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		<title>Download 5 -Free Download - Glassy Vector Icons</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 08:42:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An update to the earlier icon pack, now with a glassy theme in vector available free from Kent based Creative Websites 4u.
Here are just a few icons we hope may help to enhance your website, please feel free to change the colours to suit your design style and use for your own creative website design.
Here’s [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>An update to the earlier icon pack, now with a glassy theme in vector available free from Kent based Creative Websites 4u.</p>
<p>Here are just a few icons we hope may help to enhance your website, please feel free to change the colours to suit your design style and use for your own creative website design.</p>
<p>Here’s a small preview of what’s available in the pack:</p>
<p><img src="http://www.creativewebsites4u.co.uk/freedownloads/Icons/creative-websites-4-u-free-vector-glass-icons.jpg" alt="Free Glass Vector Icons from Creative Websites 4u" /></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.creativewebsites4u.co.uk/freedownloads/Icons/free_glass_icons_creative_websites_4u.zip">You can download the icons as SVG and EPS files from here</a></span></p>
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		<title>Download 4 - Free Download - Halftone Footballer Pack</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Free Graphics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Due to the poularity of downloads of the footballer halftone theme we&#8217;ve decided to expand on this a little with a larger pack for your use. Here are a total of 6 jpg halftone files to use as you please. We hope you find these useful.
Here&#8217;s the preview:

Download all 6 JPG halftones here
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Due to the poularity of downloads of the footballer halftone theme we&#8217;ve decided to expand on this a little with a larger pack for your use. Here are a total of 6 jpg halftone files to use as you please. We hope you find these useful.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the preview:</p>
<p><img src="http://www.creativewebsites4u.co.uk/freedownloads/halftones/tcws_halftone_footballer_pack.gif" alt="Halftone footballer pack" /></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.creativewebsites4u.co.uk/freedownloads/halftones/tcws_halftone_footballer_pack.zip">Download all 6 JPG halftones here</a></span></p>
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		<title>Welcome</title>
		<link>http://www.creativewebsites4u.co.uk/wordpress/?p=91</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:32:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please use our blog to communicate and network with us and other users of this site for information and tips on website design and development. We’re actually a graphic design company called The Creative Workshop and are based in the south of England just outside the village of Goudhurst in Kent, close to: Tunbridge Wells, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Please use our blog to communicate and network with us and other users of this site for information and tips on website design and development. We’re actually a graphic design company called The Creative Workshop and are based in the south of England just outside the village of Goudhurst in Kent, close to: Tunbridge Wells, Maidstone, Ashford, Hastings, Eastbourne, Tonbridge, Sevenoaks, right in the heart of the south east.<br />
We’re an easy to talk to company, our business has grown organically over the last fourteen years, based on a good solid working relationship with our customers and suppliers, so feel to join our online community.<br />
So if you have a question regarding any area of graphic design for print or web, please use our blog.</strong></p>
<p><span class="highlight"><strong>Please use the comments link directly below to leave us feedback and messages. We&#8217;d love to hear from you.</strong></span></p>
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		<title>Download 3 – Free Download – Halftone Pattern Pack</title>
		<link>http://www.creativewebsites4u.co.uk/wordpress/?p=79</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continuing with the halftone theme&#8230;
These free generic mono halftone images can be used in a number of ways to create a dynamic background or image layer. You can download as many as you want completely free&#8230;
Here&#8217;s a quick preview:

Download the complete pack of 9 different halftone patterns here
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Continuing with the halftone theme&#8230;</p>
<p>These free generic mono halftone images can be used in a number of ways to create a dynamic background or image layer. You can download as many as you want completely free&#8230;</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s a quick preview:</p>
<p><img src="http://www.creativewebsites4u.co.uk/freedownloads/halftones/tcws_halftone_pattern.gif" alt="Free Download - Complete pack of 9 different halftone patterns" /></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.creativewebsites4u.co.uk/freedownloads/halftones/tcws_halftone_pattern.zip"><strong>Download the complete pack of 9 different halftone patterns here</strong></a></span></p>
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		<title>Download 2 – Free Vector Icon Pack for your Website</title>
		<link>http://www.creativewebsites4u.co.uk/wordpress/?p=61</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Download free web icons that you can use to help promote your organisation and services.
Here are just a few icons we hope may help to enhance your website, please feel free to change the colours to suit your style.
Here&#8217;s a small preview of what&#8217;s available in the pack:

You can grab the Vector file and SVG [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Download free web icons that you can use to help promote your organisation and services.</p>
<p>Here are just a few icons we hope may help to enhance your website, please feel free to change the colours to suit your style.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s a small preview of what&#8217;s available in the pack:</p>
<p><img src="http://www.creativewebsites4u.co.uk/freedownloads/Icons/free_icon_download.gif" alt="Free Icon Download preview" /></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.creativewebsites4u.co.uk/freedownloads/Icons/free_icon_pack.zip">You can grab the Vector file and SVG from here</a></span></p>
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		<title>Download 1 – Free Vector Banner Download</title>
		<link>http://www.creativewebsites4u.co.uk/wordpress/?p=40</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:48:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Download free web banner backgrounds that you can use to help promote your organisation and services.
Advertising on any web page can be challenging, getting the viewer to visually acknowledge your advert is crucial. We’ve put a few banner backgrounds together that are aimed at being colourful and attractive, yet easy to overlay your logo and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Download free web banner backgrounds that you can use to help promote your organisation and services.</p>
<p>Advertising on any web page can be challenging, getting the viewer to visually acknowledge your advert is crucial. We’ve put a few banner backgrounds together that are aimed at being colourful and attractive, yet easy to overlay your logo and message.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s a sneak preview:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.creativewebsites4u.co.uk/freedownloads/banners/free_banner_artwork.zip"><img src="http://www.creativewebsites4u.co.uk/freedownloads/banners/free_banner_download_example.gif" alt="Free Banner Download Sample" /></a></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.creativewebsites4u.co.uk/freedownloads/banners/free_banner_artwork.zip">Grab the SVG and Vector files here</a></span></p>
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		<title>Website tips – Our top 25 tips on starting a website</title>
		<link>http://www.creativewebsites4u.co.uk/wordpress/?p=3</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tips & Info]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Website beginner tips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you're about to join the online community and produce a website, I’m sure you have many questions and reservations. We’ve listed below our top 25 tips hoping this may leading you in the right direction.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>If you&#8217;re about to join the online community and need to produce a website, I’m sure you have many questions and reservations. We’ve listed below our top 25 tips hoping this will lead you in the right direction.</strong></p>
<p><strong><span class="highlight">1</span> Define your goals</strong><br />
Why do you need a website? What do I want the website to achieve! It’s important to know exactly what your goals are. Have a clear strategy of exactly what your intentions are.</p>
<p><strong><span class="highlight">2</span> Know your audience</strong><br />
Try to imagine yourself as a visitor to your own site, be critical, does it work! If you can’t find what you need, how will a new visitor.</p>
<p><strong><span class="highlight">3</span> Register your domain</strong><br />
Choose your domain carefully, does it reflect your company identity or what your selling. You can buy your domain before creating your website, so if your chosen domain is available, buy it, don’t wait.</p>
<p><strong><span class="highlight">4</span> Design</strong><br />
If you have a company or organisation style, use this as a basis to the design of your site. This will easily be recognised by visitors who are aware of you already.</p>
<p><strong><span class="highlight">5</span> Style – how you look does matter</strong><br />
Make your site look professional and well thought out, it only takes a second for a visitor to not be impressed and move onto another website.</p>
<p><strong><span class="highlight">6</span> Don’t hide what you sell</strong><br />
What you do or sell is important so don’t hide crucial elements behind unimportant pages, make sure the user doesn’t have to spend time finding what they want, they will move on.</p>
<p><strong><span class="highlight">7</span> Good content</strong><br />
The first few words on your website are critical and a short statement containing keywords will help the search engines find you easily, improving your search engine performance.</p>
<p><strong><span class="highlight">8</span> Easy to read</strong><br />
Most people browse over website content so make it easy to read, straight to the point.</p>
<p><strong><span class="highlight">9</span> Avoid too much text</strong><br />
Don’t be tempted to write a novel, keep it short and sweet.</p>
<p><strong><span class="highlight">11</span> Keep images small</strong><br />
Images are great, but keep them small. They can slow down your page loading, visitors hate it and so do search engines.</p>
<p><strong><span class="highlight">12</span> Easy navigation</strong><br />
A well thought out navigation is essential for visitors to find their way around your site.</p>
<p><strong><span class="highlight">13</span> Contact details</strong> – make them clear.</p>
<p><strong><span class="highlight">14</span> Make hyperlinks easy to identify</strong><br />
Display hyperlinks in a consistent manner throughout your site, so visitors quickly get a feel for how it works.</p>
<p><strong><span class="highlight">15</span> Speed</strong><br />
Ensure your website loads quickly, visitors will quickly loose patience and move to another site. Search engines don’t promote slow to load sites.</p>
<p><strong><span class="highlight">16</span> Email mailing list</strong><br />
Encourage visitors to subscribe to an email subscription for latest news/products – this customer opt-in facility will generate a database for you.</p>
<p><strong><span class="highlight">17</span> Links</strong><br />
Have links to informative sites, search engines like genuine links and will help with your ranking.</p>
<p><strong><span class="highlight">18</span> Browser compatibility</strong><br />
Make sure all your visitors see the same information correctly. Check your website works in all the popular browsers and their relative versions.</p>
<p><strong><span class="highlight">19</span> SEO – no tricks, follow the rules</strong><br />
There’s no quick fix or cheat, use the SEO guidelines properly, continually working at keeping your site up-to-date and finding out what your potential visitors will be asking the search engines and adjust your content.</p>
<p><strong><span class="highlight">20</span> Web analytics – look at how people will find your site</strong><br />
Use analytic software to view how people arrived at your site and what they asked the search engines.</p>
<p><strong><span class="highlight">21</span> Encourage browsing</strong><br />
Encourage the visitor to go further into your site with promotional hooks and benefits. Make them inquisitive to find out more.</p>
<p><strong><span class="highlight">22</span> Test your site</strong><br />
Before going live test your site with friends and people in your network. Get feedback.</p>
<p><strong><span class="highlight">23</span> Keep your content updated regularly</strong><br />
Update your content regularly, returning visitors will want to know what’s new and search engines promote well kept and updated sites.</p>
<p><strong><span class="highlight">24</span> Be confident</strong><br />
Plan out your goals, look at your competitors, learn what works and what doesn’t and get started.</p>
<p><strong><span class="highlight">25</span> Getting started</strong><br />
Strike while the iron is hot! Call us on 01580 212676 and let&#8217;s get started on your new website</p>
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