Introducing Mark McGowan's New Role: Many of you already know this because you are working with him, but if you ever need assistance promoting your web site on search engines, managing social media or creating engaging content or promotions, our intrepid Mark McGowan has been promoted to "Social ...Read More...

At 111 Web Studio, we are always improving our systems to meet the needs and requests of our customers. The latest notable improvement has been to the shopping cart in Build111 and Church111 website builders and content management systems. Changes and upgrades include the following: Featured Item: You ...Read More...

Many of you have asked about whether we are aware of the discovery of an SSL security issue called Heartbleed effecting OpenSSL that was revealed on Monday and whether we are or were vulnerable to any compromises as a result of it. As it turns out, a vulnerable version of the software was only present ...Read More...

At 111 Web Studio, we have been busy upgrading our Build111 and Church111 CMS web site builders once again. This time it's the image gallery that got our attention. As always, if you have any questions about the gallery or suggestions for improvements, please contact us any time. It should be noted ...Read More...

If your Build111 web site or your Church111 church web site has a members section enabled, you will be happy to know we have created a new type of group called a "class" which you can now use to take attendance. The members area has always sported an online members directory and the ability ...Read More...

A Build111 Cart - Low Cost and Full Featured For many years, 111 Web Studio has been producing e-commerce solutions to meet any budget. Our Build111 CMS (content management system) website builder has an option to include a full featured e-commerce solution at a reasonable cost. The Build111 cart ...Read More...

If you have a 111 blog, it's important to make it as easy as possible for your readers to receive your latest posts. When you first set up your blog, the "Subscribe" feature automatically offers readers an RSS feed, but you can also add the ability for them to receive an email notification of your posts ...Read More...

The bad guys really are out there. They hammer away on web servers all over the world, day and night looking for a way to exploit the inattentive and the unaware. They try to lure you into clicking an email link or opening an attachment or otherwise infecting your PC with malware. To avoid becoming ...Read More...

The latest in a series of exploits of websites for bad intent comes to the world wide web courtesy of Joomla. The latest version, 3.2.3, is available now and fixes a critical SQL injection vulnerability, two medium priority XSS bugs and an unauthorised login bug. We recently had a web hosting client ...Read More...

Many of our web hosting clients use our robust Build111 CMS (content management system) for their web sites, but some of you use WordPress as your CMS. If you are running an older version of WordPress (before the Jan-2013 3.5.1 update), please be aware that your site can be used to run DDoS attacks ...Read More...

If you've been following 111 Web Studio's four part series on how to get noticed on search engines, you know you need to be creating unique, relevant content with regularity, that you must be pro-active in Social Media, and that you need a mobile ready website. But is there more? You bet there is ...Read More...

In our two previous articles on the subject of SEO, we discussed what it takes to get noticed by search engines and how to write unique, relevant content in order to be found. Writing good content is the foundation of successful SEO (search engine optimization). Once it is written, however, you have ...Read More...

In a previous article, we discussed what basic SEO steps are required to get noticed by search engines in today's world, so overstuffed with information overload. In this article, we will explore the meaning of unique, relevant content. For search engines like Google to recognize you as a thought ...Read More...

You know everything there is to know about your subject. So how do you let search engines in on the secret so they can help you spread the word? If you need your web site to be found on search engines today, the first thing to recognize is that content is king. You need to let Google and other search ...Read More...

Whether you are using Build111 or Church111, your members section is tailor made for building community and developing communications with the people who matter most to you. Here are some of the useful tools available to you through your members section. eBlast Right out of the box, your members ...Read More...

111 Web Studio has been building custom content management systems for customers since the late 90s. First we used Perl, then ColdFusion and then PHP. In fact, today, we no longer create websites without content management built in. Custom content management systems can be costly, but if you're ...Read More...

The Build111 and Church111 website builders' live chat feature has been rebuilt with an upgraded interface. The live chat feature is available as an option for any site with a member's section. With this feature you can hold live chat (text) sessions with other members in the security of your ...Read More...

What is responsive design? If you want your web site to work well on any device from a desktop to a laptop to a tablet held vertically or horizontally to a phone, then you need responsive design. 111 Web Studio has been using HTML5 and CSS to create very cool responsive sites for several years. These ...Read More...

We are always making improvements to our Build111 and Church111 website builders. This time, you'll be happy to know we now have the ability to add videos to your slideshows. The 111 slide show widget in the custom template builder has been enhanced with a new Video Embed feature. To use the ...Read More...

How long has it been since you checked on your website? If the answer is longer than a week or so, it is time to check up right now! Visit your site, look around. Is all the content still relevant? Is there anything new that you should share online? Is your site helpful and clear? If you see room ...Read More...