IMNS » web design http://www.iamnatesmith.com Tue, 19 Oct 2010 20:18:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Gradient XHTML & CSS Site Template http://www.iamnatesmith.com/gradient-xhtml-css-site-template/ http://www.iamnatesmith.com/gradient-xhtml-css-site-template/#comments Fri, 01 Oct 2010 23:49:01 +0000 imns http://www.iamnatesmith.com/?p=124 @Mojo Themes for only $22. Gradient is a clean and simple design that can be used as a great canvas for any site. It comes with a lot of great features and 3 stylish themes.]]> My new website template Gradient is for sale at @Mojo Themes for only $22. Gradient is a clean and simple design that can be used as a great canvas for any site. It comes with a lot of great features and 3 stylish themes.

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Theme Features

  • 3 Themes (Dark / Chocolate / Blue)
  • Valid XHTML and CSS – Tableless Design
  • jQuery Enhanced
  • 2 Different Logo Designs
  • 2 Slideshow Options: Cu3er 3D Slideshow and jQuery FancyTransition Slideshow
  • Degradable Drop Down Menu with Lavalamp Transitions
  • Fully Functional Ajax Contact form that degrades gracefully
  • Multiple Page Templates
  • All PSD files Included
  • Compatibility. Works in: IE6+, Firefox, Opera, Safari, Chrome

Template Files Included

  • Home Page (Strips Slideshow)
  • Home Page (Cu3er 3D Slideshow)
  • Static Content Page
  • Full Width Static Content Page
  • Blog Page
  • Single Blog Page
  • Portfolio Page
  • Single Portfolio Page
  • Contact Page

jQuery Powered

  • Portfolio Lightbox Effect with Hoover Effect
  • Lavalamp Menu Transition
  • Drop Down Menu Transitions
  • Smooth Scrolling
  • Ajax Contact Form

Support

Please post support questions on the Mojo Themes website in the comment section.

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What they offer?

You can purchase WordPress, HTML/CSS, Tumblr, PSD , Email and Magento templates.   They do have a link to a "more " section that currently has nothing under it, so I assume they are planning on offering more in the future.  As of right now, the selection is pretty small, but in time I am sure that will change soon as people find out about the site and their templates.  The templates they do offer seem pretty well made with the high quality designs you expect from an upscale market place like this.

What's the same?

A lot of the site is the same as ThemeForest.  Most of the categories, the quality of themes and the overall structure of the site is very similar.  One thing I have noticed is that the organization of Mojo Themes is a lot better than ThemeForest and I personally like the design of the site a lot more.

What's different?

The first thing I noticed is that they don't have a "friends" feature built in,  which to me is great.  So many sites now-a-days have social networking features built into them, when it's out of place and not needed.  I have friends on facebook, which makes sense.  On a site like this, it's really just a pain in the butt and to much time out of my day to build up a friend list.

Like I said before, things seems to be laid out better and in more user friendly locations.

One more thing...

I had to throw this two cents in before I finished.  The support for the site is awesome.  I emailed these guys at almost 1am and got a reply in less than 5 minutes and they were super nice.  I then made a suggestion about the site and they literally changed it on the spot, right away.  It's hard to find really good support like that on the web and I was very impressed.

In conclusion

Overall, I hope this site takes off because it's really well done.  Hats off to the founders JR Farr and Brady Nord for doing such a great job creating the site and I wish you the best of luck with it.

Also, I would like to point out that this is a totally unbiased review and I was not paid or contacted by mojo themes to write it.

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Contact Form Features

  • 3 Stylish Themes
  • It gracefully degrades. Try it, turn off your JavaScript
  • Customizable Auto Responder
  • reCaptcha Support. It’s super easy to turn it on.
  • SMTP support
  • jQuery Powered AJAX + Animations
  • No programming knowledge needed. Control everything from one simple config file
  • All fields can have their validation turned on or off
  • Works in all major browsers
  • Tons of customizable options

Requirements

PHP5 + is Required for the contact form to work correctly.

Support

If you are having an issue with the form or found a bug, please post a comment in the comment section of ThemeForest and not here. That way anyone purchasing the form in the future can look through the comments that have already been posted and maybe find a solution to their problem.

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Nettuts+
Probably my favorite site on this list. Nettuts+ has a ton of useful information and tutorials. A great place to get your jQuery fix on.

Noupe
Noupe is a just a staple resource if you are designer.  It's a super quality site with a ton of good tips.

1stwebdesigner
If you like lists, then this site if for you.  Focused a lot on design and wordpress, I've gotten a lot of good information from this site.

Smashing Magazine
Just a good all around web design blog.

Six Revisions
A lot of good industry information.

CSS Tricks
This site has a ton of resources available for you.  They have great articles, freebies and a good code snippets section.

Smashing Apps
This blog has some good posts covering a wide range of topics, that keep me interested.

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