Darren Hoyt Dot Com

Greetings I'm a designer, art director & strategist who blogs about client relations, trends, user experience, software, the media and more

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About Me

Since 1998, I've built websites of all scope and size for Category 4 where I currently serve as Art Director.

This site has been featured on Design Meltdown, Smashing Magazine, Mashable, CSS Mania and Best Web Gallery.

Get in touch if you'd like to chat or find me on these other sites.

Back to School Sale on Mimbo Pro

August 27, 2008 ( 0 )

On September 1st, Pro Theme Design will be having a 30% off sale on all copies of Mimbo Pro. How does it work? Follow my Twitter feed and be on the lookout for a tweet containing the special coupon code. The sale only lasts 24 hrs, so mark your calendars.

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Creating Custom Listings with Expression Engine, Part I

August 25, 2008 ( 12 )

Compared to just three years ago, more and more of Category 4’s small-business clients have become comfortable maintaining their own website via CMS. We’ve built many of these sites with WordPress which clients have overwhelmingly loved. But more and more, larger projects require finely-tuned content management and custom data-types that can be diversely displayed. The obvious choice lately has become Expression Engine.

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Designing for the Empty-Handed Client

June 24, 2008 ( 27 )

I’m in the midst of a drafting a long post titled “Making the Most of Mediocre Content”. As you could guess, it’s about molding client-submitted materials into something more organized, focused and attractive. But what happens when a client has nothing to submit — no photos, no taglines, no logos, no text, no identity?

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