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Yummy Jerky Online Beef Jerky Store and WordPress Blog

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011

yummyjerky-storeI have been buying beef jerky from Yummy Jerky for a couple years and been very pleased with their service and product quality.  The Jerky Hut brand jerky offered by Yummy Jerky is top notch.  If you like beef jerky you will not be disappointed by Yummy Jerky’s product and customer service.  Jerky Hut brand jerky is not the cheap convenient store type jerky many people associate with.

When Aaron at Yummy Jerky decided to step up to a more powerful online store to market his products he called to see what solutions 509 Media had to offer.  Working with the budget given for the website design project we went with an X-Cart install with a custom theme backed up with a WordPress blog themed to match the online store section of the website.  If you would like to see X-Cart and WordPress working together be sure to check out this web design project.

Let me know how I can help with your next website project.  Contact me HERE.

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Website Design for Durden Outdoor

Sunday, February 27th, 2011

billboard-website-designWordPress is a great platform to design custom websites for many different business types. WordPress is just the framework which came be themed to look and function for specific needs. Many people who first hear of WordPress think of it as only a blog. I typically like to think of WordPress as more of a content management system.

The Durden Outdoor WordPress website was custom themed to suit the needs of Durden Outdoor team and their goals. The ease of adding new posts featuring up to date projects keeps their clients and potential clients up to speed with billboard advertising in southeast Alabama. Durden Outdoor is based in Dothan, AL and features billboard locations in 8 counties in the southeast. The new website does not feature each location they have but it will soon feature all digital billboard locations.

The custom theme features custom layouts for certain areas of the website.  This was done to give the user a different feel for the media type as they browse the website.  Be sure to check out the digital billboards section.  This page on the site has a completely different header from the rest of the WordPress theme.

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WordPress Theme For Hudlow Axle

Thursday, September 23rd, 2010

hudlowaxle_wordpressSteve Hudlow called a couple months ago wanting a custom website built for his company Hudlow Axle.  The website needed to allow them to easily add new content and manage the website from their location.  The 509 Media crew went to work installing WordPress on their server and building a custom WordPress Theme to represent their drive shaft company.  We used the existing image they were using for their company logo and went from there creating a unique WordPress theme.  WordPress is a great platform to build from as it allows the client to easily update and add information to their website.  Of course 509 Media will be here to assist if Hudlow Axle needs help with the site.

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Website Design Update for RC Fun Hobbies

Saturday, April 24th, 2010

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509 Media first built RC Fun Hobbies a custom WordPress based website with a custom theme in 2009.  After making changes to the website and adding a new online store it was time for a WordPress Theme custom make over.  The RC Fun Hobbies website now features many banners ads and other links to direct customers into the new online store where they can make a secure online purchase.  WordPress is a very useful tool that allows website owners or business owners an easy solution to add and edit information to their website.  The online store install on RC Fun Hobbies is a custom installation of CRE Loaded.

Be sure to visit RC Fun Hobbies for a look at a custom WordPress installation and theme.  509 Media can custom design a WordPress theme to meet the needs of your company or organization.  Please feel free to contact 509 Media for any website design questions.

Changes to the 509 Media WordPress Website

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

There are major changes going on to the 509 Media website.  The look of the site may be changing, but the platform has remained the same.  509 Media runs on WordPress.  WordPress is a content management system.  WordPress was originally designed to be a blog platform, but many developers have used it to contain and organize large amounts of information.  509 Media choose WordPress for the ability to easily add and maintain content on the website.

We are working to change the look of the site.  The navigation of the site will be changing  as well in hopes to make it easier to find what you are looking for.  WordPress basically runs off of two different types of content.  The first type of content is Pages and the second is Posts.   Pages are static content that remain the same over time.  Pages are things like our Content page.  The Content page holds the contact form and rarely gets updated.  The next area is the reason many of you visit the site on a frequent basis.  Posts are the life of the website.  Posts are new content being added to the site as new things happen.  In 509 Media’s case we use posts for updated projects, how to articles, news, and this article.  A post can be anything you want to add to your website.  WordPress makes this very simple.  Posts can be made from any computer and many smart phones.  I use my iPhone to add new posts from time to time.  I rarely Publish a post from my iPhone.  Most of the time I will start an article while I am thinking about it and save it in WordPress as a draft.  This allows me to take a second look at the post on my computer before making the post.

We will be adding more information and images to the site over the next few days.   We have been working on an online store for the site and hope to have it up and rolling sometime very soon.

If you would like to see us make a certain change to the site please post up below.  Please keep in mind we are in the middle of making some major changes and a few things around here are not dialed in yet.

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WordPress Themed For Busted Knuckle Films

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

bkfsiteBusted Knuckle Films is an up and coming video company based in Auburn, Alabama.  Busted Knuckle Films (BKF) needed a new website to better market their videos and apparel merchandise so they contacted the crew here at 509 Media.  We suggested using WordPress as the platform to build their website from.  We choose this direction for a couple reasons.  One of the main reasons is the ability to easily add new content to the website.  BKF does not need to contact us to add new content to their website.  Through a log in to the admin panel they have access to add new images, posts, and pages.  Basically if you can type an email you can add new content to a WordPress website.

WordPress is also a great way to improve SEO (Search Engine Optimization) on your website.  With a couple additions to a WordPress 509 Media can have the major search engines crawling your website each time you post new content to your website.  The more content you add to your site the more can be indexed by search engines like Google.  Content in the form of text is what the search engines look for.  So be sure to add keyword rich content to your website.

The BKF WordPress Theme is a work in process.  As the BKF staff provides us with more images we will add more banner ads to their website and help with areas they are uncomfortable with.  If you are in the market for a new website be sure to Contact 509 Media.  We will be happy to discuss ways we can help market your company.

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Website Design for RC Fun Hobbies

Saturday, December 12th, 2009

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RC Fun Hobbies in the Dothan, Alabama area was in need of some help with their WordPress site.  509 Media was there to answer the call.  WordPress is a very effective platform to build a website from.  While WordPress is a free source code to build a website from you will need to modify the code to make it look the way you want.  Many people think WordPress is only used for blogs about a given subject.  The notion is far from what can be accomplished with a well designed WordPress website.

The owner of RC Fun Hobbies wanted an easy to change website he and his staff could add or remove information as needed.  WordPress is very easy to add new content and edit the information. In today’s internet environment new up to date information is very important.  WordPress, with a little help, is very effective with SEO or Search Engine Optimization.  Too often people get caught up on how their website looks forgetting the major search engines can not index nice pretty pictures.  Being found on the major search engines such as Google and Yahoo is all about content.  Content is typed information.  Being found can increase your chances of making the sale and depositing the results into your bank account.

WordPress is the answer to many of the needs RC Fun Hobbies has now and in the foreseeable future.  RC Fun can add up to date track conditions, information about new products in the store, and coverage of special events at their multiple track facility.

509 Media works with clients around the world for graphic design and web design.  If your company is in need of a custom website or a custom WordPress theme be sure to contact us for a quote.

We are not finished with the RC Fun Hobbies website.  We will be adding more to their website over the next few days and reworking some of the pages they created earlier.  We are also adding a CRE Loaded e-commerce platform to the site as well.

Do It Right Lawn Care Website

Friday, December 4th, 2009

509 Media has been working hard to help Do It Right Lawn Care set them self apart from the myriad of other lawn care companies in the area. Do It Right Lawn Care has been around for years serving people in the Dothan, AL area. One of the goals in wrapping their truck, building a new website, and re imaging other parts of their marketing campaign was to let people know they are serious about their business.  Do It Right Lawn Care wanted to let their client base know they are dealing with a professional lawn care company.

We choose WordPress as the platform for this site because of it’s ease of use on the back end for the client. If you can type a letter in MS Word you can make posts on a WordPress site. It operates with a WYSIWYG set up. What this means to the client is adding / editing a new post or page is easy because what you type and how you see it will be how it displays on the website. It is also very easy for the client to add video and pictures to this style of website.

Check out Do It Right Lawn Care‘s NEW home on the web.

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