http://www.agaveweb.com Bilingual web design, translation and more from Alameda, ca Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:07:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Enlightened vending (here's their new site) needed a site fast to promote their company that specializes in tasty, healthy snacks. They wanted a site that "POPPED" and a sunny logo that would express warmth and charity since a percentage of the profits from their nutritious snacks goes to good causes. WordPress ... http://www.agaveweb.com/2008/logo-and-brochure-web-site-for-a-healthy-snack-vending-machine-company/ SIT 2007 is using a photo of mine from Tequila for their CD-ROM cover. It's available at all good Mexican Academic Libraries ;) Here's the original. http://www.agaveweb.com/2008/tequila-seminar-2007-cd-cover/ There are many reasons why a WordPress site is better for you than a traditional static site. The main ones being: You don't have to call up your web person every time you want to make edits to the content Super easy to upload photos, videos, music, documents, etc... It's optimized for search ... http://www.agaveweb.com/2008/wordpress-cms-vs-static-pages/ I just read an excellent article that explains what the various options are for your website and also has good definitions of terms like CMS, Platform and pros and cons of various approaches. Click on over there, then come back and if you have any questions. http://www.agaveweb.com/2008/i-need-a-website-whats-next/ As you've probably gathered I'm very much into photography. I upload most of my photos to Flickr, but I wanted a site to showcase my favourites. Presenting www.agaveweb.com/photos ! [flickr]photo:2425488489[/flickr] It uses a theme called Monochrome Gallery and uses custom fields to display the photos and thumbnails. Notable features for this site ... http://www.agaveweb.com/2008/photography-portfolio-wordpress-site/ Here are some I designed for a nifty little gadget - a powerful LED flashlight that recharges in your car’s cigarette lighter… If you’re interested in buying a lighter, try lighterlight.com. If you’d like me to design some web ad banners for you in a range of sizes, call me ... http://www.agaveweb.com/2008/banner-ads-don%e2%80%99t-have-to-be-annoying/ My latest site has involved working very closely with the site’s executive producer who has very clear ideas on visuals and organization. Here’s a screen grab of how it USED to look on the right. The original site was created in 2000. It served as a place to publish articles and ... http://www.agaveweb.com/2008/futurist-web-site/ Blue Fin is a new media company that hopes to expand into lots of different areas. They chose the middle logo above out of the options I designed. Logo packages start at $99 depending on the number of revisions and complexity. Get in touch for a free consultation. http://www.agaveweb.com/2008/blue-fin-logo-design/ This time for a less academic reason… I was contacted by someone who had seen my pictures of Tequila, Mexico with a view to using them on their site. As development on the site progressed, they needed someone local to take high resolution pictures of the bottles on a white ... http://www.agaveweb.com/2008/tequila-shots-ii/ My photos are free to use for non-commercial purposes. However, if you are interested in commercial use get in touch and make an offer. A series of photos I took of the peanut harvest in Jalisco, Mexico is going to be used in an upcoming book on Mexican Geography published ... http://www.agaveweb.com/2008/photography-documenting-mexican-traditions/