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I was looking for web site templates and I stumbled upon EasyTemplates.com. The first word that came out of my mouth (literally) was “WOW!” after previewing this Flash template. This is only one of many Flash templates available from the site and it also offers traditional HTML templates, as well as e-commerce templates that utilize PHP and mySQL database. The templates are categorized to suit everyone’s needs.

Why do I recommend these Easy Templates? You can edit the text, button labels, email form, background music, and pictures in Notepad or any other text editor. So anyone, even those who don’t know anything about Flash can make changes to personalize their web site. If you don’t want 100% Flash only website but rather a normal HTML website template with Flash elements at the top, Easy Templates offers templates with both HTML and Flash elements. There are also the more advanced Flash Templates for those that know Macromedia FLASH MX 7.0 , 8.0 or CS3/4. For photographers, with over 50 Flash photography templates to choose from, they can use these photo album templates made to show off their photographs, in a “Flashy” way.

The price for these templates are also resonable that range from USD$42 for a Flash intro template or you can have your own full-blown YouTube-style video web site to share movies with friends or to your potential customers for a mere USD$199.

Also want to note that EasyTemplates.com also offers its customers a 1-year free web hosting and for $1 per month from then on through Hostgator. Honestly you really can’t find a hosting service for $1 a month.

So if you are looking for professionally done web site templates, be it written in HTML or Flash, take a look at what EasyTemplates.com has to offer.

Not everyone knows how to do or wants to turn those pretty PSD files into functioning html pages by him or herself. html Markup (yes that’s the company name) will solve this problem by converting given PSD files into XHTML. turn around time is within 48 hours for the homepage and 6 hours for any sub pages. The cost is $79 and $40 respectively.

There are many benefits of using htmlmarkup to do the conversion such as clean W3C valid XHTML+CSS coding, cross browser compatibility (IE6, IE7, Firefox, Opera and Safari), easy integration into any CMS (content management system), optimized for fast loading. The XHTML files are done by professional slicing team at highly competitive prices.

With a trust worthy third party helping with your PSD files, you can concentrate more on designing and building your PSDs without worrying about the time that needs to be allocated on the actual XHTML building. The time that is needed to bring your business up and running will be reduced and we all know time IS money.

The web site itself is also nicely done, though simple. It has a section on samples of its designs and positive testimonials from past/present users. And you can get quotes for the work that you want to be done by submitting the form on the page.

By the way I really like the blue + glow background.

This is my first blog and first product review, I have put in a a lot of efforts into writing this. Ok, let’s get to the point.

For your information, I have been a web/graphic designer for more than 10 years, I am not saying I’m a professional (skill wise) but I can say I know enough to judge that this Web Design Mastery is a good read for those wanting to know more about web design, promoting your own website, whether for business or personal purpose.

From the site it shows you the topics that are covered extensively in 8 volumes. If you are really interested, you can just go straight to signing up for a free trial which contains 77 pages of the full 500+ page ebook and no I don’t gain anything from anyone by signing up for the trail version ebook and that’s not why I’m here.

I got myself a copy of the trail ebook by signing up on the site, you can unsubscribe from the list once you receive a link to download the trail ebook through email (note if you are using yahoo or hotmail accounts, the email will most likely be in your junk mail folder). By the way its in a form of PDF, you will need Acrobat Reader in order to view it, you can get it here.

I have read through the content and honestly, even for a trial version, it covers a lot of the concepts and ideas of how to plan, create and promote your website. I am not going in details about the content, if you are still reading and interested, try it out yourself But there are a few key points that I should point out:

• Be passionate about what you do, in this case web design. You will be very disappointed if all you want is easy and quick money. There is no such thing, as least most of the time!
• Don’t be cheap! Invest money to make money. Personally I think it also motivates you to work hard for the money invested.
• Build a website in an ethical way, for example, don’t use images without the person’s permission.

If you made it all the way down here, I am really happy because my blog was worth reading. It means a lot to me if you could leave me feedback as well, even the negative ones please as I want to improve and get better at blogging. Finally, if you are truly interested about web design, get yourself the trial copy now and start making that site that you have always dreamt of making. It is also rewarding to see your own creation for the first time. I hope I have enlightened you a bit about web design (I used these two words so much I know!)

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