Ever visit a website and think… that’s pretty cool. It happens to me all the time and I always turn to the best tool out there to figure out what technology a website is using. BuiltWith is an unbelievable tool that can show you everything there is to know about a website. Not only can […]
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Whenever I design a website one of the first considerations is the color palette that will be used. Colors are typically pulled from an existing logo or based on customer preference. Considering there are 16,777,216 hex colors to choose from, selecting colors can be extremely subjective. Occasionally a client will want a certain color, only
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Services: Sign Printing, Installation, Vehicle WrapsLocation: Melrose Park, ILWebsite: signcochicago.com Signco is a company that provides sign printing, installation, service, vehicle wraps and graphic design in Melrose Park, IL. The owners of Signco were looking for a professionally designed, responsive website with great Search Engine Optimization. This website was built on the WordPress platform and features a
Web servers are not perfect and they crash. I use InMotion Hosting for my web servers and they guarantee a 99.9% uptime… it’s not 100%. Yesterday InMotion was having some data center issues and I knew about it within a minute of the servers going down because of a great tool from Uptime Robot. Their
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I host email for the majority of my clients and forward their domain email (@yourdomain.com) to a Gmail address. The reason I do this is the convenience and functionality of Gmail. Also, most business clients have multiple email addresses and don’t want to login multiple different places to check their email. Forwarding email to a
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Today I want to share with you a great company that I use for all types of sign printing. Signs Direct is a company based in Bloomington, IL that offers yard signs, sidewalk signs, freestanding signs, lighted signs, sign hardware and much, much more. I do a lot of research before I work with a
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RemotePC is a tool that is used to remotely access and control computers from anywhere 24/7. There are quite a few different tools that perform a similar function to RemotePC, but none better for the cost. You can use RemotePC for free, but you can only leave one computer in an ‘always on’ state for
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Services: Wedding and Event VenueLocation: Plainfield, ILWebsite: thefarmhouseplainfield.com The Farmhouse is a wedding and event venue located in Plainfield, IL. The owners of The Farmhouse were looking for a professionally designed, responsive website with great Search Engine Optimization. This website was built on the WordPress platform and features a full page responsive image slider, responsive grid design,
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Google Analytics is the best way to see who is visiting your website, where they came from, what they did on your website and more details on their overall interactions with your website. I install Google Analytics on every website I build, but very few of my clients actually monitor the statistics it provides. While
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Google has been giving more and more SEO weight to companies that actively use social media. I recommend that all of my clients post on social media as often as possible, ideally once per week. While I know that’s a challenge, it’s becoming increasingly important to help your search engine rankings. Buffer is a great
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