Joe Giles, Co-Owner & PGA Professional

Granville Golfland

Mary Nelson, Founder

Ilima Hula Studio O Maryland

John Meiser, Head of School

Welsh Hills School

So this raises the question:  Should my site get updated to this latest and greatest release?

In short:  ”No”.

Assuming your website is working well and you’re not seeking to invest in new features and capabilities, there’s no real reason for you to upgrade to a new platform at this time.  With a major new release like 3.3, there are always things that get broken and need special attention to make sure your website continues to perform flawlessly.

However, if you are considering investing in some new website features anyway, then we would definitely encourage you to consider upgrading to the latest WordPress version at that time. 

Merlin Siteworks is here to assist you in your website needs and would be happy to help you get your CMS updated to the latest version, when the time is right for you.

Thom McManus, Director of Advancement

Newark Catholic High School

No cookie-cutter websites here.  Every site Merlin Siteworks delivers is designed and coded to meet your unique website marketing goals and requirements.

We start by listening to your goals and ideas for your website, then offer our own ideas for your consideration, yielding a collaborative result that can exceed your expectations.

Merlin has a wealth of experience, coding and database expertise, and a toolbox of assets that can be leveraged, in addition to leading 3rd party plugins, to deliver your custom website at an exceptional value and in a very timely manner.

And we build in fast performance so your visitors have a responsive experience on your site. 

Our customers have told us they really appreciate our approach, our listening, our value, and are ultimately delighted in the final product.  We love hearing that!  

Let’s talk about your next project and how Merlin Siteworks can come through for you!

Merlin Siteworks is pleased to be working with the Furniture Bank of Central Ohio to provide solutions for its growing need of IT web tools and other online communication facilities.

Merlin is leveraging its expertise in website design, SQL database manipulation, and PHP programming to meet the unique needs of the Furniture Bank, which is providing online appointment and scheduling tools for its partner agencies.

The Furniture Bank of Central Ohio provides free furniture to its central Ohio neighbors struggling to furnish their own homes as a result of severe poverty and other significant life challenges.   Their website is at www.furniturebankcoh.org

We recommend WordPress, the world’s leading CMS.  We have experience with several CMS and have concluded that WordPress offers the best solution for our customers, with its best-in-class ease of use, combined with its growing power and support as a top-flight CMS.  Our customers have been delighted with their new Merlin websites built upon the WordPress foundation.

An example of the Visual Editor, making editing your content a breeze (click to enlarge)

With your new CMS-based website, you can update your website content with no special tools or coding skills required.  You log into your website with a standard browser, see the list of pages and posts, and can use a visual editor to add or update content.  This includes plain text, fancy text, pictures, and videos.  

Merlin’s websites are also built with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), meaning you can use standard colors and styles in your content so that your website has a professional look and consistency across the various pages and content.

Merlin will provide you a custom website Users Guide to provide you with the guidance you need for making your website content updates.  

Finally, while customers typically choose to make their own updates to their websites going forward, Merlin also offers a content-update service if that is of value to you.  Our goal is to partner with you however is needed to get the most value from your online web presence.

The result may be a series of the most recent few stories on your Home page, or a listing of the most recent News items, or a scrolling news flash, or various other forms.  We can work with you on the design that best suits your needs, then we’ll do the website programming to build in the automatic features such that your future updates will be a breeze!

With a Merlin website, you can keep your content fresh and dynamic and keep your visitors coming back frequently.  That’s a tremendous value to your business or organization, all at a very competitive initial website price from Merlin.  

Your website’s fresh and dynamic content brings Return Visitors to your site!

You can make quick and easy calendar updates by going to a Google calendar website.  That’s all you have to do.

Your website can be designed to automatically pull data from that online calendar and present it in various ways:

• Upcoming Events:  See a listing of the upcoming events.  Click on a given event to see an expanded description.  This list keeps your website current and fresh, with no additional work by you (once your events are added to your calendar)
• Monthly Calendar:  View a traditional monthly calendar view.  Click on a given event to see an expanded description.

Keep your website visitors coming back and always up-to-date with this easy-to-use feature!

Samples below (click to enlarge):

Example Upcoming Events List

Example Monthly Calendar