Turning the Default Wordpress Theme into Something Wonderful: Structure
Submitted by www.clickpopmedia.com » This is the first in a series on turning the Default WP Theme into something wonderful. Today we’re going to go over the basic structure of a Wordpress Theme. I’m not going to go over the WP installation process, so check out the Wordpress 5 Minute Install if you need some help with that (if you are having any issues with the install, feel free to ask me).
Custom Twitter Feeds
Submitted by www.clickpopmedia.com » The Twitter feed options provided by Twitter are severely lacking, either an ugly flash feed, or an ugly xhtml feed. So I’m going to show you how to create your own custom twitter feed.
Photoshop Watercolor Paint Smudges
Submitted by www.clickpopmedia.com » Here’s a neat effect that I happened upon by accident. It’s a really simple Photoshop trick that results in a cool little watercolory smudge. They make great ambient backgrounds, nice accents, and are just a fun thing to throw into your composition when you need a bit of subtle color.
Changes to Box2DFlash Physics Engine
Submitted by www.clickpopmedia.com » I’ve talked about the basics of Box2DFlash v1.4.3 in my Introductory tutorial. I showed how to create your world and how to introduce simple bodies into that world. With the release of Box2DFlash v2.0.0 the basics remain mostly the same, there are a just few details changed. I need to go over these small changes before I move on to the next step of adding joints and forces to the bodies.
Make an mp3 Player with Actionscript 3
Submitted by www.clickpopmedia.com » Creating an MP3 Player in ActionScript 3.0 is fairly straight forward. I don’t plan on getting into ID3 tags here, but otherwise (as you can see) I will be going over the full functionality of a normal MP3 Player with playlist.
Tutorial: Actionscript 3.0 Preloader
Submitted by www.clickpopmedia.com » I ’m going to walk through the steps of making a preloader for your animation, game, or application and provide easily implemented source files that you can copy and change to fit your own project. Making a preloader in ActionScript 3 is more difficult to figure out then it was in ActionScript 2, but the code itself is not any harder.
Generative Background and Keyboard Mapping
Submitted by www.clickpopmedia.com » In this tutorial I will show how to make a simple "game" where the background is dynamically generated and a character's movements are mapped to keyboard keys.
Here Comes the Sun: Make a Sun with the Zig Zag Effect
Submitted by www.clickpopmedia.com » Hello everyone. I’m glad you could join us on this fantastic day. I thought today I would show you how to use the Zig Zag effect in Illustrator to make a nice cheerful sun to live with the clouds we made in the last tutorial.
Make a Happy Little Cloud with the Pathfinder
Submitted by www.clickpopmedia.com » The Pathfinder is a very helpful little tool tucked into Illustrator. In this tutorial, we're going to show you how to use the Pathfinder to easily build a cartoon cloud.
Nuclear Warning Symbol Using Illustrator Brushes
Submitted by www.clickpopmedia.com » While working on a recent logo design project, I had to create an element that resembled a nuclear fallout symbol. I found a quick and easy way to do just that using a simple custom illustrator brush, and now I will share my secrets with you.

