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Birthday Giveaway: Greyzed – A free personal Wordpress theme

Posted on March 3, 2010 by The Forge
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In celebration of our tenth birthday we decided to give you an awesome free Wordpress theme. Greyzed is a stylistically bold and grungy theme ideal for personal blogs.

You can read about its features, view the demo and download the theme here.

Tell us what you think in the comments. We love to hear your feedback.

Free Desktop Calendar Wallpaper for March 2010

Posted on March 1, 2010 by The Forge
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His name is Rocky, or affectionately NooNoo. Possibly the maddest most loving Burmese kitty you could meet. He often makes everyone’s workday here at The Forge even better when he comes to visit us at our desks.


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Even when he cries for attention or discovers an insane keyboard shortcut that leaves your browser locked at 100px and your computer’s default language Mandarin, you cant help but still love him.

Free Desktop Calendar Wallpaper: February 2010

Posted on February 1, 2010 by The Forge
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February is normally the hottest month of the year for us in Cape Town. To continue with the theme of creating a wallpaper that involves our environment here at The Forge, the chilies used in this wallpaper were grown right here on the grounds.

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Hannalee Photography Redesign

Posted on January 21, 2010 by The Forge
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Hannalie Minnaar, the photographer behind Hannalee Photography, recently commissioned The Forge Web Creations to redesign her website and assist with increasing her online presence.

Here are some important elements we incorporated into the new website:

  • Showcase her photo shoots and blog posts in a neat and easy way for visitors to view.
  • Allow site visitors to easily get in touch with her.
  • Include her social networking areas (Facebook and Twitter).
  • Display related content on various photo shoots to increase user activity on the website.
  • Create a control for each photo shoot that allows for the mention of each Service Provider, eg. Make-up, Flowers, Cake, etc.
  • Provide social bookmarking tools to all visitors to share the site content with their friends on sites such as Facebook, Twitter, StumbleUpon, FriendFeed and others, to increase the awareness of the website.

Click here to take a look at the new Hannalee Photography website!

We’re hiring – Junior Website Designer/Developer

Posted on January 20, 2010 by The Forge
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The Forge Web Creations is looking for a junior (entry-level) web all-rounder with a talent for both website design and development.

To qualify for this opportunity, you must be highly energetic and able to work in a busy team environment. You are a person with the ability to manage multiple deadline-orientated tasks with emphasis on attention to detail and thorough task completion, with minimal guidance. Own transport is essential.

Basic knowledge of SEO and online marketing strategy would be to your advantage.

Details:
Type: 3 month contract with possible permanent employment
Level: Entry
Remuneration: Neg
Location: Cape Town

Your CV MUST include:

  • a link to your online portfolio or links to at least 3 live sites. Please detail your contribution to each project.
  • contactable references
  • your availability
  • ref: WD201001

Requirements:

  • Photoshop
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JavaScript

Nice to Haves:

  • PHP
  • mySQL
  • ASP (VBScript)
  • Flash
  • Freehand

Send your CV to work@theforge.co.za

Only successful applicants will be contacted for interviews and practicals.