Alright People We Need Your Vote

The Category Best Illustration
The Requirements -

1. Format - Gif or JPG
2. There is no specific requirement for the actual design; It can be hand drawn and scanned, or rendered in illustrator, photoshop, corel, etc.. just be creative.
3. Designs Must be in by 01/30/01

There's a total of four submissions, please view Illustrations and select your favorite in the poll to the right. >>>>>>

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First 100 MSP Members Collage

Last night, I was laying in bed. I was thinking about the site. How can I make it more interesting...What's the first impression that people have when they hit my home page?
Is there a way to show people in something other than words what's beneath the surface of the MSP community without logging in?

I decided to make a collage using pictures that members uploaded for their profile picture.
The reason.. Well, I guess it's because there is nothing more unique than a picture. A profile pic is especially interesting because it a small glimpse into a personality a lot of the time. When I was finished, I was amazed. I can't believe the diverse group that has joined MySiteProfile.com. It's beautiful. I was inspired to show all willing to look, and encourage anyone willing to partake as the community grows. This is the collage. I will continue to add to it as time goes. I'm hoping to run out of monitor space ;-)

101 MSPmations

I hit member 101 today, its crazy, my site has done so well in under 30 days. I am very grateful to all my new members. Some very cool people have signed up in the last 18 days. I can't imagine what it's going to be like a few months from now. If I take anything out of this experience, it will be a huge network of people in my industry to exchange knowledge and skills with. I couldn't ask for anything more. Well,a couple bucks would be nice too.. I guess, but nothing else hehe..

Web 2.0 Directorys

• Blogging Services (106 sites) : Sites that allow users to blog, add functionality to blogs etc
• Bookmarking Services (54 sites) : Sites that allow storing, searching, sharing bookmarks, web snippets, browsing archive etc
• Browsing Services (18 sites) : Web browsers, add-ons, plug-ins etc
• Business Services (75 sites) : Services/software oriented towards businesses including advertising, hosting, etc
• Calendar Services (21 sites) : Online calendar services including reminders, planners etc
• Cataloging Services (26 sites) : Sites allowing users to list and share books, CDs, DVDs, movies etc
• Chat Services (23 sites) : Services for user chat; some overlap with messaging.
• Collaboration Services (125 sites) : Services allowing multiple users to group and collaborate/share including blogging, bookmarking, tasks, to-do etc
• Coming Soon! Services (51 sites) : Services with online buzz but have a Coming Soon! sign on their homepage
• Community Services (17 sites) : Shared community building services; some overlap with local
• Cooperative Distribution Services (4 sites) : File transfer using multiple users like BitTorrent etc
• Designing Services (4 sites) : Color coordination and design services etc
• eCommerce Services (64 sites) : Sites that are selling things, assisting in buying/selling or providing ecommerce solutions etc
• Email Services (30 sites) : Email service providers including voice mail via email etc
• Employment Services (13 sites) : Jobs, gigs, projects, long/short-term etc
• Events Services (17 sites) : Sites tracking local events / happenings; some overlap with calendars
• Filtering Services (184 sites) : Services that content filter info/news/feeds; allow users to choose content etc
• Financial Services (18 sites) : Sites dealing with personal finances / money / networth etc
• Framework Services (19 sites) : Platforms / frameworks to run other software solutions etc
• Game Services (9 sites) : Games related
• Geotracking Services (9 sites) : Tracking users by IP / location ; some overlap with mobile etc
• Grassroots Services (7 sites) : Social community grassroots projects; local people helping other people etc
• Humor Services (6 sites) : Ha Ha ; very funny
• Invitation Services (1 sites) : Online invitations
• Local Services (22 sites) : Local community / neighborhood services; overlap with community etc
• Mapping Services (50 sites) : Service using maps (mostly Google Maps)
• Mashup Services (20 sites) : Sites mixing up services like amazon, blogger, del.icio.us, flickr etc
• Messaging Services (32 sites) : Services focussing on various messaging clients; overlap with chat
• Mobile Services (33 sites) : Services for users with mobile phones
• Music Services (47 sites) : Creating, discovering, searching, sharing, storing etc for music
• Networking Services (40 sites) : Services allowing users to connect to other users; creating social networks
• Non-Profits Services (9 sites) : Services related to non-profit organizations
• Note Taking Services (16 sites) : Online note taking including rich text editors; some overlap with wiki
• Office Services (45 sites) : Services oriented towards replacing Office suite applications
• Other Lists (17 sites) : Other Web 2.0 blogs/lists to visit
• Peer Services (114 sites) : Services where users rank, comment, collaborate on presented information
• Photography Services (92 sites) : Services to edit, manage, print, share, store images/photographs
• Podcasts Services (36 sites) : Services to create, host, manage, search podcasts
• Polling Services (5 sites) : Polling / surveying services
• Programming Services (73 sites) : Coding, demos, proof-of-concept, program snippet sharing sites
• Project Management Services (5 sites) : Services to assist in large project execution
• Publishing Services (6 sites) : Books / printing / on-demand publishing etc
• RSS Services (90 sites) : Atom/RSS feed aggregation, creation, online reading, management services
• Search Services (110 sites) : Search engines/services for text/music/podcasts/videos/with user inputs etc
• Start Pages Services (23 sites) : Totally customizable personalized starting pages
• Storage Services (30 sites) : Online file storage and transfer services
• Streaming Services (13 sites) : Online media/music/video streaming services
• Tech Support Services (4 sites) : Help desk / ticketing software/services
• To Do Services (14 sites) : Online task lists; overlap with calendars
• Travel Services (24 sites) : Travel/hotel information planning/sharing; ticket booking etc
• Vblogging Services (4 sites) : Video blogging services
• Video Services (62 sites) : Creating, discovering, searching, sharing, storing etc for videos
• Web Analytics Services (12 sites) : Blog/site traffic measurement/status reporting services etc
• Wi-Fi Services (2 sites) : Wireless info/sharing services
• Wiki Services (10 sites) : Online group information editing; overlap with note taking

Dev CSS List

Download CSS Layouts

1. Layout Gala : 40 layouts including Three percentage columns, Three fixed columns, Liquid secondary columns, Liquid three columns, Two columns liquid, Two percentage columns, Two colums fixed, One column fixed and two halves etc.
2. Template: css at i-use.it : 30+ layouts including Tanfa: 3 columns, Stanicek: 3 cols, Meadowcroft: unthreaded discussion, Brill: 3 cols etc.
3. Max Design : 20+ layouts including Floatutorial, Two columns with color, Selectutorial, Colored boxes, Single column etc.
4. Little Boxes : 15+ layouts including one box, two box, three column, absolute, fluid, touching, centered etc.
5. Intensivstation : 15+ layouts including 2 columns fixed centered, 2 columns fixed centered, 3 columns fixed centered etc.
6. Solucija : 10+ layouts including Internet Market, Internet Center, What’s your solution?, Internet Jobs, Small Studio, Modern World, Blue Blog Template, Sonia Template, Happy Blog, Open your windows!, Please Smile Again etc.
7. CSS Play UK : 10+ layouts including Three columns, Shrink your body, Back to BASICS, Simple minimum width layout, 100% background image etc.
8. TJK Design : 8 layouts including liquid, fluid, elastic, flexible, jello…
9. Ruthsarian Layouts : 7+ layouts including Tank!, Skidoo Too, Skidoo Too : Gargoyles, Skidoo : 2 or 3 Column w/Background Colors etc.
10. Mollio : 6 layouts including 1 column, 2 columns - Main + Left hand nav, 3 columns - Main + Left hand nav + Right Sidebar, 2 columns - Main + Right Sidebar, 2 columns - Main + Right hand nav, 3 columns - Main + Right hand nav + Left Sidebar.
11. glish.com : 6+ layouts including 3 Columns The Holy Grail, 2 Columns, ALA Style, 4 Columns All Fluid , 3 Columns All Fluid Nested Float etc.
12. BlueRobot : 3 layouts including 2 columns - left menu, 2 columns - right menu, 3 columns - flanking menus.
13. Tanfa UK : 3 layouts including Flexi-Floats, Absolutely Fluid, 3 Column etc.
14. WebProducer.at : Flexible Layout
15. Yet Another Multicolumn Layout : A multi-column layout. German site. Click download button.
16. Open Web Design : 1500+ layouts in business and fun types. Searchable database.
17. CSS Zen Garden : 800+ layouts including 2 Column, Disconnected, Garden & Floral, etc.
18. CSS-discuss list : 50+ three column layouts.

Whats Next?

Well, I have started the next project. A directory to work in correlation to MSP. The directory will be released sometime this month, and merged with mysiteprofile.com. My hopes are, the directory will be a hit like MSP, but even if it has a slow start, I have faith it will grow fast once in the search engines.

-Cheers

Man This Was Easy

This was easy, I can see why blogger is so freaking popular, Word-Press should jump on the band wagon.

As for me, I started this blog to aid in promotion of my new website http://mysiteprofile.com. The site is open to all creative types including; bloggers, designers, programmers, artists, and anyone interested in learning some helpful search engine marketing tips. Here's a brief overview of what can be expected. Just so you know some of this information will be repeated on the main website in the about page, I'm to tired to come up with a fresh description this late at night. Sorry:) As features change and update I will be the first to blog about them, so don't worry about not being up to par.

MySiteProfile.com is a search engine friendly, online community and social network for bloggers, web designers, developers and various types of artists. It gives its members the opportunity to brand themselves through a personalized profile page in which they can promote their businesses or services, as well as their talents and interests, while gaining recognition amongst other like minds. Although MySiteProfile.com was intended to be used by web marketing professionals, we welcome all persons interested in the offerings of this site.

MySiteProfile allows members to actively participate in the networking and self- promotion process through various features.

1. Some of these features include:
2. Personal Profile Pages with member's descriptions, live links, logos or images, various design choices and a personalized messaging system
3. Galleries to upload web snapshots, photos, images, artwork, etc.
4. Biweekly Design Contests with unique categories
5. Blogs that are continuously updated on the community home page
6. Specific Groups that can be originally created or subscribed to
7. Community Forums for ongoing support, current announcements and postings

Upcoming Features:

1. Flash Animation section where members can submit flash movies
2. Video and Music Upload tool
3. Built in RSS Aggregator where members can sink their favorite feeds to their profile section

MySiteProfile.com Inspiration:
After numerous attempts of finding a free directory to promote my websites, I just kept coming up with spam in my email and no traffic results. Even with legitimate directories, there was no opportunity to visually present the site I was submitting, resulting in a needle in a haystack effect.

What makes MySiteProfile.com different than other online communities?
Unlike myspace, the community's focus is networking on a professional level while targeting web geeks (and I mean that with the utmost respect). Its features give its members the chance to support each other and give valuable feedback on things such as site design, SEO, and marketing techniques. I also notice that my pioneer members are enjoying the commonalities that they share while becoming friends in a niche web society.

Aaron's Background:
I have a degree in Multimedia Arts with a focus in Web design. Over the last few years, I have become increasingly interested in PHP Programming and SEO/Search Engine Marketing. I am currently employed by Lawinfo.com in the Web Design and Programming/ SEO departments.

I make a reference to crack in my slogan
because my wife constantly tells me that I'm addicted to my work. I tell her, "At least its not crack." Plus I'm usually up until 3am like a crack head hacking away at my websites.

Thanks, Aaron Ponce