Cotton Rohrscheib, Partner and C0-Founder of Pleth Networks, LLC, a Batesville, Arkansas based Web Development and Managed Hosting Provider announced on Monday that his firm had recently launched a new web presence for Detco Industries, Inc. of Conway, Arkansas. The new Detco Industries, Inc. website can be found online at www.detco.com.

“The Detco project was a total redesign, from the conversion and creation of their backend database to the implementation of their new corporate identity and logo,” said Rohrscheib. “We went through a discovery process and created a list of key components for the project that they (Detco Industries, Inc.) were interested in seeing on their website. We collaborated a few times during the process to fine tune various aspects regarding their products and internal processes.”

The new Detco Industries, Inc. website features a database driven content management system that allows Detco’s personnell to affect live changes and imports to their product line. The new website and database solution also allows Detco to capture sales leads from prospective customers and effectively manage this data.

“Another important module that Detco wanted to see in their new web presence was the ability to post career openings to their website and to receive job applications and resume’s online. We integrated this solution in with the existing products database so their internal staff would have a single point of entry to manage their entire web presence,” added Rohrscheib.

The new website features several other popular features such as MSDS and Tech Sheet downloads in PDF format, Google Map to their corporate offices, and PDF downloads of their Catalog and Line Cards. (click screenshot below to preview the new Detco Industries, Inc. website)

About Detco Industries, Inc.

For more than 20 years, Detco Industries, Inc. has been producing and distributing a full line of premium specialty chemical products. The Detco team strives to meet the needs of their customers with superior products, excellent customer service, and competitive prices. Detco is constantly adding new and more efficient chemical compounds for a variety of applications while remaining environmentally conscious. Detco customers have come to rely on the Detco name and recognize them as a leader in quality chemical products.

Incorporated in 1988, Detco services a wide base of customers from their manufacturing plant in Conway, Arkansas. They produce liquid products, powders, and package their own line of aerosol products, as well as other industrial chemicals. Detco’s state of the art, on site, laboratory also performs quality control, research & development and sample analysis for boilers and cooling towers.

About Pleth Networks, LLC

Pleth, LLC is an Arkansas-based technology firm specializing in delivering high-end web site design, managed web hosting, email hosting, and email services to a global client base. Pleth, LLC also specializes in customized web solutions for vertical markets such as Real Estate Firms, Auto Dealerships, and E-Commerce solutions.

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Pleth Networks recently launched two new client projects for their client Cullum Seeds, LLC of  Fisher, Arkansas.  The two new websites launched were Armor Beans and Belle Corn.  The all-new Armor Beans website contains a wealth of information of interest to growers across the United States such as planting rate charts, germination reports, as well as a section of the website where growers can “ask the expert” any questions they might have.  The all-new Belle Corn website also features a wealth of information related to corn production and seed varieties.  The Belle Corn website also features a section where growers can “ask the expert” any questions they may have regarding corn production.

Click on the screenshots or links below or click on the links to view the 2 new websites!

Link: Armor Beans

Link: Belle Corn

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Representatives from Pleth Networks announced last week that they had launched a new client project with e-commerce capability titled, “The Practical Mom’s Disney Vacation Companion“.  The new website can be found at: http://momswdw.com.

Any vacation can be more enjoyable with a little advanced planning and organizing, but for a Disney World vacation it’s a must. The Practical Mom is here to help! The Practical Mom’s Disney Vacation Companion is not a guidebook; it is a how-to book designed to help families, just like yours research and organize in an easy step-by-step way. A Disney World vacation is a big investment of a family’s hard earned time and money, so why not let the Practical Mom show you the best way to use the available resources to plan from the magical start to a fairy-tale ending.

For more information: Disney Vacation Companion | User Panel

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Since I manage the website for my church, The Church Alive, I like to stay up to date with what’s going on in the online world of Christianity. As many of you may already know we recently upgraded our church website to incorporate a lot of new features such as podcasts and blogging.  The website was launched last month and I have been tracking it’s progress online using Google Analytics. 

One thing that jumped out at me after looking at our analytics is the geographical location of our site visitors.  We have seen visitors from as far away as Iraq and India to the website and judging from our analytical reports they are returning with some frequency.  In the past few weeks we have also seen a lot of traffic from places inside the US that we normally would not be able to reach as well. I have emailed with people located in Chicago, Florida, and California just to name a few.  All of these visitors are able to download our podcasts and bring God’s word into their own homes.  Just knowing that we are finally able to utilize technology to spread the Gospel is a rewarding thing for me knowing that my partners and I have been able to play a small part in helping this happen.

I was surfing the web this evening and ran across a blog that I check in on periodically called Christian Web Trends.  On the Blog they were talking about Internet Evangelism Day.  This is a project that has apparently been going on for a few years now within the Christian online community and sparked my interest, here’s some more info… 

The Goal of Internet Evangelism Day is to focus on expanding Christianity’s Digital outreach by encouraging the Online Christian Community to spread the good news online.  The IED website has some suggestions for every member of the Christian Community including: Church leader, Webmaster / designer, Computer user, Youth leader, Ex-missionary, Stuck at home, Blog enthusiast, Writer, Trained counselor, Evangelist, Film/video maker, Bible college, Mission agency,
Web ministry, Denomination HQ, Conference organizer, Magazine editor, Radio editor, Email newsletter, Outreach ministry, and Musicians. (click on these links for suggestions)

I am pretty impressed with the amount of resources that are available online for anyone wishing to participate in this event.  I jotted down a few notes that I think could be beneficial to bring more people to Christ via church website…

• If you use MySpace, Facebook, or any other social networking site, be sure to include a link to The Church Alive Website in your online profile. 
• At the bottom of your personal email signature (this appears on all of your outbound email messages, you can add a link to The Church Alive website.  This doesn’t have to be fancy, it can even say, “visit my church” or “hear the good news”, etc.  Seeing this link at the bottom of your email signature might spark someone’s curiosity and prompt them to check out the website.  Be sure to do this on jokes or stories that you email to your friends, sometimes these jokes can circulate around the world in a matter of days and even stay alive for years.
• If you work in an office or share a computer with others add The Church Alive RSS Feed to your Google Desktop.  This RSS Feed will update itself with new headlines each time a blog entry or audio sermon is uploaded to the website. 
• When you hear a sermon at The Church Alive that you think could benefit someone you know, email them a link to the sermon audio and follow that up with a phone call to let them know about the email. 
• When you sit down at a Public Computer System at a Coffee Bar or Library, bookmark, or add The Church Alive website to that computer’s favorites.
• Share the Good News!  Once a week, set a goal for yourself to share the church’s website address with at least one person in your address book.  If you are able to do this, you will have shared the Good News with 52 people!

These are just a few ideas that I have came up with after looking over the Internet Evangelism Day information.  I am sure that the creative members in our church can come up with some other cool and innovative ways to share the good news also.  Once I have shared this initiative with some folks I will post back any additional ideas here…

Anyone else that’s interested in helping to promote Internet Evangelism Day can include this graphic on their Blog or website if they want:

   1: <script language=“javascript” type=“text/javascript” src=“http://ied.gospelcom.net/scripts/iedayrighthandtopbanner.js”>

   2: /script>

Here are some additional links to websites discussing Internet Evangelism Day:

• http://ied.gospelcom.net/index.php
• http://www.ag.org/top/news/news_article_template.cfm?ArticleID=8190&NamedFormatID=2001Article&SearchDepartment=01-140&SearchStartDate=02/17/2005&SearchMaxRows=4&SearchMaxRecordCount=2459
• http://blog.ourchurch.com/2008/04/03/get-ready-for-internet-evangelism-day-april-27/
• http://blog.ourchurch.com/2008/04/07/internet-evangelism-day-in-the-news-april-3-7/
• http://blog.ourchurch.com/2008/04/14/internet-evangelism-day-in-the-news-april-8-14/

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I am going to save this one for a rainy day when I have a little spare time but my plans are to add another social bookmarking tag to my wordpress installations (approx 10) that will allow posts to be sent to MySpace as well as the others like Facebook, etc. that we already have available.  MySpace recently made this somewhat available to developers as an effort (in my opinion) to combat all of the legitimate information that is getting shared on Facebook.

   1: <script type=“text/javascript”>

   2: function GetThis(T, C, U, L)

   3: {

   4:     var targetUrl = ‘http://www.myspace.com/Modules/PostTo/Pages/?’ + ‘t=’ + encodeURIComponent(T)

   5:     + ‘&c=’ + encodeURIComponent(C) + ‘&u=’ + encodeURIComponent(U) + ‘&l=’ + L;

   6:     window.open(targetUrl);

   7: }

   8: </script>

   9: <a href=“javascript:GetThis(’MySpace Post To Feature Example’, ‘<p>HTML content to post goes here <i>(e.g. text, images, objects, etc.)</i></p>’, ‘http://www.myspace.com’, 3)”>

  10:     <img src=“http://cms.myspacecdn.com/cms/post_myspace_icon.gif” border=“0″ alt=“Post to MySpace!” /> Share on MySpace!

  11: </a>

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This is the official press release posted on Pleth’s corporate website regarding the launch of our newest online property, www.nascarview.com.

Cotton Rohrscheib, Partner and Co-Founder of Pleth Networks, an Arkansas Based Web Design & Managed Hosting Provider announced today that his firm had recently launched NascarView.com, a fan driven online community and news website for NASCAR fans.

"Nascar View is updated on a weekly basis with News, Information, and Commentary regarding that weeks racing highlights in all of the top NASCAR series.  The website follows the top series, the Sprint Cup Series (formerly the Winston and Nextel Cup Series) the closest but also makes mention of the other two series (Craftsman Truck and Nationwide Series) as well, said Rohrscheib.

"There are also a couple of sections on the website that we feel will be pretty popular among NASCAR fans.  One of these sections is the "Flying Helmets" section.  It’s widely known that NASCAR drivers have a tendency to let their emotions run high during and following a close race.  When these emotions run high sometimes helmets can be thrown and cars can be wrecked, that’s just the nature of the beast.  The flying helmets section will highlight these incidents and offer some behind the scenes information as well as flaming commentary that is destined to spawn user feedback" added Rohrscheib.

In addition to Race Reviews and Driver / Team News, the Nascar View website will also feature a NASCAR Collectibles blog that will showcase some of the most sought out NASCAR collectibles on the market.  Visitors the the Nascar View website also have the ability to sign up for email updates when the website is updated as well as subscriptions via RSS Feed.  A new Community Forum is also planned in the very near future as well as a Video Vault that will showcase some of NASCAR’s finest moments as well as high-impact crashes. 

"We are also in the process of putting together some driver interviews in the very near future" said Rohrscheib.  "I have been in talks with one driver in particular that is looking at running a partial season this year in the Cup Series and he has agreed to come on and be our first interview" said Rohrscheib.

Nascar View is an online property owned and operated entirely by Pleth Networks, LLC, an Arkansas Based Web Design & Managed Hosting Provider.

"This is the first online property that we have launched for ourselves.  We actually purchased this website a couple of years ago and are just now getting it ready to go live.  We are extremely excited about this website and look forward to watching it take off.  Currently we are seeking a team of Bloggers to offer their commentary and perspective as well, if anyone is interested please contact us by email to: corporate@pleth.com" added Rohrscheib.

The Nascar View website is also syndicated on various media websites around the web.  Any media outlet interested in syndicating the Nascar View website should contact Pleth Networks via email to: corporate@pleth.com