Virtually anywhere you visit online, chances are you’ll see a WordPress website. By some measures, more than 40 percent of websites built with WordPress, the popular content management software built originally as a blogging platform. At Site Mender, we make liberal use of the platform for many of our customers. As with any content management […]
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Why You Need to Stop Using Internet Explorer Right Now
In 2015, Microsoft discontinued updates for its once-popular web browser Internet Explorer. For years, IE was the standard, not necessarily because it was the best (it wasn’t) or because it was the safest (wasn’t that either), but because it came bundled with the most popular operating system on the planet, Windows. Today, fewer than three […]
Four Rules for Using Video on Your Website
Video has become an enormously popular way to convey messages about your business and create interesting visual displays on your website. For many years, slow connection speeds made website video nearly impossible to use. Now, with high speed connections available even on mobile devices, website video usage has exploded in popularity. From commercial content and […]
New Law Firm Website Design Launch for R. Bruce Wallace
Site Mender proudly announces the launch of the new law firm website design for R. Bruce Wallace. This experienced Houston attorney focuses his practice on trust and estate issues, and oil and gas. But, he also has a unique specialization as an expert witness, providing testimony in his areas of practice. With many years experience in […]
Website Banner Best Practices: How To Choose The Right Image for Your Message
Businesses often employ a website banner on the front page of their business websites. Some of these are massive, browser-spanning, screen-filling images (or even videos) with text on them. The huge website banner, often referred to as a hero image, can be an effective tool for driving home a marketing messages if done correctly. But […]
Thoroughbred Ventures Launches New Energy Industry Website Design
Site Mender is thrilled to announce the launch of the new energy industry website design for Dallas-area oil and gas investment company Thoroughbred Ventures. Since 2010, Thoroughbred has provided oil and gas investments for their clients, but their energy industry website design was woefully out of date. The team at Thoroughbred understood it was time for […]
Parsons Law Firm Launches Inaugural Website
Site Mender is happy to announce the launch of the new law firm website design for Parsons Law Firm. This new Houston law firm is focused primarily on business and construction law. The attorneys at Parsons have loads of experience, but the firm is new, so they needed a brand new law firm website design that would […]
Hurricane Harvey and Our Disaster Preparedness
As all of you know who live along the Gulf Coast, hurricane season is unpredictable, in some cases, dramatically so. If you’ve been following the news, Hurricane Harvey (currently a category 3 major storm) is scheduled to make landfall near Corpus Christi this evening or early Saturday morning. While this initially will only impact the […]
5 Common Website Design Questions Asked When Building a Website
For nearly 20 years, we have been creating beautiful website design, providing web development and website maintenance services for customers. A lot has changed but many of the website design questions remain the same. Sure, everyone wants to know how much it will cost and how long it will take. But, when it comes to […]