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Pixo Form Templates Add-on Now Available for Concrete5 5.7
The very popular concrete5 Pixo Form Templates add-on is now available for the concrete5 5.7 content management system. This add-on is perfect when you need to fit a text field and it's label into a limited space such as a sidebar.
The Most Cutting Edge Brokerage Website in the Industry
One of the most sophisticated websites we’ve ever built and the most forward-thinking website for financial and life insurance advisors was launched by Pixo this last week. Built on the Concrete5 content management system (learn more), the BrokersAllia...
Concrete5 5.7 Down Under (And Everywhere International)
One great thing about the concrete5 content management system (CMS) is that its fame is worldwide. Business owners and website administrators have pretty quickly adopted what is one of the fast growing open source CMS in the market today. I love it whe...
How Analytics Teamed with Great Design Can Increase Page Views by 18% Overnight
I like to take a look at analytics on a regular basis for our search engine optimization clients to see what users are doing when they get to the site. Having great rankings in Google is important, but if you aren't converting those site visitors it do...
Kudos to Concrete5 Team for a New 5.6 Release
The concrete5 team made a touch decision about 1 1/2 years ago when they decided to change directions with the release of Concrete5 5.7. Since you cannot upgrade a 5.6 site to 5.7 to some it kind of felt like they had been abandoned the community with ...
Why 9News Chose MileHighMamas.com when Talking About Mommy Blogging
This morning Denver's 9News did a featured story on how to make money doing mommy blogging. Some mom's make a great income from blogging, but they are the exception. Really mommy blogging isn't about an income for most. Pixo's Amber Johnson will tell y...
Additional Evidence That What We Said About Google Panda is True
Just came across this interesting article that further supports our own finding for where Google is going for their search algorithm:
The Definitive Answer to What "Quality" Means to Google in Panda 4.2
You might be confused, like many of us, what Google considers a quality website in the latest Panda 4.2 release of Google's ranking algorithm. Google defines some of this here, but in a deep reading you'll find that much of what Google defines is kind ...
How to Fix the 'Googlebot cannot access your JavaScript and/or CSS files' for Concrete5
Don’t be alarmed if you received a warning from Google in your email today — many webmasters were recently alerted that “Googlebot cannot access your JavaScript and/or CSS files.”
Keeping the Focus in Your Website Design
Every so often we have a client that, with the best intentions, loses their focus for their website design. What typically happens is that they get to close to the details and as a result lose the big picture. When this happens, the development of the ...
What to Do When Concrete5 Editing Toolbar Disappears
Every so often something goes wrong with Concrete5 where you are logged into Concrete5 but the editing toolbar has disappeared on the website. It can be a little frustrating. What you need to do in these situations is figure out what the last thing you...
Concrete5 Theme Update: Popular Epic Theme Now Available for C5 5.7
The long time popular Concrete5 theme by the name of Epic is now available for Concrete5 version 5.7 websites. This theme, developed by the website design artisans at Pixo, is slightly updated, but still has all of the features that has made it the cho...
How Effective Blogging Can Increase Your Site Traffic
"Does blogging work and can it increase my site traffic?" That is a question I often hear from clients. The answer is yes and no. I sometime see blogs that clearly aren't worth the effort because the messages are all wrong if the goal of the blog is to...
Where Has the Time Gone?
I just looked at the calendar and it is already the end of the month. We've been busy at Pixo and so grateful to the team and all of the incredible stuff that has been done over the last month. We have one new website that we are just finishing up for ...
3 Ways to Improve Your Online Marketing Today
If your online marketing is under performing, the following 3 simple ideas can help you pump new life into your campaigns. Sometimes it is the little adjustments that can make the biggest differences and usually it takes a few tweaks to increase conver...
How to Fix Mobile Usability Issues Found on a Concrete5 Website
You may have recently received a warning message from Google Webmaster Tools indicating the your website was not mobile-friendly or you may have recently heard how Google is changing their search algorithm and now it is more important than ever to have...
A Guide on How to Avoid Common Concrete5 Upgrading Errors
The correct order to upgrade Concrete5 CMS websites in to avoid common upgrade errors. How to properly manually upgrade a Concrete5 website.
Where Wix isn't Such a Great Deal; Why You Should Get a Concrete5 Website
Every so often we will get a phone call or an email from someone that has a Wix or Squarespace website who are looking for help. Their business has grown or their business needs have changed and they are looking to do something on their website that th...
Pixo Epic Premium Theme Coming to Concrete5 Marketplace
Our popular theme for Concrete5, called the Pixo Epic Premium theme, is coming to the Concrete5 Marketplace soon. However, contact us if you can’t wait for this modern, responsive theme for your website. The Concrete5 Epic theme can be viewed at www.co...
A Case Study: Kickstarter Campaigns, Online Marketing & Concrete5
Launched a Kickstarter campaign for a client today. If you are not familiar, Kickstarter.com is a popular website to get funding for a new product. People can go on and pledge funding for the product and usually get something in return, such as the pro...
The Top 10 Most Popular Blog Posts of 2014
The following are the most trafficked blog posts on the Pixo Blog in 2014. As we look through these there are some real gems in here. It was fun to look over them again. Please enjoy!
Concrete5 Upgrades from 5.6 to 5.7
Concrete5 upgrades to 5.7. We are Concrete5 experts in site upgrades & migrations.
Give Your Site a Mobile-friendly Website Test
Interesting development and one more reason to make your website mobile-friendly. Google is now giving sites a mobile-friendly tag in mobile search results to help users find sites that will be easy to view on their mobile devices like the example you ...
An Amazing 11 Years of Leading Website Design
Eleven years ago this month we started Pixo with a vision of creating websites for small to medium sized businesses that were both powerful, flexible and easy to use. Eleven years later we still have that vision. It is fun to look back over the years a...
Concrete5 Named as Best CMS
We've know if for almost six years now and more than once the public has voted the same. The Concrete5 was honored today with being the winner of the 2014 People's Choice CMS Award for Best Free PHP CMS. CMS critic stated, "Concrete5 has proved itself ...
We Aren't All Work at Pixo
Sometimes you've got to have some fun! What better time than Halloween? We took the Pixo 1,300 pound giant pumpkin and the 511 pound carved pumpkin commissioned by Skype and amused the local Trick-or-treaters. Okay, I think we were the ones that were m...
How to Tell the Difference Between a Designer & an Experienced UI Web Designer
Sometimes I see a beautiful new website design mockup and it almost makes me sick. Graphically it is typically very pleasing but I see things as web designer that I instantly recognize as being un-needfully complex and design features that will possibl...