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What is this site?

creativebits.org is a professional blog and community site for graphic designers working on Mac OS X. It's objective is to provide graphic designers a professional forum where they can share tips and tricks, follow up on the industry's events and ask for help and critique from fellow members. The site is owned by Jupitermedia corporation.

What is under Home?

If you click the creativebits logo on the top of the page or the Home menupoint under it you will land in the main page of creativebits. All blog entires as well as highlighted (promoted) Forum discussions, Critiques or Weblinks appear in reverse chronological order.

What is under Blog?

This is the creativeibits community blog. Several professionals write small bits of useful or interesting bits about graphic design and the preferred choice of hardware Macintosh.

What is under Forum?

This is a place to discuss anything that is on your mind. Ask for help, discuss events, share your views. Check this section for the latest news.

What's Critique for?

Here you can upload your work for critique. Fellow members will kindly provide their constructive criticism, personal opinion and suggestions on how to improve it. You can post any jpeg or png file, which will be resized to 640px width to be diplayed on the site. If you ask for a critique on a web site, pls. make a screenshot of the web site main page and post it as an image, so that users can get a quick overview. You can provide a description of the project along with links.

What's Weblink for?

The place to post any useful links that may may be of interest to our community.

What is the Members menupoint?

This is a list of all the members on creativebits. Each member has a virtual business card where he can introduce himself. Make sure to check out the different categories and fields of specialization in the sidebar. By clicking on a members name you can get a full list of public contact details.

Where can I ask for help?

If you want to upload your work for criticism, please use the Critique gallery. Please post any other questions in the Member's forum.

Where is this site coming from?

creativebits.org started in June 2004 as a personal blog of Ivan Raszl. Since then it grew into a small community of professionals, who actively help each other in their everyday problems and share their thoughts about their personal and professional life.

What does the name creativebits stands for?

It has two meanings. First, it describes what this site is all about, creative as a profession and bits as small pieces of information. Secondly, it suggests the site's effect on the reader, creative as a qualifying adjective and and bits as the smallest particles of your digital artwork.

Can I start my own professional blog here?

If you are an expert in an any area of visual communications, wish to contribute back to the community, ready to accept constructive criticism on your views, be exposed to thousands of daily readers of creativebits, please apply for the free blog author account upgrade by writing us: http://creativebits.org/feedback

Please indicate your area of expertise and send your first sample blog entry. Within 24 hours you will be upgraded and you can start posting. You will have your own blog page in the form of http://creativebits.org/your_username and your posts will appear shuffled in with all other bloggers posts in reverse chronological order. Why not start your own blog rather than blogging here? Simply, you will get exposure and technology for free here.

How can you help us?

Several kind members asked how can they support cb. You can show your support by linking creativebits from your site. For icons check out this page.

Got more questions?

Comment here to get answers. Alternatively you can email us: http://creativebits.org/feedback