New Website: Norland Photographic Art

Charles Carssow Norland is the father of my best friend from college. “Chuck”, as everyone knew him, was a highly regarded gastroenterologist at several St. Louis area hospitals, professor emeritus at Washington University St. Louis Medical School, a member of the clinical faculty at Barnes Hospital/Barnes-Jewish Hospital, tennis aficionado, fisherman, avid drummer, Eagle Scout, and […]

Auto Update: Friend or Foe?

By now, you may have heard of (or even experienced the consequences of) the botched CrowdStrike software update that led to a “Blue Screen of Death” (BSOD) for many Microsoft Windows computer systems. According to Ars Technica, the problem was triggered by a buggy .sys file installed as part of a CrowdStrike Falcon security software […]

Hosting Migration: Hughes Precision

Hughes Precision is a small Michigan based company specializing in custom manufactured gun parts such as barrel thread protectors, thread adapters, muzzlebrakes, bolt knobs, etc. They had an established website but they also had a problem: the website was down for extended periods, the website was not very responsive when it was available, their web […]

Website Redesign: iN Style Kitchen & Bath

iN Style Kitchen & Bath is an up and coming kitchen and bath renovation company in the Columbus, IN area. Their roots are in home construction (Benchmark Construction) but their kitchen and bath renovation business has seen significant growth and is now their main business line. With an early focus on business growth, the website […]

When Your Theme or Plugin “Dies”

There are many reasons that your WordPress theme or plugin might cease to be actively developed, maintained, or supported. In my case, the developer of the theme I used for this website (Atelier) apparently passed away a while ago. How Do You Know Your Theme or Plugin is no Longer Supported? Often your only signal […]

Search Engine Optimization

I frequently get asked by clients about “search engine optimization” and whether I can help them with that. The answer is “yes” and “no”. Where your website appears on search engines like Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, etc. is obviously important to your business. It is only natural for a business owner to want his/her website to […]

Website Redesign: Premier Arms

Firearms retailers have an increasingly difficult time leveraging social media to advertise their businesses. Companies such as Facebook have dramatically curtailed the type of content they will allow on their platform, even content that is perfectly legal in the locale of the actual business. Companies in this situation need to take back control of their […]

Fluid Air Engineering

Fluid Air Engineering had a simple request of Cardinal Acres Web Development: create a straight-forward website for their industrial HVAC manufacturers representative business in Central Indiana. Nothing fancy. This was the ideal scenario for a one-page website. Provide concise information in a simple and easy-to-navigate website. Cardinal Acres Web Development leveraged the Design Mode theme […]