Twitter Tweet Button

Finally Twitter has a released a Tweet Button! Up until now this was a more complicated process, where you had to figure out the code yourself. However, things just got easier and you can easily add a “Tweet This” button to your website or blog.

Most popular posts of 2009

In case you missed them the first time, here’s a list of the most popular posts on cardeo.ca from 2009. What kind of posts would you guys like to see more of in 2010? A few things I have planned are: an update to the Cardeo Minimal theme, a few more minimal wordpress themes, and perhaps a css framework.
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Most Popular Posts From 2008

Have you recently discovered Cardeo Design Blog? If so, here’s a great way to jump into some of my best content. Below are a list of the most popular posts from 2008. It’s also a great resource if you are a returning reader. Happy New Year to everyone!

Most Popular Posts on Cardeo Design Blog for 2008

#1 Cardeo Minimal WordPress Theme
The free Minimal theme has been my most popular post and WordPress freebie for 2008. Make sure you go download it, if you haven’t already.

#2 Cardeo Minimal Website Template
So you guys like Minimal websites eh? The #2 post for 2008 is a website template based on the Minimal WordPress Theme. Also a free download, go and get it!

#3 How To Create a Single Image CSS Navigation Matrix
This is a tutorial on how to create an image based navigation with only CSS and 1 image. Check out www.apple.com or the demo to see this baby in action.

#4 Cardeo Mini WordPress Theme
This is another free Minimal WordPress Theme that is available for download.

#5 Free Christmas Vector Pack
This was the second of two vector packs I released in 2008. It was a great success and I plan to release more free vector packs in 2009!

#6 How to Add a Twitter Badge to Your Website
This tutorial is a quick explanation on how you can add a custom Twitter badge to your own website.

#7 Cardeo Public WordPress Theme
Public was the second free WordPress theme released in 2008. Like the most of my themes, it features a minimal layout, twitter integration, and flickr photostream integration.

#8 Barack Obama T-Shirts
2008 was the year of Obama. I tried to do my little part by designing some shirts and selling them on zazzle.com. I plan to donate the proceeds of the sales once a check is requested.

#9 Free Music Vector Pack
The first of two free vector packs I released in 2008. A rock n’ roll theme for all the Cardeo readers.

#10 Cardeo Standard WordPress Theme
Last but not least, my first WordPress theme. Cardeo Standard is a free theme based on Swiss graphic design and typography

Adding A Facebook Badge To Your Website

Time for another Facebook quick tip. I’m going to show you how to add a facebook badge to your website. The badge will display your profile picture, your name and your current status.
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Digg Integration in WordPress

Geez, I was just having some real problems integrating the Digg badge onto the website. The main issue was that the Digg count was not showing up on my badge once the story was submitted to Digg. As well, if you clicked the Digg badge, once the story was already submitted, it would create a new submission. Doh! We don’t want to be duplicating Digg submissions. Anyhow, I found a quick code snippet over at weblog.bosslogic.com that fixes the problem.
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