Archive | Software RSS feed for this section

JQuery conflicts in WordPress plugins and themes

A theme was breaking because of a jQuery conflict with a plugin. I was using the GD Star Rating plugin and I was using the Studio Box theme from imaginem. I finally found the solution.

Read full story Comments { 3 }

WordPress Auto Install on GoDaddy

With GoDaddy’s Deluxe Hosting, you can set up an unlimited amount of websites. Using their auto installer for WordPress, you can have your WordPress site up in under ten minutes.

Read full story Comments { 0 }

Mail Chimp

Great stats, easy-to-use editor to create your newsletter, love the backend interface, and, well, yeah, funny monkeys hanging around. Also, like Vertical Response, they don’t force you to do a monthly plan, but you can pay per recipient only when you send a newsletter.

Read full story Comments { 6 }

Carbonite

I shied away from online backup because I have backup drives scattered around the house, the office, I make DVDs once in a while, I have portable backup drives, and ach, I’d only lose a few days’ work anyway, right? Well, yeah, as long as you really do back up regularly. And as long as your house or office don’t burn down or get robbed.

Read full story Comments { 4 }

Overnight Prints

I’ve been using Overnight Prints for years because of their thick business cards and high quality printing. Graphic designers I work with use Overnight Prints for business cards, clients have ordered business cards as well as postcards.

Read full story Comments { 3 }

Browser Shots

A client said her site looked wonky in Internet Explorer 5.5. Of course, my first reaction is, “Internet Explorer 5.5? Well … ” But I was determined to see if it’d be an easy fix. Otherwise, I’d tell her that 0.00238% of the population uses that browser and … ” You get the idea. The [...]

Read full story Comments { 2 }

Cartfly

Cartfly looks like an interesting addition to the e-commerce world. Seems pretty easy to embed in other sites.

Read full story Comments { 1 }

Vector Magic

I’m not a print designer, but occasionally I need a vector graphic for something and I have to open up Illustrator and then days seem to go by. No food, no water, just me and my vector graphic. Check out this fancy-pants online tool: vector magic.

Read full story Comments { 0 }

Vertical Response

I’ve been looking for some time for mailing list software that didn’t charge a monthly fee, but rather on a per email or per recipient basis. Please use the link below to sign up for Vertical Response and you’ll get 25 emails free to test with. After that, it’s around one penny per recipient for mass emailings. No monthly fees, no sign-up fees.

Read full story Comments { 3 }

Membership Software

I’m looking into membership software beyond what WordPress can do for a few organizations that have 100+ members and some specific needs (e.g. printing labels, view members by e.g. city, newsletters, etc.). While WordPress might be able to do some of these, I’m currently looking for software that might be able to do it all–and [...]

Read full story Comments { 6 }

PDF Creator

Online PDF creator.

Read full story Comments { 1 }

Online Document Converter

Ever get documents in weird formats (like old WordPerfect)? This free, on-line utility converts almost anything to a PDF.

Read full story Comments { 2 }

Wink

I’m using Wink for my Tutorials and loving it.

Read full story Comments { 1 }

Emailing Large Files

With more and more high-quality digital photos, movies, and audio files, people want to email larger and larger files. Many ISPs conk out if you try to send (or receive) attachments over 10 MB or so. Or your server might just decide to do some spring cleaning and remove all large and/or old attachments. There’s [...]

Read full story Comments { 9 }

FTP

I found a site that lists FTP software for the Mac.

Read full story Comments { 0 }