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Limited Offer: SOLD OUT Get a custom design and/or Joomla template for a low price!
Posted on 09. May, 2009 by Rick.

SOLD OUT…..
You heard right! For the first five people to sign-up, they will get their choice of a custom design or a sliced, coded Joomla template from their design of choice (OR BOTH). It’s a deal Marco nor I have ever offered to the community and now is the chance to jump in!
Two Great Services for $500 each!
Either one of the services is $500 (that’s a $400 discount off the normal prices)! So that means you can choose to have your Photoshop layout converted into a Joomla template for $500 or get a custom designed Photoshop layout for your site for $500 or get a whole new design and Joomla template ready to go for $1,000!
Custom design for your website
The custom design special offer has the following benefits:
- Personal interview from Marco to get your likes, dislikes, etc.
- One design and one revision.
- Deliverable is a design comp in Photoshop (PSD) format.
Sliced, coded Joomla template
The sliced, Joomla template special offer has the following benefits:
- Converted graphic file (Must be a Photoshop file) to Valid XHTML/CSS Markup
- Fast-loading and built with search engine friendly code
- Fully compatible in browsers: IE6, IE7, Safari 3, Firefox 3
- Deliverable is both an HTML and Joomla template
About the Designers
Rick and Marco have worked together for a while, collaborating to make beautiful websites, here’s some more about them:
Rick Blalock
Rick Blalock is a partner in the web design firm Expression in Design (XiD), located in Jupiter, Florida. (XiD) specializes in CMS consultancy and custom solutions for medium-size businesses. Rick’s passion is training clients with one-on-one session, as well as creating video tutorials, and just having fun helping others find their way through the Joomla! world. Rick also is the main contributor to this blog (BiD).
Marco Suarez
Marco Suarez lives in the small, yet not too small, beautiful city of Greenville, SC. He is one of those creative people. Don’t ask him to solve a math problem because he is all right-brained. He is an experienced designer and a creative thinker that will take your site’s look and feel to the next level. Check out his blog.
Some of Marco’s work:
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Slide preview of upcoming session at the CMS Expo
Posted on 15. Apr, 2009 by Rick.
Here’s a sneak peak sampling of the slides for my upcoming sessions at the CMS Expo later this month. I’m excited to be doing two presentations and thought I’d share what’s coming… (more…)
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Interview about template class coming to Miami and Atlanta
Posted on 09. Apr, 2009 by Rick.
Steve over at Alledia and JoomlaTraining.com was kind enough to interview me about the upcoming Joomla template classes coming up. Thanks for the interview Steve!
I look forward to seeing some of you at the classes. It will be a great time of learning and fun!
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Announcing the Joomla User Group of South Florida
Posted on 11. Mar, 2009 by Rick.
Great news for us South Floridians (or Floridiots as I have heard some “northerners” say)! I, with some locals, are launching the Joomla User Group of South Florida. I can’t wait to get this rolling as I love this type of thing. Some goals include:
- Provide a friendly place for all types of users to meet-up and collaborate
- Create a community in South Florida and beyond that can offer opportunities, help, training, and more.
- A central place for people to catch up on news regarding Joomla, web design, development, SEO, and more, in the South Florida region.
- A place to get students (high-school and college) involved in web design and development.
- A place to cultivate business opportunity and business enhancement.
- To have a great time with fellow Joomla-ers…
Also, featured on the site is a community for others to join (yes, using the new JomSocial component…review article coming too). So come on and join up!
Don’t forget to register for the Joomla template classes I’m teaching in Miami and Atlanta this year!
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Joomla 1.5 Textmate Bundle – ALPHA release
Posted on 19. Feb, 2009 by Rick.
Textmate is one of the best text editors for Mac, no question about it. I have used it for several months now and can’t imagine my geek life without it. Today I am releasing the ALPHA version of the Joomla Textmate Bundle (also compatible with e-texteditor for windows). It features quick snippets for template building and extension building (watch the video to see some of the shortcuts in action).













