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Happy 20th Birthday Web!

Last week, the global technology community celebrated the Web's 20th birthday. Considering its impact, the Web must rank as one of the most important inventions of all time.

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Music Academy Site is Carefully Tuned

The Music Academy of the is a remarkable place. Founded in 1947, the classical music school serves about 150 of the world's best classical music students with an 8-week summer program. We were thrilled to be selected by the Academy and its marketing consultant, Patty Gessner, to build and host a new site for the Music Academy.

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The Changing Requirements for Manufacturer Websites

Not too long ago, manufacturers that sold through distribution felt little need to have sophisticated websites. Today, however, manufacturers are missing a huge opportunity if they don't have sites comparable to high-quality, consumer-facing sites.

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The Parade Comes to Webvanta

We had a great open house last week, and would like to thank everyone who stopped by. We had such a good time, we didn't remember to take any pictures — but here's a few of our town's annual Apple Blossom Parade, held two days later.

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New Site Highlights Spectacular Friesian and Warmblood Horses

We're excited to take live a beautiful site we've been working on for several months, for Iron Spring Farm in the hills of Pennsylvania.

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Please Join Us At Webvanta's Magical Open House Party!

Do you love sushi, magic, Webvanta, raffles, afternoon drinks, websites and that new office smell?

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Are You Using Content-Empty Marketing for Content-Full Products?

If you're marketing beer or soft drinks, you don't really want to give details about the product; it's an emotional sell, with pictures of happy people and lots of information that is essentially unrelated to the actual product.

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Webvanta CMS Platform Adds Web App Capabilities

We've recently added a series of advanced capabilities to the Webvanta hosted CMS, to enable features that are more in the web-app domain—well beyond what you'd expect a CMS to provide.

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How and Why to Make Your Website Shine on Tablets

Does your website work well on tablets? If not, it's time to fix it. The good news is that it usually isn't difficult.

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Reconsidering Motion in Web Page Elements

The top-of-page slideshow or carousel has become very common in modern web designs. These design elements allow that precious top-of-page real estate to contain more content, by adding the time dimension so the same spot can contain multiple items. They also introduce some motion into the page, which makes it seem more attractive. However, they have their downside.

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