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Do you Pay More to Pay Online?

Published Monday 6th of February 2012 10:00 AM

By Kyle Perkins

It seems like second-nature to pay our bills online in this day and age. No need for purchasing stamps, licking envelopes, and hoping the mail system delivers it on time. Paying a bill online is quick, secure, and you don't even have to leave the comfort of your chair.

The Good, The Bad, and The.....What?
Here's a quick overview of what paying online can do.

Good: Customers can pay instantly and get a receipt.
Good: Payments usually clear within 24 hours. Faster payment = faster services/goods (like from Amazon.com, Buy.com, or Walmart.com)
Good: Customers don't have to buy stamps to send in payments.
Bad: Credit Card companies charge a small processing fee (... Read More ►

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New Client: ALP Systems Incorporated

Published Friday 3rd of February 2012 3:00 PM

We are proud to welcome our newest client: ALP Systems Incorporated in Waynesville, NC! ALP is a lightning protection service for commercial and residental customers all over the world. Don't be fooled by the "blackbox" sales pitch - these guys mean business and have the experience to prove it!

From their current website:
Picture what lightning damage looks like. A broken tree on top of downed power lines. A burnt up TV. A blackened AC unit with melted wires. Horrible, yes, but lightning doesn't always directly hit your property. It's easy to cross your fingers and hope it doesn't burn anything up because the percentages are against a direct strike happening. What most people don't real... Read More ►

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Grab a Drink with a Geek!

Published Thursday 2nd of February 2012 10:00 AM

Have a question about your computer? Your network? How about your website? Well, we have good new for you!

Grab a stool, chug a beer, and talk geeky! Shadow Development has begun planning for a local event called Drinks with Geeks, an ostentatious event to gather non-techie people with questions to the local geeks in the area.

Drinks with Geeks will be held at Frog Level Brewing Company in Frog Level/Waynesville, NC.

We do not have a date for this event yet, but details will be posted at http://facebook.com/DrinkswithGeeks - "Like" us and stay in the loop.

Attending this event is free! Food will be provided, but bring your thirst - there are plenty of delicious beers to go aroun... Read More ►

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UNC Students Raising Money to Help Cure Tourette Syndrome

Published Wednesday 1st of February 2012 10:00 AM

Charlotte, NC - February 1st, 2012
UNC Student Organization TICS, Tourette's Inspiring Charlotte Students, is working with Waynesville-based Shadow Development to create an informative website to help raise awareness about Tourette Syndrome and act as a resource to let others register for the philanthropic event, Walk for Robbie, on March 17.

Tourette's Inspiring Charlotte Students (TICS) and Shadow Development are pleased to announce their collaboration on creating awareness and fund raising for the upcoming event, "Walk for Robbie," and others with Tourette Syndrome with the website http://walk4robbie.com.

"We are a group of Students at UNC Charlotte that have taken a particular... Read More ►

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Congress backpedals on SOPA

Published Saturday 14th of January 2012 4:23 AM

The Anti-SOPA support is working! Voters have raised enough awareness that Congess is finally listening and backing down. Although the fight isn't over yet, it's looking good for the public and protecting the "Freedom of Speech" right.

More information about this backpedaling can be found at http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/01/under-voter-pressure-members-of-congress-backpedal-on-sopa.arst

Many companies support SOPA, and we are among those who fully oppose it [original blog post], including Mythbuster's Adam Savage.

Since Congress was scared about the SOPA bill not passing, it seems like they don't have a choice now but to listen to voter choice and determination. ... Read More ►

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New Client! Walk for Robbie: Tourette's Inspiring Charlotte Students

Published Wednesday 11th of January 2012 6:58 PM

We are proud to welcome our newest client: Walk for Robbie: Tourette's Inspiring Charlotte Students in Charlotte, NC! Walk for Robbie: Tourette's Inspiring Charlotte Students is a student-run organization at UNCC with the inspiration to help others with Tourette's Syndrome, including Robbie Lettieri.

From the website:
"We created the Walk for Robbie in 2011 to help offset the cost of a very expensive surgery Robbie Lettieri needed to make his Tourette's more manageable and our quest grew
from there. This year the walk is in order to raise money for Camp Twitch and Shout in Georgia, a Camp for kids age 7-17 with Tourette Syndrome. It allows kids the opportunity to come and enjoy the ca... Read More ►

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Shadow Dev Welcomes New Staff Member: Brandon Knight

Published Monday 9th of January 2012 3:00 PM

Our family is always growing, and today, we can officially say that we have a new staff member. Please help us welcome Brandon Knight to the Shadow Dev family.

Brandon will be working as a Site Designer for Shadow Dev Clients, and a member on the Marketing team. Our high hopes go to Brandon as he joins our expert staff... Read More ►

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For the record, Shadow Dev opposes SOPA [UPDATED]

Published Friday 23rd of December 2011 3:19 PM

Following a "trend" of online service providers, we at Shadow Dev want to keep the Internet a resource for the sharing and enhancement of ideas. Therefore, Shadow Dev opposes SOPA.

We usually don't like to get into politics or anything with red tape, but we believed that this is a point that needed to be made.

To summarize SOPA, it is a piece of legislation that, if passed, will give the Government the power to shut down any website they think is supporting piracy and violating the Copyright Act (see DMCA). This means that many of the internet's most visited websites, like Youtube.com, Facebook.com, Wikipedia.org, DeviantArt.com, even Google.com and WhiteHouse.gov (and pretty much 9... Read More ►

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What is the Difference between a Web page and a Website?

Published Tuesday 22nd of November 2011 10:00 AM

Knowing the difference between an apple and an orange is a major key in today's technological world. Although apples and oranges aren't very "techie," the same rule can be applied to Websites and Web pages. Most people don't know the difference and interchange the two without even knowing it.

So, to set the record straight, here's the difference in a nutshell:

A Web Page

A Website

A Webpage is a single page of information, just like a piece of paper. However, it is just that: a single piece of paper. People can browse other pages, but that gets into the Website aspect:

A Website is a network of webpages interlinked to each other, like a book. A Website can consist... Read More ►

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Shadow Dev Celebrates Global Entrepreneur Week

Published Friday 18th of November 2011 7:43 PM

Earlier this month, President Obama declared November as National Entrepreneurship Month, and we are proud to be part of the celebration.

Thanks to the work of the Kauffman Foundation and a few other organizations, November 14-20 2011 has been declared Global Entrepreneurship Week celebrating the spirit of Entrepreneurship around the world. To find an event near you, browse their event database to find a local event.

We love our Entrepreneurs, and without them, our world wouldn't have any type or kind of business.

Last year, President Obama declared November 19th, 2010, National Entrepreneurs Day. Since that was such a success, Entrepreneurs now have a whole month dedicated to... Read More ►

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New Client: Blackberry Winter Antiques

Published Friday 18th of November 2011 3:03 PM

We are proud to welcome our newest client: BlackBerry Winter Antiques in Maggie Valley, NC! Blackberry Winter Antiques has some of the finest antiques in the Western North Carolina and surrounding area and we are proud to be working with them to establish a new web presence.

We are excited to welcome Blackberry Winter Antiques to our family and can't wait to get started on their site, blackberrywinterantiques.com, which should be up by the beginning of the new year... Read More ►

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Response Rate Decrease = Faster Loading

Published Tuesday 8th of November 2011 9:00 PM

Since we updated the main Shadow Dev website, we have seen a major decrease in our website response rate, which means faster loading of information and pages. After looking at a response record for the past week from Pingdom, we have great news!

Overall, we have had a overall 52% decrease in response rates. In a faster-paced world, having information load faster could mean the difference between made and lost sales.

In comparison of our previous site response decrease report, we had a decrease of 78.4% in response rates. In combination with our current decrease, information should now load within 3 seconds instead of 8 seconds from previously... Read More ►

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Follow Shadow Dev on Google+!

Published Monday 7th of November 2011 7:12 PM

Good News Google+ Users! Since Google finally opened up Google+ to businesses and others with their Pages feature, it was only a matter of time before we got on it. Follow Shadow Dev on Google+. Like our Twitter and Facebook pages, the G+ plage will be a steady stream of the best of Shadow Dev, along with the occasional call for help/research... Read More ►

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New Design in the Works

Published Wednesday 26th of October 2011 8:14 PM

We at Shadow Development thought it would be time to update our website to a fresh new design and functionality. Although our current design has served us well over the past few years, it was time to upgrade our code from HTML 4.01 to HTML5, CSS 2 to CSS3, insert a few jQuery snippets here and there, and give our PHP and MySQL scripts a revamp.

Although our new design isn't due to hit publically till November 1st, we'd like you, our readers to view our new design at gamma.shadowdev.com and tell us what you think while we get all of the final bugs out and finish fine-tuning it for the release. You can send us feedback in the comments below, or email us at [email protected] if we nee... Read More ►

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Put QR Codes on Printouts to connect Offline Content to Online Material

Published Wednesday 26th of October 2011 10:00 AM

This posting is mirrored off of our President's personal blog:

[...] I realized a great method to implement QR codes to connect offline content to its online material.

This method is implemented in 3 steps:

Put this code in your footer files (PHP only):
echo "<div id='print_qr'>Scan this QR Code with your Smartphone to access
this page:<br/>";
echo "<img src='chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=qr&chs=100x100&chl=http%3A%2F%2F".
$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'].$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']."' alt='QR Code'/></div>";
(this uses Google's API to automatically generate the QR code for each page. If you are using ASP, insert your own code)

Put this in your m... Read More ►

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What to do with Federal Compliance/Labor Law Regulation Letters

Published Monday 24th of October 2011 8:25 PM

By: Kyle Perkins

You may have received a letter that looks like the one presented to the left. It looks like something that is from the Federal level discussing something super-important.

In reality, it's spam. Throw it in the nearest trash can recycle bin.

This is from a company in California that makes a living on "spoofing" Federal Regulation letters and demanding you pay $10-$100 for a compliance poster. In short: this poster puts all of the state-regulated DOL and OSHA posters in one location. Whoopie.

Yes, it may be true that a business may get fined if these posters aren't present, but the only fine that a business should receive is a notification saying to get the post... Read More ►

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Who Cares What Your Weakness Is?

Published Monday 24th of October 2011 7:47 PM

By: Kyle Perkins

"What is your greatest weakness?" I'm sure this question has come across during one or more interviews when applying for a job.

The question I have is: who cares?

A very interesting moment occurred during a meeting I had earlier today. During a meeting with a potential employee, various questions were discussed that dealt with her skills, experiences, and so on. Out of the blue, she said "My greatest strength is...." and continued. I was waiting for her to continue the discussion and say "My greatest weakness is...." and unload that with me. My Boss Mentality said "Ask the question if she doesn't say it." All of my urges said to ask that question based on previou... Read More ►

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New Client: Saki Sushi!

Published Monday 17th of October 2011 2:56 PM

We are proud to welcome our newest client: Saki Sushi in Waynesville, NC! Saki Sushi is opening a new restaurant in Waynesville and needed a new web presence to represent their excellent service when their restaurant opens in the next few weeks!

We are excited to welcome Saki Sushi to our family and can't wait to get started on their site, sakisushi.net... Read More ►

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Shadow Dev Celebrates 6 Years!

Published Saturday 15th of October 2011 8:00 AM

Wow, has it really been 6 years already? It feels just like yesterday that Shadow Dev was just an idea in a head.

A lot has happened in the past 6 years, but let's take a moment to reminisce about the past year. We have:

hired 3 new employees: Developer KC Weeks, Sales Rep Tom Hughes, and Developer Kat Tanner
with the help of Dr. Lockwood, we are revising our financials and accounting books to become more optimized
launched our Site Analyzer Service
hosted our first seminars!
signed on new clients, like Cullowhee Mountain Arts, Inc, Innocent Footprints, Lu's Specialties Foods, New Era Photography and Studios, and many more!
started a new service: Receipt Rescue
Joined the NFIB
... Read More ►

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What to do with a Domain Name Expiration Notice

Published Thursday 29th of September 2011 10:32 AM

By: Kyle Perkins About 4 months or so before a registered domain is about to expire, you may receive something in the mail from the Domain Registry of America saying your domain is about to expire, and, chances are, it looks something like the form to the left.

This isn't a bad thing. Yes, it is a friendly reminder saying that your domain is due to expire in the upcoming months, and things look okay until you look at the prices.

These prices are for renewing your domain for 1, 2, and 5 years - and only if you switch your domain registration company to the Domain Registry of America (DRoA). Chances are, you ordered your domain through a trusted domain registrar (such as GoDaddy) for a ... Read More ►

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Shadow Dev now NFIB Member

Published Wednesday 28th of September 2011 12:24 PM

As of Tuesday, September 27th, 2011, Shadow Development is now an official member of the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB). NFIB is a Non-Profit organization that helps with voicing small businesses in Big Government, and helps fight to better the laws and governing rights to help small businesses operate better in the USA.

From NFIB.com:

The National Federation of Independent Business is the leading small business association representing small and independent businesses. A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization founded in 1943, NFIB represents the consensus views of its members in Washington and all 50 state capitals.

NFIB's mission is to promote and protect ... Read More ►

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Unexpected Outage

Published Friday 9th of September 2011 1:07 PM

We regretfully report that due to an unforeseen incident by our primary hosting company, our main operating server was down since 12:10pm. Since we do not have an explaniation of this unexpected outage, we want to assure our customers and surfers that the operations should resume at the time of this posting. Once we have some more details on why this outage occured, we will post them here.

Update: 2011-09-09 12:40PM: We weren't able to get a very detailed answer from the hosting company, and all we know is there was an issue with their primary management server. Here is the update from them:
Servers down at datacenter
Posted by WSSSupport on September 9, 2011 :: 10:38 am in Uncategoriz... Read More ►

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Shadow Dev Welcomes New Staff Member: Kat Tanner

Published Monday 5th of September 2011 4:05 PM

Our family is always growing, and today, we can officially say that we have a new staff member. Please help us welcome Kat Tanner to the Shadow Dev family.

Kat will be working as a Web Developer for new and current Shadow Development customers, and our high hopes go to Kat as she joins our expert staff!

Here's a little more info on Kat :
Kat originally worked in the Veterinary field for many years and did some minor web work on the side. After becoming dissatisfied with her previous job, Kat came to Shadow Development to look for new and exciting opportunities. She's willing to learn the cutting-edge technologies that make the web work, and is excited to help our our customers.
... Read More ►

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Client Waynesville Haywood Concerned Citizens' site goes Live!

Published Wednesday 24th of August 2011 4:00 PM

We are proud to announce that our client, Waynesville Haywood Concerned Citizens, had their site go live earlier today at whcc-pac.org!

Our initial discussions started with WHCC early in June, and through informative client meetings, design discussions, and information processing, their site is finally live!

WHCC is a Political Action Committee set on changing the inefficient methods in Haywood County... Read More ►

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HOWTO: Email Bounces, Hacks, and Other Issues

Published Friday 19th of August 2011 10:00 AM

Ever open your email one morning and find a bunch of emails that are from a "Mailer-Daemon" that you didn't send, a bunch of your contacts are asking why you sent them ads for Viagra, or from an unknown address with a fairly large attachment?

This is a very common issue known as "Email Spoofing", and it is becoming one of the most annoying issues on the Internet. There are a few ways to deal with it; some good, some bad. Not going into any fine technical details, we'll discuss what an example "Email Spoof" looks like, some of the top methods to deal with this issue, and how to hopefully prevent it in the future (you'll understand the "hopefully" part at the end).
The Some-what Good News... Read More ►

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HOWTO: DNS 101

Published Wednesday 17th of August 2011 10:00 AM

DNS stands for "Domain Name System". Users on the internet use DNS Services without even knowing it. Google defines the DNS as "[...] the network service that translates a website's name to its Internet address."

In simple terms, DNS is like the Post office: it is the location where a sender (You) can send information to a specific address (URL), the Post Office receives it and delivers it to the proper address (DNS), and the Receiver receives the information and acts accordingly (Web Server).

Here's an example:
You type in google.com
Your browser goes to the closest DNS servers and pulls up something similar to 74.125.67.106 (this is known as an IP address - the "mailing address" ... Read More ►

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HOWTO: Proxy Servers 101

Published Monday 15th of August 2011 10:00 AM

Some people may be wondering "What is a Proxy?". If you are unfamiliar with voting regulations or network configurations, the term "Proxy" may be odd to you. This article hopes to clear up some of the bigger understandings of what a Proxy is (as far as websites are concerned), and what it does.
Direct Connection

This is the most common type of Web Server connections: The Web Server is connected directly to the internet. Basic. Simple. Works most of the time. In most cases, this is all that is needed for a website to run. But, if there is ever an error with the web server (such as an attack, mis-configuration of a service, too many requests, etc), the web server (and website) can go down... Read More ►

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Shadow Dev has New URL Shortener

Published Friday 12th of August 2011 5:00 PM

Through some round-about ways, we now have our own unique URL shortner. We share links a lot in our blog posts, and to make things easier on the eyes, we have registered and created shadowdev.co - our own method to shorten URL's. Right now, the limitation is on Shadow Dev-related materials, but we may open it up to our customers and for public use - it depends on how much usefulness comes out of it.

An example of a shortened link: http://shadowdev.co/vs567nm
(will take you to facebook.com )

While we are always exploring the forefronts of web development and the internet age, there may be questions and concerns. We welcome any through our standard email address ([email protected]),... Read More ►

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Minor Server Outage

Published Friday 5th of August 2011 2:39 AM

Between 1:03 and 1:16AM this morning, our main operations server was down for an unknown reason. We are looking into the cause of this downtime, and all services that were being processed at that time were completed at the moment of uptime.

Although we are unsure of the cause of the downtime, we are looking into it and will find a way to keep this from happening again.

We do regret that this downtime was longer than standard ... Read More ►

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Shadow Dev Welcomes New Staff Member: Dr. Thomas Hughes

Published Wednesday 13th of July 2011 4:58 PM

Our family is always growing, and today, we can officially say that we have a new staff member. Please help us welcome Dr. Thomas Hughes to the Shadow Dev family.

Dr. Hughes will be working Sales and Customer Service for new and current Shadow Development customers, and our high hopes go to Dr. Hughes as he joins our expert staff!

Here's a little more info on Dr. Hughes:
Dr. Thomas Jefferson Hughes comes to Shadow Development after his retirement from the Academic Community where he served as a Professor of English, Psychology, and Asian Studies for over thirty years. As a former classroom teacher what he brings to Shadow Development is a keen awareness of the written word, effectiv... Read More ►

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Shadow Dev Welcomes New Staff Member: KC Weeks

Published Tuesday 5th of July 2011 3:39 PM

Our family is always growing, and today, we can officially say that we have a new staff member. Please help us welcome Kenneth "K.C." Weeks to the Shadow Dev family.

K.C. will be working as a Setup Developer and Assistant Designer for the Shadow Dev team, and our high hopes go to K.C. as he joins our expert staff!

Here's a little more info on K.C.:
I was born and raised in Illinois. In 1997, I moved to North Carolina and began a career working in zoos. In 2000, I married the most wonderful woman in the world and today we have two incredible boys. In 2009 I had an epiphany. Granted, this epiphany was brought on by a horrible, two donkey accident and two weeks off from work to rest a ... Read More ►

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New Client: Waynesville Haywood Concerned Citizens

Published Friday 1st of July 2011 3:00 PM

We are proud to welcome our newest client: Waynesville Haywood Concerned Citizens, in Waynesville, NC! Waynesville Haywood Concerned Citizens bring the political newsfront to the citizens of Haywood County.

We are excited to welcome Waynesville Haywood Concerned Citizens, to our family and can't wait to get started on their site, whcc-pac.org... Read More ►

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Our Apologies

Published Monday 20th of June 2011 4:29 PM

Over the past week, a few clients (both active and potential) may have had some trouble contacting us or getting speedy responses as expected. Our company has recently gone through a re-construction, both interally and externally, which resulted in delayed responses and actions taken. For this, we deeply apologize.

In addition, our development team was a little overwhelmed with the amount of work that has been assigned for last week. With time-management matters aside, our developers' schedules have freed up a bit and are back on course.

It has always been our expectation to provide simple and fast customer service, whether it is getting a quote, making a change on a site, or creatin... Read More ►

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New Client: New Era Photography and Studios, LLC

Published Wednesday 1st of June 2011 1:37 PM

We are proud to welcome our newest client: New Era Photography and Studios, LLC, in Raleigh, NC! New Era Photography and Studios offers that "professional touch" for photographs for your special event!

We are excited to welcome New Era Photography and Studios, LLC, to our family and can't wait to get started on their site, funtophoto.co... Read More ►

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1 Month of CloudFlare Report

Published Tuesday 17th of May 2011 5:49 PM

Over the past month, we have been using the services of CloudFlare, a cloud-based DNS Proxy system used to help accelerate websites and increase security. During that time, we have said numerous compliments about how our site performance has increase dramatically. As promised from our previous blog posting, we are reporting on our 1 month usage of CloudFlare.

Our old nameservers ahd hosting servers that we used from June '06 to November '10 had an uptime of 99.9% and a response time of 450ms. Once we made a switch to an upgraded server for an increased storage capacity, updated operating system, and increased security, our expectation was to keep our uptime report around the 99% with th... Read More ►

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New Shadow Dev T-Shirts!

Published Friday 6th of May 2011 4:34 PM

It's always nice when we receive new things. Today's new thing is our new Shadow Dev T-shirts! Inspired by CloudFlare, we are willing to give these shirts to lucky people to show their love for us! Showing off our T-shirt is none other than our President, Kyle Perkins.

Contact Us, Facebook Us, Follow Us, give us a call at (800) 970-1058, or stop on by and ask how to get your own shirt today... Read More ►

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Lower Rates = Faster Info

Published Tuesday 3rd of May 2011 8:27 PM

Thanks to some in-depth analytics studies and some MySQL query improvements, we have been able to reduce our response rate 78.5%! In simple terms, "response time" means how long it takes for the server to generate a page and send it to the user (you). In today's world, the faster something can be requested and received, the better. Lower response times means youget the information quicker (like getting a package in about 24 hours instead of a week).

This is only a portion of the improvements that we are making around the Shadow Dev site. By using the combined efforts of CloudFlare.com, Pingdom.com, Google Analytics, web server load reduction, code optimization, centralized functions, and... Read More ►

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Uptime Improvement

Published Friday 22nd of April 2011 8:01 PM

We are always working on ways to help improve client sites, and our latest innovation technique deals with one of the biggest issues of all: Uptime. We are testing our latest features with a service called CloudFlare which is taking over our DNS records for the main company site (so we can figure out any issues before releasing to our clients). This testing will continue for 1 month so we can see how the performance has either increased or decreased. So far, our results with CloudFlare have exceed our expectations from our old DNS manager. Here are some reports showing how proud we are (generated from Pingdom.com, an uptime server status software):
Uptime
Downtime
Uptime Report
Aside ... Read More ►

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Server Security Report

Published Wednesday 20th of April 2011 5:39 PM

Recently, our main web server for shadowdev.com had a Denial of Service (DoS) attack, which made the main website go offline for a few hours. This had a ripple effect across many client websites, as they reference some static files from our main site. This may have resulted in some client sites being slow to load or down completely. Here is the report from earlier today:

Based on an in-depth security analysis, we had a few attempts trying to access our Shell (the command-line interface we use to communicate with the server) from Hong Kong, Texas, California, Thailand, and the latest (probably the main cause) from Jersey. Our original assumption was the DNS service, as we were trying a ne... Read More ►

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Happy Client: Lu's Specialties Foods has New T-Shirts

Published Thursday 14th of April 2011 1:29 PM

Last week, Lu's Specialties Foods ordered T-shirts through our Marketing Program for their Open House on Friday, April 15th. The owner of Lu's Specialties Foods wanted a quick professional appearance for her staff during the Open House to allow exposure for their logo and to seem like a more professional team.

We are proud to say that the T-shirts arrived on Tuesday (April 12th), and Lu's Specialties Foods is happy to have them.

As proud supporters, wanted to show off our first T-shirt order, and the high quality that was put in to making them.

Lu's Specialties Foods signed a contract with us last month, and their site is almost ready at lusspecialties.com, and more information... Read More ►

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How To: Changing Nameservers on a GoDaddy Account

Published Wednesday 13th of April 2011 6:08 PM

Quite a few clients of ours purchase a domain before coming to us, and when they do, they usually go through GoDaddy. While this isn't a problem, we do ask our clients to update their nameservers so their domain can point to our hosting servers. For most web techies, this is an easy 30-second task. For non-web techies, it's like trying to explain how to do heart surgery - not an easy task.

As mentioned in our Understanding Nameservers article, a Nameserver is like a traffic officer; it directs your users to the correct hosting server (like directing you to the correct house). Same concept, but digital.

For our current and future clients, along with anybody else that can use this infor... Read More ►

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Now Offering Credit Card Payments

Published Friday 8th of April 2011 10:00 AM

With the decline of paper currency, it is best for businesses to have some form of payment acceptace with plastic rectangles, also knows as Credit Cards. For years, Shadow Development has only had cash and check transactions. This just changed.

At least, temporarily. Online Credit Card processing will be implemented in three phases.

Phase 1 (now!): Clients can pay invoices online at shadowdev.com/payment and payments are processed instantanously, thanks to an integration with PayPal online transaction processor. Clients can use any major card, including American Express, Visa, Discover, MasterCard, or can pay directly with PayPal. Using this system, Clients type in their Invoice Num... Read More ►

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10 SEO Tips for Anybody

Published Wednesday 6th of April 2011 10:00 AM

By Kyle Perkins

Search Engine Optimization (aka: SEO) is a very common term tossed around today, especially in the web development world. What exactly is SEO? To put it as simply as possible, it's a large combination of techniques, structures, algorithym setups, content placements, and other website tactics that get your website listed higher in search results. We'll be covering the top 10 SEO Tips for anybody to implement in this article, but keep in mind: the tips below are only the tip of the iceberg (literally)! There are hundreds, thousands, maybe millions of other SEO improvement tips out there that can help improve a site's ranking, but we want to offer a general overview to ge... Read More ►

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Getting the Right Directions: Understanding Nameservers

Published Monday 4th of April 2011 10:06 AM

By: Kyle Perkins

When you hear the term Nameserver, I bet an image of a server with a nametag is probably the first thing that you think of (either that, or a a Server that serves Names on a platter). When most people hear the term Nameserver, the usual response is "Name-what?", "Huh?", or the common deer-in-the-headlights-look. For those of you who do any of the above, this informational article is for you!

What is a Nameserver? In geek-speak, a name server (also spelled nameserver) "consists of a program or computer server that implements a name-service protocol. It maps a human-recognizable identifier to a system-internal, often numeric, identification or addressing component." I... Read More ►

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Social Media 101: Working For Your Business!

Published Thursday 31st of March 2011 5:01 PM

It is vital that businesses have some type of web presence. Whether it is a web page, a Facebook fan page, or a LinkedIn account, this workshop will show business owners how to make these social media networks work for them.

By coming to this workshop, business owners will learn how to set up pages/accounts on all the major social media sites (such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Maps, and more), and how to effectively maintain the accounts. Learn how to integrate the social media accounts into a website, so just a click will connect the two together and make it easier on your visitors.

Learning how to maintain these social media sites will allow businesses to grow beyond what... Read More ►

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LOCAL BUSINESS: PRESENTATION, SEARCH ENGINE SEMINARS

Published Thursday 31st of March 2011 4:16 PM

Shadow Development Offers Free Seminars with Tips and Tricks for Better Presentations and Improving Search Engine Rankings

Every day is a challenge with technology changing everyday, just like expectations. With the innovation of social media networks, such as Facebook and Twitter, there are countless ways to connect with people nowadays. However, the skills taught in school on how to present properly become outdated before graduation. One local business is setting out to change this in Haywood County with a series of free seminars. The first seminar will be focused to help educate students, club members, and employees on creating eye-catching and memorable presentations with tips that w... Read More ►

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New Office Sign

Published Wednesday 23rd of March 2011 11:49 AM

Our office building has a new and improved sign out in front for better viewing and easier reading! The new sign was being worked on last Thursday, right before our SEO Seminar, and was finished the following Friday!

Old Sign, circa 2009

New Sign, 2011
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Put Your Parked Domain into Drive!

Published Tuesday 22nd of March 2011 5:13 PM

By Kyle Perkins

As a professional web developer, I've heard the term "Parked Domain" thrown around the web-world and around businesses now and then, but once I started developing website and applications, I never really had a good definition what the term "Parked" related to in terms of web development. Through a little research and testing out a few things, it turns out that I had actually been referring to an incorrect definition all this time. When I realized this, I thought it may be beneficial to let others know what "Parked" actually means with domains.

First off, let's cover a basic term: a "Domain" (also called a URL) is the http://www thing you put in the big white box at th... Read More ►

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New Client: Lu's Specialties Foods

Published Monday 21st of March 2011 7:22 PM

We are proud to welcome our newest client: Lu's Specialties Foods in Waynesville, NC! Lu's Specialties Foods makes Asian sauces for that unique Asian-inspired taste (like Sushi).

We are excited to welcome Lu's Specialties Sauces to our family and can't wait to get started on their site... Read More ►

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New Client: Innocent Footprints

Published Friday 4th of March 2011 5:34 PM

We are proud to welcome our newest client: Innocent Footprints in Canton, NC! Gwen Clifford of Innocent Footprints offers various art, photographs, and books for all audiences.

We are excited to welcome Innocent Footprints to our family and can't wait to get started on their site... Read More ►

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Shadow Dev now on 2 Major Directories

Published Wednesday 2nd of March 2011 6:57 PM

We are proud to announce that Shadow Development is now listed on 2 major search directories: Yelp! and Best of the Web directories.

Yelp! lists reviews and details for local businesses on the web and mobile devices.

Best of the Web offers the best of local reviews all over the US and UK.

We are on many other directories, such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Manta, MerchantCircle, and AshevilleNC... Read More ►

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The College Kiosk is Closing

Published Monday 31st of January 2011 10:26 PM

So long, and thanks for all of the fish support

Although it was a great experience, the Parent company of The College Kiosk, Shadow Development has decided to terminate this service. While it was great to build a college-based e-commerce auction/advertising system, the progress isn't anywhere near what we expected. That, and the acquiring of EPiC Venture Enterprises was unexpected. We hope that everyone who joined had a good time while it lasted, and if you have any questions/concerns/death threats, please contact Shadow Development.

As of March 16th, 2011 (2 years from domain registration date), The College Kiosk will no longer be in service... Read More ►

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New Client: Two Cats Studios!

Published Friday 21st of January 2011 9:24 PM

We are proud to welcome our newest client: Two Cats Studios in Waynesville, NC! Two Cats Studios is a greeting card and logo design company that just started up this month! We are excited to welcome Two Cats Studios to our family and can't wait to get started on their site! Two Cats Studios' site can be viewed at twocatsstudios.com (still being developed... Read More ►

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Email Server Issue

Published Thursday 20th of January 2011 4:22 PM

We would like to inform everyone that there was a small email server issue that started on Monday, January 17th. You may have tried to send an email to one of us at Shadow Development and received something like the below:

There was a small issue with the Email Limiter that wouldn't allow emails to pass through. We have talked to our system administrators and have erased the Limiter (although we don't know why there was a limit in the first place). We would like to assure everyone that no other systems or sites were affected by this change, and you should be able to send our staff emails without receiving bounced emails any more.

In case you have any other issues, please contact us at... Read More ►

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Shadow Dev Welcomes New Advisor: Hugh Simpson

Published Sunday 28th of November 2010 10:42 PM

Just before the Thanksgiving break, communications were reopened with an old Shadow Dev acquaintance from 2006. After discussing updates and news events since then, the acquaintance agreed to become an Advisor to Shadow Development! We wanted to share this news to celebrate our excitement and tell the community about our growing expectations!We are proud to welcome Hugh Simpson as the newest Advisor to Shadow Development. Hugh is a "25 year vet of videography, 11 year vet of TV production and a 30 plus year vet of Public REALations consulting as I like to call it." Hugh's many connections and invaluable experience will prove useful to the growth of Shadow Development.

Hugh's various star... Read More ►

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Server Upgrade - Happening Now

Published Tuesday 23rd of November 2010 11:35 PM

We wanted to let everyone know that the server upgrade that we've been talking about is actually happening right now. Our server support staff are slowly moving one domain at a time to (hopefully) not disturb anybody's sites. However, there may come a few issues out of this transition. This process should be complete with the move of the ShadowDev.com domain, which is scheduled for either Friday or Saturday.

If you have any questions, please contact us at (800) 970-1058, (828) 283-0319, or our president directly at [email protected]... Read More ►

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We have a Vanity Facebook URL!

Published Monday 22nd of November 2010 8:39 PM

It took a few hours of Social Media Marketing, but it's official: Shadow Development has a Vanity Facebook URL at facebook.com/ShadowDevelopment! We'd like to thank all of our fans for making this possible.

In addition, all Facebook fans can received a 10% discount for our services. That's right! Tell your friends! Tell your family! Tell your co-workers! Tell your fish!
If they are a Facebook fan, they'll get 10% off their total amount! (for most packages, that's a savings of $500!)

Contact us at [email protected] or at (800) 970-1058 to get started... Read More ►

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Server Upgrade To Happen Soon

Published Monday 22nd of November 2010 12:29 PM

As mentioned before, we have outgrown our current server needs and are upgrading to a bigger, better system. We said last week that the Server upgrade was going to happen between Nov 15-19, but things didn't work out exactly as planned. We wanted to inform everyone that if things go right, we should be doing the Server Upgrade process on Tuesday night (so we don't interrupt anybody's busy site(s)). The upgrade should take place between 9PM on November 23rd and 6AM on November 24th. After the server upgrade is in place, we will be working as hard as we can to make sure that everybody's sites are back up and running as soon as possible!

If there are any questions, please contact us at (800... Read More ►

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Coming Soon: Server Upgrade

Published Wednesday 10th of November 2010 6:42 PM

We are proud to announce that due to our ever-growing success, we have outgrown our current hosting servers and will be upgrading to a new, better system of servers soon. The upgrade is scheduled for some time next week (11/15-11/19), but we're not quite sure exactly when. We'll post another update when we get a more definitive timeline. During the upgrading process, client websites may be down for a few hours, but we'll be working on the upgrades as fast as we can to get all client websites up and going as fast as possible.

We do apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and we welcome any questions and/or comments at our company email ([email protected]), our toll-free line at (... Read More ►

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Free Seminars!

Published Wednesday 3rd of November 2010 2:01 PM

We're excited to announce 2 new seminars coming in the Winter/Spring of 2011. A lot of planning has been put into these seminars, and we hope that you, the community, can get a lot out of it! All of these seminars are free, and we have more in the pipelines, so subscribe to our RSS feeder to stay up-to-date and get the latest news on what we're offering! We also have our seminars, events, and presentations on our corporate site.

Are You Optimized? Get Noticed on Google with Search Engine OptimizationThis seminar will be focused around the basics of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for your website, and what can and cannot be done to improve your ranking among search engines like Googl... Read More ►

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Got a Question? We have Answers

Published Wednesday 27th of October 2010 1:38 PM

After months of planning, asking, and narrowing down, we have finally completed our list of Frequently Asked Questions! We have narrowed down the list of questions to the top 15 FAQ's and we should have most questions answered within those top 15.

If you have a question that isn't answered within the list, please Contact us so we can provide you with an answer... Read More ►

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Professional Image Upgrade

Published Wednesday 20th of October 2010 3:14 PM

It is always good to update your professional image every now and then, and the staff at Shadow Development did just that. This morning, the staff received their new Shadow Development Polo's from Land's End! We were so excited, we couldn't wait to show them off!

These polo's will be worn at all professional client meetings, presentations, seminars, and the like to show off our professional image and that we take everything seriously... Read More ►

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Local Web Firm Celebrates 5 Years in WNC!

Published Friday 15th of October 2010 7:00 AM

Shadow Development celebrates their 5th year Anniversary today!

It seems just like yesterday that Shadow Development was just an idea in a head. Five years ago today, our founder, Kyle Perkins, was sitting in his dorm room at Western Carolina University on October 15th, 2005, while trying to think of how to better serve the internet community and the surrounding businesses and organizations. It was at this point that Shadow Development was born: to improve the World Wide Web by making websites better designed, more flexible, and customized to fit target audiences.

In the duration of five years, Shadow Development has progressed from a small dorm room in Cullowhee, NC, to an corporate ... Read More ►

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Corporate Site gets Own Domain

Published Tuesday 12th of October 2010 4:23 PM

When dealing with two sides of a company, it is always best to have a separator between the "Audience" side and the "Behind the Scenes" side. For about a year, Shadow Development's corporate information had been located behind a "corporate" folder off of the Shadow Development main domain. As of today, Shadow Development's corporate website now has its own domain at shadowdev.biz!

ShadowDev.biz will serve as the corporate website for Shadow Development's portal for public internal information. While still operating as the same company, this provides a separation between the two.

While the corporate website mainly deals with corporate events, investments, public internal information,... Read More ►

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New Quality Enhancement Program to take affect

Published Wednesday 8th of September 2010 1:29 PM

Most of the time, when a web firm wants to gain more customers, they lower their prices which can also decrease their quality. Customers may only pay $100 or so, but that means that they only get a 5-page simple static site that was made in 10 minutes.

However, we don't want to skimp on our quality and want to offer the highest quality possible to customers while still affordable. After re-evaluating our pricing structure, the expenses outweighed the income and didn't match up right. Our programmers and designers were getting way less than minimum wage per hour (based on standard calculation procedures) for the quality they were producing.

This is why our prices are going to increase.... Read More ►

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New Customer: Cove Creek Construction

Published Tuesday 7th of September 2010 4:32 PM

We are proud to announce that Cove Creek Construction of Waynesville, NC, has just signed on with Shadow Development. The President of the company came to us after his previous "webmaster" ventured out for new talents, and left his site out to dry.

Thank you again Cove Creek Construction and we're glad to have you onboard... Read More ►

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New Client: Cove Creek Construction

Published Tuesday 7th of September 2010 12:03 PM

We are proud to welcome our newest client: Cove Creek Construction of Waynesville, NC! Cove Creek Construction specializes in all phases of residential remodeling, such as whole house remodels, additions, decks, repair and maintenance, garages, carports, kitchens, baths, and workshops. Most customers are upgrading their houses to give it that special warmth of a home, enlarging to accommodate growing families, or expanding their outside living areas with decks or patios.

We are excited to welcome Cove Creek Construction to our family and can't wait to get started on their site!

Cove Creek Construction's website can be located at covecreekconstructioninc.co... Read More ►

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New SEO Affiliation Provides More Options

Published Wednesday 18th of August 2010 4:36 PM

Shadow Development Technologies, LLC, and E Consulting Network, LLC, are now Company Affiliates

It's always good to have connections, and when those connections provide a win-win situation for all, who can say no? As of today, Shadow Development is now a partnered affiliate with E Consulting Network, LLC, out of Woodland Hills, CA, and is offering more targeted SEO options such as geotargeting, exclusive keyword targeting, and "Optimized SEO" (yes, we know it's redundant).

E-Consulting Network, LLC is a wholesale SEO provider, providing cost effective solutions to businesses large and small. We also provide a wide array of additional online marketing services, including search engine ... Read More ►

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New Donate Program begins Round 1 Funding

Published Tuesday 3rd of August 2010 12:34 AM

Shadow Development has just launched a program to help their first round of Funding. The Shadow Development Donation page (at shadowdev.com/donate) is set up to accept donations from Friends and Family. This is to help the financial status of Shadow Development and to also accept larger amounts from lending companies.

According to potential venture capitalists and lenders, an attempt and amount must be raised by friends and family of the owners before larger amounts can be considered.

Shadow Development is not trading stock for donations, but rather a ROI of 10% over 5 years to the donors. According to Kyle Perkins, founder of Shadow Development, "Lenders don't like us having 10,000 d... Read More ►

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Shadow Dev now Accredited BBB Member

Published Friday 30th of July 2010 4:49 PM

Shadow Development is now Accredited Member of Asheville Better Business Bureau

Invitation into the Better Business Bureau is an exclusive honor, and Shadow Development has passed all of the qualifications and expectations to be accepted into the Asheville chapter of the Better Business Bureau.

Businesses in the Better Business Bureau must maintain a set of standards of best business practices and be free of customer complaints.

An accredited business must abide by the following (but not limited to):
Maintain at least a B rating with this Bureau and, if headquartered elsewhere than this Bureau's service area, at least a B rating by that Bureau;
Respond to all complaints presente... Read More ►

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Shadow Dev Now On Skype

Published Thursday 15th of July 2010 4:32 PM

We are proud to announce that Shadow Development now has a Skype account to make it easier to communicate with our current and potential clients. If you have a Skype account (which is free), give us a call, chat, or video call at shadow.development. The call is free for Skype-to-Skype callers, so there is no charge to you!

In case you don't have a Skype account or you've never heard of Skype, fly on over to their site (skype.com) and learn about their features.

There are now many ways to contact Shadow Development: Toll Free (800-970-1058), Local (828-283-0319), Email ([email protected]), Skype (shadow.development), and of course, our office in Waynesville... Read More ►

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Shadow Development Celebrates 3 Years in Waynesville

Published Wednesday 7th of July 2010 4:38 PM

New consulting lease signed for Shadow Development with Smoky Mountain Development Corporation

Shadow Development is celebrating 3 years at the Smoky Mountain Development Corporation High Tech Business Incubator in Waynesville, North Carolina. Shadow Development first started in Cullowhee, North Carolina, in October 2005, and moved into the SMDC Incubator on July 7th, 2007.

As per July 1st, Shadow Development signed a new lease with SMDC in agreement to help with technical consulting for tenants in the Waynesville Incubator, along with visiting the 10 western-most North Carolina Counties (the focus counties are Clay, Cherokee, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, Swain... Read More ►

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New Client: North State Medical Transport

Published Friday 25th of June 2010 10:14 AM

We are proud to welcome our newest client: North State Medical Transport of Raleigh, NC! North State Medical Transport specializes in non-emergency transport of medical patients between locations, and offers a Shuttle service for others to use.

We are excited to welcome North State Medical Transport to our family and can't wait to get started on their site!

North State Medical Transport's website can be located at nsmt.bi... Read More ►

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New Client: Western Economic Development Organization

Published Thursday 24th of June 2010 1:30 PM

We are proud to welcome our newest client: Western Economic Development Organization of Waynesville, NC! Western Economic Development Organization was organized to improve the lot of low income persons through the coordination of resources in self help and cooperative endeavors by means of interest free loans, grants in aid, technical assistance, training, marketing and economic assistance.

We are excited to welcome Western Economic Development Organization to our family and can't wait to get started on their site!

Western Economic Development Organization's website can be located at westerneconomicdevelopment.or... Read More ►

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New Local 828 Number for Shadow Dev

Published Sunday 16th of May 2010 1:31 AM

We're proud to announce that Shadow Development now has a local number for Western North Carolina. In addition to our toll-free 800 number, locals in the Western North Carolina area (Asheville, Waynesville, Sylva, Cullowhee, Cherokee, Franklin, Cashiers, Arden/Fletcher, and more) can call us without having to worry about calling long distance... Read More ►

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Web's Worst Practices 3 - It starts with a blank canvas...

Published Thursday 22nd of April 2010 11:17 AM

We've just released the 3rd installment of our Web's Worst Practices series, which covers white-space: what it is, how it's used, and why it's important. You can view it online in PDF form or in HTML form.

Our Web's Worst Practices series highlight some of the worst practices that web developers and web designers do everyday, and provide solutions on how to prevent these "Bad Practices" from becoming worse... Read More ►

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Adding New Meaning to Outsourcing: Partner-out

Published Sunday 11th of April 2010 7:50 PM

By Kyle "KP" Perkins

Let's say that you have a computer problem and you call for support. Chances are pretty good that the support you get is going to be overseas. I'm not saying that overseas workers are bad at support or anything, but that's the stereotypical idea that comes to mind when someone mentions the word "Outsource." Wikitionary defines the term "outsource" as "To transfer the management and/or day-to-day execution of an entire business function to a third-party service provider". That's just the thing: the idea of Outsourcing has become tained with society's usage of the term. When we think "outsource", that's too commonly associated with "giving up to someone else to do for... Read More ►

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EPiC Venture Enterprises - Closing up Shop

Published Friday 2nd of April 2010 8:30 AM

This is not a late April Fools joke. After much delegation, EPiC Venture Enterprises is closing up shop shortly after their 1-year anniversary. The decision came when the shareholders Shadow Development, one of the potential EPiC subsidiaries, didn't approve of the acquisition during a meeting on April 1st, 2010. Instead, the shareholders wanted to keep Shadow Development as it was, dissolve EPiC (which at this point, only has one owner), and move EPiC's projects to Shadow Development for better skill-sets, business advisors, a longer history, and better financial support.

As per the dissolve: The College Kiosk will be owned by Shadow Development.

EPiC Venture Enterprises will officia... Read More ►

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New Client: Queen Mountain Law

Published Friday 12th of March 2010 3:15 AM

We are proud to welcome our newest client: Queen Mountain Law of Waynesville, NC! Queen Mountain Law offers legal services to the Western North Carolina region.

We are excited to welcome Queen Mountain Law to our family and can't wait to get started on their site!

Queen Mountain Law's website can be located at queenmountainlaw.co... Read More ►

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Web's Worst Practices 2 - Find My Content!

Published Monday 8th of March 2010 8:00 AM

We've just released the 2nd installment of our Web's Worst Practices series, which covers how people actually find content on your website. You can view it online in PDF form or in HTML form.

Our Web's Worst Practices series highlight some of the worst practices that web developers and web designers do everyday, and provide solutions on how to prevent these "Bad Practices" from becoming worse... Read More ►

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Web's Worst Practices 1 - "Click Here!"

Published Tuesday 16th of February 2010 2:39 PM

We've just released a mini-series of articles called "Web's Worst Practices," covering the best and worst of web standards when designing and developing websites. Our first one deals with an overwhelming problem: saying "Click Here" for links. You can view it online in PDF or HTML format through the Shadow Dev site... Read More ►

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Shadow Dev joins Haywood Chamber of Commerce

Published Friday 15th of January 2010 2:00 PM

Shadow Development now member of Greater Haywood County Chamber of Commerce

After residing in Haywood County for just over 2½ years, Shadow Development is now accepted as a member of the Greater Haywood County Chamber of Commerce.

Starting in May of 2009, the Greater Haywood Chamber contacted Shadow Development to design and develop the website and logos for the 1st Annual Fire & Ice Winterfest. The Executive Director of the Greater Haywood Chamber offered membership into the Chamber of Commerce in trade for the design and development of the Fire & Ice website and logos.

Shadow Development also joined in on Fire & Ice meetings along with the Waynesville Inn, The Gateway Club... Read More ►

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Now offering Freelancing!

Published Monday 11th of January 2010 3:32 PM

We are proud to announce that Shadow Development is now offering Freelancing programming! Providing customers with custom programming in (X)HTML, PHP, and CSS at $35/hour or on a fat rate, this will allow customers to receive our outstanding programming at a fraction of the cost of a full-blown website! Contact Us Today to receive a quote for your freelance projects... Read More ►

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3 Top Tips for Good Web Site Design

Published Thursday 5th of November 2009 12:11 PM

By Kyle "KP" Perkins, Western Carolina University (NC)

Have you thought about your Web site lately?

Maybe it's time you should.

Most of us think that people who visit our Web sites can easily find what they need because all of the information is there. Maybe it is, maybe it isn't.

You actually have complete control over your Web site, so wouldn't it be nice to make it more appealing? How about increasing its traffic by 5%, or maybe even 30%? It is possible - you just have to know the in's and out's of a good Web site - and why your Web site exists in the first place.
What Makes a Web Site Good?
As the average person surfs the Web, they encounter h... Read More ►

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New Design

Published Monday 6th of July 2009 6:11 PM

We just got finished updating the Shadow Dev site with a new design. This design in itself is simplier, easier to load, and we think offers a new "edgy" side of Shadow Dev. This has gone through many revisions and tests, and the new design on our site is the result of many months of work. Although it will never be 100% finished, we hope you enjoy it now and our constant improvements. Some of you may remember some of the older designs we had (the white-background-with-round-corners one, the dark-design-and-exposed-code one, and even the all-white-and-simple initial design), but this one is planned to stay for a while.

With some minor improvements here and there, we will keep continuing to... Read More ►

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New 800 Number for Shadow Dev

Published Thursday 25th of June 2009 9:37 AM

We're proud to announce that Shadow Development now has a Toll Free number! As of today, anybody can call us at 800-970-1058 and reach our team.

Best part of all: the number works after-hours! If someone calls us at, say, 9:30 PM, we have call forwarding set up so you can reach our team on their cell phones.... Read More ►

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New Client: Educational Association of University Centers

Published Thursday 24th of July 2008 2:32 PM

We are proud to welcome our newest client: Educational Association of University Centers of Cullowhee, NC! The Educational Association of University Centers' website is one of their continuing efforts to reach out to institutions of higher education that are not members..

We are excited to welcome the Educational Association of University Centers to our family and can't wait to get started on their site!

The Educational Association of University Centers's website can be located at eauc.or... Read More ►

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Shadow Dev Founder receives Exclusive WCU Award

Published Monday 7th of April 2008 8:00 AM

Kyle Perkins awarded the "Young Entrepreneur of the Year" from WCU College of Business

The founder of Shadow Development receives the exclusive "Young Entrepreneur of the Year" from Western Carolina University's College of Business department.

Perkins founded starting Shadow Development in 2005 and has helped out numerous student organizations on WCU's campus and various businesses in the Western North Carolina area. Perkins also works with Keat Cahoon, an undergraduate at Southwestern Community College from Raleigh, NC, and Zach Phillips, an undergraduate from Hamptonville, NC, majoring in Computer Information Systems.

Shadow Development has expanded from a dorm room on WCU's camp... Read More ►

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Shadow Dev wins Regional Design Award

Published Thursday 10th of January 2008 8:00 AM

Shadow Dev's Client site wins Regional Award from ACUI for Best Design

A website for a Western Carolina University student organization made by Shadow Development won a regional design award at the Association of College Unions International (ACUI) conference in November of 2007.

Shadow Development revamped the website for Last Minute Productions, the student-run entertainment and activity planning organization on Western Carolina's campus.

The ACUI conference, hosted in Charleston, SC, had over 1,000 colleges attending from all over the country, and had numerous colleges submit materials to be judged for various graphic and art competitions. Last Minute Production's website was ... Read More ►

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