However, MySql’s original author, Michael “Monty” Widenius says that release by Sun was premature.  On his blog, he recommends treating the new features of MySQL 5.1 as BETA and to make sure that you test them thoroughly before placing into production.

He says there are 20 verified critical bugs in 5.1 that remain unaddressed and possibly as many as 35.  There are also more than 300 less critical bugs that are on the “to-do” list, but have no fix timetable.

He also documents several bugs, which could lead to database instability:

• There is a bug that could cause an error when one is upgrading from 5.0 to 5.1 and a table in the database contains triggers – documented here

Check out his blog and you will see a TON more documented bugs.

So why would Sun release something as GA when it should have gone through some additional testing, perhaps?  Monty says:

The reason MySQL 5.1 was declared RC was not because we thought it was close to being GA, but because the MySQL manager in charge *wanted to get more people testing MySQL 5.1*.

Monty’s post is very candid and normally those types of discussions would be held behind closed doors, but such is the way of Open Source.  It is very… open.

So use MySQL 5.1, but be informed before you decide to upgrade and you should definately test it completely before you put it into production.

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We have started several new web design projects. For example, we are working on a new web design for Ward Shore Realty in Swansboro, NC. Ashley Melton’s current web site has served him well and he wanted to update the look to freshen it up. So, we are doing a complete redesign taking SEO into account as well.

We also are creating two new web sites for Jamie Kirkman. Jamie and his wife are the owners of Kirkman’s Signs and JL Kirkman Antique Mall in New Bern, NC. Jamie tried to do the web sites himself with the help of a family member. As happens many times with that type of arrangement, they bit off a little more than they could chew. I am very flattered that he awarded us two different projects and welcome both he and his wife to the Crystal Coast Tech family.

Finally, we are putting the finishing touches on a new web site for Coastal Kennels. Tammy and her mom are breeders of top quality Shetland Sheepdogs and have many Show Champions to prove it. Naturally, we are glad to be able to work on her project and should have it wrapped up in the next few weeks.

Whew – that is a lot! And that is not even all we are working on. We have many other projects in the queue and will have more information on them soon. Plus, we recently put the finishing touches on a 3D rendering for a new project at Wake Forest University right here in North Carolina.

If you would like a professional web design that gets results in Search Engines, contact us and we will show you the ways we we can help you reach your Internet goals. Better yet – contact our clients and let them tell you how we helped them.

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Another service they offer comes in handy when you are on your way down to your beach house for your summer vacation. You simply give them your grocery list and they will take care of the shopping for you as well as make sure everything is stocked up in your home and the A/C is set just the way you like it. They really offer a great service.

If you have a property down here on the NC coast, you should contact them and see how they can help you out.

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A short time ago, Dr. Barnum of Barnum Chiropractic Center contacted us about developing a new site for his firm. His current web site had served him well for many years, but he wanted to make some changes and also wanted to work with a local web design company after his previous web designer moved to Texas.

We have been working on developing the new site layout and have it nailed down pretty much. Right now, it just shows some stock photography until Dr. Barnum’s staff gets the actual pictures that they want to use. So, we are working on the content gathering process so we can begin on the interior pages as well as getting the pictures together which will be used on the Flash banner on the home page. The Flash will dress up the site a little more and provide something to grab visitor’s interest – we only have about 4 seconds to grab the web site visitor’s attention.

Stay tuned for the latest and we will post it when it is completed for everyone to see.

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• It is our first dive shop web site. We are located on the North Carolina coast and there are quite a few local diving businesses, so we are excited that we got to create a site in that business category.
• It is also our first International web site. Since Dive Aventuras is located in Mexico, we are really excited to have them as our first foreign country client.

Dive Aventuras wanted a web site that they could update on their own, so we created a custom CMS to control all their content and allow them to upload pictures and change text whenever they want. With clients from all over the world, they wanted their site to have an updated look to really showcase the awesome service that they offer. Click on the graphic above and check out the site for yourself.

We want to thank Karen for giving us the opportunity to create such an important feature of their business and welcome her and the Dive Aventuras team to the CCT family .

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Their experience was similar to the one that Miriam Ellis mentions in her post about Homestead.com. The were enticed by the promise of being up and running in minutes with all sorts of nifty features at their disposal. All for only $59 a month including hosting. Sounds great. Sign me up.

What they were not aware of was that the template company owned the actual site – not the client. If the client wanted to cancel their service with that template company in the future, they could do that with no problem, but since they did not own the actual site they were not allowed to transfer that site to another web host. Hmm.

“Unless the client was willing to use Homestead’s templates or Homestead’s ‘professional’ designers, they were not allowed to use the domain and hosting they had purchased.”
Miriam Ellis

They next learned that the domain name they registered was not their property either. It was registered by the template company. Cancel the account and you lose the domain name. Yikes.

There is usually nothing wrong with using services like this if you are aware of what you are getting into when you sign on the dotted line. When you use a ready-made web site template, you are saving the initial expense of hiring a professional to create the web site but don’t be fooled into thinking that you are getting a professional web design. In fact, Miriam has 12 really great tips to ask before you sign anything:

1. Do I own my domain name?
2. Can I host it elsewhere, or do I have to host it with you?
3. Can I bring in my own designer, or do I have to use your templates or your designers?
4. Is there a limit on the number of pages I can have on my website?
5. Is there a limit on the number of images I can have on a page?
6. Can I optimize my individual Title Tags, one at a time?
7. Can I write my own Meta Description Tags, one at a time?
8. Can I write as many words on my pages as I want, or is there a limit?
9. Is there a limit on the number of content pages (as opposed to product pages) I can have on my site?
10. Can I access the Robots txt. portion of my website?
11. Can I write my own search-engine-friendly URLs?
12. Can I access the CSS?

Great article, Miriam. Unfortunately, it came too late for some but, hopefully it will help prevent small businesses from getting duped by the lure of a low monthly payment.

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The first one I will mention is the Things We Like section. It will be a section in the sidebar at the right that will feature something that we think is indispensable when it comes to web development, graphics design or SEO.

It might be a piece of software that we cannot do without. It might be a piece of hardware that helps us do our job better. It could even be another company we work with or an individual. Whatever it is, it is going to be something we use personally and most probably use it everyday.

We will announce the selection under the category of Web Design Toolbox. If you have one that you would like to recommend, leave a comment below with all the details so we can check it out.

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At the beginning of 2007, the Company’s primary focus was CAD and Architectural renderings with web design coming in at a very close second. As the year progressed, however, web design took a greater share of our time and become more of a focus for us with SEO becoming an even greater focus. Well, each of those topics is really important enough to have its own home. So, I decided to begin splitting them up and giving them each their own little piece of Internet real estate.

You have found the home for CCT Web Design, which will be the home for all things related to Internet web development and SEO. Our Technology blog will still live at its same address and will continue to have topics related to everyday technology (Internet, gadgets, etc.) and will also have things related to Architecture and CAD.

Anyway, hopefully this will be a good idea and will help us better concentrate on all the things that we do. Let us know what you think.

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