{"id":1044,"date":"2009-08-12T15:00:13","date_gmt":"2009-08-12T22:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bluew.com\/blog\/?p=1044"},"modified":"2009-08-12T15:00:13","modified_gmt":"2009-08-12T22:00:13","slug":"what-bluewave-needs-to-get-started","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nayamode.com\/blog\/what-bluewave-needs-to-get-started\/","title":{"rendered":"What Bluewave Needs to Get Started"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding-top: 12px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Here\u2019s what we need to nail down before beginning a project:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><strong>Do you have an existing\u00a0color palette? <\/strong>If not, we can create one. 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