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…)

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…)

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…)

The most recent project that was completed this week was actually some web development for myself.  I wanted a website that highlights everything that I am doing with my businesses as well as my books, public speaking and so on.  Particularly, I wanted to create a site that connects all of my other sites together, all in one tidy place.  The results is yet another WordPress blog that I made a custom theme for and I am quite happy with the results.  (more…)

Another recent project that was just wrapped up is the new CustomerServiceAtoZ.com website/blog.  This site was developed for Larry Williams’ latest writing project ‘Customer Service A to Z’ which will be released later this year.  This is our sixth major full design project working with Larry and as always, it was a pleasure to serve him.  Planned additions coming to the site in the near future include the ability to buy copies of the new book when they become available as well as a forthcoming Flash animation to be included on the home page.  (more…)

Changing gears a bit, this recent project is for a local church in Columbia, PA – my home town.  The biggest challenge with this site was that there was precious little to start with.  There are no official church logos, letterheads, etc. and there were few ideas presented, some text and a few pictures.  Everything was going to need to be created from scratch!

Since this was my first church web design project, I took a long look around the web at a great many church websites, both locally and regionally, to get a feel for some design ideas.  I seen some great sites for churches and more than a few that I felt could have been executed better, but there was nothing that particularly caught my attention.  I had absolutely no idea of where to even begin or where to go with this web development project at first; I was stuck and worst of all I knew it! (more…)

Recently, as I am completing work on the new River Valley Hosting & Web Design website and blog, I created a Facebook Fan Page for the site.  Please be sure to stop the page and ‘Like’ us today!

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Coming soon there will also be a Facebook Fan widget on this site too.