Open Interactive http://open-interactive.com Online Marketing, Web Site Design, Video Production Orange County, California Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:14:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Wix Website Builder – Is It Worth It? http://open-interactive.com/wix-website-builder-is-it-worth-it/ http://open-interactive.com/wix-website-builder-is-it-worth-it/#comments Fri, 07 Jun 2013 19:13:14 +0000 Neal Burns http://open-interactive.com/?p=2474 Last week a friend of mine was asking for advice about setting up a website for her son’s budding clothing company.  More specifically, she asked about a company called Wix – a DIY website builder.  Wix offers many different website templates with the ability to drag and drop pieces into place without the need to [...]

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]]> http://open-interactive.com/free-online-photo-editing-site/feed/ 0 DIY guitar amp footswitch for Epiphone Triggerman 60 (2 button) http://open-interactive.com/diy-guitar-amp-footswitch-plans/ http://open-interactive.com/diy-guitar-amp-footswitch-plans/#comments Wed, 29 May 2013 13:25:15 +0000 Joe Schwab http://open-interactive.com/?p=2410 I few months ago, I had been eying  a used Epiphone Triggerman 60 Guitar Amp at Morelock Music in downtown Knoxville. I had decided I had to get it, and had started planning to go pick it up. But before I could, my lovely and thoughtful girlfriend surprised me by bringing it home as a gift. [...]

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