Happy New Year
Happy new year to all! I want to say thanks to Blog & Web and BloggerBlog Templates for converting the Squick Design to a blogger template. Also a big thank you to Smashing Magazine and Steven Snell from Vendalay Website Design for featuring this site.
Wishing everyone a happy and safe New Year and a great 2009!
Free templates by Bryant Smith
The above templates and many others can be found and downloaded from Bryant’s website.
Web Designer Spotlight - Enrim Design
The company
Enrim Design is a New York based design studio.
Services
The company offers services including web, graphic, print and flash animation design with basic SEO services included at no extra cost.
Review
The key to Enrim Design’s success is the one on one attention given to every client. In this day and age of conducting business only through email, or phone at the most, Enrim Design goes the extra mile to meet their clients in person. This puts a face to the otherwise faceless process of website creation making it a personalized, easy procedure.
Personal attention however is not the only key that defines and separates Enrim Design from the rest. Impeccable taste, style and the ability to breathe life into the 2-dimensional flat panel of your screen with rich sophisticated design. This in combination with high end technology and one on one personal attention to their clients makes Enrim Design the one and only design firm of its sort.
As a special offer to readers of this blog Enrim Design is offering a 20% discount off the regular price of their service as well as the design of a logo for free with every 5+ page site (or equivalent) ordered. Simply mention the code a4wOffer with your order. This offer expires January 31st 2009.
Free web template - Blue-Green Hosting
Preview a demo of this template here or Download here in a zip file.
It has been a while since a new template was released so here is the latest offering - a Blue Green hosting template. As usual you are free to use it and/or modify it. A link back is always appreciated but not required.
Free video tutorials on how to become a blogger
Gideon Shalwick and Yaro Starak have released a set of 10 FREE videos walking you through how to set up and start writing a blog of your own. The videos are very detailed - from how to get a web host to using feedburner for your RSS feeds - it explains everything you need to know in order to set up your own Wordpress blog.
When you have finished watching the videos or are interested in further training they also offer a free report called “Roadmap to become a blogger” This goes into much more detail about how to make your blog successful and start you on your way to being a professional blogger. All this is free so definitely worth a look.
November’s free web templates
Here are November’s best free templates from around the web (although some may have possibly been created earlier).
Impress
Autmumn theme
FlashyWeb
Template 6587
Harvest
Colour resources for web design
ColorToy 2.0, a color scheme generator
Graphic Designer Spotlight - Beyond Creative
The company
Beyond Creative is a graphics design studio based in NSW, Australia.
Services
Beyond Creative specialize in helping brands gain a strong visual message and a competitive advantage across different media.
From the CEO:
Yes, we love good design, but we’re not just a pretty typeface.
All our work is carefully crafted to deliver a precise message to an exact target market in a memorable way. We work with a talented team of local copywriters, photographers, web site builders and printers so we can provide all the services you need without the agency overheads. If you need a Graphic designer on the Northern Beaches, Beyond Creative is the team you are looking for.
Review
Beyond Creative’s services include logo design, brochures, advertisements, annual reports, signage, website design and basically any type of web and graphics design service you could wish for. You can see their collection of past logo designs and the rest of their portfolio here. Currently they are also offering their 2009 family calendars which can be used for fundraising at over 70% profit. If you are looking for a graphic designer in Newport, give Beyond Creative a call.
Top 5 free Wordpress themes for October
Negatendo by JungleJar
Cellar Heat from SmashingMagazine
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Firefox extensions for webmasters
When creating or running a website, Firefox combined with some good extensions can be a great time saver. Below is a list of some Firefox extensions that are particularly useful for the webmaster.
FireShot - Take better screenshots of a page in it’s entirety, not just the parts visible on the screen.
Google Cache Checker - Tells you automatically whether a page you are visiting is cached by Google or not.
Adsense Notifier - This saves you from having to constantly login to your Adsense account to check your stats. Instaead you can just glance at the status bar in Firefox and instantly know your earnings for the day.
IE View Lite - Provides a context menu item for opening the current page in IE. Very handy when designing a page and checking to see if it looks good in both browsers.
Search Status - Extensive search-related information about visited web sites, including Google PageRank, Alexa popularity ranking, Compete.com ranking, and backward links from Google, Yahoo, and MSN.
Web directory form filler - Makes the job of submitting your site’s information to web directories easier.
The items on the above list come from Gadget Advisor’s best extensions for Firefox article. Visit Gadget Advisor for more useful articles such as their recommended best Windows software and Blaze Media Pro review
