In 2009, we decided to give away a free custom website to a different non-profit group every month. We selected from a group applicants, all from the Edmond and Oklahoma City area.
We were so blessed to work with all of these organizations, and it was undoubtedly a rewarding experience. Thanks to all of the non-profit winners, and we hope your new websites have aided towards the success of your organizations!
Please check out the sites below and learn about what these people are doing for the community.
2009 Winners:
January:
http://edmondmobilemeals.org/
February:
http://www.dsok.net/
March:
http://oklahomawomenscoalition.com/
April:
(complete, but pending publication)
May:
http://www.vipofok.com/
June:
http://www.edmondlacrosse.com/
July:
http://www.edmondkids.org/
August:
(pending publication)
September:
N/A
(Unfortunately, the non-profit we selected for September
did not have the time available to develop a site with us)
October:
http://www.chosenokc.org/
November:
Wayman Tisdale Foundation
(pending - awaiting confirmation)
December:
Oklahoma Foundation for the Disabled
(pending - awaiting confirmation)
Update: More detailed entries about each non-profit are soon to come!
Join us for this free workshop! In an hour and a half, learn how to create a website and get it online.
We’ll be providing attendees with several one page website templates to choose from. Then you’ll learn how to fill in your template with actual content.
Once your one page website is ready, we’ll show you how to purchase a domain name and hosting, so your website has a place to live online.
Finally, we’ll look at testing and uploading the final website.
We’d love to see you at this event. If you think you might come, please RSVP through our One Page Website Workshop event page on Facebook.
Now everyone can have fun with their very own ‘Orange’ icon fresh from T&S. You can use it for whatever you want! Here are a couple ideas:
- You could change all of your icons to oranges
- You could change just some icons to oranges
- You could change one icon to an orange
- You could put an orange on your dock and look at how pretty it is
- You could print out a copy of the orange and pretend to eat it
- You could invert the orange and make it a blue
As you can see, the orange icon is very fun and versatile, so download it for free today!
We will be working with Diabetes Solutions of Oklahoma, the February winner of our free non-profit website. We are looking forward to helping Casey Bottoms and Kim Wilson in the overhauling of their current website.
We’ll be giving away another website in March. You can fill out an entry form on the details page.
Free. Something everyone wants and something designers thrive on. Smashing Magazine is constantly giving away inspiration to designers, which we’ll always accept with open arms. Here is a link to some desktop calendars that will spark some design creativity, and you can alternate monthly! These were created by designers around the world, and Smashing Magazine is always looking for fresh designs. I am constantly amazed with the quality of their website; their information is insightful, they always have freebies, and they’re innovative. Check out the website with the calendars and download one for your desktop; don’t hesitate to browse the rest of the site!
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/10/31/desktop-wallpaper-calendar-november-2008/
No, I’m not trying to put my designers out of a job. I just know that many people starting a business have time to set up a website themselves, but not all the skills. Here are a few websites you can use to get free designs. Warning: You will still need to modify some code to fit these to your specific needs.
Open Source Web Design
Open Design Community
Open Web Design
Open Source Design
A great way to shortcut some ideas or at least get a design started, is by looking at some custom photoshop brushes. There are thousands, if not more of bushes out there customized in tons of ways. For instance, I found two amazing brush sets from Smashing Magazine that are freebies. Check them out:
These brushes also can be handy in that they can can be scaled as large as needed, and can be edited in illustrator and re exported as your own customized brush. Brushes can help add the fine details to your design that you may not have time to create from scratch. They are excellent tools that in my opinion should not be overlooked.
