Web Concepts

I have shown you in the past how to promote yourself with a twitter search widget, but now I have found another solution to get the same task done.  If you are a user of HootSuite, you can now create embeddable columns that you can then take from your HootSuite account and embed via your own web site. 

This tutorial from their web site explains the basics on how to get it done:

I have given thought to creating a Twitter landing page here on the Lunartics blog, so (as an example) this would be a great way to feature content from @lunarpages, or show who’s talking about Lunarpages, or… well, the possibilities are really endless. 

Related Tips and Tricks:

• Grab a Number of Cool Google Gadgets
• Promote Yourself with the Twitter Search Widget
• Real-Time Blog Traffic Widgets

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Original post by Mitch

The gadget team over at Google have made it really easy to grab any number of tools they have featured there and display them on your web site.  At the time of writing this, they have over 175,000 little boxes of information to share with your own visitors.

To get started with adding your own, first visit the Google Gadgets page.  You can either try searching for the one that fits your needs, or browse through the various categories.

For example, if we wanted to add Bejeweled to our web page, you could visit this link, and then click the “Add to your webpage” button.  You can then select the title for the box, the width and height, and then the border for it.  Once you are happy with your edits, hit the button labeled “Get the Code” to get the right code to use.

Copy the code from that web site, and paste it into your web site.  You are done!  Now you have a very cool gadget that could add form and functionality to your web site’s overall experience for a user.

Related Tips and Tricks:

• Cool Embeddable Widgets for Your Web Site
• Add a Hosting Affiliate Banner to WordPress
• Make it Easier for Google Searchers to Find You!

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Original post by Mitch

By Mitch “The Human Coloring Book” Keeler

After checking out Kuler the other day, I started making a list of some of my other favorite Online tools for finding the right colors to use.  I do a lot of web design and digital art in my free time - so finding the right color to use is always something important to me.  Here are 25 of the best color tools for any webmaster out there…

1. 4096 Color Wheel
2. ColorExplorer
3. Color Combos
4. [ws] Color Scheme Generator 2
5. Color Wizard Ver. 3.0
6. colordb
7. Color Hunter
8. ColorSpire
9. Web 2.0 Colour Palette
10. colorjack
11. Accessibility Color Wheel
12. ColorToy 2.0
13. Sessions.edu
14. Colorbe.com
15. Color Palette Generator
16. Kuler
17. Cymbolism
18. COLOURlovers
19. 100 Random Colors
20. Color Tools
21. Pic2Color
22. Color Blender
23. colr.org
24. Color Schemer
25. GenoPal

Know of another that belongs on the list?  Be sure to drop in a comment and share with the rest of us.  Hopefully this list of color resources, charts and generators will be as handy to you as they have been to me.

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Original post by Mitch

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