Another Rocket themes result - but have I sold out

HandiSeat OMG whatever will I have to do next!

Ever felt like you sold out!
I'm sure you do - lets face it most of us are frustrated artists and we turn to photography or design to make money instead of art.

Well I have been lucky so far...
at least throughout most of my career I have sold out to benefit many worthy causes in the Charity Sector and while making little or no money (in fact often loosing or giving away both money and time) I have always had great job satisfaction, knowing that what I do not only made a difference but counted for something I cared about.

Not any more I don't...
Here I am giving you another excellent example of how much use Rocket Themes templates are and how easy they are to customise BUT its not an example I take any pride in I mean disposable toilet seat covers and to think I passed up a project that would help and save countless Orangutans for this!

Still it looks good!...
client loves it and even I have to eat and sleep and buy stuff eventually - lets hope I can make a few quid quickly and get back building on my past philanthropic efforts soon.

I mean WHO THE HELL WILL BUY THESE?...
That's what I said about bottled water - from time to time I forget that when we do our job well - people will buy almost anything.

Ugly Mug Coffee Posters | The Inspiration Room™ | Daily

Ugly Mug Coffee Posters

A fantastic use of good typography - love em! Be sure to check out these great posters.

Fotolia.co.uk - Royalty Free Stock Photos

Fotolia.co.uk - Royalty Free Stock Photos

Currently my favourite place for the cheaper end of stock photos - I hate not having budget to commission good photography but if money is that tight then why spend more than you need to and at a couple of pound each they don't get much cheaper!

Country Lover website - quick build - dating for countryside lovers

Country Lover - dating for countryside lovers
http://www.country-lover.com

Built this one in a day with a quick and easy adaptation of a Rocket Themes template (see previous post) ans some previously purchased stock from Ingram Publishing CD's.

The client was a start-up with little finance and delighted with this design and build as well as the CMS that gives them so much control.

Joomla Templates and phpBB3 Styles - RocketTheme

Joomla Templates and phpBB3 Styles - RocketTheme

Do you get a few clients that think you can knock out a website for them in a day and as cheap as anything - don't we all, they all think you press one button and then your done.

Well if you can't convince them to develop a sensible budget for their website and you are happy to use Joomla, instead of sending them away you should check out this great set of Joomla templates from Rocket Themes.

The templates look fantastic and have so many modules and colour variations available, they can be quickly customised to your design requirements (just not quite bespoke). membership is cheap and helpful as are the forums.

I have used these to great effect in the charity sector and for clients with a smaller budget.

Digital Photography Tutorials

Digital Photography Tutorials

Some basics and some advanced info and tutorials in using your digital camera - the more we understand these things the better the results we get, or understand what can be achieved.

www.dontclick.it

www.dontclick.it

Fantastic idea, websites with no clicks to navigate - it's great and easy to navigate, but the question has to be, how many visitors would get past the front page of your website considering how conditioned we are to the traditional navigation system?

How many people with the very first remote controls still got up and walked across the room to turn the TV over for a week or two - and that was just one TV set there are a lot more websites and they all have the same controls - until now!

Joomla!

Joomla!

I'll start my brand new blog with the obvious saying as its only a matter of time before it gets lost in the depths of the long list that is a blog.

Joomla great open source CMS website - use it with Heart internet hosting - they even have a quick install button, one click and you built a website ready for content and some design elements.

Joomla use it all the time and don't forget to send them the odd fiver or so as a thanks and for continued development of this great product.