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Next month Microsoft will launch the beta version of Internet Explorer 9 with accelerated HTML5. The intent of this software giant’s next-generation web browser is to allow “a more beautiful web that feels native on Windows,” says Microsoft.

IE9 will be available in a public beta release for the first time on September 15th, 2010 at Microsoft’s event in San Francisco. Microsoft formally releases the new version at its “Beauty of the Web” event in hopes to wow people and fend off any competition from such rivals as Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox.

IE9′s integration of HTML5 with full hardware acceleration is clearly a first step and it is good for Microsoft to be behind HTML5 – Al Hilwa, Director of Applications Software Development at the International Data Corporation

IE9′s features are based upon using the power of the whole PC to achieve the greatest websurfing experience. Internet Explorer 9 began from the premise of the internet delivering HTML5 experiences which feel more like a native application than a website. If you are still using Windows XP and would like to use Internet Explorer 9, you’ll need to upgrade to Windows Vista or Windows 7 in order to run this browser.

In order to find out what version of Internet Explorer you are running, simply go to the ‘Help’ tab on your web browser toolbar and choose the option ‘About Internet Explorer’. To find out what version of Windows you are currently running, click on “Start” on your taskbar, type “run” in the searchbox, and in the run dialog box type “winver” and click OK. A window will display the exact version of Windows you are running and any service packs installed.

There was a need for a new custom CMS website design template for my site and a cleaner layout for easier navigation.  I decided to do an entire new design and change a few things around for the desired look.  Compare the old home page at the left of this blog post and the new one to the right.  By moving the sidebar from the left to the right, using a lighter scheme of colors and changing the fonts, button styles and background, this is a look that I can be proud of to represent my business.

In order to solve the situation with having a clean, easy to navigate website, moving the Custom Google Search Box to the top of the sidebar seemed like a good idea.  Also now it’s easy to add different items into the sidebar exclusive to certain sections of my website.  This clean layout with lighter colors gives my website visitors a more pleasant browsing experience.

As a result, by using a new custom CMS design template for my website, navigation is easier and an improved browsing experience is attained.  Customizing the sidebar for each section is the next step, but for now, enjoy exploring my site for more tips and advice on small business website design.

A new converted website design for Masterson Construction of Los Angeles and Orange County, California launched recently in a cms content management system. Jack Masterson wanted a well-designed layout with quality search engine optimization to attract visitor traffic. My intent is to eventually redesign the blog as well to match the “new look”.

Masterson Construction is a licensed general contractor in California for residential and commercial construction, remodeling, and additions. The conversion of Masterson Construction has recently been completed from static pages to a custom CMS content management system design. Www.JackMasterson.com has been optimized for better search engine optimization by concentrating on how the competition hit google page one and focusing on what people search for to find this business niche.

Success online depends on a growing website. The benefit of having a custom CMS website design is that you can add content to your website without paying your designer for each revision. This allows Jack to upgrade his website constantly by investing time instead of money.

High quality similar to the revised design is what you can expect from CodeRepair. Learn more about the advantages of a cms custom website design by exploring our site, or email us from any page with questions about a new custom website redesign for your small business or for a prompt quote on your next web design project.

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By announcing new website design launches or projects for your small business, you can drive more traffic to your website. This approach could get you more customers because another post adds one more page you can be indexed by search engines.

Every time I launch a new website I announce it on my small business website blog in order to advertise what projects have been recently completed. The advantage is that people either in that business or looking for related topics may land on my website and see what I can do for them. In some rare cases I’ve found my site even ranked higher for a post I’ve written than the website I designed for my customer. My post then links to the customer that it was originally written to promote.

By announcing new projects for your small business website, you can promote yourself more, get more visitors to your website and eventually turn those visitors into paying customers.

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The first of 4 websites for the Custom CMS Design LLC family of websites launched recently for a LLC company formed earlier in July 2009 as a collaboration between the father and son team of Jim and Roger Degerstrom. Yes, Dad and I are the owners. The group of 4 sites feature a similar look and cover niche topics of custom cms web design from design services, advice, franchises, and an online school.

The basic theme is custom cms web design beginning with the launch of the .com site offering custom cms web design services at www.custom-cms-design.com. That initial website is also the company headquarters site that includes a matching blog for custom cms web design information and company news.

The other 3 are in development for release later in 2009 with the same root domain custom-cms-design. Each TLD (Top Level Domain) has a different purpose with .info for custom cms web design advice, the .net for custom cms web design franchises, and .org for a custom cms web design online school.

Learn about our progress by returning to the blog often, or view tweets and message us by following cmsPro for custom cms web design on Twitter.

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A new custom website design for Haggetts Aluminum Awnings of Central Florida launched recently in a cms content management system. They wanted a well-designed layout with quality search engine optimization to attract visitor traffic. Their business is custom aluminum awnings manufactured and installed from their factory in Kissimmee, Florida.

The site features colorful awning photos in the top header, and a custom video tour of their factory on the home page to show how their custom aluminum awnings are manufactured. Other pages include product descriptions with photos, a photo gallery, and an awning colors gallery created in advanced web design techniques using xhtml with css instead of flash. Each page of this custom cms web design lists contact information and extra awning photos in the right sidebar, and a FAQs page with more aluminum awning information.

With a custom aluminum awning website in a CMS content management system, the website owner has the ability to add content without paying a web designer to make each revision. Learn more about the advantages of a cms web design by exploring our website, or email us from any page for a prompt quote on your next web design project.

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The conversion of CodeRepair has been completed from static pages to a custom CMS content management system design. Since I offer custom CMS webdesign to my clients, it made sense to convert my website to the same system that I sell.

The new look is designed with a 1600 pixel width background with all content centered so it will look great on any monitor size. In addition, the redesign includes a revised template with css so the blog matches the look of the main site.

Success online depends on a website that grows. The benefit of having a custom CMS website design is you can add content to your website without paying your designer for each revision. This allows you to upgrade your site constantly by investing your time instead of your money.

High quality similar to the revised design is what you can expect from CodeRepair. Email us from any page with any questions about a new custom website or redesign for your small business.

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Recently I helped in the launch of a custom CMS (Content Management System) website redesign for CDAAlliance by collaborating on this rather large project with my father, Jim Degerstrom. This website contained almost 100 pages, and their direction of business had also recently changed. As a result, a major overhaul of the site was required to reflect their new business model and their new future direction.

CDAAlliance’s redesign collaboration between myself and my father had text content that had to be edited and updated. From Joomla we converted it to a less complicated custom CMS package by doing text rewrites and seo revisions to this site prior to launch, and then 301 redirects from the old page names to new ones.

Now that the site has been converted to a custom CMS system, it’s usability is enhanced, page load time is faster, and the website owner can easily take it over to add and edit content.

Update Aug 2009: This redesign in a green color scheme has been transferred back to JimDegerstrom.com and changed again. He will manage a family of 3 websites created by him and redesigned for the client with a new matching look similar for each one.

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