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Kamis, 07 Agustus 2014

Useful Tips to Sync Outlook with Your iPhone


You don't have to use third-party software to sync your iPhone with Outlook. Follow the content in this article to know the easiest steps for syncing your Apple iPhone with Microsoft Outlook.
 
Microsoft Outlook is not just another email client. It lets its users manage time and contacts. Scheduling meetings and adding contacts is a breeze when you use Outlook on a Windows computer. But we cannot always carry our laptop with us everywhere we go. Can we? This Buzzle article will guide you with 2 easy ways on how you can sync your iPhone with your Outlook contacts and calendars.

Using iTunes

Syncing Calendars

Step 1: Connect your iPhone to your Windows computer via the provided cable or the Apple Universal Dock. Apple iTunes should fire up automatically. In case it doesn't, double click on the iTunes icon on your desktop.

Step 2: Go to 'Devices', select your iPhone, and then click on the 'Info' tab.

Step 3: Go to 'Calendars', select 'Sync calendars from', and then select 'Outlook'.

Step 4: Click 'Selected Calendars' if you want to sync only the selected calendars. Now, select the calendars that you want to sync. If you want to sync all the calendars, then click on 'All calendars'.

Step 5: Click on 'Apply'.

Step 6: These changes will take effect only after you sync your iPhone with your iTunes.

Syncing Contacts

For synchronizing Outlook contacts with your iPhone, follow the above procedure till step 2. Now, Go to 'Contacts', select 'Sync contacts from', and then select 'Outlook'.

Click on 'All contacts' if you want to sync all your contacts, or click on 'Selected Groups' if you want to synchronize only the selected groups. Now, select the groups that you want to sync, and then click on 'Apply'. The changes will take effect with the next sync.

The downside of using iTunes sync:- This is a one-way sync. You can back up your contacts and calendars from your PC to your iPhone, but not vice-versa. Furthermore, the synchronization will take place only when you sync your iPhone with iTunes. It won't happen automatically. If you want a real-time sync (of small files) between your devices, we would advice you to follow the method mentioned below, using iCloud.

Using iCloud
For syncing contacts and calendars via iCloud, you first need to set it up on your iPhone, and then on your Windows computer.

Setting up iCloud on an iPhone

Step 1: Make sure that you are running the latest version of iOS on your iPhone.

Step 2: Open iCloud on your iPhone and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the setup. Enable automatic downloads. That's it. The iCloud is now up and running on your device.

Setting up iCloud on a Windows Computer

Step 1: Install iCloud Control Panel on your computer.

Step 2: Log-in to iCloud Control Panel using the Apple ID that you used to create your iCloud account. Select the iCloud services that you'd like to enable. Check the check box labeled as 'Mail, Contacts, Calendars, and Tasks'. Click on 'Apply'.

Step 3: To enable automatic downloads, open iTunes, and go to Edit > Preferences > Store. Now select Music, Books, and Apps. You're all set.

Rabu, 06 Agustus 2014

11 resources for website design inspiration




1. PSFK
PSFK is always on top of what’s going down in the design world as well as which brands and businesses are integrating innovative design into their products and websites. Cruising around its site is a great source of inspiration and discovery.
- Sharam Fouladgar-Mercer, AirPR
2. Smashing Magazine
Smashing Magazine is one of my favorite resources for design inspiration. It is always on top of the latest Web design trends, and it’s a great resource for ideas in regards to websites and blogs.
- Phil Laboon, Eyeflow Internet Marketing
3. Your Favorite Brands and Websites
Visit your favorite websites and the brands you admire. Take note of their design, messaging and the feel of the site. You can pull the best attributes of each website and work that into a design that works well for your brand.
Go outside your niche as well. Look at the best companies in a variety of industries to get a fresh look at what some of the best brands are doing.
- Andrew Thomas, SkyBell Technologies, Inc.
4. Pinterest
Pinterest gives you the ability to create boards of multiple types of design inspiration — not just other websites. Curate whatever you think could influence your design in one place, and use the description to explain what attributes inspire you.
- Emily Eldridge Holdman, PeopleKit
5. WhichTestWon
WhichTestWon is a great resource to see successful A/B tests to get ideas on what type of changes work and generate results.
- Josh Weiss, Bluegala
6. Your Personal Taste
Although our company is in a specialty (B2B) industry, we still think about design from a consumer perspective. Which websites or marketing tactics do you think look good on a consumer level? What draws you into buying something?
We have used local restaurants’ websites, Apple and a random website in Australia we discovered. The bottom line is that we find what we like from a consumer perspective regardless of the industry, try to pull the best/brightest ideas and use them for our own website. Don’t limit your search to your own industry.
- Tim McHugh, Saddleback Educational
7. Squarespace
Squarespace not only a platform that helps you do your own Web design, but it’s also a great place to find inspiration. The designer for TheRecipeForRadiance.com suggested we start there, and it couldn’t have been more helpful.
- Alexis Wolfer, The Beauty Bean
8. Fast Company
I’ve yet to find another venue that so overtly marries design and entrepreneurship. Check out the Fast Company Design and Fast Company Leadership online sections specifically.
- Sam Saxton, Salter Spiral Stair and Mylen Stairs
9. The Webby Awards
I like to check out the nominees for the Webby Awards. These carefully curated sites “honor excellence” online. You can view the nominees and award winners in each category.
- Sarah Schupp, UniversityParent
10. Dribbble
Right now I use Dribbble exclusively for design inspiration. We love its daily newsletter and often repost our findings in our weekly design inspiration blog post.
- Rameet Chawla, Fueled
11. The FWA and Behance
The Favorite Website Award highlights amazing creative and technical design daily. It’s a great source for inspiration for Web and mobile.
Behance is a place for creatives to highlight their best work. You can connect directly with individuals there, see a lot of their work and even discover the rationale behind why they did something the way they did. - Andrew Howlett, Rain

 

Sabtu, 23 November 2013

Web design service Sydney for Australian websites

A well developed website development company can only understand accurate clientele needs. And a local web development company can provide your much better facilities along with reviving your online infrastructure as many times as possible. If you are in Australia then a web design company Australia provides you ranges of services for your online business. Here we are discussing the number of advantages of web design service Sydney for Australian web services.
The first advantages of the company site is its locality. As a local website people trust it more than other web development companies. As human tendency we believe more to them whom we are able to see, that theory is also applicable here. Due to situated at local address, the web development company can reach at any time by email, phone, driving etc.
the web design service Sydney firm is in the same zone, which helps the Australians to have a hassle free conversations regarding web design development services as many times as possible. Though now you can find number of options for better communications, sometimes it is very difficult to connect with offshore outsourcing divisions.
If you are targeting local Australian customers then web development company Australia would be a great choice. Because they better understands the local trends and those web experiences which you are looking for your target market. the web development Sydney based firm prepare strategies for attracting local customers at first to gain more traffics, such as posting local down street photos, use of town's color, theme and local expressions to deliver customized web solutions.
The web development company Australia needs local search engine optimization facilities for attracting local customer, so according to that the company has to set effective development team to work on SEO services Australia to increase clientele web page rank in various search engines along with improved traffic.
Another benefit of using web design service Sydney company is that the designers able to understand the clientele concept behind their website creation through detail discussion with them. Sometime language becomes a great factor in web site design success and failure, so by speaking local language the designer well communicate with customers and understand all tidbits for creative designs. It is not necessary every client can speak English fluently, so to deal with those utilizing local language will be a great source of business.
To develop business with the web development company Australia will try to maintain a good professional relationship with every client, which will be a great thing for customers to make their work done without any special effort. Even you get discounts from the company to better relationships.
Regular talking with the web designers and developers help you to gain trust and reliability. So that you can easily clarify your doubts regarding the work and even the company help you in every aspect apart from completing your project on time. These are the few reasons which are going to help people to go for selecting local web development companies for their web design development services. Sometime local web development company provides more benefits than an offshore outsourcing company.

Web Design is The Essence of Your Business

Web Design is Fun. It is undeniably a practice of design, a process by which problems are solved. For the millions of web surfers out there, your web design is their first impression of your business and your credibility. The key issue in web design is how to add value to the user's experience, how to make them feel that they truly got something out of visiting your web site. User-centered web design is all about giving the control back to the user, which brings us to the term Accessible Web Design - the art of creating webpages that are accessible to everyone regardless of any device in use. No doubt web design is important, but usability in the other hand, is king. This importance will lead you to find a professional to design your web site right. The complexity of the resulting web design is somehow determined by the goals and budget and affordability in this aspect, is in fact a reality.

Design ideas don't have to be hard to find. For you out there that have specific ideas which are ready to be implemented, you just need someone with the technical know-how to turn them into web reality. Get ideas about the latest web design trends and communications concepts by looking analytically at your competitors sites. Evaluating example products is one way to get ideas for detailed design. From these set of ideas, you can then conclude on your final approach on how you want your assigned designer to get the whole thing done.

Flash is already the Web's standard for dynamic web animation. In creating original cutting-edge design there's nothing better than using Flash Web Design. It is by far, a very versatile and popular method to add eye-catching action to your web site. Flash is also probably the trendiest technology currently used in web design. However a slow-loading web page or flash movie makes seconds seem much longer, if you happen to "overdo" it. Flash does not only associate itself with animations but also as great complimentary values to other media such as presentations, videos and adios.

When you create your own web page keep the importance of shape in mind. You don't want certain things to be in the extra large department when other items such as your text is relatively small to keep up with the overall ratio size of the presentation. Another important item to consider in your websites is the level of seduction. Yes, you read that right. If you've ever got lost in the maze of some websites, you'll know the importance of intuitive web design. Seductive websites provide users the reason to stay longer by providing good typography and by not underestimating the importance of navigation. Knowing the importance of this, you cannot afford to take a chance on any trial-and-error method. The importance of writing quality web content is also equally important. Nevertheless, until recently, though, a greater emphasis has been placed on the importance and overall influence of color in the field of web design.

Web design is a complex discipline that involves a wide range of skills. In fact, I'd go as far as to say, web design is information design. In my experience, web design is primarily about the business. Every new web design is the solution to a design problem that can be summed up in a series of constraint questions - Who is my audience? An extraordinary web design is mandatory to a successful business, hence the goal of web design is simply not merely to dazzle, but to deliver information to the widest audience possible. Web design is exciting, it changes day by day. These changes will reflect your company's complete product and service presentation. Web design has always been made up of some basic premises, and if you understand them you can help deliver pages that will impress and illuminate your readers. A successful Web design is paramount to a successful business.

John Tech is a Malaysian Web Designer, currently active in providing web services and solutions to anybody who needs them.

Web Design Malaysia - http://www.motionedgedesign.com