Dark Star Digital Publishing

2012-10-02T10:31:00.001-07:00

Great Web Developer Cartoons:

Courtesy of: https://www.facebook.com/silktide?sk=timeline

I was on Facebook today and scoped out these funny cartoons for Web Developers and thought to re-post. If you like this blog, show some support by following. If there are any Web Development topics that you would like me to talk about please let me know.

How-To Start An HTML5 Website That Older Browsers Understand

2012-10-01T17:26:00.002-07:00

Starting an HTML5 Template That's Internet Explorer Friendly

Hello everyone! A couple of weeks ago I decided to sit down and create an HTML5 template for myself. I was working in Wordpress around the same time and noticed that they had implemented it into their CMS. So after reading up on a few fixes, I have put together a pretty nice little bit of code that I can use as a starting point every time I want to use HTML5 for a website.

HTML5 Support

I want to begin by briefly explaining the status on browser support for HTML5. I'm not going to give specifics on what browser supports what though. I will include a few links below so that you can investigate for yourself. Most of the newer browsers support the structural elements like <section>, <article> and <aside> etc. but if you've been developing sites for any significant amount of time you will know that we have to be safe when writing mark-up. Since most of the browsers being used by people today are older versions and people just don't care to upgrade. This is a problem if you want to use HTML5 right now. Older browser's don't know how to process these new HTML5 tags so we have to include some JavaScript in order to fix the problem. I did some searching online and found a really quick and easy script for Internet Explorer. Let's face it, the only older browsers anyone is worried about is IE. Here's the script to include in the head section of your page:

Now IE Understands the New HTML5 Tags

The best part about this script is that it resides on Google's server and there's no need to store it on your testing server or your host after you upload it to your server online. Google provides numerous other resources similar to this for Developers to use. You can look into the numerous resources Google provides at http://code.google.com/.

Check out this great read that covers HTML5 in great depth:

Check Out Browser Support for HTML5 at These Awesome Site's

http://caniuse.com/#cats=HTML5&statuses=rec,cr,wd
http://findmebyip.com/litmus/

Okay well now you have a backwards compatible script for IE, until next time.

Brandon Fowler
Web Designer & Developer
brandonfowler01@gmail.com

How to Design and Develop a Fully Functional Website: Fictional Sushi Roca Site Part 2

2012-09-29T22:24:00.003-07:00

Where We Left Off

The last post was an introduction about the project "Sushi Roca" and I presented some basic graphic mockups for the fictional site. Here's the next snapshot of the mockup, and you can see how it's progressing.


Here's one of the first of many mockups I will produce. From this point I will come up with a few different variations of this mock and try to come up with one or two totally different looking mockups. It's a process and you should always give your client at least three to four mockup choices when presenting to them.

What Graphics Authoring Program I Use

I'm using Adobe Fireworks CS3 for mocking up and production. I actually prefer to use Fireworks over Photoshop for numerous reasons. It's user interface is extremely easy to use and it's file type support has always been vast. Photoshop use to be exactly what it's name implies and has only evolved into a web design authoring program. Fireworks has always been a program specifically for producing web graphics. Don't get me wrong though, I still use Photoshop for a lot of different aspects of my web design work and it's an indispensable tool in my arsenal.

Layout Breakdown

I've decided to use a 960 pixel layout just to stay safe. The reasoning behind the 960 is because almost every device will display the layout properly. I've added a few more content sections and an area where I might use some jQuery. The jQuery section is located where the single rolls in a line are. I plan to possibly create an interactive set of sliding panels so that the user can view the different rolls that are served at Sushi Roca. This could also evolve into a menu section where the user is able to click on the roll to add it to their pick-up order. For now it's just a concept in it's rough draft. At this mockup stage things can change very quick. Until next time guys!

Brandon Fowler
Web Designer & Developer
brandonfowler01@gmail.com

P.S. Start following me if you would like this demo to get more detailed and posted faster. Come on guys I need some incentive. (lol)

Web Designer and Developer Ultimate Online Resources

2012-09-29T22:04:00.003-07:00

College Education in Web Design and Development for Free or Little to Nothing

"Today college is obsolete for the Web Designer and Developer. Just learn and then showcase your skills"

Brandon M. Fowler

The Web Developer has a lot of competition these days and it seems like more and more people are trying to join the field. Everyone thinks it's so easy to build your own site or a commercial site for profits. I've immersed myself for the past 10 years to the point of dreaming and sometimes even drowning in code. No one can ever say that I don't know how to commit to anything (lol). The funny thing is I don't have one degree, I don't even have a certificate for anything accept fixing computers (A+ Certification) and my last 5 jobs have been as an in-house Designer and Developer for a few reputable companies. I'm not saying that the road has been easy and I sailed into my positions, but I'm pretty sure it would have been similar even if I had a degree. In short I want to open my tool box up for the aspiring developer trying to make a splash in this big pond of ours. Here's the list of my own top educational site's from which I educated myself. I've also included a few other great resources to get you up and coding.

1. W3 Schools Online

This is literally a site I use on a daily basis, it has references and examples in plain English and is by far one of my favorites. Simplicity is the key focus to W3 Schools Online. It will help you to build your foundation in code. I do recommend this site especially for the newcomer who doesn't know HTML/XHTML Yet. This is also a FREE resource.

2. Lynda.com Online Video Training

When it comes to spending a little money on your education this would be the site to start with. I've been using Lynda.com on and off for about 10 years now. For around $30 bucks a month you can truly get your education with ease. Offering specific step by step video tutorials on a vast and evolving list of products and categories. It is for novice and experienced developers alike. Well worth the money. Just remember to get the $30 package so you can download the tutorial files. If you don't you will have to hand code everything. You'll know what I mean once you start.

3. Free Video Lectures

Have you ever wanted to sit in on a Harvard Lecture. Well now you can and it's great. You can even participate for FREE and get involved in more than just watching the lecture. The Syllabus, Handouts and Citation are all available to you for free. They have done a pretty amazing job for people that don't have the money to attend Harvard. Check it out and you will see the depth of this FREE online program. The site covers numerous topics and will be worth spending some time there.

4. XAMPP

This program is not what I consider an educational resource but it is an all-in-one installer for converting your PC or MAC into the testing server you require for testing your new development code. In a matter of a few clicks you can be running a development environment with PHP (programming language), MySQL (database) and the Apache (server). This trio is perfect for developing web sites locally on your own system. Trust me when I say it doesn't get much easier than this.

5. PHP (official language site)
The PHP official manual is an excellent source of free information. PHP is open-source, which means FREE

and the online resources, tutorials and frameworks for this great language are as vast as the ocean. You will almost always find answers to your problems on the web. Go with PHP and you won't be disappointed.

6. MySQL (official database site)
MySQL is a database that works very well with both PHP and the Apache server. I recommend using it because like PHP it is also open-source (FREE). The link above will take you to the MySQL official site where you can download it and read up on all it's syntax. I don't recommend downloading it and trying to install it yourself. Use the XAMPP executable program that I mentioned above. Once you learn MySQL, learning any other database query language will be a breeze. MySQL is basically just a place to store all the important data for your projects. For example products, customers, images, phone numbers, addresses and anything else you see fit. It's an Excel Spreadsheet on steroids. It's awesome! I've included a few links below to some really great books about using PHP and MySQL together.

7. Apache (official server site)
Although I don't know an extensive amount of knowledge about Apache, I can tell you that it's a server and it will enable you to execute server side code (like PHP). Ultimately you are just installing it so that you can test your work on your own personal computer. Otherwise you would have to upload all your work to a live server to test it and trust me, you don't want to do that. Plus Apache is open source (FREE). Check out their site and familiarize yourself with it a bit.

8. jQuery (official site of The Write Less Do More framework)
JQuery is really an awesome javascript framework that is exactly what it's catch phrase describes. You will definitely want to get involved with this language once you get the basics of development down. Also, jQuery is an open-source framework. Check this jQuery reference book out.

Well, every development language I described above is open-source and available for you to use. Once you learn how they work and interact with each other. You will be on your way to developing web applications for the world. I would love to see this blog get some followers. Sign up and follow me, it will give me incentive to keep posting. I really would like to get some like minded people who are as passionate as I am.

Brandon Fowler
Web Designer & Developer
brandonfowler01@gmail.com

P.S
If you're looking for a great program that will help you author professional looking websites, try Adobe Dreamweaver.

Fictional "Sushi Roca" Site: Secrets unleashed

2012-09-16T21:50:00.001-07:00

Mockup Sushi Website: Breakdown of the Web Site Mockup Phase

I've been wanting to share the process I go through when mocking up, marking up, styling and developing a site for a while now. I've decided to build a fictional Sushi Site called "Sushi Roca". This site is unintended for actual use, but it will make a great portfolio piece once it's done. I plan to document every step in the process I go through when building an actual customers site. My hopes are for professionals and novices alike to join in and comment & critique my work. I wanted to kick this first post off with a few images to try to show how the design process for the site transpired. I will be using Photoshop, Fireworks, Dreamweaver and XAMPP to complete this project.


The hand with the chopsticks will always pop out from the left side of the browser window, with no white space no matter what size the screen. I wanted to make it look like someone was sliding in to grab a roll. The size of the hand is pretty realistic in proportion. I've never tried this style and wanted create something different.

This is the design I initially started with. It's always a very dynamic process when I'm creating and I'm constantly changing colors and moving elements around. I didn't lay it out on paper at the the start because I had the image of what I wanted already in my head. I just want to note that paper and pencil is still a vital tool in your arsenal whether your laying out a graphic design, or a site framework when developing. The light grey boxes are the area's where content (text) will be located. The box height will more than likely change but it's a good idea to layout some rough area's where you want the content to go. The site will be a fixed width design with a width of 960 pixels, center aligned and I'm shooting for clean and simple.

I decided to throw in some Japanese Kanji meaning "eat"(top) and "fish" (bottom). I would definitely choose better symbols if this were an actual clients, but for now I think it looks visually appealing. I gave the content box a solid grey fill so you can better see where the content is gonna go.

Remember that the content area's will more than likely change. At this point there rough area's. I'm debating on whether or not to give the Kanji symbols a glow effect. The three grey boxes up at the top are going to be image/descriptive quick links to popular pages in the site. Quick links for possibly the "menu", "location" and or specials. Like I said, this is a dynamic process.

This is the design a little further into the process. I've given it a background, which I blurred a bit to make the hands pop. I also darkened the Kanji symbols and gave the hands a white glow. I liked the chopsticks so much I brought it to the top layer. Oh, and I kinda like the solid grey quick links so I spiffed them up a bit with a inner white radial gradient.

That concludes the first post on our fictional Sushi Roca Site. Hopefully I've sparked your interest and you guys will leave some comments and interact a bit with the blog. Until next time. I'm hoping to continue this project sooner rather than later. FYI! The actual design looks way better in full size and in a browser window. Goodnight guys.

Brandon Fowler
Graphic Web Designer & Developer
brandonfowler01@gmail.com

2012-09-14T07:56:00.001-07:00

Nevada Outdoor Living Custom Web Development Project By: Brandon Fowler

It's been a while since my last post and the image of the site to the left is the reason why. I've taken on a pretty huge job with Nevada Outdoor Livings web site. I chose to build it from scratch instead of using one of the popular CMS's currently available for use these days. The reason I went this direction is primarily for control over my work. I will be trying to post as much as possible the rest of the month since I'm now semi caught up with this current project.

My ultimate goal is to create a Web Design and Development community. Please follow me and show some support with the Dark Star Blog. Thanks to all the visitors so far.

Brandon Fowler
Graphic Web Designer & Developer
Las Vegas, Nevada

I used the Adobe Creative Suite to build this site.

Desired Space LLC

2012-07-27T19:39:00.001-07:00

Completion of the Desired Space Website

On 7/23/12 I launched one of my latest projects for Desired Space, LLC. . The owner of Desired Space is Daniel Matus of Las Vegas, Nevada. Desired Space is an interior & exterior design planning and specification firm. Serving both Nevada & California.

Brandon Fowler is the Web Designer & Developer of Desired Space LLC.

Check out the actual site at:
Desired Space, LLC.

Using Frameworks, CMS’s, and API’s: Google Map API

2012-05-11T09:15:00.001-07:00

Using Frameworks, CMS’s, and API’s: Google Map API

Using the Google Map API

The Google API (Application Programming Interface) can be an extremely easy API to integrate into your site or your clients web site. It will really make you look like a developer all star. The best practices in my opinion when using the API is to include it when you need to provide driving directions or location. If you don't know what the Google Maps API is used for I will explain. Have ever used Google Maps to get instructions? If you have not had a chance to use it please take a moment and visit Google Maps and play with it for a while so that you can understand it's use and functionality. This is a what's called a web application and Google has allowed website developers to utilize this application on their own sites. It's a neat interface that can fit in a side column or on the contact page of your clients website. There are numerous uses for this wonderful API and a few choices between which version to use. I've included a link below so that you can get started.

Google Map API Developer Page

Brandon Fowler

brandonfowler01@gmail.com

Web 2.0

2012-05-10T11:47:00.003-07:00

Web 2.0

Image Courtesy of: Wikipedia

Web 2.0 is an amazing concept that is closely associated with Tim O'Reilly because of the O'Reilly Media Web 2.0 conference in 2004. The term Web 2.0 sounds like we are in for a huge update or revision of some sort on the web. It's not as it sounds, the term Web 2.0 is simply a technical piece of jargon. Web 2.0 is an global aspiration to change how developers design web sites and how the user interacts with them. The goal is to create web applications that feature and enable participatory information sharing, interoperability and collaboration on the World Wide Web. The widely popular social media applications on the web today are the cornerstones of Web 2.0. Enhancing the virtual communities ability to interact and create user-generated content to display. The web has evolved past the days of static content web sites where users passively browse online. Prime examples of Web 2.0 would be mashups, social networking sites, wikis, blogs, video sharing, hosted services, web applications and folksonomies.

Darcy DiNucci

The term "Web 2.0" was first used in January 1999 by Darcy DiNucci, a consultant on electronic information design information architecture. In her article, "Fragmented Future", DiNucci writes:

The Web we know now, which loads into a browser window in essentially static screenfuls, is only an embryo of the Web to come. The first glimmerings of Web 2.0 are beginning to appear, and we are just starting to see how that embryo might develop. The Web will be understood not as screenfuls of text and graphics but as a transport mechanism, the ether through which interactivity happens. It will appear on your computer screen, on your TV set, your car dashboard, your cell phone, hand-held game machines, maybe even your microwave oven. Courtesy of: Wikipedia.

Mashups

Characteristics of a mashup that best describe their function would be combination, visualization, and aggregation. Mashups allow ease of information use, by combining and refining the data and content we have existing on the web. This enables us to permanently access information from other services. Mashups are usually client applications or hosted online.

It's becoming very popular in the Web 2.0 era for web applications to publish API's (Application Programming Interface) to enable developers to utilize their programs functions and data. Sharing, contributing, and interfacing with each other creating a more intelligent virtual community. We are at a behavioral cusp where human beings are able to learn and experience the web in a whole new way.

Folksonomies

Folksonomy is a system for classifying, managing, and categorizing content, also known as collaborative tagging, social tagging, and social indexing. Derived from the practice and method of collaboratively creating and managing tags to annotate and categorize content. Tagging is one of the major attributes in Web 2.0. and has been integrated into most of the popular social networking sites today. Tagging allows users to classify and find information and photo's on the site as well as on the web. Please visit this Wikipedia page for more details on folksonomy.

This is a basic introduction to the Web 2.0 concept. Blogs, wikis, video sharing and social networking are also worthy topics to research on the subject. Become familiarized with these subjects. As you can probably already see, the web is definitely heading into the 2.0 era. Please follow my blog and comment!

Brandon M. Fowler

Graphic Web Designer/Developer

brandonfowler01@gmail.com

2012-05-07T12:19:00.000-07:00

Please let me know!

If you enjoy the resources my blog covers please start following me and commenting. I need to know that people like what I blog about. I have a lot of knowledge and I was going to start posting web designer/developer tutorials, images, articles, best practices and examples of my work and more. I'm currently trying to get a personal interview with Jacob Nielson. What a great post that would be. Comment already.

Brandon M. Fowler

Web Designer/Developer

brandon@h4uvending.com

Should I Start to Use HTML5? Theory & Fact

2012-05-02T13:39:00.003-07:00

Should I start to use HTML5? Theory & Fact

Well, I just wanted to touch on a huge new topic in the web design world. You guessed it, HTML5. I’m extremely excited about it and believe that in a couple more years it will eventually have some popularity as far as total support. This is how it works. Right now most new major browsers have various support features for this web altering markup. In a perfect world every user would update their browser version as soon as a stable version was released. This is clearly not the case and web designers have to deal with this issue. Right now at best your users will hopefully be using a browser version that’s less than 5 years old. Surprisingly this is a major factor for the web designer/developer.

Have no fear we are developing as humans and on the web. HTML5 really will be an amazing upgrade to our online experience.

The Answer

Here’s my answer to this posts title question. Yes, start using HTML5 for your projects. Beware of using HTML5 markup that’s not supported in most of the major browsers though. To be honest with you, I’ve actually just decided to start using it. The only reason I have not started until now is because now I have to update and integrate HTML5 into my knowledge. It’s really not that big of a deal though. They have just deprecated some tags and introduced some new ones to be implemented. Who are they you must be thinking? They are the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and the Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG). What they have achieved is nothing less than pure awesomeness. These are the organizations that decide the future of the web. HTML5 will soon be the new web standard for HTML and if you’re the type of designer/developer who adheres to standards, it would be a good idea to start now.

What’s New in HTML5

This is the exciting aspect of HTML5. Here are a few of the additions and benefits that come along with implementing this future web standard.

New Attributes
New Elements
Video and Audio
2D/3D Graphics
Full CSS3 Support
Local Storage
Local SQL Database
Web Applications

The HTML5 markup language is still a work in progress and I will warn you once again. Beware of using tags that are not widely supported yet. Most of the major browsers do support many of the new markup tags. Check on the support. I have included a link below to W3C Schools. This site is a must have for your education arsenal. Knowledge is power so remember to do your research before using new HTML5 elements. The teams at W3C Schools are really here to make the web a universally standard compliant place.

Check out W3C Schools (a must use site for all your development education)
W3C Schools (Don’t be a fool use W3CSchool)

Guidelines That HTML5 Follows

Here are a few of the guidelines that the W3C and the WHATWG groups followed when developing this soon to be standard for the web. HTML5’s goals to integrate AJAX type API’s (Application Program Interface) are really going to be the next step in the webs evolution. This really is an exciting time for the web and this is why:

New features, elements and markup were to be based on HTML, CSS, DOM, and JavaScript create markup to replace scripting
Device independent
Smarter error handling
Eliminate and reduce the need for external plugins (such as flash)

Here’s a link below to the W3C’s official HTML5 page.
HTML5 W3C

This concludes another informative blog post of mine. Please sign up to follow my blog and please give me some feedback. Thanks for your participation I appreciate it.

Brandon M. Fowler
brandonfowler01@gmail.com
brandon@darkstardigitalpublishing.com

Using Frameworks, CMS’s, and API’s: SPRY for AJAX

2012-05-01T11:00:00.000-07:00

Using Frameworks, CMS’s, and API’s: SPRY for AJAX

Today I’d just like to talk about the word “support”. This is something that I thought I didn’t need earlier in my career when I first started studying web development. “I want to do it all” was my mantra. I was extremely stubborn and thought that I had to learn it all. Well, there are so many different paths and parts to web design and development. There’s Front end design which is when we use HTML, JavaScript and CSS to achieve structural and aesthetics to develop what the user visually experiences. Then there’s back end development, when we utilize languages like PHP, JavaScript, ASP, Perl, Python, Java, ColdFusion and other languages similar to these to add function to our front end work. You also have to take into consideration servers like Apache and DB’s (databases) like MySQL. There truly is an overwhelming amount of knowledge and concepts involved in executing a proper web site. To top it all off, the industry is constantly evolving.

This brings me to the topic of the post. There’s an infinite amount of resources online that will help in your design and development projects. There’s one I use quite frequently called SPRY and it was developed by adobe labs. The SPRY framework for AJAX which is JavaScript, XML, HTML, JSON and CSS infused into a framework that enables an intermediate web designer to apply some pretty awesome module type of elements to their site’s. Here’s the formal description of SPRY brought to you by Adobe Labs:

About SPRY

“The Spry framework is a way to incorporate XML, JSON or HTML data into pages using HTML, CSS, and a minimal amount of JavaScript, without the need for refreshing the entire page. Spry also provides easy to build and style widgets, providing advanced page elements for end users. The Spry framework is HTML-centric, and easy to implement for users with basic knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript. The framework was designed such that the markup is simple and the JavaScript is minimal. The Spry framework can be used by anyone who is authoring for the web in their tool of choice.”
Definition By: Adobe Labs

Adobe SPRY Framework Download (open source)

Adobe is in my personal opinion the company leading the way for creative companies and individuals alike. They have created this non-proprietary framework for everyone to use. Open source means that it’s a framework that can be downloaded and used for free. Anyone with basic HTML, CSS and JavaScript knowledge will know enough to be dangerous. This framework comes integrated in Adobe’s Dreamweaver program and really makes life easier with amazing ease of use. I personally use Dreamweaver for all my web development projects. It’s a vital tool in my arsenal. The great thing about SPRY is Dreamweaver is not a requirement and you can download the framework from the link below.

SPRY Framework

What Can You do With SPRY

Now I’m sure you’re asking what’ so special about it? How do I use it? When do I use it? All of these questions will be answered by following the links provided in this post. There is plenty of tutorials, support, and more inside the actual download. I really enjoy using Sliding Panels, Auto Suggest, Tabbed Panels, and all of the amazing visual effects that can be applied to your page elements. Here is a list of tasks that can be achieved with SPRY:
Samples of SPRY

Let me know what you think about this post. I’m thinking of starting a podcast and I need followers to ignite the creative flame. If I get enough support I will start audio and video tutorials to help beginners and professionals to achieve web development tasks.

Brandon M. Fowler

brandonfowler01@gmail.com
brandon@darkstardigitalpublishing.com

Introduction to JPEG's in Graphic Web Design

2012-04-29T08:45:00.000-07:00

Working With Graphics for Web Design: JPEG's: Beginner


This is a moc-up JPEG I used in the design process before building a site.

I got a chance to learn about JPEG's through a very wonderful source. A man by the name of Paul Cichocki, the owner of Las Vegas Pix out here in las vegas, NV. I started as an assistant for his company, then moved up to working with Adobe Photoshop editing photo's, eventually after sometime he let me start photographing. JPEG's are a standard format output for camera's, there is also a much basic version called RAW format but we will not get into that in this post. What is a JPEG? Well a JPEG is a bitmap image and I will explain more about bitmaps below. Here is a definition that's pretty accurate:

JPEG:
(Joint Photographic Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing still images. Pronounced "jay-peg," the JPEG format is very popular due to its variable compression range. JPEGs are saved on a sliding resolution scale based on the quality desired. For example, an image can be saved in high quality for photo printing, in medium quality for the Web and in low quality for attaching to e-mails, the latter providing the smallest file size for fastest transmission over slow connections.
Definition By: www.pcmag.com

JPEG's are great for controlling image compression and file size. As mentioned above you are able to choose the quality and compression of the file through any standard image editing program. My favorite image editing software is Adobe Photoshop. PS is used by most professional photographers to manipulate the JPEG size, quality, and aesthetic look of an image. It is an amazing tool to use when working with bitmap images. If you are approaching the world of web design you should really start to learn about the JPEG (bitmap image).

Bitmap:
In computer graphics, a bitmap or pixmap is a type of memory organization or image file format used to store digital images. The term bitmap comes from the computer programming terminology, meaning just a map of bits, a spatially mapped array of bits. Now, along with pixmap, it commonly refers to the similar concept of a spatially mapped array of pixels. Raster images in general may be referred to as bitmaps or pixmaps, whether synthetic or photographic, in files or memory.
In certain contexts, the term bitmap implies one bit per pixel, while pixmap is used for images with multiple bits per pixel.
Definition By: www.wikipedia.com

Photoshop also has huge selection of professional tools that can really help to turn your good images into great images. Let's face it, the web has become a world that is based on visual appeal. Chances are if you learn how to work with JPEG's and are decent with HTML(Hyper Text Markup Language) you will be on your way to becoming a decent Graphic Web Designer. There is also a very important file format called a PSD. If you plan to start doing any work with Photoshop you will have to familiarize yourself with this format. It stands for Photoshop Document. This file type supports layers and you will learn to love layer's, but I will be speaking more about layers and other graphic file formats later. Please feel free to ask any question concerning my blog topics.

What the Dark Star DP Blog is all about

2012-04-28T20:35:00.001-07:00

What the Dark Star DP Blog is About

I'm a graphic web designer/developer and this blog is going to showcase my work, projects, tutorials, and experiences over the past 13 years as a web master. I will blogging about art, graphic design, web design, dynamic web site development, photography and more. If you're a Web Designer/Developer, Graphic Artist, Photographer, Programmer, Traditional Artist, or Unconventional Artist, this is definitely the blog for you. My goal is to build a community of like minded individuals that want to promote or even market their skills here in Las Vegas, NV. I live in a town of tourists from all over the globe. Market and showcase your work to the world.

The Healthier 4U Vending Option

2012-04-28T20:17:00.002-07:00

Healthier 4U Vending

Hello, I’m Brandon and I’m a consultant here at Healthier 4U Vending. I would just like to explain a little bit about the real truth concerning healthy vending. Obesity in the United States has become a major health issue in recent decades. While many other countries have experienced similar increase, none of them even close to the alarming rates among the citizens in the United States. We have been cited as being one of the most obese nations in the world. Unhealthy, overweight, obese, and in need of a drastic change in our diet and our lives. Out of all of the countries, we have the highest rate of obesity. Estimates have steadily increased, from around 19% in 1997 to around 38% in adults in 2010 and around 17% in 1997 to around 40% in our children in 2010.This alarming trend continues to impact our country and lives every year.

Where and when does this unhealthy trend stop? Here at Healthier 4U Vending we have come up with a simple solution. The obesity stops when we start to make healthier snack choices. This is a new era, the healthy era. Here at H4U Vending we’re here to help make a difference while helping entrepreneurs like yourself start a successful business in automated retail. Vending is a 43 billion dollar industry annually while the wellness industry bringing in an estimated 1 trillion dollars annually. We have taken both these tried and true concepts and combined them into an amazing opportunity that can be progressively expanded overtime.

Want to start with two machines? No problem. How about 5, 10 , 15, 20, or even a custom plan specifically designed for your budget. I understand that you will have questions after reading this post and our live webinar is designed to educate you about the industry and get all your questions answered. Don't let this opportunity pass you by. Please contact me with any of your questions. I'm also the graphic web designer and developer at H4U so check out the site or feel free to contact me directly.

brandon@h4uvending.com
www.healthier4uvending.com