What’s New

What’s New At Affordable Websites?

After 30+ years in the internet business most companies would start winding down or scaling back. Listed below are the updates and investments in resources our company has made from December 2016 to date.

October 2023

10/01 – completed systems maintenance and end of month backups

10/02 – downloaded additional 60 images for client availability

September 2023

09/01 – completed systems maintenance and end of month backups

09/02 – downloaded additional 20 images for client availability

09/03/23 – started some advanced AI training

August 2023

08/01 – completed systems maintenance and end of month backups

08/03 – downloaded additional 35 images for client availability

July 2023

07/01 – completed systems maintenance and end of month backups

07/03 – downloaded additional 60 images for client availability

June 2023

06/01 – completed systems maintenance and end of month backups

06/03 – downloaded additional 25 images for client availability

May 2023

05/01 – completed systems maintenance and end of month backups

05/03 – downloaded additional 50 images for client availability

April 2023

04/01 – completed systems maintenance and end of month backups

04/03 – downloaded additional 130  images for client availability

March 2023

03/01 – completed systems maintenance and end of month backups

03/02 – downloaded additional 30  images for client availability

February 2023

02/01 – completed systems maintenance and end of month backups

02/09 – downloaded additional 60  images for client availability

January 2023

01/01 – completed systems maintenance and end of month backups

01/01 – downloaded additional 40  images for client availability

December 2022

12/01 – completed systems maintenance and end of month backups

12/01 – downloaded additional 70  images for client availability

November 2022

11/01 – completed systems maintenance and end of month backups

11/01 – downloaded additional 130  images for client availability

October 2022

10/01 – completed systems maintenance and end of month backups

10/01 – downloaded additional 30  images for client availability

September 2022

09/01 – completed systems maintenance and end of month backups

09/10 – downloaded additional 90  images for client availability

August 2022

08/17 – downloaded additional 40  images for client availability

08/01 – completed systems maintenance and end of month backups

08/01 – downloaded additional 70  images for client availability

July 2022

07/13 – downloaded additional 65  images for client availability

07/02 – installed new stats software

07/01 – completed systems maintenance and end of month backups

07/01 – downloaded additional 270  images for client availability

June 2022

06/02 – installed new stats software

06/01 – completed systems maintenance and end of month backups

06/01 – downloaded additional 170  images for client availability

May 2022

05/01 – completed systems maintenance and end of month backups

05/01 – downloaded additional 170  images for client availability

April 2022

04/01 – completed systems maintenance and end of month backups

04/01 – downloaded additional 70  images for client availability

04/10 – Reviewing the use of DIVI cloud services to provide more efficient WordPress services.

March 2022

03/01 – completed systems maintenance and end of month backups

03/02 – downloaded additional 65  images for client availability

February 2022

2/01 – completed systems maintenance and end of month backups

2/02 – downloaded additional 175  images for client availability

January 2022

1/01 – completed systems maintenance and end of month backups

1/03 – downloaded additional 75  images for client availability

December 2021

12/01 – completed systems maintenance and end of month backups

12/01 – downloaded additional 175  images for client availability

November 2021

11/01 – completed systems maintenance and end of month backups

11/07 -Purchased iMac 27 with 8GB VR 128GbSSD/2TB/HDD

Accessories – 32GB of ram, 12/29 – 1tb Toshiba external hdd for transfer purposes.

Connections: 1TBSSD/Media/Data, 2TBHDD/TimeMachine, 2TBHDD/Clone, 4TBHDDBackup

October 2021

10/03 – downloaded additional 95  images for client availability

10/02 – renewed maintenance software license

10/01 – completed systems maintenance and end of month backups

September 2021

09/07 – downloaded additional 205  images for client availability

09/08 – renewed maintenance software license

09/01 – completed systems maintenance and end of month backups

August 2021

08/01 – completed systems maintenance and end of month backups

08/01 – downloaded additional 175  images for client availability

July 2021

07/10 – Renewed GoDaddy reseller license

07/01 – completed systems maintenance and end of month backups

7/01 – downloaded additional 105  images for client availability

June 2021

06/01 – completed systems maintenance and end of month backups

May 2021

5/01 – completed systems maintenance and end of month backups

April 2021

4/01 – completed systems maintenance and end of month backups

March 2021

3/01 – completed systems maintenance and end of month backups

3/02 – downloaded additional 175  images for client availability

February 2021

2/01 – downloaded additional 175  images for client availability

2/03 – completed systems maintenance and end of month backups

January 2021

1/01 – downloaded additional 75  images for client availability

1/01 – completed systems maintenance and end of month backups

December 2020

12/04 – downloaded additional 215  images for client availability

12/01 – completed system wide backups, integrity tests and malware scans of 4 systems..no issues.

November 2020

11/10 – purchased new main design system iMac 27 – 32 GB, 256 SSD, WD 1TB hd for hourly, daily, weekly backups, Samsung T7 500 GB SSD for Data, Seagate 2TB for media, Fantom G3 4TB HD for cloning and overall backups.

11/07 – downloaded additional 115  images for client availability

11/01 – completed system wide backups, integrity tests and malware scans of 3 systems..no issues.

October 2020

10/17 – downloaded additional 115  images for client availability

10/01 – completed system wide backups, integrity tests and malware scans of 3 systems..no issues.

September 2020

09/17 – downloaded additional 105  images for client availability

09/01 – completed system wide backups, integrity tests and malware scans of 3 systems..no issues.

August 2020

08/12 – downloaded additional 145  images for client availability

08/01 – completed system wide backups, integrity tests and malware scans of 3 systems..no issues.

July 2020

07/02 – downloaded additional 45  images for client availability

07/01 – completed system wide backups, integrity tests and malware scans of 2 systems..no issues.

June 2020

06/01 – downloaded additional 275  images for client availability

06/01 – completed system wide backups, integrity tests and malware scans of 2 systems..no issues.

May 2020

05/01 – downloaded additional 175  images for client availability

05/01 – completed system wide backups, integrity tests and malware scans of 3 systems..no issues.

05/28 – downloaded additional 275  images for client availability

April 2020

04/24 – downloaded additional 175  images for client availability

04/01 – downloaded additional 375  images for client availability

04/01 – completed system wide backups, integrity tests and malware scans of 5 systems..no issues.

March 2020

03/08 – downloaded additional 275  images for client availability

03/01 – completed system wide backups, integrity tests and malware scans of 5 systems..no issues.

February 2020

02/01 – downloaded additional 75  images for client availability

02/01 – completed system wide backups, integrity tests and malware scans of 5 systems..no issues.

January 2020

01/03 – downloaded additional 175  images for client availability

01/01 – completed system wide backups, integrity tests and malware scans of 5 systems..no issues.

December 2019

12/06 – downloaded additional 75 FALL images for client availability

12/01 – completed system wide backups, integrity tests and malware scans of 5 systems..no issues.

November 2019

11/07 – downloaded additional 60 FALL images for client availability

11/01 – completed system wide backups, integrity tests and malware scans of 5 systems..no issues.

October 2019

10/27 – downloaded additional 210 images for client availability

10/01 – completed system wide backups, integrity tests and malware scans of 5 systems..no issues.

September 2019

09/17 – downloaded additional 120 images for client availability

09/01 – completed system wide backups, integrity tests and malware scans of 5 systems..no issues.

August 2019

08/01 – completed system wide backups, integrity tests and malware scans of all 7 systems..no issues.

July 2019

07/10 – downloaded additional 280 images for client availability

07/04 – downloaded additional 117 images for client availability

07/01 – completed system wide backups, integrity tests and malware scans of all 7 systems..no issues.

June 2019

06/13 – downloaded additional 237 images for client availability

06/01 – Completed system backups and maintenance, ordered new internal

May 2019

05/05 – Completed system backups and maintenance, ordered new internal hard drive with thermal kit.

05/01 – Completed marketing reports

April 2019

04/18 – downloaded additional 217 images for client availability

4-8 – WordPress training

March 2019

3-28- Updated Adobe Creative Cloud Software

3-25- Downloaded an additional 359 new hi resolution

3-19- Completed a new WordPress project – https://charliessports.com/blog/

3-1- Completed system archiving and marketing reports

February 2019

2-15- Downloaded an additional 359 new hi resolution

2-1- Completed system archiving and marketing reports

January 2019

1-25- Downloaded an additional 239 new hi resolution images from our partners for availability on our clients projects.

1-10 – Started training aggressively on WordPress

1-04- Downloaded an additional 239 new hi resolution images from our partners for availability on our clients projects.

1-03- We celebrate 22 years in the internet business. Slowly moving toward consulting.

December 2018 

12-15- Downloaded an additional 169 new hi resolution images from our partners for availability on our clients projects.

12-8- Downloaded 85 custom WordPress 5.0 templates from our partner

12-8- Downloaded an additional 180 new hi resolution images from our partners for availability on our clients projects.

12-1 – Complete backup of all system files and apps to cloud.

November 2018 

11-17 – Created a holiday theme for our in-house websites at https://budgetwebsitepackages.com – https://positiveblacksisters.com – https://www.affordablewebsites.net – https://blackfemaleauthors.net

11-15 – Complete backup of all system files and apps to cloud.

October 2018 

10-29 – Upgraded all systems operating software to the next version up.

10-15 – Installed the new Adobe Suite of applications – https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/business/teams/features.html

10-15 – Completed the redesign o main website to focus on ecommerce and marketing https://www.affordablewebsites.net/ecommerce.html and https://www.affordablewebsites.net/marketing.html

10-10 – Invested in an additional 2TB Toshiba HD strikly fo media

10-7 – Downloaded an additional 125 new hi resolution images from our partners for availability on our clients projects.

10-1 – Invested in an advanced script to allow for the development of advanced menus for my mobile designs.

September 2018 

09-21 – Invested in WordPress training and additional  templates to offer WordPress services November 1, 2018.

09-17 – Downloaded an additional 280 new hi resolution images from our partners for availability on our clients projects. Invested in new photoshop actions in order to design new text logos.

09-6 – attended BigCommerce online seminar

09-1- Attended a 3 day training vacation From Saturday Sept 1, – 3, 2018

09-1- Downloaded an additional 280 new hi resolution images from our partners for availability on our clients projects.

August 2018 

08/27 – Added new modification payment page at https://www.affordablewebsites.net/modification-payment.html to make submitting payments to us simpler.

08-21- Downloaded an additional 280 new hi resolution images from our partners for availability on our clients projects.

08/5-08-8, attended BigCommerce thinking Big seminar

08-2 – Downloaded an additional 395 new hi resolution images from our partners for availability on our clients projects.

July 2018 

07-27 – Invested in a social media marketing tool and services to aide in the scheduled posting of articles to social media accounts for clients. In addition, after a 4 year relationship with an outside content writer, we’ve decided to continue to use this service full time for all SEO related content.

07-25 – Downloaded an additional 295 new hi resolution images from our partners for availability on our clients projects.

07-17 – Downloaded an additional 345 new hi resolution images from our partners for availability on our clients projects.

07-16 – Downloaded an additional 145 new hi resolution images from our partners for availability on our clients projects.

07-10 – Downloaded an additional 218 new hi resolution images from our partners for availability on our clients projects. Upgraded Adobe Cloud Software

June 2018 

06-28 – Downloaded an additional 288 new hi resolution images from our partners for availability on our clients projects.

06-21 – Invested in a system that let me post daily to clients social media accounts, this is a paid subscription service. This will be offered to upper tiers marketing clients only.

06-15 – Downloaded an additional 290 new hi resolution images from our partners for availability on our clients projects

06-02 – Downloaded an additional 200 new hi resolution images from our partners for availability on our clients projects

06-1 – Installed a new social media posting service that lets us post up to 10 times a day for our clients. Currently on a 1 week training to perfect this new tool.

May 2018 

05-29 – Downloaded an additional 239 new hi resolution images from our partners for availability on our clients projects.

05-28(Memorial Day) – Downloaded an additional 250 new hi resolution images from our partners for availability on our clients projects.

05-27 – Downloaded an additional 350 new hi resolution images from our partners for availability on our clients projects

05/24 – Spending all day updating my clients websites to be compliant with the new GDPR requirements including a Cookie Policy, Children’s Privacy Policy, along with the ToS and GDPR-ready Privacy Policy….Long Day Ahead…G

05/22 – Added 9 new image effects – https://www.affordablewebsites.net/iEffcts.html

05/21 – Added new hosting plans including a new starter, Plesk and business hosting – https://www.affordablewebsites.net/hosting.html

05/20 – Added Real Time Quote Page – https://www.affordablewebsites.net/real-time-quote.html

05/14 – Downloaded 23 new hi resolution images from our partners for availability on our clients projects

05/13 – Purchased “Effective YouTube Marketing Course”

05/11 – Reviewing a new program to automate social media postings.

05/10 – Downloaded an additional 75 images to add to our collection for use to our clients.

05/03 – Due to the Internet demand of WordPress websites, we are currently building a website to offer basic WordPress designs. This website will be located at http://www.budgetwebsitepackages.com.

05/02 – Upgraded our domain registrar at http://www.affordabledomains.ws

05/01 – Added a new BUSINESS HOSTING option – http://www.affordabledomains.ws/products/business

April 2018 

04/21 – Upgraded all servers in preparation for the installation of SSL certificates.

04/19 – Design partner provided us with 100 business card ideas.

04/10 – Upgraded our marketing program to now include constant contact email marketing to all new programs

04/8 – Added a new feature that lets us add animated IMAGES to any section on the page.

04/6 – Downloaded an additional 220 images to add to our collection for use to our clients.

March 2018 

03/19 – Created about 50 new logo template ideas

03/15 – Added a new navigational menu option that never wraps content on 2nd line of any device.

03/3 – Downloaded an additional 120 images to add to our collection for use to our clients.

February 2018 

02/13 – Upgraded our router(linksys) to include multi streaming, added a robust VPN for all devices and subscribed to malware bytes premium service.

02/26 – Downloaded an additional 320 images to add to our collection for use to our clients.

January 2018 

01/17 – Increased our initial keywords in our marketing program from 5 to 10.

01/10 – Downloaded an additional 160 images to add to our collection for use to our clients.

01/3 – Added 2 new external hard drives for a total of 12, 3 each on 2 main design computers and 1 each on all other support computers. In addition, we upgraded our cloud service to an unlimited plan. Renewed ADOBE Cloud service for teams for 5th year.

December 2017 

12/5 – Added 350 new images for our clients use

November 2017 

11/5 – Added a new feature that let’s us develop website in the new grid format

October 2017

10/25 – Added 50 new images for our clients use

10/21 – We added a new gallery option to our company offering – http://www.affordablewebsites.net/iGalleries.html

September 2017 

09/17 – Downloaded an additional 20 images to add to our collection for use to our clients.

09/5 – Purchased 300 Lightroom effects to aide in our image production

August 2017 

08/27 – Downloaded an additional 20 images to add to our collection for use to our clients.

08/16 – Renewed our reseller license with GoDaddy (15 years)

08/6 – Added a new features that lets us add social effects to images

July 2017 

07/27(sons bday) – Added a new gallery feature that handles images of irregular sizes, see sample at http://www.marcellezanetti.com/corporate_gallery.html

07/16 – Downloaded an additional 10 images to add to our collection for use to our clients.

June 2017 

06/10 – Added a new feature that simulates an FAQ affect seen on most popular websites.

May 2017 

05/27 – Added a new feature that lets you compare a before and after image, see sample at https://www.affordablewebsites.net/portfolio-upgrades.html

05/12 – Added a new feature that lets a portion of text SLIDE out for additional viewing.

05/05 – Added a new feature that animates a column of text and lets it slowly rise when you scroll up, see the bottom of home page at https://www.affordablewebsites.net

April 2017 

04/16 – Added a new feature that simulates an FAQ affect seen on most popular websites.

March 2017

03/16 – All of our new web design now include at least 3 months of SEO Marketing. Anyone can build you a website, we help build you a business. For those clients that need a budget website, we are now offering to customize some web templates, some samples are at http://www.affordablewebtemplates.net/

February 2017

02/12 – Added the ability to add background videos – https://www.affordablewebsites.net/iVideo.html

Successfully installed a faster server complete with a new dedicated IP address and SSL certificate…https://www.affordablewebsites.net

Jan 2017 

01/27 – Purchased some new infographic elements to be used in clients projects.

01/18 – Purchased some exciting facebook templates

01/15 – Purchased a lifetime subscription to https://www.elegantthemes.com WordPress themes in anticipation of adding WordPress development in the future,

01/5 – Updated our webmail system – over 50 new features – http://www.securepaynet.net/email/email-hosting.aspx?ci=12940&prog_id=amrandonathan

01/04 – Renewed our partnership with BigCommerce (10 years)

01/03

Purchased an additional

  • 15,000+ Stock Images
  • 350 Stock HD Videos
  • 200+ Stock Audio Files

Available 4 my clients use at no additional charge.

01/02 – Purchased application that lets us display your projects on all devices

01/01 – Purchased application that will create TEXT LOGOS for clients projects.

On Dec 1, 2016, we celebrated 20 years in the internet business.

Of course the cost of doing business has increased since we opened our doors, but we’ve managed to remain competitive by using an effective strategy. Most of our clients will not see any increase in their current rates, however some services may be reduced to those clients but will be evaluated on a case by case basis. Listed above are the new minor/major changes form our company moving forward.