New It’s Me 247 OBC Color Selector Tool

This handy page exists to let you choose and preview what a custom hexadecimal color background will look like on your It’s Me 247 Online Banking Community Pages. Read More »

Openings

Web Services is looking to fill two openings:

1. PHP Developer preferably with SOAP experience.  This is a 6 month project contract to complete an integration with a third party.

2. Graphic Designer/Marketing Writer.  This is a full time position for someone to take marketing collateral from concept to press.  Including writing any necessary copy.

If you know someone who might be interested in either of these positions, please contact us.

Planned Maintenance for 1/18/2011

CU*Answers Web Services has a planned maintenance window on Tuesday morning (1/18/2011) from 5:00 am – 8:00 am EDT. Client websites and email services may experience intermittent downtime (10-15 minute intervals) during this window. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Update 8:30am: This update has taken a bit longer than expected but should be completed now.

You’re Running with Some Big Sites by using WordPress

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Those of you who are still on the fence about using the “open source” Blog/Content Management software, “WordPress,” for your website may draw comfort from knowing some of the big name sites who have done just that.  Join the likes of Martha Stewart, John Grisham, and The New York Times and get started today!

See WPMU.org’s WordPress Showcase: 20 High Profile Sites Running on WordPress for more name dropping.

Writing Captivating Content for the Web

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WPMU.org has a thoughtful article on writing content for your website.

Writing for the web is entirely different to writing for printA study has demonstrated that when people read for on the web they will normally skim. We pick out keywords, jump on headings and tend to ignore much of the wordage on a web page.

This means that you need to stop writing in the way that you would for printed media. Believe me, this is particularly difficult when you’re teaching people who are writers, academics or who do anything wordy. Why, they want to know, can’t they use their perfectly crafted prose for the internet?

Answer: Because people won’t read it.
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