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Awakening Church

Posted on Mar 14, 2012 | 0 comments

Awakening Church

I’ve been very blessed to be work with the staff of Awakening Church and handle their web development. This new church in Easley, South Carolina, will be launching in September of 2012. Awakening Church is led by Terry Carlton. A progressive and dynamic design was chosen for the site, with a color scheme of black and white, accented by red. The front page is dominated by a large image slider. Underneath the slider and the church slogan, there are three static images that when clicked, pop up to play video content. We are integrating the...

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Whats with the last name?

Posted on Feb 16, 2012 | 0 comments

So if you’ve seen my advertising lately, you may be wondering why the last name change. The last six months have been a hectic whirlwind, to say the least. I’ve gotten married and taken my husbands last name. I am now Emily Trimnal – whee! So if you are searching for me online, Emily Trimnal and Emily Gough are the one and the same. I’ve also moved recently, and purchased a house in Candler, on the outskirts of Asheville, NC. Finally being able to settle down and stay in a place permanently is allowing me to grow my...

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Jimmy Fallon’s Late Night Hash Tags

Posted on Jan 17, 2012 | 0 comments

I didn’t realize they even did this, but apparently on the Jimmy Fallon show, they read out funny tweets that have the hash tag associated with it for that night. For example, Jimmy Fallon will tweet from his twitter, and give the #hashtag to add. Last week it was #momquotes. A friend of mine submitted her mom quote, and was shocked when she (belatedly) found out that her quote had made it onto the show! You can check that out here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/06/funniest-mom-quotes-on-twitter-on-fallon_n_1189589.html Tweeted...

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Cockatoo Chaos

Posted on Aug 19, 2011 | 0 comments

Cockatoo Chaos

This is a site I built for a friend of mine in Australia. He has recently launched a new business called Cockatoo Chaos, and requested help in building out the site. This site was built in WordPress, and focused on easy navigation, simple and striking colors, with a clean format to present information to customers. Plans to build out the site to include an online store using WordPress Shopping Cart are scheduled for a later date. This site was based on the Satoshi theme, an open source theme available to WordPress users. If you like parrots,...

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Med Express Gloves

Posted on Aug 1, 2011 | 0 comments

Recently a new website for a local Asheville business was redone and released! Med Express Gloves is a medical supply store that supplies premium latex, vinyl, and nitrile gloves. Take a look at the old site: Bland colors, overlapping and confusing navigation, misspelled words and outdated links were some of the sites hurdles to overcome. Customers that had been with the company for years were used to the site and had no complaints, but our focus was to rebrand and rebuild, gain new customers and keep loyal customers satisfied. Check out the...

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WordPress 3.1.2

Posted on May 17, 2011 | 0 comments

For those of you who religiously follow the latest and greatest WordPress trends and updates, here’s an overview of the changes that appear in WordPress 3.1.2 (FYI, this site is running 3.0.5 currently) Internal Linking – instead of having to manually type in each link, you now have the option to search for a post or page of existing content on your site and link to it. Admin Bar – when logged into your site but not on the dashboard, a grey bar runs on top of your screen, giving you links to various useful screens, such as...

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Website Maintanence

Posted on Apr 11, 2011 | 0 comments

There is always some discrepancy about this subject: as someone who has designed a website for a client, how much site maintenance are you obligated to give – either as an ongoing basis, or per project? Sometimes a client needs a lot of maintenance, and sometimes you get the computer saavy person that can hold their own when it comes to site updating, and may only call occasionally for assistance. After much trial and error, I developed the following standard for my business: I offer my clients packages. Higher paid web development...

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Tablet technology for business

Posted on Mar 16, 2011 | 0 comments

I have been following tablet computer technology, specifically iPad and android powered tablets especially since the recent release of the iPad 2. As a computer person I am by default a geek who loves to play with new technology, particularly technology that looks as cool as the iPad. After playing with a new iPad in Best Buy I decided that one day if I found one cheap enough, I would purchase it and figure out how to best use it to my advantage in business. What would you know, but a couple days later I found a great steal on Craigslist and...

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Ask Asheville has a new Blog!

Posted on Mar 4, 2011 | 10 comments

The popular local website AskAsheville.com has teamed up with me here at Amazon Art & Design to revamp and revitalize their blog. Formerly located at ashevillenorthcarolina.blogspot.com, the new site can be found at blog.askasheville.com. Many new features have been implemented, including: Fresh, new, easy-to-read layout Mobile version of the site Direct linking to AskAsheville.com Don’t worry – all the old posts and comments are still available on the new site. What inspired this change? It all started with a layout. I was...

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The Pitfalls of Web Design: The Client

Posted on Feb 14, 2011 | 2 comments

Harsh sounding title, right? Unfortunately, sometimes this is all too true. As a web designer, when a client approaches you about a project, you get that confident feeling well up: hey – I can make this look awesome! Under the impression that you’ll have free reign of the project, you draft a site mock-up, submit it to the client, and get the go ahead. Create the website, throw it up, and boom – an honest to gosh work of art is online, with your name proudly displayed in the footer. Sounds great, right? But then… the...

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