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Daily Inspiration #49Yesterday

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo's writers and users. If you want to participate, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it, also use "Daily Inspiration" in the subject, and don't forget to send your Abduzeedo username.

blacker design

Daniela

Fabiano

Fabio

WebTech #1 Introduction to serversYesterday

Hello everyone, this post will be a very basic introduction, as a lot of designers are new to the world of servers. In my tutorials, I will use a VPS as my platform, however you can use the same commands for a dedicated server. Also, we assume you know what Linux, Apache, PHP, MySQL, and such names are.

Whats a VPS anyways?

def: A VPS a method of partitioning a physical server computer into multiple servers such that each has the appearance and capabilities of running on its own dedicated machine. (wikipedia)

So basically, a VPS is a ‘division’ of a bigger server, and it fits as a great solution for designers and developers because of the cost involved in such a service. However, a VPS is the next step from entry level-’shared’ hosting and expensive dedicated servers.

Accessing your VPS

From Windows:

Once you have ordered a VPS and your OS is installed, you need to connect to your server. You will have at least 1 IP address for your server, and SSH is enabled by default. SSH is a secure connection system that basically gives you a command line on your server.

Firstly, we need to download PuTTY from

Stencil InspirationYesterday

What's up, everyone? Well, this week I made a presentation in college about stencil. I've been a sucker for this kind of graffiti for some time now, and made 5 cuts until now, and plan to do more. Have you ever made a stencil? If you haven't here's a little push. ;)

Making a stencil is really easy. You can find dozens of videos over youtube showing you the whole process. I've selected 3 of them. Check them out.

T-shirt Design Contest Updates - New Prize, Fuel For Design bookYesterday

The Abduzeedo's T-shirt contest is doing really great, there are already lots of submissions, but we would like to see even more awesome designs coming from you. Because of that, we have a new prize for the winner and the second place. It's the book Fuel For Design, written by our friend, Gino Orlandi, founder of the t-shirt blog and clothing line ColorOverlad.com

Fuel for Design is a complete guide on how to start a clothing line packed with many tips like:

How to Setup a Website and Online Store System

Professional Blogging Advice for Clothing Line Owners

The Best and Easiest Way to Ship Your Products

A Sample T-Shirt Business Cost Breakdown

Elements Every Good Logo Must Have

The Pros & Cons of T-Shirt Fulfillment Services

Hot Tips for SEO Optimization No Designer Should Be Without

Google Secrets to Ranking in the Top of Search Engines

Essential Offline Guerilla Marketing Techniques

Cutting-Edge Online Marketing Tactics

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Daily Inspiration #48November 19