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http://www.bigresources.com
Issue 3 Volume II, Nov 19, 2000
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In this issue:

PARTNERS AND SPONSORS
1. Expert IT answers from your peers!
2. Webmasters: want Free dynamic content for your site?
3. Community Architect

NETWORK ANNOUNCEMENTS
4. Scheduled Down Time
5. A1Javascripts New Category
6. FresherImage Re-Launch!
7. 123Webmaster Updates
8. Looking for Submissions

WEEKLY FEATURE
9. The Making of a Mascot - Witness a mascot start to finish!

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PARTNERS AND SPONSORS
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1. Developing for the web?
Expert IT answers from your peers!
EarthWeb, the online community for IT Pros, offers some of the best discussion
groups for Web Developers. Get accurate, expert answers as soon as you need them.
Use your peers. Impress your boss
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2. Webmasters: want Free dynamic content for your site?
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In one minute, put the latest news headlines on your site...Always fresh, fully customizable, totally free! 123Webmaster has partnered with Moreover.com, the world's most comprehensive online news aggregation service, to provide you with the 123Webmaster WebFeed Wizard. With the wizard, you can choose from almost 300 different newsfeed categories, and match the look, feel, and content of your site. Paste the webfeed JavaScript code seamlessly into your website and keep your visitors coming back.
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3. Community Architect
Increase your traffic and revenue by developing your Web site into an online
community! With Community Architect, you can offer your visitors FREE personal Web
pages and FREE e-mail. Your members will receive a short URL containing your 
domain name (i.e., <<http://anything.yourdomain.com>>), which will build your
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NETWORK ANNOUNCEMENTS
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4. Scheduled Down Time
We're expecting about an hour of downtime this Wednesday for a change of server IP. We will be networking several servers together in order to increase our capacity, and in order to complete this, we require a certain type of IP address. We will be utilizing rackspace's "PrivateNet" feature, which will send data between our servers quickly, without having to send the information around the Internet itself.

If you're interested in dedicated hosting with rackspace yourself, simply visit the link below:
http://service.bfast.com/bfast/click?bfmid=30735717&siteid=35165773&bfpage=home2

If you would like to make suggestions to improve any of our network sites, feel free to email me personally at: jason@bigresources.com, or leave a message on our feedback forum:
http://htmlforums.com/forumdisplay.cgi?action=topics&forum=Network+
Feedback&number=10&DaysPrune=1000&LastLogin=

5. A1Javascripts New Category
http://www.a1javascripts.com

A1Javascripts.com will be introducing a new category this week, text effects. It will be a split off from an existing category, page effects, which has grown too large, and now needs refinement. A1Javascripts Ian McDonald will be adding several new scripts with the launch of the new category. 

Take a click on through to enhance your site.
http://www.a1javascripts.com

6. FresherImage Re-Launch!
http://www.fresherimage.com

Two weeks ago I talked about a big re-launch for our network clip art site, http://www.free-clip-images.com. Well the day has come! On Friday November 10, free-clip-images became fresherimage.com! Why the change? The site will be taking a new direction with it's content, and we felt that this new domain name would portray it's content more accurately. Now, in addition to it's huge clip art archive of over 20,000 free images, the site will also carry a variety of graphic design tips and articles. So clip art seekers, and graphic developers alike will find useful free material!

To visit fresherimage, simply click the below link:
http://www.fresherimage.com

7. 123Webmaster Updates
http://www.123webmaster.com

Since our server move about two weeks ago, 123webmaster.com's new link section has been fairly dry. However during the past few days we've been getting those new links validated! You'll now find a plethora of new content at our webmaster resource community, including new affiliate programs, new scripts, new software, and new developer tools! Take a stop by and see what's new! http://www.123webmaster.com - Every kind of web tool you can think of!

8. Looking for Submissions
We're looking for original articles, and product review submissions to be featured in both our ezines, and on http://www.123webmaster.com. If you feel that you are a talented web writer, and are knowledgeable with website promotion, webmaster tools, graphic design, web scripting (any language) or webmaster tips, then please send your article submissions to jason@bigresources.com. All approved articles will be published with full credit to their writers (including a link, email address, and any other information that you would like included), and will be read by thousands of webmasters. Submit today, and get published!

Jason M. DesRoches
jason@bigresources.com
Editor In Chief, Big Resources Ezine.

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WEEKLY FEATURE
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This week, in honor of the fresh launch of fresherimage.com, we present the first article to be published under the new domain.

9. The Making of a Mascot
by Jason M. DesRoches

Preface: 
About The Artist Poul Carlesn. 
Poul Carlsen, founder of DrawShop.com <http://www.drawshop.com>, is a web illustrator, well known throughout the webmaster and clipart communities. Poul's story begins in 1958 in the country of Denmark where he was born. 

Poul first began illustrating in 1974 when he was just 16 years old, working for a non profit organization. Through the years he refined and honed his skills, and eventually started working for a Danish company, where he learned about marketing brochures, and other graphic layouts. When Poul was 25 years old he took his next big step, he began working for a large company called "Sis-International". He opened their department of graphics advertising, creating their folders, price lists, and brochures. All the while Poul was also working from his home, privately, selling drawings to companies and magazines. When Poul was 30 years old, he quit the job which he had created for himself at "Sis-International" to follow his dream of starting his own company "PC-illustration & Reklame <http://www.pc-illustration.dk>". Poul was now able to work full time for himself, selling his work exclusively to companies, advertising bureaus, and editors in Denmark. In 1997, Poul would open up his now famous DrawShop.com <http://www.drawshop.com>to expose his work not just to companies, but to the world. 

Among Poul's recent works you'll find a wide variety of clip art images (some located at our own site right here at FresherImage.com <http://www.fresherimage.com>) as well as the entire mascot team of The Big Resources Network <http://www.bigresources.com>. Poul has documented his latest mascot creation, which was created for freewebtemplates.com <http://www.freewebtemplates.com>. In this 7 page article, we'll take you through Poul's creative process, and some techniques that he uses in his "Disney quality" masterpieces. 

To read the rest of this 7 page fully illustrated article, visit:
http://www.fresherimage.com/Tips/Mascot/index1.html

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