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Tri-Gold Associates

Tri-Gold Associates is a leading office supplies manufacturer rep company serving the Southeast US. Tri-Gold was looking to move to a content management system that allowed them to more easily manage and update their site. Along with this, Tri-Gold was looking to give the site a clean, professional re-design.

Redemption Hill

The site we built for Redemption Hill, a church in Richmond VA, is one of the most beautiful sites that Design Simple has ever had the opportunity to work on. Working with Redemption Hill’s graphic designer, we were able to create a highly customized website that both utilizes the wordpress CMS and integrates with the [...]

Audio Repair Notes

With craigslist.org as the main reference site, the client wanted to create a place to sell his custom audio repair notes. Specific attention was paid to auto-population of the home page and sidebar navigation, giving ease to the addition of new inventory. This project also involved the integration of the e-junkie commerce engine.

Fixing your audio equipment

I was recently asked by a client to build a e-commerce site. The client sells notes that give guitar and hi-fi repair help and he had some specific goals for the site. He wanted it to be very clean an minimal. He sited craigslist.org as an example site. He wanted a home page that displayed [...]

They like me. They really like me…

It is always nice to hear that your clients are happy with your work. I thought I share a few of the reviews that my recent clients gave on my freelance profile at Guru.com. Ryan was FABULOUS – we will absolutely be working with him on future projects! His part of the Iso-Tip site was [...]

Protecting Your WordPress Install

I recently had 6 of my wordpress sites hacked. And, yes, it is as horrible as it sounds. Since WordPress is all we use at Design Simple, I thought I’d pass along a couple good places for you to visit when securing your WordPress installs. First, read this post. Alex lays out 10 very easy [...]

Setting Default Index Page Using .htaccess File

Sometimes you may want to have a different page be the default index page for your site. This is particularly helpful when setting up a WordPress install that you want to work on, but aren’t ready to bring live to your site visitors. Simply go into your .htaccss file and add the follow line of [...]

Ryan Burns Me

I have a lot of websites. One problem I often face is when commenting on people’s blog, what website do I link to? Do I send them to Design Simple because I think they might be interested in hiring me? Do I send them to Going to Seminary because they are seminary student? Do I [...]

WordPress Under Attack

I build all my sites on WordPress. Therefore, today’s news that older versions of WP are under attack is pretty important. If you’re running an older version of WP (2.8.4 is the most up-to-date) then please upgrade today. Here are two important notes from Lorelle’s post: 1. UPDATE NOW! Reports are that this attack impacts [...]

Making Money Online

Over the last couple years I’ve been trying to find different ways to make money online, besides doing web development. While I haven’t struck it rich, I have found a number of ways to make money and have managed to bring in about $200-$400 a month through various outlets. I decided the other day that [...]