Ready made logos and templates are here again! I’m cleaning out my computer files and adding more ready made logos and templates for purchase. All ready made images are one of a kind and only sold to one customer.

These come with high resolution images and may include custom coloring to match your website or color scheme. Need more customizing? Ask for a quote!

More to come as I finish digging cleaning out my archive of files! Spring cleaning, the digital version!

Check out all the pre-mades here.

During the mockup phase you’ll receive a full size rendition of your web site design. When we discuss your layout it’ll help if you understand the parts of your design that we are focusing on and I’m hoping this blog article will help.

When creating a web site its ideal to have the same look and navigation throughout the site. Changing the look or navigation on each page can confuse your customer and make them more likely to leave your site to shop somewhere else. The only exceptions are catalog pages that may utilize categories to help make browsing easier, as long as the customer can still access the rest of your site too! Preferably you want to be able to get to anywhere on your site in 2 clicks or less and direct access is even better. The more accessible your products are, the more likely the customer will spend time browsing your site and finding an item they want to purchase. If your customer has to click “catalog” and select the “category” they want each time they want to look for another item, they will quickly become frustrated and shop elsewhere.

Web designs, especially those on cart systems, are built and coded in a template system. This means one or two files run the entire site. The content is the area within the template that changes depending on the page that the visitor is looking at. Generally I wont design for content because that will change on every page, instead I design for the over all look of the site. If you do have pages that need alternative navigation or design that requires another template to be made and not included in my design packages. Please ensure to specify that you require more than one look, or template before your project begins so that you are not surprised with the additional design fees associated with them.

Below are a couple web site examples that may help you understand the parts of the web layout and template.

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Some examples of blog templates I’ve done to match web site designs. Some of these are pretty old and these are just a few of the many I’ve done.

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Since I work in web design everyday, there are many terms that are part of my common vocabulary that not everyone may be familiar with when related to web design. I can forget this when explaining a feature to a client and they may be left scratching their head thinking “Huh?!” I want all my clients to feel comfortable talking about the design process and understand what makes up their specific site.

I’m going to outline some of the basic terms and concepts use in web design that my clients will experience when talking to me about their project. I have included screenshots for some of these as well. To view a larger version of this template you can click here. The example used is a ready made template that is currently for sale. Read More…

I now officially have a category for premade web site templates and premade logos. If you just want something quick and easy it may be just what you are looking for. Everything currently listed is a one of a kind, meaning I will only sell each template to one person. In the future I may offer limited editions for a lesser price but they would be able to be used by multiple web sites. For now, though, I’d like to give this a trial with one of a kind templates to see what the interest is. I will be adding more templates for sale as I have time and clear out my archives!

All of these templates come either as a HTML/CSS straight HTML file pack with the associated graphics or installed on your choice of cart. The carts that I work on include: Watersweb, Merchant Moms, Pappa Shop and Hyena Cart. But you are not limited to these carts. If you are unsure if I work on your cart just feel free to ask!

Find out whats currently available in the Premade Template and Logo Category!

May 2009