Jul 6th by Andrew Houle | stashed in Site News
Welcome to the Community User Link Feed for My Ink Blog
Thanks to a tutorial at Nettuts about how to Create a User Link Feed, I’ve now added that capability to this site. You can submit links to your website that will appear on the Community Link Feed you see on the sidebar. Your submissions will be reviewed and must be relevant to web or graphic design.
Most submissions will be reviewed within 24 hours. I look forward to seeing what is submitted and linking back to your site!
UPDATE: I have closed the submissions on this. You can now submit to the community links on the sidebar.
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CreativityDen
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Mirificam Press Interview Series: Veerle Pieters
May 6, 2009
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