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Recent Work…New Home: bbellx.com

May 28, 2011
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My sincerest apologies for the lack of updates to Backlit Creative over the past several months.This does NOT mean work has ceased or that I am no longer taking clients. It’s actually quite the opposite—your own work always sits on the back burner, right? :) For the time being, all of my new work will [...]

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Site Launch: erinbellphoto.com

July 20, 2010

Backlit Creative has just launched a new site! My wife, Erin, is a photographer in the Twin Cities. She shoots wedding, family, engagement and child photography. Check out her brand new site on your computer, smart phone or devices like the iPad. http://erinbellphoto.com Tell us what you think with a comment below. Share this Post              

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The new site is up. Backlit Creative 3.0

December 4, 2009
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Well, it is finally here. I have been working on building a new site for a while, and have decided to release it a little early. What’s that called again? Oh yeah, a beta version, if you will.

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Training at the Dakota County Technical College

July 27, 2009
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I’ll be introducing students to Adobe Flash, including best practices and tips on real-world usage on the web. I’m honored to have the opportunity to train for DCTC and look forward to teaching more Adobe classes in the future.

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Backlit Creative Asked by MN Resorts to Consult on Building a WordPress CMS

March 6, 2009
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Now I know Wordpress is not a traditional CMS, but traditional is not my style. Right now, Wordpress operates mostly as a blogging platform. However, in the future, I think that Wordpress will begin to move more in the direction of a general CMS, which is why I thought this would be a great jump start for adding future value to the MN Resorts site.

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New website for LEVEL Brand

January 15, 2009
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This new site was a very big undertaking, but I enjoyed every minute of it. And I am excited to share a couple techniques that add to it’s clean design and universally accessibility. The first is sIFR (scalable Inman flash replacement). This technique allows for headlines to be replaced with more interesting fonts that everyone with flash player installed can see. The second technique is called Faust (flash augmenting standards). The basic principle of this technique is to create your website using building blocks.

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Budd’s Christmas Tree Farm Website

December 23, 2008
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I recently finished the first phase of a website for my father-in-law’s Christmas tree farm in Clarks Grove, MN. I got the site up just in time for the start of the season and I have heard lots of great things so far. The tree farm is also offering a photo contest in which the winner will receive a free tree next year.

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Backlit Creative Asked to Commemorate Blue Zones Articles

September 26, 2008
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Blue Zones, a health and vitality organization founded by longevity expert Dan Buettner, has asked Backlit Creative to commemorate recently published articles in The Wall Street Journal, New York Times and USA Today.

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