Beacon Technologies, Inc. Web Blog

Web Marketing and Customers

sjordan — Fri, 25 May 2012 13:22:46 +0000

I am officially 20% done with my internship at Beacon Technologies. I have learned a copious amount of information. I am glad to have Richard as a mentor for this internship. I have already learned a lot from just him only in 2 weeks. The Beacon NetCafe event is coming along nicely. I have researched [...]

Get SMAART with Beacon at IRCE 2012

Beacon News — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:55:53 +0000

We are excited to attend the upcoming IRCE Conference in Chicago. The 8th annual Internet Retailer Conference and Exhibitions is expected to bring in more than 7,500 e-retailing executives who are going to learn the latest practices and tools for connecting with the 21st Century consumer. There will be over 175 speakers and 100 separate sessions all talking about such [...]

Chrome – Now more popular and powerful than IE

Thomas Brinegar — Mon, 21 May 2012 17:32:10 +0000

StatCounter shows that within the past few days Chrome has become the more popular browser on the web. In the past year, Chrome has become more popular than both Firefox and IE. Chrome now ranks just under half a percent higher than Internet Explorer. Both IE and Chrome tend to compete against each other for weekend [...]

The Importance of Website Design and Branding

sjordan — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:02:28 +0000

So my first week at Beacon Technologies is coming to a close, and I have not been scared off yet! Everyone is very nice and welcoming at this company. I look forward to working with the Beacon team for the next 9 weeks. So far I have been mostly planning for the implementation of Beacon [...]

Responsive Web Toolkit

Thomas Brinegar — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:37:26 +0000

I have been getting familiar with responsive web design over recent weeks and have put together a list of resources I have found helpful when both developing and testing responsive layouts. HTML5 BOILERPLATE I recommend the HTML5 BoilerPlate as a starting point. Now in version 3, the H5BP sets the stage for a responsive site [...]

The iPad arrives

Annette Fowler — Thu, 17 May 2012 02:22:08 +0000

Recently I won my very first iPad by providing the winning suggestion in a product detail page review for AspDotNetStorefront and it arrived today! The contest involved reviewing a product detail page for a current AspDotNetStorefront customer and my suggestion involved modifying the color drop down box to display different images, based on the color [...]

A jQuery Plugin to Validate Checkbox or Radio Button Sets

Zedric Myers — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:40:27 +0000

There are many form validations available to use and each has their own unique features. If you have ever needed to validate checkbox or radio button sets this jQuery validation plugin can do just that. For instance, it can verify that at least two checkboxes must be checked. This jQuery plugin goes beyond that option [...]

Rebranding, Growing and Staying True to Yourself

Jennifer Calogero — Fri, 11 May 2012 15:07:16 +0000

How to adapt without compromising the soul or your business. Effective business plans depend on an established value proposition by your organization and within your customer base. This is the belief that the customer value will be experienced as promised by the brand. Value is defined as benefits minus the cost. The visual identity of [...]

Stern Recovery site launched

Beacon News — Tue, 08 May 2012 13:05:11 +0000

We have released a redesigned WordPress AND AspDotNetStorefront site in one at www.sternrecovery.com. The “base” public site is administered in WordPress, but when the visitor clicks on “Make a Payment”, they are transferred to a secure AspDotNetStorefront site, where they can submit payments online for their claim. The site design is a huge improvement/modernization over [...]

Live.js

Thomas Brinegar — Tue, 08 May 2012 12:46:14 +0000

When putting a template together or marking up a web page, I persistently save, change to my browser, refresh–and evaluate the last few edits, and then swap back to my editor. It would be really (really!) nice if the browser just updated automatically, and I just needed to glance at a monitor as development progressed. [...]