Archive for February, 2007

Tapping Digg as a resource for Free Advice from Working Professionals

February 14, 2007 | Posted in Digg | 3 Comments »

In a previous post, I stressed on how you can find some very valuable information in comments, especially on big social media sites. Well, If you know what to look for, reading comments can give you free access to advice from actual working professionals. I consider this priceless information, don’t you?

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Illustrator Tutorial: How to make a Vector Glass Button

February 13, 2007 | Posted in Illustrator | 78 Comments »

If you are a regular BittBox reader, this is the post you’ve been waiting for! Not only will this tutorial help you make your own vector glass buttons, bars and who knows what else; it will help you to understand the structure of my free files a little better, and how to customize them easier. This tutorial covers how to create a basic vector glass style button in illustrator CS. Basic knowledge of Illustrator is required, but I tried to make it as strait-forward as possible.

Illustrator Vector Glass Button Tutorial 26
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Free Vector Glass Header Designs – Fancy

February 12, 2007 | Posted in Freebies | 168 Comments »

Here are 10 free fancy vector glass header designs I came up with to share with everyone. Files are in AI, EPS, and SVG format. To customize, you will need a graphics editor such as Adobe Illustrator, or InkScape (free).

Free Vector Fancy Glass Headers - swirls and swooshes
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Using Flickr to Reduce Bandwidth and Get More Traffic at the same time

February 11, 2007 | Posted in Rants | 9 Comments »

I Googled my site’s name the other day, and found something very interesting. On the 1st page, the 4th result was a URL from Flickr?! Someone liked my Free Glass RSS icons, took a screenshot, and uploaded it to Flickr with a link to my site in the description. View it Here >(Thank you, whoever you are!) Granted, this site hasn’t been around all that long, but I was truly amazed that this page was ranked higher than a lot of my own, but hey, I’m not gonna try to understand it. How bout we just roll with it and try to see the bright side here?

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Free Vector Web Page Elements Part 1

February 10, 2007 | Posted in Freebies | 101 Comments »

I’m not capable of writing a blog theme, since I don’t know a thing about php. However, I can help with the visuals. Here is a variety set of vector web page design elements. Files are in AI, EPS, and SVG format. In order to customize, you will need a vector graphics editor, such as Adobe Illustrator, or InkScape.

Free Vector Design Elements 1
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