Taylor Lee created the site’s design then sent us the photoshop files.  We sliced up those files and created a custom theme for WordPress.  This way Eric Osterberg could log in and make changes to his site whenever he needed.

The WordPress end of the site is pretty standard.  The site utilizes the default post and page document types to store it’s content.  We did use an image slider plug-in called TheTheFly on the home page to side between various banner images.  We also installed a variety of other plug-ins including the All-In-One SEO Pack, Jetpack, Google XML Sitemaps, a WP to Twitter plug-in and a WP to Facebook plug-in.

One of the last things we did was import Mr. Osterberg’s TypePad blog into his hosted WordPress.  Doing this will increase his odds of generating and bringing in more search engine traffic, opposed to having this blog and blog content hosted elsewhere.

The final step was exporting the development MySQL database and importing it to their website and uploading all the required files to make the website work.  We wrapped it all up then by getting the website Google Verified.

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The website design was created by Taylor Lee Communications.  Taylor reached out to us for develop his design into a working hosted WordPress website.  We created all the templates necessary for the website.  When all the pages were done, we imported Mr. Osterberg’s old TypePad blog into the hosted WordPress blog so all of his content would be located at one URL.

After working on and launching PhilPierceArt.com, Phil told us he had another project he wanted us to help with.  He explained the site was currently live and looked ok, but the developers didn’t make it work the way Phil and his partners wanted it to work.  So they brought it over to Wide Open.

The issues with the site consisted of load times, lack of search engine optimization and clunky checkout process.  Among a long list of changes and tweaks, the biggest thing they wanted was to have a single page checkout.

We took Phil’s design and implemented it within WordPress.  We created a custom theme and then installed and setup the WP e-Commerce plug-in.  With this plug-in, we were able to have their single page checkout, incorporate their Auth.net credit card processing and have total control over the design of the store.

All of their product images were transparent .png files which caused a lot of their heavy load times.  They were like this so they could display the stone background behind the product images.  What we did was left the thumbnails as .png files but for the large product images, we placed the stone background within the image and saved them as .jpgs.  This lighted their load times a good bit.  Their slider images were also .pngs which we converted over to .jpgs as well.

To help with search engine optimization, we installed and setup the All-in-One SEO Pack plug-in so each page would have its own title, description and keywords.  We also made images contain their product titles within the image tags and tried to use as much plain text as possible.

One last thing we setup was some RSS readers on the main military branch pages.  To achieve this, we used the Display RSS Feeds Anywhere plug-in.  Each military branch pages pulls in their respective branch news from the Military Times Network RSS feeds.

BattlefieldCollection.com is our 6th site to go live at Wide Open in 2012.  It is also our 63rd Google Verified website.

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This site was designed by military artist Phil Pierce and developed by us.  We took Phil’s design and implemented it on a WordPress platform to make it easy for them to update and maintain.  We also used the WP e-commerce plug-in to incorporate an online store.  This was the first e-commerce site we created on the WordPress platform.

We developed PeckMotorsports.com to be extra easy to update. From the WordPress admin, the Peck staff can easily update any of their pages on the site plus much more.

Using the Event Organizer, they can all add future events which involve Peck Motorsports. The plug-in creates the event as a stand alone page to help with search engine optimization. Event pages include a Google Map of the event location and details of the event. Events are also listed on the home page.

We also setup a Twitter plug-in which displays @PeckMotorsports twitter feed on the home page.

One big thing Peck Motorsports wanted was a photo gallery. Using WordPress’s built in function to get a pages attached images, we were able to hardcode in a standard lightbox script. This way all the staff has to do is create the page and upload the images. The script will render the thumbnails and lightbox tags to display a nice photogallery.

PeckMotorsports.com is the 5th website to go live at Wide Open this year and is also 7th site that Wide Open has developed in 2012.

This is another website designed by the Martin Design Group and developed by us.  We developed the site on the WordPress platform so the crew at Peck Motorsports could log into the site and make their own changes.  They can log in and add upcoming events, update their news posts, add photo galleries and also add race members to the Team page.  We also included a plug-in which imports their Twitter feed on their home page.

The Rays, 1 of 6 teams in the Minor Division for New Oxford Junior Baseball Cal Ripken League, took 1st place.  Other teams in the Division were the Cubs, Mets, Diamondbacks, Angels, and the Twins

The Rays had an awesome season.  The picture above (click for larger view) is the team getting their 1st place trophies after beating the Dbacks with a score of 5 to 2.

The Rays then went on to win their Championship game against Diamonbacks once again with a score of 3 to 2.

The Rays finished their amazing season with a record of 17-0.

BIG Congratulations to all the players, coaches and fans.

The website’s design was created by the Martin Design Group from Hanover, PA.  When ABBInd approved the design, the photoshop file was sent to Wide Open for us to develop it into a fully functioning WordPress website.

We used a variety of plug-ins for the website including Contact Form 7, All in One SEO Pack, Viper’s Video Quicktags, Global Translator, Multi-level Navigation Plugin and Jetpack.

After getting the site configured, we went out and showed Martin Design Group how to use the WordPress admin so he could show the client how to update and maintain their future website.

Once Abbottstown Industries approved the website, we exported the MySQL database and moved it and the files of the website to their current host.  Within a few minutes later, the website was live.  We then got the site Google verified.

Martin Design Group and Wide Open will be teaming up in the future for more web projects, so stay tuned.

The design of this website was done by Martin Design Group from Hanover, PA.  Once the design was approved by Abbottstown Industries, we implemented that design into WordPress.  We used the Contact Form 7 plug-in to create the contact forms on the home page and contact page.  We also inserted some custom coding to create the lightbox photo galleries on each sub-page.  Finally we transferred the files and MySQL database to their current host to make the website live.

We now offer the option for people to securely purchase web hosting, domain names and even reseller hosting through Wide Open Communications.   You can begin the process at by clicking here.

Our web hosting packages start at $9.99/month (or $99.99/year).  We also offer the option to purchase premium SPAM filtering and a Shared SSL Certificate with your web hosting.  You can view all of our packages and add-ons on our Pricing page.

Along with our web hosting, you can also register a new or transfer an existing domain to Wide Open.  Domain Transfers are a one-time cost of $35.00 while domain registrations and renewals start at $29.99/year.  We currently are setup to accept .com, .net, .org, .us, .info, .biz, .mobi, .pro, .us.com and .us.org.  If there is a Top Level Domain (TLD) you would like that is not on our list, let us know as we can accept MANY more.

The last product we offer is Reseller Web Hosting.  This is a product for web designers/developers who don’t have physical access to servers.  You can purchase a Reseller hosting plan starting at $29.95/month (or $299.99/year).  Our Bronze Package includes 10 domains, 50GB of web space, 500GB of bandwidth 25 email accounts, 10 MySQL Databases and 10 FTP accounts.  You can view all of our Reseller Packages on our Pricing page.

To pay for your order, we are currently using PayPal to authorize and charge credit cards.  When you are ready to pay for your order, you will be transferred over to PayPal.com.  This does not mean you need a PayPal account to finish your transaction.  When you see the PayPal page, you’ll see a section of the site which says “Don’t have a PayPal account?” (Click here to view screenshot).  Click that link and a new section will open up asking for your credit card details.  Once the transaction is completed, you will be transferred back over to WideOpen.net.

Once your order is received and payment has been completed, we will create your hosting account within 24 hours (or less).  You will receive a series of confirmation emails verifying your account creation, payment confirmation and when your hosting account is ready to use.

If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please feel free to contact us.  You can call or email us.  We are in the office from 8am to 4pm eastern standard time.