How we create • together at interGen

From social media to measuring performance to simply managing your website, there are a lot of details to cover. InterGen operates on the idea that your website, your social media, and your data are yours. Our job is to make sure that you are getting the most out of your digital resources in the easiest, most convenient way possible.  Helping people, businesses, organizations, and communities move forward together is an exciting endeavor that fuels us. Beyond just programming your website, our passion can move your business forward.

intergen leadership team

Here's what we're passionate about right now... 


Podcast like a pro (on a budget)

There are really three factors to consider when assessing possible podcasting solutions.

  1. Reach
  2. Workflow
  3. Cost

Podcasting reach by publishing to multiple podcasting directories

Reach is an issue in that the more platforms you post the audio to, the more avenues you are providing for people to "discover" the content.

In recent weeks, we have had a handful of clients see an increase in spam. It is coming in through the contact forms on their websites. Often, this was the result of a site we inherited from another developer or host. The website had forms not secured with a captcha. Yet, the recent increase is occurring on sites that have captchas in place. What is going on? Well, first a little background might be helpful.

What is a captcha?

interGen loves Joomla! We of course hear about Wordpress all the time. We have been supporting a large number of Wordpress sites for years. There is a lot to like about Wordpress, mostly its marketshare. From time to time it is helpful to talk a little about why we love Joomla so much.

Before we get to the really good stuff, it is helpful to acknowledge what Joomla is not.

Sucuri is an industry leader in website security across all platforms. Each year they create a “Hacked Website Report”. The data they share is very insightful for what CMS's are safe for creating websites.

We love our clients. We love to serve. We don’t always get it right. We are constantly looking for ways to be better.

This week, our team celebrated interGen’s founding as a web development firm 12 years ago. In the beginning it was just me...

It was March 2006. I had a growing awareness that there were a lot of people and companies that were building websites but the service after site launch tended to fall short. Existing service models seemed to fall into one of two camps...