VISIT ARTISTEER

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Behold! Here comes a very powerful and super user friendly web design and web template creator software that does not even need a manual to learn how to use. Artisteer. We have learned this product back in 2008. It caught our attention when Artisteer won the Red Ferret’s Software of the Year Award on  2008. In a nutshell, Artisteer lets you create a marvelous looking CMS site themes instantly, I say CMS site themes for it can create not just for wordpress, but as well for many other CMS platforms too. With Artisteer, you don’t but your custom unique theme, but you create them. You create your themes in accordance to what you would like. Almost every part of the theme can be changed according to your preference.

Artisteer is a favorite software not only by those who are practicing online marketing but also by those who are producing large numbers of sites daily specially squeeze pages and landing pages (a 1 page site).

• Very user friendly that even your kid can create a template for you
• Very nice "Suggest Ideas" feature
• Preloaded with tons of design elements
• Onetime payment for a free lifetime software update
• A real VALUE for your MONEY
• Free trial, fully functional just with watermarks when exported

Very minor bugs with every release…and this does not even count as a con, we just don’t know what to put here since its hard to find a reason not to invest on this tool.

• Instant Web design ideas with its "Suggest Idea" feature
• Create templates for the following platforms:
• HTML/CSS Template
• WordPress Theme
• Joomla
• Drupal
• DotNetNuke
• BLOGGER (blogger.com)
• ASP.NET Application
• Code Charge Studio
• Valid XHTML and CSS
• Preloaded with stock images, graphics, patters, buttons and more..
• Cross Browser Friendly

Artisteer is kind enough to break it down to 2 options.
They have a $49.95 and $129.95 option.
$49.95 is for Home & Academic Edition while $129.95 is for the Standard Edition(Full Version).
Note: All pricing listed at time of posting. Subject to change.

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VISIT DIY THEMES

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One word…AWESOME. That’s how we can describe Thesis Theme. For formality, let us give you a quick definition and intoduction for Thesis. It is a wordpress theme from DIYthemes, basically a template that can be used to transform your website to whatever design you want. It has been paramount to projecting a more “professional” look and feel to your site. This theme uses HTML plus CSS plus PHP framework. Probably the MOST FLEXIBLE theme that exists.

No exaggeration, but this one is a killer Theme. You can literally transform it to anything with endless possibilities.

• No need to change the core code when changing the design and will still make it faster to optimize and get ranked in search engines.
• Thesis offers awesome Support & Forums. You’ll get  a lifetime free updates.  Easy to use even for non savvy and non-techy users.  It’s recommended for beginner and seasoned pros. Since it has “Thesis Options” panel.
• They have BEST forum.
• Active development. They develop and release new versions often. Usually when new versions are launched, new features are added. The best thing is that you just make a one-time purchase then you get all these new versions.

• Not easy to add widgets where you want it. (like in the footer and the featured area…advanced skills are needed)
• Since it is designed to be super flexible and highly customizable, it calls the database a lot so this might slow the site just a little bit.

• Strong SEO features
• Able to fine tune page per page without using the All in one SEO plugin
• Super flexible and can take heavy customization
• Switch to different fonts without touching the style sheet
• Very nice customization on the navigation

On what they call “Developer’s Option” they charge $164.
You get to use the theme as much as you want even use it on your clients.
These includes all amenities that you can get from DIY themes, like access to their forums which is a very good resource.
Lifetime access to the most latest version of Thesis theme.

They charge $87 for the one that they call “Personal Option”.
The word personal explains it all. You can just use it on your sites.
You still have access to the forums and the updates when you buy the Personal Option.

Note: All pricing listed at time of posting. Subject to change.

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