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RSS Feeds Updated

By Andrew Faulkner on November 22nd, 2006.

Recently, Tor suggested offering different feeds here at fadtastic. As we tend to listen, we now offer various RSS feeds in the Right Hand Column. Want just the articles? Then that’s fine. Want everything? Go ahead.

Hope that helps.

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Vote For The Happy Waterdrop

By Andrew Faulkner on November 12th, 2006.

OK, not quite news about fadtastic but I’d appreciate a vote for my Happy Waterdrop photo (rating below the photo). If I do win any cash/links then I’ll definitely invest some into fadtastic here. Enjoy the photo.

Others that I’ve entered:

http://www.stockvault.net/gallery/index.php?action=showpic&cat=98&pic=6860
http://www.stockvault.net/gallery/index.php?action=showpic&cat=98&pic=6858
http://www.stockvault.net/gallery/index.php?action=showpic&cat=98&pic=6859
http://www.stockvault.net/gallery/index.php?action=showpic&cat=100&pic=6857

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Thank You, Akismet!

By Andrew Faulkner on November 9th, 2006.

Akismet - THANK YOU! Here’s to the next ten thousand…and one.

(Since April 2006)

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fadtastic theme?

By Andrew Faulkner on November 8th, 2006.

I’ve long been pondering about releasing the fadtastic.net design as a theme/template.

Would this be of any interest to you? If so, would it be more use as a static page or perhaps a wordpress template?

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We Bring You Reviews

By Andrew Faulkner on November 6th, 2006.

We promised you treats and boy, this one’s a beauty! Johan and Matt have teamed up to bring you a reviews section where Matt’s reviewing groups of brands and Johan has gone for hidden gems in the web design book world. We’re hoping to …

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More features at fad! First up: In-Browser Search

By Andrew Faulkner on November 6th, 2006.

Dear Reader,

Over the autumn/winter of 2006/2007 we’re bringing a host of upgrades to allow for easier, more innovative use of fadtastic. New comment features. More of a community feel. Plenty of treats are on the way. Many are usability tweaks. Some are new sections of fadtastic. We’ll be feeding all …

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Print In Style

By Andrew Faulkner on October 23rd, 2006.

Printed articles from fadtastic should now be a lot more aesthetically pleasing thanks to a new print stylesheet. Why not print off “The Semantic Code” to see what I mean?

Thanks to Michael of Bright Matrix for the pointer.

Of course, direct any feedback below or via our …

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Downtime

By Andrew Faulkner on October 3rd, 2006.

For the last 18 hours or so, we had some downtime as our host’s database server experienced problems. This was not planned. We are sorry for any inconvenience.

All seems to be well, now. If you do spot anyhting  anything amiss then please let us know by commenting here.

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Comments - Time to add features?

By Andrew Faulkner on October 1st, 2006.

We’re a listening community. We’re also a talkative community. So I thought I’d ask for some feedback about the comments. I’m looking for any feedback you have (any irks or issues with current commenting system) but here’s a list of what I’m pondering:

Adding CoCommment functionality.
Adding a notification of …

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Competition: Free Ad or Money!

By Andrew Faulkner on September 27th, 2006.

Win a free link in our fadvertisments for one month (usually $50) or £10 (or equivalent) via PayPal with our TrendWatch competition!

The competition is simple. The contributor of the 100th image uploaded to TrendWatch wins.
A few pointers

There is no deadline. The competition closes as the 100th image …

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Hungry?

By Andrew Faulkner on September 26th, 2006.

We’re now showcasing some select feeds in our nice new footer. Check it out.

If anyone is interested in getting their feed (preferably design/web related) onto fadtastic then simply contact us. We’ll randomise the feeds once we get a few.

I’m interested to see whether this provides any use for …

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Making TrendWatch (And Your Life) Easier : Screenshot Capture

By Andrew Faulkner on September 25th, 2006.

I am exploring some interesting options for adding images to/pulling images from TrendWatch currently. First up - easy screen capture. This isn’t just something that will help you screengrab designs for trendWatch, but will help you on a daily basis as a designer:

http://www.faststone.org/FSCaptureDetail.htm

For TrendWatch, simply install the screen …

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