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Adobe has announced that they are dropping flash for mobile phones.  This is quite a game changer in the HTML5 / Flash war.  Although Adobe does not mention they will be dropping flash altogether, it definitely is an eye opener on the influence of the iPhone.

What does this mean for people with flash on their sites?  Nothing.  If you are looking to have a site built however, I would highly recommend that you have it built in HTML5 + CSS3 instead of Flash.  HTML5 and CSS3 are the future, and Flash will be a thing of the past.

With HTML5, you can do most of the things you would be looking to do with flash, it is more search engine friendly, and best of all, mobile devices can load it.  Contact Bonk Media today to find out your options on HTML 5 + CSS3

Read Adobe’s press release here.

Today I had to work on an image file upload script.  In the process, I created a quick function to strip all symbols from the filename besides a period.  Why am I leaving the period?  Because the filename ends in a .jpg or .png.  Here is the function for all to use:

function stripsymbols($filename){
return preg_replace(“/[^A-Za-z0-9.]/”, “”, $filename);
}

This is a very simple function.  To use it just do something like this:

$filename=”this is my-#$%#$%file.jpg”;

$filename=stripsymbols($filename);

All set!  If you found this helpful, please send me a shout out.  I do not need credit for using this.

Don’t you hate working on a WordPress site and there aren’t enough sidebars?  I recently had a client who wanted a different sidebar for each page.  Read more…

Having a website is the first step to internet success. The other key component is having people visit your site. Read more…

Welcome to the Bonk Media Video blog. My name is Shaun and I am the Executive Director at Bonk Media. I wanted to take a minute and explain a little bit about the company and what to expect from the blogs. Read more…

Content Management Systems (CMS) help in keeping your website updated. The installation of CMS is especially helpful if you do not know HTML or do not have any web experience. This system would help you in making the updates of the content without seeking help of any professional content writer. CMS allows you to modify, create and remove any content from your website and you do not need to have a compulsory knowledge of HTML for doing this job. One of the facilities, content delivery application, of CMS allows gathering all the relevant information to update your website. There are many other facilities which CMS offers to make your website arranged and updated. These facilities include search, recovery, revision control, managing index, formatting and web based publishing. All these facilities can not only make your web site complete in every sense but also provide updated information about your organization.

You can easily update your website with the help of CMS and provide the best and latest information as the information in your website is an asset for your organization which helps in making your organization grow and so the website needs to be managed and updated on time. Since everyone who visits your website, needs latest information about your organization, this has to be maintained time to time. CMS are very efficient and can easily make changes to update your website.

This system is not only useful in collecting and publishing information on the website but also it is very cost efficient. You will find that this system at a very low cost in comparison to other conventional methods or other systems.  For more information, or to get started contact Bonk-Media today or visit our Content Management Systems page.

Minisites have become a common word in the field of Internet Marketing. A minisite is generally a site which is composed of a few pages and is made especially for advertising a product or a service and depends on visitors to perform actions on it. Minisites are made especially to advertise any particular product or services that are related to any particular niche. Minisites are nothing but a website which is made up of few pages which are mainly created to guide the visitors in an attempt to get them to buy a product that they sell on that site and also help the visitor to understand more about the product that is being sold.

Minisites have four main benefits; they are flexibility, visibility, profitability and liquidity. More in depth details about the benefits of minisites can be found below:

• It’s Small – As the name implies, it is a small site that contains a few pages covering any particular niche. The content on those pages mainly describes a product or a service that is being sold. These Minisites contain adequate information that tends to relate to the niche, which may be created using WordPress or using HTML codes.
• It’s Streamlined – Minisites are similar to a tunnel, directing the user in buying the product or the services. The user starts from the home page and will go through the pages that the minisite is composed of. Each page will focus only on a specific product or service. Each page will take the visitor to the next page and finally lead the visitor to the end of the tunnel, which ultimately is to convince the visitor to buy the product that has been advertised in the particular niche. Some minisites use advanced techniques like up sales, off the shelf sales and other kind of sales.
• It’s Search Engine Friendly – Minisites are used in places where we invest small and yet want to get more benefit. Minisites are built mainly to drive traffic to your main, staple site and hopefully earn a lot of money from the sales that they make. When creating the minisite, the owner of the site should make sure that the content on the minisite is keyword optimized for the minisite to appear in the search results when it is queried.
• It’s Sexy – Minisites may be small, but designing it powerful can yield you more profits. Once the visitors view your site, they should make out what you are trying to sell. The themes used to create the site and the pictures used in the site should be attractive and should explain the niche and the product(s) that you are selling on that niche. These make your minisite a powerful marketing tool.

Basically, by creating a minisite that has got the potential to attract lots of visitors, there will surely be lots of benefits to be had. Minisites are helpful in advertising small scale products in cheap investments and yet get lot of profits. Minisites, once created will earn profits for a potentially long time. Contact Bonk Media today, or visit our minisite page to have a minisite created.

Social networking has become a day to day activity on the internet for many people and has established a pretty substantial mark on the internet. Social Networking is not a new concept, it is just the activities that we do on the internet such as IM, blogging, listening to music, viewing videos, online gaming, chatting, marketing, advertisement, group discussions, news, coordinating among groups and all kinds of other virtual activities. If you want to get recognised, social networking is one of the best ways to do it.

Social networking is provided by many different websites, where people gather and have a chat about something or a business may offer a special. Every individual will have his or her own profile in which he or she can update their profiles whenever they feel is necessary. The profile page on the websites will contain images, personal and professional information and a variety of other information dependent on the certain social network at hand. Every status update done by an individual will be known to all the other people in the network which in turn, keeps them updated about what their friend (you) has in mind. You can also throw neat, little web applications to your profile such as games, a music player and all kinds of other things. You can even change the theme of your profile when you want and as much as you want.

Your profiles can be linked with other profiles to form a network of friends which is commonly referred to as “Adding Friends.” When you network with other people, or become their friend, they will be thrown into the mix, being able to see your profile, pictures, status updates and anything else you do (you will also be able to see the same with them). Generally, this network would be formed among friends, relations, colleagues and mates, but you can also add others whom you do not know. Usually, social networks will call the option of adding someone to your network a, “Friend Request.” The Friend Request is sent out to a person and it is up to that person as to whether or not he or she wants to add you to their network.

Listed below are the most common benefits you get after establishing a social network of friends:

• Communication is so easy. You can communicate your ideas through blog posts, sending a public note or bulletin, or sending a PM (private message) to an individual or group of members.
• You can be updated with the status update feature. You can know just when your friend changes something pertaining to his or her profile. Status updates will update you if your friends have posted any photos, videos, public messages and just about anything else that your friend does.
• Networking allows you to share images, videos or other applications and even allows you to play games with your friends.
• You can update yourself or update others about the latest news or happenings in your local or international area.
• Lower costs. Social networking is absolutely free usually, so rather than paying a hefty phone bill to communicate with your long distance buddy, simply communicate through a social network.
• Reliability and belief. When you are connected in the network, you create a belief and trustworthiness among people in that network.
• Known surroundings. The people in the network are none other than your friends, so you can act freely and communicate comfortably within the network about your ideas.
• Affordable visibility, refined search and expanding your network easily are other common benefits of social networking.

Many businesses have recently been taking advantage of social networking, as it acts as a communication, entertainment and marketing tool. Bonk Media has mastered the methods of taking advantage of Social Media. Contact us today to take advantage of the social networking platform.