YPBCo Holiday Hours

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

YPBCo office will be closed from December 22, 2008 - January 2, 2009.
IF you need something during this time, please leave a voicemail at 773-665-2552 or email jameyb@yourplanb.com (she is monitoring her email).

JameyB, DavidB, Cat and Atalee all wish you the best for the holidays!
And look forward to working with you in 2009.

Thanks for a GREAT 2008 :)

Ever heard of a Micci Bag?

REFRESH of amechegroup.com

Kathy Ameche is the master of her domain(s):
amechegroup.com
kathleenameche.com
womanroadwarrior.com
miccimicci.com

And she is the trusted voice of women travelers. We have been working together since 2004 and decided with her new line of Micci Bags she needed to refresh her websites. Each one got an update or upgrade from animations, blogs and videos to a paypal shopping cart. Visit AmecheGroup.com to get the feel of how you too can be the master of your many domains - give us a call today to get your site refreshed for 2009!

NEW life to Mother and Daughter business - FieldofGreens.us

FIELDOFGREENS.US relaunch

LIGHTEN UP! Detoxification and Rejuvenation Program from the team at FieldofGreens.us
Detoxification is a holistic, natural, gentle process designed to cleanse, rebuild, strengthen, maintain, and balance the body. Whether you struggle with serious health problems or are just not feeling your best, detoxification will make a tremendous difference in your overall well-being. Previous students report changes such as weight loss, less dependence upon medications, lower blood pressure levels, lower cholesterol levels, improved sleep, improved digestive function, freedom from depression, elevated moods, more clarity, alleviation of minor & major body aches & pains, and an abundance of energy.

Your Plan B and FoG worked together to rejuvenate a retired website. By setting up the site on a new, better priced web server, setting up some blogging options and creating a handy, easy to use update guide this Mother-Daughter duo can update their site from anywhere. Giving them the flexibility they need to offer great classes and delicious recipes anytime and anywhere!

NEW website for Ronald Knox Montessori School in Wilmette, IL

RONALDKNOX.ORG LAUNCH

For children from 15 months through six years of age, the answers can be found at the Ronald Knox Montessori School (RKMS), in Wilmette, Illinois. Located just 19 miles north of downtown Chicago and nestled within 23 acres of open property in a quiet residential neighborhood, RKMS provides a nurturing, stimulating environment where curious children flourish.

RKMS approached Your Plan B Company to work as a team with their designer to create a new website for the school to better represent the new building, the playfulness of the learning environment and a secure area for parents to log in and receive classroom information. The result is this colorful (both in look and sound) website that teaches and informs with just the right mix of fun!

NEW website for Greens by White in Lake Forest, IL

GreensbyWhite.com LAUNCH

Respected in the interiorscape industry since 1973, Greens By White provides creative tropical plant rental, imaginative holiday and special events displays and floral designs to clients in the Metropolitan Chicago area. Known for their integrity and attention to detail, they are committed to listening to our clients' needs, designing original installations of plants and flowers, creating a more healthy work environment and establishing a long-term relationship with our customers.

Your Plan B Company worked closely with the Greens by White team to remodel their existing site adding Flash demos, photo gallery and lots of beautiful photos to make them stand out from their competition and on searches.

If your office needs plants, seasonal displays or plant rental - give them a call and let them know we sent you!

We are back from our October adventure!

A GIANT THANK YOU TO CAT AND ATALEE for doing a fabulous job holding down the fort while DavidB and I headed across the pond for some R+R. We have recovered from our jet-lag and editted down the 4K photos we took and popped them up on Flickr to share:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidbchicago/sets/


Flickr can be a fun asset to your website or just between you and friends. It's quick and easy to set up. And you can have it automatically update photos on your website. Give us a call if you have any questions about this and any other ways to freshen up your site's content - 773-665-2552

Internet Glossary (part 4 of 4)

PNG: This is another graphic related 3 letter acronym. PNG is a bitmapped image format that employs lossless data compression. PNG was created to improve upon and replace GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) as an image-file format not requiring a patent license. It is pronounced "ping" or spelled out as P-N-G. PNG images can either use palette-indexed color or be made up of one or more channels (numerical values directly representing quantities about the pixels).

SITEMAP: This is sometimes confused with a flowchart of a website. A sitemap is a representation of the architecture of a web site. It can be either a document in any form used as a planning tool for web design, or a web page that lists the pages on a web site, typically organized in hierarchical fashion. This helps visitors and search engine bots find pages on the site. Current SEO thinking is that all websites should have a sitemap - let us know if you need one added to your website!

SWF: Not to be confused with single white female - SWF is a type of file. It is currently the dominant format for displaying animated vector graphics on the web (think Flash files). Based on an independent study conducted by Millward Brown, over 99% of web users now have an SWF plugin installed, with around 90% having the latest version of the Flash Player. It is pronounced "swiff".

If this list of terms just isn't enough, check out some of our favorite web dev spots:
alistapart.com
csszengarden.com
google.com
htmlplayground.com
webworkerdaily.com