I’ve been watching the statistics on this website for a while. In general most of my blog posts get mild traffic, but there are a couple movers and shakers. The common element among them is that they all solve problems, immediate problems.
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One of things I constantly stress is backup.  When writing web applications we are often focused on the results we want from the application that we can easily forget the underlying infrastructure including the database.  Your beautiful Ruby-on-Rails app is only as good as long as the underlying database structure is alive.  Keep it alive with good database backup.
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On Wednesday I will be doing a talk on web applications for a local Lions club. There are many small civic and professional clubs that struggle with organization and growth. Here are some examples of web applications I am aware of that some organizations use to make life easier.
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What do you get when you have a representative of Microsoft, Network Solutions, and Google sitting on the same stage? A fight, no, but some of the most successful companies at attracting customers and keeping them loyal to a product or service. So what did they have to say at the Small Business Technology Summit?
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What do you do if the wordpress e-commerce (wp-ecommerce) buy now shortcode doesn’t work? In WP-ecommerce you can add a shortcode to allow customers to buy your product from any post or page by entering a shortcode like this:

[buy_now_button=3]

What if nothing displays?
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In speaking with my father-in-law Lee yesterday evening about a franchise he is developing, Nerd Force, I noticed when I checked their website they offer remote PC support. If you have called tech support for your computer lately, it is quite possible they have had you download a remote support application. But the tech support team isn’t the only person who can benefit from remote access, you can too.
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Looking for some extra branding on your site? The favorite website icon (favicon) has been around since Internet Explorer 5 so that shortcuts to sites are easier to find in a list of bookmarks. It has expanded since then to appear in the left side of the navigation bar next to the site address. I was recently asked, how do I do that?
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