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

New Blog Location

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 23:32:00 -0500

This blog is now used for archive purposes only. The new/current blog can be found here:

http://www.design903.com/index.cfm/texas-web-design-blog/

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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Launched New Site for Skincart

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:02:00 -0500

Design903 re-designed the skincart website and moved it over to a new, robust e-commerce shopping cart platform.

Skincart offers custom products like skincare and vitamins. Also soon to come, they will offer a wide variety of products about healthy living and skincare.

View site: www.skincart.com

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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]

ColdFusion 9 Migration Issues

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:24:00 -0500

Here is more details on the issues encountered when migrating from ColdFusion 8 to ColdFusion 9 on a Windows2003 VPS server:
"The 1st attempt the install failed completely at the end and broke both CF9 and CF8. I uninstalled CF9 and rebooted, CF8 was working again.

2nd attempt the install completed, but the settings migration failed. I had to follow this Adobe KB:
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/527/cpsid_52797.html

After that, the migration completed fine."

My hosting company did a great job working out these issues.

Now Powered by ColdFusion 9

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:11:00 -0500

My ColdFusion VPS that runs www.Design903.com and multiple other sites is now upgraded to ColdFusion 9.

My hosting company took care of the upgrade so I did not deal with any of the technical issues of the upgrade. They did say they ran into a few small issues but got everything resolved.

The only issue I had was with a site using the ColdBox framework with Transfer 1.1. That version of Transfer is not compatible with ColdFusion 9. I just downloaded the bleeding edge version from their Subversion and replaced the Transfer folder and was back in business.

Other than the small issue with Transfer everything went smoothly on my end. I will report more when I hear what issues the hosting company ran into on the upgrade.

Everything seems to be running well right now and I am anxious to see if that continues.

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.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.

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.

Design903 Website Redesign

Thu, 28 May 2009 20:42:00 -0500

Our new website is coming soon. We have been working hard to get our website up to par with the service we offer. Here is a sneek peak of what is to come.

Alpine Tree Services Website Launched

Fri, 15 May 2009 14:24:00 -0500

We recently added an ecommerce store to the Alpine Tree Services website. Alpine Tree Services is located in Summit County, Colorado. The Alpine Tree Services website utilizes one of our products - CMT:Commerce - which is a ColdFusion shopping cart. CMT:Commerce is an ecommerce system that was developed for small businesses. The ecommerce store front is managed by CMT:Commerce which allows Alpine Tree Services to update all of their products and receive orders.

Search Engine Optimization for Breck.net

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:27:00 -0500

We have been working with Breck.net to Search Engine Optimize their website. BreckNet is the Breckenridge Colorado local information source for Breckenridge, Colorado and all of Summit County, Colorado. We have seen good results over the past couple of months and have brought their website to the top of the search engines. If you are in need of Search Engine Optimization for your website, please contact us today.