As usually happens every month or every other month, WordPress has had another update.  The latest version (3.3.1) was released to fix a security issue and 15 minor bug fixes; so be sure to update your blogs as soon as possible.  And as we have been doing in the past, each of our managed WordPress accounts have been already updated, so that our clients can focus on what they do best.

Don’t have a managed WordPress blog/site yet?  Contact River Valley Hosting & Web Design today and get one!

There has been a recent upgrade to the WordPress platform to 3.3.  This latest version offers a number of improvements and features that make it noteworthy as well as well worth the time to upgrade.  Of these new and enhanced features, the self-sizing admin screen will make mobile users extremely happy.  (more…)

WordPress has been updated once again to fix some minor bugs and a security issue.  Along with this update, there are also a number of plugin updates too; most notably being the WordPress Import plugin, some of the shopping cart plugins and even a few theme upgrades.  But you will need to be careful, some clients have reported that simply updating everything without first running a backup can be disastrous.  In fact, the more you blog, the more you should be backing up your work.

As always, River Valley Hosting & Web Design customers that have had their WordPress blogs/sites designed by us have been updated automatically without the customer even having to ask about it.  How’s that for convenient?  We always appreciate and take care of our customers!

Just within the past few days, WordPress has made a few updates.  The most current version is 3.2 which features some bug fixes and a number of security updates.  This newest version also offers an updated look for the administration side of the blog too.  As a courtesy for our great web hosting and web design clients, all WordPress websites have been upgraded already!

Just within the past few days, WordPress has released the updated version.  WordPress 3.1.2 is the most current release of the platform and is a security fix.  Previously, Contributor level users could possibly publish posts improperly.

Also, WordPress 3.1.2 features some additional bug fixes that were previously not addressed in 3.1.1.  No matter what version of WordPress you are using, it is highly recommended that you upgrade to the latest stable version for the best security.

Lastly, some of the plugins have been updated recently as well.  Be sure to log into your standalone blog soon to see if there are any updates available for your blog or plugins.

As an added benefit, all design clients with River Valley Hosting & Web Design will have their blog-site updated for them.

Recently WordPress released the latest version (3.1) of the standalone script that is set up on private hosting accounts.  This recent update improves overall security as well as helping to eliminate some spamming of blogs.  Additionally, there are a number of plugin updates that coincide with this upgrade too.  WordPress blog owners will need to make sure that their blogs are backed up before upgrading as well as going through and making sure that all plugins are current.

One of the many value-added services that River Valley Hosting & Web Design offers is that our WordPress clients do not have to worry about completing these updates.  The update was released and by 11AM EST this morning, all of our clients have completely updated blogs!

One of the best clients I picked in 2010 would have to be none other than Steven Dail, owner of Out Of This World Entertainment.  Working with Steven has been something of an other-worldly experience as he is as dynamically creative as he is driven by a clear, concise mission.

When I first met Steven and his wife Kristie in June, we rapidly developed a rapport and the ideas started flowing shortly thereafter for this web development project.

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One of the biggest things I have been working on is picking up new web hosting clients since the beginning of the new year.  The first step in realizing that goal has been working on a deal with a local computer company, Columbia Discount Computers.  River Valley Hosting & Web Design will be taking over all of their web hosting and web design needs in 2011.  The first step in that process is moving the Columbia Consolidated Fire Department website over to the RVH server.  Naturally this is the ideal first step since my company is already providing web development services for the fire department.  (more…)

As was previously mentioned, there are a number of projects all revolving around this website and making it more user friendly.  Graphically speaking, the new client area with trouble ticket and automated billing system is now mostly integrated into the rest of the site.  There is still much work to be done in order to iron out all of the kinks in the billing system, so it will take a bit longer than was expected to start adding content to the knowledge base and tutorials areas of the site.  (more…)

When I sat down with the President and the Fire Chief of the Columbia Consolidated Fire Department, I was excited by the possibilities for this web development project.  I had a number of ideas that I was eager to run by them as well as taking notes on what the fire department was looking for.  As usual, I made several recommendations to take advantage of the leverage that could be had with utilizing social media and a blog as a website.  It did not take very long to develop a strong rapport with both gentlemen and the three of us started forming a firm vision of what the new CCFD website would be.  (more…)