Rock, Paper, Scissors: A PHP Tutorial

So, what do web developers do for fun?  Work on programming even outside of work!  I was bored, and decided to throw together a very simple game of rock, paper, scissors – aka roshambo – using only PHP and HTML.  I actually searched for a tutorial after I...

WordPress Resources for Custom Theme Development

Here at Pacer Design, WordPress is a tool we use to build customized, dynamic sites for our customers. Some of the major benefits to building a site in WordPress is that it is a robust content management system, yet provides a simple back end for users to manipulate...

Designing Across Multiple Browsers and Why It Is Important

When developing websites, not all browsers are equal.  What does this mean exactly?  The main web browsers – Internet Explorer (IE), Firefox, Chrome, Opera, and Safari – all display the code that builds a website slightly different.  If I design a website...

5 Simple SEO Tips

Now that you have gotten your business on the web…finally…what are you doing to drive traffic to that site? Wikipedia defines SEO as – “the process of improving the visibility of a website or a web page in search engines via the “natural” or un-paid search results.”...

6 Great Reasons to Have a Website

Pacer Design Studios, your Pittsburgh website design solution offers your 6 quick reasons why you NEED a website no matter what your business is: Your competitors are already on the web….they probably have been for a while and they are attracting your customers...

So You Have A Nice Homepage…..

When you think of your web presence, what do you think of? The “Contact Us” page? The site map? Of course not, you think of your homepage. That is a natural thought process, and it is not wrong. After all, that is where your business cards, brochures and...