A few months ago, we were contracted to build Premier Displays & Exhibit’s website from scratch. Premier Displays & Exhibits is an award-winning exhibit house. They are the people behind the design and creation of amazing displays of Nike, Disney, Honda, Electronic Arts (E3), and other big names during trade show exhibits and conventions. They wanted a professional, modern and easy-to-update website that would showcase the high quality of work they provide their clients. Through the website, their aim was to increase online exposure to prospective clients in their industry.

With these in mind, our team came up with a custom design for their website. The approved design was then translated into a Valid XHTML/CSS code for search engine optimization and multiple browser compatibility. Finally, we integrated the website into Wordpress CMS (Content Management System) that would allow the client themselves to update their site as often as needed.

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Without checking our calendars, we ALWAYS know the Holiday season is approaching by the increased demand of ecommerce projects.

It makes sense, more shoppers - more people online - more convenient for shoppers. We get it. That’s why we have become so familiar with Magento Commerce.

If you haven’t heard of Magento by now, then that should be the first thing on your ‘To-do’ list. Magento is an open source ecommerce solution that will make operating your online store easier than ever. The software is FREE to use (excluding the newly launched Enterprise Edition) and comes with thousands of features to polish your customer’s shopping experience.

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OC Music Awards: www.ocmusicawards.com

We just recently launched the Official website of the OC Music Awards held annually in Anaheim, CA at The Grove.

Orange County is rapidly becoming the nation’s new vibrant music scene and the OC Music Awards is committed to connecting the community and supporting the scene! The OC Music Awards strives to give Orange County’s up and coming musicians the exposure they need to advance their careers while giving back to local music programs and community charities.

For this project, we were responsible for the XHTML/CSS conversion and Wordpress integration/customization of the top-notch design they provided.

Be sure to check out their new website at http://www.ocmusicawards.com and more importantly come visit their main event on April 4, 2009 at The Grove in Anaheim, CA.

Personally, I think the phrase “Web 2.0″ is extremely overused and has probably lost its a great portion of its original meaning, but I have commonly heard it used as describing a specific style of design.

In this tutorial, I will show you how to create one of the many examples of Web 2.0 text.

Photoshop Tutorial: Creating Web 2.0 Text in Photoshop

In my simplest summary, Web 2.0 is a design technique using very subtle gradients and effects to make simple graphics look shiny, 3D, and vibrant rather than painfully flat and monotone.

Ready to learn a bit more? Let’s open up Photoshop and create a custom graphic design.

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“No one can guarantee a #1 ranking on Google.

Beware of SEOs that claim to guarantee rankings, allege a “special relationship” with Google, or advertise a “priority submit” to Google. There is no priority submit for Google. In fact, the only way to submit a site to Google directly is through our Add URL page or by submitting a Sitemap and you can do this yourself at no cost whatsoever.”

Source: Google - http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=35291&topic=15260

Photo Credits: Me using my iPhone 3G at Carls Jr after lunch today. Irvine, CA

Ok… so maybe they are talking about PPC (paid search) here but even then you can’t GUARANTEE that Google will show your listing on page 1 via paid search…  It’s Google’s ultimate decision based on many factors not limited to your bids, your website, your content, budget, its relevancy, and more.

So we decided to start a blog for our clients, our fans, ourselves and you. You might fit in one of those categories .

Stay tuned for tips and tricks to improve your web site as well as general blogging by our individual team members. Topics will include but won’t be limited to: web design, internet marketing/seo, open source apps, ecommerce, comments about the industry, and more.