Artisteer Rocks!

There is this incredibly easy to use program that can be used with a couple of different goals in mind.

1. The main one of course is to create a website theme or template that works with Joomla, WordPress, or Drupal.
2. The other cool goal could be to generate themes for others and either charge a fee ($$$ making idea!!) or give them away as bonuses to get people interested in other things that you might offer.

No matter what goal you have, the  Web Design Generator – Artisteer can make a custom theme specific to your needs and tastes for content management systems such as Joomla, Drupal, and WordPress.
#1 Automated Web Design Software for Blogs, CMS and Portals. Generate templates for WordPress, Joomla and Drupal.

Even with a ready-made theme downloaded from WordPress, there are always so many things that need to be done to tweak it and make it look the way you want.  For a novice this can be a daunting experience especially if you are unfamiliar with HTML, CSS, PHP, and all those other nice acronyms for coding.  For the more experienced this can still be a challenge and more time consuming than simply making a unique theme from scratch.

Artisteer eliminates the learning curve.  Plus, it gives you so many suggestions and the  ability to change virtually every aspect of your theme until you are satisfied.  This is a great program that can help someone come up with great themes without having to spend a ton of money on education on web design.

Joomla, Drupal, and WordPress allow people to put up very powerful websites in a very short period of time for very little money.  With Artisteer, you can put up a theme that is completely unique to your goals and make it look like you paid thousands of dollars to a professional web design firm.

The basic edition is only $49.95 but if you want the most features and have goal #2 in mind you will quickly see how the Standard Edition is definitely the best choice.  And, like any really good software company, Artisteer offers a free product trial.

Today is Sponsored by the Letter B

A positive thought worth sharing that came my way today…

I have always believed that success is when opportunity meets preparation. That’s why the effort we put forth today is not wasted, even if it seems to yield no immediate results. It’s part of the preparation stage that puts you at the door when opportunity knocks! It’s winners who see these opportunities, when losers see only problems. It’s winners who say, “I’ll find a way,” when losers say, “It can’t be done.”

–Rich Dad Global 9/9/2009

Today I decided to move from the “S” quadrant to the “B” quadrant.  You can find out what that means by reading Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki.

I am very passionate about the work I do as a PC Repair technician, a budding SEO artist, and website designer.  But, the reality of my future non-funded retirement plan is looking down on me.

My current “secure” state job just demands more and pays less.  It pays less by not just giving raises but by handing out pay cuts.  I look around me at work and see so many people that seem to have no other choice but to take what they can get.  What they get is a J.O.B. that is turning more and more into a volunteer position.  The employer has these dedicated educators by the throat.

I refuse to remain in that situation.  Not only do I refuse, but I am taking action to rise up out of it and move steadfastly forward.  Today’s workshop could not have been timed better.  For months I have been talking about writing a business plan.  For months, I have been telling people that I hope to let go of that day job by the summer of 2010.  And, for months, I have had this little voice in the back of my head asking, “Just how will you pull that off?”

Today, I learned how.  I am going to invest in myself and my noggin.  I am going to make a concrete plan and I am going to implement it.  So watch out!!