Coming Soon

Expect a new look for the website soon.  We're in the process or re-organizing our website to make things easier to find. 

  Intro to Website Development Class

Do you understand server-side vs client-side? Have you wondered what AJAX is? Have you heard the term Cascading Style Sheets and wondered who would use them and when? Would you like to know what tools are available to do a simple website without actually having to know HTML, PHP, and CSS? Our intro class will answer these questions for you and give you a foundation for making smarter decisions about developing a website.

We've got a class scheduled for Oct 22, in the evening from 6pm to 8pm. The class size will be limited to 12, and there will be a $20 fee. Give us a call if you're interested in reserving a place.

If there is enough interest we'll do a second class on Oct 29 from 6pm to 8pm.

  Authorize.net

SWCP has become a reseller for Authorize.net. When you've outgrown Paypal and want to handle more volume and/or more paying options, Authorize.net is a popular gateway payment system. You can apply to get a merchant account or if you already have a merchant account, you can use it with Authorize.net. Here's a link for further information and to get started .

Last month we announced several new blogs.

This month we've got a class on Web Development on the 22nd and we've added a new tool to set of content management systems available to our webapp installer, vlwcms, (Very light weight content management system). It's an easy way to get started with a content management system without lots of overhead. It doesn't need a database, or CGI access and it's got a very small footprint. It will allow you to have a consistant look and feel throughout your website, just pick a template. You can add as many pages of content as you'd like and have them referenced from a side or top navigation bar. Editing a page is as easy as using a word processor, no HTML, unless you'd like to get into the underlying HTML. There's a contact form builder that will allow you get collect information from people accessing your website and email it to you. 

Articles from previous months:

Josh starts a new blog about local shopping called Stimulate Your Neighbor.

Mark starts a blog for web developers hosting sites at SWCP: the webdev blog . This one is in the Members Only section of our site so you'll need to use your SWCP username/password.