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Template Customizations – Hooray For the January Winners!


You may have heard that earlier we announced a great contest – Share Your Template Customizations and Win A Free Template ! And we are glad to inform you that today is a great day because we are ready to unveil the names of our lucky winners and show their great customization works. Actually it was really interesting to check out all the good stuff that you’ve sent us – there is no better fun for TemplateMonster than just surfing trough live websites that are based on our templates

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Life, Danger and Struggle in Powerful CG Illustrations.


Life is full of unexpected things that can happen even in the next moment and you never know what is waiting for you behind the next door and in the nearest future. There’s a tremendous number of surprises that you will run into during your life and that’s why you need to be ready for something unusual and sudden. People around you with their trivial appearances and thoughts can have double nature and hide it skillfully

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Animate Your Love with Heart Flash Video Effects Pack!


We are happy to announce that our dearest partner VideoSmash.com has launched another striking solution for motion design – this time it’s a new Heart Flash Animation Pack that is now available instead of the Abstract video effects pack previously offered at TemplateMonster. This new pack will also be available at a 50% discount, after all TemplateMonster clients are very special, everybody knows that. What’s exciting about the pack given is that it comprises 10 majestic video effects of whirling and dancing hearts which all bring the charming feeling of love

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7 Useful jQuery-Powered Website Add-ons


You may have noticed that we’ve started highlighting some interesting jQuery solutions and last week’s post was about jQuery-based online portfolios . So, we are glad to continue our jQuery series and today’s blog entry is about some really stunning effects that will spice up your website and amaze your visitors with supa-troopa details.

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TemplateMonster Website Downtime – Scheduled Maintenance Measures


Our dear friends, please be informed that tomorrow starting 1AM EST and until 5AM EST TemplateMonster website will be down due to the servers maintenance procedures that we’re planning. That’s no big deal so please don’t worry about us, everything’s going to be back to normal just a couple of hours after the maintenance measures start. We are very sorry for the inconveniences that this website downtime may cause

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TemplateMonster Wishes a Merry Christmas to Everyone!


We are very happy to share the Christmas joy with our audience this time and be sure that every single client and visitor has made this year and this Christmas truly unforgettable for us. What’s even better is that this year’s Christmas is 8th that we’re sharing with you. If that’s not family than we don’t know what is This Santa’s little helper also wishes you a Merry Christmas! We’ve already given out a number of presents to you all this Christmas season (including a bunch of Christmas discounts, a free 7-in-1 Joomla template and a Christmas design elements bundle offer)

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WordPress Goes 2.9 And So Do We!


Christmas is a time for good news only, so don’t get upset of all those phishing guys trying to vilify TemplateMonster.com reputation. Our Monster is unstoppable like Santa Claus! So we won’t stop (do you here us web Grinches?) rejoicing all of our customers or simply our friends with fresh premium quality designs! Ok, now let’s get straight to the point! Today we’re happy for WordPress team and community. And TemplateMonster.com would like to congratulate WordPress key developers on their fresh release of WordPress version 2.9! The new version had over half a million downloads already! Want to know what’s so special about WP 2.9?

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Beware of the New Phishing Attack!


Another fella has just got one step closer to the jail by committing a federal crime. In other words someone has sent a fake invoice mentioning TemplateMonster through his spam list expecting that people will panic and click the link he provided there and thus disclose their confidential info to this unrighteous person. So please be informed, in case you receive an email saying that you have purchased something at TemplateMonster and you know you didn’t, be sure not to click any links in that email and not to disclose any personal details .

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Time to redesign? – The complete guide to redesigning your website.


There are many reasons to give your site a redesign.  It could be that you need to add a content management system, or it could the site is using outmoded techniques, or has simply has an unfashionable appearance.  If you want further proof that you need to update your site from time to time, why do you think platforms such as Wordpress have interchangeable themes? With the necessity for redesigning a site, here is a complete guide which details all aspects of redesigning a website

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iPhone apps should never be clunky, they should be funky…


With the success of Apple’s coveted iPhone, there has been a plethora of iPhone apps.  The appeal is obvious, as not only making a good one can be quite lucrative, it can also give you a lot of kudos in the industry. This is all well and fine, but many iPhone apps neglected the practical need of iPhone Apps users, resulting in the menu system lacking intuitiveness , and subsequently poor navigation followed.  So if you’re thinking about designing an app for iPhone take into consideration these points. Golden rule – Apps that offer something of value to people, will be something that can be done on the move.  So an app that requires in-depth knowledge or a complex array of options may not be suited to an iPhone app format.  So when in the design stages, ask yourself if this app can be something that be used on the move.  If the answer is no, it’s time to think again.

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Take that web design criticism on the chin and learn to love it!


Having your work criticized is never a pleasant experience, but if you are able to see it as constructive, and use it positively, then you will see improvements in your work.  It will also stop you getting to big headed, and will help you move on to greater things. Constructive criticism can also make you more aware of certain characteristics you are bringing to web design.  For example: Bad habits : We are often blind to our own bad habits, as they become ingrained gradually over time.  Constructive criticism is good at breaking the mould you have developed, and improvements to your web designs follow

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Don’t link arms, link up…A guide to effective SEO link campaigns


There are many elements to SEO, and the chances are that if you are not on the money with all of it there will be a gaping hole in the page rank.  The part that tells Google whereabouts on the page to put you is determined by how many external links there are to your website, and the only way to get these links is to run a link campaign.

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Stay on track with Ruby on the Rails


Ruby on the Rails is designed to do it all and quickly.  Many of the nuts and bolts of development are integrated into the framework already, and many developers are learning to love Ruby on the Rails.  That being the case, here are some features about it which may prove useful to you if you are planning to implement the Ruby on the Rails framework into your field of web development. Traditional architecture problems When building a web application, traditional architectural problems such as persistence, logging, application development, script building, web tier components, and workflow raise their ugly heads.  This makes web development a complex and time consuming process.  The Ruby on the Rails framework takes a very different approach to the problem, by making all the decisions for you, allowing you to concentrate on solving development problems.  This dramatically speeds up the process, and can shave months off time consuming development. Pragmatism and databasing One of the ways Rails speeds up productivity is that in all layers of the architecture, it takes a convention over configuration approach.  Once the developer is familiar with Rail’s constraints and rules, the need for specialised management tools is negated, as Rails generates the connection for your view to the controller and the model, and the model to the database.  Surprisingly, Rails manages to get all this to work.

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The wonderful world of SEO


Search engine optimization is truly big business.   The process of making websites search engine friendly, has undergone several changes over the years, and so it is important that if you are planning to optimize yours or a client’s website, that you are abreast of the changes. In 2006, Google, stopped using keyword density as the main component when assessing relevance to a website following a  related search engine search.  This may seem odd at the outset, as surely the content of the site dictates how closely related the search engine search term, and the search engine result are related? Problems arose when programs were developed that could write high density keyword articles with a few clicks of the mouse.  Though the articles were laughable to human beings in terms of how they were written, and their relevance, search engine robots however, loved them.  So more and more computer generated articles began to pull through on searches, as articles could easily be added that bore no relevance to the website or what it was about very easily

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Make time for freelance web design.


If you are planning to go freelance, or already have done, one of the benefits of freelancing is it that you play by your rules, and you have genuine freedom to work when you want to, at least to a point.  This marvellous feature can also be your undoing, and is at these times that you may find yourself wondering where all your time went when you have done very little freelance web designing when playing by your rules.  Procrastination, and no structure make this a time when popping out, or playing air guitar very appealing. To avoid this scenario that leads to a severe loss of finances and reputation, you have to make the structure and rules that are absent from an office environment.  When you said you wanted to be your own boss, you were more on the money than you thought. This article will give you some useful pointers to make the most of your time, and get the structure in place to work

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Here Goes Another Freebie! Free Business Website Template!


Ok, we assume that you are all still impressed and overwhelmed with yesterday’s free Twitter background. But the bursts of our generosity have got no mercy for the ones overwhelmed and therefore you should prepare yourself for even a bigger strike! Today it’s the FREE premium business website template – with all of the source files available (including the PSD graphic sources) and fully customizable

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Free Vector Illustration of the Week That Will Jazz up You!


This illustration will not leave you indifferent. Just have a look at the funny toys that are depicted here! They will raise the spirits and add the desired brightness to your online project. Each of the presented here charming creatures expresses certain stay of mood: the giraffe is pleased and calm, the tortoise bears a cute grin on the mug, the chicken is just happy, the cow is surprised and confused and the cat is highly astonished

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More tips for website logo design


As we saw in our previous article, the logo is the representation of a company or organisation summed up in one design.  The two are going to be synonymous with one another, so it is vitally important that the logo is nothing short of perfect. Sounds like a really tough task to get right?  It is, but not an impossible one, these tips along with our other tips for website logo design, should set you on the right path. The goal of any logo is brand recognition.  Companies such as Nike, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, and McDonalds all have instantly recognisable logos that are world famous.  There logo only has to be seen and the brand they are synonymous with springs into your head.  Your logo should bring about the same effect

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More tips for website logo design

Tips for website logo design


The logo is the image people remember.  Whether they have seen it on a product, billboard, or website, the colors and graphics that go into the logo are what sticks in their mind.  Is it the idea behind branding after all. As a web designer, it is your responsibility to ensure that the logo is appropriate and effective and conveying the image a client wants for his customer.  These tips for website logo design, should help you in getting the balance just right. Before you do anything, sketch your design, or get your artist if you have one to do some for you.  This encourages ideas to spread, and also once you have one that you think ticks all the boxes, you can take that to the client and get a second opinion.  If after 20 sketches or so you still are not happy with the design, take a break, throw everything away and start again.  The better the sketch, the better the finished product will be

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Is website design becoming to complicated?


Websites are like machines in the sense they are constantly emerging, and designers are building more and more functions into them.  Arguably, machines such as stereos and applications such as Photoshop and MS Office,  have more and more features built into them with each new version.  Is this a true step forward, or do the products become less usable as a result? Can it be argued that web design is mirroring this trend?  Well with the development of new web technologies such as CSS and Wordpress, the reverse effect seems to be true.  Both are praised at how easy they are to use, and to update.  This is an element that makes them so appealing to users.  Also, they are both well supported should any problems occur

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