Written by Bianca Gubalke
Home Business, Online Publishing
Feb 5, 2010
by Bianca Gubalke
Register a Domain Name
As we are building our WP Best eShop to feature my Personalized Web Design & Publishing Services, we start at the beginning following the Plan we drew up yesterday: Registering a Domain Name.
If you wish to go straight through to the shop (under construction and development), please click on the picture below.
Register a Domain Name
Registering your Name and/or Business as a Domain Name is a simple ‘must’ when operating on the Internet. If YOU are not in control of your name, someone else will… and sooner or later you definitely lose out. Don’t risk this.
Best Domain Name Registration
We can offer the very best Domain Name registration as follows:
U$12.95 per domain name for one year
U$25.00 per domain name for two years.
Choosing the right Domain Name
Choosing the right domain name is all about YOU and YOUR BUSINESS; it’s the first and most important investment you should make on the Internet.
As you will see, you simply first register for FREE to get started.
After registration, you can buy any available domain name at U$12.95 for 1 year OR U$25,00 for 2 years.
Never lose a Domain Name
You will be reminded when renewals are due – and while you can cancel and transfer at liberty, you have peace of mind that you will never lose your domain name.
Believe me, I know what that means!
Domain Name Support
It’s easy and safe… but if you need some personal assistance to help you with your choice please contact me HERE for dedicated Domain Name Support.
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Written by Bianca Gubalke
Home Business, Online Publishing
Feb 5, 2010
by Bianca Gubalke
Adobe Photoshop Tutorials
Creating your own Web Graphics is great fun if you have:
- a Digital Camera,
- Adobe Photoshop,
- good step-by-step Tutorials and
- ideally some professional personal guidance as is regularly provided in the weekly YCADEMY Workshops and monthly YCADEMY Seminars.
Nothing is more elating and satisfying than seeing results one never thought being capable of producing!
“Improvisation Dali” by Bianca Gubalke
Adobe Photoshop Tutorials
One of our eminent Ycademy Members, Laetitia Paris from Auvergne in France, is eagerly following our Adobe Photoshop Tutorials on her CS4 and delighted by her attractive result following the step-by-step instructions and screenshots on “How to Combine Color and Black and White in an Image” just a few days ago:
CONGRATULATIONS Laetitia Paris!
Learn Adobe Photoshop at Ycademy Workshops
You are invited to learn Adobe Photoshop at today’s Ycademy Workshop at 7 pm London in our private Microsoft Conferencing Center.
Time permitting, we will continue with our Web Design Consulting Blogs and look into the WP Best eShop created at the recent Ycademy Business Building Seminar.
| Author: Bianca Gubalke, Art, Media, Publishing.
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Written by Yorgo Nestoridis
Home Business, Online Publishing
Feb 5, 2010
By Yorgo Nestoridis
WP Best City or Town Theme
How to build a local website, focusing on your town or city? WP Best City or Town Theme by Semiomantics is the answer! WP Best City or Town is not really a theme, it’s a concept for people who want to bring their town and activity to the internet. Semiomantics builds module based Town or City Blogs and CMS in function of the needs of the user.
The WP City Concept by Semiomantics
Every town is different and yet, they all have many common aspects when it comes to presenting and promoting the town, it’s business, events, local market and more. Surfing Google and looking for town sites, you will notice that many towns exist only through rather boring, sterile tourism related directories or politically hyper correct official sites and blogs. Nothing you really want to look at. There are exceptions of course, but chances are that your town is lousily represented on the internet and the people of the town are simply neglected in the equation.
At Semiomantics we have developed a strategic concept to bring towns or cities in front of an interested audience. At present we are testing the concept targeting the community of Vouliagmeni in Greece.
Main Site: WP Best Town Blog
To start with, we use a basic destination CMS and Blog based on the WP Best Destination script by Semiomantics.
This allows us to post editorials about the Vouliagmeni, it’s people, things to do in Vouliagmeni, events, business, shopping, photo galleries, videos and so on. It’s also designed to offer visitors to Vouliagmeni compelling information about the best place on earth :-).
The main site is tuned for high visibility and performance on Search Engines with the clear ambition to play a role on Google Top 10 under any Vouliagmeni related keyword.
Have a look at My Vouliagmeni Main Site.
Add-on Module: Real Estate and Property
The real estate market deserves special treatment. For this reason we have optimized a real estate module for high performance and built it straight into the main site.
A sample is here.
Vouliagmeni real Estate Module
Add-on Module: Classifieds Directory
Directory scripts are known for limited performance compared to Semiomantics scripts. We have therefore developed the WP Best Classifieds Directory with Semiomantics. This is a stand alone CMS which can be visually integrated and strategically linked with the Main site.
Have a look at the Vouliagmeni Classifieds Directory.
Vouliagmeni Classifieds Directory
Add-on Module: Shop
The shop concept is based on the WP Best Shop script from Semiomantics. The shop could sell Vouliagmeni related souvenirs, branded Tees or other accessories and more.
More about the shop later.
More Add-on Modules
More add-on modules are under development at Semiomantics. We will keep you posted.
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Written by Bianca Gubalke
Home Business, Online Publishing
Feb 4, 2010
by Bianca Gubalke
WP Best eShop
WP Best eShop is the brand-new Online Store featuring exclusive Bianca Gubalke Products and Personalized Web Design & Publishing Services.
WP Best eShop is built on a Semiomantics Script and currently under web development, following the almost completed setup of our new Bianca Gubalke Consulting Blog.
We will be announcing when WP Best eShop is ready and available to the public. Meanwhile, you are welcome to get in touch with me via the Contact Form on http://biancagubalke.com .
WP Best eShop for Bianca Gubalke Products
WP Best eShop
While we are still rethinking the whole complex and related cost structure of the comprehensive range of Bianca Gubalke Products, WP Best eShop will be focusing mainly on Digital Products and online as well as offline Website Services relating to:
Website Services
- Web Design Consulting in English, German and French – personal and direct so YOUR needs are understood and your Web Presence wishes met.
- Unique, Customized and Optimized Web Design – so YOUR Brand gets a boost and is visible where YOUR target audience really is.
- Original and targeted Web Graphics – giving YOU the Look that attracts and brings YOUR message over for higher Conversion and Retention rates.
- Conversational Content Copywriting – showcasing YOUR products and services for elegant persuasion and eventual Monetization.
- Search engine efficient Editing and Publishing – for Authority Building and high Performance of YOUR websites and/or Blogs.
- Dedicated Support and reliable Maintenance Services – to free you up to get on with YOUR Business while having absolute Peace of Mind.
- YOUR customized profile on Social Networks like Twitter and Facebook – the smart and safe way. Be there without losing your time!
- Online Business Presentations including Slide Shows and Videos on demand.
- LIVE Interviews in any field of expertise in professional Online Conferencing facilities.
- LIVE Online Business Development Workshops, Teachings, Trainings and Seminar for Beginners and Pro’s.
Digital Products:
- Domain Name Consulting, Research and cost-effective Registration.
- Affordable Hosting for all budgets.
- Get Traffic to your Website by joining YORGOO and building a Network as a Pro!
- Captivating Web Graphics defining YOUR special ‘Look’ and Corporate Identity – eg. banners, ads, logos, headers, presentations, brochures, flyers… no limits!
- Original Illustrations – complementing your text, articles, ebooks, brochures or online Newspaper and more.
- Digital Art on Demand – high quality, personal and original Gifts for Special occasions, Promotions, Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Celebrations – online and print.
- Powerful and professional Online Presentations for YOUR Business, Product range or Services.
- Start Blogging efficiently with a customized Author Blog to control YOUR name, build YOUR Web Presence and develop YOUR Authority on Google Top 10 and Social Networks.
- Have Fun or present your Digital Photos on a smashing Photo Blog that makes your family’s, friends’ or clients’ jaws drop with awe!
- Present your Business and its Benefits with an aggressive and highly search engine efficient Business Blog that targets specific key areas, eg. Financial Services, Tourism, Real Estate, Classifieds…
- Let the Communication flow by presenting your village, town or local community and its People, Businesses and Activities with an exciting My Town Blog!
- Make Money Online with Google AdSense – get a spiffy YORGOO Blaster!
- Need Targeted Ads Delivery? Your answer is the unbeatable YORGOO Booster!
- Become a Publisher and get YOUR News on the web and on Google Top 10 as the ‘big boyz’ do – get a NewsCast, your own Online Newspaper.
- . . . and more!
Keep an eye on our developments with WP Best eShop and contact me whenever there’s something specific you might be interested in!
| Author: Bianca Gubalke, Art, Media, Publishing.
Co-Founder of YORGOO, YCADEMY and Semiomantics.
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Written by Bianca Gubalke
Home Business, Online Publishing
Feb 4, 2010
by Bianca Gubalke
WP Best eShop
WP Best eShop is the brand-new Online Store featuring exclusive Bianca Gubalke Products and Personalized Web Design & Publishing Services.
WP Best eShop is built on a Semiomantics Script and currently under web development, following the almost completed setup of our new Bianca Gubalke Consulting Blog.
We will be announcing when WP Best eShop is ready and available to the public. Meanwhile, you are welcome to get in touch with me via the Contact Form on http://biancagubalke.com .
WP Best eShop for Bianca Gubalke Products
WP Best eShop
While we are still rethinking the whole complex and related cost structure of the comprehensive range of Bianca Gubalke Products, WP Best eShop will be focusing mainly on Digital Products and online as well as offline Website Services relating to:
Website Services
- Web Design Consulting in English, German and French – personal and direct so YOUR needs are understood and your Web Presence wishes met.
- Unique, Customized and Optimized Web Design – so YOUR Brand gets a boost and is visible where YOUR target audience really is.
- Original and targeted Web Graphics – giving YOU the Look that attracts and brings YOUR message over for higher Conversion and Retention rates.
- Conversational Content Copywriting – showcasing YOUR products and services for elegant persuasion and eventual Monetization.
- Search engine efficient Editing and Publishing – for Authority Building and high Performance of YOUR websites and/or Blogs.
- Dedicated Support and reliable Maintenance Services – to free you up to get on with YOUR Business while having absolute Peace of Mind.
- YOUR customized profile on Social Networks like Twitter and Facebook – the smart and safe way. Be there without losing your time!
- Online Business Presentations including Slide Shows and Videos on demand.
- LIVE Interviews in any field of expertise in professional Online Conferencing facilities.
- LIVE Online Business Development Workshops, Teachings, Trainings and Seminar for Beginners and Pro’s.
Digital Products:
- Domain Name Consulting, Research and cost-effective Registration.
- Affordable Hosting for all budgets.
- Get Traffic to your Website by joining YORGOO and building a Network as a Pro!
- Captivating Web Graphics defining YOUR special ‘Look’ and Corporate Identity – eg. banners, ads, logos, headers, presentations, brochures, flyers… no limits!
- Original Illustrations – complementing your text, articles, ebooks, brochures or online Newspaper and more.
- Digital Art on Demand – high quality, personal and original Gifts for Special occasions, Promotions, Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Celebrations – online and print.
- Powerful and professional Online Presentations for YOUR Business, Product range or Services.
- Start Blogging efficiently with a customized Author Blog to control YOUR name, build YOUR Web Presence and develop YOUR Authority on Google Top 10 and Social Networks.
- Have Fun or present your Digital Photos on a smashing Photo Blog that makes your family’s, friends’ or clients’ jaws drop with awe!
- Present your Business and its Benefits with an aggressive and highly search engine efficient Business Blog that targets specific key areas, eg. Financial Services, Tourism, Real Estate, Classifieds…
- Let the Communication flow by presenting your village, town or local community and its People, Businesses and Activities with an exciting My Town Blog!
- Make Money Online with Google AdSense – get a spiffy YORGOO Blaster!
- Need Targeted Ads Delivery? Your answer is the unbeatable YORGOO Booster!
- Become a Publisher and get YOUR News on the web and on Google Top 10 as the ‘big boyz’ do – get a NewsCast, your own Online Newspaper.
- . . . and more!
Keep an eye on our developments with WP Best eShop and contact me whenever there’s something specific you might be interested in!
| Author: Bianca Gubalke, Art, Media, Publishing.
Co-Founder of YORGOO, YCADEMY and Semiomantics.
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Written by Yorgo Nestoridis
Home Business, Online Publishing
Feb 3, 2010
By Yorgo Nestoridis
Vouliagmeni Classifieds
The new Town Site Project for Vouliagmeni is evolving: we are building in a new Classified Ads Module. Vouliagmeni Classifieds will be a demo for a commercial add-on or stand-alone module for our Town or City Blog Project.
WP Best Classifieds by Semiomantics
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Strategically built layout design
Classified homepage, listings page and classified details page has been designed after many iterations. Designed strategically, the structure of the page is done in such a way that gives maximum exposure to essential elements. From banner ads to tiny design element, everything is thoughtfully placed at the right place.
- Semantic OptimizationThe whole script has been semantically optimized by Semiomantics to assure the best possible impact and visibility on Search Engines as we do for all scripts signed by Semiomantics.
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User Dashboard
Auto expiring classifieds – edit, renew
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Submit A Post – TinyMCE editor
The classified submission process is really easy and advanced. We use advanced tinymce editor for classified details input so your users can do basic design themselves into their classified
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Instant image upload
While posting a classified, they can upload as many images as possible. They will need to simply browse and select the image(s) they want in the post and images will start uploading automatically. Not only that, it will also auto re-size and create dynamic thumbnails with zoom functionality.
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Inquiry form per classified
In each classified, the classified publisher details are highlighted right at the top with seller’s contact info. Not only that, if the site visitor clicks Send Inquiry button, a simple, clean form will appear. Submitting the form emails the content to the ad publisher.
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Google Maps
When posting a classified, users will enter their address and Google Map will be automatically generated and will be displayed on the published classified ad.
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Email and print
Site users can forward the classified using email this post. They can also print print the classified with a single click.
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Blog and pages
The classified theme can also accommodate a separate blog page so you can have a news section in your classified site. Also it does support standard WordPress pages functionality so you can create pages if you need.
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Good for any business – easy of use
The simple, clean design and structure of the theme is built in such a way that the theme can be used to build classified theme for any business. The theme will work just fine for every niche.
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Classifieds Dashboard
Right on your wp-admin dashboard, recently published classifieds are displayed so you can check your latest income right away.
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Sell ads within minutes
emiomantics will set up and configure the site for you. You just need to add your paypal email ID, specify the price for the categories and start selling classifieds ads on your site.
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Paypal payment gateway (more to come)
You can charge money using free and popular payment gateway – PayPal. Simply mention your email ID in the general settings and you are ready to go. Not only that, in near future, we will introduce more payment gateways as well.
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Supports multiple currency
Paypal support around 18 different currency and we support that as well. Simply mention the currency you wish to charge for.
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Have free or Paid listing (or both ) on your site
You have an ability to allow users to publish an for free in particular (or all) categories and you can keep some of the categories paid. This is a very nice way to boost traffic on your site. You can allow free listings, paid only listing or, both kind of classified listing on your site.
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Category based pricing
You can keep unique price for every category on your site or, you can keep different prices for different categories. Not only that, you may keep some (or all) categories as free as well.
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Default status of a classified
Wish to check each classified before it gets published on your site? No problem. You have an ability to keep default status of the user submitted classifieds as draft (or published). if you keep the status as draft, It will go live only after you approve and publish.
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Featured listings
As you can see on the classifieds theme homepage and listing page, you may charge a bit extra for listing classifieds as featured. A good way to make some extra money.
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Ad Monetization
Ads are strategically place across the theme. You may place your own advertise code. You may also disable them if you don’t want the ad banners to appear on the site.
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Three Homepage Structures to choose from
The WP Best Classifieds Site comes with three different structures so you can select the one that works best for you.
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Bulk Upload
Have a classified site running somewhere else? Or, you wish to bulk upload classifieds on your site? No problem. We do provide a sample .csv file. simply upload your csv file and our theme will import all your classifieds in just few moments.
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Manage email and messages
Different messages are displayed on the site and few emails are sent to emails at events such as successful ad publishing and so on. Admin can edit all those messages and templates from within the wp-admin area.
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Support
We are looking forward to feedbacks from our users. Once we get some feature requests, we are looking forward to keep improving this theme ( and we provide free of cost upgrade to all the future versions to our customers for 1 year). So if you buy now, you receive many more goodies for this theme, absolutely free.
WP Best Classifieds by Semiomantics
WP Best Classifieds Module
Development of the WP Best Classifieds Module
The WP Best Classified Ads Module is a development arising from a customer’s need: in fact the existing directory scripts don’t give us satisfaction from an optimization point of view. In fact, traditionally directories have been highly visible 5 to 10 years ago but they have about disappeared from the radar on Search Engines such as from Google Top 10. We have been searching for a solution to apply the benefits of Semiomantics Search Engine Optimization to Classifieds Directories and here we go: Semiomantics WP Best Classifieds unites the semantic benefits of all Semiomantics scripts and can be added to any Semiomantics site as a further monetization module.
The WP Best Classifieds Module is part of the WP Best Themes line of Semiomantics; use and maintenance are therefore similar to WP Best Consultant, WP Best Shop and WP Best Destination.
The WP Best Classified Module can be extended by the Semomantics SEO Power Module as all Semiomantics scripts.
We are loading the first optimized script to the Vouliagmeni Town CMS and Blog to provide a demo in connection with the Town Blog Module.
Pricing
The Module will be available shortly at the Semiomantics shops for $650, including set-up, configuration and basic customization.
Demo
Look out for the Demo site at My Vouliagmeni later today.
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Home Business, Online Publishing
Feb 3, 2010
By Yorgo Nestoridis
Vouliagmeni
The new Vouliagmeni site is built on the WP Best Destination Theme by Semiomantics. The purpose of the site is to Guide visitors through Vouliagmeni and to allow an attractive surf through categories such as Real Estate, Accommodation or Restaurants and Tavernas. The Who is Who section will feature people from Vouliagmeni and an Events section will report about the hot stuff happening in our town.
The Style of the Vouliagmeni Site
Vouliagmeni is a town where tradition and posh lifestyle meet. I have opted to use one of my preferred color schemes, the black – white – beige scheme.
Vouliagmeni Home Page Top
Vouliagmeni Home Bottom
I like the see-through glass barrier.
Vouliagmeni Home Bottom Hover
Vouliagmeni Home Bottom Hover
Vouliagmeni Home Bottom Hover Easter-egg
Vouliagmeni Home Bottom Easter-egg
Enjoy and have a look at the real thing here.
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Written by Bianca Gubalke
Home Business, Online Publishing
Feb 2, 2010
by Bianca Gubalke
Need Graphic Web Designer
There are many reasons why a professional enterprise or any private and Internet focused individual would Need a Graphic Web Designer.
Besides creating Websites and Blogs and the necessary layout features plus integrating digital photos, digital pictures, digital images and captivating web graphics there is much more to a creative and adventurous Graphic Web Designer than meets the eye… and although it appeals to several of our senses, Graphic Design is highly visual in the first place!
We need Graphic Design everywhere! Think of the need for creating new patterns and textures that can then be used in other applications, online and offline, for instance as a background or in textile design.
Just look around you! What do you wear? What’s the pattern on your curtain, the seats in your car, the glossy cover of a magazine, the ornamental design on your coffee cup? Any doubt about a constant need for Graphic Web Designers?
Need Graphic Web Designer
When working on a big web design job where you really wish to excel, you may need a professional Graphic Web Designer to cooperate with while you focus on your core strengths – which may be more in Coding or Copywriting as an example – to obtain a powerful and convincing result on various levels… and satisfy the customer.
An outstanding result that exceeds expectations combined with a pleasant communication and working atmosphere always leads to the next assignment.
Web Design Consulting
At Web Design Consulting we go the extra mile in terms of Creativity and Research to fullfil our Customers’ needs.
The below example demonstrates how we look for the perfect match by creating many variations of one motive until we can say “This is it!” and make a choice based on comparisons.
Without this, it’s guesswork… but most probably not a targeted exploitation of our full potential in giving our customer the best we as web graphic designers have to offer. Of course this is a matter of time we can invest based on the budget we are working with. But the difference shows – always! And our clients know it… and this is how Trust and Loyalty build over time… leading to wonderfully productive relationships of great value.
Something to strive for in our professional ambition – wouldn’t you agree?
| Author: Bianca Gubalke, Art, Media, Publishing.
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Written by Bianca Gubalke
Home Business, Online Publishing
Feb 1, 2010
by Bianca Gubalke
Images that Create Empathy
When designing the Web Graphics for our website or blog, we need to focus on Images that Create Empathy.
Although there’s nothing better than starting out with a good original picture – say a sharp photo we took with our digital photo camera – we can make our lives easier and especially save a lot of time when working with filter plugins.
While it’s important to first know the basics of our Adobe Photoshop as it allows us to visualize the effect we actually want… and we should work sparcely with effects rather than going overboard with them – it’s great fun to experiment and play – as I did with the sunbird picture I published in my previous post – here’s just one astonishing version where I used a filter plugin :
Bianca Gubalke Digital Art
For some weird reason, however, my Adobe Photoshop CS4 collapses regularly when I am using a new filter plugin I loaded last Friday… and unless I saved my work it’s all gone. Hopefully, there’s a solution.
Images that Create Empathy on Google
But to come back to our regular monitoring of what our posts are doing on Search Engines, let’s look at our latest result on Google.
Shortly after we published our article on “Images that Create Empathy’ we could see it on Google Top 10… an amazing position number ONE! Here’s the screenshot :
'Images that Create Empathy' Number ONE on Google Top 10
Optimization Website with Semiomantics
There is no secret: the best Website Optimization is with Semiomantics Scripts, which are based on proven WordPress Technology. This requires Knowledge and Skill that we at Web Design Consulting acquired over years of consistent research, learning, application and experience. All this flows into our Website Development and boosts our customers’ website performance on Google Top 10 – which we proove daily.
| Author: Bianca Gubalke, Art, Media, Publishing.
Co-Founder of YORGOO, YCADEMY and Semiomantics.
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Written by Yorgo Nestoridis
Home Business, Online Publishing
Feb 1, 2010
By Yorgo Nestoridis
How to use FeedWordPress
FeedWordPress has released a new version (2010.0127) which provides some important new features. These new features make the plug-in more flexible and allow for additional fine-tuning.
FeetWordPress YORGOO Call
Today’s YORGOO Call at 7 pm London time (GMT) will focus on the FeedWordPress plug-in and how to configure it in function of the purpose of the website.
This call is important for all users of Semiomantics YORGOO Blaster, YORGOO Booster and YORGOOPress Websites.
New Semiomantics Script for City or Town Blogs and CMS
Join the call at YorgoTalk.
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Feb 1, 2010
By Yorgo Nestoridis
WP Best Destination Theme?
New WordPress Theme at Semiomantics: the WP Best Destination Theme. The idea behind the development is to provide Websites focusing on local content. The test theme as shown here below, has been planned and strategically designed for the town of Vouliagmeni, Greece.
Now you can create a comprehensive website for your city which offers a wide range of information about the various destinations in your city using WP Best Destination – a strategically planned and designed WordPress based Semiomantics website for your city.
WP Best Destination Vouliagmeni
WordPress Local Websites
We have been experimenting with different formats for town or city focused CMS and Blog websites. While the Newspaper or Magazine formats are attractive for readers, we know from Hanno Coetzee’s experience in South Africa (Garden Route Directory and corresponding Town Directories) that the directory format is more interesting for advertisers.
The new WP Best Destination Theme by Semiomantics combines the advantages of the two formats.
WP Best Destination Theme Standard Features
- Excellent Support after installation and configuration
- A completely customizable header region with theme options to upload your own background header graphic and logo image.
- Site Walk through and Tutorial
- Our member control panel includes easy-installation guides with screenshots and other useful articles that allow you to use the theme to the fullest.
- The developer version comes with layered Photoshop (PSD) files so you can change the look and feel of the theme as much as you like!
- Drop Down & Breadcrumb Navigation: Up to four levels of drop-down navigation and a fully customizable breadcrumbs navigation in inner pages is included for a better user experience
- Gravatar Support & Threaded Comments: Communicate even further with your readers! Our themes use the latest features of WordPress including threaded comments and Gravatar integration.
- Built-in Ad Monetization (The blog and sidebar have strategic place holders that you can use to sell ad space or promote your own in-house products.)
- The Scripts are Search Engine Optimized by Semiomantics : our themes are professionally coded in a way that gives your site maximum exposure to search engines.
- Widget Ready with custom widgets
- Our theme fully supports WordPress widgets. But wait! We also include custom widgets specially made for our themes to get the most out of your blog!
- Valid, Cross browser Compatible: aree your visitors using a range of browsers such as Firefox, Safari or maybe Internet Explorer? No problem! Our theme renders perfectly in all of today’s browsers, and is fully W3C standards compliant.
WP Best Destination Theme Variants
Vouliagmeni Destination Site
WP Best Destination Sites by Semiomantics
As usual, a limited number of Destination Projects will be realized by Semiomantics at a cost of $650 per site including setup, configuration, optimization and basic customization similar to the featured screen-shots above. All hooks for add-ons such as the WP Best eShop or the Semiomantics SEO Power Engine are built in.
Semiomantics Shop
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Written by Bianca Gubalke
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Feb 1, 2010
by Bianca Gubalke
Sensuality
Sensuality has to do with our five senses – sight, taste, hearing, touch and smell – and our degree of awareness thereof; in other words our perception of Life and anything that happens around us.
Sensuality is what my Online Newspaper Touch Vision Talk was built on where we constrain ourselves to five main categories, referring to the five senses… plus obviously media-oriented categories like a photo gallery, a featured gallery, an art and presentation gallery and a media gallery for videos.
In the Digital Photo “Taste of Paradise” that I took of an adorable little sunbird on dark blue agapanthus blooming right now in Cape Town’s unique Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens yesterday – and the colors are absolutely untouched while I obviously turned this picture into a bit of Wildlife Art by creating and integrating other elements of my own personal taste – , I may assume that this Picture talks to more than just your visual receptors!
Sensuality in Images
In our previous article under the main topic ‘Web Graphics Design’, we spoke about “Pictures that Talk” and how to design “Images that Create Empathy” … and my simple answer to this is by creating digital pictures and images that appeal to one or more of our senses – and this irrespective of the topic. We can do this by expressing or translating our personal perception, understanding and skill in terms of :
- Taste and Finesse
- Aesthetics
- Humor
- Simplicity or Elaboration
- Accuracy and Photo Realism … or the exact opposite thereof:
- Absolute Freedom of Form and Shape etc…
in the style, technique and ways of our own choice.
As with anything of value, the closer we are connected to what we are doing – really within the process and part thereof – the more sensual the result and the response it triggers.
BEing in the NOW is the secret of it all – and the most important lesson to learn. Touching and being touched… that’s all there is.
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Written by Zo Nicholas
Home Business, Online Publishing
Jan 31, 2010
By Zo Nicholas
Discovering Photoshop
Following up on previous live training on the various Photoshop features given in an Ycademy session here are some fun examples of testing some of the features.
My sweetheart using the Ellipse Border.
Using a simple graphic and playing around with the Kaleidescope feature this new fun graphic was achieved:
Kaleidescope Fun
Photoshop Tutorials by Ycademy
There will be many more Photoshop tutorials following up on the basics that have already being learnt. As you go further into Photoshop you begin to realise that there are endless possibilities and you are only limited by your own imagination.
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Written by Bianca Gubalke
Home Business, Online Publishing
Jan 31, 2010
by Bianca Gubalke
Images that Create Empathy
An important function of Images is to Create Empathy in the viewer, meaning an emotion, a feeling, something that resonates and as such carries our message across and – as a consequence – triggers a reaction.
In Advertising, this reaction is carefully calculated and anticipated.
Images that Create Empathy
Images that Talk blur the lines between us and ‘the other’ – in other words the sender (say the artist) and the receiver (the audience) and they are always images that Create Empathy – Empathy translating basically into feeling and our capability to underestand and share someone else’s emotions.
Heinz Kohut put it like this: “Empathy is the capacity to think and feel oneself into the inner life of another person.”
What counts for us as Web Graphic Designers when it comes to Websites and Blogs is that our Artwork reflects what we want to express at a given moment, for a specific reason… which is mostly articulated in text format. As such Web graphics amd Images are much more than a decorative element of a website; they have a very clear goal: to captivate peoples’ attention and to mobilize a desired reaction.
Google has recognized the increasing importance of Images and gives us many ways to tag them and give our posts an additional boost to reach top level rankings.
| Author: Bianca Gubalke, Art, Media, Publishing.
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Written by Yorgo Nestoridis
Home Business, Online Publishing
Jan 30, 2010
By Yorgo Nestoridis
Astir Beach Framed in Photoshop
My by now famous Astir Beach Image which can also be found on Google Top 10 was the sample for last night’s Ycademy session where we were experimenting with frames and borders. Here some more results after yesterdays Session Preview:
Astir Beach – Vouliagmeni with Frames and Borders
Vouliagmeni Astir Beach, Glass Frame
Vouliagmeni Astir Beach, Backlight
Vouliagmeni Astir Beach, Smokedglass
Vouliagmeni Astir Beach, Whiteglow
Vouliagmeni Astir Beach, Whiteglow 2
Vouliagmeni Astir Beach, Steel ripples
Vouliagmeni Astir Beach, Steel frame
Vouliagmeni Astir Beach, Pits
Vouliagmeni Astir Beach, Yellow
Vouliagmeni Astir Beach, Gold
Vouliagmeni Astir Beach, Dali Melt and Drip
Vouliagmeni Astir Beach, Chrome
Vouliagmeni Astir Beach, Black Glass
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Written by Yorgo Nestoridis
Home Business, Online Publishing
Jan 30, 2010
By Yorgo Nestoridis
Photoshop Borders Ycademy
Tonight’s Ycademy call will deal with creating Borders in Photoshop. After the session about round corners, we will today look at some other types of borders which can be created with just a click of the mouse or two.
We will create elliptic borders, ripples, sunken and raised borders, capsules, buttons and so on. Be there at 7 pm London.
Photoshop Borders
… and of course you can mix the border filters :-).
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Written by Yorgo Nestoridis
Home Business, Online Publishing
Jan 29, 2010
By Yorgo Nestoridis
Happy Birthday Bianca
Happy Birthday Bianca, and may you get a Penny in a Second!
? Man: God?
? God: Yes?
? Man: Can I ask you something?
? God: Of course!
? Man: What is for you a million of years?
? God: A second.
? Man: And a million dollars?
? God: A penny.
? Man: God, Can you give me a penny?
? God: Wait a second.
Enjoy and make it another Great Day!
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Written by Bianca Gubalke
Home Business, Online Publishing
Jan 29, 2010
by Bianca Gubalke
Optimization Website
Website Optimization is the most important – yet almost invisible – part in professional Web Design and Website Development.
If done correctly, it ensures that our websites and blogs perform well on search engines like Google. However, as things are constantly changing, like for instance Google’s algorhythm – there are no guarantees that what worked yesterday will bring the same results as today. Not at all! We better be flexible and accept that we have to bend to a temperamental online scenario; it won’t happen the other way around. This demands from us to monitor, observe and be aware of how our articles appear once posted – just as we watch how our racing horses and jockeys perform at a derby – and draw the necessary conclusions for possible changes from there.
Google Top 10 for biancagubalke.com on Semiomantics
Optimization Website
This morning, we wrote an article under the headline “Online Communications Market Research Analysis” – and as at Web Design Consulting we focus heavily on ‘Optimization Website’ based on our high performing Semiomantics Scripts as well as Captivating Web Graphics by Bianca Gubalke for the visually attractive aspect, let’s look at our result in Google Top 10 ranking terms after just a short hour!
As you see on the screenshot above, we grabbed position 2 on 14 million search returns within that short period – which is totally amazing!
Ycademy Business Building Seminars
Learn more about Search Engine Optimization Techniques at our monthly Ycademy Business Building Seminars, the next being scheduled for 21 and 22 February, 2010! Diarize and get your ticket soon – a full schedule will follow in due time!
| Author: Bianca Gubalke, Art, Media, Publishing.
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Written by Bianca Gubalke
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Jan 28, 2010
by Bianca Gubalke
Online Communications Market Research Analysis
A thorough and constant Online Communications Market Research Analysis is fundamental for the success of any website or blog on the Internet, especially where products and/or services are being sold that depend on a high visibility on Search Engines and in Social Networks.
Online Communications Market Research Analysis
Setting up an attractive website and positioning it on Google Top 10 is just the beginning of any project we manage at Web Design Consulting .
The important point now is to keep the position and continuously build and expand the authority and web presence of the website concerned within its targeted online market niche.
This goes far beyond simple Website Maintenance and Support; this is one of the secrets of our high performing Semiomantics Network and based on constant Awareness and Online Communications Market Research Analysis to spot new website developments and trends – and accordingly integrate new features, change scripts or adapt and accomplish whatever it takes to stay ahead of the competition.
Awareness
Awareness is the word!
Again, Nature is our best teacher – it’s so simple and we have it all within us! See the incredible ‘look-out’ I spotted yesterday… right amongst the wild proteas in my garden… with three long-tailed sunbirds watching in all directions on a high strategic position … to see and warn the entire clan! You can’t ask for a better example… and consulting with Wiki to get the official explanation: “Awareness is the state or ability to perceive, to feel, or to be conscious of events, objects or sensory patterns. In this level of consciousness, sense data can be confirmed by an observer without necessarily implying understanding. More broadly, it is the state or quality of being aware of something.
In biological psychology, awareness is defined as a human’s or an animal’s perception and cognitive reaction to a condition or event.”
Equally, we as Web Designers have to always stay tuned and close to what’s happening, where the masses are moving and how we have to adapt to bring our products and services in front of them – if that’s our target.
With Semiomantics Scripts we endeavour to not only ride the wave but be a little step ahead of it. . . just watch what’s happening at our WP Best eShop… a project in development!
| Author: Bianca Gubalke, Art, Media, Publishing.
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Written by Yorgo Nestoridis
Home Business, Online Publishing
Jan 28, 2010
By Yorgo Nestoridis
Who is Cy Ford
Cy (Cyril) Ford is a Painter living and working in Notting Hill, UK, who has decided to share his work online. His new WP Best Gallery has been set up by Semiomantics. Felisa Ryan, will take care of the content management.
The new site at cyford.com is up and running and already indexed by Google.
Cy Ford Online Gallery Images
Sunset by Cy Ford, Acrylic
Flowers and Candles, Still Life by Cy Ford
Seashore, Drawing by Cy Ford
Note the changing site backgrounds, which are images of works by Cy Ford. The selector projects randomly a different background with every page view.
Look out for more.
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