My internet experience started in May 2000, so I'm relatively new to this realm, and have been developing my graphic design skills as I go along. There are also innumerable places to obtain free webset themes and graphics, and I believe I'm becoming quite adept at pulling everything together for a clean, functional, professional presentation. I can also customize things in Photo Deluxe, and have pulled quite a few tricks out of the old hat. According to my research so far, there is an extremely wide variance on pricing of websites and there is a degree of sense to this, because there are so many variables.
I have designed 5 operational sites for friends at
http://www.oocities.org/paisleypaws
http://www.oocities.org/silkyfurcattery
http://www.oocities.org/catswclass
http://www.oocities.org/kurlipurrzcattery
http://www.oocities.org/tremaras
and have more under construction for other breeders. Since they're my buddies, they got the benefit of my growing pains, no drain on their purse strings, and no brain strain. I have finished a complete renovation for Linda Pisani of Topcattery Persians at
http://www.oocities.org/topcattery
Bithplace of Mr. Tickles, star of "Cats & Dogs".
New sites for
Kit Colato at http://www.oocities.org/kitzpawscattery
Agnes Strang at http://www.oocities.org/iamalonecattery
Carolyn & Garry Simpson at http://www.oocities.org/kitkacattery
Sue Taylor at http://www.oocities.org/suesdreamshimalayans
TerriLyn Alexander at http://www.oocities.org/shadowoakcattery
Kim Oswald at http://www.oocities.org/tymberlynpersians
I am particularly interested in building "Breeder websites",
but still not too old to expand my horizons. I've come up with one package detail for breeder's websites which can be fine tuned to meet your personal requirements. 11 Page Deluxe Package.
The following is a list of some of the things to consider;
Theme of your website and appropriate graphic set
Email link
Guestbook setup
Text that you choose and provide
Photographs scanned
Pedigrees typed
Submission to breeder lists
Webring setup
Meta tags & search engine submission
Website maintenance
Obviously, the more you wish to participate and learn regarding your website, the more economical it will be for you. This should be of particular interest to the ladies as a lot of the work is shopping (surfing) for graphics design and ideas from the competion. I recently visited a site that was the most horrendous conglomeration of styles and junk that I've ever seen, but there were still 2 graphics there that tickled my fancy. Surfing is just like bargain shopping, but differant style.
If you enjoyed the presentation of this site as well as the others I've created, then let's get together and chat. I'm sure we can come up with something that will be mutually satisfying.
I find that I am also developing quite a knack for touching up photos and changing backgrounds. Have you ever had pics that you'ld love to use, but clipped off an ear, tail, toe, etc. - red/gold eye - blinking one eye - colours & lighting are off - or the absolutely perfect pic of your favourite cat, but they're sitting on a pile of dirty laundry or a ratty old chair at the cottage and you don't want to share this with the world? Well, now the problem is solved with the magic of photo deluxe. Check out the Before & After pictures as well as
Montages & Silhouettes.
When orders are completed to your satisfaction, I ask that the banner below be uploaded to your site and linked to http://www.oocities.org/paulaspride/webdesign.html
Not everyone likes animation or music because it slows up the loading time. I however, find it worth the wait some times for the chuckles. Picked this little guy up from a site that I loathed.