Longview, Texas Web Design, ColdFusion, PHP and SEO Blog - Longview, Texas

Launched New Site for HeartsWay Hospice

Fri, 26 Mar 2010 10:53:00 -0500

Design903 re-designed the HeartsWay Hospice website to give the site a more modern look and feel and improve usability. The HeartsWay Hospice is deployed on the Mura CMS to give HeartsWay full control of publising their content.

HeartsWay Hospice has been in business for 25 years. They are Longview's first hospice and its most trusted.

View site: www.heartswayhospice.org

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Google Fiber for Longview

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:37:00 -0500

Nominate Longview, Texas as a trial location for Google Fiber Network. Visit chooselongviewforgooglefiber.com for more information.

Favorite E-Commerce Package

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:36:00 -0500

What is your favorite e-commerce software package and why? I have several different packages I use depending on the requirements of the project.

Launched New Site for 3D Security

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:31:00 -0500

We just launched a new site for 3D Security in Henderson, Texas. They are East Texas leader in high end security systems: http://www.3dmaxsecurity.com.

We built this new site with SEO as a top priority. They are looking to drive more traffic to their website for potential customers in East Texas. [More]

Marketing 101

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 -0500

Many businesses in Longview, Texas (where I live) still spend hundreds or thousands of dollars every month advertising in the local newspaper. I am not saying that is a bad thing as the newspaper is still very popular here. What I don't understand is why a business does not spend a fraction of the yearly print advertising cost to create a professional website. In addition, I have seen multiple businesses that do not include their website address on their print advertising. If you have taken the time and money to invest in a website for your business then you need to let people know how to find it. If you have a website but are too embarrassed of it to share with current or potential clients then you need to invest in a professional website. I have even seen several business that advertised the incorrect website address or a non functioning website addresses in their print advertising. That is a quick way to loose potential customers. Your advertising and marketing is the first(and sometimes only) impression that many people see. Don't take it lightly - do you want to make a good impression or a bad one - the choice is yours. Contact Design903 today for a free evaluation of your current marketing efforts. We will help determine the current effectiveness of your strategies and propose new ideas on how to promote your business.

Ribbon Cutting

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:18:00 -0500

Design903 recently joined the Longview Partnership - Chamber of Commerce. As a benefit of joining you get to have a ribbon cutting. We had our ribbon cutting on Thursday, November 5th at 2:00pm. We had a good turnout and I want to thank everyone that came to support Design903.

Design903 Open in New Location

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:10:00 -0500

Design903 is now open in it's new location at 104 W. Methvin in Downtown Longview. Design903 is a local internet strategy and web design company that has been in business for 7 years. The company specializes in custom web application development, Content Management Systems, website design, Internet marketing and search engine optimization (SEO). Design903 is locally owned and operated by Jeff Pierson, a Longview native. Jeff has over 12 years of experience developing websites for a wide range of clientle. Design903 can be contacted at (903) 686-0489 or online at www.Design903.com.

Design903.com Now Powered by Mura

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:16:00 -0500

Design903.com is now powered by Mura CMS. The guys at Blue River Interactive Group have done a great job with Mura. I am biased to any solution that is written in ColdFusion but I must say this is a great product regardless. I am still working out a few kinks but overall the process went very smooth. What is your experience with Mura? What do you like and not like?

New Twitter Services

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:19:00 -0500

Design903, a Longview, Texas based web design company, is now offering Twitter services. We can help you get your business setup properly on Twitter and create a custom Twitter background for you. For information on this new service, please visit our website for more details.

Longview Daily Deals Coming Soon

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:54:00 -0500

Be sure to check out: www.whatsthedealpickle.com - your local source for daily deals in Longview, Texas. Design903 designed and developed the website for www.whatsthedealpickle.com. The system was developed with ColdFusion and mySQL. The site will be launching soon, but you can sign up for the newsletter so you can receive the daily deals via email. Design903, an East Texas Web Design company serving: Longview, Tyler, Kilgore, Marshall, Texarkana and the rest of East Texas. Contact us today to discuss your project and get a free quote.

East Texas Web Design Company

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:42:00 -0500

Design903, an East Texas web design company is located in Longview, Texas and provides the following services:

We specialize in creating an affordable, professional web site presence for small or large businesses. Our innovative web sites offer both aesthetic allure and intuitive layouts. Our website design company is located in Longview, Texas but we serve all of East Texas including: Tyler, Kilgore, Marshall and Texarkana. Also, we have clients located throughout the United States that use our web site design services.

View some of our Featured Projects to see examples of our East Texas website design portfolio.

Follow up on Mura

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 08:56:00 -0500

I must say that Mura is one of the best CMS's that I have worked with. Whether or not it is written in ColdFusion does not matter, although it is a huge bonus. Every time I think I come up with something that I think is not built in, I just do a search in the Mura forums and quickly find out it is built in. I have yet to write any custom code for a site running on Mura CMS - so far all of the functionality I have needed has been built in.

ExpressionEngine

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:15:00 -0500

I have been evaluating ExpressionEngine for some upcoming projects. From what I can tell it looks to be very flexible and powerful. Most CMS engines make it very hard to plug in a custom web design but EE makes it look simple. What are your thoughts on EE?
What are the downfalls of EE?
Why should I adopt EE as my CMS of choice?

Railo or BD

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:06:00 -0500

I am trying to integrate some ColdFusion into an existing LAMP architecture: Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP.
What is my best option as far as the CF alternatives to live/work in harmony?
From my research, Railo and OpenBD are the best options, no?
How will they run in conjunction with the current environment?
What are the pros/cons of each?

Search Engine Optimization for Dr. Randy L Morton

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 23:36:00 -0500

We have been working with Dr. Randy L Morton in Longview, Texas to Search Engine Optimize their website.