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Email – Personal, Business, Mass Mailing

Email is our prime method of communication these days. It has made communication instantaneous and the transfer of files much easier. The invention of email was a huge step in communication methods. Most people have a love/hate relationship with email these days. It has gotten out of control. Since it is so easy to do, [...]

DotNetNuke 6 – IE Compatibility Mode

Recently I ran into a bizarre issue with DotNetNuke 6 and IE 7/8/9 in compatibility mode. The issue is with the default container pages. If you chose to display a container (module settings), then the content and the title of container would NOT display. There was a blank area where the text should be. The [...]

Search Engine Optimization Basics

The one thing everyone always wants to know is how I can be #1 in Google. What can I do to guarantee this? The truth is no one can guarantee this. Google along with other search engines change their algorithms often to prevent anyone from monopolizing that spot and from anyone figuring out the algorithm. [...]

HTML 5 Multimedia Development and Design

Recently I read HTML 5 Multimedia Development and Design by Ian Devlin. Web Site – http://html5multimedia.com The book is a great primer for understanding the functionality of HTML 5 when dealing with multimedia. It is easy to understand and gives great code examples that are easy to follow and implement. The book covers images, videos, [...]

Session Variables in IE

Recently we had to mix an old ASP application with DotNetNuke. This was for a members site. Members had to log into the ASP application which created a session variable. This session variable needed to be passed along to all pages within the members site. The members site was a combination of ASP pages in [...]

DotNetNuke iframe module and redirects

In a recent project we did we had the need to integrate a classic ASP members site with DotNetNuke. The client had invested a lot of time and money into building an ASP based system to track their membership. They had a members only site that integrated with this membership application. When we redesigned their [...]

Starting a Business – How does technology come into your plan?

I have read many articles on how to start a business and what is needed. There is a piece of information that I always find missing – technology. Not many businesses today can function without some type of technology. Technology can be the foundation of your business and make or break it. I have developed [...]

Disney World and Technology

I recently took a trip to Disney World in Orlando FL. We all know technology has changed everything in our lives. During this trip I paid attention to the good and bad uses of technology. Even myself as a techie was surprised at some things. Tickets I always get my tickets online before I go [...]

What is new with DotNetNuke

I have spent the past 3 days at the DotNetNuke World conference. This conference was the first for DotNetNuke Corp on its own. Previously their conferences has been held in conjunction with the Microsoft DevConnections conference. I think this was a great move for DNN. There was about 400 people there and 1000 online viewers [...]

Understanding Google Analytics

When setting up a web site you should have a way to track its success. Besides obtaining user feedback you need to have web site analytics set up on your site. Web site analytics will help you determine what type of traffic is coming to your site, from where, what technology they are using, what [...]

Tracking Exit Clicks on Your Web Site

Recently I was asked about tracking what external links were clicked on a certain page which listed a long list of schools. My initial thought was Google Analytics must track this. I looked through all reports in Google Analytics. To my surprise Google Analytics does not track this information by default. They do track exit [...]

Low down on Banner Ads

There are many ways to advertise online. One of the more common types is displaying advertising. Displays ads are graphical, banner-like images that appear on web pages and within emails. Display ads are so popular because they allow you to visually impress upon your potential customers the value of your service or product. Display ads [...]

Avoid SEO Death

There are so many tactics to help get your web site higher in the search engine ranking. There are also tactics out there that can get you blocked from Google or other search engines. These tactics are called "Black Hat SEO". You want to make sure you stay away from them. Black hat SEO attempts [...]

Google+

In the age of social networking no one wants to be left out especially Google. Until now there has been no competition for Facebook. Google has developed Google+ or sometimes called Google Plus. Google+, a social network operated by Google, launched on June 28th, 2011 with integrations across a number of Google products. This site [...]

Web Browsers – What is the difference?

Did you know there are many web browsers out there and they are all different? Each one has its pros and cons and is more suited for different types of users. There is a lot more to browsers than just displaying web pages. There certain pieces of software or web sites that only work in [...]

DNN Monitoring Tools

With technology today people expect their web sites to never go down or have problems. When you are hosting web sites you need to make sure you know when there is a problem before anyone else does. Most of our client web sites are now using DotNetNuke. This adds a layer of potential problems or [...]

Managing CSSApply list in DotNetNuke Telerik Editor

One thing I have ran into in every site with the Telerik Editor is how to tweak it. The default installation does not work well. I wrote up a few things that I normally change and how to manage that troublesome CSSApply dropdown. Managing the CSSApply Dropdown Create a file called CustomEditor.css in the ~\Providers\HtmlEditorProviders\Telerik\Config [...]

Choosing the right shopping cart for your web site

When you decide to start selling your products online, choosing the right shopping cart can make or break your site/sales. Every shopping cart has different features and different interfaces. You need to fully test a shopping cart before you buy it or get too far into the process. You need to make sure the system [...]

RLComputing becomes a Microsoft Registered Refurbisher.

RLComputing is pleased to announce we are now an official Microsoft Registered Refurbisher. The Microsoft Registered Refurbisher program enables refurbishers to supply PCs preinstalled with genuine Microsoft software to businesses, schools, nonprofits, government programs, and other eligible customers

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