California Wildfires and Stranded Pets

I wish to convey my condolences and sympathies to everyone who is affected by the wildfires that are currently raging down in Southern California. I too have family members in that area that are being evacuated and as of yet, no news as to whether their homes are safe.

Also, because of my intense love for animals, I will be donating 10% of all my freelance income from now until the end of the year to the HSUS, who are so dilligently working to save stranded animals and relocate them. For more information and join me on this effort please visit:
https://community.hsus.org/humane/notice-description.tcl?newsletter_id=16461415

If you would like to donate to the HSUS here’s a direct link:
https://secure.hsus.org/01/disaster_relief_fund_2007/nVdzAJk71w0oh?qp_source=gaba95

My sincerest thanks,
Kimberlea Snegirev, freelance designer
Whyte Tyger Design & Consulting

New Client Site

I’ve recently been accepted to design a new website for a Classic Car Show organization. http://honiotescarshows.com

This site has mainly been created so that the organization can upload and share pictures from each of their shows that take place at the Enderle Center in Tustin, CA. Their shows take place the first and last Sunday of every month and is a year round event.

 I invite you to stop by their website and check out some of the pictures and how the picture viewer works. Feel free to get in touch with me if you would like a photo slideshow like this one set up on your website.

As always, I welcome any feedback and keep in mind that this site is a work in progress.

Whyte Tyger Teams Up with GraphicSmart.us

I have recently teamed up with a group of designers at GraphicSmart.us. This association will allow Whyte Tyger Designs to bid on larger projects that require extra skills. GraphicSmart currently has a group of designers that are proficient in Web Design (HTML, XHTML, CSS, ASP & PHP, & more), Graphic Design, Flash Presentations, Content Management Systems, eCommerce, 3D graphics, Animation and so much more.

To learn more about my association with this phenomenal group of designers please visit GraphicSmart.us to read more about the company and the design team.

New Client ~ MassagebyCheryl.com

I have been recently asked to design a website & blog for http://MassagebyCheryl.com and I wanted to share with you my progress with this project.

At this point we are still deciding on an overall theme for the website, but thinking about using a theme that flows with her wordpress theme that is being used.  You can find this at http://massagebycheryl.com/wordpress She really likes the look of the candles and the feeling of being in a massage salon. There is another idea we are looking at based on a template I found that has a sort of retro look to it and uses colors similar to what Cheryl wants.  This template can be seen at:  http://www.templatemonster.com/website-templates/8257.html

There is no set timetable for the completion of this project yet, but I will post updates as we progress on this project.

New Blog Site

I’m so excited! I switched my hosting plan to Linux/Php hosting and what did I find in there but this Wordpress Blogging option! Now I can switch over from my free version hosted at Wordpress.com to this one I’m using now. With this upgraded plan I have more theme customization options, so I will be working on getting it match to my overall site design.

Also, I am now on School Break…and although it feels a little odd not waking up every morning and logging into class, I have been needing some of this downtime this week. I am still waiting on all my final grades, but the only grade that I am really nervous about is my Research paper that I wrote on “No Child Left Behind”.  Will update you again when I get my grade.

In other news, I have started a sub-contract design project with another web designer (new WOL graduate). I will be assisting her with a site redesign into a CMS website using DotNetNuke. This is a whole new world for me and I’m very excited to be helping her and also learning this new platform. I have Joomla on my hosting account that I want to get into and learn as well.

My ongoing freelance project that I mentioned in one of my earlier posts is coming along. You can view my work in progress at: http://whytetyger.com/li3 If you have any thoughts or ideas to share it would be greatly appreciated.

Okay, I think that is about it for today. Will post again when I have more news.

For Your Reading Pleasure

Hello Again Everyone,

I have just added a page at Whyte Tyger Designs for recommended reading books. These are books that I have come across at Amazon and set up a link back to them. Please feel free to comment on these books and let me know what you think about them or if you have any other books for suggested reading.

Also, while browsing around the net I came across this link for Web Developers Handbook. http://www.alvit.de/handbook/ There is a wealth of information here for any one who develops websites. I will also be creating a permanent link to this website somewhere on my site, so keep watching for it.

Friday Update

Happy Friday Everyone!

Well, I am on the tail end of the March Term for school and I have learned a great deal this past term. Although I was pretty stressed out about my research/writing class, I finally completed the paper and have it turned in. I was sick with the flu all last week and really fell behind on my work so it was a huge relief, LOL.

I have been working a great deal on re-designing the Whyte Tyger Designs website and every day I am closer to having it ready for a relaunch. One of the things I have been working on is the contact form so my site visitors can contact if needed with more questions and I think I finally have it set up the way I want. As always though, as I continue to work on it, there will be more information added.

Anyhoo, just wanted to stop in real quick and let everyone know what’s been happening.

Some of my recently completed school projects.

This is my most recently completed projected for Advanced Web Class. I did a complete redesign of the Lee Elementary School website. If you click on the image you will be directed to their website.
This is a log page that I created for my very first Flash class. As you can see, I had a lot of fun with this project. Originally I had a tiger roar sound when you moused over the paws, but felt it was a bit too much. This log will also direct you to my other projects from that class.
This was our final project where we were asked to design a website for the Bessington Optical Mouse.

Paradox Blogs

Thank you for the wealth of information you have listed here. I am sure that I will refer back to it often.
http://www.paradoxblogs.com/2007/02/26/building-a-blog/trackback/

Kim Snegirev
Whyte Tyger Designs

Hello and Welcome

Hello visitors ~

This is my first blogging post and I thank you for stopping by to check it out. I will be using this blog to post my current freelance projects, my progress with school projects and also if I come across useful information from around the net I will share that here as well.

My current freelance project is LadyIrish3.com ~ http://ladyirish3.com ~ This current design is the one that LadyIrish3 has been using since 2003. I am in the process of giving it a face lift so that it can be transferred from its current host provider over to a new host server.

I have also been feverishly trying to re-design my WhyteTyger.com ~ http://WhyteTyger.com  ~ site so that I can start accepting freelance projects.