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• Eye of the St Louis web designer: Thankful

  I have lived in the USA for 13 years and in all that time have always celebrated Thanksgiving. Its a good excuse for a slap up dinner so what not to celebrate despite my English origins. However this year is my first Thanksgiving as an American Citizen so it [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 8:00am EST
  

• Eye of a St Louis web designer: Support our Troops

  Here is the St Louis Web designer's plug of the week.
  
  
  Hotshots is currently collecting requested items to send to our boys and girls overseas.
  
  Where: Any Hotshots Location, bulk donation taken at the Fenton location
  
  What: Snacks & Entertainment items are always the [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 7:27am EST
  

• ipod earbuds fall out of my ears. Do yours?

  Music can often be a great inspiration to me when I am in designing and my ipod is always on my desk. However, hands up if your ipod earbuds fall out of your ears? Mine do, the standard ipod earbuds were swiftly replaced with an in-ear pair but I still [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:49am EST
  

• New web site for St Louis Roberg Tax Solutions

  What better way to start the week than with the launch of a new web site.
  If you are looking for tax assistance in the St Louis area visit Robergs Tax Solutions
  
  
  The site is built on the Word Press CMS system for which [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 11:04am EST
  

• Web Design Testimonial

  I received a another great testimonial from one of my web design clients recently:
  
  “Zoe was wonderful to work with. We had interviewed a handful of different web designers before we found Zoe. Her portfolio was strong and she seemed to understand our need to reach customers and offer [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 7:39am EST
  

• Need a custom blog? A showcase of our blogging Clients

  Looking for a custom blog? Already have a web site and want to add a blog but need it to integrate smoothly within your site?
  
  We can help. Take a look at some of our custom blogs.
  
  What's New with Cynthia Reeg
  
  
  Goley' [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 9:10am EST
  

• Free Vector Patterns

  I have always been drawn to patterns (no pun intended!). As a kid I loved geometry coloring sheets and my first job in design was the creation of anti counterfeit patterns for currency. More about that another day!
  
  Here are a couple of simple vector patterns for you [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 7:55am EST
  

• Follow the money

  Over the weekend I cleaned out some business paper work and came across a registered $1 bill I'd been meaning to register on www.WheresGeorge.com.
  
  It will get spent today >> follow my dollar bill
  
  
  
  2009 © St Louis Web Designer
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 7:59am EST
  

• New logo for HardscapeSTL.com

  We are well underway with the creation of a new website for hardscapeSTL.com. It is due for launch early in the new year and will be a great resource for home owners in the St Louis area looking to upgrade their hardscape - a new patio, wall, walkway, driveway or [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 10:53am EST
  

• How to Subscribe to a Blog: St Louis web designers tip of the day

  If you, are like me, and read a lot of blogs, it is not a good use of time to visit your favorite blogs every day just on the off chance there is something new to enjoy. A far more effective way is to subscribe to the blog and have [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 7:30am EST
  

• Can blogging help my business?

  Last month I wrote "Can twitter help my business?" this month question is
  "Can blogging help my business?"
  
  
  
  Visibility
  Blogging regularly about topics relevant to your business and target audience is a fabulous way to increase your visibility among the search engines. [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 10:45am EST
  

• Selecting a web designer.

  Selecting a web designer to work on your project can be a daunting task. Where to start?
  
  A Google search? The phrase "St Louis web designer" yields a whopping 2,270,000 returns. Clicking through and visiting the sites on just the first pages can be overwhelming (as a result of [...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2009, 7:22am EDT
  

• Web design creative block? Try color sampling

  Suffering from creative block? Try color sampling a photograph you are drawn to. The result, a color palette which may kick start your web design process.
  
  
  
  St Louis web designer tip of the day.
  
  © 2009 St Louis Web Designer [...]
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  Posted: October 27, 2009, 8:41am EDT
  

• Google Sidewiki and the Webmaster

  On the whole I love the applications offered by Google but they have recently launched one that stops me in my tracks and makes me ask "why?". I am talking about Google Sidewiki.
  
  Google Sidewiki can be downloaded with Google tool bar and enables anyone with a Google profile [...]
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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 8:15am EDT
  

• Website in progress: In St Louis, need a new patio?

  We have just won the contract to create an exciting new web site to assist users looking to beautify their yard with a new patio, retaining wall or any other Hardscape feature.
  
  The site will be targeted for the St Louis market and will launch early 2010, in conjunction [...]
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  Posted: October 23, 2009, 8:50am EDT
  

• Custom Cartoon Illustrations for your Website?

  As a graphic and website designer sometimes my design tool of choice is simply a piece of paper and a pencil. This is especially so when a web site calls for custom cartoon illustrations, these work really well on websites targeted towards kids. The result is a very original feel [...]
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  Posted: October 21, 2009, 5:05pm EDT
  

• Eye of the St Louis Web Designer

  There is something so tactile about a carpet of moss, which is abundance in St Louis at the moment after our recent abundance of rain.
  I love the variation of textures in this photograph, the simplest of pictures often serve as a great inspiration source when designing new websites.
  
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  Posted: October 20, 2009, 9:02am EDT
  

• I can't see the changes to my website: Browser refresh

  You have just heard from your web designer that all the changes you wanted made to your web site have been made. You visit your site to check things over and nothing appears to have changed. Does that sound familiar?
  
  If so, the most probable cause is that you [...]
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  Posted: October 15, 2009, 9:19am EDT
  

• Can Twitter Help my Business?

  
  
  I have been using Twitter on a regular basis for nearly 7 months now, the results of my experiment started back in April are ready to be published! In that time I have tweeted 315 times and amassed 343 followers and followed 442 tweeters. Not huge [...]
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  Posted: October 14, 2009, 8:00am EDT
  

• Eye of the St Louis Web Designer

  
  Fall is undoubtedly here in St Louis. [...]
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  Posted: October 13, 2009, 8:02am EDT
  

• Free Credits for istockphoto

  Here is a great tip if you are looking for free credits for iStockphoto.com
  
  I regularly use them to source images for web and graphic design projects. They have a wealth of very reasonable priced images which is always popular with my clients. The cost of stock photography [...]
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  Posted: October 09, 2009, 7:08am EDT
  

• Generate revenue from your websites: AdSense

  Looking for an easy way to make some additional revenue from your web site? Try Google AdSense.
  
  A small snippet of code placed on your web site will generate Goggle ads earning you revenue based on a cost per click or cost per impression basis. You can fine [...]
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  Posted: October 01, 2009, 2:01pm EDT
  

• New website for St Louis based Big River Associates

  Launched today is a new web site for Big River Associates. They offer a wealth of business expertise from Corporate Strategy to Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions to Team Building and can leverage their experience in a wide variety of business disciplines.
  
  
  
  
  Based [...]
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  Posted: September 29, 2009, 9:07am EDT
  

• Website Copyright Infringement : An update.

  
  I recently wrote a post titled " Has your website content been stolen" after a client discovered another website owner was using her copy. I did a quick check on Indigo Image, using the tools I described in my post, and found that not [...]
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  Posted: September 21, 2009, 6:58am EDT
  

• Free Vector Art Brush set for Adobe Illustrator.

  During this recent project, I made good use of one of my favorite tools in Adobe Illustrator - custom brushes.
  
  In under ten minutes I have produced this complicated graphic, simply by designing a set of custom brushes and applying them to a circle.
  
  
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  Posted: September 14, 2009, 12:45pm EDT
  

• Has your website content been stolen?

  Last week a client contacted me with news that she had discovered a web site that was using her web copy. It was a site offering the same type of service and operating in the same geographic area. Not good news.
  
  I suggested she contact the site owner to [...]
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  Posted: September 11, 2009, 8:22am EDT
  

• Banner Designs for St Louis Retail Center

  This was a fun project. We were commissioned to design a set of "trendy" banners for a St Louis metro retail center. At 18 by 10 ft each they will be hung and illuminated in vacant stores.
  
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  Posted: September 10, 2009, 8:17am EDT
  

• Logo and stationery set for Big River

  Here is one of the latest projects we have been working on; Big River Associates.
  
  Here is the logo and stationery set. A web site is in the works.
  
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  Posted: September 09, 2009, 11:48am EDT
  

• Eye of a St Louis web designer

  Today marks a very special day for the St Louis web designer. My husband and I were sworn in as American citizens.
  
  Here we are with Honorable Frederick R. Buckles, who presided over the ceremony and led us through the Oath of Allegiance.
  
  
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  Posted: September 04, 2009, 2:33pm EDT
  

• New website project for St Louis Plastic Surgeon

  We have just been awarded the contract to create a new web site for Plastic Surgery International, the practice of Dr Helen Tadjalli. Looking forward to getting started on it!
  
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  Posted: August 31, 2009, 11:47am EDT
  

• New web site Goley Insulation

  This morning we launched a brand new web site for Goley Insulation.

  
  

  
  The site features a wealth of information on types of insulation for both the residential and commercial customer and with a well thought out navigational structure users are able to quickly zone in [...]
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  Posted: August 26, 2009, 1:01pm EDT
  

• Eye of a St Louis web designer

  
  

  One box of old, but loved chalk pastels + a spare 30 minutes = A splash of color for my office wall.

  Ways to unwind by the St Louis web designer.
  

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  Posted: August 20, 2009, 11:22am EDT
  

• New website for Tramar Contracting

  I have many satisfying moments as my job as a website designer but none quite beats the launch of a new site.
  This afternoon sees the launch of a brand new web site for TraMar Contracting
  
  
  Its a great way to end a very [...]
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  Posted: August 14, 2009, 2:17pm EDT
  

• Branding Project in Progress

  I am kicking off this week with a complete branding project for a St Louis business consulting company. Concepts for the logo are well on the way and I will also be working on a stationery set and web site. [...]
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  Posted: August 03, 2009, 9:13am EDT
  

• St Louis web designer recipe for R & R

  

  As much as I love my job as a St Louis web and graphic designer there comes a point, when I need a break.
  

  Great beach house found and booked online:
  Flights booked online:
  Great deal on rental car with Internet coupon:
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  Posted: July 29, 2009, 8:05am EDT
  

• A great web site design testimonial

  Today's post speaks for itself.
  
  
  
  "I worked with Zoe when I started the entire branding initiative for our business. We needed to have our webpage up very quickly. Zoe obtained a very good understanding, very quickly, of what made our business different and how we" [...]
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  Posted: July 17, 2009, 9:34am EDT
  

• Eye of the St Louis web Designer

  This week has seen me multi task on nine different design projects. Jumping from logo design to web design, updating client web sites and sales calls.
  
  On this beautiful St Louis morning I took a little time to visit my garden ahead of all the hustle and bustle of [...]
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  Posted: July 16, 2009, 10:43am EDT
  

• St louis Web Designers To Do List

  A steamy Monday morning here in St Louis and lots to do:
  
  
  One branding and website proposal to writeTwo logos to completeThree current customers to call regarding new projects
  Four prospects to follow up on
  Five web sites in various stages of productionWhat's on your "to" [...]
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  Posted: July 13, 2009, 8:56am EDT
  

• A web and graphic design portfolio: A lead generator

  I met with a potential client earlier this week, looking to create a logo and web site look and feel. A start up company, they have a great idea and a hefty business plan - a sure sign to mean that they really mean business.
  
  It never ceases to [...]
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  Posted: July 02, 2009, 9:17am EDT
  

• A brand color palette. Eye of a St Louis web designer

  A few weeks ago these beautiful irises were in full bloom in my St Louis garden. Notice anything about the colors in this photograph? They are essentially the palette of colors we use in our brand.
  
  I love using nature as an inspiration during web and graphic design projects [...]
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  Posted: June 22, 2009, 9:25am EDT
  

• Need a website ASAP?

  We need a website ASAP. This is a surprisingly common request and was exactly what Software Assistants asked of us.
  
  Their site was launched today, less than two weeks after we began the project. The fast turn around did not mean we cut corners, we followed our tried [...]
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  Posted: June 09, 2009, 9:41am EDT
  

• St Louis web designer tip of the day: Give your blog a boost

  Blogs are a great way to promote your services, improve your search engine ranking and provide a great way to interact with your readers.
  
  Here are some quick tips to give your blog a boost and grow your readership
  
  Write it regualry - at least twice a week.Comment [...]
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  Posted: June 04, 2009, 11:04am EDT
  

• Brochure Design for St Louis Financial Advisor.

  
  We recently completed this brochure design for St Louis financial advisor, LegaGroup. [...]
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  Posted: May 27, 2009, 11:59am EDT
  

• Adobe Illustrator Layers Palette has disappeared

  I have been working on a new logo today for Warson Capital Partners, my tool of choice for logo design is Adobe Illustrator.
  
  Every once in a while I encounter an annoying problem with Illustrator - the layers palette just disappears and nothing I do within the program itself [...]
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  Posted: May 20, 2009, 3:51pm EDT
  

• Eye of the St Louis Web Designer

  I love the fact my job as a web and graphic designer allows me to indulge my creativity but sometimes it is fun to apply those creative skills to something completely different.
  
  I brought my painting talents to this backdrop for Wildwood Dance and Arts.
  
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  Posted: May 13, 2009, 5:30pm EDT
  

• Are you all blogged out? St Louis Web Designer's tip of the day

  If you are blogging for business, pleasure or both there will be days /weeks, when you come up empty in creating that next killer blog post. Welcome to Bloggers Block .
  
  Here are some of the tips I use to keep those creative juices flowing.
  
  Keep a running [...]
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  Posted: May 11, 2009, 3:12pm EDT
  

• Website for St Louis wedding Officiant Ruth Hasser

  The internet is an invaluable tool when planning a wedding and if you are in the wedding business, having a website which engages the "bride to be" is vital.
  
  Ruth Hasser, a St Louis wedding officiant and celebrant, understood this and we began working with her in the design [...]
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  Posted: May 05, 2009, 10:51am EDT
  

• Website first impressions: New site for Breeze Law Firm

  You have one chance to make that all important first impression, are you achieving that with your web site?
  
  The updated site we've created for Breeze Law Firm delivers a great first impression with a rich look/feel, easy to navigate interface and direct copy allowing visitors a thorough overview' [...]
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  Posted: April 28, 2009, 12:38pm EDT
  

• Custom 404 error pages.

  Does your web site have custom error pages? If a visitor types in the address of a page that has been moved or no longer exists are they greeted with this?
  
  
  
  Does this screen engage your users? No and you are missing an opportunity to [...]
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  Posted: April 23, 2009, 9:00am EDT
  

• Are you getting the most of the visual elements of your brand ?

  The visual elements of your brand are typically classified as
  Your LogoTypography – font face, sizesColor Palette – primary and secondary colorsImagery- photographs, illustration and their stylesPersonalityHere are the visual elements of the Indigo Image brand and examples of how we use them to create a consistent image.
  
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  Posted: April 21, 2009, 4:03pm EDT
  

• New Online Catalog for St Louis Woman's Exchange

  Looking for unique kids clothes or gifts? Check out the new online catalog of the St Louis Woman's Exchange web site launched this afternoon.
  
  We configured the catalog so it could be easily populated by the client, they have made a great start and there is already a' [...]
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  Posted: April 17, 2009, 3:43pm EDT
  

• Web Design Updates for Indigo Image

  Back in February I mentioned our web site was undergoing a freshen up. Client work always comes first so it has taken until the middle of April to roll out the changes. But today is the day!
  
  While the overall design has not dramatically changed we have focused on [...]
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  Posted: April 15, 2009, 11:21am EDT
  

• Web Site Testimonial from St Louis Associates in OBGYN

  Hearing this kind of feedback makes it all worth while!
  
  Working with Zoe at Indigo Image was an extremely positive experience. Her prompt communication and professionalism truly made our web page development a breeze. Not only was the development process easy for us, her creativity continues to bring our [...]
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  Posted: April 13, 2009, 9:16am EDT
  

• Twitter experiment

  Are you using Twitter yet?
  
  I have had a Twitter account for quite some time now but only really started using it recently. Twittering is like micro blogging; you have 140 characters to have your say. It is quick, easy and free.
  
  As with any social networking tool [...]
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  Posted: April 03, 2009, 3:58pm EDT
  

• Looking for a basketball camp in St Louis? View our latest web site

  Launched this week is an updated web site for the Larry Hughes Basketball summer camp. Time was of the essence in getting this site online as flyers advertising the camp were being distributed and visitors were being directed to a very outdated site with incorrect information. We completed this [...]
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  Posted: April 01, 2009, 9:28am EDT
  

• Web site in progress for wedding officiant

  I am currently working on a new web web site for a St Louis wedding officiant. 
  At the start of any project, as part of the discovery process, I asked my clients to send me a few URL's of web sites they like and ones they don't. From the sites [...]
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  Posted: March 25, 2009, 8:50pm EDT
  

• New web site for St Louis' Hotshots sports Bar and Grill

  
  
  Launched today is a new web site for Hotshots Sports Bar and Grill
  
  [www.hotshotsnet.com]
  
  With a warm appealing design, akin to walking into one of the nine locations in the St Louis area, the site features a free coupon sign up and calendar [...]
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  Posted: March 24, 2009, 2:58pm EDT
  

• This is not a web project

  I recently turned my design skills to something other than web sites. It was an interesting project, the creative brief was to construct a crocodile costume for 4 dancers. The costume will be used in the production of Peter Pan by Wildwood Dance and Arts.
  
  Here is the [...]
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  Posted: March 16, 2009, 9:15pm EDT
  

• St Louis Jazz Cafe: opening soon

  
  Opening March 21st is the much anticipated St Louis Jazz Café
  
  I worked with Cafe owner Arnold Charleston in April last year in design of their logo. I love the way they have incorporated it into their web site.
  
  Check it out at [...]
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  Posted: March 13, 2009, 9:55am EDT
  

• Updates to our web site

  We have been swamped with work this week, a big SEO project, client web maintenance, and juggling 5 design projects, so the updates to our web site I announced last week are not going to happen...just yet. They are however well underway. If I can roll them out before [...]
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  Posted: March 05, 2009, 3:58pm EST
  

• The quality of your web coding and SEO

  Today I have been working on a site I recently took over.
  
  The site has a clean well functioning design with no usability flaws. However it has not been doing well in the search engines for the keywords and phrases the client is targeting, so they have asked me [...]
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  Posted: March 03, 2009, 4:06pm EST
  

• The time commitment of blogging: St Louis web designers tip of the day

  Blogging can be a great tool to add to your marketing mix. It can improve the visibility of your online presence and allow easy interaction with your clients and site visitors.
  
  For small business owners serious about getting their sites to perform well in the search engines (internet marketing, [...]
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  Posted: March 02, 2009, 3:25pm EST
  

• New web site for Saint Louis Associates in OBGYN

  Launched this afternoon is a brand new web site for Saint Louis Associates in OBGYN.
  
  Presented with a clean and fresh look/feel, the site information is organized in well structured categories, from "Practice Areas" to "Woman's Health by Life Stage". The user is able quickly to hone in on' [...]
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  Posted: February 26, 2009, 1:53pm EST
  

• Web Design Work in Progress

  I am currently multi tasking on seven web design projects in various stages of production, from design conceptualizations, basic coding, to search engine optimization. The clients range from Dr's to bar owners, lawyers to contractors. I am wearing many hats and work best like this!
  
  On top of that' [...]
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  Posted: February 25, 2009, 3:48pm EST
  

• St Louis web designer features in iGoogle Love stories

  Last week I recorded a short video about why "I love my iGoogle page". It is now one of the featured video stories.
  Check it out here. My video is title "Why I love iGoogle"
  
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  Posted: February 23, 2009, 12:01pm EST
  

• Eye of a St Louis Web Designer

  It's fun to turn my design skills from the web to another medium. Take a look at these "designer" cup cakes I created for my daughter's 11th birthday party last week.
  
  
  Yum Yum ...although I didn't actually get to sample one as they were all gobbled' [...]
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  Posted: February 16, 2009, 11:31am EST
  

• An Identity in action

  We have recently been working with Building Products Corp, of Belleville, Il, in the development of a brand identity for a new division, Bella Stone.
  
  They are already putting the logo we designed into their marketing efforts, its great to see their identity in action!
  
  
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  Posted: February 06, 2009, 3:27pm EST
  

• New web site For Marshall Friedman Law Firm

  Launched today is a new web site for St Louis law firm, Marshall Friedman.
  

  
  When hired a few months back to complete this project one of the most pressing problems we had to address were the Google search results for the original site. The site had been hacked into [...]
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  Posted: February 03, 2009, 3:36pm EST
  

• New web site for St Louis Company : Printer's Finishing Services

  Launched Friday was a new web site for St Louis based Printer's Finishing Services
  
  [www.printersfinishing.com]
  
  
  
  
  Printer's Finishing Services, Inc. design, produce, pack, and ship custom temporary, and semi-permanent displays and it was only fitting that we featured an abundance of their highly [...]
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  Posted: January 26, 2009, 9:31am EST
  

• Eye of a St Louis Web Designer

  The eye of the St Louis web designer photo of the day.
  Can anyone guess what these are? Post your guess in the comments area.
  
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  Posted: January 20, 2009, 3:46pm EST
  

• Our first new web site launch for 2009

  Today saw the launch of our first web site for 2009, Loy Lange Box Company www.loylangebox.com
  
  Loy-Lange Box Company is a full service corrugator and custom box manufacturer located in Historic Soulard in St Louis, MO
  
  [...]
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  Posted: January 08, 2009, 2:01pm EST
  

• Adding a blog to your Internet Marketing mix?

  2009 brings us to our 4th year of blogging, which is not bad considering our blog was started as an experiment.
  
  There are many business advantages to having a blog but my favorite is what they can do in terms of your Search Engine Marketing
  
  To search engines, [...]
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  Posted: January 06, 2009, 4:01pm EST
  

• Gift Tags Freebie: seasonal graphic design fun

  Here is a set of custom gift tags designed using Adobe Illustrator which you can download for FREE print them out on your desktop printer. A St Louis Web Designer freebie
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  Posted: December 18, 2008, 12:03pm EST
  

• Brochure Design In progress

  We are currently working on a new brochure for Bella Stone Pavers
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  Posted: December 08, 2008, 1:57pm EST
  

• Have you met the Boffins?

  Enjoy a day in the lab with the boffins and watch as their experiments go wrong
  
  Set your i Google page to The Boffins [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2008, 4:02pm EST
  

• St Louis Web Designer tip of the day

  I recently started using Skype to call my family back home in the UK, resulting in a substantial reduction of my phone bill.
  Its allows you to make calls over the internet, is easy to use and as an added bonus you can have a true video call.
  
  To [...]
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  Posted: December 02, 2008, 3:24pm EST
  

• Help to prevent online form spamming

  Do you have an online form that is being spammed?
  
  One way to reduce the junk is to incorporate a CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) script into your form. A CAPTCHA is a program that protects websites against bots by generating and [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2008, 9:10am EST
  

• Attorney Web Site in Progress

  We are currently working on a new web site for St Louis attorney firm Keefe and Brodie.
  
  
  The site is currently in the our design phase of development. [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2008, 10:58am EST
  

• Surfing Preferences

  I read quite a debate recently about surfing preferences and the opening of new windows for external links.
  For example. Do you prefer a link to to open in the same window or a new window
  
  Online Surveys & Market Research [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2008, 2:34pm EST
  

• A web/graphic designer to do list

  It has been over a week since I wrote a post so you’d think I would be loaded with topics to write about. It appears not.
  
  I have a pretty heavy work load at the moment with:-
  
  Nine web sites in various stage of development – clients ranging [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2008, 3:29pm EST
  

• Eye of a St Louis Web Designer

  The fall colors have been fabulous in St Louis this year. There is nothing like color in nature to inspire creativity.
  
  1. Start with a colorful photograph
  2. Sample the photograph to build a palette of colors
  3. Use your palette to design a quick fun graphic
  
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  Posted: November 06, 2008, 3:05pm EST
  

• New Web Design in Progress for Tramar Contracting Inc

  
  One of the many aspects I like about my job is the variety of businesses I become aware of.
  
  I recently met with Tramar Contracting Inc and had my eyes opened to a business that provides concrete barriers to construction zones.
  
  We are [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2008, 1:41pm EST
  

• Fun with design at Halloween

  
  
  The icons of Halloween and a bit of design fun by the St Louis web designer. [...]
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  Posted: October 31, 2008, 9:52am EDT
  

• What happens to Pixel and Vector graphics when they are enlarged.

  Here is a graphic which illustrates what happens when you do an idential enlargement on pixel generated and vector generated circles.
  
  The pixel generated graphic goes all blurry and not too nice at all. The vector one however stays crisp and clean.
  
  
  
  
  
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  Posted: October 23, 2008, 12:21pm EDT
  

• i Google Updated

  Last week Google implemented changes to iGoogle. While some of the functionality aspects are good (like giving full gmail operation within the realms of the iGoogle page) the new navigation placement is not.
  
  They have switched from top tab navigation to a left side bar navigation, and in essence [...]
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  Posted: October 22, 2008, 9:22am EDT
  

• Pharmaceutical sales web site

  We have just finished redesigning a web site for Pharmaceuticalsales.com and launched it yesterday to coincide with the publishing of the 10th anniversary edition of “Insight into a Career in Pharmaceutical Sales 10th Anniversary Edition” by Anne Clayton
  Visit the site at [www.pharmaceuticalsales.com]
  
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  Posted: October 21, 2008, 10:17am EDT
  

• New web site in progress

  We are currently working on a new web site for C. Marshall Friedman, Attorneys at law
  
  http://www.marshallfriedman.com [...]
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  Posted: October 16, 2008, 2:03pm EDT
  

• You chose to end the nonresponsive program Internet Explorer

  I lose count of how many times I see this message. I don't think a day goes by without Internet Explorer crashing. The thing is I have no desire to send an error report to Microsoft ..EVER. Does anyone know how to shut off this window for good?
  
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  Posted: October 14, 2008, 10:08am EDT
  

• Customizing Google Maps

  Adding an interactive map to a web site can be a great feature. I am currently working on a new web site for Saint Louis Associates in OBGYN and needed to add a map for their two locations.
  Google Maps allows the creation of customized maps and I tried [...]
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  Posted: October 08, 2008, 10:16am EDT
  

• Eye of a St Louis Web Designer

  Here is a quiz from the St Louis web designer. Where in the St Louis area would you find this wall?
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  Posted: October 07, 2008, 2:27pm EDT
  

• How to open .RAR files

  A client recently sent me a .RAR file which I was unable to open. A little internet research revealed that .RAR files are compressed archives similar to .Zip files. RAR has the benefit of creating an archived file which is 8 to 30% smaller than Zip archives.
  
  Like .zip [...]
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  Posted: September 29, 2008, 1:55pm EDT
  

• Corporate outsourcing of graphic and web design work

  Over the last few years there has been a distinct trend for corporations to outsource elements of their businesses, everything from IT to payroll services. Graphic and web design services are no exception and we now have a number of these corporate outsource accounts in our client mix.
  
  With [...]
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  Posted: September 26, 2008, 3:14pm EDT
  

• Feedback from i google theme designs

  I took a look recently at how popular the themes I have created for i Google are and got a pleasant suprise.
  
  Perfect Petals has had rave reviews and proves to be the most popular:
  
  Perfectly Brilliant Elizabeth Deal - Jul 18, 2008 - Thank you for [...]
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  Posted: September 19, 2008, 9:35am EDT
  

• Celebrating a St Louis Web Designer Milestone

  Todays marks my 300th post as the St Louis Web Designer. It's time to celebrate with some graphic design!

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  Posted: September 16, 2008, 9:43am EDT
  

• Four web lingo terms explained

  When talking to our customers or potential customers about web design we try and keep the techno speak to a minimum. After all they are after an end product and generally it is not helpful to bombard with geek speak. The following phrases come up quite often so here is [...]
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  Posted: September 12, 2008, 12:17pm EDT
  

• Web design project in progress

  We are pretty busy at the moment with a total of 12 active projects on the go, everything from web sites, logos, banner design, stationery design. The majority of clients we work are based in the St Louis metro area although we do have few further a field.
  
  One [...]
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  Posted: September 11, 2008, 10:43am EDT
  

• New development in The Central West End St Louis

  I have updated one of our clients web sites, www.embrace4449.com today with some photographs of a recently completed construction project in the Central West End. The project included the renovation of an old building into condos and the building new Townhomes.
  
  Check them out at 4449 Olive StreetCentral [...]
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  Posted: September 10, 2008, 10:29am EDT
  

• The power of Adobe Photoshop Filters

  One of the main tools of my trade is Adobe Photoshop.
  I encountered a little creative block while trying to think of something to write on my blog today and sat there doodling with photoshop. In less than 2 minutes this is what I had created ...all done with [...]
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  Posted: September 09, 2008, 1:10pm EDT
  

• A logo makeover

  One of our newest customer is MAC, Motor Appliance Corporation. We have been working with them for a few months on a whole range of graphic design projects including business card design, label design and one of or latest project a rework of thier logo
  
  
  
  
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  Posted: September 08, 2008, 12:23pm EDT
  

• Printing coupon: Save $75 off your next printing project

  Here is a great offer from printingforless.com
  Visit their web site or call 800.930.6040 and by mention referal code RP1I8DF78  and you save $75 off your first order.
  A St Louis Web Designer freebie of the day
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  Posted: September 05, 2008, 9:09am EDT