Archive for February, 2008

Graphic Design

Hmm, I need to come up with a better graphic for the top of Tams Ltd. The template came with a picture of a leaf, but as the company does training for the transport industry it wasn’t quite appropriate. So, it’s time to pull out Paint.Net (my usual graphic tool) and see if I can […]

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

Looking at Netsuite

I’ve been looking at a hosted application called NetSuite that boasts combined e-commerce, CRM and ERP within a hosted service. You can see a comparison of all the different features here. I didn’t manage to find exact prices, but I did find an article that says that NetSuite are 50% the price of Salesforce for […]

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

Backup your website

Backing up your website is extremely important. Not only for you but also for your customers. Remember, you don’t really get life insurance policies for your website. So here are some products that may be able to save you a lot of aggravation:

Check out Handy Backup as one way to backup your website.
SiteShelter is another […]

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

Lock up your website

Keeping your website protected is of utmost importance to any webmaster. There are people out there looking to take over your website using any method they can and there are tools out there to help them. Unfortunately you can’t just buy any tsa locks for your website but there are principles you can use to […]

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

WP Auctions goes live

Just wanted to let everyone know that the plugin that I developed together with Hyder is now available for anyone to download. It’s a plugin for WordPress that lets you auction anything you want. You can auction small items that cost a penny, you can sell exercise equipment, you can auction a house if you […]

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

WordPress plugins to try

I’ve been looking for a couple of plugins for WordPress. Here’s one I had great success with:

Google Maps for WordPress Plugin: This is just great. It lets you put a map up on your blog in a really really easy fashion. All you need to do is set up a link in the correct format […]

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

Look a little closer

Ever need to example those minute details on your screen? Well, there a selection of software out there that lets you magnify portions of your screen so that you may zoom into particular detail. A magnifying glass is one option, but you can also find software to help you. One solution I like is Virtual […]

Monday, February 18th, 2008

Coolsites is no more

A long time ago, one of the components that made up The Only Network was Only Coolsites, which was intended as a link directory of cool websites which people could submit links to. How naive of me! It started off with all sorts of links, from link directories to baby sites, from Pepsi Cola to […]

Monday, February 18th, 2008

Talk To Frank - dynamic favicon

I keep seeing this advert on TV for a drugs-awareness website called “Talk To Frank“. I popped on in one day while bored just to have a look whether it was about drug info, drug rehab or whatever. Turns out it’s an informational website which includes a number of interactive features, like the ability to […]

Sunday, February 17th, 2008

Confusion in terms

I love the way the IT world has an acronym for everything .. which is particularly fun when different companies use the same acronym for the same thing. And it’s even more fun when the same acronym is used in other fields. I was talking about bpm to a friend of mine and we hit […]

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008