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Vector of NileI am Nile Flores, a sassy web designer and developer - a webmistress. I live in Centralia, Illinois, which is about an hour from St. Louis. Blondish.net is where I can freely share my love of all things involving web design, graphic design, web developing, and even my experience as a blogger. Join me on my journey. I hope I do not disappoint.
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Thank Goodness!

Posted by Nile | Posted in Blogging | Posted on 06-05-2009 | 1

After all of this mess, the telephone company finally put the pole for the telephone line up and is working on their part to restore the line. However, too bad for them…. I am getting cable internet. I decided to cancel my home phone because even dial-up or dsl would equal out to the cost of cable internet or even more.

I just cannot believe the lack of speed in how things like when that drunk guy hit the telephone pole and it broke. You would think they look after these things better.

So, after Thursday, I will be able to get on a bit more. I am still helping out with my folks.

On Thursday I have a website review that I will post since I completed it. I had to make a lot of notes and then put it together offline.

50 New Icons For Download and Use

Posted by Nile | Posted in Blogging | Posted on 02-05-2009 | 3

Yep, you heard it! Fifty new 100 x 100 pixel icons for you to use whether for forums, your own gravatar, your twitter profile pic or more. Just save to your own computer and then load to where you store your images.

Here are a few of the new ones just to entice you:

icon icon icon icon icon icon icon icon icon icon

Hope you like them. You can visit the graphics section anytime and there are more things to look at and download for use.

From suggestions from the last time I updated this section, I will be doing some holiday ones. I do have some fandom ones, but I decided to only share those at my LiveJournal blog.

5 New WordPress Layouts

Posted by Nile | Posted in Blogging | Posted on 26-04-2009 | 5

A little strained for time, hence I did not update the layout page, but there are now 5 new WordPress layouts. All of the layouts are similar in layout format, but the graphics are different. I just felt like playing around with the same layout to do several things. I hope to have more of this type, as well as another layout format series too. I did this because it gives more choices, especially for those who may like the format, but not the graphics or one, but perhaps another layout.

Catty Catty
2 column simple layout

WordPress Layout: Catty (181)

Cherry Blossom Tree Cherry Blossom Tree
2 column simple layout

WordPress Layout: Cherry Blossom Tree (174)

Mousey Pencil Mousey Pencil
2 column simple layout

WordPress Layout: Mousey Pencil (157)

Pixel Chickadee Pixel Chickadee
2 column simple layout

WordPress Layout: Pixel Chickadee (166)

WingedWinged
2 column simple layout

WordPress Layout: Winged (161)

Too Many Bosses, Not Enough Helpers

Posted by Nile | Posted in Blogging | Posted on 22-04-2009 | 1

I am usually not one to rant. It has been months since the last time I have done this. Most of you know by my activities online, that one of the things I enjoy is anime, especially InuYasha. I took on extra help recently on one part of my InuYasha Fanfiction community, my drabble community at LiveJournal. When I mean help, I asked for particular things to be done, but the people involve decided to hop on and take over everything. I did not want that. I wanted to work in a team of people that could agree to do things. I did not get that. The layout messed with and other parts, and it was an argument. Of course, I would like certain things, but the point was missed. All I needed were two people, one to do announcements and one make graphics for that site. However, in return I got grief, backtalk, cussed at, and smeared, and things done to other parts of the site without asking or even a part of their original position.

When I would do something, it was like a push campaign. It was never enough and this was within 2 weeks. Of course it was active, but if people were joining just because they were friends with them and I was apparently stepping down (as they were falsely telling people), then that was the wrong reason to join. It should be active because the theme is something you can work with, not because of their affiliation with another person. That is something I have tried to make sure that is avoided and these gals thought that much of themselves. I have been blamed for being egotistical, but this stuff takes the cake. Who cares if they have won awards for their fanfics. Does it make them money? Does it give them national or international fame? The answer is no. It is just like the articles I write for people who believe gaining a ton of Twitter followers is the way to go.

It is merely entertainment, in the case of this particular incident and that concept was lost along the way. Like those bitter women at work who do nothing but complain about previous marriages gone awry.

So, I removed them from the position and they started a smear campaign. The one gal told people on her LiveJournal blog, that I threatened to remove her writing from my sites when I did not at all. I have not touched them nor will unless she decides to flame the website. It was extremely upsetting since I have had to limit my time online due to outside events, but catch up offline with other things. One thing that I expressed throughout the whole thing was that I was not stepping down and somehow this was presumed.

“Too many bosses in the kitchen and not enough helpers.”

My stepmother recalled that one for me, but cannot remember where or who originally said it, and it fit perfectly.

What I could not believe are the people so into drama and such… crap I had been in the fanfic world longer than those gals, and yet I am the bad guy every time.

I Am On DeviantArt

Posted by Nile | Posted in Blogging | Posted on 18-04-2009 | 2

I have been on DeviantArt for more than 4 years. I have been adding a lot of my fanart and original work lately. If you are a member there, perhaps we can exchange DA watch.

The latest I have put up are my original work for my novel, Shinju no Miko, which I will be re-doing the title to be, The Pearl Priestess. Although I draw the characters with an anime flair, it is not exactly intended for just anime purposes. It was for an illustration. I just happen to be in an anime phase at the moment. ;)

Anyway, hope to see you over there too!

More Stuff Soon to Be Revealed

Posted by Nile | Posted in Blogging | Posted on 13-04-2009 | 3

I am really happy to say that there are a few things that are soon to added to this site. In fact, here is a list:

  • 10+ emoticons
  • 10 more desktop wallpapers (including fanart)
  • sanrio pixel fanart available for download and use
  • anime fanart section
  • 10 vectors in PNG format will be available for download and use
  • more fanfics that I have written are to be posted
  • illustrations to my novel, Shinju no Miko (which is changing to The Pearl Priestess)
  • A few more tutorials

Some of this is already finished, but I have been keeping an agenda on what I want to put up. By the end of the week, I will be putting up banner ad spots, which will be $5 a month for now. Later on the price may change depending on site stats and demand. I am sorry for the delay on that as I know through email that you have been wondering when I would do this.

5 New Desktop Wallpapers For Download

Posted by Nile | Posted in Blogging | Posted on 09-04-2009 | 8

Yes, that is right… five more desktop wallpapers available for download.

Candy Tube Clouds Speedy Bug Spring Day Winged Hearts

All wallpapers come in JPEG format and 3 different resolutions: 800×600, 1024×768, and 1280×1024. The previous wallpapers were greatly welcomed. I even got tips in my paypal from them so I must have done something right.

Anyway… feel free to use them. If you want to use the images for layouts, you can. I even can provide the PNG format of each of them for clarity, but you will have to use the contact form to request the one you need.

Request A Website Review

Posted by Nile | Posted in Blogging | Posted on 08-04-2009 | 9

I recently finished the website review for DirtyMartini, but noticed the only other reviews I have posted are ones that I have done at Rev.iew.me. I still have to make a badge for Kristin so she can have it for her website.

You can request a review for your website too through Blondish.net or if you are a member of Rev.iew.me, you can request one there.

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