Impulse works with Graphic Moxie on Tiffany's Rentals

Tiffany's Rentals (www.tiffanysrentals.com) lists a nice selection of houses for rent on Bald Head Island, located off of the southeastern coast of North Carolina, between the Cape Fear River and the Atlantic ocean.

Graphic Moxie has done an excellent job redesigning the website and Impulse has been in charge of the PHP programming and MySQL database development. The rentals are stored in a database and the site admin has the ability to add, update and delete rental listings at their leisure.

The new design should be up very soon so be sure and check out the site in the near future.

Link: Tiffany's Rentals on Bald Head Island, NC

New website for Mann's Creative Designs of Wilmington

We just launched the new website for Mann's Creative Designs - they specialize in countertops, interior and exterior concrete and synthetic rocks. They are vary talented and have done projects all over the country. Be sure to check out their Project Gallery.

Link: Mann's Creative Designs

Impulse designs The Eshelman Foundation website

We just launched the brand new website for The Eshelman Foundation:

"Started in 2008, the Eshelman Foundation is a private family foundation that aims to help children in need. Based in Wilmington, NC the Eshelman Foundation focuses on children's healthcare and educational causes in the United States."

Link: Check out their new site

Brunswick County's first oral surgery practice

We are getting ready to launch the new site for Eastern Pines Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery based out of Leland NC.

Link: Eastern Pines

• Eastern Pines Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
• Practice Administration
• 509 Olde Waterford Way
• Suite 300
• Leland, NC 28451
• [P] 1.910.383.3004
• [T] 1.888.536.5044
• [F] 1.910.383.0121

What is web design?

I have added a new page to the website that contains some of the most common terms used in the web design and development industry.

Some of these terms include web design, SEO, HTML, CSS, etc.

Check out the new page: Common web terms and their definitions

Impulse launches Five Stars Painting LLC

I hooked up a friend of mine and did a website for his painting business located here in Wilmington NC. If you need a painter, interior or exterior, call Five Stars and ask for Fernando.

Link: Five Stars Painting

Impulse launches Buy Christian Tshirts Online

Check out our latest web site - www.buychristiantshirtsonline.com

The website utilizes a data feed from shareasale.com and implements a merchant tracking system. Users can view the products on www.buychristiantshirtsonline.com, but to purchase the item they must click on the product image - they are then redirected to the mfg's site where they can use their credit card to purchase the item. The owner of www.buychristiantshirtsonline.com then makes a commission off every sale that is made from the redirect.

New products will be added almost monthly so be sure to check back often.

Link: Christian T-shirts

Overcome - $ 25.00 'For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world – our faith. Fitted Short Sleeve100% Super Combed CottonEnzyme TreatedAs with any handmade garment, you will find slight aberrations - these add to the individual character of each piece. OUR ACTS II SIZES RUN SNUG. IF YOU LIKE IT LOOSE, PLEASE PURCHASE ONE SIZE LARGER THAN YOU TYPICALLY WOULD.'

Impulse ranks number one on Yahoo

Checking my stats program today I saw that someone came to our site via Yahoo using the search phrase 'wilmington nc web design'. I checked Yahoo for that key phrase and saw we were number one as of 3/1/08

http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=wilmington+nc+web+design&fr=yfp-t-501-s&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8

Impulse gets ready to launch The Expression Session

The Expression Session is a brand new site that will focus exclusively on web design firms in Wilmington NC and surrounding areas.

The site will include a web design firm directory with free submissions, a 'best of' design gallery, advertising opportunities, a blog for topic discussions and much more to come in the future.

Link: The Expression Session - Wilmington NC Web Design Directory and Gallery of Best Web Designs

Schnitzer-Slate Insurance of Wilmington NC offers bid

Impulse was recently offered to bid on the new Schnitzer-Slate website. The new design has been completed but now they are looking to optimize the site with a dynamic e-marketing and SEO strategy to help increase sales.

Impulse Web Solutions provides a variety of web services such as web design, seo, e-marketing and web programming.

Impulse adds Custom Google Search to website

If you look at the footer of every page of our website, we have now added a custom google search box. this search function will provide users with the ability to search our site and make it easier to find what they are looking for.

this is a free service, therefore the search results page might show ads on the right hand side.

these ads are tied into our adsense account so we get money every time one of the ads are clicked.

link: wilmington nc website design

link: search for wilmington nc

Impulse launches Evolution web re-design

We just completed the re-design of Evolution Mixed Martial Arts in Wrightsville Beach NC.

Check out the new site at:
http://www.evolutionmixedmartialarts.com

Evolution Mixed Martial Arts Academy

38 North Lumina Ave.

Wrightsville Beach, N.C. 28480

Phone: (910) 509-0701

Fax: (910) 509-0702

Office hours are from 5:30PM-9:30PM Monday - Friday

You can also contact Dave on his cell phone @ (910) 233-7999

Ryan Curtis 2.0 is done

We have completed the re-design of www.curtis-photo.com with a new look.

The new site includes a Flash gallery on the homepage and an easier navigation system.

Check back often as Ryan adds new galleries all the time.

http://www.curtis-photo.com

Impulse gets a new web design!

We have redone our entire site using a tableless format that is XHTML/CSS standards compliant.

It follows the new trendy horizontal design like those seen on www.cssremix.com and www.cssmania.com

Hope you like it! It is still under construction and will take a while to redo all our pages so if something looks off, please let us know.

Thanks

Impulse makes it on Screenalicious for the first time

I submitted the Cape Fear Clean Water Classic site today to http://www.screenalicious.com
today and then later on a buddy of mine saw the site featured on the first page.

Check it out: http://www.screenalicious.com/screen/wbcleanwaterclassic.com

Impulse inks deal with Evolution Mixed Martial Arts of WB, NC

We will be re-designing the website for Evolution, Wilmington's only mixed martial arts studio. The project will include a new design of the current website, along with current news on the home page that they can update and manage themselves, adding copy, text and images when they want.

Evolution has developed training programs for everyone, regardless of past experience. They have taken proven techniques from Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai and Wrestling to create a training program for beginners and the experienced.

They also have a clean, newly renovated facility one block from the ocean in Wrightsville Beach, NC, with the latest equipment, showers and dressing areas.

Here is their contact info:

38 North Lumina Avenue
Wrightsville Beach, NC 28480

910.509.0701

evolutionmma@yahoo.com

Link: Evolution MMA

Impulse to launch new Aussie store

Impulse is teaming up with Aussie Island Surf Shop of Wilmington NC again. This time we are going to create an online store where you can find all the best deals in skate, snowboard and surf apparel and gear online. Look for the store to be ready in the next couple of months. The store will feature a couple of Web 2.0 technologies and Ajax scripting to provide a unique, interactive shopping experience.

In the meantime, you can find some great deals on skate stuff at WarehouseSkateboards.com and SkateboardShowroom.com

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Link: Web Hosting Wilmington NC

Impulse Launches Coastal Property Preservation's new website

We just designed the first website for Coastal Property Preservation of Wilmington NC. Check out the new site: http://www.coastalpropertypreservationservices.com/

"Coastal Property Preservation Services provides personal attention to the care and preservation of your property. Your property is maintained as if it were my own and I take pride in knowing that I have provided the services to restore it to a condition that will bring you the best sales price.

Lindsay Moore"

Impulse Launches new Relevant Revolution site

The new Relevant Revolution/Sermon Jams site is now complete. A music player will be added in the near future to the intro page so site visitors can listen to some of the samples while they browset the site.

Link: Enter the Revolution

Impulse now accepts all major credit cards

Using Paypal as the transaction handler, we can now accept all major credit cards such as Visa, Mastercard, Discover and American Express. You no longer need a Paypal account to pay online.

That being said, here is a summary of all the ways we accept payment:

• Paypal
• Cash
• Check
• Visa
• Mastercard
• Discover
• American Express

Impulse now offers Paypal Integration Services

We can integrate Paypal Express Checkout into your pre-existing shopping cart to give your site users another secure way of paying for their order. Express Checkout redirects the user to Paypal's site where they can log in using their existing Paypal account and pay for the order using the money in their account. They are then redirected back to your site to complete the order.

Paypal also offers a Direct Payment option where Paypal processes credit card transactions behind the scenes. This option allows users to never leave your site while Paypal automatically charges their credit card and sends the funds to your Paypal account.

If you need help integrating these solutions into your existing shopping cart or would like for us to develop a shopping car system for you, please use our contact form to send us an email.

Link: Contact Form

Impulse inks SEO deal with Costa Rica Hideaways

We will begin an SEO campaign this month with Costa Rica Hideaways of Los Suenos, Costa Rica.

Link: Costa Rica Hideaways - A full service vacation travel resort in Los Suenos Costa Rica.

How to Use or Install Google Maps on my website

I installed Google Maps on my own website today just to try it out. It's fairly simple and Google provides a lot of examples on how to do it.

1. API Key

First you have to sign up for an API key - a Google account is required. This key can only be used per domain and has to be used in the Javascript code to verify ownership.

2. The "Hello, World" of Google Maps

Next, create a new file on your server and copy and paste this code into that page. Make sure to use your API key.

3. Test your page on your server. To see what I did go to my Google Maps page.

Link: Google Maps API and Examples

If you don't have time to figure it out I can install it for you for a minimal fee. Click here for details.

Free SEO Tools

I was doing some SEO research the other day getting prepared for my SEO seminar at Specialty Engraving of Wilmington NC.

I came across Webconfs.com which has a ton of cool, free SEO tools. Here is a sample of what you will find on the site:

Similar Page Checker
Search Engine Spider Simulator
Backlink Anchor Text Analysis
Backlink Builder
Backlink Summary
Keyword Density Checker
Redirect Check
Reciprocal Link Check
Check Yahoo WebRank
Domain Stats Tool
Domain Age Tool
Website Keyword Suggestions
Keyword-Rich Domain Suggestion Tool

Link: Find out more info about our SEO/Search Engine Optimization Package in Wilmington NC

Link: Webconfs

Impulse inks deal with Looman Photography

Impulse Web Solutions will be redoing the website for Daniel Looman of Looman Photography.

Looman is currently serving as local director of the Christian Surfers chapter in Jaco, Costa Rica.

The goal of the new website is to be plain, simple and uncomplicated with fast loading images. Future plans are to implement a Flash photo gallery such as Simpleviewer and minimal navigation items on a white background.

Link: Looman Photography

Impulse Web Solutions to consult Specialty Engraving on SEO

Impulse will be doing an SEO seminar at Specialty Engraving, located in Wilmington NC. Specialty Engraving has just launched a new website and is looking to make expand their client base by reaching a broader audience via the world wide web.

Specialty Engraving provides employee recognition, motivation and retention programs to a wide array of clients throughout the nation such as Walmart, Cracker Barrel, Applebee's, Chili's and Target to name a few.

The SEO seminar will primarily be focused on ways to improve the new website and make it more search engine friendly for popular search engines like Google, Yahoo and MSN.

For more information on our SEO services, please visit the main site at Wilmington NC SEO Firm

Link: Employee Motivation, Recognition and Awards - Specialty Engraving

Client Testimonials

"Impulse gave us the design we were looking for. Our project was finished on time, and our employees and clients have given us great feedback on the new site. We will use Impulse for future projects."

Duane Hixon
Neighborhood Networks Publishing

"My experience with Impulse Web Designs has been nothing short of great! We're very happy with our website, the design and all the time taken by Impulse to work with the customer until satisfaction was met. I think it's obvious by their work, they are professional and picky when it comes to representing someone's work. The work speaks for itself. Thanks and pura vida!"

Daniel Looman
Christian Surfers Costa Rica

"Our old site was completely out of date and obsolete. Impulse Web Solutions did a great job of turning our high-level vision into a great finished product. They also did a good job of being flexible with the input that they received from our numerous stakeholders. We are confident that we will now be in the running for one of the best Surfrider Chapter web sites in 2007."

Adam Shay
Cape Fear Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation

"We have had many different websites. Impulse Web Designs has out done
them all! Jonathan at Impulse has been a blessing. We have never had a
site that was so easy to navigate, manage, and easy for us to update. I
would highly recommend Impulse Web Designs."

Chris Jackson
Aussie Island Surf Shop

"Thanks again for your help. By the way, my Brigade trip this July served 2620 medical patients, adults & children, and the dental team saw some 1239 patients and pulled almost three thousand teeth. You helped make that happen!!"

William Casey
Propapa.org

"Thanks impulse web designs for the great job. It is my first website and if I had known you were going to be so professional and helpful accomplishing my goals, I would've done it a long time ago. I will recommend you to everyone. "

Jeff Stidham, owner
Jeff Stidham Custom Stucco

Impulse Ranks #2 on Google for 'web hosting in wilmington, nc'

Was checking my stats this afternoon and saw that someone had come to my site after searching for 'web hosting in wilmington, nc' on Google.

I was ranked number 2 baby!! Right under the corporate giant that is Sage Island - the biggest web design firm in Wilmington NC.

Link: My Ranking as of 11:15 pm on 3/11/07

Impulse Web Solutions inks deal with Relevant Revolution/Sermon Jams

I will be redesigning the website to give it a more professional look but will be keeping the same type of theme.

I will be redoing the homepage, creating an interior page template and also redoing the navigation. Someone else will be responsible for popping in the content.

Purpose statement according to the site:

This ministry is designed to provide a medium which tactfully delivers biblical sermons that are relevant for the current generation. Our desire is to promote a reverence and passion for the supremacy of Jesus Christ and His Kingdom and our focus is on the foundational truths of the Christian faith. We emphasize unity on the essentials truths, liberty on the non-essentials and love in everything. We also believe strongly in the idea that unity does not equal uniformity because there is diversity in the Kingdom of Christ. The verse we have picked to represent this ministry is Romans 10:14 which states "But how are they to call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?"

Relevant Revolution is run by John Mahshie of The Body of Asheville, a local church there in Asheville NC.

Look for the new site to be live hopefully by the end of March.

Link: Site URL

Link: The Body of Asheville

Impulse Launches Greenroom Board Sports

New site with an additional site - Greenroom Board Co.

Link: New site

Link: Board Co site

Impulse Web Solutions now offers a basic SEO package

We now offer an SEO package for clients interested in improving their ranking on search engines. The package includes but is not limited to:

• Site submission to the top 3 search engines - Google, Yahoo and MSN
  
• Google Account and Webmaster tools
  
• Sitemap development and submission to Google and Yahoo
  
• Access to monthly reporting tools
  
• Google Analytics Account for monitoring site stats
  
• HTML code optimization and meta tag design for optimum visibility

(Note: Sites over 10 pages will be charged $10/page for HTML code optimization)

Call or email us for pricing information.

Link: Wilmington NC SEO firm and services

Impulse Web Solutions launches n2pub

Just finished the new n2pub - Neighborhood Networks Publishing site this past week.

The site incorporates a more 'web-design 2.0' look to it and a rotating Flash homepage banner.
The Flash banner shows 4 quotes and pictures of some of their current clients.

The site also has an interactive map on the contact page - scroll your mouse over each push pin on any state and the contact info for that state will appear. I used CSS and Javascript to accomplish this effect.

The site also has a feedback page which will change periodically, soliciting info from their clients.

Link: New site

How to make a tool tip in HTML using CSS and JS

I found a really nice tool tip maker for a website I'm currently finishing up.

The client wanted a nice map of the US with Flash like effects. Flash is expensive and takes forever so I wanted to try it with something else.

At first, I tried using the ever popular Bubble Tooltips that seems to be number one on Google right now. http://www.web-graphics.com/mtarchive/001717.php

It looks like this:

But, I needed the tooltip to be more customizable, so then I luckily found this one at

http://www.walterzorn.com/tooltip/tooltip_e.htm entitled "JavaScript, DHTML Tooltips"

I found this very easy to use - all i had to do was insert one piece of javascript at the bottom of the page and then use a mouseover effect. The mouse effect also has a ton of custom options so that I could change what I needed like: the font size, background color, border size and color, dropshadow color and size, width, textalignment, etc.

You can view what I did here: http://home.n2pub.com/contact.new.php or in the future it might just be http://home.n2pub.com/contact.php

Impulse Launches Christian Surfers Costa Rica

Besides the photo area, the site is complete. My buddy Heath is hooking them up with free hosting since they are non-profit.

We stayed with these guys when we went down there last May - it was such a blessing to meet such awesome people. They helped us out alot as far as surf spots, things to do, things not to do, etc.

So, I hooked them up with a nice site - hope you enjoy it.

Link: http://www.christiansurferscostarica.com/

Impulse Web Solutions turns 1 yrs old!

This February marks the one year anniversary for Impulse Web Solutions!

I just want to say thanks to all my clients for a great first year and I look forward to serving the Wilmington and Wrightsville Beach community in 2007.

I have made some upgrades to the site this month - enjoy!

Link: Wilmington NC Web Design

Impulse Launches the new Cape Fear Surfrider site

The new Surfrider site is up for Wilmington's local chapter.

Link: New site

Impulse Web Solutions to redo Aussie Island Site

I managed to work out a deal with Aussie Island Surf Shop today and will be redoing their current website to give it a more professional look. Functionally, the site will also be useful as they will be able to put current news and special products on the homepage.

The site will also have pics of the Aussie Island team riders, a photo gallery, a links page and a contact page.

They have recently moved from the Landfall shopping center to a new location right across from Target.

Here's their current site: http://www.aussieisland.com/

Check back in a couple weeks to see the new Aussie Island site.