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Welcome to Crebdesign.com!

Creb Design Co. is a consulting company that specializes in open source web solutions that can benifit your business. Our business began in 2001 when we relised the need to offer functional and customizable websites to small business in our area. Over time we discovered more and more open source projectst that we have become involved in testing and reviewing with the focus on the business. Ex. shopping carts, picture galleries, timecards, billing, and content management systems.

With so many choices availible with open license GNU\GPL software many are lost when it comes to what is possible and how to make it work. This is where Creb Design Co. can help! Read through our site for reviews and working examples of projects we choose to highlight. Feel free to contact us and help us stay on top of the newest projects we may not yet know of.

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 19 December 2006 )

Help us buy some new hardware!

We are in need of some new hardware and are looking for your support to help make it possible. If you have websites or email hosted with us you know how important it is to maintain our equiptment so everything remains as fast as possible. As part of our purchase we will be buying a new server along with twice as much disk space. In total we hope to raise $1200 but with your help this should be easy to do.

Thanks in advance for clicking on the button below and making a donation to our open source group so we can maintain our hosting and service.
PLEASE HELP US OUT!

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 19 December 2006 )

Seven Ways to Put Your Business Online

Ever since businesses realized that the Internet the ultimate resource to reach more people in less time for less than most other marketing mediums, business owners have been asking how can I get my business online and thus in the global marketplace. This question was answered with many solutions to include “my son took a web class in school, he can do it”. Well let’s look at the seven different ways to put your business online and the pros and cons of each.

Do It Yourself

The first way would be the obvious, to do it yourself. If you have technical knowledge and time on your hands then this is a great way to put up a site that suite your business.

Pros:

Save money by not paying someone else to do it for you
Maintain full control of your site
Sense of pride in what you have accomplished

Cons:

Many business owners lack the technical knowledge to effectively develop all the necessary components of their web site.
Many business owners lack the knowledge of how to write effective web copy that encourage sales as well as will be optimized for search engine. They are not versed in layout designs that increase accessibility and functionality.
They do not have hours invest in research, development and implementation of a business web site due to they must run their business so they put together a rush project.
Many business owners do not know how to effectively market the site after the design.

Last Updated ( Thursday, 05 October 2006 )

This Day in History

Brown v. Board of Education Decided
In 1951, a class action suit was filed against the Board of Education of the City of Topeka, Kansas, by 13 African-American parents on behalf of their children. The plaintiffs contended that segregating school facilities along racial lines violated the students' 14th Amendment right to equal protection under the law. The case was heard by the US Supreme Court, which unanimously agreed that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." How did this decision impact American society?
Pope Benedict XV Canonizes Joan of Arc as Saint
Joan of Arc was a French military leader and heroine. Inspired and directed by religious visions, she organized the French resistance that forced the English to end their siege of Orléans in 1429 and secured the coronation of the dauphin, later Charles VII of France. Captured and sold to the English by the Burgundians, she was later tried for heresy and sorcery and was burned at the stake in Rouen. How old was she when she died?
Van Gogh's Portrait of Doctor Gachet Sold for $82.5 Million
In June 1890, shortly before the artist's death, Vincent Van Gogh created two versions of a painting depicting his doctor, Paul Gachet. The paintings, called Portrait of Dr. Gachet, portray the doctor seated beside a foxglove plant, an extract of which is used to treat heart conditions. In 1990, 100 years after it was first painted, Japanese businessman Ryoei Saito purchased one version of the work for the record sum of $82.5 million. Why did he later threaten to have the painting burned?