOVE reading other people’s blogs, and leaving comments which allows me to network with other bloggers. I also love connecting with readers by visiting their social media profiles, like Twitter.

3. List Your Blog’s Weaknesses- One my blog’s major weaknesses is the fact that I constantly forget what I said I would do for my blog, or worse I simply forget. Another weakness that my blog has is the appearance. The appearance is sloppy, the sidebars are a mess and the theme it is using at the time of this post, is everywhere.

4. List Your Blog’s Opportunities- Like I said before, I now have more time for my blog now that I am finished with college. I also have my hosting paid automatically from my most reliable source of income-my bank. This is an opportunity for me because it automates the payment of my hosting account each month from a source where there is always at least enough cash to pay the hosting. Another opportunity is that my domain is taken care of until at least next year!

5. List Your Blog’s Threats- If my job hours increase, then that means sacrificing either family/friends time or blog time. I am not willing to give up the first, so I better hope that my employers don’t run me ragged! Another threat is my income-I am able to pay off my hosting, and domains without a hitch but buying a custom, or even just a premium theme isn’t feasible for me. ? Another threat for my blog are all the other great blogs within my niche! Some such blogs, (which I urge you to check out) include Thou Shall Blog, ProBlogger, and The Net Fool.

6. Analyze Your Reflections and Generate Strategies-To handle the problems with time, I could simply reach a compromise. If I find myself being stretched thin, I could request for less hours at work but that wouldn’t be good because I need whatever income I can get. So, instead I could plan out posts, and maybe even write some up during my breaks, and on slow days. I could also divide my days off with the morning being for blog related stuff (since my family would still be sleeping) and the rest of the day for my family. To deal with the income issue, I could take some online jobs, freelance, and sell advertising space. I could also create a custom design myself using online tutorials and resources, or to make things easier I could customize an existing FREE theme. The “threat” regarding other blogs in my niche can also be considered an opportunity if I play my cards right. I already have a friendly rapport with Yan of Thou Shall Blog (I was among the first to discover his awesome blog, at least I like to think so :p!). I could also use the momentum of other such blogs for connecting with fellow readers and commentators.
7. Plan to Do Something and Do It- My action plan would be to:

• Regularly comment on at least 10 popular blogs in my niche.
• Begin advertising my blog on various websites.
• Write at least 3 posts per week.
• Customize a free theme and clean up the sidebar widgets.
• Interact with fellow bloggers on at least 5 different blogging forums.
• Wake up at least one hour earlier then usual to complete blogging tasks.

If you have or are planning to do the same, then please drop a comment using the form below! I would love to read about your SWOT analysis!Similar Posts:

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These people were busted for performing transactions for debit card information that was scraped in Thunder Bay (My City-woo!).

How can I prevent people getting skimmed in my store, you ask? Simple, just check the serial numbers on your POS system equipment. The supplier of the equipment will be able to verify if the serial number is valid. Criminals switch out these systems with replicas that skim the card and pin numbers of the cards that are swiped through.

If you aren’t sure if your Point of Sale sytem is okay, then don’t use it until your local police check it out.

If you think your bank account has been compromised, talk to your local branch about it and inform them of your worries.

Most important tip of all, ALWAYS cover up the keypad when entering your pin.Similar Posts:

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As you can probably tell, I skipped the outline step in my design process as it just wouldn’t work.  I am simply not artistic enough to be able to do it offline. Besides, I soon realized that Step 4 could easily replace step 2.

How did I decide on my colors? I went to Color Lovers and searched through the palettes until I found something that I liked. This palette is called “A Careworn Heart,” and was created by SkyBlue2u.

A Careworn Heart by Skyblue2u

What do you think of my choice? What do you use to find a color scheme that you would like?

I also created a rough outline in PhotoShop. It doesn’t have any graphical work done yet and is just a rough prototype of where I went things to be placed.

Rough Outline

So what do you think so far? I know the colors are pretty feminine but I’m a girly-girl at heart so I like it. Similar Posts:

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