Jennifer Web Design in Las Vegas is proud to announce the new website for USGBCNV.

The U.S. Green Building Council – Nevada Chapter is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and has been an organizational leader in Nevada for green building and sustainability since 2003. They are the local voice of the U.S. Green Building Council  and chapter members are key to raising awareness about green building in Nevada. Their core values of collaboration, environmental stewardship, education, networking and diversity drive them to make a positive difference in the built, natural, and social environments of the state.

We are proud to add the U.S. Green Building Council – Nevada Chapter to our growing list of clients!

Jennifer Web Design in Las Vegas is proud to announce the new website for Safe-Vac.

Dr Sidhu had been mentored by some of San Diego’s most talented doctors. Realizing his true passion, cosmetic dentistry, Dr Sidhu decided to relocate and open up his practice in Las Vegas, Nevada in 2005. He has trained at a number of institutions including LVI, Nobel Institute, and the Scottsdale Center for Dentistry. He actively seeks continuing education to further enhance his clinical and business skills. It was through his concern of patient safety and procedure efficiency that lead him to develop Safe-Vac.

Safe-Vac is almost identical in its dimensional specifications as the current standard HVE units in the market, but incorporates many beneficial features. These features enhance the functionality and safety of HVE. Safe-Vac is precision engineered, quality driven, made from FDA approved (non-latex) materials, and is manufactured in the USA. Safe-Vac is a single disposable unit that has a soft, yet rigid, cushioned tip designed to prevent tissue trauma. Safe-Vac also incorporates an internal screen to prevent time consuming blockages and loss of certain dental restorative components. This screen also aides in many dental procedures.

We are proud to add Safe-Vac to our ever growing list of clients!

Capital Business Services, Inc. has set an industry standard when it comes to helping business owners Incorporate their business and establish unsecured business credit. Let them show you how to unlock the power of having a corporation and enjoy the financial freedom, security and success you deserve.

We are proud to add them to our list of growing clients!

At the very start of concept design, we will discuss the colors of your Web site and the impact color will have. We take as much time as needed to discuss and pick these colors carefully. The mood and emotions of your website visitors will change upon seeing these colors.

Below please find a general list of colors and their relative meanings for your consideration.

Red
Excitement, energy, passion, desire, speed, strength, power, heat, love, aggression, danger, fire, blood, war, violence, aggression, all things intense and passionate.

Yellow
Joy, happiness, optimism, idealism, imagination, hope, sunshine, summer, gold, philosophy, dishonesty, cowardice, betrayal, jealousy, covetousness, deceit, illness, hazard.

Blue
Peace, tranquility, calm, stability, harmony, unity, trust, truth, confidence, conservatism, security, cleanliness, order, loyalty, sky, water, cold, technology, depression, appetite suppressant.

Orange
Energy, balance, warmth, enthusiasm, vibrant, expansive, flamboyant, demanding of attention.

Green
Nature, environment, healthy, good luck, renewal, youth, vigor, spring, generosity, fertility, jealousy, inexperience, envy, misfortune.

Purple
Royalty, spirituality, nobility, spirituality, ceremony, mysterious, transformation, wisdom, enlightenment, cruelty, arrogance, mourning.

Gray
Security, reliability, intelligence, staid, modesty, dignity, maturity, solid, conservative, practical, old age, sadness, boring.

Brown
Earth, hearth, home, outdoors, reliability, comfort, endurance, stability, simplicity, and comfort.

White
Reverence, purity, simplicity, cleanliness, peace, humility, precision, innocence, youth, birth, winter, snow, good, sterility, marriage (Western cultures), death (Eastern cultures), cold, clinical, sterile.

In order to do this in Internet Explorer please follow these steps. Or to learn how to clear your cache files in Firefox, click here for directions.

CLEARING YOUR CACHE FILES in IE 6 and 7

Tip: You can adjust your Internet Explorer settings to automatically clear the cache whenever you close Internet Explorer browser. Go to the Tools menu, and click Internet Options. Click the Advanced tab. In the “Settings” box, scroll down to the section labeled “Security,” and click to check the box next to the “Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed” option. Click OK to finish. This option does not delete cookies, but it will clear your cache of other files when you close your browser.

For a visual view click here or follow the below steps.

1. On the Internet Explorer Tools menu, click Internet Options. The Internet Options box should open to the General tab.

2. On the General tab, in the Temporary Internet Files section, click the Delete Files button. This will delete all the files that are currently stored in your cache.

3. Click OK, and then click OK again.

Business Blogs, can be used internally to enhance the communication and culture in a company or externally for marketing, public relations or branding purposes, often called “corporate blogs”.

We use Word Press to support our clients as we find it to be the best platform out there currently for blogging. With thousands of supported themes, we can work with any theme and alter the colors, graphics and layout to match the branding of your company.

On our dedicated server, we can install any of the many Word Press plugins – just some examples are – Google Site Map indexing, Permalinks (links that make sense to search engines) and Page Ordering (allowing you to control your page order yourself).

When your Word Press blog is done, we train you in how to post on your blog and how to add pages using Word Press. We have yet to have any person need more than 1 hour of training to get started posting, which says a lot for the ease of use Word Press brings.

3 Main Reasons a company blog is worth your investment:

SHOW that YOU ARE THE EXPERT IN YOUR FIELD
Your Blog will show you off as the expert in what you do. With your thoughts and ideas, people will learn that you are indeed the top leader in your business field. Add a little innovation into your postings and watch your subscriber list grow. Offer free advice and resources and people will be knocking down your blog door.

ENHANCE YOUR RELATIONSHIPS
Blogs allow you to interact with customers, clients on a more personal level. They can comment directly on your blog, allowing for customer discussions, providing tips and also needed feedback.

YOUR CONTENT is READ and CHECKED REGULARLY
Your subscribers of your blog will get up to date information from you as often as you’d like them to. Instead of being passive about information, the blog allows you to share any news you’d like, in a quick and effective manner. Unlike e-newsletters that often get stuck in people’s spam folders, your blog is always up for your clients and potential clients to come back to. Also, we offer ability to e-mail out the latest feeds to your clients and potential clients as text, a sure way to get your clients’ attention.

At Jennifer Web Design, we look forward to speaking with you about your needs and any questions you may have.

Fresh Content is a good idea whos time has come.  If your website is more than 2 years old it’s likely that you need to update your content.  Spend a little bit of time looking at your pictures and text, and ask yourself;

1. Does it represent my business accurately?
2. Are all my services featured?
3. Is my website contemporary?
4. Am I taking advantage of todays screen resolutions?
5. Do I like what I have?

if you answer “no” to any of those 5 questions, it’s time to freshen-up your content.

1. Go to Tools menu and select Options.

2. Click Settings (in the blue box in the image)

3. Select what you would like to have cleared. We recommend you at least check the “cache” check box.

4. (tip) If you’d always like your cache cleared, on this same menu, under the Private Data section, check the box that says “Always clear my private data when I close Firefox.”

5. Click OK.

6. Press “Clear Now” under the Settings button.

Last week a valued client contacted me to ask about a letter he had gotten.  The letter stated that his Domain was about to expire, and that he needed to pay $75 to the nefarious company to renew the site.

SCAM!

I was happy to inform him that he need not worry.  There are companies that prey on people that don’t know any better.  It is a mission of ours to make sure that none of our clients ever get taken by one of these scams.  The only people that will contact you about your domain expiration is usually your registrant company or your web designer.

Here’s how you can check to make sure you don’t get taken:

1. Go to your whois record.
2. Look for the Registrant info, and check the expiration date.  Write this date on a post-it note and put it on your forehead, or someplace where you won’t lose it.

To extend your domains registration:

1. On the whois record. Look at the Registrar.
2. Contact the registrar, and renew your domain.

For the letter:

1. Rip it in a million pieces, and sing “Won’t get fooled again!”

For a new business the right website can provide an important beacon to your potential customers.  For an established business a new website must maintain the legacy and reflect the brand awareness you have spent years cultivating.

There are many different types of websites.

A Brochure website is exactly like it sounds; it is an online representation of a brochure.

An e-Commerce website is one in which you sell stuff.

A Blog is a “diary” that is shared with the world.

A Database site is one in which you track all sorts of data and can have it reported in all sorts of ways.

An Organization site is a site that is used by an organization.

Most websites can fit into these categories, with a few bleeding into multiple categories.

One of the first things that we do with clients is to decide which style of website is right for them, and the ultimate goal of their website.  It may not seem like a hard question, but it is a very important one to answer.

Registration

The very first thing you should do is register your domain.  A good number of domains are already taken, but don’t let that worry you.  Be Creative.  Here’s a tip, if your business is based in a certain geography, try using the city, state, or county name in the URL that you register.  If you need help or advice, please contact us.

The length of your registration is up to you.  If you think you’ll be in business for a while, register the domain for a few years.  It’s cheap, and well worth the time savings of having to do it every year.  If your website is only going to be around for a short period of time, register it for one year.  You can always extend your registration at a later date.

Hosting

A host is a server where your website lives.  There are many different types of hosting you can get, and a basic rule of thumb is that you get what you pay for.  If you pay under $10 a month for your hosting service, it is likely that you are getting bare-boned service that you will need to maintain and monitor on your own with limited security.  The more you pay, the more security and ease of access you get.  At Jennifer Web Design, we offer many different hosting plans that are catered to your website needs.

Web Design

This is our favorite part.  A good Web Designer is someone who should be attentive to your needs, and easy to get in touch with.  Too often, we have clients that call us with this leading sentence:  “My Web Designer left town.”  Make sure you know the people you are working with.  Check out their Clients, and ask to meet them.  At Jennifer Web Design we love to meet our Clients, and (in fact) we can refer to many of them as friends.