Busy on various fronts as usual.
Visited with a Web Design Company in Toronto a week back to discuss various web development projects.
Also interesting was a company specializing in small business solutions for making phone calls over the internet. These Toronto IP-PBX professionals specialize in solutions for businesses requiring phone systems for 2-20 users. Could be the Linksys SPA-9000 solutions or customer built Asterisk solutions.
A new VoIP Supply company is also offering custom solutions for small business where they determine your voice requirements, analyze your network and determine your monthly long distance budget for making phone calls over the Internet.
In addition, the VoIP Directory is back online to receive additions to the index for anything voice over IP related.
Where is the Craig Ferguson video where he makes Conan O'Brien laugh so hard that he had to complete the show?
"While appearing on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993), he had host Conan O'Brien laughing so hard that he couldn't continue with his show and Craig ended up doing all the talking."
Yes I did it!
Every day information is coming from all over the place - how do you stay organized?
I could use OutLook, Thunderbird or some type of notepad to keep it all together, but that means opening up the application, opening files, hunting for files and voila ... getting the information I need.
Why not try using WordPress as a notepad?!?
Not online, but localhost. You will need to have PHP & MySQL installed on your personal computer and this is part of the strategy to try to keep things organized (just like keeping all your passwords in one place).
First off, if you're running Windows XP home, then you have more challenges.
No more, I've been using Sokkit for a number of years as a localhost webserver with PHP & MySQL. Cuts development time in half. No need to upload files to server and keep checking output on server. You can do it all locally on your machine.
Your webserver is for yourself, that's it, nothing fancy about that.
Why do it this way?
You can categories your notes, view your postings by dates, search for keyword in your posts and more. Best of all, it's fast, easy to use and gives you better exposure to WordPress
Have fun!
Ok, so by now I have over 100+ passwords to work with.
Keep them all in a spreadsheet?
How about a database file?
Forget it!
Last time I had a hard drive crash, I almost panicked. Yes I did lose a lot of files that were not backed up, but it was my passwords I was most concerned about.
Many months ago I started looking for a simple utility that would save my passwords, automatically fill in forms and basically save me time for not having to type in all those reduandant passwords.
To much to remember, too little time
In my opinion, this is the Best Password Manager hand down! Explore for yourself and find out how easy it is to automatically fill in forms, save passwords and more.
[end of plug!]
You've got a website and that's snazzy!!!
Know where you website traffic is coming from?
Google Analytics continues to amaze me ... first off it's free and secondly, you can view some interesting stats about your website users, where they're coming form, where they live and more.
I set up a few sites many months back ... now it's too interesting to review these stats!
Most, if not all, web hosting servers offer website statistics with varying information. With Google Analytics, say you are running an AdWords campaign, you can really moniter you conversions and costs associated with them.
The Facebook phenomenon is simply amazing - 240 million for under 3%
Who's buying in to what?
It's out there and any developer creating forms or any interactivity with the user online should be having a look in to AJAX
What is AJAX?
- With AJAX you can create better, faster, and more user-friendly web applications.
- AJAX stands for Asynchronous JavaScript And XML.
- AJAX is based on JavaScript and HTTP requests.
- AJAX is a type of programming made popular in 2005 by Google (with Google Suggest).
- AJAX is not a new programming language, but a new way to use existing standards.
- Ajax, or AJAX, (Asynchronous Javascript And XML) is a web development technique used for creating interactive web applications.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajax_(programming)
Some working AJAX tutorials you can copy and paste to get a handle on AJAX
Ajax tutorial by Tizag - one of my favorate sites for simple explanations
W3Schools Ajax Tutorial
Because of recent server migration, a lot of code either went missing or sessions not working or different version of PHP on server, I think it was to CSS-ify and update the VoIP directory for faster loading, cleaner output and easier user functionality.
You can subscribe to updates to the site here ...
What is this VoIP Service Directory site you ask?
It is a directory of categorized voice over IP companies (VoIP) from business, residential and wholesale services. Companies are able to submit their website links to be listed in the index (currently disabled)
Benefits for VoIP companies are additional exposure, links back to their website and more.
Here is an example of a residential and business VoIP company ZingoTel, Packet8 or ViaTalk
Search engine positioning: 'voip directory'
#3 - The current position for keyword 'voip directory' in Google is #3
http://www.google.com/search?q=voip+directory
#1 - MSN search
http://search.sympatico.msn.ca/results.aspx?q=voip+directory
Yahoo - still working on this one!
Over the last couple of days I've noticed my Adsense channels not tracking.
You Adsense publishers know what this is.
Luckily, you are may not be the only one.
Apparently it is an issue with many accounts, and on digitalpoint forums, it seems to be affecting many others as well
Here is the forum thread:
http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=525095
What is Google Adsense you say!
AdSense is an ad serving program run by Google. Website owners can enroll in this program to enable text, image and, more recently, video advertisements on their sites. These ads are administered by Google and generate revenue on either a per-click or per-thousand-impressions basis. AdSense uses JavaScript code to incorporate the advertisements into a participating site and it is really easy to set up and administer.
You've finally decided to build your photography website, great news because adventure has just begun.
Why not check out some simple photography WordPress themes if you're thinking about setting up a blog:
http://www.wpthemesfree.com/index.php?category=Photography
Do some reading ...
You could also ask yourself a couple of quick questions about what will your website do?
How about some pre-built website templates for Photography?
Ready to share some photos with friends ...
Hello! Picture Sharing
Have fun
Who would have thought that web hosting prices have gotten so cheap? I remember the days of having to pay for a set-up fee, then there's a monthly charge and yes ... watch your bandwidth because you'll be charged extra!!!
No more, web hosting has become very competitive.
Here's a great deal for cheap web hosting
- 100 GB of server space - great if you are hosting a photography website that takes up a lot of space from images or videos
- 1,000 email accounts - what for this?
- Monthly bandwidth transfers of 1000 GB per month - wow!
- Unlimited sub-domains - can you imagine the search engine (SEO) potential here. Each sub-domain is viewed as a seperate domain in the search engine eyes
- PHP, MySQL database, web stats and more
Check out this cheap web hosting deal here ...
Personally, I'm familiar with this system and the web hosting services are rock solid!
Newly created free ads blog which will feature cron jobs on daily basis to automate classified ad postings. It's all about automation!
Newly created blog feature cool WordPress plugins any website owner should not do without! Don't forget to upgrade your WordPress blog - well worth it if you want to do blog postings by email!
What is coming up in the near future?
Talks about IP-PBX systems and VoIP systems!
