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Idaho Constitution Party Website Gets Makeover

JJ — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 19:36:55 +0000

PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT:
John (J.J.) Honeycutt
DEC 07, 2008
Sales & Marketing
800-393-0966 ext 2
Email J.J. Honeycutt

DIRTY BLUE MEDIA LAUNCHES NEW IDAHO CONSTITUTION PARTY WEBSITE

Coeur d’Alene, ID – Dirty Blue Media LLC, the Coeur d’Alene based web and graphics design and development company has just launched a new website for the Idaho State Constitution Party. The new Idaho State Constitution Party website features:

Content Management System
Syndicated News and Commenting
Automated thumbnail generation for article images
Multiple contact forms and ajax validation
Built in ad management
Random quotes in the footer, that are controlled in the admin

J.J. Honeycutt, Co-Principal of DBM says that, “The Idaho State Constitution Party wanted a website that was graphically appealing and “up with the times”. They envisioned a website that was easy to navigate, extremely organized, well laid out, and graphically appealing. They also wanted a website that was built using a Content Management System (CMS) in order to ease the pain of constantly adding and editing content. The Idaho State Constitution Party was more than happy with the end result. They even commented how our product far exceeded their expectations.”

J.J. also stated that, “DIRTY BLUE MEDIA understands how larger political campaigns are tapping into the power of Internet marketing and social networking. We saw a few pioneering political websites and online marketing campaigns in this last election. The trend that was established in 2008 was that most successful political campaigns need a strong web presence. Unfortunately, many of today’s political websites are still using obsolete design theory and web development. Our goal was to update and bring some of these modern features and functionalities to the Idaho Constitution Party website and I think we accomplished that well.”

About Dirty Blue Media LLC
DIRTY BLUE MEDIA specializes in Branding and Identity, Corporate Collateral, Advertising and Promotions, Web Site Design and Strategy. To learn more about DIRTY BLUE MEDIA, visit http://dirtybluemedia.com. To contact DIRTY BLUE MEDIA by phone: 1-800-393-0966 and email

Constitution Party of Idaho

JJ — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 19:34:14 +0000

The Idaho State Constitution Party wanted a website that was graphically appealing and “up with the times”. They envisioned a website that was easy to navigate, extremely organized, well laid out, and graphically appealing. They also wanted a website that was built using a Content Management System (CMS) in order to ease the pain of constantly adding and editing content. The Idaho State Constitution Party was more than happy with the end result. They even commented how our product far exceeded their expectations.

DIRTY BLUE MEDIA understands how larger political campaigns are tapping into the power of Internet marketing and social networking. We saw a few pioneering political websites and online marketing campaigns in this last election. The trend that was established in 2008 was that most successful political campaign need a strong web presence. Unfortunately, many of today’s political websites are still using obsolete design theory and web development. Our goal was to update and bring some of these modern features and functionalities to the Idaho Constitution Party website and I think we accomplished that well.

Technorati Profile

Chad — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:15:27 +0000

Did you know that it is a very good thing to have your blog registered with Technorati?

Technorati is a popular blog directory service. It measures the popularity of a given blog as compared to all other sites that have been submitted to its system. You should sign up and submit your blog on technorati.com, it’s free.

If SEO and marketing are top priorities for your site, like they should be, then you’ll get your blog registered today and get ever closer to that perfect score from Website Grader.

Book of Job Poster

JJ — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:17:34 +0000

Once again, Pastor Joe has hired us to design a poster / graphic for a sermon series that he is preaching on the Bible book of Job called Theodicy on Trial. Theodicy is a fun word and is defined as “the branch of theology that defends God’s goodness and justice in the face of the existence of evil”.

A well designed graphic poster is a great way to reach your intended audience. Contact us about designing an effective poster as a visual communications tool. An eye-catching poster could easily help you market your product or services.

We understand the basics behind effective poster design.

Theology Pub Poster Design

Chad — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:25:22 +0000

Pastor Joe Thorn at Redeemer Fellowship had us design some posters for an outreach they are having. He is hanging these posters around town and in different pubs in order to raise attendance of their men’s study and discussion group. Pastor Joe requested a white space at the bottom of the poster in order for them to marker in times and locations, as they will change periodically.

We understand the basics behind effective poster design.

Attracting Your Target Audience

If you ran into this poster on display, would you stop to look at it?
Is the poster directed to the intended viewer or audience?
Is the title of the poster concise and does it stand out in a strong fashion?
Is the subject matter of the poster easily and quickly discernible?
Is the poster layout visually appealing?

Delivering the Message

If you stopped to look at this poster on display, would you read all of the text on it?
Is the subject matter clear and easy to read?
Does the presented information have a logical flow?
Are the words used in the poster simple and easy to understand?
Is the text easily readible in terms of font, size, color and spacing?
Is there information present on who is behind this poster?

Creating Visual Impact

Are the graphics large enough to be seen from a distance of 10 feet?
Are the graphics attractive and relevant to the topic?
Have legends or captions been used to guide the viewer?
Does the poster make good use of clear space or is it too cluttered?
Do the elements have proper alignment?

Desk Space Wordpress Theme

Chad — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:11:02 +0000

Desk Space is a ~~premium~~ free and feature rich Wordpress theme.

Demo / Download »

It comes with a robust set of built in features and plugins, including the ability to switch out the background wood finish color to one you like.

Everything you see in this demo is using built in plugins.

Feature List

Built in plugins for Twitter, Flickr, Recent Comments, WMD Editor, and Shadowbox.
Built in google adsense strip. Just paste in your client ID in the theme options page.
Built in feedburner linkage. Just paste in your feedburner ID in the theme options page.
Comments and Trackbacks are seperated. (example)
Gravatar support.
Widget ready.
Background image wood finish color choice. See screenshots below.
jQuery fancy pants effects like smooth scrolling
Page template that includes comments.
Attractive Printed Pages via print.css
Sidebar profile with info that is pulled from the admin user account like the gravatar.
IE6 compatible.

Background options

Theme Options & and Printed page

Nods, Props, Credits Etc

The home page idea of older posts fading and shrinking was entirely influenced by Darren Hoyt’s Agregado Theme.

The background images are courtesy of Wolfgang Bartelme’s Solid Wood Devkit.

We love Wordpress. But not in “that” kind of way.

The comment box editor is a built in WMD Editor plugin by Chad Coleman.

Shadowbox is also built in. Just add rel=”shadowbox” to any link tag. You can find more tricks on usage at the shadowbox site.

Download Desk Space

Desk Space Theme 1.1 560K

Release Notes

Version 1.0
It launches. After one day, we received some constructive criticism via our twitter friends.

“It sucks. Start over”. We’ll have to take that one with a grain of salt.
“The background fading to white is a bit too stark.” So we figured we’ll update the file with a fixed background image. Which brings us to version 1.1 now available for download.

Version 1.1
Applied a “fixed” background image. Let us know what you think.
Added max-width restriction to images used in posts.
Updated archive.php to inform the viewer what date, tag, or category they are viewing.

Web Design for Real Estate

JJ — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:37:00 +0000

A strong online presence is vital for brokers and sales associates in the growing online real estate market. The internet has become a substantial tool for not only real estate research, but also marketing your company’s services and properties. Separate yourself from the competition with a professional web design and proven SEO (Search Engine Optimization) by Dirty Blue Media.

Already have a website? Dirty Blue Media will redesign your existing website to make it more appealing to the eye. We can add the functionality of a streamline CMS (Content Management System) that will make easy work of adding listings, content, and photographs. Our Search Engine Optimization services can improve your organic search engine ranking in order to drive traffic to your site. Over 85% of all Internet users reach their online destination through search engines. We work to make your website optimized for today’s top search engines like Google, MSN, AOL, and Yahoo.

Marketing your business just got much easier with the services of Dirty Blue Media. We can develop your corporate identity from logo development to print and business card design.. We will formulate a custom internet marketing strategy for your company that will help you stand out from the large pool of local Realtors.

Dutch Mill Cabinets

Chad — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:38:46 +0000

Dutch Mill Cabinets is a family owned and operated custom cabinet shop located in northern Idaho. With their experience combined, they have over 55 years in the industry of cabinet making. The good folks at Dutch Mill were in need of a website that would allow them to show off their fine work in a gallery, as well as give them complete admin control over pages and news postings. We gave them a Wordpress CMS. They also have control over the home page slideshow which allows them to feature a recent project or selected work.

It was great working with you guys. You brought new ideas to the table on ways to market our company and made this whole website a pleasant experience. I’ll be telling my friends!

Ryan Vander Feer
Co-owner
Dutch Mill Cabinets

European Autoworks Logo

Chad — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:00:24 +0000

European Autoworks has been in business in north county San Diego since 1991. Originally called Volvoworks, they’ve expanded their services to include other European autos and were in need of a rebrand. They contacted Dirty Blue Media for the task of designing a logo around their new company name.

The guys at Dirty Blue Media did a great job designing our new logo. We had a very specific design in mind and they did a fantastic job accommodating our needs and bringing our ideas to life.

Chris Woollet
Service Manager
European Autoworks

Property Management Web Design

JJ — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:19:38 +0000

Property Management companies have a unique opportunity on the web. By creating a website that is beautiful and easy to navigate, property management companies can easily separate themselves from the large pool of local competition they face. Dollar for dollar, marketing your property management company online has a further reach and a quicker return on investment (ROI) than most traditional marketing avenues.

And lets not forget functionality. With our Content Management System (CMS) a property management company can easily edit their page content on the fly, without the need to call a web guy. Our Property Management Module can be added to the CMS and make easy work of adding listings and photos of your properties.

Does your property management company accept rent payments from your tenets online? We also offer a Payment Module to streamline this process.