A glorious day in Wixville – we’re pleased to introduce the most recent addition to the Wix family: the Wix Designers Directory.

The directory is a place for users seeking professional web design assistance. In it, they can find designers who have the skills, talent and experience to provide the ultimate service.

The whole initiative started after we received requests from regular Wix users who love the Wix platform but wanted to a professional touch. We listened and handpicked web designers who are using Wix: and viola! The directory was born.

Wix Designers Directory

We really believe that the users who want a helping hand and the designers that have what it takes will all benefit from this directory. And it’s also a giant step towards establishing a solid, groovy Wix community.

So how does it work?
Hop over to the directory and start browsing the different designers. You will find links to previous works they created with Wix, as well as a list of their offered skills.

If you want to contact one of the designers for professional designing services, just click on the Contact Now link on their business cards and send them a message. And you can both take it from there.

If you have any questions about the Wix Designers Directory, write us a quick mail to designers@wix.com.

We’re looking forward to hearing your comments about this exciting project!

We have a feeling you will be online tomorrow (Thursday, April 23), so why don’t you visit Dave Graveline’s website and hear a live interview with our CEO, Allon Bloch?

Allon will be a guest on Graveline’s “Into Tomorrow” online radio show and will discuss a few interesting topics related to Wix and web design.

The interview is scheduled for 04.30 PM, ET. You can visit Dave’s website and check out who else is on the lineup. The amazing image below will take you straight there:

P.S. Just claiming the Wix blog on technorati
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Models and those who enjoy staring at them will probably love our new Web Design category, which is devoted to help models and actors flaunt their natural talents with ease.

A hot website is the new heroin chic. If you want to succeed in the biz, you need a good site to help you stand out. It’s true for every business, but even more so when what you’re selling is your looks.

After observing the Wix sites under the new category, I wanted to sketch some basic tips for creating modeling/acting sites.

The most important part is, of course, the image gallery. Make sure you choose the best type of gallery to fit your style. For instance, classic black and white photos will probably look better with a Photo Album gallery, while funkier pics go very well with a Slider gallery.

Since the photos are the essence, it’s best to keep the rest of the site’s content quite clear and simple. Flashy texts and animations can distract the visitor’s eye from what matters most.

For faster loading of the images, it’s best to work with regular site pages, not with Mini Pages. It will also work faster if you divide the photos between separate pages, and not upload all of them to one page.

I’ve gathered some cool examples of steaming modeling sites. You can find more in the Explore page (under Website). Check these out:

And if you want to create your own modeling or acting site, I recommend these two flash templates. You can find them in the Create page (the first is under Website->Personal and the second under MySpace->MySpace Layout):

Since we revived Grunge at Wix with Flash templates and tons of grunge content, users have been having a lot of fun designing grungy sites and layouts – and asking for MORE!

So Kat from the studio went back to work on even more Flash grunge (which is fine because she loves it).

Preview new grunge music players, skins…and of course extra grunge websites, MySpace layouts and more below (you’ll find them in Create and the Wix editor). All are waiting for you to customize…

And we couldn’t resist to feature some of the beautiful stuff you’ve been creating too!

Check it out below:

Here are some of the latest grunge created by Wix users:

Grunge is having a bit of revival these days, and one of our designers, Kat, is a big fan.

So much so, that last month she’s been busy creating our first Grunge samples and pumping the Wix editor full of all the elements you need to add some grunge to your sites and layouts.

Think organic, vintage, torn textures, sketches and more to help your website stands out in the ‘Clean & Clear’ look of web 2.0.

Check below for just some of the design samples, textures and elements we’ve added to Wix. Then all you have to do is hit Create, jump onto the Wix editor and go grunge.

Oh, and if you have feedback or you’re looking for a particular style and can’t find it in Wix, let us know in the comments – it may just be the next thing Style we create!

Grungey Themes

Above: Designer Porfolio, Global Profile and Grunge MySpace, just a few of the fully editable Grunge samples Kat created – they’re waiting for you to customize.

You’ll find more Grunge themes in the Music, Art, MySpace and Personal design categories. As every theme is totally customizable, don’t worry which category you find it in – just rollover, click Edit and make it your own.

Grungy Textures & Elements

Just some of the backgrounds and grunge elements you’ll find waiting for you in the Wix editor:

And, if you can’t find what you’re looking for, you can always easily upload your own from your computer or flickr via the Wix editor. For instance, you’ll find some cool textures at the Best Textures group on flickr.

Tip: If you switch your Style to Grunge it will be even easier to find grunge elements in the editor.

As always, looking forward to your comments!