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About marinaduque

Hey! My name is Marina, and I'm a Toronto based Web & Graphic Designer, Artist and Illustrator with over 20 years experience.
27 February 27, 2017

Screen Resolution vs Print Resolution Infographic

2023-05-02T13:11:38+00:00By |Graphic Design, Illustrator, Photoshop, Website Design|

Screen vs Print Resolution Infographic If I had a nickel for every time a dear client sent me a 48 kb file photograph to insert into their business card, I can confidently say that I would be taking a yearly trip to Fiji. Here is my simple explanation on Screen Resolution vs Print Resolution in my infographic. Of course, you can google so many different theories that explain it much deeper and thoughtful than I, like this, this and this. Screen Resolution Purpose: Designing something for the Web (There is less information per square inch) Colours: RGB (Red, Blue, Green) Resolution: 72 [...]

26 February 26, 2017

Hosting an 800 Person Dinner

2023-05-07T13:58:54+00:00By |DIY, Entrepreneurship|

Hosting an 800 Person Dinner Q ideas Inc. is a company that my husband had started in 2007. Over the past few years, I took on the role of Marketing + Administration for the company as it expanded. Q ideas specializes in live event AV Technical Production. The funny thing is, many friends and family sometimes asks, "What is it that you guys really do? I still don't know what you guys do!". Which sparked this little video project. A large event was coming up and I though it would be cool to film a "behind the scenes" focusing on the [...]

26 February 26, 2017

Vector vs Raster Infographic

2023-05-04T00:39:37+00:00By |Graphic Design, Illustrator, Photoshop, Website Design|

Vector vs Raster Infographic Many of my clients are a bit confused on the difference between Vector and Raster. Just like when my accountant tells me there's an easy calculation to do payroll source deductions. Um no thanks. Find out what the difference is below in my Vector vs Raster Infographic. Take-away: Please do not design your business cards in Photoshop. Vector Image is made up of straight paths - think of drawing a line from A to B. Programs: Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw File Output: AI, EPS, PDF Attributes: Great for illustrations, small file size, scale to any size, infinite resolution, can easily convert [...]

16 February 16, 2017

22. Making your Website Live

2023-05-04T18:33:01+00:00By |WP101|

22. Making your Website Live Watch my video below on how to make your website live along with some other last and final tips for designing and configuring your WordPress website. Steps on making your website live: This is the most exciting part of building a website! Go to your settings / maintenance mode / disable the maintenance mode option. If you ever wish to put it back to maintenance mode, just enable the option again and make sure that your comingsoon.html file is still intact on your server. That's it! you are all done! Hope you enjoyed my little [...]

16 February 16, 2017

21. How to Customize the Avada Theme

2023-05-04T18:32:54+00:00By |WP101|

21. Avada Theme Customization Watch my video below on how to basically customize the Avada Theme. To purchase the Avada Theme, go to Themeforest and search for Avada. What I love about this theme is that it has alot of features and you can configure your website in any way that you want. Table of Contents HTML Tags 101 Making your Website Live

16 February 16, 2017

20. HTML Tags 101

2023-05-04T18:32:47+00:00By |WP101|

20. HTML Tags 101 View my video below on HTML Tags 101. Download HTML Tags If you are using a WordPress theme, most of the style settings will be coded in the CSS Stylesheet, so any attributes you place within your page may not work. However, within the page or posts, some basic HTML tags will work. When using HTML tags, you must open the tag with a <> and close with a </>. There are some tags that are an exception to this rule. See below for a list of simple tags. To insert these HTML tags, [...]

15 February 15, 2017

19. How to Create the Home and Blog Page

2023-05-04T18:32:28+00:00By |WP101|

19. How to Create the Home and Blog Page Watch my video below to see how I create the home and blog page. How to assign your website's Home Page and Blog Page Go into your Pages and create a Home Page. Go into your Pages and create a Blog Page. Go into your Settings / Reading. Make sure that the "A Static Page (select below)" is checkmarked. Assigned the Front Page to be "Home". Assign the Posts Page to be "Blog". Save Changes Go to Appearance / Menus and add the Home (if not already there) and the Blog to the menu. [...]

15 February 15, 2017

18. How to Create a Favicon

2023-05-04T18:32:19+00:00By |WP101|

18. How to Create a Favicon Watch my video below to see how to create and install a Favicon. What is a Favicon? A Fav Icon is the little icon that appears on the top of the browser beside the address bar or browser tabs. Make a square version of your logo. Go to: http://www.favicon.cc Click "Import Image", "Choose File", and select "Shrink to Square Icon". Fav Icon will generate a 16 px by 16 px rendering of your square image in a blown up format. Using the preview window below, you will be able to see what it looks like in [...]

15 February 15, 2017

17. How to Install a WordPress Widget

2023-05-04T18:32:10+00:00By |WP101|

17. How to Install a WordPress Widget Watch my video below to see how I install a WordPress Widget. What is a WordPress Widget? WordPress Widgets perform functions on sidebars or pages. Usually, they are an extension of a plugin, or you can added snippets of code to make them function. An example would be a stats counter widget or a mail opt-in form widget. Table of Contents How to Use the Contact Form 7 Plugin How to Create a Favicon

15 February 15, 2017

16. How to Use the Contact Form 7 Plugin

2023-05-04T18:32:03+00:00By |WP101|

16. How to Use the Contact Form 7 Plugin Watch my video below to see how I build a custom form with the Contact Form 7 Plugin. Most themes nowadays comes with a built in Contact Form. Usually this is in the default Contact Page. If your theme doesn't have this option, then the Contact Form 7 Plugin is a perfection option. Contact Form 7 does way more than just a contact form. If you want to build a custom online order form with all the bells and whistles, no matter how complex, or anything that requires you to pull information from the user, then use [...]

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