Content Management Systems
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 […]
Continue Reading...Customized Live Chat App
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 […]
Continue Reading...Custom Contact Forms
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 […]
Continue Reading...The IP Address Geo-location API We Use
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 […]
Continue Reading...T-shirt customization website designed
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. […]
Continue Reading...A website with advanced AJAX navigation designed
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. […]
Continue Reading...Timeclock web app created from scratch in one evening
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 […]
Continue Reading...Dr. Franklin H. Meyer’s website
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 – […]
Continue Reading...Starlight Specialty Gifts
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.
Continue Reading...Palette Films Website Nearly Complete
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 […]
Continue Reading...Dividing text into columns with PHP script
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 […]
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