tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196760712012-06-24T03:48:11.801+12:00<b>Graphic Design Blog</b><br> This blog has some of my designs and info related to all types of graphic design. <b>Thanks for stopping by :)</b>Ian Brayshawnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use.tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19676071.post-51114539361088814202008-10-17T22:38:00.001+13:002008-10-17T22:48:58.154+13:002008-10-17T22:48:58.154+13:00

Here's some designs I created for the local basketball team. I created the sports volunteer t-shirts and ticket pass cards for the games. Also designed a corporate brochure about the different sponsorship options and a poster for advertising the coming games.

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Here's a small selection of logos I have designed last year and previously. An important factor of logo design is knowing what the end use will be before you start creating. If it's only for a website, then it could be created in full color and saved as RGB. It is best to create it in vector format though so that it can be scaled to any size with no loss of quality should the client decide they

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For a while now I have been using Joomla and Mambo Content Management Systems which allow the clients to be able to edit their website content without them needing to know html.Both the above mentioned CM Systems are very similar as most of the developers of Joomla actually worked on Mambo up to version 4.5.2 until moving away and forming their own CMS called Joomla. Most of the older add-ons

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Hi everyone.My business website is now live so feel free to check it out. I have selected some of my designs and they are displayed under the portfolio section.I have split my porfolio into four sections:Web Site DesignLogo DesignGraphic DesignAnd AdvertisingThe web site address is www.pixelfreeway.com . Feel free to visit it and let me know your feedback.Kind regards, Ian

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I have started a new blog about web development and search engine optimization with some great articles by some great authors that I personally find of good value.Check it out:http://seo-web-development.blogspot.comSome of the articles are:The 7 Points of Do-It-Yourself SEOWhy CSS is good for your Web siteSearch Engine Optimisation: One Link is Better than TenA Content Management System or Static

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Well thanks to all the visitors which have checked out my site www.TheFunnyCartoon.com.I had 1,937 visitors on the 5th of March thanks to being promoted in the XTRA email newsletter. Keep checking back as the funny cartoons change every day.Latest News - New Comic StripThis week George Sfarnas, the Cartoonist who does the Prune Juice Comic Strip has confirmed that I can add his strip to my site.

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I created this as a hobby site mainly for friends and family and to give visitors a smile or laugh a day.I designed the pages to have lots of content on each page rather than lists and categories that you would have to click into to start seeing anything.Check it out and visit often as it changes daily. Sign up for the Free email newsletter for any new developments I add.For the best selection of

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The ProblemThe client was not having many sales for there existing site as the homepage only had text content displayed. It is very important to have the website content visual and interesting.The solutionI designed the homepage website content with a focus on sales by:promoting a feature article about a productlisted customers feedback to show that existing customers were very happySelected a

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Email campaigns are a great way to target all or some of your exisiting customers. Not only can you save on costs of sending emails compared to posting (snail mail), but you can also view reporting on how many emails were opened, what links they clicked etc. Very important information that can be used for future email campaigns.Inspired Web Solutions have their own Email Marketing Software,

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I designed this site for Miss Teen New Zealand while working at Inspired Web Solutions. They required a simple html site for teenage girls to read the rules and regulations and then sign up for the pageant.I was going for a professional but clean site that would appeal to teenage girls.http://www.missteen-nz.com

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I designed this site when working for Inspired Web Solutions and Inspire Net. This is a design created for the local university students to be able to sign up their fast internet connections; read student news and visit some local websites. Here is a link for students interested in coming to study in Palmerston North, New Zealand. http://www.studentcity.net.nzI designed the site to be clean and

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During my time at Inspired Web Solutions I designed the RedRat Clothing website.This site was designed to use IWS's own CMS (Content Management System), WebDirector.Basically, a static html site is fixed in that the text and content can not be changed or updated without knowledge of the html language, whereas a content management system can be altered easily by the client without needing any html

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This is a website design for a local radio station which is aimed at teenage boys I created while working for Inspire Net. The site is to play popular songs by artists like 50 Cent, Game, Lifehouse, Mario, M&M, Will Smith, etc.It is an online radio one pager which streams the songs and the 'Now Playing' changes after each song finishes.

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Well, this is my first blog. I am a Graphic Designer - Website Designer living in a little country called New Zealand. I am 34 years young. I trained at 'Palmerston North School of Design' back in 1999, learning and developing presentation techniques for Graphic Design, Life, Technical and Drawing skills and Commercial work.I started as a Graphic Designer in flat graphics for a small design team

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