AWR Web Design Blog

The Town of East Granby, CT has contracted AWR Web Design, LLC to build and maintain the town's new municipal web site. The town provided a Joomla! template for the new site, which was modified to create the new town site.  The site is an ongoing project as the town will be adding more features in the near future, inlcuding the ability to pay online for many town services, such as permits and trips for example. Please take a moment to visit the new East Granby town web site at http://eastgranbyct.org    Al RobertsAWR Web Design, LLChttp://www.awrwebdesign.com ...

We are proud to announce that all clients of AWR Web Design now have Google Apps available as an option to the normal email offered through cPanel.  Google Apps allows clients to use the popular and advanced technology of Gmail, Google Calendar and Google Documents. Read More   Al RobertsAWR Web Design, LLChttp://www.awrwebdesign.com ...

With cooler tempuratures on the way, it's now time to start thinking about our heating systems. One of AWR Web Design's clients is a local HVAC expert. Connecticut Cooling and Heating in Bloomfield, CT services all brands of heating and cooling systems. Please check out their website at http://ctcoolingandheating.com and they will give you a 10% discount for mentioning their website when you call them. Al RobertsAWR Web Design, LLChttp://www.awrwebdesign.com   ...

Finding a Freelancer to Work With and Becoming the Freelancer They Want to Hire

By Jennifer Kyrnin, About.com Guide

We often hear the same comments and complaints from potential clients contacting us about our web design services.  "We are not happy with the level of service from our current webmaster." "We got a quote from a larger design firm and it just does not fit into our budget." "We want a web site but have no idea where to begin." If this sounds like something you have been saying, then please read on. 

The St. Bernard School in Enfield, CT hired AWR Web Design, LLC to redsign their web site.  The school had a CMS site, but it was very difficult to update, forcing many teachers, who each have thier own page on the site, to not want to use it.  AWR Web Design installed Joomla 1.5 and rebuilt their site using much of the existing content. OSE Access Control software for installed allowing greater contol of content and creating an environment where each teacher can only edit their own class page. Each class page was given its own Section/Category in Joomla. The launch of the new site sparked some great enthusiasm from the students and staff of the school as they now have a product that is not only great looking but more importantly meets their functionality needs. Check out the school site at http://sbsenfield.org Al RobertsAWR Web Design, LLChttp://www.awrwebdesign.com  ...

It's great to have your own web site for your business. Actually, it's a neccessity these days. Along with your site comes your personalized email addresses ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ).  Email has become a primary form of communication in today's business world, but what happens in the unlikely event that your web server becomes unavailable for a period of time.  Let's face it, everything we are talking about relies on electronics. What happens when the hard drive your web site is on suddenly fails.  Unlikely, sure and of course it's backed-up on another drive by the web host, but this event would definitely cause some downtime for your site and your email because they are both on the same server.

Open Source CMS is an increasingly popular choice of web developers for web projects of all sizes, from simple advertisement sites all the way up to corporate ecommerce sites. There are many reasons for this, but mainly because the core software as well as many extensions and plugins are free. As with most software on the internet, there are many open source content management systems to choose from, however there are really only three that stand head and shoulders above the rest. Joomla!, Wordpress and Drupal.

AWR Web Design, LLC just launched a new web site for SheridanShea, LLC, based in Windsor Locks, CT.  This is an ecommerce site built using Joomla! and the Virtuemart ecommerce solution.  It consists of a product catalog and shopping cart with SSL as well as a system for customers to manage their accounts, order status and order history.

The question asked most often by our clients is "How do I make my site appear higher in the search engines?" Seems harmless enough, but the answer is the most complexed in web development.

Regardless of why you have a web site, whether its for your local group or organization all the way up to a full blown corporate site with eCommerce, you want people to be able to find it.