Canton Web Services

On Hiatus

Rudy — Mon, 13 May 2013 05:35:20 +0000

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Lakeshore Tech Services is on temporary hiatus until further notice. Feel free to inquire at our sales address for more information as to our status and availability.

Your WordPress Specialist

Rudy — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:47:20 +0000

WordPress has grown by leaps and bounds in the past year, not only in usability and quality of code, but also in usage. This quote from WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg says it all:

This has been an exciting year for WordPress. We’ve grown to power 14.7% of the top million websites in the world, up from 8.5%, and the latest data show 22 out of every 100 new active domains in the US are running WordPress.

Lakeshore Tech Services has supported WordPress all along, but since it has grown and developed substantially in the past year or two, we are now further specializing in WordPress development and deployment. WordPress can now easily power the smallest of websites, or it can be the hub of an entire complex site with many different types of pages that can be embedded with custom PHP programming, which we also offer. Contact us today to find out how you can leverage WordPress for your own site. Our WordPress Development Service will help you keep your web presence ahead of your competition!

XenForo Installation, Conversion and Customization

Rudy — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 00:52:11 +0000

XenForo has grown substantially over the past couple of year. In this short amount of time, XenForo has grown into a robust community discussion platform. While XenForo does not yet have all of the bells and whistles that older forum systems have, they are adding necessary functions with each release, with a clean user-friendly interface and a light server load.

XenForo’s development team has ushered in new features and new ways of thinking about how users actually use forum software, and have made it the most user-friendly forum system available. LTS have already converted a handful of installations from competing forum systems and in all cases, visits have gone up substantially, and remained higher than in the past. Users like the ease of use and social features, and the friendly and clutter-free interface.

To assist those forum owners with converting their existing forums over to XenForo, customizing their existing XenForo, or creating new installations, Lakeshore Tech Services specializes in XenForo! Backed by over 15 years of experience in managing, maintaining and customizing forums and community building and monetization, we can help you take your online community to the next level. For XenForo styles, addons, installations and conversions from other forum systems, contct us today! Prices vary, but we offer a value-conscious package backed up by technical expertise. Contact us today to put XenForo to work for you!

vBulletin 4 Services Discontinued

Rudy — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 03:12:47 +0000

Canton Web Services has discontinued offering service for vBulletin version 4.0.0 and up. Read on for important information!

Due to the extremely poor performance and bloated coding of vBulletin 4, overall poor support of the product by the current owners of vBulletin (Internet Brands), and for philosophical reasons we prefer not to go into publicly (other than to say, we do not support companies who use lawsuits to try to run their competition out of existence), we are no longer offering any services for vBulletin, versions 4.0.0 and higher. We highly recommend switching to either XenForo (a much more modern/social experience for visitors, developed by vBulletin’s former lead developers) or IPB (Invision Power Board, a highly capable forum system for high-traffic applications). We supply services for XenForo, and will still continue to help users with legacy vBulletin systems up through version 3.8. Beyond that, we are parting ways and will no longer provide vBulletin 4 services or support.

Social Networking: Are YOU Ready?

Rudy — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 03:00:51 +0000

Your current website may be the ultimate destination for your customers. But, there are now numerous ways that you can drive traffic to your site that were unavailable as of a few years ago. Social media, such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and several others are popular ways to keep in touch with your customers and keep your presence in front of them more often than you could in the past. Canton Web Services was at the forefront of social media, and can help you with your own strategy to keep in touch with your customers, building loyalty and your brand image. Don’t wait any longer! Contact us to find out how leverage the incredible power of social media to benefit your business.

Professional Forum Services

Rudy — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:35:55 +0000

Our newly published article, Professional Forum Services, outlines our unique and proven ability to assist forum owners in building and maintaining profitable online communities. A discussion board is a proven traffic draw, with loyal members returning daily to read or respond to the many topics that are posted. Proper forum administration and moderation goes a long way toward building a loyal community, and we have experience dating back nearly 20 years. Let us help you build and maintain a successful and profitable online community!

Don’t Neglect Your Web Presence!

Rudy — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:52:55 +0000

Many business owners set up a single website, then let it sit untouched for months, or years. A website is more than an electronic version of a phone book ad: your website should be a tool to help you produce income. A dynamic and up-to-date site will give your customers or clients the confirmation that you are active, on top of your game, and waiting to assist them. If your site hasn’t been changed in awhile, or is looking tired in comparison to your competition (who are dying to get your business), contact us now for an appraisal! We can let you know where your site needs vital attention to draw in those customers that your company needs to survive.

Time To Beef Up…and Get Online!

Rudy — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:10:28 +0000

According to a recent study by comScore, e-commerce sales dipped by only 3 percent in Q4 2008, and were amazingly up 6 percent for the year. Compare that to overall U.S. retail sales, where sales dove 7.7 percent in Q4 2008, dropped 0.1 percent over the entire year (U.S. Census Bureau), and were down 9.8 percent in December from December 2007.

With business slow at this time, it is the perfect time to plan out your new or overhauled website, and start selling on the web! The e-commerce industry is still in an upswing, and we’re at a great time to start riding that wave. Contact us today, whether you want to talk big or small in revamping your current site, or putting your business online.

Professional vBulletin Services

Rudy — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 01:45:40 +0000

If you need a discussion board on your existing website, or if you already have one, we can help! vBulletin is one of the best bulletin board packages out there, and we have the experience to help you out! We work with both small and “big board” discussion forums, and specialize in tweaking your performance as your traffic grows. In addition, we can install custom modifications and themes, or do a complete vBulletin installation if you need it! Our most recent client project involved installing the Sphinx search indexing engine to take a major load off of the MySQL database powering a busy vBulletin forum. This not only improved the quality and speed of the client’s vBulletin search, it also eliminated the need for new hardware! We can help you with your vBulletin needs–contact us today!

New Service: Inbox Management

Rudy — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:33:51 +0000

Does spam filtering have you down? Is your incoming mail unmanageable? Do you spend minutes or hours going through e-mail trying to separate the good from the bad? We have developed a solution, Inbox Management, that will help you take back control of your e-mail, and save your organization money. Read on for more details about this exciting new service!