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19 Aug '11	The revised website for Assessments Online was launched this afternoon. New functionality is revised "flash" content on the home page, live chat facility, new product launched and secure feedback f...
8 Aug '11	The registration and session booking system of the Reebok Fitness Convention has had some major changes in that clients can now book for individual days and not just the convention as a whole. Afte...
27 Jul '11	The final portion of the online interaction with the Reebok Fitness Convention website has been completed with the roll-out of the Convention session Booking facility. This has been a taxing yet ex...
17 Jul '11	After about a month and a half of nothing but trouble from MWeb, we are finally able to say that the domain has been transferred and after all this time the client has a website and email again! Wi...
11 Jul '11	The registration facility for Reebok Education's Fitness Convention has been made available on the website. The Fitness Convention is a joint venture between Reebok & Cirque Du Soleil. The registra...
8 Jul '11	Swanserv Brokers, a company specialising in short term insurance has launched their new website, designed and created by Web Mechanix. The new website is the start of a long term relationship betwe...
30 Jun '11	Bubbles Plastics is our oldest client and has been with Web Mechanix for a decade now. With recent problems and unhelpful service from their website hosting service providers, Web Mechanix has been...
15 Mar '11	After a number of technical hiccups, the economists.co.za website has found anew home on a Vox DataPro shared server. The website has been modified and allows the user to upload their own News Item...
1 Oct '10	Today is a very big day in the history of Web Mechanix. As of the 1st October 2010, Web Mechanix is now a partnership. I have teamed up with a dynamic young man who believes in my abilities and the pr...
24 Sep '10	Some small changes were made to the Bubbles Plastics website. The changes are primarily to do with legal documentation and employment equity accreditation.
19 Sep '10	Today the staff compliemt at Web Mechanix was doubled. Quintin Becker has joined Web mechanix as a developer. Quintin hails from Mossel Bay and will be moving up permanently at the end of October. ...
14 Sep '10	Google maps inserted on the clinic pages for Northcliff and Honeydew
14 Sep '10	Minor changes to website in line with their recent office relocation. We also included a Google Map on the Contact Us page
14 Sep '10	Created and implemented a feedback / contact us on-line form which results in a text-based email being sent to the client.
13 Sep '10	Monthly Rental and Retail release facilities modified so that bulk release date changes are possible.
11 Sep '10	New ordering facilities were added to the bokking web page of ProBeta this morning. These facilities are for the ordering of Pro Beta's Tax Guides and their Accountants' Deadline Calendars. ProB...
30 Aug '10	We have implemented a new section to the inventory system for our client Impact Video. This section deals exclusively with their pre-packed stock items.
27 Aug '10	The modified version of the survey set up for iNHEMACO (part of Worldwide Travel Medical Consultants) has now been implemented.
24 Aug '10	Long standing client Trade Conferences International (TCI) has once again commissioned Web Mechanix to create a (sub) website for their next conference / exhibition. This website is for the Call Ce...
24 Aug '10	Today we launched a new website for the Tourism Academy. It is essentially a copy of the website we designed for the South African Accounting Academy since the operation of the two companies is very s...
13 Aug '10	Superstitions where shunned on this Friday when we went live with the revised website for long-time clients Farquharson Construction. This is the second website created for Farquharson by Web Mecha...
3 Aug '10	The advanced booking facility available for ProBeta's public courses has been extended over the last few weeks to include applications for In-House training, booking for webinars and subscription to t...
27 Jul '10	The last month and a half has been mostly dedicated to revising the booking facility available of the SAIT website. It has been modelled on the backbone of the booking system used for the South Afr...
10 Jun '10	Today all the most urgent tasks are being dealt with in preparation for a few days leave. Tomorrow morning we leave for a short stay in Fouriesburg which is close to the Lesotho border. Will be ...
27 May '10	The newly created static website for Wagtech Medical was launched today. This website replaces the company's old website which was out of date and not being maintained. This was a satisfying pr...
26 May '10	Yet another Conference / Exhibition by our clients Trade Conferences International gets its own website. The website for the inaugural FleetTech conference and exhibition was activated today.
24 May '10	After much hassle with hosting service providers, third party software and some new technology, the Starke Ayres revised website went live this evening. The site boasts some innovative design by An...
10 May '10	Fortunately my stay in hospital was not as long as it was painful. I am back at the office but not quite firing on all cylinders yet.
4 May '10	That something so small can affect one in such an enormous manner. I have an infection in my toe and for this I need to go into theatre with full aneastheticy toenail removed. Hopefully not goin...
28 Apr '10	The website for the Cliffview Primary school was launched today. This is the start of a agreement whereby Web Mechanix will maintain the website on an ongoing basis.
19 Apr '10	The main functionality of the revised website for the PracticeBuilder Zone has been rolled out. There are still a number of facilities to be created and the website will be an ongoing project.
1 Apr '10	Yet another Conference / Exhibition by our clients Trade Conferences International gets its own website. The 2010 Micro Finance Summit's website was activated today.
24 Mar '10	The South African Accounting Academy website was launched this morning. This website features an advanced event management and online booking facility. Although not a joint project, the design on t...
19 Mar '10	The Inventory System for Impact Video was implemented today. This project was not one of our regular website projects, but rather an Intranet type solution which is accessible via the world wide web. ...
5 Mar '10	The new website for the South African Plastic Pipe Manufacturers Association (SAPPMA) was uploaded this afternoon. The project was a joint venture with business partner Mirror Image Communication. ...
5 Mar '10	This evening saw the completion of a move from one hosting service provider to another for business partner StringLite. Web Mechanix was involved with a number of the websites that were transferred...
28 Feb '10	The GACP (Generally Accepted Compliance Practice) framework update facility for the Compliance Institute was completed this morning. This is part of a multi-part modification to the Compliance Inst...
24 Feb '10	The second phase of the Impact Video website has been completed. This phase is focused primarily on the inclusion of two new sections - Rental and Retail title releases. Functionality has been exte...
11 Feb '10	Another simplistic, email-based, on-line registration facility was created from scratch and completed in one day today. The client is the newly established South African Business Development Academ...
6 Feb '10	The website for NetCad has been uploaded and is now in use. There is still a significant amount of work required for the website and this will take place once technical problems are resolved with some...
29 Jan '10	Thank heaven it's Friday! This week has not been easy. The main problem was a prime client's site was hacked when their service provider's (hosting) server was compromised. Whether by the "hacker" ...
23 Jan '10	The RSS feed on the Web Mechanix website has now been automated. Any addition or update to the "Latest News" items will automatically update the website's RSS feed.
12 Jan '10	After much frustration due to low quality service by the hosting service provider (name withheld) we eventually managed to upload the online booking facility for new clients ProBeta.
11 Jan '10	Perfectly on schedule, the Impact Video website was activated after a month-long data update by the client. During this time certain modifications were made to the site to enhance the use and effec...
9 Dec '09	The advanced catalogue website for Impact Video has been completed and is now hosted on the "Live" domain. It has however not yet been activated as the client needs to update all the stock first. T...
4 Dec '09	The Kudu Ranch website created by Gerhardus Prinsloo which went Live about two weeks ago has been upgraded to allow access to the secure Shareholder Area that links to the back-end database of the web...
3 Nov '09	Created a simplistic RSVP system in conjunction with StringLite for the Open Happiness Family Day presented by Coca Cola for their Associates and their families.
16 Oct '09	After much frustration with hosting company M·Web, the revised website for Placements Inc. was finally viewable on the world wide web. This is the second website done by Web Mechanix for our...
13 Oct '09	Opened up another booking facility (on the webmechanix.co.za domain) for a Breakfast being presented by the Greater Johannesburg Business Chamber.
2 Oct '09	The second phase of the project to create websites for Fancy Pack and The Ribbon Collection was completed today. The two websites are identical is structure and the back-office administration facil...
1 Oct '09	After recently re-taking control of the TAXtalk Newsletter distribution and other website work for TAXtalk, Web Mechanix has been commissioned to redesign the layout and effectiveness of their Newslet...
30 Sep '09	Today saw the first of a two-part project roll out. The project consists of two websites for the same client. The first website, Fancy Pack, was uploaded this morning.
23 Sep '09	After a few hic-ups with the hosting service provider getting the domain transferred and pointing to the correct server, the website for the new company Assessments Online is finally operational. L...
3 Sep '09	One of our initial clients, TAXtalk (then e-Taxes), has handed back to Web Mechanix the task of producing and distributing their weekly newsletter. Web Mechanix will also be responsible for the day...
24 Aug '09	After a three week long sojourn in hospital, I am finally back at the office. I am still recovering but am doing my utmost to catch up on the extremely large backlog of work. My sincere appreciatio...
27 Jul '09	Today the web mechanic will be going into hospital for emergency surgery. All projects are on hold pending his return. Sincere apologies to all for inconvevience caused by this unexpected situat...
19 Jul '09	Today saw some minor alterations to the Web Mechanix website. The home page display of Current and Recent Projects was enhanced and the Latest News content revised. All of this is in preparation fo...
16 Jul '09	At a meeting with Allen Ross from HGIC / TAXtalk the HGIC Client Management system was officially handed over. The recently discovered bugs in the system have now been ironed out. There are stil...
7 Jul '09	The project to update the Ethnichem website was completed this morning. There were some last-minute changes to the site content which included a new look for the Team Page and the inclusion of an a...
30 Jun '09	Because of a change in their product range, the website for Sinkmaster needed some major updating. This was completed this evening. The changes made to the website are just in time for the new legi...
25 Jun '09	Health Technology Africa 2009 - a website created by Web Mechanix for Trade Conferences International's latest exhibition and conference was completed today. This is the third such website created ...
24 Jun '09	In order to better understand the workings of RSS Feeds so that we can provide it as a service to our clients we installed our own RSS feed on the Web Mechanix website. Feel free to subscribe. Comm...
23 Jun '09	As a direct result of Friday's publication of their first newsletter issue, the traffic to the SAIT website has shown a dramatic increase. Monday, being the first day that most recipients opened th...
19 Jun '09	The first issue of TaxTime, the official newsletter of the South African Institute of Tax Practitioners, was published today. Web Mechanix will be publishing this newsletter on a weekly basis (on M...
18 Jun '09	Setting aside all other projects, today was dedicated to a last-minute urgent task for the South African Institute of Tax Practitioners (SAIT). Their existing Latest News facility needed to be upgr...
17 Jun '09	The email stationery template for Kairos Projects was completed today. Kairos Projects do not currently have a website and Web Mechanix is hoping to be able to tender for that project.
11 Jun '09	As part of the project to revamp the Laerskool Fairland website, Web Mechanix undertook to create a min-website for their pre-primary school, Die Vinknes. The mini-website was rolled-out today, 4 d...
10 Jun '09	The second version of email stationery for Betts Townsend was delivered today. The layout of this version is a simplified version of the usual letter-head style of stationery and consists only of a...
8 Jun '09	After many adjustments and postponements, the revised event registration facility for the South African Institute of Tax Practitioners (SAIT) finally went "Live" in the early hours of Monday 8 June 20...
7 Jun '09	The revised website for Laerskool Fairland was rolled out this morning. The principle, Mr Andre Badenhorst is set to make an announcement to the effect during tomorrow morning's weekly assembly. Th...
27 May '09	The booking form for the Roaring Twenties Secretary Day Shindig presnted by OPSA was activated today. This is the first part of the online RSVP system being created for StringLite
27 May '09	The Employee Satisfaction Survey for the Gauteng Provincial Legislature was activated today. The survey was jointly created by Web Mechanix and StringLite on behalf of Corporate Training Solutions.
27 May '09	The RA (Registered Auditor) Search facility for the IRBA (Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors) that was created by Web Mechanix went "live" this morning. The facility is hosted on a seperated...
19 Apr '09	CIMA survey - together with business partners StringLite, Web Mechanix has completed the programming required for the on-line survey done by SPOT That Zebra on behalf of the Chartered Institute of Man...
8 Apr '09	The recently updated website for Travel Doctor has had a Vaccine Price List facility added to its functionality. This feature allows the Travel Doctor administrators to update pirces on-line for al...
2 Apr '09	Mining Technology World 2009 - a website created by Web Mechanix for Trade Conferences International's latest exhibition and conference was completed today. This is the second such website created ...
2 Apr '09	My Quantum Genius - a website created by StringLite with back-end calculations and back-office administration by Web Mechanix has been completed and is active in the live domain. As an extension to...
27 Mar '09	Business partner StringLite posted the newly designed website for Radiance Guest Lodge and Conference Centre this afternoon. The website features an on-line accommodation and conference reservation...
20 Mar '09	Today saw the official handover of the Candidate Video display and administration facility for Siyanqoba Talent Management to our business partner StringLite. This was a small project for StrigLite...
19 Mar '09	Today is a landmark for the reputation of Web Mechanix. When I started this business (originally Conte Creations), my first major clients was the Public Accountants and Auditors Board (PAAB) of Sou...
18 Mar '09	A minor change to the Compliance Institute's membership application, update and renewal facilites was implemented this morning. The first change is the includsion of an additional address for the h...
11 Mar '09	In order to finalise the Fleet Steel website for which we have created a back-office, StringLite (our partners in this joint project) have asked that Web Mechanix expand the Bulk Price Updating facili...
5 Mar '09	Today saw the launch of the new website for Betts Townsend (Pty) Ltd. This is the third website built for Betts Townsend by Web Mechanix. The design is very much a combined effort between Michael T...
3 Mar '09	I have created a fancy facility for myself with which to easily control the content and display of the website project samples on the Home Page of Web Mechanix. This enables me to keep website scre...
18 Feb '09	The Salary Survey which was created last year for the Compliance Institute of South Africa and was completed 5 December 2008, has been taken a step further. Web Mechanix has created an analysis fac...
19 Jan '09	The Salary Survey created for SLIS Members was jointly published by Web Mechanix and StringLite for our customer Spot That Zebra. This is the third survey with which Web mechanix has been involved....
29 Dec '08	One of the pro-bono projects that are managed by Web Mechanics has recently been remodelled. CancerSupport.co.za now features an Upcoming Events section. These events are captured and maintained b...
5 Dec '08	The Salary Survey created for The Compliance Institute of South Africa which went live on Wednesday 26 November 2008 has now been completed. The on-line survey comprises a single section that is fi...
4 Dec '08	The re-created website for existing client Travel Doctor has been rolled-out today. This is the second website that Web Mechanix has created for The Travel Doctor. The site has dynamic content t...
2 Dec '08	Trade Conference International is presenting Hostech 2009 in February and we have set up a static website for this conference / exhibition. The site has liks to PRF for purposes of registration and...
27 Nov '08	Today sees the release of the Internet presence of RTV Meat Marketers. Not only does the site showcase RTV and its products, it also has a host of information relating to the nature, classification...
5 Nov '08	The new Report Logging facility created for Gondolier was rolled out today. The new facility was demonstrated by Bill from Web Mechanix and Andre from StringLite Multimedia at the client's offices...
31 Oct '08	HGIC, the holding group of our client TAXtalk, has commissioned the creation of an Internet based subscriber management system that will interface with the websites of their various business units. ...
19 Oct '08	As of today, Web Mechanix is able to offer the media tools perfected by StringLite Multimedia - stationeryEditor and stationeryAdWiz. These tools extend the functionality and effectiveness of the emai...
14 Oct '08	TAXtalk has just published the first issue of their new look magazine. To match the new design, Web Mechanix are redesigning the email stationery template we set up for them a while ago. The new te...
4 Oct '08	Membership Survey created for The Compliance Institute of South Africa reached the cut-off date yesterday. The survey was a success in that the response was greater than expected and most important...
22 Sep '08	The Membership Survey created for The Compliance Institute of South Africa takes off today. The on-line survey comprises ten (10) separate sections that are filled in by active members of the insti...
15 Sep '08	Long-standing clients of Web Mechanix, Betts Townsend, have given the go-ahead for the redevelopment of their website. This will be the third website Web Mechanix has created for them. The brief is...
27 Aug '08	New clients Telos Corporate Education have joined the ranks of happy Web Mechanix website owners. Their new website went "live" this afternoon. The design of the site is based on a concept created ...
26 Aug '08	The website created for our client Blue Beacon to market their new investment properties, HuntingFarms.co.za has gone "Live". As always dealing with Mike and Paul has been a pleasure.
22 Aug '08	The previously created website for the BestGroup group of companies that was replaced by a Flash website has now been reinstated. There were some minor changes made to the site that was initially c...
18 Aug '08	In July 2007 Web Mechanix launched a new website for the insurance brokerage BestSure. Whilst the site delivered according to the initial specification, the client decided that they needed more "WOW" ...
18 Aug '08	Telos Corporate Education have instructed Web Mechanix to create a website for their company. The site will be based on a design created by the client and most of the content will be static. Th...
18 Aug '08	Existing client Blue Beacon has again commissioned Web Mechanix to create a website for their new investment opportunity. This will be a static business site and is to promote two hunting farms in ...
14 Aug '08	The revised website for The South African Institute of Tax Practitioners has officially gone "live" this afternoon. Visit the site at www.thesait.org.za Thank you to Alicia from Mirror Image Co...
7 Aug '08	Web Mechanix is building a back-end engine for Mirror Image Communication's new website for The South African Institute of Tax Practioners. The back-end will allow for Latest News and Upcoming Even...
1 Aug '08	A new facility has been created for Milk South Africa whereby information pertaining to publications of the International Dairy Federation (IDF) can be loaded on the website and interested persons can...
22 Jul '08	We have modified the website for The Compliance Institute of South Africa so that certain Library documents are restricted to members who are on the Board of Directors and we have allowed for the uplo...
21 Jul '08	The web site for Cate @ The Piano has been optimised to work the same in all the major browsers. This is a task that needs to be tackled for most of the websites we have developed. The browsers the...
21 Jul '08	Not only has Bill been putting on weight this month, but the Web Mechanix website has been also been widened to match current trends and is now optimised for 1024 x 768 resolution. At the same time...
17 Jul '08	The site for Milk S.A. has been modified to allow for the uploading of minutes of meetings held by the Board of Directors and Members. These minutes are only available to Directors and Members of M...
8 Jul '08	United Choice, a new Internet-based company, today instructed Mirror Image Communication to proceed with the creation of their website. Web Mechanix is contracted to Mirror Image Communications to ...
3 Jul '08	The website created by Web Mechanix for The Compliance Institute of South Africa has gone "Live" this morning. During the final preview stage of development, we were congratulated by all who viewed...
3 Jul '08	The Plastics Federation of South Africa recently instructed Web Mechanix and our business partner Mirror Image Communications to revise the appearance and functionality of their website. Alicia fro...
2 Jun '08	The recently commissioned project to create an email stationery template for Travel Doctor Africa is completed. The design has been approved and the remaining templates will be created as the vario...
1 Jun '08	As if I do not have enough work to do, today I tackled the task of recreating the portfolio on this website and redesigning my email stationery. I am happier with the simpler look of the portfolio ...
24 May '08	We have been instructed to create an email stationery template for our long-standing customer Travel Doctor Africa. At this point we are going to set up the template based on their new letterhead d...
12 May '08	Betts Townsend, a long-standing client of Web Mechanix has instructed us to implement HTML email stationery for them as a matter of urgency. Project was tackled immediately and work commenced on We...
8 May '08	Trade Conferences International (previously a Web Mechanix client) moved to a new service provider after experiencing problems with their previous website hosting company (not Web Mechanix). The maint...
24 Apr '08	The Compliance Institute of South Africa has commissioned Web Mechanix to create a new website. The institute has experienced a myriad of problems in attempting to get such a site up-and-running. They...
1 Apr '08	The East Rand based Corporate Cellular Connections have requested us to design and create a website for them. They are an MTN affiliated service provider and the look and feel of their website will be...
3 Mar '08	This weekend I was able to tie up all the loose ends with regard to programming the functionality of the new Milk S.A. website. This has been a joint project with Mirror Image Communications who di...
3 Feb '08	After receiving comments about my new-look website, I decided that it needed some additional modification. I have removed the "Red" effect and reverted to the "metal" look more easily associated wi...
25 Jan '08	RTV Meats (the old Benoni abattoir) and its other affiliate businesses have commisioned Web Mechanix to create a website for them. We will be using the new corporate image created by their marketin...
15 Jan '08	Our business partners OmniHoldings have commisioned us to create an entry-level website for their newest subsiduary - OmniCom - a Communications Solution Provider. The project is an urgent task as ...
15 Jan '08	A proposal we presented for the creation of an administrative Freight Control System was accepted today. The system was commissioned by the South African division of an international auto manufactu...
2 Jan '08	We all know about the electrician's stove, the mechanic's car, the plumbers geyser ... and the website designer's website! Well, I have now eventually taken some time off and have rejuvenated the Web ...

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