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  1. 1 New Logo Design
  2. 1.1 Font Based Logo


New Logo Design

A brand new website, Zo Web Design still in its preparatory stages, needs a new logo. After much deliberation and a brainstorming logo design study session I have decided on a very simple design. Even a simple design can take time to create and execute.

Font Based Logo

Font based logo

I have decided on a simple font based logo design conveying the message of the website and its purpose.  The design is clean, functional and yet stylish. The design utilises the professional Helvetica font which is very clear and crisp when used in a design. The only choice of colour is black on a white background, however the background  colour can always be changed to suit a particular site design.

This particular typeface also creates a clean design that works well on business stationery such as business cards, letter heads and newsletters etc. It is scalable and reproduces well in print.


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Co-Founder of YORGOO, Ycademy,YORGOO Press and Semiomantics.

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  1. 1 WP Best  NewsPaper Theme
  2. 1.1 Best WP NewsPaper Features
  3. 1.2 Best WP NewsPaper by Semiomantics
  4. 1.3 Best WP Newspaper Theme Performance


WP Best  NewsPaper Theme

Choosing a new theme  to use for a website is not a decision to be taken lightly. There are a few issues to consider carefully and it all really depends on the main purpose of the website. Once the purpose is agreed upon then choosing the correct theme is a more simplified process. One of the best themes around that I know  of  is the WP Best Newspaper Theme  – a theme that can be applied to most any purpose as it is so adaptable and can be used as a basic platform for most anything.

The WP Best Newspaper  Theme based on the Semiomantics NewsCast Script is an all time favourite with many online publishers. The Best WP Newspaper Theme is one of many themes developed and tuned by Semiomantics. The theme utilises an attractive layout, magazine or news, that introduces both text and graphics and is suitable for countless online applications such as gardening news, car sales, real estate, holidays just to name a few.

Best WP NewsPaper Features

Here are just a few of the features that make this newspaper theme administratively friendly: 

* Easy to admin area – navigate through various sections with ease
* Media Gallery for both images/photos and video
* Auto image resizer – easily display photos and images
* Easy to use category navigation
* Countless Widgets increasing flexibility of layout and composition.
* Banner Ad Management area
* Small Ad Management area
* Ideal for product integration
* Easily adapted for Social Network Marketing

As with any other newspaper, the ad management areas can be used to sell advertising space to clients or as an advertising space for personal products or affiliate marketing.

The Newspaper theme is also  very much a firm favourite with many marketers who use it as a platform  to display products with both images and detailed product information creating a very eye catching display. You can take any plain site and turn it into an attractive  feature-rich portal. With its ease of customisation its a quick and easy way to have a professional looking site.

Best WP NewsPaper by Semiomantics

Not everyone has the time  to take out from their busy schedule or  business to learn how to set up a site nor how to configure it to reach the highest performance levels on search engines  as is needed to successfully market products online. At Small Busines Consulting  we take the time to listen to your specific business requirements to provide you with the best possible solution.

Best WP Newspaper Theme Performance

WP Best Newspaper Theme is a finely tuned Semiomatics script with unequaled high performance on Google Top 10 ranking and stability. The Best WP Newspaper Theme by Semiomantics is only available at selected eShops online  – it comes, set up, configured, fully optimised and delivered to you upon completion of your order, ready to use.  All work on the site is carried out by a licenced Semiomantics Consultant to provide you with complete customer satisfaction.

WP Best Newspaper Theme

Working From Home News adapted as a Home Business Online Newspaper with the latest home business news.  

WP Best Newspaper Theme

Gardentalk News adapted as an online Home Garden news and tips newspaper and product advertising.


Author:
Zo Nicholas, Media, Marketing, Publishing.

Co-Founder of YORGOO, Ycademy,YORGOO Press and Semiomantics.

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  1. 1 International Women’s Day 2010
  2. 1.1 Happy Women’s Day!


International Women’s Day 2010

Celebrating International Women’s Day 2010 on March 8th.

To all Women around the world:

Happy Women’s Day!

Raising a glass to all the women out there, whoever you are, wherever you are…..where would the world be without us?

International Women's Day 2010


Author:
Zo Nicholas, Media, Marketing, Publishing.

Co-Founder of YORGOO, Ycademy,YORGOO Press and Semiomantics.

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  1. 1 Microsoft Office 2010 Powerpoint
  2. 1.1 Powerpoint Slides


Microsoft Office 2010 Powerpoint

Following upon yesterday’s Ycademy daily training call in which we ran through some of the added features in the new edition of Microsoft Office 2010 Powerpoint, all particiants found that the new 2010Powerpoint is so much easier to use, especially those who still remember the 2003 edition. That edition was certainly a bit of a challenge. There will be more Ycademy trainings following up on this subject.

Powerpoint Slides

Here is an example of a slide created with just a few clicks during the session, with an added Photoshop Page curl just for fun!
Each slide can be manipulated and adjusted according to ones preferences.

Powerpoint 2010


Author:
Zo Nicholas, Media, Marketing, Publishing.

Co-Founder of YORGOO, Ycademy,YORGOO Press and Semiomantics.

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  1. 1 Branding and Logo Design
  2. 1.1 Creating a Logo
  3. 1.2 The Logo
  4. 1.3 Logo creators
  5. 1.4 Logo Design Study


Branding and Logo Design

Following up on my previous posts about Branding, this post concerns the next stage of the branding process that of creating a logo, a graphic representation of a business to promote brand recognition. Most companies today use this as a clearly visible and easily identifiable promotional trademark. Easily identifiable both on the web and offline.

Creating a Logo

When creating a logo one of the first steps is to decide which elements you would like to see in your design. What needs to be considered aswell is the fact that a logo will also be used on printed matter as well as on the web, therefore the end product must reproduce well in both formats. A complicated design is not always easy to reproduce succesfully. Simplicity well crafted is chic!

The Logo

Having recently changed the style, layout and the colour on my blog I decided that now was the time to create a logo, a simple representation of what I do. Having decided on the elements to use, in this case just good clear and distinctive fonts like Helvetica, which looks good both on the web and in print, and an initial decision on which text was to be used the creative process began in Photoshop.

Logo creators

There are various logo creators online, for free or to purchase, that can be used quite succesfully to create a perfectly acceptable logo, however for a really professional look one really needs to use a professional image editing software like Photoshop.

Logo Design Study

After some initial designs, here are a few of the results of a brainstorming session last nite with Yorgo. Bouncing ideas with another person is a great way to improve the upon the creativity process. There will be more to come soon.

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Logo design

2. Adding some colour

Logo design

3. Different interpretation

Logo design

4. The glossy effect

 Logo design

5. The pastel look

Logo design

6.  Bold and glossy

Logo design

Which design so far is your favourite?


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Zo Nicholas, Media, Marketing, Publishing.

Co-Founder of YORGOO, Ycademy,YORGOO Press and Semiomantics.

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Photoshop Action Script fun

One never seems to get tired of playing around with these Photoshop Action Scripts. There are so many different permutations. Of course you can stick with the bare basics but once you get the taste of having pure unadultared fun…….you  just don’t want to stop. It’s pure FUN and its easy!!!

Photoshop Polaroid 

A nice little Polaroid Action script to have a little fun with. Of course I played around a bit with the script just have some fun.

Photoshop Action Script

Photoshop Tutorials

Ycademy trainings are the place to be if you want to learn some tips and tricks with Photoshop. Sessions run evey week, covering various topics, with easy to follow video trainings, and question and  answer time. Join the daily calls to have some fun!


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Zo Nicholas, Media, Marketing, Publishing.

Co-Founder of YORGOO, Ycademy,YORGOO Press and Semiomantics.

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