Web & Application Development for Small Business!
Custom Web Development & Internet Marketing are some of the most cost-effective ways to increase your profits, expand your customer base, and grow your business. I'm Richard Hibbitts and I specialize in helping small businesses achieve their goals through the efficient use of technology. My specialties include custom web & application development, MySQL database architecture & Internet Marketing.
I currently use the following technologies:
- Core Java SE, J2EE
- PHP 4 & 5, CakePHP, CodeIgniter
- Javascript, jQuery, AJAX
- MySQL, Sqlite, JavaDB (Apache Derby)
Please, take some time to browse around the site, and read some of my technical and business related posts. My Portfolio is located here. If you'd like to speak with me about a project, about ways to make your business more efficient, or about building your presence on the web, please use the Contact Form
Thanks for stopping by.
Latest Posts in Small Business Web Development:
It's a major award!
Posted by: rhibbitts
OK, extra credit to anyone who gets the movie reference in the title to this post. But I was recently honored to have "Blooming", one of my recent projects featured at the
Nucleus CMS Skins Site. Nucleus is a very powerful blogging software, similar to Wordpress or Blogger, and it's what I use to power all of my blog sites. Nucleus maintains a database of all of your blog posts and manages the navigation of the blog site. It also allows you to create "skins" or custom designs that overlay the site. Blooming was an original design by
freecsstemplates.org which I ported to the Nucleus system. You can download the skin
here, or you can get it from the Nucleus Skins Site along with many other great skins for Nucleus CMS.
As always, I am available to create custom skins and themes for your blog (whether Nucleus or Wordpress) or to port an existing design to a blog skin or theme.
More fun with Nucleus & ScribeFire
Posted by: rhibbitts
I'm still working out the kinks between Nucleus & ScribeFire, but so far it is working very well. I have ScribeFire installed on a PortableApps version of Firefox which resides on a thumb drive, so I can blog easily from anywhere. One thing that has been driving me a little nuts, though, is the lack of an easy way to break a post into an excerpt and an extended entry from withiin ScribeFire. I've solved that problem however.
Fun with Databases
Posted by: rhibbitts
Small business owners spent 1.2 billion dollars last year on database software. With that in mind, I think it's time we started asking a few questions. Just what is a database, why are databases important, and do you need to spend a lot of money on one? The answers to these questions may surprise you, and that's why the big software companies like Microsoft, SAP, Oracle, & IBM would rather you stay in the dark.
Why you need to spend more money...
Posted by: rhibbitts
Given today's economic conditions, many small businesses are doing all they can to reduce their costs. While this sounds like a sound strategy, you really have to be careful that you don't use a shotgun approach to cost cutting.
Welcome to the new site!
Posted by: rhibbitts
Hello everyone. If you've been here before, you may notice a few changes. Well, a lot of radical changes, actually. The site has been completely re-imagined, re-implemented, re-everything. The new design reflects my design philosophy a lot better than the old one did, and I feel like it feels more personal as well. Please take a look around the site, most of it is in working order as of today, although there may still be some bugs lurking in dark corners. As always, if you have a web project in the works, please get in touch with me. I'd love to talk about how I can help you achieve your goals.
