COOL 'N EASY Transition SBI Template
Do you want to take your generic SBI site from ho-hum to fantastic without paying a fortune?
This is the template for you!
The Cool 'n Easy Transition SBI Template is changing the lives of SBI-ers just like you.
With this unique template, you can have the professional online image you've been dreaming about. Best of all, it uses the same format as your SBI template for blocks, all SBI features and benefits, while taking advantage of CSS, includes files, 3 columns (optional) and more... Everything, plus the freedom of expressing yourself.
The template comes with full FREE instructions, tips and tricks on how to build a fully customized design for your web site, plus a lot of other COOL tools.
Why choose a Cool 'n Easy Transition SBI Template?
I've received many requests for a custom template for “upload your own” that
- is very, very easy to update,
- takes advantage of all the SBI benefits, and
- uses CSS.
The last request came from Leyla:
An idea was born! I developed a transition template from “block-by-block” to “upload your own” to give SBIers like Leyla more options when it comes to the Look and Feel of their online businesses.
The transition template is so easy to use and manage!
If you know enough HTML to use blocks, especialy if you used an external HTML editor for building your blocks pages, you can use my transition template!
It uses the same format as the SBI general template. You still use the SBI navigation bar (if you want), tables and forms, but now you can also take advantage of a CSS – style sheet.
Uploading your own gives more flexibility for the design, layout, using the space, placing items, etc., especially if you are using or plan to use CSS.
CSS = "Cascading Style Sheet" is a powerful tool on managing your fonts: size, color, position, alignment, and a lot of other things, that will update all your pages - using it - in a snap.
CSS, plus the use of Include files is even more powerful - making the whole process of building and updating pages, very easy and even fun :)
If you use a WYSIWYG software or do coding by hand, your work will be the same as building your pages using the -block-by-block- system - actually easier.
The template has a 3-column and 2-column layout design (depending on your needs) and everything you've ever dreamed of having to build a professional looking site on your own:- Use your current design. The layout is based on a 725 pixels wide table, so you don't have to change your design. Just take the elements you have been using for your -block-by-block- site design and place them into the template. (I'll tell you how.)
- Easy navigation bar. You can use the SBI navigation bar, or a custom text based navigation. In both cases, the update will automatically appear on all your pages.
- Work with SBI features. You can easily add your -SBI toc- on the first page exactly like working with the block-by-block system.
- Increase subscribers. I insert the submission to your e-zine form on the 3rd column (as I normally do for all custom designs for -upload your own-). It's more noticeable and doesn't take up valuable online real estate on your home page.
- Share good news. I insert a place on the 3rd column where you can put important announcements for your site. Updating is a snap.
- Easy google ads. I provide lots of place holders for all kind of google ads and other advertising (even below the navigation bar). I'll show you how to make the place holders invisible until you need them.
- Better navigation. I conceived a bottom navigation system that will make your site more organized and easier to access (as I always do for the custom designs).
- Improved Look and Feel. You'll get easy-to-follow
instructions on how you can change and improve your Look and Feel
using the style sheet:
- background color,
- headings,
- different text spots,
- links,
- and more!
- Redesign and update. I provide very easy instructions on how to (re)design and update your pages.
• One of the most important benefits for your business using my template is that it is fully optimized for SBI analyzer and for SE's
The whole template is based on - include files - I've created them all for you and give you full instructions on how you can easily use, update, and upload them to the SBI server, along with your pages.
To better understand how this template can improve your web site, here is a basic example. Let's say you have chosen the Beauty template from SBI central: Look & Feel.
1. When you select this style for your site, this is mainly what you have:
2. You apply the template I create and you obtain the same basic Look and Feel with 3 columns
3. Doing small changes to the style sheet, you can easily change your Look and Feel
4. On tier-2 and tier-3 pages you add your google ads and other ads using the -include- files I provide
Why build a 725 pixels wide design?
If your page is too wide, people with small-medium resolution screens (arround 760x420 pix.), cannot see it entirely – they have to scroll right. This may make them leave your page!
Remember, your visitors won't spend time on a boring or unattractive site. If they don't see what they like, or if they have to look for information, they just leave.
I've noticed that some SBI-ers are using a kind of “artificial” right column on their pages, like here for example:
Well I don't know who came out first with this idea or how it spread — that's not my concern — but just think for a moment:
- When SBI developed a 725 pixels wide layout for its templates… don't you think it was for a good reason?
- The answer is YES, it was. A web page shouldn't be wider than 725 - 750 pixels if you want to keep ALL your visitors around.
Do you want your page to be larger than 725 pixels?
Using my template, you can make the change in a matter of 5 minutes -
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You can build your site at 750 pixels wide - it can look like this,
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You can make your site wider - it can look like Paul's Peru Coast site. He designed it by himself,
or
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you can make it extensible (adaptable to the screen width and resolution) - in case you really want to cover the entire screen...
- it can look like this - I've done it in 2004...
Do you want a custom - text based navigation instead of the SBI navbar?
Using my template you can easily achieve that too. All you have to do is to insert your links into already done navigation and choose the colors you want. You have to do this only once, and all your pages will be automatically updated.
- Here is an example on how Tracy customized my template by herself.
David, an old client of mine, was trying to do a 3-column design on his own and got stuck...;)
It literally took me one hour to implement my template on his site's first page. Here is a possible result for his new L&F:
Tests show my Cool 'n Easy SBI Transition Template works!
In order to finalize my project I made a beta-test, working with a few SBI volunteers.
Here are some of the results:
NOTE: All testers made their own template customization and some of them used my design services before they entered the test.
| Leyla: women-on-the-road.com | |
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After |
| Dennis: shadebuilder.com | |
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After |
| Christian: budget-plus.com | |
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After |
Are you curious about Leyla's comment on her experience using my template? Here it is:
NOTE: This package does not include redesigning your template elements: top banner and left navigation. If you need that service please check my custom design services for - block by block.
NOTE2: SBI L&F selector contains
2 templates which settings are too specific to the SBI proprietary
system and won't work - as they are - with the "upload your own
module".
These are: Learning& Education and Sport&Recreation.
In case your blocks site is using one of these templates, please contact
me before buying the Transition Template.
Here are more examples of SBI-ers who added the transition template package to my design services, after the test had finished:
| Angela: guide-to-womens-medical-health.com | |
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After |
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Uploading your own is not difficult, but you do have to re-build all your pages!
- After you buy it, please take your time and read all the instructions, before starting!
- Want help with the design?
Simply add this template to one if my custom design services for "block by block".
- Want more options for the navigation, layout, graphics or other features?
Please take a look at my custom design services for "upload your own".
I wish you success with your site :)
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