New Wordpress theme has been released today and I am sure you are going to fall in love with it. Polish up your blog with this silky-smooth design. My goal with this theme was to create something simple, refined, and well, polished! All of my recent themes have been page-based, so I thought it was time I release a more traditional blog template. I hope this dark and “interfacey” design will be a welcomed addition the the ElegantThemes collection. For more information be sure to check out the Live Demo, as well as the Features Page in the gallery.

Perfect for portfolios as well as business websites and personal blogs.

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Key Features of this magazine style theme:

1. Inbuilt easy to use gallery
2. SEO friendly
3. Inbuilt drop down menu
4. Lightweight, optimized for fast loading.
5. Tested on Wordpress 2.8+
6. Compatible with IE7, Firefox 3, Opera and Safari
7. Ready for All the social bookmarks
8. Ready for 250*250 ads
9. Beautiful organization of the comments section
10. Ready for thumbnails – no need to use custom keys, images are pulled automatically from the post.
11. beautiful web 2.0 magazine style design, based on CSS 3.0 features.

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TheCorporation Features

Powered by ePanel, TheCorporation comes with all of the great features you have become accustomed to here at EelegantThemes. Change  color schemes, post layouts, manage your navigation, optimize your blog for SEO and more with the click of a button.

1. Optional Blog-style Structure – TheCorporation is a completely page-based design, but that doesn’t mean you have to use it that way.  You can switch to “Blogstyle” mode at any time, which converts the page-based homepage into a post-based blog. Furthermore, you can choose to populate the Featured Slider with posts instead of pages. Even though this theme was made with a specific audience in mind, there is nothing stopping bloggers who just like the design from using it.

2. Six  Unique Color Schemes – TheCorporation comes with 2 styles, each with 3 color schemes, for a total of six different variations to choose from. The standard skin comes in three colors, including Blue, Green and Purple.

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Today’s generation is high tech. Everyone, at any age is using the internet for their main source of knowledge, entertainment and communications. The internet has quickly changed from a luxury to a necessity with everything available at just a simple click of the mouse. Never the less, computers and the internet are important for companies and has become the hub of their operations. They are used to store data and promote sales and websites are a necessity for any company offering products or services. Web hosting is important for you to get your services and products noticed on the web. You will be accessible by millions of viewers thus promoting your business sales in the high tech generation of today.

You could settle for the services of a simple web design company, but this will not make your site available to the masses, for that you need a web hosting company. To find the best web hosting companies, it is a good idea to discuss what you’re looking for from their services. Ask around and get acquainted with what a good web hosting company does so you are not left in the dark. You will want to have the knowledge in the area of web hosting so you know just what you’re looking for.

• Look for a company that has a good reputation in the field of web hosting. Check around and ask to see their portfolio, this will give you an idea of the services they are providing, and who they are providing them for.
• Another point to keep in mind is the price, look for a company that has competitive pricing as well as service that you need and stay focused on your own budget. Remember, you usually get what you pay for so make sure your budget matches the job that you are expecting any web host to do for you.
• Look for a company that will offer customer support 24/7 to ensure that your clients are getting the service they expect from your company. If you fail to provide service, your reputation will be what is hanging in the balance.
• An important point to also keep in mind is seeking services from a company that will offer support in many programming languages. CGI, ASP, JAVA and PHP will all be important and useful down the road.
• Look for a service provider that will keep your website up at the very least 99% of the time. You do not want to lose your clients because they can not access your website when they need it.
• A company offering free domains and sub-domains is not a bad idea, because later this may be very beneficial to you and your company as it grows.
• A company offering free scripting services and other software programs is also another one to keep in mind.

FatCow is the cheapest company out there, that is well known for customer satisfaction. Spam filters, auto-responders, visitor information and e-commerce services are just a few of the features they offer. With file managers and data base management, web hosting Australia is a better choice when searching for a web host company.

Remember your business is dependent on good website services and getting all of these services at a good price will help you remain in the high tech generation and allow you to grow beyond your wildest dreams. Do not leave your web hosting to chance, be selective and get the results you’re looking for.

Google has a habit of creating social networks that don’t seem to match up to the likes of Facebook, Twitter and My Space, but don’t leave them out of the race yet.  When Orkut was limited in India and Brazil, the hype was quickly lost but they have done it again. The new social connection service offered by Google is Google Buzz. With Google Buzz you can share real time updates with your friends as well as photos, links and so on. You can easily connect to other social networks you currently use such as Twitter, Flicker, Picasas and Google reader by simply importing all of your data from these sites.

The new Google Buzz is a hybrid that is inclusive of micro blogging, social networking and chat, just like some of the services already offered in Gmail. Here are a few tricks of the trade to get you up and running in Google Buzz.

• You can add Google buzz on your blog
• The ability to disable e-mail notifications
• You can add more connect sites such as Google reader, flickr, Twitter, Picasas and blogger.
• You get great keyboard shortcuts such as Shift+l= like a message, m=mute or ignore conversation, r= add a comment.
• Google buzz searches feature can show you the latest messages that match your search
• You can hide the Google buzz counter

Some helpful searches include:

Author: gmail.com- this allows you to find messages that are written by a specified user, you can even employ the use of partial names.

Commenter:@gmail.com – this allows you to find all comments from a specified user.

Adding has: photo or has: link to your search will restrict results to only messages that contain photos or links. (Example: Canada has: photo)

You can also view Google Buzz photos in slideshow format.

Keep in mind that when you upload a photo to Google Buzz it will be added to Picasas web album. When you click a thumbnail Google Buzz opens a light box which helps to navigate with ease between your images. There is no option for slideshow but it is available in the Picasas website.

Typography is important for any web page as well as all other type of medium.  Everything that is put into making a page look interesting tot read and enjoy all comes down to typography. There is a lot of competition for viewer numbers and it is important to make your site look inviting to readers.

There are no excuses when it comes to typography and if your page shows poor design you may already be behind the game. Here we will explain some of the some of the fundamentals that will allow you to create a page that is not only attractive but different than the rest of your competition. If you’re a web designer, you will be able to take comfort in knowing that much of your competition has poor design and this fact will put you ahead of the game. Web designers have to use the typography techniques and tools along with other media choices that will be aimed specifically at the audience you want to attract.

There are a set of unique problems for someone designing a web page because not only do you on your screen, you have to make all of your choices discreetly due to other computer platforms, sizes of screens and the communication needs of all of your viewers. You will need to work with the impact you want to have on viewers, the style and text of corresponding properties that are involved with the typeface it uses.

Typography means – If your audience is children, you will not use the same design as if you were typing for a political audience, and if your target is the political audience you would not choose the same formatting as you would for a page designed for a financial website. So as you can see your typography wants to be intertwined with the context and background that is best suited for your audience.

Text alignment – If you align to the left it will allow the viewer to read faster because it will give a focal point for the eye when starting to read the next line of text.

Line length – If you allow about 9 to 10 words per line it will give the viewer a higher reading speed. If your concern is in performance then you will want to use a longer line length. Viewers read at a faster rate when the lines are long but most prefer the shorter length.

Heading – You should make your heading about 130% of the text. But the longer the length of the line, the bigger the heading should be. For instance, a newspaper article is short in line length therefore they can have a smaller heading and they use the smaller font to fit as much information in the article as possible.

Font – the font needs to fit the subject matter. If you start to use more than one font it distracts the reader. Your heading should be in a bold Times new roman and the text is normally written in times new roman normal font. The cleaner looking the article or information the better the reader will comprehend your text. Mixing fonts is not advisable and does not look good.

Italics - If you must use them, use them sparingly because it does not translate well and is especially harder to read in a smaller sized text letter. Try not to use them on larger areas of your text and it will greatly improve the overall look.

Capitol letters – The use of Capitol letters is not recommended for all of your text, it makes it more difficult to read and the uniformity can throw a viewer off, even in the heading it is better to stay away from using full upper case letters. If using capitols in your heading, use them on the first letter of the word and it will allow an easier flow for the reader.

Contrast – The best contrast is a light background with dark words and vice versa, so keep this in mind when choosing your contrast colors.

Underscore links – it is a good idea to underscore all of your links so the viewer can easily identify what is and is not a link you should not be depending only upon a mouse over to highlight your links.

Scanners – You should know that most people when visiting a web page only scan through them so offer bold type on your headings and fill the first paragraphs with as much useful information as possible. It is better to use bullets and lists too as to break up the text and make it more inviting for the viewer. This is especially important if your website is offering a service.

Now that we have gone over some of the fundamentals you need to keep in mind how you use typography to better exploit your website content. It is done in a well thought out manner and with an objective eye. You will either gain or loose just by the typography you use so be careful in selecting the right combinations that will best fit your target audience and you will be pleased with the final results.

Webtreats has released a new treat for us, the wordpress users. inFocus is Powerful Premium WordPress theme, comes with an impressive fully customizable jQuery homepage slider with 3 different staging effects. Whether your a WordPress pro or just a beginner this theme has you covered. With a huge custom back end area you have complete control over the look and style of your theme. Add images to your homepage slider, add as many sidebar widgets as you like, pull in your latest tweet from Twitter and much much more all without having to touch a single line of code!

For your convince inFoucs comes with 10 skins to choose from.

Theme features:

• jQuery Slider
• Custom Sidebars
• Custom Widgets
• Portfolio Gallery
• Ajax Contact Form
• Social Bookmarking
• Page Templates
• Multiple CSS Styles
• 34 custom Style Shortcodes
• Breadcrumbs Navigation
• About Author Box on Posts
• jQuery Drop-down menu
• Font Replacement (cufon)
• Huge Tabbed Admin Area
• Layered PSDs are included for easy modification
• Extensive Documentation Included

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I often stress about the importance of logo design when getting your business or online website started, however year after year I notice that some people still under estimate the significance of branding and identity, so this post is going to be dedicated for logo design, and how to chose one wisely.

First off, forget about free logos that you can download online, the last thing you want to see is some other company chasing you with Trademark violation complains. You need professionals to do this for you, in order to guarantee this will be your unique, one-of-a-kind design you can start branding, register trademark for and promote as your own brand. If this is what you are after, go with LogoBee. This Canadian company has been online for 10 years, and has won multiple awards for the logo designs they have created. If you need professional branding and business identity for your website, The guys behind LogoBee won’t only supply you with a remarkable logo design, but also be able to provide you with web design, stationery and other related products, for affordable prices, with money-back guarantee and lifetime logo design support (who else will offer THAT?).

How to get started?

• First of all, go and see their impressive portfolio, to get an idea of what they are capable of.
• See what other have to say about their work. Testimonials from happy clients really speak for themselves! I was really impressed to see Kendra Todd, winner of  “The Apprentice”, being among LogoBee’s clients; she sought logo design services for her real estate firm.
• Have a look at their special offers, various packages (each one has its own advantages), and — place your order and become yet another satisfied client!

LogoBee accepts payments from all major credit cards together with paypal, making it extremely easy and flexible for anyone to avail of their service. Contrary to most online competitors, LogoBee’s designers are working in-house, you can reach them by online chat, fax, phone and even use their toll-free line in order to get in touch.

Important Information for affiliates and site owners: you can earn money referring clients to LogoBee, as they also run an affiliate program, which will help both parties benefit from new clients. Register today to start earning on new referrals! You might be a bit hesitant about joining the referral program, but rest assured, referred clients will have a great motivation, because they also receive a $20 discount on their logo design purchase, and additionally, when ordering a stationary design, the client gets 500 business cards printed in CMYK for FREE. That’s a great way to start a brand-able business you can trademark, don’t you think?

You really should not think twice, as LogoBee is a place where you get everything done under one roof, which means paying less to 3rd party companies who handle separate requests (like web design or printing your business cards out).