Hello.

We at Naper Design were feeling a bit frisky today and thought it would be fun to give back to the community.  We began to think about selling some of our higher function themes, and likely will next month.  While we are planning to be selling the highly functional versions of these themes next month, right  now we will be offering the precursors of the themes in “Non Java Control Panel” form.  For designers and developers, this will be something to consider because they offer a “HOME.PHP” with the theme.

The theme is built to automatically access a ‘named page” for homepage access.  All of our themes are set to require certain plugins…ie… pagemash, All In One SEO,…ect…

A list of the needed plugin package will be included.

We look forward to any who are interested, and will send a copy to all who respond to this post,

On a fairly regular basis, we are going to list what blogs we find that maintain “Do Follow” Tags throughout the sites.  For basic SEO, this is important to receive some PR from the site you comment on.  By no means am I suggesting that you SPAM any one of these blogs; this is to encourage some Link Love.  For all of the Web Designer and Developers in the Naperville and Chicago area, we simply ask that you pass the word.  A lot are out there leaving their clients in the dark, and it really isn’t right.  Let them know what they are capable of for their site propagation.  Web Designers in the Chicago area have gotten a bad reputation lately, and it’s time we counter all of the distrust that has been caused by a select few. In posting this, I ask that if any of these sites break, please let me know so I can take them off of here.  Thank you, and enjoy-

Press Releases are a life-blood of quality Organic SEO.  Regular submission of business events for release to the press will ensure higher traffic and a wider reach of viewers.  Ensure that you read specifically the requirements of each of the sites.  Deviations from their rules will almost always result in a rejection of your submitted press release.

The following is a list of free or inexpensive Press Release Services:

PrWeb PR7 (small contribution)
PRUrgent PR3
PR Newswire PR7
PR Web Direct PR6
The Open Press PR5

• Plain text ONLY throughout.
• Appears below Public Relations Firm releases and paid releases or “below the fold”
  Free Press Releases will remain on the site for six months.
• No PR passed

Free Press Release PR5
Press Box PR5
PR Free
Soft Press Release
Market Wire
URL Wire
Webwire
eMediawire
Business Wire
PR9
Newswire
Press Release Network
i-newswire PR6
Newswire Today PR5

• Highly recommended
• PR given to releases
• basic service is free
• advanced $300/year

Openpr PR5
PR9 PR4
Press Radar PR7

• Highly recommended

PR-Inside PR4
PR Log PR5

Web Designers and Developers are strongly encouraged to get in the habit of using these tools with all of their customers as a basic portion of the site build.  Developing a website that already has a strong SEO footprint helps the client progress quickly and ensures that your portfolio will have higher relevance.

Our favorite place to work tends to be coffee shops and delicatessens.  In all of the chaos and varying conversations, we can get lost in the work at hand.   One particular place that we’ve come to enjoy more than most is the Atlanta Bread Company in Warrenville, Illinois.   Since this franchise is family run, the atmosphere is not only welcoming, but quite inclusive and friendly.  The kindness, the artistic fervor, and the immersion within a flowing sea of people coming and going actually makes for our most productive work environment.

The families that manage and own the store are some of the first people I met when moving to Illinois.  I have a large amount of gratitude for the kindness they showed me when arriving here and when we came back to Naperville this past spring.  They have welcomed us and our clients into their establishment and given us a warm environment to conduct our business meetings and web design presentations.

Artist tend to flock to the “Bread” as well.  On any given night there will be some form of artistic group that is having a meeting at their location.  There are women who stitch on one night, trading card women on another, painters discussing canvasses, and many other niche artisans who wish to meet and share their talents.  For those familiar with the area, Naperville and Warrenville aren’t exactly thought of as Art Mecca’s, but within the Atlanta Bread, there is an exception that is a pleasant change for the Chicago Suburbs.

Lastly, the absolute chaos of a busy lunch cycle completes our A.D.D. persona and elevates our productivity.  We tend to get more accomplished in a two hour rush at a coffee shop, than in eight hours of quiet within our on office.  we’re going to post a lot more on this in coming weeks.  There’s just an odd correlation between our better work performance and the amount of interactions taking place at the same time.  We’ll be posting more about our favorite working environments in the weeks to come, but at this moment Atlanta Bread is our favorite local coffee shop for web design and seo meetings and work.