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I've done this for a little bit now so I'm pretty familiar with putting a blogger site together. However, I think it’s nice to offer them for free, plus I like making them anyways so it’s nice to have them put to use!

Are these all the templates that you have?
I have so many more, some just I didn’t like enough to think people would want, others are in progress, or others I just forgot I had. I also do custom ones – see the next question!

Would you make a design for me based on some ideas I have?
I like to do custom ones because I think it gives you a design that is unique to you and your style. Please send me your ideas, even a couple of websites you like as well as your blog address so I can get a feeling for who you are and what you might like.

How long does it take you to make me a design?
I’m in my second year of medical school, so it’s not that I don’t have free time, it’s just that I don’t always chose to do blog designs with that time. However, as long as you are patient I am never too busy for you. Some people I’m done with the design within a week because they don’t want too many changes from what I started with. Other people (especially custom design) want a couple more changes and that takes time- up to a month or two. It really depends on what you want - if I've already got a template, then it's quick and easy. If I'm buliding it from scratch that's something else!

What platforms do you do designs for?
I'm pretty comfortable on blogger, and I'm working on my comfort level in Wordpress. If you'd like to get a Wordpress design I'd be happy to accomdate you, but it will take me some extra time because I'm not as famillar w/ it and it's more complex than blogger.

Where are the images hosted?
I began with hosting them on my own site, its easiest for me in the design process. However, I think I may be switching to photobucket because the images tend to load faster and when there is a problem with my site everyone else is affected. If you have a specific request either way, let me know.

How do you make your designs?
I've gotten a couple of questions about this now, so I bet there are more of you out there. I use adobe Photoshop and Illustrator . I use photoshop the most, illustrator is just for small things here and there. I also use Dreamweaver for upkeep of my site and another site I'm an admin on, but for something like using blogger or wordpress you don't need dreamweaver.
I also use these firefox extentions a lot:

• Firebug This is a great plugin b/c it works well and has a nice interface. It also autocompletes things for you (which is good, and bad depending on what you want to do)
• Web Developer It's simple, but firebug sometimes adds scroll stuff onto images, best for simple little padding/margin issues.
• IE Tab Awesome for checking how sites look in IE but still in firefox. Much easier than opening IE.

What if I do want to pay you?
That is very kind of you. If you would like to pay me, or send me an amazon gift certificate or something like that I would really appreciate that (but is not necessary!). I love getting presents though so if there's something small that you want to get that's fine too. Thank you for being generous. :)

About the Thursday Thirteen Headers

Can I use these even if I don't save the images to my own site?
Yes, although if you would them to your website that would be good too.

Do I have to credit you?
Not if you don't want to, but I'd love to see your TT list with the header.

Will there be more of these?
I've said no in the past, and I always make more. So yes- but please send me a request if you'd like a special one.