Midnight Phoenix - Design Portfolio

No… I havn’t Died!

Midnight Phoenix — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:19:18 +0000

I realize I haven’t been updating this site lately (or at all for that matter) but the reason for that is my venture into the professional world. I have been doing more and more freelance work as well as taking on jobs at various design firms. In that time I have been from one end of the net to the other and you can’t help finding things that are just amazing. Whether it is the work of Nick La or just finding great tutorials which achieve amazing effects. Buut I happened to stumble across a website marketing site called Super SEO Man which specializes in search engine optimization. What they do is amazing.

It is surprising how they can take a site not even indexed in GOOGLE and make it show up on the front page in such a short amount of time. While in my opinion the most important objective to have a successful site is to have a great design… It turns out that design really doesn’t matter unless people actually see it. The SEO business seems to be an increasingly used service because while adding “meta” tags can get a search engine to recognize you, its shocking what other factors actually affect it as well. What brought this into my list of good things is that word of mouth only travels so far, but when you can have someone google a common term, and your site comes up in the first few results is a great acchievement. But the main factor is TIME, it can take one person years to make it into the top ranks of google. But SuperSEO Man does it in MONTHS which is why this tops my list. Stay tuned for more information about the future of my career.

New Service Offered: .psd to HTML/CSS

Midnight Phoenix — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 03:42:35 +0000

I am pleased to announce a new service which I will begin offering starting March 10, 2008. Over the past few years I’ve become aware that there are many creative people who have the ability to make amazing web layouts in PhotoShop or another design software. More specifically, the people who can do that but lack the ability to code them into a working site. Thats where coders come in… In my opinion, professional sites who charge per hour for design are too expensive. Ranging upwards of $75.00 USD per hour. Which depending on complexity its very likely that people will get ripped off. People who have used my services before know that I am very generous and flexible when it comes to pricing. I am known to do sites free for charity and people who I admire. Which leads me to my new service to help prevent the unnecessary spending of money when it comes to those who design and don’t code. Validated HTML/CSS designs coded straight out of your .psd and checked across multiple browsers. All starting at a flat low rate of $100.00 USD (** Exceptions may apply**) depending on the content and quality of the design, you may qualify for discounts or possibly complimentary services.

Future Redesign

Midnight Phoenix — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:03:19 +0000

I’ve been working hard over the past week to make a new style for my site. I can’t give out many details at the moment. But it should be launched in the next few weeks.

Pimp My Blog

Midnight Phoenix — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:55:20 +0000

While searching the internet today I stumbled upon a plugin for WordPress called “Yahoo! Shortcuts” I happened to feel it would be useful so I installed it on here. At the moment, I was one of the first 500 people to use it so I won a T-Shirt which says “Pimp my Blog” its a little corny, I admit. But of course, it’s free! If anyone finds this useful you can download it for yourself at the link below. Who knows… maybe you will get a T-Shirt too!

Download this plugin and get a free T-Shirt at Yahoo! Shortcuts!

Duplicating the FreeForums.org Logo

Midnight Phoenix — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:33:52 +0000

This is my second photoshop tutorial I have released. Details can be found at the link below.

http://www.themidnightphoenix.org/resources/tutorials/photoshop/freeforums-logo/