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Business First and Studio Interactive Present “The 10 Most Important Elements Every Website Should Include”

10 most important features you should include in your website

Business First and Studio Interactive Present “The 10 Most Important Elements Every Website Should Include” If you are like most businesses, you understand that the web is one of the most useful tools for promoting your business and services. It’s also one of the most valuable tools to attract customers to help your business gain more sales. Join us for this interactive seminar that will cover what is most important to include in your company’s website! How can your site become a more useful tool for your business? Who should attend this seminar? Businesses that are ready to start using…

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First Look at WordPress 3.2

As web design and development company, we have always been huge fans of WordPress for the design and development of websites. WordPress is much more than just a blogging platform. WordPress can be used for everything from a small business site, to a full eCommerce platform, and even more. Some of the reasons we use WordPress for our clients is that, because it’s open source software, it helps cut the cost of developing websites for our clients. The interface is also very user friendly for our clients, making it easy for them to update their websites without knowledge of web…

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Why You Should Use A Professional Web Designer

Why you should hire a professional web designer

On the surface, developing your own website seems oh-so-easy and priced just right. WordPress in particular has taken their blogging platform and put the power of web development into the hands of the masses with just the click of a mouse. The only investment is your time. It can’t be THAT difficult, can it? Let’s say, for instance, you are like my friend Josh and signed up for the website package offered as an add-on sale through his domain registration company. For a moment he felt like he had just been handed the keys to the kingdom. He truly felt…

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New Web Design Project – Golden Rule Signs Launched

January 3, 2011 – (Louisville, KY) – Louisville web design and development company, Studio Interactive, is pleased to announce the release of their latest project for their client Golden Rule Signs – http://www.goldenrulesigns.com “We wanted to create a site that was not only visually appealing but was usable for the client. We wanted the client to be able to update the content on his site easily. We also wanted to make sure that the clients’ users were able to navigate the site and knew how to find the information they were looking for with ease.” John P Rawlins, Studio Interactive…

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D-Mag Interviews Studio Interactive Web Designer

John P rawlins - Founder and Partner of Studio Interactive

Studio Interactive partner and web designer was recently interviewed in D-Mag Digital Arts Magazine on the future of web design. You can read the article below. We hope you enjoy! Future of Web Design Interview with John P Rawlins of Studio Interactive By: Brittany Thompson of D-Mag Digital Arts Magazine. John Paul Rawlins is a man of many talents. He’s worked as a graphic and web designer, a writer, an editor, a web marketing specialist,an entrepreneur, and even a musician – all before the age of thirty. He’s traveled the United States, living coast-to-coast and developing a client base from…

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What is eCommerce? Do I need it for my website?

A client was curious about eCommerce and what it was exactly, so to help our client better understand eCommerce we found a great definition and description on Wikipedia. Below is a portion of the definition and a link to read more about this subject. What is eCommerce? Electronic commerce, commonly known as e-commerce or eCommerce, or e-business consists of the buying and selling of products or services over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer networks. The amount of trade conducted electronically has grown extraordinarily with widespread Internet usage. The use of commerce is conducted in this way,…

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Easily Add RSS Feeds with Cut n’ Paste JavaScript Generator

Recently I was searching for a way to display RSS feeds from an outside source on a client’s website. We wanted something very simple and easy to implement. Not finding much on this subject, I finally found a great resource that I felt was worthy of sharing. For this project the client requested feeds from 2 different sources to be displayed on her index page. I didn’t want to have to use a PHP script that would have to run on my clients server, so I did some searching and found exactly what I was looking for. This application allows…

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Review: Death of the 5-Page website

I was reading an article I found on the Entrepreneur.com website and I wanted to share some of the great points that were brought up. The article, Death of the 5-Page website by Jennifer Shaheen, should be a manditory read for anyone thinking about having a website built for their company. The article talks about how an effective website should work and grow with your business. Below is a quote from the first paragraph of theS article. “Before you dive in and create one, it’s crucial that you consider your website an investment in your business and act accordingly.” AMEN…

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