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.

I've received many requests for a custom template for “upload your own” that

The last request came from Leyla:

Dear Tatiana,

I am now thinking of 'upgrading' my SBI template in two ways.

I would like to spruce up the look - I like its present colors - but it is all a bit plain...

The other thing I'd like is a third column on the right, but that will depend on the price.

I don't think I need a full CSS template but please tell me if you differ. At present I'm concerned about cost - I can hardly afford this but I think my site has everything to gain by having a good professional look, especially since traffic is growing.

I think my needs fall somewhere between the SBI template and the full redesign but I'm not sure. I would therefore appreciate your taking a look at my site and letting me know what you would charge to do what I am asking - and indeed if what I'm asking makes any sense at all.

One more thing ... the one CSS thing I would need is a CSS style sheet rather than a full CSS template... hope that makes sense!

You can find my site at http://www.women-on-the-road.com.

Many thanks, Leyla
September 4, 2007

An idea was born! I developed a transition SBI 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.

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 general SBI 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.

• One of the most important benefits for your business using my transition SBI 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 transition SBI 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 a 725 pixels wide design?

When SBI developed a 725 pixels wide layout for its templates, that was for a good reason.

- At the time the templates for blocks have been designed, a web page had to be no wider than 725 - 750 pixels to be seen on small-medium screens (arround 760x420 pix.) without the need of scrolling right.

Times have changed!

Fortunately times had changed and now most of the web surfers have high resolution screens, so the need of a narrow design became obsolete.

Now SBI gave "green light" on wide designs and the recommended width for site design is 960 pix. wide! (September 2009)

Ufff,... FINALLY! - what a release :)

Do you want your site to be 960 pixels wide?

No problem.

Using my transition SBI template, you can make the change in a matter of 5 minutes -

Do you want a custom - text based navigation instead of the SBI navbar?

Using my transition SBI 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.

I've noticed that some SBI-ers are using a kind of “artificial” right column on their pages, like here for example:

- David, an old client of mine, was trying to do a 3-column design on his own and got stuck...;)

Well I don't know who came out first with this idea or how it spread— that's not my concern.

It literally took me one hour to implement my transition SBI template on his site's first page. Here is a possible result for his new L&F:

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.

Before

After

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After

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After

Are you curious about Leyla's comment on her experience using my template? Here it is:

Dear Tatiana,

Many many thanks for my transition SBI template!

I have to say I'm so technologically challenged that even the word template made me cringe - let alone CSS and the like. But this was quite painless.

The template is simple, easy-to-use, and very straightforward. I get everything I want - the three columns, the newsletter box, and all my includes files - without the stuff I don't need. Changing everything over is simple. I try to do a page a day so I still have plenty of time to build new content.

It all works!

And thanks so much for the logo redesign. Not that I mind the original SBI templates, but I really did want to have something more personalized. Thanks especially for listening to my suggestions for changes - I've now got exactly what I want!

I think your transition SBI template is a winner - it's perfect for anyone with an SBI site who wants three columns and to upload their own html, without a steep learning curve.

All the best, Leyla
women-on-the-road.com

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 SBI Template.

Here are few examples of SBI-ers who added the transition SBI template package to my design services, after the test had finished:

Before

After

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Uploading your own is not difficult, but you do have to re-build all your pages!

Give your site a professional look
with this transition SBI template!
for only: $50.00

Please take a look at my custom design services for "upload your own".

I wish you success with your site :)

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