Resize an Image for Your Facebook Cover Photo

Facebook has recently introduced Timeline. Facebook users now can add a cover photo to their timeline. But lots of users are facing problem using cover photo for its size. They have to choose a unusually wide photo. Facebook allows dragging cover photo to fit. But it is not a proper solution. Some part of photo may be missing. Actual size for Facebook cover photo is 851×315 pixel. Now I will show how to Resize a photo to the standard size of cover photo.

 Step 01  Open a Photo in Adobe Photoshop

At first you need to open a photo in Adobe Photoshop. Then click on File>Save for Web...

 Step 02  Set the Width and Height

After clicking on Save for Web... a pop-up window will open. Now click on Image Size tab as showing in the image given below. Then uncheck the box Constrain Proportions. Now type 851 as Width and 315 as Height. And finally click on Apply Button as I have shown.

 Step 03  Now Save the Image

After clicking on Apply Button the image will be resized as you want. Then click on the Save Button as like as the image showing below.

 Step 04  Give a Name and Save Your Facebook Cover Photo

After clicking on Save Button a pop-up window will open like the image given below. Now type the name you want as File Name and select Image Only in the box Save as type. Then finally click on Save.

:) Yeah you have done all properly. Now find out your Resized Image and upload as Your Facebook Cover Photo.

Photoshop Tutorial: Make a Web Album for Your Website

Make a Web Album in Photoshop

 Step 01  Create a New Folder and Name it Web Album

First of all you have to create a New Folder and name it Web Album or anything you like.

 Step 02  Keep Some of Your Images Inside of The Folder
Now you have to select some of your images those you want to show in the web album. Then rename those images. Don't forget to rename.

 Step 03  Click on Web Photo Gallery... from the File Menu

Now click on File>Automate>Web Photo Gallery... Then you will get a new window to configure some settings and for choosing a style for your Web Album.

 Step 04  Choose a Style for Your Web Album and Configure the Settings

Look at the image given below, there I have chosen a Style named Horizontal Slideshow and the review of the Web Album is showing at the right side under the Cancel Button. I have also added some information like email, Site Name, Photographer,  Contact Info and also Date. You may add your own information as you like. But be careful about the subsection named Source Images. There is a button named Browse..., click on that and select your folder you have created in the first step. Again click on the button named Destination... and then select another empty folder where you want to keep all the files will be created for web album.

 Step 05  Click on OK to Make Your Web Album

After completing all settings and after providing all necessary information, now you have to click on the OK button as showing on the above image. Then you have to wait for a while.

Why you should use a Custom Domain like www.iDhali.com

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Google's Blogger Service is great for the new bloggers. The new bloggers can make their own blog free using Google's Bloggers Blog Service. People just need a Google ID (gmail) to make a blog. You may also make your blog following www.blogger.com. A lots of people using this service of Google. If you make your own blog or website using Blogger Service then you have to choose an URL like www.yoursite.blogspot.com. As you are using a free service so Google will add .blogspot with your website's URL. However it doesn't matter. You the Google Blogger's  Blogger may remove .blogspot from your URL just adding a custom domain like www.iDhali.com or anyting like this. To add a custom domain, first of all you have to registrar a domain name. People who are serious about their site should registrar a domain at the beginning. Otherwise you will loose something what is really important for a site.  Lets know what you will loss if you registrar a domain name in later.

Problem you will face after adding a Custom Domain:

1. First of all I have lost all of the data's about the Facebook Like Buttons and all other share buttons like Twitter Tweet Button, Digg it Button, Google Plus One Button, Linked In Button. Some people liked my posts using the Facebook Like Buttons. There were some posts were liked by more than 200 facebook users. But unfortunately after adding the custom domain I have lost them.
2. I added a Google Plus Button for my blog. And about 40 people has clicked on that Google Plus One Button.  But after adding my custom domain I have lost all data for that button.
3. Google Page Rank of my website was 1 and the Alexa Ranking in my country and also worldwide was in very good position. But I lost all of them. I had to start from the beginning again.

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Photoshop Tutorial: How to Make a Golden Text

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Look at the image given below. It may called Golden Effect Text. I have created this for you all but specially for +jahed babu. He asked me to write on Adobe Photoshop. So I have written this tutorial. I think you all the Photoshop Lover will like this tutorial. Enjoy this tutorial and learn to create a Text Effect like the image given below.

 Step 01  Open a New Image First

Open Adobe Photoshop and click on File from the menu. Then click on New... from the drop down menu to open a new image. Follow the image given below. You may also press the shortcut key Ctrl+N to open a New Image.

 Step 02  Define the Image Size

After clicking on New... a pop up window will open as like as the image given below. Now you have to define the image size. Let's define the image size to 500X200 pixels. So you have to provide 500 as width and 200 as height as shown in the image given below and then click on the OK Button.

 Step 03  Define the Foreground Color

Now click on Foreground Color Tool from the tool box. Then you will get a pop up window like the second image of this step. Now provide the following value R=247, G=251 and B=181 in the boxes R,G and B to define a color. You may also provide the color codes F7FBB5 in the # box to get the selected color you need to create Golden Text. After providing the value click on OK button.

 Step 04  Define the Background Color

Again click on Background Color Tool and you will get a pop up window like the second image given below. Now provide the following values R=34, G=30 and B=31 or provide the color codes 221E1F to get the color you need.

 Step 05  Fill the Image with the Background Color

Now press Ctrl+Backspace or Ctrl+Delete to fill the new image with the Background Color. You may also click on Edit>Fill... or Press Shift+F5 to get the fill window like the second image.

After getting the window like the image given below, you have to select Background Color in the box Use under the Contents section. Then click on the OK button.

 Step 06  Set the Font and the Size
Now click on the Text Tool from the toolbox as like as the first image. Then select the Elephant font and set the size to 72pt or more.

 Step 07  Type iDhali.com

Now type iDhali.com or anything you like.

Now select the letter i only and make it Italic as I have shown in the image given below.

 Step 08  Select Bevel and Emboss...
Now click on Layer>Layer Style>Bevel and Emboss as I have shown in the image given below.

After clicking on Bevel and Emboss... you will get the following window given below. Now you should add the following value Depth=70, Angle=120, Altitude=56, Highlight Mode=Difference, Shadow Mode=Darken and Opacity=75. And finally click on OK.

 Step 09  Get the Following Golden Text given Below

After clicking on OK button, you will get your Golden Text as like as the image given below.

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Adding CNAME records to add a custom domain in blogger blog

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To add a custom domain in a blogger blog site, we need to add two CNAME records using the domain control panel. Even to host your website you need to add those CNAME records. The first CNAME record will be same in two cases. But the second CNAME will be unique for every website. Lets see how to add CNAME records using domain control panel.

 Step 01  Log in to your domain's control panel

First of all you need to log in to your domain's control panel. After logging in, you will get the following page as shown in the image below.

 Step 02  Go to the section Manage Free Services

Now we will use the section named Manage Free Services showing at the lowermost right corner of the above image. In this section we need to provide the domain name and need to select a service from the drop-down list as showing in the image below. I have selected Manage Records as I am going to add CNAME records. Now need to click on the next button.

 Step 03  Adding first CNAME record

After clicking on the next button, we will get several button for adding different type of records. Now we need to click on the button CNAME Records, then we will get another button called Add CNAME Record. Now we have to click on this button and after clicking, we will get the following page. Now we have to fill the text input boxes as shown in the image below and then need to click on the button Add Record.

Remember, this is the first CNAME record that will be same for a blogger blog or any other regular site. We need to add www as the Host Name and need to add ghs.google.com as the value.

 Step 04  Adding the second CNAME record

After adding the first CNAME record, the button Add CNAME Record will be available again. So click on the button again to add the second CNAME. The second CNAME is unique and you will found it from your blogger blog account or from your host. The process is almost same with adding the first CNAME record. Again you need a host name and a value.

For example the host name may be rgf23unyf3h3 and the value gv-yfg3ffzmxxvvt24khv276kn7zvm43un3hthasudpgzdmoenxicvq.domainverify.googlehosted.com

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