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Website For My New Classic Ford Cars Restoration Business

Posted by rd66st on February 2, 2012 in Design Layouts
logo-classic-resto-garage

I started the new year with my new business. I have been restoring classic Fords for over 18 years, and always wanted to start my own business. Before doing so, I thought of different ways I could combine my love for cars and web design. I learned that web design is very competitive today, and the pay is not all that great. I thought of combining these two skill to make myself more marketable when finding a job. It has worked up to a point. It was the moment they said “we want to give you the job, and this is how much we can pay you. ” I thought to myself, “yeah that would be great if I was 18 years old with no family and a mortgage.” Then I found a niche that has not been really tapped. Mobile Classic Car Restorations! There are plenty of mobile mechanics, but not doing what I do on a mobile basis. Also, I know what it takes, and the costs involved for a solid web presence, and online media advertising. Now, I can use all of my skills, and promote myself with very little out of pocket costs. I can make changes, and I have total control. Not saying that no else is capable. There are more capable web professionals than me, but I know enough that I can do this on my own. I always keep updated on the latest trends, so I can keep my online efforts in sync. I have a website that is also mobile, a WordPress blog, a Facebook and Twitter pages, and a YouTube page. I’m fully digital. I also have print media. My Business is called Classic Resto Garage that serves San Diego, California.

 
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Javascript Thumbnail Images Not Rendering Good In IE

Posted by rd66st on March 7, 2011 in Challenges, Photoshop

I’m using transparent png images with shadows for the thumbnails. Images render as designed in Firefox, Safari and Google Chrome, but not in Internet Explorer. I made adjustments in the style sheet, but did not help. I made alpha transparency adjustments in the .js file, but did not make the changes I wanted.

Update:

Switched from Thumbnail Viewer to Facebox (www.dynamicdrive.com).
Facebox has png support configured. Also, liked the custom “Close X” button options.

 
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Designing New Website For Portfolio – Part 2

Posted by rd66st on February 7, 2011 in Design Layouts

My new website has left the Photoshop phase, and is now a working layout. I ‘ve become good at z-indexing for layering my graphics. One of the my other challenges is making the load time faster without loosing the quality of my graphics either.

http://www.david-toth.com

Check List

  1. Header graphic hot spot Done
  2. Change 2 small left content graphics Done
  3. Add text content Done
  4. Change color and headings of slider menu Done
  5. Add slider contentDone
  6. Form – fonts size/bold fix z-index Done
  7. Footer text Done
  8. Add pages Done
  9. Cross browser test Done
  10.  Submit Done
  11. Transfer blog Done
  12. Update layout of blog

 
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>Designing New Website For Portfolio

Posted by rd66st on January 12, 2011 in Design Layouts

>My current portfolio website was my first time using a tableless css layout. The site is 3 years old, and it’s time for a total make over. I’ve learned a lot since then from always challenging myself. I need to take it to the next level with each new website. The old site was http://www.dmtportal.net/. The new site will be www.david-toth.com.

This is the photoshop mock-up.

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