http://www.dcssa.com/blog Weblog by Desktop Consulting Service (DCS) : DCS provides web design, database development, and search engine optimization for small business in San Antonio, Texas Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:08:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I recently purchased a style template for a pre-built web application. Sure saves a lot of time and money. But in every project, tinkering is a must to make it "just-so" for the audience it's intended for. And that means tweaking the templates and style sheets (CSS). As ... http://www.dcssa.com/blog/index.php/2010/03/web-design/241/ The Puerto Rican Heritage Society recently selected Desktop Consulting Service to maintain their website. The Puerto Rican Heritage Society is a non-profit organization founded in San Antonio, Texas, in 1984, with the purpose of keeping Puerto Rican heritage and culture alive in San Antonio. The organization promotes personal and career development through ... http://www.dcssa.com/blog/index.php/2010/03/client-news/237/ We recently completed a website re-design for Seven Oaks Women's Center in San Antonio, Texas. Throughout every stage of your life, you have certain health care needs and concerns that require attentive, competent and compassionate care.   Seven Oaks Women's Center believes  by using innovative techniques, sound clinical judgment and the most ... http://www.dcssa.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/client-news/220/ I forgot my anniversary.  No - not that one.  If I'd forgotten that one, I'd wouldn't be writing this. Monday the 17th was my 11th year of business.  I'm bound and determined to celebrate every year because it's just so darn fun to be in business for yourself, even in April.    And just like July of ... http://www.dcssa.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/general/209/ I was recently contacted by a client who was having problems with their PayPal shopping cart functionality. The shopping cart has been in place since 2002 and never had any previous problems. So, I visited their website and tried adding an item to the cart and immediately ... http://www.dcssa.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/coding-tips/177/ The Law Office of Joel Perez defends citizens accused of committing a crime. Joel Perez is a federal and state criminal defense trial lawyer and has successfully defended hundreds of individuals in federal and state court. http://www.dcssa.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/client-news/171/ My other recent purchase was a stop-gap backup system until I could get a better device.  And here it is: Buffalo Linkstation mini - 500 Gb Network Attached Storage with a built in media streaming server. http://www.dcssa.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/computers-internet/166/ What a difference 4 years makes. On the right, a 80  Gb ADS external drive purchased in Feb 2005 for $220.00.  On the left, a Western Digital 320 Gb external drive purchased this past week for $99.00. http://www.dcssa.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/computers-internet/162/ http://www.dcssa.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/humor-me/159/ I manage a lot of domains for clients. For one client, I was asked to take over all of their existing domains and hosting and have been doing that for going on 3 years.  One of the companies they previously registered with was 1 & 1 Hosting. Last month, three of ... http://www.dcssa.com/blog/index.php/2009/02/computers-internet/151/