I should mention that I look for templates all the time for my blogs. I just can’t afford to “pay” a designer or professional blog template developer to create a unique template for me and my network of blogs. A lot of the times, I go to the “usual” places, search engines, Emily Robbins, Alex King, WordPress .. etc etc ..

Not this time .. This time – I was participating in a community net-party like this one, Tuesday Night Mike Night, a few weeks ago .. and I saw this theme on the AdviceLibrary.com Blog.

By the way .. AdviceLibrary.com is an online article directory for both publishers and authors .. Check it out!

The theme is called … AdsMindedWide by Brian Sapiens of the Hi-Tech.

While I was “1-800-HART’icizing” this blog, adding my little bits here and there and started to play with the header graphic, CSS and more … my friend, the famous Joe Yanuzzi helped me out and created the above header (and about a dozen other choices too! I’d link his blog, but it’s in flux right now

HART (1-800-HART)

This is how I described the new look on HART-Empire – June 7, 2006

I was bored .. and decided that the 1-800-HART’s Picks blog deserved a new look, since it has not had a facelift since its inception.

This is an experiment in progress. Based on my statistics, only 4% of its readers were using browsers with screen views less than 1000 pixels, so I have selected one that is quite wider and more suitable for showcasing products, and for monetization.

Naturally, it just made sense to try the Ads Minded Wide Version Theme by Hi-Tech

NEW LOOK – Version 2.0

Currently, it is a work-in-progress as I tweak the code and color schemes and ads and really “1-800-HART’ize” it like I normally do for all of my websites.

OLD LOOK – Version 1.0

Product Details

* Actors: Frederick Banting, Charles Best, J.B. Collip, Alexander Fleming, Henry Ford, See more
* Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Ntsc
* Studio: Wgbh Boston
* DVD Release Date: September 6, 2005
* Average Customer Review: Based on 2 Reviews
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* From IMDb: Quotes & Trivia
* ASIN: B0007GP7ZA
* Amazon.com Sales Rank: #22,824 in DVD

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Product Description:
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Format: Color, Digital sound, Full screen, Ntsc
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Studio: Shogunmedia.com
DVD Release Date: August 15, 2003
Average Customer Review: Based on 1 Review
ASIN: B0007A106Q
Amazon.com Sales Rank: #29,640 in DVD

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About the Actor
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With over 18 years experience as a trainer and fighter, Coach Getz began his boxing career on the East Coast where he grew up and trained with renowned Coach Lee Walls. He trained extensively at the famous Harrow Gate and 69th St. Pal Upper Darby Boxing Gyms in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As a successful amateur and Golden Gloves boxer Getz also fought Kickboxing under the Professional Kickboxing Association (PKA) where he had an impressive 17-5-1 record and held the amateur welterweight title. Getz is also an experienced Muay Thai fighter with a record 5-0-1 in this brutal leg kicking and elbow striking combat art. He attributes his many kickboxing and Muay Thai wins to his skilled boxing techniques, which Getz feels many kick boxers’ lack. Indeed many of Getz’ kickboxing opponents were knocked out quickly by his devastating boxers left hook and right cross. Some of Coach Getz’ top students include up and coming featherweight pro boxer Alex Cruz, amateur bantamweight boxer and Muay Thai fighter Ulises Nava and Champion Female Muay Thai fighter Lisa Morrison. Besides his extensive boxing background Getz also holds a 6th Degree Black Belt in Ed Parker’s American Kenpo Karate under Master Dennis Nackord of Nackord’s Kenpo Karate in Philadelphia.

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