Premium Doesn’t Always Mean Supported
One of the reasons that is often touted for purchasing premium themes and plugins is the support, but you shouldn’t automatically assume that will be the case. One of the biggest market places out there for “paid” aka premium plugins and themes are the Evanto sites including CodeCanyon and ThemeForest. Here’s the fine print [...]
Association Websites
We love associations and building Websites for associations. Here are a few links to some of the association Websites we’ve built. Northwest District Association in Oregon Association for Professional Acupuncture in PA Northwest Cranial Association Montavilla East Tabor Business Association
Should We Lie to Potential Clients?
A few months ago we were asked to put in a an RFP (request for proposal) for a potential client’s project. We were bidding with about a dozen other companies for a new Web site for a city’s association of business associations. The RFP included a realistic budget and an unrealistic timeline. Having done [...]
WP e-Commerce Security Upgrade December 2011
On December 7th WP e-Commerce 3.8.7.3 was released as mandatory security release. We have requested more information about what went into the hardening, but we’re pleased that WP e-Commerce is working on this issue. If you need help with your upgrade please don’t hesitate to contact us. If you need help with your upgrade, please [...]
How SSL Certificates Work with Browsers and Mobile Devices
It’s the browsers that check ssl certs and they include in their software recognition of ssl cert providers. So let’s say a new ssl cert provider comes into existence an older browser, say FireFox 2.5, is not going to have built in recognition of that provider they won’t have the “root” certificate embedded so it [...]
SSL Certs: High Assurance Versus Low Assurance Certificates
A low assurance cert validates only that the the ssl cert has been applied to the domain it was assigned to and not some other domain. The process is quick, relatively inexpensive and still provides 256 bit encryption. High assurance requires you to also submit documents proving that the company is a legitimate business entity. [...]
Canceling Bluehost Hosting
Unfortunately if you’ve made the mistake of signing up with BlueHost, Inc. they’re going to force you to go to extraordinary measures to get out of your hosting. Yep, you read that correctly in order for bluehost to let you move your hosting and, probably most important to BlueHost Inc., stop them from charging [...]
WP Ecommerce and UPS Prices
Recently we were asked a question we’ve heard before. How is weight being calculated for UPS Ground rates in WP e-Commerce? The pricing for this mode of shipping is too low compared to the UPS site. Is it a bug?
Transfering Domains Away From Yahoo!
Three cheers for Yahoo! When it comes to transferring domains no registrar wants to see you go, but some of them make it downright hard to transfer your domain away from the service. They hide, or at least make it hard to find the instructions on where to find your authorization code, a critical piece [...]
Trying out a new social media marketing tool
We’ll see how this goes, but may be perfect for some of our clients. Православни икони