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.

The website serves as an not only an online portfolio of Phil’s work but also a place to purchase Phil’s artwork online.

This website has one of the sharpest designs in Wide Open’s portfolio and unfortunately, we can not take credit for it.  The designed was created by Phil himself.  What we did was take the original, multi-layered photoshop design Phil created and turned it into a fully functioning website.

We first took his design and extracted all the images we needed to create a standard template (background images, navigation images, hover images, ect).  We then created multiple static pages which include the artist biography, art dealers page and contact page.

After getting the static pages created, we installed and configured a PHP version e-commerce templates online store.  Once the store files were configured and MySQL database was setup, we used the design from the static pages and implemented them into the store pages.

Once the store was setup, we moved on to adding a hosted WordPress blog.  This required creating an additional MySQL database and developing a theme to match the online store pages and static pages.

Once everything was setup, we asked the client to check it out.  Once everything was approved, we linked the store to the clients payment processor, ran a few test transactions and made the site live and got the site Google Verified.

This site is the forth site we launched this year.  This is also our forth website in the past five years in which we took another designer’s design and turned it into a fully functioning website.  Besides PhilPierceArt.com, we have also done this for NYSSA-PGA.org, MailFast.us and Pomonas.com.

So if you are a web or graphic designer who can design a site but can’t turn it into a functioning website, give us a call or email us.

Wide Open implemented a design created by Phil Pierce himself and developed it from a single Photoshop file into a fully functioning website.  We installed and configured an e-commerce templates online store and a hosted WordPress blog.  We also host the website and make changes to it when requested.

The old JamesDietz.com website was coded many years ago in a language called iHTML and data was stored in a MSSQL database.  The owners of the site wanted to get away from this old store and switch over to an e-commerce system that would evolve as the internet evolved.

Old JamesDietz.com Website Design

We created their new site on the PHP version of e-commerce templates while storing the data in a MySQL database on our Linux server.  We then imported all of the old items and content from the old site into the new site.

We then did some custom coding on the home page to promote the Latest Releases.  We created a function which checks the database for the newest item added to the online store that was recommended by the staff.  Then the top five recommended items are featured on the Latest Works page.  We created these functions to help speed up website maintenance.  Instead of creating multiple images and updating multiple static pages, the website admin now only has to add the new print to the store’s back-end system and check the recommended box.  By checking the recommended box, it updates the home page and Latest Works page while adding the product to the store pages.

One last feature we added was the ability to share the store products on Facebook, Google+ or Twitter.  Our personal favorite is Mud In Your Eye.

JamesDietz.com is our third site to go live this year.  If you are looking for a new website or want your website redesigned, please let us know.

Wide Open designed/host this site, setup the shopping cart software and currently does routine updates to it.

Music, Gettysburg! is a premier concert series featuring international, regional and local musical artists for the greater southern Pennsylvania region. Concerts are free and open to the public. Support for the series comes from another Wide Open client, the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, and also directly from local businesses and individuals.

MusicGettysburg.org has hosted at Wide Open for many years.  Their old website was coded in a very dated language, iHTML.  The staff at Music, Gettysburg! wanted a newer looking website with the ability to make changes, add upcoming events AND have the ability to add and control advertising on their website.  All of the above is possible with WordPress.

First thing we did was create the design.  Music, Gettysburg! said they wanted a design similar to another one of their sites, IntersectionsInstitute.org.  Once they sent us a copy of their logo, we whipped up the design which can be seen on the live site.

We then installed the hosted WordPress system and implemented the design into a custom theme.  After that, we created all the pages on the site and copied & pasted the content from the old site into the new site.  For the website’s navigation, we used a plug-in called Multi-level Navigation Plugin.  We use this plug-in on a lot of our WordPress websites including our own.  From a developer point-of-view, it’s beyond easy to style and fit into any theme and the options are endless.

Once the navigation and pages were set, we had to figure out how to add and manage the upcoming events.  First we were just going to do regular posts under an “events” category but then we found a great plug-in called Event Organiser.  This plug-in creates a custom post-type called Events.  From the Events section of the admin you are able to add, edit and delete Events.  From the single Event editor, you can add the Event start date/time, end date/time, event details, event excerpt and even alter the event permalink.  What’s really neat is the venues.  From the venues section of the admin, you can add a venue name, address and description.  Once the details of the venue are added, it finds the venue on an embedded Google Map.  This map can then me used on your event page so the user knows where the event is located.  We used the Event Organiser plug-in to list upcoming events on the site’s sidebar as well as their full season schedule.

After creating a performers page and news page, the last large task was to find a solution to handle the advertising on the website.  There are a TON of advertising plug-ins out there, many of which contain too many options and are confusing.  There is one though that is simple to understand yet has the complexity of the others which is called AdRotate.  With this plug-in, I was able to create two advertising spots.  One in the sidebar and one in the header.  Music, Gettysburg! staff will be able to create ad images then upload them to the WordPress admin to create advertisements on their website.  They can select the uploaded image from their Media Library then enter a URL for the ad to link to.  They can even set the ad to stop displaying after so many clicks or impressions.  If they enter multiple ads, they can select certain ads to have a heavier “weight” to take priority over other ads.  Heavier ads will display more often then lighter ads.  Overall, it’s a GREAT plug-in to use when you want to control advertising on your website.

To wrap it all up we used Velvet Blues Update URLs plug-in to change all the development URLs to the live URL and installed & activated Jetpack as well as Google XML Sitemaps and All in One SEO Pack.

MusicGettysburg.org is our latest WordPress site to go live & one we’re pretty proud of.

MusicGettysburg.org has hosted their website at Wide Open for many years and decided they wanted a face-lift.  We redesigned their site and placed it on a hosted WordPress system.  From the WordPress admin they can add future concert events, manage advertising on their website and add/edit content whenever they wish.  You can read more details about this project on our blog.

From time to time a client comes to us wanting a website based off a design they already have.

Sometimes a client will purchase a design/template or they hire a graphic designer to create the design.  However, once they have the design, they need to turn it into a working website.  This was the case with a website that launched yesterday, MAILFAST.us.

MAILFAST was referred to us by one of our partner companies, 3PSoftware.  The design for the site was created by Taylor Lee Communications.  Taylor emailed us the original Photoshop file that he had created.  We then hid the layers of text and sliced up the images and exported a working HTML page.

We then created an ASP page which became the template page for all the pages on the site.  We incorporated a JavaScript based navigation and created the site’s CSS file.  Once the base page was created, MAILFAST began sending us content to populate the pages.

After all the content was added, we went through all the pages making sure each page had a unique title tag and all the proper meta tags.  The site was then sent to MAILFAST management for approval.  After a few tweaks changes, the site was approved.  We then uploaded all the websites files to 3PSoftware’s servers and they then moved it to a live webserver.  Once the site was live, we got the site Google Verified through the Google Webmaster Tools.  MAILFAST.us is our 56th Google Verified website.

If you have a design for a website that you need turned into a living, breathing website, please contact us and we’ll get you all squared away.

NTC wanted a website where they could display a lot of info on the various house models they offer and available plots as well as information about the various developments they have going on.  To make adding content easy for the user, we developed the site in WordPress.

From the WordPress admin, NTC staff is able to add new house plans, update their list of features and add homes that they have for sale.  They are also able to view web stats for their site from the WordPress admin.

Another feature they wanted on the website was the option to fill out an online application.  Using the WordPress plug-in Contact Form 7, we made an application which when submitted, pushes an email to the applicant as well as a person on the NTC staff.  The form is also editable from the WP admin.

This website is just the first of many websites we’ll be launching this year.  Check back for other websites that will go live in 2012.  Also check back often as we will be launching a SLEW of new services throughout the year including purchasing hosting online.

As always, if you have any questions, comments or need general internet help, shoot us an email or call us at 717-337-2424.

We designed & developed this site in WordPress so the staff could update the site when they see fit.  They are able to add new house plans, homes that are for sale & can also add new photos to the Photo Gallery page all from the WordPress admin.  We also enabled and utilitzed various plug-ins including All in One SEO Pack, Photospace, Sociable and Slideshow Gallery.  Wide Open also host this website.