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Awesome SEO!

Brian — Wed, 09 May 2012 15:17:20 +0000

Thought you would like to hear that we rank #4 organically in Google under the key words Competitive Electricity, which amazes me, since that is a very general search term. #1 is the NY Times and #3 is Harvard University.

I can only attribute this to your web site redesign and coaching on SEO. Very cool!

Steve Garson
Better Cost Control

BettsWorks

Brian — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 22:30:04 +0000

Brian took our website to a new level. I was impressed by his professionalism and follow through. He is truly dedicated to making sure that the end product is what the customer wants. We know that when it’s time for more changes, Brian Lis and his team will be the first people we contact.” March 12, 2012

Top qualities: Great Results, Good Value, High Integrity

Lisa Betts
BettsWorks
Owner BettsWorks, Inc.

Better Cost Control

Brian — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 02:58:24 +0000

Better Cost Control is comprised of experts—exactly what you need when navigating potential energy suppliers. We understand the rules, regulations and energy pricing strategies. Our team possesses the critical elements required to serve as your advocate: technical sophistication, business acumen and longstanding relationships with all the suppliers.

Features
Business Pro
Responsive Design
US State Rate Charts
Opt-Ins – Call to Action

Kolter Solutions

Brian — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 02:46:13 +0000

Kolter Solutions is a full spectrum information technology staffing company based in Orlando, Florida and servicing clients and consultants throughout the nation. They provide fulltime, contract and contract- to- hire talent in all areas of I.T. including Application Development and Design, Database Administration, System Administration, Project Management, Network Engineering, Business Analysis, Business Intelligence and Analytics (SAS), and ERP.

Features
Brochure Site
Time Sheets
Contact Form

Climate Couture

Brian — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 23:57:59 +0000

Climate Couture is a small business building dog apparel. Apparel specifically for cold weather. On Climate Couture’s website you can purchase warming coats and get caught up on the latest pet news.

Features
Ecommerce
Blogging

BettsWorks

Brian — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:10:15 +0000

BettsWorks is an innovative and relationship-based provider of education consulting and administrative services that offers unparalleled quality, service, and value. We value integrity and diligence and respect our relationships with each other, our customers, and the world at large.

Features
Built in category search
RSS feed news page
Multimedia
Social Networking

Greenstar Remodeling

Brian — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:23:18 +0000

Greenstar Remodeling is a growing company that prides itself on having a balance of traditional service combined with the latest in “green” technologies. Their customers to walk away from working with Greenstar knowing they got the most value for their budgeted project – hands down.

Features
Slider
Contact Form
Blogging
Social Networking

StudioPress Genesis Services

Brian — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:24:48 +0000

I’ve been a preferred StudioPress customizer for over three years now. I’ve handled every type of customization imaginable at this point. You can be sure the work I do is quick and correct. Here’s some of the basic services I offer. If you’d like a full site design contact me and we’ll rock out a sweet site for you.

Otherwise fill out the form below and I’ll get back to you within 12 hours.

StudioPress Genesis Customization

Logo Upload – Send me your logo any size / file format and I’ll upload it to your site for $50.00.
Favicon – Customize the small icon in the address bar $50.00.
Lite Customization – Upload your logo and make color changes to any StudioPress/Genesis child theme for $150.00.
AgentPress Setup – Upload your logo and make color changes to any StudioPress/Genesis child theme. Add your five search criteria & add your six main service areas $500.00.
AgentPress Setup + Lite Customization – Setup and color matching the site to your corporate colors $650.00.

Training

Many times when I do custom work the follow up question I receive is do I offer training? The answer is YES! Training is offered in two different sessions basic and advanced. Training is done over Skype screenshare. This allows me to show you my computer screen while I’m talking to you (over Skype or phone). Training is $100.00 per hour. I will also do on location training in the Chicagoland area for $150.00/hr.

Basic Training – Learn the WordPress basics that allow you to add and modify content.
Advanced SEO Training – You have a great website. Now learn how to drive traffic to it. Advanced Training is all about search engine optimization.

Here’s some more information on the training sessions I offer.

Request Service

Add A Unique Sidebar to the Genesis Home Page

Brian — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:19:53 +0000

A unique looking home page is often a desired look. This tutorial will be similar to Jen Baumann’s tutorial How to Show a Different Sidebar on Specific Pages only specific to the home page. One other sidebar quick tip, if your looking for unique sidebars elsewhere on the site you can also try Genesis Simple Sidebars plugin (which does not work for the home page).

In order to accomplish this, you will need to:

Register a new sidebar in your child theme functions.php
Create a new sidebar file for your child theme
Add a function to your child theme functions.php

Step 1 – Register a new sidebar in your child theme functions.php

In this example, we want to replace the Primary Sidebar with a new Primary Sidebar on the home page. Since these pages are home page related, we will name our new sidebar widget area, “Home Sidebar”.

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// Register a new sidebar
genesis_register_sidebar( array(
'id' => 'home-sidebar',
'name' => 'Home Sidebar',
'description' => 'This is the home sidebar widget area.'
) );

Make sure that you name your sidebar something appropriate to where your new sidebar will be located.

Step 2 – Create a new file inside your child theme directory called sidebar-home.php

Paste the following code into that file, making sure the name of the sidebar is the same as the one you registered in Step 1.

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Step 3 – Add a function to your child theme functions.php

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add_action( 'get_header', 'child_sidebar_logic' );
/**
* Add Home Sidebar
*
* @author Brian Lis
* @link http://dev.studiopress.com/add-unique-sidebar-to-home-page.htm
*/
function child_sidebar_logic() {
if ( is_home() ) {
remove_action( 'genesis_after_content', 'genesis_get_sidebar' );
add_action( 'genesis_after_content', 'child_get_home_sidebar' );
}
}

/**
* Retrieve our unique home page sidebar.
*/
function child_get_home_sidebar() {
get_sidebar( 'home-sidebar' );
}

Genesis Layout Options for Custom Post Types

Brian — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:37:27 +0000

This will add the Genesis layout options to custom post types.

Only tricky part is change “your_custom_post_type” in the code below to match the name of your custom post type.

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/**
* add Genesis layout options to custom posts types
*
* @author Brian Lis
* @link http://dev.studiopress.com/genesis-layout-options-for-custom-post-types.htm
*/

add_post_type_support( 'your_custom_post_type', 'genesis-layouts' );

*** Tip, if your unsure what you called your custom post type you can find it by clicking it in the WP admin menu. You’ll go to a link similar to this, http://domain-name.com/wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=my-cpt. In this example “my-cpt” would be what I’d use for “your_custom_post_type”.