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Happy New Year!! Sale Extended!

We hope everyone had a safe and Happy New Year.

We wanted to Thank our clients for helping us to have a successful and prosperous year in 2008.  

FlashPalette wanted to share our thanks by continuing the current sale on our sites through at least the end of February.  Our recent sale had a great response, and we had planned to end the sale today.  However, we have decided to extend the sale through the end of February, so that we give everyone a chance to create an amazing site at an affordable price, and get your business off to a fantastic start in the new year.

Many of you have asked about our existing client discount.  The discount page will be redone, shortly, but in the mean time.  If you are a current customer you are entitled to a discount of 20% on your purchase of a new web site!  Please email support for the coupon code.

Yong

Happy New Year!!

Just a quick post to let everyone know that we are going to take time off to celebrate New Years with our families.

We will be back in the office at 9am CST on Friday! 

We would also like to thank all of our clients for they loyalty this year, as without them we would not exist.

Looking to the new year, we have several EXCITING projects on the horizen and I can not wait to share them with all of you! 

Have a safe and happy NEW YEAR!!

Yong

Happy Holidays — From the FlashPalette Team!

We hope that everyone is enjoying the holiday season. 

The support team will be off to celebrate the holidays with their family from noon on December 24th (CST) until 8am on December 27th (CST).

Thank you.

Shannon

Tech Tuesday — Web site templates - Flash Templates

I can not believe Christmas is almost here. It seems like October was, well yesterday.

Today’s tech Tuesday is about editing your site on a new computer.  I know that many of you may have gotten or will be surprised with a nice new computer over the weekend, and I wanted to remind you of a couple of things.

1. If you create your site on a PC you have to continue to edit on a PC (or vice versa) the files will become corrupt and the site will not function properly. 

2. If you have questions about how to transfer your site to a new computer view this post here:

Happy Holidays!
Shannon

Holiday Wishes — Flash web site templates

This has been a busy holiday season for all of us.

I know that I have not posted on the blog as much or as often as I would have liked. However, I thought I would share with a few of my favorite things.

Totally for fun Polaroid’s!

The new Polaroid is virtual. For once. the MAC compatible application came first. PC users will have to wait a bit longer. However, this just just plain fun and I can not wait for the PC version to be available.  For more fun Polaroid information check here: Photojojo

Templates – lets be honest with designing cards, albums and web sites it is nice to have borders and other templates.  Here are a few of my favorite places to find design inspiration!

Tina Parker – that goes without saying.  We love Tina here at FlashPalette and love her work even more!

LCH designs — Leah has some amazing borders and templates that are unique and will add a fun quality to your albums and cards.

Digital-Expressions — While Jefferey does not have the same style as Leah and Tina he has amazingly easy to use products and who wouldn’t love a custom proofing action, his specialty!

That’s about it for now, more to come!

Shannon

Tech Tuesday

What a busy time of year this is.  With the holidays fast approaching, and winter weather every where, we are all busy and want to find things that will help us save time!

This week I am posting a basic guide for what files need to be udpated for each time you make changes to your site.  The best practice when updating your site is to always delete the file from your server and then realod them from your local drive.

What files you need to update will depend upon what changes you have made to your site.

The best practice is to always delete the changed files from your server and reload them from your local drive.

Changed:                                     Update:
Text page wording                                  XML folder
Text page images                                   XML folder AND text_page images folder
Gallery                                                  XML folder and the Gallery title you either added or changed.
Client Proofing                                       XML folder and the Client Proofing Galleries.
Changes to shopping cart                      XML folder and the PDF folder
Changed email addres                           XML folder and mail.php file
Changed versions of editor                    XML folder AND the .swf files and the .fpc file

This will hopefully save you some time and make things easier for you when updating your web sites!

 

FlashPalette Sale (Flash Web Sites Templates)

FlashPalette, as you may have noticed, has recently reduced our prices on ALL of our sites.

The current promotion will run until January 5th, so don’t delay in getting a new site for the New Year and  a New You!

Shannon

Introducing — Nikki Lynn

We are so excited to announce the latest member of our FlashPalette family, Nikki Lynn.   Nikki Lynn, was designed by the very talented Tina Parker, of My Lil’ Creations.  She is an amazing talent, and as well as being an amazing person.  Head on over to her blog and check out all the amazing things she has to offer.

Nikki Lynn offers you fun and fresh graphics without the hassle of designing them your self.  The site comes with client proofing and a shopping cart and is just $150!! What a deal, you can’t beat that!

This site show cases the work of Amanda Hyanes of  Images Haynes.  Amanda is an amazing photographer and also the owner and one of the major forces behind the forum, Just Beyond Images.  Head on over and check out both her blogs!

Take Care and have a great week –

Shannon

 

Gavin Updated

We have made an update to the Gavin Interface.  The gallery titles are now controlled by the text highlight color, the means that the default is not longer white and other colors can be used.  This feature is particularly helpful for those of you who have sold color light backgrounds — it makes the Gallery labels easier to read for your clients.

Download here: GAVIN

Shannon

 

FAQ

What are the system requirements? All FlashPalette templates except 04/05/06, require Mac OS X 10.4.7 or higher, Windows XP or Vista.  Templates 04/05/06 can only be used on Windows XP and Vista machines.

Is the Payment a One Time Fee? Yes – the fee is a one time purchase fee for the license code. The terms of use allow you to create and host one (1) site with one (1) license.  If you are creating and hosting multiple sites on the same URL, you need to purchase a license for each site you host.

Do you host your sites? No – FlashPalette does not provide hosting services. Purchasing a FlashPalette template give clients the freedom to host their website with a hosting vendor of their choice. This allows clients to change hosting companies at their own discretion, as well as allows them complete control of their URL.

What happens if your web site is down?  If the FlashPalette website is unavailable, it does not affect the operation of your site because it is hosted with the hosting company of your choice.

Do you provide free support for your sites?  Yes – FlashPalette provides customer support for clients for as long as they own and use their site.  There are no additional fees for support. 

Do you offer refunds?  Refunds are not offered once you have received your license code because a potential client can build and create a fully functional FlashPalette website with the trial version that can be uploaded and viewed online.

Shannon