Just Launched: In Asia
By Donovan | March 7, 2007
The Asia Foundation needed a way to reach out to those readers looking to stay abreast of significant events shaping Asia. Working together, Getting Sites Built and The Asia Foundation set out to use the latest tools on the web to help get the word out. Presenting, In Asia.
For the site backbone, we decided on WordPress. We build many sites on WordPress since it provides 90% of what most people need. Once our client’s discover the world of WordPress, they get excited at how much time they’ll save updating their site.
One can subscribe to the RSS feed or get updates via email. For this solution, we turned to FeedBurner. I like FeedBurner since it gives my clients easy to read statistics on their subscribers.
There are lots of under the hood modifications going on that differ from a standard WordPress install. That’s what we’re all about at Getting Sites Built. Customizing the solution to meet your needs. In this case, The Asia Foundation had very specific requirements that we were able to implement.
Please visit the new In Asia site and take a look around. We’re very proud of the site and proud to help support the cause that The Asia Foundation is making in this world.
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Details matter
By Donovan | March 6, 2007
At Getting Sites Built, your site isn’t complete until you’ve got a favicon. A favicon, for those of you who may not know, is the little graphic next to your URL in a browser.
Here’s a favicon we created for AnswerLab. Nice, isn’t it?
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GSB Site Redesigned
By Donovan | February 28, 2007
The Getting Sites Built website has been totally redesigned. Check it out!
Things to note.. It’s a WordPress site. We now have a new logo; a building block which I adore. Canton came up with the design and I think he hit the nail right on the head.
As well, you’ll notice that our email list is now in effect. That means we’ll be sending out an email newsletter about once a month using the very same Email Newsletter software that we now offer our clients. More to come on our Email Newsletter service soon.
There’s also a short and simple survey. Mostly this is a test of our new offering. Imagine a survey on your site, collecting vital information from your visitors. We’re excited about adding Surveys to our line-up.
Thanks for checking out our site redesign. This round really captures our core services and purpose better than any other version.
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Please take our RSS feed survey
By Donovan | February 24, 2007
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Sign up for the Getting Sites Built email list
By Donovan | February 21, 2007
Welcome! We build custom crafted websites, fancy flash solutions and more.
We encourage you to sign up for our low-volume (1 email per month max) email list:
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FreshBooks is our new billing system
By Donovan | January 23, 2007
For online invoicing Getting Sites Built recommends FreshBooks. We switched to this service at the start of the new year based on some preliminary testing side by side with our previous system, Blinksale.
Like the solutions we provide for our clients, FreshBooks is a simple to use and powerful system.
In addition to tracking time and creating invoices, our clients are able to login to our FreshBooks account as well and pull up past invoices, make payments, even open support tickets.
We are looking forward to a fresh beginning this year as we dig in to our new, easy to use online invoicing and time tracking system and sharing this with our clients.
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Just Launched: GCI General Contractors, Inc.
By Donovan | December 19, 2006
Getting Sites Built created a quick-loading Flash solution for GCI, under contract with Avantgarde.
GCI is a contracting company. Avantegarde provides marketing communications expertise.
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Print Stylesheet Tips
By Donovan | July 18, 2006
Here are some tips for making beautiful print stylesheets. At Getting Sites Built, we are frequently asked to create print versions of web pages that look good on paper. To see our current printable solution in effect, visit Give2Asia.org, scroll down to the bottom of the page and you’ll see a ‘Print this page’ button. Try it out.
If you’d like better looking printed pages for your site, contact us.
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A simple and elegant solution!
By Donovan | June 29, 2006
“Thanks. It looks great and seems like a simple and elegant solution!” Keith Mitchell, The Asia Foundation
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Getting Sites Built Search Engine
By Donovan | March 20, 2006
Swicki search engines are a great way to build a community driven search engine for any topic you may wish to start one on. I have created a swicki for each of my sites and now Getting Sites Built has one as well.
check out the Getting Sites Built swicki at eurekster.com
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