Destin Mayor Craig Barker with Wayne Rogers at the Revive Media Services studio

Destin Mayor Craig Barker was in the studio with Wayne Rogers to shoot a tv spot for his Florida State Representative campaign.  For those of you unaware of who Wayne Rogers is, he was “Trapper John McIntyre” on the hit show M.A.S.H. from 1972-1975, formerly in the Navy, and is now a local resident of Destin, FL.  The two were an absolute delight to work with as they carried themselves in a professional manner on the set and of course shared a few laughs with us as well.

The Revive Web team is maintaining Craig Barker’s Web site for the campaign, make sure to take a look at this solid candidate’s credentials, mission, and stances on issues in order to be fully informed for the election:

Craig Barker’s Web site

Local air conditioning and heating company William Loftis Air Conditioning came to Revive Media Services to develop and create their brand new Web site.  The growing small business has yet to “live” on the Web so the Revive team is very excited to bring a new life into cyberspace.  The site will include a design, functionality, and Search Engine Optimization that will draw customers from Niceville, Destin, Blue Water Bay, Fort Walton Beach, and the surrounding Emerald Coast area.  The site is set to be complete and LIVE by the end of March, we will keep you updated and post a link when she’s up and running!

If you have yet to do so, take a look at our Portfolio Page to see the type of work we do.

As Web gurus ourselves, we always want the upper-hand when it comes to the style/look of our designs and the time it takes to create them.  Anything we can find that will cut down on Web design time while maintaining, if not increasing the “coolness” of our design is an absolute must have.  Well, our dear Brandon Pence here recently found “Sexy Buttons” CSS.  Yes, some of you may already be having fun with this, but hey, we are now a part of the club and excited.

With the Sexy Buttons CSS style sheet you can add and modify stylish Web 2.0 buttons with ease.  Just attach the style sheet to you header tag and go to town.  Here is the link to the style sheet:

Sexy Buttons Style Sheet

That’s right, your locally owned (Niceville, FL) and operated plumbing company Raymond Pate Inc. will be receiving a brand new Web site from the crazy-cool Revive Web team.  The new Web site will feature graphically appealing and easily navigable content that showcases the company’s abilities and services.  The site will contain four Web pages of content and many images in order to give clients and potential clients a quick look at the company and easily accessible information.   We will keep you updated and let you know when the site is up!

In the meantime, if you are looking to purchase a new Web site for your company or are looking to redesign an existing site, give us a call today!

Okay, we understand that we have blogged quite a bit lately about our video production capabilities and in particular our in-house green screen, but we couldn’t help but share this well-edited video of the capabilities of the green screen.  The tv episodes featured in the video have an immensely larger budget than our projects but our goal is to reach the capabilities of these inspiring pieces of art.

Take a look and let us know what you think…

Stargate Studios green screen video

And of course, if you live in Fort Walton Beach, Destin, Navarre, Pensacola, Shalimar, or in the surrounding area give us a call if you are in need of some video production!

That’s right, today we launched the first day in production of our untitled Web series to be debuted and featured on our Facebook page.  The docu-style comedy will consist of 10+ episodes and feature Revive’s very own Todd Stevenson and local talent from the surrounding Fort Walton Beach, Destin, Navarre, and greater Emerald Coast area.  The series is directed by Kevin Almodovar and co-written by Shelley Normand / Kevin Almodovar and tells the story of a hopeless romantic who decides to take up advice from a best friend and try speed-dating.  The series will be shot almost entirely in our in-house studio in HD utilizing a large green screen.

We will keep you updated and post a link to the first episode when it’s out of post-production!

Directed By: Kevin Almodovar

Written By: Kevin Almodovar / Shelley Normand

Executive Produced By: Lynn Dominique

Talent: Todd Stevenson

Edited By: Kevin Almodovar

As our advertising department continues to grow it became essential to have a dedicated Marketing Specialist on the team.  Well, today Revive Media Services welcomed  Elizabeth Rambow who will head up special marketing projects for Revive.  Many in the Fort Walton Beach, Destin, Navarre, and surrounding Emerald Coast area are familiar with her work and will see her as she spreads the Revive brand around town.

Welcome to the team Elizabeth!

When most small businesses shop for a company to design and build an attractive and effective Web site the term “content management system” either never comes up or is a foreign language to the client.  Unfortunately, this is one of the most important elements of your new or existing Web site’s performance.

According to Wikipedia, a content management system “is a collection of procedures used to manage work flow in a collaborative environment. These procedures can be manual or computer-based.”

In other words, investing in one of these systems will allow both you and your Web master to easily maintain the content of your Web site, an element critical SEO performance.  The more effective CMS you have, the more likely you will hit the top of the search engines quicker.  Here at Revive we do:

- Custom Content Management Systems

- Maintain existing or established CMS such as Wordpress

If your Web site does not have a CMS and you would like to benefit from one, we can do that too.  Call or e-mail us today, we would love to sit down and figure out the best possible CMS for your new or existing Web site .

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Here at Revive Media Services we are nestled right smack-dab in the middle of two of the most impressive Air Force bases in the world.  Eglin Air Force Base and Hurlburt Field train and send out some of our nation’s most talented and effective airmen to carry out missions in the middle east and around the entire globe.  The men and women who have committed to service in our armed forces are the reason we have the massive amounts of freedom we do in this country.

As former military personnel, honorary commanders, and parents as well as dear friends of service men and women; we are proud to support and encourage the efforts of our United States military.  We thank you all from the bottom of our hearts for your dedication and sacrifice, may you be blessed in all you do!

Recently, I heard the lovely story of a small business owner having a run-in with a corporate Web hosting and domain name company (the name of which we will withhold) in which the company failed to notify the owner that their domain name was going to expire.  They did not inform this struggling entrepreneur that when their domain name expires it will cost them at least $120 to renew the account and if they do not do so, it will take 90 days for the domain name to be released so they can purchase it again through another company.  You can imagine the frustration, especially when domains cost all of an average of $10.00/YEAR to keep.  And, with the economy the way it is, $120 for a small business is a decent chunk of cash.  Ridiculous stuff.

Now, MOST corporations do inform their customers of these types of changes and upcoming expiration…that is if they have the correct e-mail address.  If you’ve changed e-mails or for some reason the notification e-mail got tucked into your spam folder you may never receive the information you need to prevent an event like this happening.  So, what’s the best solution?  Hand over your hosting and domain name to your local, personable, cheaper media service company.  Of course this is where Revive Media Services comes in.  If you want the BEST service for your Web site with no hidden charges and a team that will make sure your site is taken care of without any of these ridiculous mishaps then give us a call today.  Let’s discuss the easier, smoother future of your hosting and domain maintenance.