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Whitewater Valley Arts Fusion

Whitewater Valley Arts Fusion

The mission of the Whitewater Valley Arts Fusion is to encourage collaboration between arts service providers, strengthening the visual and performing arts in the Whitewater Valley region. Summersault worked with the group to create this site that features artists and their work, and integrates a database of events and artists in the area. You can ...

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Earlham College alumni spotlight: web masters

Ten years ago, when Chris Hardie ’99 and Mark Stosberg ’98 started a web design business in Hardie’s Earlham College dorm room, they didn’t really have a plan for the long term future. But things have worked out pretty well. Summersault, LLC, the Web development firm they launched in 1997, has more than 300 clients ...

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Summersault celebrates 10 years; Donates funds for local community-building

RICHMOND, IN – Summersault, a leader in database driven website solutions based here, marks its 10th anniversary on Aug. 15 with a $10,000 donation to support technology education and sustainable business practices. Originating in the dorm rooms of two Earlham College students, the entrepreneurial firm today has more than 300 clients located across the U.S. ...

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Summersault announces new cPanel-driven control panel hosting packages

RICHMOND, IN – Summersault website development is pleased to announce that it now offers hosting packages that use the popular cPanel control panel software for site management. The tool allows Summersault’s website hosting customers to easily manage all aspects of their web presence from a single, user-friendly interface. “We’re so excited to offer this level ...

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Wayne County Foundation

Wayne County Foundation

The Wayne County, Indiana, Foundation, Inc. exists to foster and encourage private philanthropic giving, to enhance the spirit of community and to improve the quality of life in the Wayne County, Indiana area now and for future generations. Summersault created this informational website to help local citizens learn more about this important community resource. You ...

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Summersault establishes Wayne County Foundation endowment fund

RICHMOND, IN – Summersault website development has partnered with the Wayne County Foundation to establish the Summersault Website Development Donor Advised Endowment Fund. The fund will allow Summersault to provide enduring charitable support to individuals and organizations working in Wayne County and beyond. “It’s an honor and a privilege to be able to give back ...

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Five Power Tips for Thunderbird

As an internet professional, I use e-mail constantly. Mutt, a popular e-mail client for command line geeks had been wearing on me. I found Thunderbird 1.5 a capable replacement for my needs, and have since cut the average size of my Inbox in half. Here are five tips I use to get the most productivity ...

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Switching to Asterisk, an open source phone system

When we started in 1997 and then opened our first real office in 1998, the first phone Summersault ever owned was a small, gray two-line office model with, I believe, five separate voice-mailboxes. It cost us around $200, after we spent a long time researching and discussing just the right one to get. It sat ...

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Validating Web forms with Perl

One of the most frequent uses of Perl in my job is to validate web-based forms. Here’s some explanation and sample code to how I do that efficiently and effectively. As a foundation, I use the CGI::Application framework. I originally thought using a “framework” for simply displaying and validating a form as overkill. I now ...

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Adopt-a-Pet.com

Adopt-a-Pet.com

We’re pleased to announce that Summersault has launched a new website for Adopt-a-Pet.com, a leading not-for-profit resource that helps animal shelters, humane societies, SPCAs, and pet rescue groups advertise their homeless pets to adopters for free.  The project represents more than a year of project planning and development, and is one of Summersault’s largest database-driven ...