When you open your online storefront to accept credit cards, you enter a world of ever-increasing security. One important piece to your new shopping experience, is an SSL certificate. SSL stands for Secure Socket Layers and it is a protocol to provide security over the internet. That just means that any information transferred from your [...]
Read more...Ni Hao from China
This week my kids and I have been spending our (amazingly hot!) mornings at Family Bible Adventure at Christ Community Church. This year it’s an around the world adventure! The kids who come get to do everything from paint eggs in Russia to make mud sculptures in Africa to taste sopapillas in South America.
My little [...]
A JLB Tradition…At Country Boy Restaurant
You may not be aware that we have some long-standing traditions here at JLB. One of my favorites is birthday lunch! The name pretty much says it all–we go out to lunch to the celebrated person’s place of choice.
Last Monday we ventured out of the Franklin city limits and celebrated yours truly at Country Boy [...]
A little time
I can’t believe it’s been almost two years since I started working at JLB. Time has flown by! I also can’t believe that I’m five days (at most) away having a baby boy! I’ve finished my final task list before my leave and we had a fun “maternity” lunch at Chuy’s–very tasty, by the way. [...]
Read more...Image Editing in WordPress
Recently we’ve launched a few web sites that use WordPress for content management. WordPress is a very robust content managment tool and it’s fairly intuitive when adding pages and content. However, when it comes to images, there are a few tricks that are
Read more...A Few Holiday Treats
One of my favorite things about the holidays is spending time in the kitchen cooking and baking up yummy treats to share with friends and family. Here are a few of our new-found favorites
Read more...Benefits of email marketing
Recently, my husband and I were discussing the differences between email marketing and mass mailers. After doing a little research, the benefits of email marketing make the most sense for stretching your advertising dollar. Here are three ways that email
Read more...CSS, tables, development, wine down main street
When developing a web site, there are two primary ways to incorporate the design with the other content of the site: use tables, or create classes through CSS. There are lots of people out there who like to debate about the benefits and drawbacks of each
Read more...Five Things a Pregnant Web Developer Should Not Forget
About six weeks ago, we found out that our family is going to grow come February 2010. We’re really excited! However, the first few months of pregnancy have made me realize that there are some things I take for granted in my daily duties as a web developer and content manager. Here are five little tips that I’ve found that help me get through the day.
Read more...Five Reasons You Need a Content Management System
So, you’ve decided to create a new web site for yourself or your company. You have lots of decisions to make about design, navigation, page layout and content. But, what about after you launch that site? How are you going to update the content? How are yo
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