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.

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…)

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…)