MasseyMedia has recently completed an interface upgrade on the Lufkin/Angelina County Chamber of Commerce website.  The site has been updated to allow for a more compact design and better information delivery.  The home page now features a tabbed interface allowing for more content to be accessible in fewer clicks.

In addition, the entire site has been redesigned utilizing JQuery as the javascript library of choice.  JQuery affords us many nice features to enhance the site layout and utilize more advanced functions.  The new Video Gallery is one example of a page utilizing the new powerful javascript features.

We have also integrated social media sharing features allowing visitors to send articles and events  to a myriad of social networks, colleagues, and friends.  Links to our Facebook and Twitter pages are also included on all pages to help promote those new features.

Another new feature is one that many will never use – but provides a huge benefit to those who do.  Our site printing has been greatly enhanced on a number of fronts.  Firstly, we have restyled the site when you print any page.  All graphics, headers, footers, etc are removed and only the pertinent information is printed.   This helps reduce the amount of ink used and helps preserve the about of paper consumed.  In addition, utilizing some pretty neat coding, when you click the Print Pagelink at the bottom of the pages, the system will automatically generate a “footnotes” section that will list all hyperlinks within the page.  This added benefit greatly helps to identify URL’s to the links within the pages.  Feel free to test out this new feature and let us know what you think!

MasseyMedia, Inc. is please to announce that the website redesign for the Lufkin Convention and Visitors Bureau is now live. We are extremely happy to have been able to work with Alisha Burrow on redesigning this website to better suit the diverse resources available in our area. An official press release from the Lufkin CVB and Chamber of Commerce can be found below:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 15, 2008

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT
Lufkin Convention & Visitors Bureau
(936) 634-6305

New Year, New Look!

Lufkin Convention & Visitors Bureau Revamps Website in Time for the New Year

Lufkin, TX – The Lufkin Convention & Visitors Bureau (LCVB) has launched a redesigned Web site at www.visitlufkin.com, offering a fresh new look, with hopes of engaging visitors and making the site easily accessible to local residents, newcomers, and business and tourism professionals.

The website, designed by Matt Massey of MasseyMedia,Inc. features an ibrochure of the Lufkin Convention & Visitors Bureau Official Destination Guide, group tour information, and an events calendar that highlights local happenings. Businesses and organizations have the opportunity to submit their events to the LCVB to be considered for free publications such as the monthly newsletter Tourism Tidbits or the colorful, bi-monthly tabletop calendars.

The Lufkin Convention and Visitors Bureau, a division of the Lufkin/Angelina County Chamber of Commerce, is a destination marketing organization that promotes economic development through tourism and encourages tourists to visit and enjoy historical, cultural, and recreational opportunities in Lufkin and Angelina County.

For more information on tourism-related events in the Lufkin area or to learn about tourism and marketing initiatives of the LCVB, please contact the Lufkin Convention and Visitors Bureau at (936) 634-6305 or visit www.visitlufkin.com