Carbonite offsite backup service can save your hide

How much to you backup your files? Daily? Weekly? Monthly? Hardly ever? I unfortunately was a member of that last category up until about two weeks ago.  At “the real job”, I lost a directory on one of our server hard drives that contained a ton of data that wasn’t in our routine daily backup.  The… Continue reading Carbonite offsite backup service can save your hide

InMotion Hosting – A pleasant surprise in the world of web hosting

I don’t blog much about web hosting, mainly because it’s kind of boring and there just isn’t much meat to it. You get an account, you upload files, you hope you don’t need tech support. That’s about it. I had an experience last week that I just felt compelled to blog about. It wasn’t life… Continue reading InMotion Hosting – A pleasant surprise in the world of web hosting

New Cross-browser CSS Navigation Extension for Dreamweaver

An easy way to build CSS navigation in Dreamweaver is here! WebAssist CSS Menu Writer is their newest Dreamweaver extension that creates horizontal or vertical CSS navigation menus from an easy-to-use wizard interface. Menu Writer can create automated or even dynamic Dreamwaver CSS menus and gives you complete control over the menu through the CSS… Continue reading New Cross-browser CSS Navigation Extension for Dreamweaver

eCommerce Suite makes custom shopping carts easy

If you’ve ever tried to develop a custom shopping cart for your website, you probably quickly found the limitations of bundled shopping cart software.  You don’t want the same generic shopping experience as thousands of other sites, but customizing your shopping cart can be difficult, if not impossible, for the average website owner.  WebAssist’s eCommerce Suite is a Dreamweaver… Continue reading eCommerce Suite makes custom shopping carts easy

My 95% Unbiased Review of HostGator Web Hosting

I occasionally go searching to see what’s new in the world of web hosting.  And it never fails, I come across websites that claim to “review” web hosting services.  Here’s a tip for the uninformed, those sites rank web hosting providers by how much they get PAID as an affiliate!  So one week, you might… Continue reading My 95% Unbiased Review of HostGator Web Hosting

Easily Build a Custom Constant Contact Signup Form

Unless you’ve been under a rock the last couple of years, you know the importance of email marketing and keeping your website visitors up-to-date on your products or services.  This wizard-driven FREE tool allows you to easily integrate a custom email mailing list signup from Constant Contact.

Easily Add Skype Buttons to Your Website

Enjoying over 200 million registered users, Skype is easily the most recognized internet communication service.  With Skype-to-Skype calls being free, it’s a no-cost way to allow your website visitors to contact you at the click of a button.  WebAssist’s free Communication Toolkit for Skype uses a wizard interface to make the Skype website installation way… Continue reading Easily Add Skype Buttons to Your Website

PayPal eCommerce Tookit Review

If you’re trying to easily set up ecommerce functionality on your website but you don’t want a hefty monthly merchant account fee, PayPal is a great option.  It allows you to seamlessly integrate credit card and PayPal payments into your current website, without having to worry about sensitive customer information and the complexities of a merchant account.  The… Continue reading PayPal eCommerce Tookit Review