by dwvideo | Jun 18, 2014 | blog
There are many benefits WordPress Websites offer, from the ease to maintain, consistency of all pages, Google finds it inviting (which means SEO friendly), mobile friendly and allows you to share your expertise with its on board blogging platform.
Like with everything in life there are some issues. WordPress has some bugs as well. According to Here Next Year dot com, “Plugin updates and WordPress software version upgrades can sometimes be a problem. For most, it’s just a click of a button and everything is fine. For some, they’ll click an update or upgrade link and all of a sudden they have a blank screen displaying on their website. Like with any cms product that uses a database to push content to be viewed, eventually there will come a time when you need to get some technical help even if for something as simple as upgrading plugins. The key is to learn how to backup your files and database, then do the upgrade or updates, and be able to revert back to the backed-up version if you need to. And, by all means, make sure your website manager knows to do that too before just updating or upgrading out of the blue.”
Backing up your website is a good practice no matter what platform you are using. Backing up your website is like backing up your computer – needs to be done.
Contact Duane at 231-937-5420 to get started on producing your website. Since 1984 we have been serving West Michigan communities of Grand Rapids, Big Rapids, Reed City, Newaygo, Grant, Cedar Springs, Rockford, Howard City, Mt. Pleasant, Midland, Greenville and more.
by dwvideo | Jun 17, 2014 | blog
Using WordPress to design websites for Michigan Businesses.
Website design services for Reed City, Big Rapids. Cedar Springs, Rockford, Greenville have DW Video produce your website using WordPress.
DW Video’s website is designed from a few templates. You see we could not find one that fit our need. So, we borrowed from a few and our Website Programmer did the rest.
On the home page we have one theme as the top and very bottom, then another with the center boxes for each of our services. What we do is listen to your needs and look at your budget to find the best template(s) to meet your need. Most of the time it takes a combination of designs to reach the goal. That is why we are here to help with website design for Reed City, Big Rapids. Cedar Springs, Rockford and Greenville areas.
Since we are a video company we need to be able to provide numerous examples of the videos we have produce. We also did not want it to look cluttered. We took from another theme the video gallery look.
Speaking of video, you need a variety of videos on your site informing, educating and selling your products and services. At DW Video we produce videos for a variety of businesses, all with different budgets our site shows off what we do. Call us 231-937-5420.
At DW Video we provide website design services for Reed City, Big Rapids. Cedar Springs, Rockford, Greenville and all of West Michigan.
Custom websites, web applications to help your business run smooth and be more productive and video production services to sell, market and train prospects and employees.
Using one of the many plugin’s for displaying video.
Add video to your WordPress site – powerful.
More examples of what DW Video can do for you!
Michigan Destinations
Attorney Videos
Video Profiles
Inventor Videos
Non Profit Videos
Michigan Video Resource
by dwvideo | Jun 16, 2014 | blog
Using WordPress sites to promote your business.
Benefits of WordPress for West Michigan Website Design-Web Applications. DW Video services Big Rapids, Reed City, Newaygo, Cedar Springs, Rockford, Grand Rapids and all of West Michigan with media production services.
Some benefits of WordPress are:
1) WordPress is pretty easy to use with a user friendly interface. To add new pages, blog posts, images, etc. can be completed fairly simply. At DW Video we recommend WordPress because it puts the content power in the hands of the customer. We have found however that a basic site most anyone can do. However, through more detailed programming even more can be accomplished.
2) You do not need a degree in webdesign to do a basic site.
3) Due to the way WordPress is designed it is Search Engine friendly. We do not need to get into the algorithm, just know that it is SEO friendly. There are many plugin’s available to work even better. Do not get me wrong – the technology is making it easier. However, you will spend a lot of time working SEO. That is where we come in – At DW Video we have monthly maintenance packages to help you be more productive.
4) Updates are easier. In our case we do the layout, design of your site. Get it working and hand the keys over for you to drive. DW Video is here to help with a maintenance plan or an hourly rate based on what you need us to do. We are here to help you.
5) WordPress is the engine for your website. Now here is where it can get tricky and take a lot of your time. Customizing your site. The DW Video website for example is made of a few parts of other sites, different apps and in then through custom programming we tie it in and make it work. There is simple and then there is customize – we can help you with both.
WordPress for West Michigan Website Design-Web Applications created for your business – contact Duane today.
TIP: To maximize WordPress site for search engine optimization you must add content on a continual bases. Learn to use keywords to boost the SEO result. Otherwise you have the best mouse trap and no one knows about you. You need to feed the content beast of Google and other search engines to help with your rankings.
At DW Video we use WordPress for West Michigan Website Design-Web Applications ready to work with all types of businesses, organizations, non-profits, schools etc.
Call Duane at 231-937-5420.
Check out more information about web apps and social media sites link YouTube.
by dwvideo | Jun 15, 2014 | blog
Happy Fathers Day West Michigan! Lets take a look at the History of Fathers Day.
According to History dot com “On July 19, 1910, the governor of the U.S. state of Washington proclaimed the nation’s first “Father’s Day.” However, it was not until 1972, 58 years after President Woodrow Wilson made Mother’s Day official, that the day became a nationwide holiday in the United States.”
Fathers are Heros, this is an inspirational video found on YouTube:
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Father’s Day was inaugurated in the United States in the early 20th century to complement Mother’s Day in celebrating fatherhood and male parenting.”
Fathers day celebration dot com shares on their site, “History of Father’s Day Festival as seen today is not even a hundred years old. Thanks to the hard work and struggle of Ms Sonora Louise Smart Dodd of Washington that just as we have set aside Mother’s Day to honor mothers we have a day to acknowledge the important role played by the father. ” The sites continues, “The idea of Father’s Day celebration originated in Sonora’s mind when she per chance listened to Mother’s Day sermon in 1909. Fairly mature at the age 27, Sonora pondered if there is a day to honor mother then why not for father? Sonora felt strongly for fathers because of the affection she received from her own father Mr William Jackson Smart, a Civil War veteran. Sonora’s mother died while childbirth when she was just 16. Mr Smart raised the newborn and five other children with love and care. Looking at the heightened popularity of Father’s Day in US, President Woodrow Wilson approved of this idea in 1916. President Calvin Coolidge too supported the idea of a national Father’s Day in 1924 to, “establish more intimate relations between fathers and their children and to impress upon fathers the full measure of their obligations”. After a protracted struggle of over four decades, President Lyndon Johnson signed a presidential proclamation declaring the third Sunday of June as Father’s Day in 1966. Then in 1972, President Richard Nixon established a permanent national observance of Father’s Day to be held on the third Sunday of June. Sonora Smart Dodd was honored for her contribution at the World’s Fair in Spokane in 1974. Mrs. Dodd died in 1978 at age 96. ”
From all of us at DW Video we wish fathers worldwide a HAPPY FATHERS DAY!
My family, God Bless my dad. My brother, mom (God Bless your soul – you are missed), our dad and myself.
There are many benefits WordPress Websites offer, from the ease to maintain, consistency of all pages, Google finds it inviting (which means SEO friendly), mobile friendly and allows you to share your expertise with its on board blogging platform.
