Zenith Exhibits, Inc. » Web Development

WordPress Features & Benefits

Ed Bejarana — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:34:08 +0000

WordPress is a powerful content management system that puts the full power of the internet at your finger tips, giving you easy access to cutting edge technology.

Key Features

Full standards compliance — We have gone to great lengths to make sure every bit of WordPress generated code is in full compliance with the standards of the W3C. This is important not only for interoperability with today’s browser but also for forward compatibility with the tools of the next generation. Your web site is a beautiful thing, and you should demand nothing less.
No rebuilding — Changes you make to your templates or entries are reflected immediately on your site, with no need for regenerating static pages.
WordPress Pages — Pages allow you to manage non-blog content easily, so for example you could have a static “About” page that you manage through WordPress. For an idea of how powerful this is, the entire WordPress.org site could be run off WordPress alone. (We don’t for technical mirroring reasons.)
WordPress Links — Links allows you to create, maintain, and update any number of blogrolls through your administration interface. This is much faster than calling an external blogroll manager.
WordPress Themes — WordPress comes with a full theme system which makes designing everything from the simplest blog to the most complicated webzine a piece of cake, and you can even have multiple themes with totally different looks that you switch with a single click. Have a new design every day.
Cross-blog communication tools— WordPress fully supports both the Trackback and Pingback standards, and we are committed to supporting future standards as they develop.
Comments — Visitors to your site can leave comments on individual entries, and through Trackback or Pingback can comment on their own site. You can enable or disable comments on a per-post basis.
Spam protection — Out of the box WordPress comes with very robust tools such as an integrated blacklist and open proxy checker to manage and eliminate comment spam on your blog, and there is also a rich array of plugins that can take this functionality a step further.
Full user registration — WordPress has a built-in user registration system that (if you choose) can allow people to register and maintain profiles and leave authenticated comments on your blog. You can optionally close comments for non-registered users. There are also plugins that hide posts from lower level users.
Password Protected Posts — You can give passwords to individual posts to hide them from the public. You can also have private posts which are viewable only by their author.
Easy installation and upgrades — Installing WordPress and upgrading from previous versions and other software is a piece of cake. Try it and you’ll wonder why all web software isn’t this easy.
Easy Importing — We currently have importers for Movable Type, Textpattern, Greymatter, Blogger, and b2. Work on importers for Nucleus and pMachine are under way.
XML-RPC interface — WordPress currently supports an extended version of the Blogger API, MetaWeblog API, and finally the MovableType API. You can even use clients designed for other platforms like Zempt.
Workflow — You can have types of users that can only post drafts, not publish to the front page.
Typographical niceties — WordPress uses the Texturize engine to intelligently convert plain ASCII into typographically correct XHTML entities. This includes quotes, apostrophes, ellipses, em and en dashes, multiplication symbols, and ampersands. For information about the proper use of such entities see Peter Sheerin’s article The Trouble With Em ’n En.
Intelligent text formatting — If you’ve dealt with systems that convert new lines to line breaks before you know why they have a bad name: if you have any sort of HTML they butcher it by putting tags after every new line indiscriminately, breaking your formatting and validation. Our function for this intelligently avoids places where you already have breaks and block-level HTML tags, so you can leave it on without worrying about it breaking your code.
Multiple authors — WordPress’ highly advanced user system allows up to 10 levels of users, with different levels having different (and configurable) privileges with regard to publishing, editing, options, and other users.
Bookmarklets — Cross-browser bookmarklets make it easy to publish to your blog or add links to your blogroll with a minimum of effort.
Ping away — WordPress supports pinging Ping-O-Matic, which means maximum exposure for your blog to search engines.

There’s much more, but these are the highlights. If there’s something that you really want, submit a request on the support forums and there’s a good chance someone will whip it up for you.

PortlandBusinessCommunity.com

Ed Bejarana — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:50:30 +0000

PortlandBusinessCommunity.com

As a business blogging consultant, I found the need to provide a FREE business blogging source for small business people who couldn’t afford the time commitment of writing and managing their own business blog site. Using the idea of saftey in numbers, PortlandBusinessCommunity.com brings dozens of small business owners together from throughout the Portland, Oregon Metro Area to increase everyone’s search engine visibility.

I built this theme using the Hybrid Theme Framework. With dozens of authors writing over several controlled categories, I needed to be able to show lots of links on the home page so no one felt like their posts were being over looked. This Corporate News theme features a rolling, search engine friendly slider, lots of Google Adsense space (to help monetize the web traffic) and easy sorting on categorized data.

Return to Custom Built WordPress Themes.

David Covalt – Franchise Depot

Ed Bejarana — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:43:14 +0000

David Covalt
Website: www.davidcovalt.com

David represents nearly 400 franchise businesses through a national franchise network. His main company website is built and managed by the franchise network, but there is NO search engine optimization built-in to the website. As a result, David is not getting to web traffic he needed to build his business.

We built his website using the Corporate V2 theme which allowed for an attractive front page presentation and links to the never ending franchise and economic data in his industry. David also has the added need to incorporate a multi-level-marketing business model with-in his new website. As a Kangen water dealer and a health conscious individual, he felt merging the Kangen water opportunity alongside of his franchise business opportunities we a perfect fit.

Return to Custom Built WordPress Themes.

Elliot West – West Coast Mortgage

Ed Bejarana — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:30:57 +0000

West Coast Mortgage
Website: www.elliotw.com

West Coast Mortgage, as ALL mortgage companies, is in a very competitive market. Elliot wanted to drive more traffic to his corporate website, but his company website has several search engine optimization challenges that prevented higher search engine visibility.

Elliot’s new (second) website allows him to automate his business news letter, adds a new lead capture source, and the ability to add new mortgage information as needed–something his main company website doesn’t allow.

Return to Custom Built WordPress Themes.

A Second Look Business Consulting

Ed Bejarana — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:18:03 +0000

Ken Cole
Web site: www.asecondlookbizconsulting.com

Ken “Bear” Cole wanted to create a new business consulting website to help diversify his income stream. As a fishing guide by trade, Ken’s business consulting savvy comes from a VERY unique angle that is straight forward and effective. Ken wanted a website than captured his personality and gave him maximum flexibility to provide online information.

We built Ken’s website using the very power Hybrid Theme Frame Work to take advantage of Ken’s excellent writing skills. As an accomplished writer and story teller, Ken wanted to be able to fine tune his business blog organization as his consulting business grows.

Return to Custom Built WordPress Themes.

Kevin Minkoff CPA – Not Your Ordinary Bean Counter

Ed Bejarana — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:59:40 +0000

Kevin Minkoff CPA
Website: www.nyobc.com

Kevin was trying to manage his own website development while growing and managing his business. With one of the most successful accounting firms in East Portland, Kevin found the process of keeping up with frequent changes was a losing battle.

This first version of Kevin’s website is using the iNova theme and has several features that improve customer relationships. Here is a partial list of the new features Kevin’s WordPress site uses to enhance the customer’s experience.

Down Loadable Forms
Financial Calculators
Schedule Information
Tax Preparation Checklists

Return to Custom Built WordPress Themes.

Social Networking Made Easy

Ed Bejarana — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:36:39 +0000

When you hear your friends talk about Blogging, Twitter and Facebook, do you feel out of your element? You are not alone! The world of internet marketing is moving at a lightning fast pace and it is normal to feel left behind.

Our job is to help you stay on top of the technology and a head of your competition. The internet is a tool, not a toy–we teach you how to tame the net.

Building Your Network

Sites like Facebook and MySpace are built to be viral. We teach you how to use the technology to expand your business contacts without getting consumed by the technology.

Social Networking Launch Platform

With large social groups you can gain large numbers of inbound links, gain rapid feedback on new product or service rollouts and find answers to difficult questions. You can also find new customers, but not in the traditional manner!

We teach you how to use Personality Based Marketing to expand your business opportunities through your social network. No matter if your social networking need is for a for-profit enterprise or a not-for-profit venture, we can teach you how to use the internet to reach more people.

Search Engine Optimization

Ed Bejarana — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:15:43 +0000

Natural search engine rankings requires careful attention to the little details.

Keyword Research and Selection
Page Content Optimization
Competitor Analysis
Social Networking
Inbound Link Building
Site Performance Tracking

Website Marketing Partner

We measure success by a marketable increase in web originated sales. We seek a deep understanding of your business, target customer, and marketing strategies. If you don’t have these, we will help you develop them!

We use a simple, affordable, small business model when working with our customers. We work with you to identify your target audience and provide a budget friendly not to exceed bid for all our work upfront! Our bill rate is ONLY $50

Working With You

Working collaboratively in the optimization process, we teach you how to correctly create new page content from the beginning. This lessens the need to hire us for on-going site support. We become your sounding board for ongoing site development and growth, saving you money and making your website a stronger, more cohesive marketing tool.

Search Engine Optimization Takes Time

Optimizing your website is not like turning on a light switch. The search engines will take their time indexing your site as a precaution to protect their user base. We follow industry guidelines very closely and work with search engine developers throughout the country to stay on top of current trends.

Never Ending Change

Search Engine Optimization is the beginning, not the end. Search engine technology changes, internet traffic changes and your competitors are always changing; your web site must grow and change with the times.

We keep our prices low so you feel comfortable turning to us when needed. We work with you on a month-to-month basis and communicate with you in advance for each task.

Website Development for Small Business Operators

Ed Bejarana — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:53:59 +0000

Do You Need A Website? Note: There is an email link embedded within this post, please visit this post to email it. Note: There is a print link embedded within this post, please visit this post to print it.

We build websites for small businesses which are visually effective, search engine friendly, and easy to navigate and maintain– at an affordable price!

We are pleased to announce that WordPress has won the Overall Best Open Source CMS Award in the 2009 Open Source CMS Awards.

Our websites are designed with long term business growth in mind. Using award winning publishing software, WordPress, our sites will GROW with your business.

Easily Add:

photos
videos
podcasts
new web pages
business blog content
business links

…with just your web browser and an internet connection.

Using the built-in RSS function, your customers can subscribe to your company news feed and receive information immediately when it it published! No worry about your eBlast being deleted because RSS feeds go straight to the end user.

Use the full power of the internet to grow your business at an amazing price. Our website package includes:

The POWER of a referral is immeasurable no-longer! Our Customer Rewards Program rewards referrals that translate into business $100. Call (503) 709-1454 today for more information.

5 Pages web site
Search Engine Optimization
SPAM controlling (Captcha controlled) contact form
Integrated Business Blog
Editorial Guidance on first three articles
First year FREE Web Hosting (if needed)
Custom built design (theme)

Price: $595

Visit WordPress.com/Showcase to see what is possible!

Our promotional website development package is designed for small businesses, business start-ups, and growing businesses who need more internet traction.

Our no-hassle approach makes doing business with Zenith Exhibits a SNAP. Zenith Exhibits’ web development program is built on one word: SERVICE.

Our low introductory price will buy you everything you need for the future of your business on the internet. Our amazing service will prove to you that building a long-term business relationship with Zenith Exhibits is in your best interest.

Call today for more information. (503) 709-1454

We do not out-source any web development work. It is all done in-house! Our cost structure allows us to deliver amazing service at an even more amazing price. We can also build you a sample website of your own so you can try out WordPress using a custom built theme to expand the brand of your company for under $600.

Let Zenith Exhibits build you your new website and show you how easy it is to manage your own data with the WordPress content management web site system. You’ll wonder why you ever tried internet marketing any other way!

Options

Web hosting (first year FREE, regular $180/year)
- Upto 5 gb bandwidth
- Upto 2 gb harddrive storage
- Upto 5 addon domains
- Unlimited number of email accounts
- Upto 3 ftp accounts
- Control panel access so you can manage your domain
Custom Graphic Design ($125 per hour)
Editorial assistance four article pack ($99)
Web Page with SEO ($35 per page)
Twitter Account Kick-Star ($250 – if purchased with website)
Facebook Fan Page Setup ($195)

WordPress built sites bring together user-friendly navigation, and sharp artistic designs with solid technical structure that works across all browsers and operating systems. Easily integrate your business marketing with business website, blogs, e-newsletters and printed material. All focused to build your brand. At an unbelievable price!

Why Such A Low Price?

We build effective business websites for small businesses. Working as a team, we bring technical know-how and business savvy together with your industry expertise, saving time in the development process.

Click on this link to learn more about our custom built WordPress themes and to see sample websites we’ve built.

Web Services

Ed Bejarana — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 18:27:12 +0000

The internet can be your most cost effective marketing tool, but like any business operation you must execute a detailed plan. With hundreds of millions of web pages competing for your customers, without proper website optimization, your product or service will never be found.

We provide affordable:

Is your competitor out performing you on Google, Yahoo and MSN?

More Tools, Less Cost

We know time is your most precious asset. We are constantly creating online resource to help guide you through the various phases of your website’s development. One of our tools resides on our companion website (BusinessBlogging.net). Build using advanced business blog technology and content management system, it serves as a model and web optimization encyclopedia you can refer to night or day.

Service is about People

While our online tools are a great resource, the biggest value Zenith Exhibits offers is our people. We are you web marketing experts and stand ready to sever the way you need us. In person, over the phone or via eMail.

We believe in giving every customer the personal touch your website will be taken care of as if it were our own website.

Our services are designed AND priced for the small business and home based business owner.

One low hourly rate: $50

Call Us Today (503) 709-1454