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If you put a transparent PNG on a page it will have a blue-gray background in IE versions prior to IE7. 

There are several fixes.  One I’ve seen uses Javascript.  The other I’ve seen uses PHP. 

I prefer the PHP solution because the transparency is fixed before it is even served to the visitor’s browser (PHP is server side scripting).  The Javascript method fails if the visitor has Javascript turned off.

We added our custom EditBEE^™ Content Management System to the KWWOA.org web site this week.  EditBEE^™ CMS is a WYSIWYG editor that allows web site owners to make changes to their web sites without HTML or programming knowledge.  It works like an online word processor. 

We go one step further than the canned solutions that are out there.  We customize it to the specific needs of the client.  With Searcy Monument Company, we added the ability to easily manage their 20+ product galleries of over 260 photos.  Editing their textual content and photo galleries is wrapped into one simple, intuitive interface.

KWWOA needed the ability to easily edit and manage the training hours earned (CEUs) of their members.  So we added a nice little database tool to their EditBEE implementation that made updating the training hours a snap. 

In the words of Melissa at KWWOA:

“Oh my gosh, I sooooo love the training updates setup [in the EditBEE CMS].  Even I can do it!  Great, Great Job Guys! ” 

Thanks, Melissa.

Advantages of EditBEE^™

• Manage your own content.  No waiting on your web design company to get around to it.
• Affordable.  Most small business web sites can be set up for as little as $500.
• Because it is a custom application that we built, we can easily extend it and make it work no matter the uniqueness or complexity of your site.  No canned solution here.

If you have a web site and would like to make your own changes when you want to make them, contact us today!

Heard of AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript And XML)?  Not sure if it is all hype?

Well, we were researching it as a way to refresh a drop-down of metro areas after a user picks 1 or many states from a drop-down.  We need this for our search form that we are building for www.SitesBuildings.com (more on www.SitesBuildings.com in another post). 

It never hurts to see if there are some new widgets to help you get the job done.

Well, in poking around, we found this wonderful post by Rasmus Lerdorf, the creator of PHP:

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-general&m=112198633625636&w=2

Parsimony in code and explanation is indeed an art!  Check it out.

For another example of how Rasmus cuts through the hype of the current wave of Mapping Web Services offered by the Yahoo Map API, check out:

http://toys.lerdorf.com/archives/35-GeoCool!.html

Parsimony - add it to your list of wayward and underused words (**smile**).  Also see, Ockham’s razor.

Here is an implementation of Google Maps for economic development agencies.

http://www.newdrone.com/demo/maps/

If you are an economic development agency or realtor, call us today.  We’d be happy to implement something similar for you.