Weever Apps, a project started by CartaNova and now lead by Rob and Andrew of CartaNova has now launched a "free mobile apps" plan, whereby anyone with Joomla or WordPress can get noticed on the mobile web for free!  Just go to WeeverApps.com and sign up for your free HTML5 web-app!

Sometimes a little kernel of truth cuts through the marketing.. I was reading Slashdot tonight and noticed an advert for Canada: Get Your Business Online, a 'free web site' promotion by Google, Rogers and a number of other large media and internet corporations here in Canada.

..and I had a nice laugh when I clicked on 'Success Stories' and got a blank 500 error page (pictured above, slightly altered).  True enough.

CartaNova is proud to announce the launch of a new eCommerce web site for Alpha Thermal Systems, located in Webster, Massachusetts.  ATS is a vendor of high-quality PAW Solar Heating Stations, Resol and Sorel Solar Controllers and solar heating service tools by Zuwa.

The new web site uses the amazingly robust Magento eCommerce Platform.

Here are a few of the tools that make Magento a great platform for technically-oriented products and the Renewable Energy industry in general.

Mayday Magazine is a monthly publication from the Sky Dragon Community Development Co-Op in Hamilton, Ontario which focuses on progressive social and environmental change.

For their May issue, Mayday interviewed us in their new series profiling green businesses.

You can find the interview at: http://www.maydaymagazine.ca/content/green-business-profile-cartanova-design-co or if you're in Hamilton, Mayday can be found in print in numerous locations across the city.

As a design business we're often asked how much a simple web site costs.

How much should a car cost?  A cup of coffee?  Like most things, the price of web design is determined by value.  Read on for our thoughts on the subject.