As you may know, TemplateMonster is a solid company that does not talk at random being fully responsible for all the tasks assigned. That is the way it was with the website redesign of the Hotel ‘Goldener Baer’ in Vienna. Let’s brush it all up!

You may remember originally published post that cited the worst website designs of world hotels that are actually great. That caused a tide of moot points!

After having censured all those indeed unsuccessful design efforts, we decided to actually do something about it to change the course of the events. In fact, we offered our cost free redesign services to any of those websites that stroke the aforementioned list. The lucky one appeared to be ‘Goldener Baer’ hotel website!

So, we took up the deal, and that was enthralling, we should say. The new version of the website lived up to our expectations.

For now, allow us to remind you of what the initial look of the website we’ve redesigned was:

What we have done is that we completely modified the layout, including graphical design of subpages, coding, and the addition of new sections. And even that was not enough. The structure of the website as well required some functional changes. So, we worked on it a little bit having replenished it with extra texts, added an interactive map to show hotel location on Google Maps, user-friendly navigation menu, and much more. We’ve also added functional blocks that were supposed to be the important links to apply.

And what we have eventually received - there’s a world of difference! Have a look:

That is it! Not so long ago this project was successfully completed. So far as we have enlivened the discounts for Hotels category templates, it is appropriate to mention that supersonic redesign of ours!

Ok, guys, remember this post we’ve published earlier today? About how bad things are in the field of customizing the websites for Halloween. Well, we were serious when we said that we’re going to do something about it. Right now we’re working on the design part of this ‘awareness’ campaign that will help website owners get prepared for holiday customizations.

And today we start the most awesome part (that by the way will be something that will bring you the killing treats from TemplateMonster and our lovely hosting partner JustHost.com). We know that there are websites that ARE customized for Halloween and that we were unable to find (sadly). So please go ahead and suggest websites that in your opinion have a good Halloween customization and enter your chance to win the freebies.

So here’s the deal. In case you’ve seen a website that was decorated with Halloween customization (that’s supposed to be a non-Halloween-related website, just decorated with Halloween elements) please let us know its URL in the comments section on this page. Based on what you all suggest we will arrange a rating of Top 20 Halloween website customizations and publish it all on our blog this Friday. And here’s how you get these presents from us and JustHost.com:

1. Submit the website URL in the comments section (please note that only websites that ARE NOT directly connected to Halloween are eligible; the ones that have the permanent Halloween topic are not allowed).
Plus, be sure to use an active email while posting the comment. That’s the email we’ll be using to contact you when you win.

2. In case the website you have suggested makes it to the Top 5 of our list you will receive a FREE Website Template from TemplateMonster and one year of FREE Hosting (free domain included) from JustHost.com

3. In case the website you have suggested eventually takes the position 6 to 10 you will get one year of FREE Hosting (free domain included) from JustHost.com and a 50% discount for any product from TemplateMonster.

4. In case the website you have suggested eventually takes the position 11 to 15 you will get a 50% discount for ordering one year of hosting from JustHost.com and a 35% discount for any of TemplateMonster products.

5. In case the website you have suggested eventually takes the position 16 to 20 you will get a 50% discount for ordering one year of hosting from JustHost.com and a 25% discount for any of TemplateMonster products.

6. In case the website you have suggested doesn’t make it to the Top 20 but it does have Halloween decorations and you were the first to suggest it you will receive a 20% discount for ordering one year of hosting from JustHost.com and a 10% discount for any of TemplateMonster products.

Disclaimer:

The results will be published on Friday, October 30th and all of the prizes info will also be delivered on Friday. Off to the comments everyone! Good luck!

Ok, so you have purchased one of our Flash CMS templates (or maybe you’re just planning to do so) and you are probably afraid of how difficult it seems to install the template. Well, here we are to ruin this illusion and to show you how easy it is to install it all. Please read the instructions below and you’ll see that you can do it even if you’re not a Flash professional.

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I. Delivery E-mail: Flash Moto account

After you have purchased our Flash Moto template you will receive an email under “Flash Moto
Accounts” telling you as follows (example):

Dear Customer,

II. Account Registration

You should register your product in order to use it on ONE server and for ONE domain name. To do
this, please go to your Flash Moto account at http://account.flashmoto.com and enter your access details provided over the email (example):

E-mail: customer@gmail.com

Password: temp123

III. Account Activation

1. Using this form please fill in your hosting information i.e. your website IP and a website
domain name. To edit your information, please use the “Edit” function as on the preview
below:

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There was some ambiguity concerning FlashMoto CMS preorder purchase and FlashMoto CMS in general (judging from the comments on FlashMoto blog entry). So, we and FlashMoto team decided to clarify some points to sound more intelligible to our customers.

What is important to know is that FlashMoto CMS standalone version does not include any design at all. It is oriented towards web developers who will attach the design on their own, certainly if they have all necessary Flash skills. And by the way, it could be whatever design or Flash template they like, not even necessarily the one from Template Monster.

Another thing to mention is that FlashMoto CMS standalone version currently works with PC platform. At present there are some complications with the Mac, but FlashMoto team is about to settle them up.

If someone cares about the costs, the price for FlashMoto license for one website (domain) will be $199, however in case you use the preorder purchase option you may buy it for $159 (you save $40). So, that is the license for one site (domain) that you buy by preorder.

For Flash CMS Templates, Template Monster declared the sale prices (about $250) that are based on the cost of the license on FlashMoto ($199) for one domain plus the price for the design and its integration. So the design and its integration costs are in fact about $50.

Considering the stated items, for those who are not familiar with Flash we do not recommend buying FlashMoto CMS. It’s meant for professional developers only. We suggest that end users who are not very good with Flash purchase our Flash CMS Templates that are optimized for easier installation and configuration.

The last, but not the least - the release date of FlashMoto CMS standalone version is the 4th of November. That’s the final date and the launch is not to be rescheduled.

Hopefully, you’ll find this information helpful!

When witches go riding,
and black cats are seen,
the moon laughs and whispers,
’tis near Halloween.

With these plain rhymed lines we announce the Halloween season 2009 to be officially started, the countdown is on and now more than ever our mission is to help you enjoy Halloween as much as we do. So, welcome to an ideal entranceway into a Halloween gifts yard!

For this holiday we got some pumpkin ideas to make you scream with delight! Template Monster is coming from the underworld to present you 20% discount for terrific Halloween Templates. These scary desserts will be given to you during fifteen days from October 15th to the 1st of November 2009. And make sure, there’s no trick to these Halloween treats – so get terrific Halloween Templates and it’ll be all fright on the night!

By the way, you may also knock on Template Monster web doors to gather sweet freebies for the Halloween festival! We’re cooking the perfect design product pudding for FREE sharing. This creepy design is expected to grow out of the ground within the same period mentioned.

So, Happy Halloween and Happy Haunts for Deadly Good Template Designs!

And the last thing for you, get amused with our Halloween joke:
Q. What’s Monster’s favorite dessert? A. I-Scream Templates!!