Archive for October, 2009
We are extending our sale!
Posted on 31. Oct, 2009 by Dave.
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Due to the overwhelming response on our Huge Fall sale, we are extending our sale through Monday, November 2nd! Don’t miss out – Great Savings.
If you order template customization before Tuesday, November 3rd you will receive 15% off the cost of customization, plus pay NOTHING for the template. And don’t forget all of our clients receive 20% discounts on all individual template purchases.
*** BONUS: To sweeten the deal and make life easier for our new clients, we are throwing in 2 years free hosting for the complete site. Never worry about transfer headaches or monthly fees; we’ve got it all covered. You’ll never have to pay one cent to host this site. You will be free to run it on our servers for 2 whole years — and we’ll take care of any technical issues that arise.
*** SPECIAL BONUS: But even that’s not all! We’ll renew the domain name for another 12 months for you, so nothing to worry about for another year.
Pondering whether to order customization? If you ponder much longer, you could pay more than twice as much.
Foamers Huge Sale continues through Monday. On Tuesday, prices will go up – party’s over!
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How Are You Providing Maximum Value For Your Lawn Care Business Clients?
Posted on 29. Oct, 2009 by AQ.
During times like the difficult economy we find ourselves in the middle of, customers of all types of goods and services become much more demanding of the products and services they spend their money on. That’s not to say they stop spending mon...Continue Reading
The Fact That Your Competitor Has A Website Means What?
Posted on 26. Oct, 2009 by Dave.
Every business needs a website. I’m sure I’m not the first to tell you this.
Just think about how many times you’ve come across a competitor’s website while browsing the web, or how many times you’ve seen your competitors web address on one of their company vehicles? Theirs is probably full of information and has a very appealing presentation and layout.
It should be obvious!
The fact that your competitor has a website means that you should have one also. If you are thinking of business expansion and reaching out to customers, a website is probably your best option.
The point is, today, there is no reason for any small business not to be on online, and not just online, but online in a professional, powerful way. That way, when a customers want to find your business easily, they will.
If not, they’ll go somewhere else.
Our Huge Fall Sale ends Friday October 30th, with 15% OFF on all customization services, plus a number of special promotions and a free template, creating a real website has never been easier or more affordable at Foamers.
Whether your tired of looking at that cheapo website that uncle Jimbo built for you, and you want to remodel, or whether this is your first online presence. We got your back!
Stop procrastinating!
Should you wish to acquire more information about our template customization services, please feel free to contact us.
Hurry up to take advantage of this fantastic offer! *’Huge Fall sale’* ends Friday October 30th!!!
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Free Photoshop Shapes: Download Custom Shapes Sets
Posted on 22. Oct, 2009 by Barbara Holbrook.
Photoshop shapes are different than Photoshop brushes, although some people use the terms interchangeably, they refer to completely different tools. Both tools will allow you to easily add custom elements that be stamped out over and over again, used t...Continue Reading
5 WordPress Comment Plugins to Engage Users and Promote Discussion
Posted on 21. Oct, 2009 by Spencer Spellman.
If you’re a new user to WordPress, then you’re probably perfectly content with the comment features you already have. You may not yet realize the positive effect that adding a comment plugin (or three) can have on your site. Better comment ...Continue Reading
Our latest template customization project – EliteScapesDesign
Posted on 20. Oct, 2009 by Dave.
We’ve been a little slack posting examples of new work with the latest addition to the family, baby Austin, arriving on Oct the 8th, and all the changes at http://foamers.net but that doesn’t mean that we haven’t been busy.
Our newest template customization is for http://www.elitescapesdesign.com/. This landscaping website has a very nice layout. It is simple yet dignified – very fitting for a company committed to quality craftsmanship landscaping. We are very happy with the way the template turned out, but they are still moving in so there are a few small things that still need to be tweaked.
In addition to the striking design the website uses the “lightbox” functionality and feature to let you preview and see image from the portfolio, that really helps distinguish their portfolio from the thousands of other landscapers because the functionality is very smooth and easy for visitors to use.
Does Your Landscaping Company need a website?
We offer template customization services to all landscaping companies and small landscapers at completely affordable prices and help you to display your portfolio effectively on the web.
Should you wish to give your landscaping business a prestigious and a more professional look , or if you would like to learn more about our services, please drop us line.
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Our huge sale just got a little bigger!
Posted on 20. Oct, 2009 by Dave.
Our huge sale just got a little bigger! Right now, save an extra 15% OFF on all customization services.
But even that’s not all! Order customization right now and pay NOTHING for the template!!! Plus the *’Huge Fall sale’* will still feature 20% discounts on individual template purchases. Buyers may elect to purchase a single template for as low as $20, or get 15% OFF customization and don’t pay anything at all for the template.
The *’Huge Fall sale’* will end on Friday, October, 30, 2009. Chat with a template customization specialist, get a FREE template plus an extra 15% on all customization services.
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The Latest Custom Craigslist Ad Design: Robert Kravath
Posted on 18. Oct, 2009 by Dave.
Hey Now, we just wrapped up work on the new custom Craigslist Ad for Robert Kravath. We were very happy with the way this custom ad turned out and evidently the client is too. He has already made several post, and it looks like new post are being added daily.
One of the neat things about getting a professionally designed Craigslist ad from Foamers, is that you are not just getting a static JPG, you are getting the .psd sources file which includes the custom ad’s source file usually in a sliced format which allows you to customize, and make changes, and edit it as you see fit.
So what you may not realize is that you pay once for the custom ad, and then you keep this reusable tool that is easy-to-edit, and even 6 to 8 months down the line it is still very adaptable, very useful.
Besides, with tons of competition for the same topic, and the way the economy is right now, there’s no doubt about it, professionally designed craigslist ads get more clicks, develop more leads, and make more sales. Check it out, and see if this is an investment you may be interested in, http://foamers.net/packages/craigslist-ad-design.html
Should you wish to have your own ad, or if you need a quote, or anything else, please get in touch.
Oh, I almost forgot to ask; What do you think of the ad?
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How To Build a Baby Website with Photoshop in About an Hour
Posted on 13. Oct, 2009 by Dave.
I’ve been meaning to get around to show this ever sense the birth of our lovely daughter Hailey back in 2007 – so now that we just had our latest addition to the family, little baby Austin born on Oct the 8th, I just had to write and share my joy with you. And what better way to do this than by putting together a really simple Photoshop tutorial on how to build a baby website with Photoshop. Admittedly, the in about and hour part of the title might be a bit inflammatory perhaps, but still quite easy.
So anyway, the first part of this tutorial is very simple, all you need is a camera or camera phone and Photoshop of course – also I’m not focusing too much on the design aspect of it really – so if you don’t feel all that confident in your design skills, don’t worry you’ll still be able to follow along…
The first thing I did here is find me nice pretty background – don’t worry you don’t have to be an artiest or anything, you can find theme related vectors like this at any number of royalty free image websites such as IstockPhoto.com, where I so happened to find mine for only buck.
Next, you’ll want to choose a favorite font or maybe draw some shapes using the rectangle or custom shape tools. And then, assuming you already took some photos of the baby, bring them into Photoshop each individually in its own layer – also your images are probably quite large so we’ll need to adjust this. With the “Image” layer selected, hit Command + T to bring up the Free Transform Tool. Then scale the picture to the desired size then hit enter to complete the transformation.
Next we’ll us one of my favorite options in Photoshop, what’s called a Clipping Mask. Clipping masks can be used for a variety of reasons. They are used to place an image inside text or to place an image inside a shape, such as what I’m about to do right here…
So using the custom shape tool, what you need to do first is, drawn your desired shape, place the shape bellow the image, and highlight the image layer. Right click anywhere inside the layer and select Create a clipping Mask. You can also mask more than one layer at a time by holding the shift or ctrl key while highlighting the layers.
I was absurdly and inexplicably tempted to randomly throw in a Buzz Lightyear in here, probably because I just went to see Toy Story, now in 3D, with my daughter, and partially because Buzz is cool, but mostly because I have really poor impulse control – so here is a random Buzz just so I can sleep at night.
Moving on.
Once you think you’ve got your design worked out, its time to use the Slice Tool – choose the Slice Tool from the Toolbox and drag out a slice around the image, once you’ve made your slice – choose the Slice Select Tool from the Toolbox, double click on the slice, give it a name, then lather, rinse, repeat…
In essence, the Slice Tool is used to divide a whole Photoshop image into smaller sections. This also has a part to play in making click-able images or “Web buttons,” especially when integrated as part of a complex layout. Any website that features a full-graphic layout was probably sliced-up from a whole design within Photoshop.
All that is left to do now is make the HTML page that will render the web page, and we can actually do that right here in Photoshop – starting from the main menu, hit (File > Save For Web & Devices) that will open the Save For Web & Devices dialog box.
The Save For Web & Devices dialog box has tons of optimization options which are beyond the scope of this tutorial. All we are really concern with here is the proper way to save our slices so that we end up with an actual web page and not just a bunch images.
How to save your slices to HTML – Photoshop will save each of the slices in this image as a separate GIF or JPEG, along with an HTML file containing a table to reassemble all the individual images as your navigation bar. Choose HTML and Images from the Save as Type menu to generate the HTML file. (If you choose Images, Photoshop will save only individual GIFs and JPEGs, which you could take into a site-building program for assembly there.) Leave the Slices menu set to its default-All Slices, choose a destination, and hit Save.
On your hard drive, there will now be an HTML file and an Images folder containing all your GIFs and JPEGs. Don’t separate the HTML file and the Images folder or the links to the images will break. Open the HTML file in a Web browser to see the results of your hard work. Each slice has become a separate image in a cell of an HTML table that holds all the images in place.
So that’s it, I hope you enjoy this tutorial. Should you wish to learn more about this or any one of our template customization services simply get in touch and tell us what you think.
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Advanced SEO Services To Promote Your Business
Posted on 11. Oct, 2009 by AQ.
If your business would like to guarantee excellent search engine ranking results, advanced SEO services will do the trick. As we know, a website today is the foundation of any offline or online business. The ability to create an above-average website i...Continue Reading
Fall is Here, and You are Still Procrastinating?
Posted on 10. Oct, 2009 by Dave.
Everyone procrastinates at some time in his or her life. As a self-employed web developer, I am certainly guilty as charged. That’s is why in this article I want to show you an couple of things that have helped me, and give you some more incentives to get your business online right now!
A – Complex projects often seem daunting and cause many people to procrastinate. When faced with a project that seems overwhelming in its complexity it is advisable to break the project down into smaller components and tackle each component individually.
For example – if you need to redesign your website, but you don’t know where to start?
Start by taking a good hard look at your website and ask yourself these two questions.
How is my brand perceived as opposed to my competitors and how is my website doing in terms of aesthetics and functionality?
If it’s not doing a good job, don’t just let it sit there, fix it fast!
B – The inability to make decisions also contributes to procrastination. Many people simply spend too much time trying to make decisions about their website. While it is important to weigh your options carefully and make informed decisions, too much time spent wastefully trying to make a decision can cause a significant delay for a project.
To avoid this potential problem, chat with a template customization specialist – not only are we able to help you design your brand identity, but we can also help you choose a template with a cohesive look and feel that’s right for you. We can design it from scratch or customize any template.
Yes friends fall is here, and if you are still procrastinating about your website – this is your wake up call!
Right now, order customization and pay NOTHING for the template, PLUS another 10% off on all template customization.
This is a limited time offer so don’t delay!
Chat with a template customization specialist, get a free template and save an extra 10% off customization.
Stop procrastinating!
Every day that goes by is another day of an under performing site.
We’re here to take care of you the way we like to be treated. The consultation is free, the quote is free, no pressure, no hype, none of that…
Hurry up to take advantage of this fantastic offer!
Chat with a template customization specialist right now and stop procrastinating today!
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Bonesana
Posted on 08. Oct, 2009 by Typographica.
Special thanks to Gestalten for sponsoring the Typographica nameplate for October, 2009 with Bonesana. Gestalten is known for very contemporary designs — the modular and the post-mod — so this tribute to the 18th century is quite a departure. Desig...Continue Reading
Great Scott Marty!
Posted on 06. Oct, 2009 by Dave.
“Well, I was in the bathroom shaving and the light bulb blew. As I turned to leave and get a new bulb I slipped and bumped my head on the toilet. And that’s when I saw this!
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Something is up!
Posted on 01. Oct, 2009 by veerle@duoh.com.
You may have noticed that things have slowed down here a bit. I’m also diverting all interviews and keep answering mails to a minium for the time being. The reason for all this is that I am working on Veerle’s blog 3.0. The journey was long...Continue Reading
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