Archive for the ‘Portfolio’ Category
| 30 Nov 2007 |
Design for ultimateblogdirectory.com |
Last week i was hired to make a directory design for www.ultimateblogdirectory.com The old design looked
like a design from ’95. The client wanted something fresh yet web 2.0 and simple(check picture). First of all i started thinking about a color combination so i decided to use a combination of green/blue/yellow/grey/orange and the usual stripes.
Check out his preferences:
It needs to be 3 column with the right and left columns available for adds and sponsored links.
Center colum would have categories, on the front page the center should have a place for ads or featured sites above the categories.
It should be a rounded web 2.0 style.
At the menu i designed a light blue hover that really blends into the design.
For the logo i used a cut lemon and added mirror effect to it, making it the symbol of the directory.
The coder didn’t design it quite as it is in my design, but in my opinion he did a good job although he omissed some elements, but 2 things that really matter are that the theme is XHTML and CSS valid 
You can check out a working demo at www.ultimateblogdirectory.com
| 21 Oct 2007 |
Styleicious Web 2.0 WordPress template arriving on 24th october! |
How did the Styleicious template get created?
Well yesterday and today i didn’t have much custom work to do, i finished all the custom designs that had to be finished and i got myself a big mug of coffee and yesterday night i started working on the template. The template is finished(the design itself) BUT to make sure everyone likes it and to improve it more i
posted it on Digitalpoint for some reviews and suggestions. You can check out the thread at Stylicious Reviews The template has a very sleek look, and will have implemented lots of exciting plugins and features.
Lets check them out more detailed:
great looking web 2.0-ish logo
2 columns for you to have place to put extra content
WidgetBucks and Adsense READY!
widgetized sidebars
AJAX rating system
Thread tags
Tag Cloud
Recent posts and recent comments display
AJAX based Poll system integrated
great looking post display and commenting system
XHTML & CSS Valid
Great hover effects!
And last but not least : it will be 100% compatible with WordPress v 2.3!
You will be able to download the template starting from 24th October(Wednesday), if the release gets delayed you can be sure that i will let you know.
Update(25th october):
The release is delayed to 30th october due to some problems. I had some problems at designing, but eventually everything came out right. The template is being coded as we speak, lets hope we won’t have any more problems.
Update(30th october):
The release is further delayed due to coding problems(problem with the coder…needed to change him). But now i’m working with a good friend who tends to add more ajax features to it.
Read more in The Delay Thread
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If you are interested in hiring me for a custom job feel free to send an email to slayer@webarea.ro
| 13 Oct 2007 |
Oceanblue – a sleek web 2.0 wordpress theme COMMING THIS AUTUMN! |
I recently started working on a new wordpress theme that i will release for free, it will be very web 2.0 styled and will be packed with lots of plugins and ajax features.
It will have 1 column on the left side and will look very sleek and professional.
I will NOT put any sponsored links on the theme, only a link-back to my blog as usual.
Any feature suggestions are welcome, regardless to say that the template will be wordpress 2.3 compatibile!
| 27 Sep 2007 |
Logo design for WebArea.ro |
I got really bored of the default logo modified so i decided to make a special 
web 2.0 looking but still trendy and professional logo for my webmaster forum . So i started checking fonts and gradients and well..it took me quite a lot till i found my desired fonts and I imagined a concept in my head, and then i started working on it. Grey and bright grey variations with a blue bar so i needed to think something 
that would fit. Blue is a must in a context like this, but i wasn’t really sure about the other color, i tried from red to white but none really it except orange so i went with it, i combined all together and edited the “w” and the “b” antennas and in my opinion it turned out unique, and brandable.
Any comments are welcome! 
