Advertise Now, While it’s Worth it

Because we are involved in the on-line advertising market, we thought it was important to remind all those companies that are considering cutting back on marketing that it is not wise to do so during a recession.

Who said “recession?” We did. That is correct, it is an undeniable truth that the US dollar has fallen in value, that gas prices are rising, and all of this is driving the prices of basic goods (like produce) way up.

But to cut-back on the advertising expenditures of your company will actually reduce profits. For more info about this see the following:

http://www.billetts.com/media/bulletin.asp?pressid=225

http://www.adotas.com/2008/04/report-online-booms-as-advertising-overall-slumps/

http://www.mddcpress.com/news/oct01/recession_advertising.htm

http://www.mactech.com/adsales/recession_marketing/

Basically, what all of this info (of which we only included a little) says is the trend of companies who kept their marketing aggressive during a recession pulled significantly ahead of their competition.

CSSelite Features Foundry

Our new website has been featured on CSSelite (a great place to find inspiration for web design.) We have to thank CSSelite and all those folks who come to see our sight who are directed from them.

Dream and Flourish, LLC

Dream and Flourish, LLC is a small business that needed a full identity package. Our work included the website, postcards, business cards, as well as some signage. The website is a custom WordPress site with custom programming for events and forum.

FOUNDRY is Featured

Foundry design has been featured on ‘We Love WP’ at http://welovewp.com/. Take a look to find a little miniature thumbnail of our site posted there. WLWP is a site dedicated to WordPress design.

Thanks, guys. We are proud to be on your site.

Brand New Site, Brand New Bag

Wow, it is always easier to build then destroy than to never have destroyed at all… in our opinion. But it is not the easy route to rebuild. Especially on a foundation that we aren’t familiar with in the first place.

Tax season is over, and WordPress 2.5 (our favorite CMS and client pleaser) has increased our responsibilities. So we thought it was a perfect time to add on to our site, rebuild it and give a new backend. Subsequently we thought that we had found the answer.

Ahh. But so many more problems arise when we think that we have finished – prematurely.

Here is the list of problems that we found when we arrived at WordPress 2.5:

• The backend is not as user friendly as its forerunners. This can be changed by using some sort of admin nav plugin. The best that we have found so far has been the Planet OZH plugin. It is very stylish and easy to navigate.
• For some darn reason the PHPMyAdmin export of our local database was corrupted. This seems to be a common problem, common enough that someone built a plugin in for it. (Come on WordPress people, give us a solution!) Here is the support forum for this problem at WordPress.org.
• The gallery function in WordPress is still limited unless you are using it for a photo-blog. Fortunately the NextGen Gallery plugin has been updated for WP 2.5, so that those of us using WP for portfolios can continue to do so. Without having to learn a brand new bag.

Bernsen Arts

Bernsen Arts website was created using WordPress as a gallery management/content management tool. Since many artists have started using their websites as advertising tools, it was important that this be optimized for a competitive edge. 

Voice from the Desert

This is a custom-theme-based WordPress site. It uses the basic functionality of blog sites (Archives, Pages, Posts, etc.)