Design Options

Design refers to the general look and feel of a website. Off the Blocks offers a wide variety of ways to have an appropriate design for your swim team website:

Free Design Templates available on the Off The Blocks Website

Option 1 - Off The Blocks has created about 50 simple, original designs for use by swim teams and swim clubs. Each is available in ~23 colors which means there are over 1000 to choose from. Most of these designs will automatically include your team name on the top of every page. These design templates are available for Off the Blocks websites at no charge. To see examples of the effective use of these simple designs visit: summer: http://www.offtheblocks.org/marlinswimming http://www.offtheblocks.org/peak/ all year: http://www.offtheblocks.org/jtsc/ http://www.offtheblocks.org/ricelakeotters/

Option 2 - Most of the free designs on Off The Blocks permit us to embed your team logo (however some may not have a space large enough to accommodate your logo and team name) or a background image. This is a low cost way to personalize one of our free designs. For example: http://www.offtheblocks.org/vwcvortex/ (summer) http://www.offtheblocks.org/dmet/ (all year)

Option 3 - If you already have a web design, we can integrate part or perhaps all of it into the OTB system. Cost depends on how long it takes us to do the conversion. Many swim clubs that like their current design have liked this option. (For example see: all year: The Porter Valley Aquatics website http://www.offtheblocks.org/ottersonline/ winter: http://www.offtheblocks.org/hartswim/

Let us adapt your present design or use one you select from an online template website.

Option 4 - If you don't have a design and don't really want to use one of our free designs, another cost effective solution is to obtain a design from an online template service. Some are free (though some are not). It will take us a little time to integrate one of these into the Off the Blocks system. Note that it is much easier to adapt a design that is already "cut-up" or "sliced". Here are some websites that offer designs (and you can use online search engines to find more): http://www.templatesbox.com/ http://www.freesitetemplates.com/ (free registration required) http://www.elated.com/pagekits/ http://www.oswd.org/

Custom designs by nHarmony, Inc.

Option 5 - Want a unique design? Let us create a new, unique, custom design for your team. We can use photos of your facility, swimmers, etc or we can obtain professional images (typically for a fee). We can adapt your logo, add motion, and other special effects. (For example see Yorktown High School (winter) http//offtheblocks.org/ssc (inactive)