Graphic Design Forum and Web Design Forum http://www.estetica-design-forum.com/ Graphic Design Forum and Web Design Forum for Designers to Chat and Design as One. UK and Worldwide. en Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:20:55 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.estetica-design-forum.com/edf/misc/rss.png Graphic Design Forum and Web Design Forum http://www.estetica-design-forum.com/ Hello from Sheffield http://www.estetica-design-forum.com/introduce-yourself/30650-hello-sheffield.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:07:29 GMT Al'reyt everyone, I'm Matt a freelance designer, illustrator and art director from Sheffield making my first foot print here in Estetica. I hope to make some solid connections, have some laughs and learn a bit about the old interweb. Looking forward to getting to know you all :-)

Anyone else based in Sheffield?? ]]> Introduce Yourself gloop http://www.estetica-design-forum.com/introduce-yourself/30650-hello-sheffield.html Free Web Design Resource’s Collection for Web Designers http://www.estetica-design-forum.com/graphic-design-web-design-help/30649-free-web-design-resource-s-collection-web-designers.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:42:26 GMT Whether the web designers want to produce a corporate web design or custom web design for the client – it’s good for them to get their hands on... Whether the web designers want to produce a corporate web design or custom web design for the client – it’s good for them to get their hands on several online resources for help...

For more, please visit

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Best Regards ]]> Graphic Design and Web Design Help Archibald http://www.estetica-design-forum.com/graphic-design-web-design-help/30649-free-web-design-resource-s-collection-web-designers.html Hi http://www.estetica-design-forum.com/introduce-yourself/30648-hi.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:23:50 GMT hello hello ]]> Introduce Yourself Ananomouse http://www.estetica-design-forum.com/introduce-yourself/30648-hi.html Devilstone Open Air needs new logo http://www.estetica-design-forum.com/design-forum-employment/30647-devilstone-open-air-needs-new-logo.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:19:14 GMT Hello, *Devilstone Open Air needs new logo*. We are looking for creative designer with general knowledge in alternative (metal) music. Everybody... Hello,

Devilstone Open Air needs new logo. We are looking for creative designer with general knowledge in alternative (metal) music. Everybody is interested in this kind of job, please, contact: info@altevents.net (only via mail will be discussed details).

Please, send some links to portfolio


Festival: VELNIO AKMUO | DEVILSTONE OPEN AIR | Lithuania ]]> Design Forum Employment _vaidus http://www.estetica-design-forum.com/design-forum-employment/30647-devilstone-open-air-needs-new-logo.html I had a customer go with someone cheaper, this is what they got... http://www.estetica-design-forum.com/web-design-forum-showcase/30646-i-had-customer-go-someone-cheaper-what-they-got.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:13:26 GMT I've lurked here long enough, and just had to share this. A real estate agent contacted me a while ago and wanted to discuss updating her site. After giving a reasonable price, I didn't hear back from her. While going through some old emails this morning, I found hers and thought I'd take a look at what she got.

Enjoy.

Ithaca Real Estate - Village of Cayuga Heights Real Estate

:duh: ]]> Web Design Forum Showcase Ananomouse http://www.estetica-design-forum.com/web-design-forum-showcase/30646-i-had-customer-go-someone-cheaper-what-they-got.html WordPress Mobile Plugins/Themes-WPtap and WPtouch http://www.estetica-design-forum.com/off-topic/30645-wordpress-mobile-plugins-themes-wptap-wptouch.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:29:37 GMT Nowadays, as more and more people surf internet with their mobile phones, it becomes urgent to have our websites mobile-ready or mobile-friendly. But... Nowadays, as more and more people surf internet with their mobile phones, it becomes urgent to have our websites mobile-ready or mobile-friendly. But the job seems to be a little too challenging for non-professional web admins like me.

Recently, my friends recommended two WordPress mobile Plugin/Theme packages to me, namely WPtap and WPtouch. I found both plugins amazingly easy to use and really turned my WordPress site into a mobile application experience when viewed from iPhone and Android phones. After using both of them, I summed up some similarities and differences between WPtap and WPtouch.

Similarities:
- Both are easy to install and easy to manage through back-end admin panel
- Both packs come complete with all the standard WordPress website features: search, login, categories, tags, archives, photos, thumbnails & more.
- Both packs includes a social features such as bookmarks, and email
- Both support easy ads insertion
- Both look amazing on iPhone and Androids

Differences:
- WPtouch only offers one theme, while WPtap has three theme packages available: Video Tube, News Gallery and News Press, designed for video sites, graphic-style, or text-centric sites, respectively. According to the website, more themes are coming out each month on WPtap
- WPtap themes come with 6 colors, WPtouch only has black.
- WPtap’s News Gallery theme can show a slideshow of posts on homepage, while WPtouch does not have this feature
- WPtouch theme is free. While only WPtap News Press theme is free, the others are paid themes
- WPtap offers customization service to customers, while WPtouch does not
- WPtap also offers to develop iPhone-based web apps for your site

Personally, I prefer WPtap, since it gives me more choices. Their themes are great-looking and diversified. I’ve purchased News Gallery and Video Tube for my two blogs, they all work great. And I find their customer support is great, too.

For more information on WPtap, go to their website: www.wptap.com ]]> Off Topic Jake http://www.estetica-design-forum.com/off-topic/30645-wordpress-mobile-plugins-themes-wptap-wptouch.html Copying and pasting Arabic text in InDesign CS4 ME http://www.estetica-design-forum.com/design-print-software/30644-copying-pasting-arabic-text-indesign-cs4-me.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:14:28 GMT We have an arabic document in pdf and word formats and we have InDesign CS4 ME and we are trying to copy and paste text from the pdf/word document... We have an arabic document in pdf and word formats and we have InDesign CS4 ME and we are trying to copy and paste text from the pdf/word document but the font isn't transferring, there is nothing only boxes. We have turned on the arabic keyboard and that didnt help either. Working on a mac.

Can anyone help us? What is the solution? ]]> Design and Print Software iolacarambola http://www.estetica-design-forum.com/design-print-software/30644-copying-pasting-arabic-text-indesign-cs4-me.html Graphics Designer required - Beijing Internet Start-up - Brand, logo and website elements http://www.estetica-design-forum.com/design-forum-employment/30641-graphics-designer-required-beijing-internet-start-up-brand-logo-website-elements.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:34:01 GMT We are a new Beijing-based internet start-up company, looking for a Graphics Designer and Web Developer to help create our website. Our target... We are a new Beijing-based internet start-up company, looking for a Graphics Designer and Web Developer to help create our website.

Our target market is profitable and growing fast, but has yet to benefit from technological innovation. Our data driven solution combines ecommerce and social networking functionality to solve many of the problems faced in this industry, and looks set to be a very exciting project.

Graphics Designer Position:

Having completed our market research, our target audience is now well understood. We are looking for a graphic designer to help us define our brand, and create a logo / colour scheme / site elements that will capture the imagination of an industry. Your work will be used by a graphic designer / website developer to create the individual pages - a position we are still looking to fill.

The successful applicant(s) will be responsible for:

• Creating our brand
• Designing our company logo (both an image and the stylised name)
• Defining the site elements such as colour scheme, font etc

This is an excellent opportunity to showcase your talents to a global audience, and enjoy the freedom to develop a brand from scratch in your own way. To be considered for this opportunity you should be independent and self-motivated, be full of creative ideas, and enjoy working in a collaborative environment.

We welcome applications worldwide, but fluent English is essential. Please send your CV and a portfolio of your work to: webdeveloperapplications@googlemail.com ]]> Design Forum Employment internetstartup http://www.estetica-design-forum.com/design-forum-employment/30641-graphics-designer-required-beijing-internet-start-up-brand-logo-website-elements.html Online Marketing Services India – Web Development Company Chennai http://www.estetica-design-forum.com/graphic-design-web-design-critique/30640-online-marketing-services-india-web-development-company-chennai.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:05:50 GMT Creative labs, India Based Website Designing firm specialize in Web Design Services, Website Redesign, Web Site Maintenance, Logo Designing, Flash... Creative labs, India Based Website Designing firm specialize in Web Design Services, Website Redesign, Web Site Maintenance, Logo Designing, Flash intros, Movies and Animation's, Banner Designing, Website promotion, Search Engine Submission, Search Engine Optimization, Domain Name Registration, Hosting and more..

http://www.creativelabs.co.in/ ]]> madisons http://www.estetica-design-forum.com/graphic-design-web-design-critique/30640-online-marketing-services-india-web-development-company-chennai.html Build SEO friendly shopping carts http://www.estetica-design-forum.com/graphic-design-web-design-help/30639-build-search-engine-optimization-friendly-shopping-carts.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:03:31 GMT Online shopping carts have become an important part of the websites of many of the leading companies. It helps people to do online purchasing... Online shopping carts have become an important part of the websites of many of the leading companies. It helps people to do online purchasing easily.
Online shopping carts should be 100% SEO friendly. Here are a few elements related to SEO friendly shopping carts.

• SEO friendly shopping carts will have the maximum level of customization. This doesn’t mean just the looks and feel of the cart, but also includes the SEO of the individual pages. You can enter the keywords related to the products that you sell online.
• A good shopping cart design will have all the popular fields like meta titles, page titles and meta keywords. This is prepared using the product information given in the corresponding pages. You don’t have to find options and enter this information later-on, during SEO process. The database can also be used for storing additional data, which can be later used for the SEO processes of the site.
• An excellent shopping cart will be flexible enough to include necessary changes which can arise in future.
• Good shopping carts should be capable enough to select the keywords entered in the space provided for additional information, like “special price”. Search engine crawlers look for good keywords, and hence love pages which are keyword rich. The keywords entered should be in synchronization with the need of the visitor.
• Imagine that a visitor bookmarks your shopping cart page. If you update the content later, by adding more items or by making changes in the existing items, the visitor could be in trouble. Most of the shopping cart designs are made in such a way that the changes made in the dynamic content results in changes in the dynamic URL. The page may show a "page not found" or a custom error message, when the visitor comes back. To avoid this you should have static URLs.
Refer the blog of shopping cart design Brisbane companies for more tips about SEO friendly shopping carts. You can get them by conducting a web search using the keyword shopping cart design brisbane. ]]> Graphic Design and Web Design Help Kent John http://www.estetica-design-forum.com/graphic-design-web-design-help/30639-build-search-engine-optimization-friendly-shopping-carts.html Drupal Template Upload http://www.estetica-design-forum.com/programming-forum/30637-drupal-template-upload.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:04:08 GMT I have a Drupal Template that I want to use but I can't figure out how or where it goes in my FTP. Does anyone have Drupal knowledge? ]]> Programming Forum Cwilk http://www.estetica-design-forum.com/programming-forum/30637-drupal-template-upload.html Weekly Web Design Inspiration #39 http://www.estetica-design-forum.com/graphic-design-links/30636-weekly-web-design-inspiration-39-a.html Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:11:26 GMT A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week 7 Vote(s) Weekly Web Design Inspiration #39... A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week

7 Vote(s)

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #39

Graphic Design Links & Tutorials ]]> Graphic Design Links Graphic Design Links http://www.estetica-design-forum.com/graphic-design-links/30636-weekly-web-design-inspiration-39-a.html Client Vs Designer - advice needed. http://www.estetica-design-forum.com/graphic-design-web-design-help/30635-client-vs-designer-advice-needed.html Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:23:29 GMT Ok so I am designing a site for a beautician.. who has some awful ideas! For the design she sent me a colour scheme, some images and text that she... Ok so I am designing a site for a beautician.. who has some awful ideas!

For the design she sent me a colour scheme, some images and text that she wanted to used (and pretty much told me exactly how she wanted them all used).
I wasn't to gone on the images or colour scheme.. so I tried to guide her in different directions, but she still wanted to see her ideas in a mock up.
So. I designed 3 mockups, 1 where I followed her instructions and 2 of my own ideas, in my opinion the one where I followed her instructions looks hideous (its the pink and grey one, sample1.jpeg) but she told me she 'absolutely loves it!' that it was exactly what she wanted..

While I love it when a client is happy with a design.. I really dont want to do this design, I think it looks awful! Any ideas on what I should do? Anyone have advice on approaching a client about an issue like this?

Attached are the 3 mockups..



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]]> Graphic Design and Web Design Help spark http://www.estetica-design-forum.com/graphic-design-web-design-help/30635-client-vs-designer-advice-needed.html new logo: Orkney Campers http://www.estetica-design-forum.com/logo-design-brand-identity-forum/30633-new-logo-orkney-campers.html Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:09:56 GMT Hey everyone, this is a new logo i just did for Orkney Campers - VW Camper van rental in the Orkney Islands (http://www.orkneycampers.com) hope you... Hey everyone, this is a new logo i just did for Orkney Campers - VW Camper van rental in the Orkney Islands
hope you like it :)

Orkney Campers – Logo design, Scotland | Logo Design Graphic Design Glasgow Scotland

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