Over the years, we have built our own PHP development environment, based on the open-source Zend framework. We have a strong belief in the Model-View-Controller (MVC) architecture, and strict version control with Subversion (SVN), because the results are cleaner, more efficient code. Utilizing the Zend framework also gives us access to the large and expanding library for Rapid Application Development (RAD), while still having the flexibility to customize the framework and make it our own.

Using the MVC design pattern allows us to have a clear separation of business logic and presentation logic.  This presents a distinct advantage when building web applications because it separates what the user sees from what goes on in the background.  This moves away from mixing data-layer code, such as database queries, in with your display code and allows us to create reusable modules, such as photo galleries and shopping carts, for significantly faster builds in large applications.

The MVC architecture also offers ease of maintenance, since each component (model, view and controller) is self contained, performing upgrades and changes, such as switching databases from Access to MySQL, become much less painful and cumbersome then in the past.

We make it a priority to stay on the frontline of the ever changing technology in the Web and Internet industry; currently, we are working on a 2.0 version of our framework that will use portions of Domain Driven Design (DDD) to create clean structure and more efficient code patterns.  One of the biggest changes on the way is a central code base with customizable modules.  With this 2.0 framework we will be able to increase our build time on large projects, and push upgrades to a central code base rather then individual applications.

But don’t think that since we developed our own PHP framework we are averse to working with other languages.  Just send your application our way and we are happy to roll up our sleeves, jump into your Ruby/Flash/ASP project and get our hands dirty.

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Founded in 1995, WebSight Design offers business clients a range of website design and development services, including website programming, website hosting, website marketing, and colocation management.

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About Ignite Advisors, LLC

In 2008, Ignite Advisors founder Eric Del Balso, realized there was a niche for Ignite Advisors, Some of the best and brightest ideas are coming out of small companies in LA and the Silicon Valley, but many of them are still struggling to make significant headway in the commercial aspects of their business. Ignite Advisors marries the brightest minds from the engineering and products disciplines with some of the best deal- makers in the industry.

Ignite Advisors has assembled a highly seasoned advisory panel across all disciplines with both years of expertise and vast networks. This deep bench of talent brings a short, impactful burst during those critical early stages of fledgling digital media companies. Ignite Advisors’ strategic services help these companies make the alliances and partnerships that will help them realize their full potential quickly.

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The new design includes a rotating banner feature on the newly redesigned homepage.  This banner cycles through images that are uploaded from the administrator and highlight featured upcoming shows.  With this relaunch they have added a fabulous new photo gallery where you can browse through galleries of past show that they have represented. They have also added an archive feature to their site.  In the archive you can review all their past shows including information about headliners and supporting acts.

Premier Concerts produces and promotes concerts for amazing artists such as, Van Morisson, Alice Cooper, and Tony Bennett.   Premierconcerts.com is a one stop shop in where you can find all the information you will need about concert venues, show information and concert tickets in Connecticut and Massachusetts.

Premier Concerts was formed in January 2004 by veteran entertainment executive producer Peter Kauff and investor and concert promoter Keith Mahler.  Through the restoration of the Palace Theater in Waterbury, CT, they launched Premier Concerts to produce and promote concerts in Connecticut and Massachusetts.  Peter and Keith have been working in concert promotion and production for over 20 years and have represented some very popular artists including, George Carlin, REO Speedwagon, The Eagles, Led Zeppelin, The Who, and Jethro Tull.

Visit PremierConcerts.com for concert tickets in Connecticut and Massachusetts is a post from: WebSight Design, Inc. company blog. With headquarters in the San Francisco bay area, WebSight Design, Inc. has been providing world class web engineering, creative design and hosting solutions since 1995. WebSight Design

Recently one of our SEO experts, Alan Bleiweiss, published a case study for StorageSeeker.com on Search Engine Journal, one of the premier SEO blogs online.  In it he shares the methodology he used to get our client to the top of the first page of Google.  Alan and the SEO team at WebSight Design are masters at best-practice SEO techniques and achieving awesome organic search results.

Read the article: Sitemaps and Internal Links – 10000 Page Test

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11345 is an independent record label & mail order emporium.  Not only do they carry hundreds of items pop, rawk n’ roll, cow-punk, alt-country, and garage items, as well as t-shirts, stickers, and zines from independent artists and labels,  11345 is also the exclusive mail-order provider for many webstores.

The 11345 record label represents artists such as Tucker, Sandycoates, Goodfellas, Cables, Nova Come Home, and Overlap.

We might post a sneak-preview of the interface later on, but rest assured that the new 11345.com will look cool and function with smooth efficiency.

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WebSight Design, Inc. is pleased to announce our role as lead technology consultant to Marin County real estate firm Morgan Lane Marin in their acquisition of Pacific Union GMAC Real Estate, one of the largest real estate brokerage firms in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The deal will bring together 17 Bay Area offices and more than 430 real estate professionals with combined sales volume projected to reach $2.2 billion in 2009.  Morgan Lane Marin is purchasing Pacific Union from Brookfield Asset Management.  As part of the deal, the two companies will continue to operate under their existing names as independently owned and operated franchised companies.

Morgan Lane, Marin County’s premier luxury real estate firm, has grown from $52 million in home sales in 2006 to $315 million in 2008.  Pacific Union was ranked No. 3 on the Business Times’ List of largest Bay Area residential real estate firms for 2008, selling homes with a total value of $3.157 billion.  Morgan Lane Marin CEO Mark McLaughlin, who will lead the new operation, believes that the combined firms will become the Bay Area’s leading luxury real estate brand.

WebSight Design is based in Sausalito, CA. Morgan Lane Marin has offices in Ross, Kentfield, Mill Valley, and Belvedere.  WebSight Design has provided Morgan Lane Marin with web design services, web hosting, technical support, and marketing services for over 10 years.

We look forward to many more years of working with Mark, Tracy, and the rest of the Morgan Lane Marin team.

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We have worked very hard on the new and improved Santana.com.  The previous site 9 years old, so this was much more then just a mop and polish! Along with a complete visual redesign, we have added new multi-media sections and updated the functionality and usability of content control.

You will first notice that we have created two unique homepage designs, one that is based on album art and one the is a original concept.  We have also added a “Featured Five” section at the top, this is an interactive banner which will play videos right in the featured area without going to a new page. This is read from updateable XML files, this means easy to update changes to any and all content that is controlled by Flash applications embedded in the site.

Of course, being the smashing web development team that we are, we are well aware of the problems that flash causes in non-compatible browsers, so we have also developed a non-Flash version of the site for use in mobile browsers and any machines that don’t have the Flash plugin.

Make sure you stop by Santana.com and check out all the new features! We hope you enjoy it as much as we do!

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Create the user with the home directory as the root of what they can access
Give the user a password
Make their primary group psacln
Add them to the psaserv group as well
# useradd username -d /var/www/html/website/slideshow/
# passwd username
Enter new password for username
# usermod -g psacln username
# usermod -G psaserv username
You also need to chmod the directory in question to 775

That’s it.

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The old virtual site’s apache config file had the site bound to *:443, so when I added the new site I changed the old one to [Old IP Address]:443, so it wouldn’t conflict with the new one which was bound to [New IP Address]:443. While logically it seemed like that should have worked, it didn’t, and was serving up the old cert for the new site.

I fixed the issue by changing the binding for the old virtual site back to *:443, while leaving the new one on [new IP address]:443. To me, it seems like this shouldn’t work, and that the *:443 would catch all the requests, but apparently that’s how it is supposed to be, and the binding with the IP address overrides the wildcard binding. Who knew?

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Getting it all setup wasn’t difficult. The Django installation is very easy. I started to get errors when I was trying to get my models working when I ran

. Come to find out that I needed the MySQL-Python library installed to work correctly on my OSX Leopard machine. Most everything that I illustrate below is to be executed from the command-line. So if you are not familiar with working in the Terminal app, this post is gonna suck for you. So here is what I did to get it working:

First, download MySQL for Python
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mysql-python
for me it was MySQL-python-1.2.2.tar

Unpack it:

Change to the directory that is created:

Next, locate your “mysql_conf” file.

Copy the location of this file so you can use it in the next few steps.

Next, you need to edit the “site.cfg” file and add the path to your “mysql_conf” file.

Also, (very important), change the line that reads:

TO

Save and exit the file.

Now, compile and install the library:

NOTE: You may need to run “python setup.py clean” if you previously tried to build and install the library.

Next is the *really* important part. After I kept getting errors trying to run the Python server I found the missing piece on the ProjectMouse.org site.

The key is, you need to create a symbolic link in the location that Python is expecting to find MySQL. This should be a link to the MySQL library that your computer is setup to use.
See here:

NOTE: “mysql-5.0.41-osx10.4-i686″ is where MySQL is installed on my machine. Change this to the location specific to your computer.

Finally, import MySQLdb into Python and test your configuration:

NOTE: You should not see any errors or warnings. Hit “Ctrl+d” to exit the interepter.

Now go back and run

again and you should not get any errors.

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