Blog Entries tagged 'CMS'

Online Forums with the Aim to Create Customer Loyalty

henrybent@yahoo.com — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:00:00 +0100

One of the new and exciting advantages to the computer age is the ability for people to join, meet and share common interest online. This has lead to the phenomenal growth in online forums.

An Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site. From a technological standpoint, forums or boards are web applications managing user-generated content. People participating in an Internet forum may cultivate social bonds and interest groups.

Forums are relatively inexpe [...]

Handling Multiple Images in Virtuemart

webmaster@orthodoxbiz.com — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:00:00 +0100

When was the last time that your image presentation in Virtuemart actually wowed a client? Okay, the default image handling isn't too bad. You get a thumbnail, which pops up into a lightbox. If you need multiple images, then you get a stack of thumbn [...]

Orthodox Christian Network and New Media

webmaster@orthodoxbiz.com — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:00:00 +0100

I first started working on Web projects for the Orthodox Christian Network (myocn.net) in late 2006. At the time, OCN had one program – Come Receive the Light. Come Receive the Light was primarily a traditional radio broadcast, airing in many key markets once a week. OCN’s Website [...]

High CPU Usage with Your Content Management System

webmaster@orthodoxbiz.com — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:00:00 +0100

Content Management Systems are growing in popularity as a framework for running Websites. A Content Management System (CMS) automates many of the repetitive tasks associated with running a Website. Using a script framework and a database, a CMS lets organizations sponsoring Websites focus on publishing content to the Web. A CMS framework also comes bund [...]

Online Training Videos

webmaster@orthodoxbiz.com — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:01:45 +0100

The old saying, "A picture is worth a thousand words" may be a cliche but in the case of technical training - it's absolutely true.

In today's environment, ministries and businesses expect all kinds of interactivity out of customers, parishioners, online contributors, employees, service providers, and just casual users. Blogs, Discussion Forums, retail sales sites, online communities, and various directories all expect users to fill out forms, key in data, and even upload pictures.

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The Mess Called the Web

webmaster@orthodoxbiz.com — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 19:14:36 +0100

Every Web designer has that moment of grace at least once. A moment when you look at the layout, the colors, the text, and the images - and the page just works. Everything is just perfect. I had that happen recently. I remember how ecstatic I was. This was the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, or at least so I thought.

Then I pulled up the page under Internet Explorer 7.0 and realized that my Michaelangelo was actually a Picasso on a really bad day.