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Congratulations to Roadify, Winner of the NYC BigApps Award

admin — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:48:07 +0000

Congratulations to Roadify, Winner of the NYC BigApps Award. Northstar helped Roadify with website design. With Roadify, people on the road GIVE and GET updates that help make traveling in Brooklyn easier. Roadify helps you find parking, hop on the bus, catch a train and more, by giving you easy access to real-time information from other commuters and transit data sources (like the MTA, NY Dept. of Transportation, Google Transit, etc.). We think of Roadify as the first comprehensive “social transportation” company, combining social networking with a wealth of published transit information.

Free Photographer’s Portfolio Website Layout Setup!

admin — Wed, 25 May 2011 17:40:37 +0000

If you are going to build your portfolio website for your photography business, please contact me if you wish to use this layout for free! In order for you to use this for free you will have to sign up for 1 year of website hosting. Thanks!

Today’s offer is a simple, neat and tidy place to promote your photos – that’s a Free Photographer’s Portfolio Website Template with an image slider in the front page and a jQuery gallery that displays the images from the portfolio.

Free Business Website Layout!

admin — Tue, 24 May 2011 19:17:39 +0000

If you are going to build your website for your business, please contact me if you wish to use this layout for free! In order for you to use this for free you will have to sign up for 1 year of website hosting. Thanks!

This ready-made solution is presented as single page template that will certainly amaze the visitors of your project with user-friendly and handy navigation, that’s one of the most popular web design trends lately. Template’s well-done stylish layout is one more advantage of this theme that attracts attention and makes your website noticeable among others.

Graphic Designer’s Best Friend: GuideGuide

admin — Wed, 11 May 2011 01:33:24 +0000

This is one of the coolest photoshop plugins that I have used, GuideGuide. Every graphic designer can benefit form this plugin.

You can download it here: http://www.cameronmcefee.com/guideguide/

To install unzip the file and copy the “guideguide” to your computer. Your platform will dictate where.

Windows: \Program Files\Adobe Photoshop \Plug-Ins\Panels\
Mac: /Applications/Adobe Photoshop /Plug-Ins/Panels/

Thanks to Cameron McEfee

Launched:KSK Breast Cancer Center of Irvine

admin — Thu, 20 May 2010 13:44:58 +0000

KSK Breast Cancer Center of Irvine

KSK Medical, a growing Cancer Center, based in Irvine, California, needed an over haul to their existing website. Northstar delivered a new layout that gives the user a sense of calm and comfort during tough times while at the same time sharing important medical information.

Click here to see the KSK Breast Cancer Center of Irvine Website

Northstar Welcome Video

admin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:07:20 +0000

Check out our Welcome Video we produced to show of our Video Production and Post Production capabilities. Enjoy!

Website Security: Keep Your Passwords Strong!

admin — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:49:04 +0000

Do you portect your password?

CNN aired a story on keeping your passwords secure. This is very important to your personal and business security.

Why Are Strong Passwords Important?

Strong Passwords are important to protect your private information. There are many ways that hackers and others try to guess passwords. There are software programs that are used to guess passwords and until they find the right one. Do what you can to protect yourself and use a Strong Password.

What is a Strong Password?

A Strong Passwords is a random string of letters, numbers and special characters, usually consisting of 12-14 characters in length. You should NEVER use passwords that are based on your background like birthdays, where you are from, mother or father’s name, or even any words in the dictionary.

Where Should I Use Strong Password?

You should use Strong Passwords for any system accessible from the internet that has personal information that you want to protect. Some examples of those programs might be Email Accounts, Website FTP Accounts, User Accounts on E-commerce Websites, Instant Messaging Account, Social Netowrking Website Accounts.

Click here to our Online Password Generator

Launched! New NorthstarWebDesign.com

admin — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 08:01:58 +0000

Launched! New NorthstarWebDesign.com Screenshot

We have launched our new redesign of NorthstarWebDesign.com. With so much client work we had no time to re-brand for the last few years and thought it was well over due to be updated to reflect the level and style of our work.

The new website will continue to change over the next few weeks and we will let you know about updates! Thanks for your interest and continued support!

http://www.northstarwebdesign.com