Kristin grew up in central New York, graduated from Harvard, and moved to the Big Apple, New York City. She has worked at a literary agency, taught creative writing, and freelanced for magazines and travel guides.

During her time as a journalist, she interviewed a man named Mark. Mark was a die-hard farmer who’s passion for agriculture caused Kristin’s interest to develop beyond that of her current profession.

In 2004, Mark and Kristin founded Essex Farm – the world’s first full-diet CSA. Since, Essex has flourished, and Kristin has been busy at work, both farming and writing. With the publication of The Dirty Life, Kimball has also written for O Magazine, Vogue, Gourmet Live, and a variety of other publications.

In addition to the critical acclaim of her book, ranging from the New Yorker to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Essex has been featured in magazines such as Food & Wine.

With her new website design, Kristin will extend her online presence to match that of her book and farm’s popularity.

Kristin Kimball Cultivates an Online Following with KristinKimball.com 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

Specific elements included a big, colorful announcement of the new album on the home page and changes to the site-wide background image. Replacing an image of Jorge singing and playing guitar from his previous album, Here I Am, the new background depicts a stylized photo of the musician’s hands playing the guitar. This background comes directly from the Gracias Madrecita CD insert artwork.

The new website design also features two additional pages for Gracias Madrecita. One shows photos from the making and recording of the album, while the other provides MP3 song samples which can be played directly on the site. The site also gives users links to buy the album online. Finally, the redesign adds Gracias Madrecita to Jorge’s discography database.

Prominent new features on the site are the home page—with its Gracias Madrecita theme and album artwork—and the Gracias Madrecita pages added deeper into the site.

The newest release of the site adds vibrant color and design elements into the existing site structure. By swapping out the subtle site-wide background image, visitors get a sense of change throughout the site. The new Gracias Madrecita graphic elements are a great color play and focal point for the site.

JorgeSantana.com’s Redesign Promotes His Newest Album, Gracias Madrecita 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

Many believe that this bill is a direct violation of American freedom as it restricts online access and, in some cases, freedom of speech.

Including a variety of high profile websites, more than 6,000 sites have signed up to fight against what they are calling the beginning of American censorship. More than 1 million individuals have also joined the cause, sending out concerned emails to congress members across the country.

In fact party members from both sides, Democrats and Republicans, are voicing their opposition to the bill. Nancy Pelosi (D) Tweeted, “Need to find a better solution than #SOPA #DontBreakTheInternet …” Republican House Representative Darrell Issa Re-Tweeted, “If even we agree … RT @NancyPelosi: Need to find a better solution than #SOPA.”

Spearheaded by AmericanCensorship.org, individuals and corporations alike are standing in opposition of what many believe to be a slippery slope and an attack on freedom of speech.

At the same time, corporations with interests in blocking websites which directly affect their sales and profits are in full support of the SOPA backed internet blacklist.

Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony, EA, and even Apple support the bill because if the US government was granted the power to block sites which offer music or other media for free, consumers would be forced to go back to paying the corporate giants for their services. This would mean huge profits, despite what would certainly mean website blocking, risk of jail for ordinary users, and a slew of new legal threats to website designers, owners, and online entrepreneurs.

American Censorship vs. “Stop Online Piracy Act” (SOPA) 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

WebSight Design is very proud to be a part of the Doobons.com launch. WSD was involved with extensive development and design, as well as search engine optimization. The Doobons site is clean and organized, creating a highly user-friendly interface.

Doobons is a legal medical marijuana dispensary search engine dedicated to providing medical marijuana advice, promotions, and other resources to anybody who might benefit from the use of medical marijuana.

Doobons traces its beginnings to an unsuspecting family member whose father was diagnosed with cancer. When traditional treatments were unable to effectively manage the patient’s pain and chemotherapy was causing a debilitating inability to eat, Doobons’ founder began to search for alternative medicines.

Unaware of how to navigate the world of legal medical marijuana, the Doobons founders quickly realized that no user-friendly and moreover no patient-friendly resources existed to serve those in need of this alternative medicine.

When he saw the great response the patient had, he knew that something had to be done to help patients and their caregivers. Doobons was born.

The site features interactive maps of medical marijuana dispensaries, doctors, lawyers, or other cannabis related businesses. Additionally, location based deals and discounts allow patients to access the very best price for their medication.

Doobons also provides comprehensive resources, such as information on how to get your medical marijuana doctor’s recommendation or cannabis card, which strains or forms of intake are best for particular illnesses or ailments, as well as current up-to-date news.

Doobons is committed connecting medical marijuana patients with the legal help and rights information that they need.

The Doobons team is highly committed to the cure and treatment of ailments which can be treated by alternative medicines. They have begun donating and giving back to the foundations such as The American Cancer Society.

Doobons business members can create profiles including video and photo galleries, company information, reviews section, and product menu option. They also have  the opportunity to create and post banner and geo-targeted ads on the Doobons site, as well as send out email notifications to Doobons patient members.

Doobons.com had its official public launch over the past weekend, November 11 to 13, at the HempCon medical marijuana show in San Jose, and the owners are gearing up to have the Southern California release this coming weekend, November 18 to 20, at the KushExpo in Orange County. Don’t miss your chance to meet the great founders of Doobons.com!

Doobons Launches as the First Truly Professional and Patient-Oriented Medical Marijuana Resource! 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

WebSight Design is proud to announce the launch of Cindy Blackman Santana‘s new website! WSD worked closely with Cindy to create the most rockin’ and user-friendly website for her future or current loyal fanbase. Specifically, our team was involved with the design and presentation-layer code.

Cindy is originally from Yellow Springs, Ohio and is a renowned jazz and rock drummer. She has preformed with a variety of other world class musicians, including Lenny Kravitz, Sam Rivers, and Buckethead!

Today, she performs in jazz and rock & roll concerts worldwide. She is currently the touring drummer for Carlos Santana to whom she is also married.

Cindy’s new website includes many great features. The cool moving background give site visitors a sense of levity, and the photo & video galleries allow them to get an inside peek into the life of Cindy Blackman Santana. The website also has loads of other interesting info and ‘tid-bits’ about Cindy.

Cindy Blackman Santana’s Website Design is Rockin’! 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

RanchWeb connects owners of ranch retreats and resorts with vacationers looking for a special getaway. The site provides detailed categorical organization, as well as current discounts available at various ranches.

RanchWeb members can now take advantage of:

o More exciting and organized ranch vacation listings
o Seamless integration of social media, such as Twitter & Facebook
o Improved reporting and management for member listings

• Click-through analytics
• Page views reporting
• Space availability requests management

With the new organization of the site, visitors can find location-based offerings through RanchWeb’s seamless Google Maps integration. Additionally, the incorporation of social media links will allow users to stay up-to-date with their favorite ranches news, deals, and information, as well as improve the ongoing search engine optimization efforts for the overall site.

The reporting and listing management has been given a face lift too! Member ranches will be able to easily see how many visitors have landed on their RanchWeb listing and exactly how many of them have clicked through f to their respective ranch websites.

RanchWeb is as dedicated as ever to providing top notch ranch vacation and resort services, and Gene Kilgore (Founder of RanchWeb) is excited to offer you these great new tools.

RanchWeb.com: Driving a Herd of New Vacationers to Ranch Resorts 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

WebSight Design is proud to announce our new client, Fort Ticonderoga.

Along with now providing them with hosting services, we completely redid the site with a new design, an easy to navigate site structure, and a back-end with a Content Management System.

With the robust CMS, the client can log in and make updates to nearly every page, add additional pages when needed, manage the photos on the home page, and post upcoming events to their event calendar for prospective visitors to the Fort. It saves a considerable amount of time and gives them strong autonomy.

The site also presents several interesting e-commerce features, such as making a tax-deductible donation to keep Ticonderoga’s doors open. You can also join the Friends of Fort Ticonderoga and enjoy several benefits. Finally, you will discover the Fort Ticonderoga Museum store that offers a wide variety of specialty products for children, youths and adults. It is considered the best history bookstore in the region!

We have worked hand in hand with all of the Fort Ticonderoga staff, particularly with Beth Hill, the executive director, to create a site that inspires American history and shows the magic of this place of interest.

Fort Ticonderoga, formerly Fort Carillon, is one of the great places in American history. It is located near the south end of Lake Champlain in upstate New York. Built by the French between 1754 and 1757 during the Seven Years’ War, it was of strategic importance during the 18th-century colonial conflicts between Great Britain and France, and again played a role during the American Revolutionary war.

The Fort is now a tourist attraction, early American military museum and research center.

Fort Ticonderoga’s museum offers visitors the opportunity to discover the objects that helped shape the nations of North America! Historic weapons, engraved powder horns, and everyday objects used by soldiers help tell the story of how history was made at Ticonderoga.

Moreover, Fort Ticonderoga offers more than one hundred exciting and unique events and programs each year.

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

WebSight Design relives history with Fort Ticonderoga 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

In the fall of 2010, long time WSD client, Santana, released his new album Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time. Santana and co-producer, Clive Davis, invited some of the best singers in rock to provide vocals for the tracks.

To celebrate the release, we designed a multimedia rich four-page mini-site inspired by the artwork from the album. The pages are jQuery based giving the site a cool slide effect that eliminates page load time. To allow the client to manage videos, links, and content, we fully integrated the site with Santana.com’s existing database.

Visit the mini-site to preview songs, purchase music, and watch behind-the-scenes videos of the making of the new album.

WebSight Design in Guitar Heaven with Santana 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

Last week, WebSight Design launched a redesigned website for top performing real estate agent, Marilyn Rich. Recognizing the importance of brand consistency, our designer created and delivered a product, FineLivingMarin.com, that has been updated to reflect the colors and styles of our client’s parent agency, Pacific Union.

As a successful real estate agent, Mrs. Rich has ranked number one out of all Pacific Union offices in Marin County for years.  Her upgraded site highlights her accomplishments and will help her to continue to grow her professional web presence. And with market condition updates, details about the towns in Marin County, and access to MLS, it is an excellent resource for prospective homebuyers.

WSD provided the client with search marketing services as well. Our SEO team developed a plan that would help Mrs. Rich appear higher in the search engine rankings, a necessity in a competitive field such as real estate.

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

Site Redesign for Pacific Union Realtor Marilyn Rich 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

Smart Meetings is a magazine dedicated to providing event planners with up-to-date trends, information, and destinations of the Western region of the US. With over 2,000 hotels listed on the site and an enormous database, we took the old underlying database structure and efficiently modified it to fit the new site rather than re-inputing the data into another format.

Among other various benefits for our client, the new site will:

• Decrease website management time
• Improve site conversion
• Increase advertising revenue

Decreasing Website Management

A few of the framework upgrades showcased in this project include a more modularized website, in-line editing, and skinning of the site administrator. Additionally, deeply integrated with Word Press, the News/Videos section of the website pulls media from the blog when they have been tagged in given categories.

Improving Site Conversion

The RFP process, the primary conversion goal, has been setup based on APEX industry standards and allows planners to request information directly from hotels. The new site design, conversion funnel, and content additions create clear calls to action that will increase the number of RFPs completed.

User registration and modules for event planners and hotels are specifically tailored to fit the needs of each user base. Users can manage contact information and RFPs as well as register for events.

Increasing Advertising Revenue

Because Smart Meetings’ revenue comes from the banner ads displayed on the site, we provided the client with Double Click integration that targets ads by the content of each page. With print media and advertising on the decline, we have provided the client with a strong source of online ad based revenue.

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

A WSD Framework Upgrade and A New Site for Smart Meetings 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