Dream Whisper Fabric!
December 30, 2008
Yes, DWD’s custom fabric will be offered at our NEW Etsy Shop! The fabric is perfect for crafting, quilting, home decor, or just plain fun.
Have a fabric design idea but don’t know where to start? Just drop us a note. We can help prepare your art and files for fabric printing.
Cool WordPress Magazine Themes and Plugins
December 17, 2008
WordPress as a CMS is a wonderful thing. Perhaps we’re biased, but we’ve never found an easier or more fun system to work with. Themes make WordPress even easier to use and make website development a breeze.
Revolution
Revolution is a widely popular set of WordPress Themes. At this point in time, the original Revolution themes are no longer available. However, Revolution2 has emerged. These themes are our favorites. If you need help customizing the themes or solving problems, a membership to their Pro and Pro Plus support plan packages is available to help you get your blog or website up and running. Of course, we are always available to customize your site too!Click here to visit Revolution Theme website!
Of course, you can always contact us for custom design or theme customization.
iThemes
iThemes has an extensive selection of WordPress themes, including magazine themes. Their FLEXX theme is a powerful, easy to use, supercharged theme that includes image management, 1,056 possible layout combinations, SEO, menu management and more! Click here to visit iThemes Premium WordPress Themes website!
Viva7
Promoted as a smart, dashboard powered theme, Viva allows 100s of looks with no code edits – all from one theme. Viva7 offers hundreds of different layouts through combinations of 7 color schemes, 2 widths, and 2 header heights.
Plus, Viva is packed with all sorts of cool plugins! It is fully integrated with their VivaZoom, Viva Posts and Gallery Carousels as well as Viva Events, Viva Menu Bar and Viva Videos Plugins.
Of Course, the plugins are available as stand alone products for single site, multiple site, or theme development use. Definitely worth a look if you’re tired of wrestling with image editing. These plugins do it for you.
Increase sales with these new Quick Shopping Cart® store features.
December 15, 2008
Our software designers have been hard at work improving Quick Shopping Cart. Check out these great new additions:
- More designs to choose from. We’ve included 60 additional design templates that coordinate with WebSite Tonight® (for a total of 105). Now you can make your shopping cart and Web site look like one site. Why not try out a new look – your entire site will be instantly updated.
- Media Gallery. In response to customer requests, we’ve made it possible for you to display up to 5 images for each product, giving shoppers a variety of product views. (Deluxe and Premium plans only.)
- PayPal Express Checkout. This service makes paying with PayPal a seamless experience. Shoppers don’t even know they’ve left your site to pay for their purchase. To add this to your site, simply pull down the “Processing” menu in Quick Shopping Cart and click “Payments.”
Wordpress e-commerce options
December 15, 2008
The ease of use and customization capabilities associated with WordPress make the software highly attractive for website owners, especially with one-click install solutions like that offered on our linux hosting accounts (Don’t be fooled by those charging an arm and a leg + your unborn child to install it for you – choose to pay for tweaks and customizations, not installs).
With the widespread usage of WordPress as both a blogging platform and a CMS, you would think there would be a wide variety of e-commerce shopping cart plugins available. Unfortunately, there are few e-commerce solutions that meet the needs of internet shopkeepers, with the exception of Wp-ecommerce and The Market Theme. A few others exist, including Shopp, but we have not tested their Beta.
Wp-ecommerce is one of the most widely known solutions, and though known as “buggy,” the latest releases appear to function better than previous versions. WP eCommerce is easily installed and integrates with Google Checkout, Paypal, Authorize.net, Payment Express and many other trusted payment processors.
Plus: Free Version, Multiple Features.
Minus: We’ve found that running other scripts within your theme may break the functionality of the cart or theme. However, the latest release seems to have alleviated that particular issue.
Big Plus: Wp-ecommerce themes are available to make building your site easier! iThemes has developed one such theme.
Ecommerce Theme for Wordpress
Wordpress ecommerce shopping cart theme.
Price: $79.95
Website: iThemes Premium WordPress Themes
Crafty Cart
A free WordPress Shopping Cart Theme
Crafty Cart by Billion Studio is a free WordPress theme using Instinct’s plugin.
Price: FREE
The Market Theme
The Market Theme
Another solution is The Market Theme. Market Theme is an e-commerce WordPress THEME – not just a cart. The Market Theme is a fully featured WordPress theme which transforms a standard installation of WordPress into an customizable e-commerce storefront using an AJAX shopping cart.
Plus: Economical, Customizable, Easy, a WordPress Theme in itself
Minus: If you already have a theme you don’t want to give up, you will have to do some coding or pay a programmer. Learn More about The Market Theme
Price: $55.00
Now offering SmartSpace easy website builder!
November 11, 2008
Simply register the domain name you want and SmartSpace builds your Web site for you, instantly connecting your domain to a blog, photo site, social site and much more. It’s as easy as typing your domain name in your Web browser and logging in with your username and password!
With SmartSpace, the work has been done for you. No technical skills needed. No waiting for your domain to go live — just add your own personal photos, videos, blog posts and more and your site builds itself automatically! Your job is to pick what goes best with your domain.
Integrate with Google News, Flickr, YouTube, and FaceBook. Anything with an RSS feed is fair game.
- Instantly Connected To:
- FREE Blog Tool
- FREE Photo Site
- FREE SocialSpace
- And MORE!
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And:
- Instant Domain Activation
- No Technical Skills Needed
Learn More, Watch the Video, View Examples
Spoonflower – custom fabric printing
October 21, 2008
Print your own custom designs on fabric for quilts, clothes, pillows, blankets, and more! If you are a creative soul, then Spoonflower custom fabric printing is for you. The concept is simple and not unlike other POD sites.
Simply upload your file, add to cart, and watch for it in your mailbox. Ok, well it is and it isn’t that simple. Spoonflower has painstakingly developed their website to be user friendly – which is very impressive. The most complicated aspect of creating a viable fabric is making sure your file is ready to be tiled so it appears seamless on the fabric when printed. If you are familiar with Adobe Photoshop, there are several plugins that can be used to make your life easier. And, Spoonflower’s blog contains information on how to prepare your files for printing.
The upside: unlike many other digital textile printing companies, you don’t have to order 1,000s of yards to have custom fabric printed. Spoonflower lets you order as little as an 8 in x 8 in swatch. The current max order is 3 yards, but that should change when the site is out of beta.
Having had several designs printed, we can say that the color is extraordinary and that we are all very pleased with the service.
The site: Spoonflower
Our Designs at Spoonflower
Buy our fabric at Our Etsy Shop
Data Backup
October 20, 2008
Protect Your Most Valuable Asset… Your Data!
7 out of 10 small firms go out of business within a year if they experience a major data loss – Information Security Breaches Survey, DTI/PriceWaterhouse Coopers, 2004.
Without adequate data protection, your business can become another unfortunate statistic.
I would like to introduce you to a valuable new service we are now offering to all our preferred clients: Remote Data Backups (RDB).
RDB is the most cost effective, secure, and convenient way to automatically back up your data offsite every night. Your files are transmitted and stored using 128-bit AES Encryption and SSL technology at their two state-of-the-art mirrored data centers, so it is extremely secure from any unwanted access.
Your data is reliably protected offsite from fire, flood, theft or sabotage, in addition to common technical disasters such as hard drive crashes, viruses, data corruption, hackers and even human error (deleting files). It is a much more cost effective and reliable backup solution than manually using tape, Zip, Jazz, CDRW, DVD or external drives.
We have researched backup solutions extensively and can confidently say we’ve partnered with the industry leader. They protect data for over 150 franchise organizations and have tons of client testimonials praising their service.
The software is easy to set up and use, and loaded with valuable functions designed to save you time and money, such as: Easy System Restore, Remote File Access, 10-File Versioning and Extended Archiving.
What would you do if you suddenly lost your data? How much would it cost to recover? Would your business survive?
We now provide the most cost effective, reliable, secure and convenient way to automatically back up your mission critical data offsite every night.
Enjoy peace of mind knowing that if the unexpected happens (systems crash, virus, data corruption, fire, flood, theft, sabotage, human error, etc.) your data is safe and secure offsite at our two mirrored data centers and easily accessible to you with just a few clicks, 24/7.
Advantages over Obsolete Backup Solutions
… such as tape drive, CD / DVD, etc.
- It’s Easy: Simple to set up & operate, perfect for non-techies;
- It’s Automated: Runs nightly, saves your staff’s time;
- It’s Fast: Delta block incremental backup transmits only changes;
- It’s Secure: Transmitted and stored using military-strength 128-bit AES encryption through Secure Socket Layer at two mirrored, state-of-the-art data centers facilities with redundant power and bandwidth.
- It’s Offsite: Protects your data from fire, flood, theft, sabotage and human error;
- Free 24/7 Support: No extra charges for support, restores, bandwidth usage, etc.
- Free 30-Day Trial: No credit card required to start using the service unrestricted.
Time & Money Saving Features
….that increase your efficiency and productivity, while minimizing costly data loss and downtime.
- *Easy System Restore: Full system backup files for easy, complete hard drive recovery;
- Remote Web Access: Access your data from any computer with Internet connection;
- 10-File, 90-day Versioning: Restore files up to the last 10 versions or up to the last 90 days;
- Extended Archiving: We store any data deleted from your system for 90 days;
Click here to start your FREE 30-day online backup trial, or for more info »
Designing Websites for Multivariate Testing
October 20, 2008
Request Your Free Information Brief:
“Designing Websites for Multivariate Testing: Top 3 Tips to Ensure Your Success”
Learn how to reach your marketing goal and gain the competitive advantage that makes it possible to out-test, out-learn and out-optimize competitors.
If you are like most online marketers, you are doing everything you can to optimize your website. One of the best ways to optimize your site is through multivariate testing, which is a technique that enables your visitors to tell you what’s working on your website and what isn’t. Download this information brief to find out how you can evaluate the effectiveness of your web site using three top tips to prepare your site for multivariate testing success.
Geographic Eligibility: USA
Publisher: SiteSpect
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New Quick Blogcast Statistics Tool
October 9, 2008
With the launch of Quick Blogcast’s new Statistics Tool, a fresh, interactive design for working with your blog’s site statistics is at your fingertips. You’ll have access to the most accurate information for your site and the most control over how you view that information. Enjoy access to statistics and reports for various blog features, including how visitors are getting to your blog, how frequently they’re visiting, what they’re viewing, and on what entries they’re commenting.
PLUS, we’ve made it even easier to manage your site-building applications; you can now log in and manage Quick Blogcast, Quick Shopping Cart® and WebSite Tonight® all from one common dashboard. Check it out today!
Quick Shopping Cart® gets a facelift!
October 9, 2008
You’ve already told us your favorite Quick Shopping Cart features. But we’ve recently updated the layout to make those features easier to use and more accessible than ever before.
- The Wizard Builder is now the “Basic” view. Simply click “Basic” to get started.
- We’ve moved the Preview link from the header and made it a button in the top menu bar.
- We’ve changed the Publish link to a button in the top menu bar, so you can publish in both the Basic and Advanced views.
- The Home page link has been moved from the header to the top menu bar.
- Your shopping cart site domain (URL) and IP address have been moved into the Summary Information section on the Advanced view Home page.
PLUS, we’ve made it even easier to manage your site-building applications; you can now log in and manage Quick Shopping Cart®, Quick Blogcast and WebSite Tonight® all from one common dashboard. Check it out today!
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