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Content Management Systems

Sep 20, 2012GeorgeContent Management Systems, Custom web components, Custom Websites, Programming, Website FeaturesComments Off

A content management system (CMS) allows anyone with simply a valid username and password to make changes, additions or revisions to your website without ANY special knowledge or training. We typically use WordPress, which is the most common of such systems by far. This is completely free and easy to use and update. When we integrate […]

Customized Live Chat App

Sep 3, 2012GeorgeCustom web components, Programming, Website FeaturesComments Off

A live chat app is a convenient way for website visitors to instantly get the information they are seeking. Many people (including myself) click the button to start a live chat as soon as they enter a site that offers such a service. It’s a way to directly communicate with a company representative without having […]

Custom Contact Forms

Sep 3, 2012GeorgeBuffalo, NY, Custom web components, Website FeaturesComments Off

We had created a ‘custom contact form’ for a client in Buffalo, NY: HomeAssistSeniorCare.com. This form allows job seekers to apply online for an opening through their website. It uses SSL encryption to ensure security. It records the data in the database, accessible by the administrator only. It sends text message notifications to the administrator’s […]

The IP Address Geo-location API We Use

Jul 24, 2012GeorgeCustom web components, ProgrammingComments Off

I had found an excellent IP address Geo-location API a few months ago to enhance a simple chat application I made for a church’s website. The nice things about this API are that it is automatically updated and kept current, the response time is very fast, the output is very easy to use XML, and […]

T-shirt customization website designed

Mar 14, 2012GeorgeContent Management Systems, Custom web components, Custom Websites, E-Commerce, Hamburg, NY, Pending Websites, Programming, Tom's GraphicsComments Off

I stepped into Mr. Mugs & Awards in Hamburg, NY a few months ago and handed one gentleman our brochure, and was immediately presented with questions about designing a website capable of customizing text on a shirt imprint, and then handling the custom shirt as an e-commerce object for purchase with PayPal or something similar. […]

A website with advanced AJAX navigation designed

Mar 14, 2012GeorgeAustralia, Content Management Systems, Custom web components, Custom Websites, Pending Websites, ProgrammingComments Off

I’ve recently had the pleasure of converting someone’s PDF mockups to a fully functioning website. This job came from freelancer.com, and happens to be my first bid on that site that was (honestly) accepted. The employer (Niklas Olsson) wanted to remake his personal website: niklaso.com into something completely custom, impressively smooth and easy to navigate. […]

Timeclock web app created from scratch in one evening

Jan 25, 2012GeorgeCustom web components, ProgrammingComments Off

Tom was keeping track of the hours he spent on a particular project in a notebook for a while, which seemed adequate, but not ideal. “Tom,” I said, “how about we create a web page that acts as a time clock: we can have a MySQL database of employees (ourselves), customers, projects, and sessions with […]

Dr. Franklin H. Meyer’s website

Jan 19, 2012GeorgeCompleted Websites, Content Management Systems, Custom web components, Custom Websites, Eden, NY, Hamburg, NYComments Off

Check out EdenDentist.com — Dr. Frank Meyer of Eden, NY. He found us when driving by our office here in Hamburg back in September. His is a simple, clean looking site with a custom CMS. Semi-transparent drop-down menus and a “Verizon footer” are some of the features (We copied the footer style of VerizonWireless.com – […]

Starlight Specialty Gifts

Jun 29, 2011GeorgeCustom web components, Custom Websites, Hamburg, NY, June, 2011, Pending Websites0 Comment

Starlightspecialty.com (Starlight Specialty Gifts of 284 Union St. in Hamburg, NY) is a fully custom content management e-commerce site. This site also boasts complete ‘mapping’ and other security enhancing features, PayPal checkout, custom cart, and many other dynamic features. It is complete in structure, and is only awaiting pictures and the rest of the products.

Palette Films Website Nearly Complete

Jun 21, 2011GeorgeCustom web components, Custom Websites, June, 2011, Pending Websites, Rochester, NY, Tom's Graphics, Tom's Photography0 Comment

We had submitted multiple proposals for the design of this site before finally being approved last week. Some of them can be viewed at samples.idwds.com. Palettefilms.com uses a completely different style from all of our previous designs. I personally prefer this use of photography in the design over HTML generated image repeats or other synthetic […]

Universal error message handler created

May 27, 2011GeorgeCustom web components, Custom Websites, May, 20110 Comment

PHP does a nice job of including files within files on the server before they are viewed in a browser. If there are standard header/footer files to include, I can use the same universal error message handler file and the same lines of code in the .htaccess file to redirect all errors to this one […]

Dividing text into columns with PHP script

May 13, 2011GeorgeBuffalo, NY, Custom web components, May, 2011, Programming0 Comment

I prefer to display text so that it can be read easily, as a book. Naturally, web pages stretch the text across the entire width of the column, which is usually too wide for comfortable reading. Books are divided into narrower columns so you don’t lose your place when you get to the end of […]

Custom contact form installed on ETVFC.org

May 9, 2011GeorgeCompleted Websites, Custom web components, May, 20110 Comment

The owner of ETVFC.org requested a contact form through which he could receive e-mail. We placed the link to it on the About Us page. The form elements have CSS modified designs: border background background shadow effect text color send button

Customized WordPress loop.php to shrink or eliminate tags

Apr 27, 2011GeorgeApril, 2011, Custom web components, Miscellaneous1 Comment

It’s not always appropriate to display the information after each post, so with a little modification in loop.php in the current theme’s folder, that info can be shrunk to a less distracting size, or eliminated altogether. Even when it is deleted from the loop, the posts still bear the tags in their meta-data. I eliminated […]