I am ecstatic to announce I will be holding a Communications Chair position with the Board of Directors of AIGA Seattle.  AIGA Seattle is the professional association for design in Seattle with over 65 chapters in cities nationwide.  I will be writing articles for the AIGA Blog about upcoming and past events so stay up to date about some exciting things to come!  Things at Creation-1 will be the same.  We have plans for an upcoming site overhaul at the end of summer so stay tuned!

-Justin Parra

We have launched the eCommerce store for iShopFairTrade.com located in the Fremont area of Seattle, WA.  Take a look and enjoy!  We used the Genus online business solution to reduce overall cost and production time as well as to easily integrate email newsletters and wholesale pricing for resellers.

We are proud to announce that we are providing hosting for DoubleGuns Video production. Doubleguns is based in San Diego, CA and produces some great skate vids.
Take a look here

Creation-1 has launched a great new eCommerce site running on the Genus online business solution! Aptic Superbones is a company  dedicated to the production of synthetic bones for use in an educational environment.  Creation-1 utilized the power of Genus to make eCommerce, online marketing and secure zones faster to implement and more streamlined for the client.  Take a look for yourself and start a free trial!

I read a great article at Smashing Magazine about the key differences between WordPress and Joomla.  It really highlights the advances the 3 main CMS platforms have achieved.  Only 2 years ago your choice of using WordPress, Joomla, or Drupal was dependent on the project specs and the limitations of the platforms.  Now for the most part the choice is really up to the developers preferred method.  We have always preferred wordpress because we feel that it is easiest for the end client to use.  The last thing we want to deliver is a CMS that is intimidating to the client.

The Genus online business system has initiated a massive improvement over it’s “Sitewalk” feature.  In Sitewalk the user can edit the website without going in to the back end WYSIWYG editor; essentially editing the site from the front end.

Utilizing Abobe’s InContext editing, the process is much more intuitive and robust.  There are no more pop up windows for text fields.  You are actually editing the content directly into the website!  Sitewalk will be phased out in 12 weeks after the current beta trial is completed.  Give it a go on your own by logging in to your site and going to Website–> InContext Edting.

If you don’t have a Genus site you can always try a no obligation free trial and see for yourself here.

We collaborated with the talented designers at ARTJOCKS in Los Angeles to develop a custom blog for multi-talented artist China Brooks.  The blog serves as a mouthpiece for her spiritual teachings and services.  Take a look at the site and enjoy!