Featured Project: Affordable Signs Website.

Client: Affordable Signs, St. Louis MO. USA.
Project: Logo and Website design for a signs company located in MO, USA.
Tools & Technologies: Adobe Creative Suite, XHTML, JavaScript, Custom Coda-Slider
Live Link: www.signsstl.com
Launched: Dec 12, 2012 (12-12-12)

SEO: +1 your website

I think +1 is a great way to optimize the websites for Google, as people share their interest together and it counts as a measuring tool of the quality of pages, more people +1 it the more it's a good quality or relevant to topic page. I like this idea of google and have seen my websites perform better in search engine due to this handy tool.

You can also add this widget to your website here: Let visitors recommend your content on Google Search and share it on Google+ ( http://www.google.com/webmasters/+1/button/ )

FREE Website HTML Template With Source PNG.

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Hi. Today again,
I am offering another on my template for FREE To Download. I did this for a client back a few years, but He wanted the exact replica of another site He showed me :) Sometimes clients can be like that, can't listen and ruin your hours of hard-work.

Download Link: https://rapidshare.com/files/4245443565/WaterMarkBuilders.zip

The above zip file includes, HTML File, CSS File and the Source Fireworks PNGs in the "Source Files" folder.

Featured Project: Bandanas Bar-B-Q Website.

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live link: www.bandanasbbq.com

Client: Bandanas Bar-B-Q, Missouri USA.
Agency: MME Technology Solutions, USA.
Project Category: Design, XHTML
Tools: Adobe Creative Suite.
Project URL: www.bandanasbbq.com

Case Study:
The client came to us to re-design their old non-performing site that had an outdated design and wasn't making sense with the latest trends or helping users to access information with ease. In our opinion, the website of a business should help the business perform better, faster and make more profit.

We designed the site to give it a new fresh look, make it XHTML compliant and giving users faster access to information and resources on the website. At last we were able to make a website that made the users happy, increased business specially the Catering section & increased the social circle on Facebook with rapid increase in Facebook Likes.

Please provide your thoughts in comments, specially web development professionals.

Thanks
Iqtidar Ali
www.souldesigns.net

FREE E-Commerce Design Template. X-Cart.

I had designed this template for X-Cart Shopping Cart. I have normally gotten used to design my templates in Adobe Fireworks, so the source file is in PNG. I am making the template available for download for FREE for web designers. X-Cart uses the Smarty PHP Framework, so implementing this template is not as straight-forward as for a normal website, but for designers experienced with X-Cart and Smarty will find most of the things in place.

The icons and watermarked images are iStockphoto property, please purchase before use.

Source File: http://rapidshare.com/files/321893657/home_layout.zip ( At least Fireworks 8 required )

Free Website Source - HTML, CSS, FLA and Photoshop PSD.

Hi,
Today I am sharing a project of mine with everyone out there to provide others with a learning curve as well. This is a website that I converted from Photoshop PSD to HTML. Although the site is an old project from 2005 and the layout is done in tables but I think it'll be a good help as learning wheels.

I had created roll-overs with Fireworks at that time, now you can use either CSS or Javscript roll-overs today, which are easier and more accessible.

You can download the site with source files here:

http://hotfile.com/dl/123690438/8aecb93/4dcard.com.zip.html

The zip file contains html files, source PSDs, PNGs and a Flash FLA etc. I think it'll be good help for beginners. I'll be soon sharing more projects. :) You're FREE to use any source code or files in your projects.

Gaia Intro

Lyla is introducing us to Gaia Flash Framework, actually at the moment I need every bit of knowledge on this framework, because I have a challenging project ahead of me and this seems to be a solution. I will post review and my experience with Gaia when I am done with the project.

Featured Site: Fantasy Interactive - My Favorite Interactive Agency

Review:
Hi. Everyone out there !!!
today I am reviewing the most favorite Interactive Agency. Fantasy Interactive evolved from a small one man endeavor to one of the top interactive / design agencies of the 21st century. I personally like them for many reasons.. like they have built up themselves from ground-up, they have evolved both in their approach and strategy with time. Once they were all FLASH.... heavy, animated and complicated, today they have reviewed their thought patterns and realised and adopted the "balance" which benefits their clients in many ways. These people are award-winners and passionate about what they do. Impressive list of clients and impressive work, as I see them through their website, looks to me one of the best places for designers, developers & creative directors to work at.
I think I have said enough today, visit their site for more info www.f-i.com