We’d like you to meet Jasper
Posted on August 21, 2009
We decided we needed some more fun this summer, and decided Jasper was the perfect balance of fun and functional that we were looking for. We decided to name our template Jasper in honor of the artist Jasper Johns. Jasper grew up in South Carolina and is most famous for his ‘Flag’ painting from 1956. His work from the 50s-60s can be described as pop culture. What I like about his painting, which is just a personal opinion, is the sense of small town familiarity you get when looking at them. That’s what we wanted this template to convey. Even though a website is computer based it does not have to feel so rigid. We wanted a design that let loose and brought in elements that reminded people of before email when a desk was cluttered with notes and scribbles.
Without further ado we’d like you to meet Jasper:
(Thank you to Michele Jones – http://www.picturethisbymj.com/ - for the use of her beautiful images)
A BIT ABOUT JASPER:
Location: http://www.portfoliositez.com/jasper/
Price:
$10/mo or $100/yr for standard ($20 setup fee) for a service (includes 1gig hosting, 10 gigs transfer)
$16/mo or $160/yr for premium ($20 setup fee) for a service (includes 2gig hosting, 20 gigs transfer)
$150 standard individual purchase (only $100 if a blank version of the latest wordpress is already installed)
$250 premium individual purchase (only $200 if a blank version of the latest wordpress is already installed)
$5/mo ($20 setup fee) if added on to a current Psitez service
Jasper, the blogsite, is built upon the latest wordpress blog.
You’ve seen wordpress blogs before, well, this blogsite is like a regular wordpress blog with a fine Armani suit on. As long as you have the latest wordpress blog installed you’ll be able to accessorize and transform your blog with our PSitez touches. 
You’ll use your wordpress admin to do everything you normally would such as create pages, blog posts, add widgets, etc. You then can use the PSitez sitezadmin to give it a facelift and to utilize a few features built just for you. You can use the PSitez admin to edit the following blog settings:
- All blog colors
- Blogsite image (including placement, tiling, etc.)
- Font for titles and general text (must be html supported font)
- Blog Post separating line/graphic
- Menu placement (above or below the flash header)
- Whether or not to show the date below the post title
- Whether or not to show the top search box
- Whether or not to show the rss feed button
- Edit the copyright line at the bottom of the pages
- manage menu button placement
You can use the PSitez admin to also use the blogsite only features that aren’t a part of wordpress such as:
- The calendar section
- Unlimited galleries with unlimited images
- Contact section
- Bio section at top of main blog home page
- Choose between 3 different flash headers and upload images/set colors for them – homepage/main blog page
- Choose between 3 different flash headers and upload images/set colors for them – wordpress content pages
- Add music to your site library, then you can select multiple songs to play in each gallery so each gallery has its own unique jukebox
- Add watermark to your header and gallery images
- Meta tags
- Google Statistics placement
- Add external links to the main menu
You can even put in flv videos into all your posts and pages!
Some of Jasper’s Features that are new to our blogsites:
~ music on the homepage, text/contact/calendar headers, and galleries
~ built in twitter, rss, email, and facebook link on the header (optional)
~ built in twitter, rss, and facebook links for each post
~ scrollable comments
~ smaller bio image and ability to upload a png for the bio image
We will be launching another sample of this site that shows the third header type, as well as the links to place an order for this template, later today. We will also be announcing the winner of the bokeh photo contest 
I want it, I want it, I want it, I want it, I WANT IT!
When can I get it?
that looks great!
how easy would it be to transfer from my andy?