Web Applications
Choosing An Open Source Content Management System: Looking Beyond Its Features
A straightforward approach often used when selecting a content management system is to check for a good fit between the CMS capabilities and one’s requirements. A closer fit means less modification and development work is required. Therefore, a careful evaluation of the capabilities of the CMS and perhaps its source code might be done by the individual…
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No Website? Try Windows Shared Hosting And WordPress
Are you considering getting a website but aren’t entirely convinced that you need one? Perhaps your business is very small with a handful of employees or you feel that your products can’t be sold online. Although most large businesses have their own website, it is very common for small companies to have websites as well.…
Read MoreThe Easy DNN Site Migrator–DotNetNuke Hosting Migrations Made Easy!
Let’s face it, switching hosting providers sucks! There’s no better way to explain it, it’s a royal pain and when you add an advanced web application like DotNetNuke into the mix it goes from hard to nearly impossible …. until now! In the past when switching DNN hosting providers it would go something like this:…
Read MoreThe Pros and Cons of using Plug-ins and External Code Libraries
When you install a plug-in, theme, or module into your web application, you are in effect allowing additional, custom code to be placed in (or run from) your web site. In a perfect world, this additional code is safe and does what it says it does – but there is always a risk that the…
Read MoreMicrosoft Windows Cloud Servers and Microsoft WebMatrix
Combine Wordpress, WebMatrix and Microsoft Windows Cloud Servers to make web development easier, faster and more efficient and spend more time building web applications and less time managing web servers!
Read MoreIntegrating Facebook Open Graph with your Website and Why you want to do this
We’re getting ready to launch the beta of the new awesome.net windows cloud hosting platform. I was showing the new awesome.net site to Will Strohl (DotNetNuke guru and all around good guy) and he said “Jess, make sure you get facebook on there and you integrate it with the open graph api so you…
Read MoreUsing WebMatrix to upgrade your DotNetNuke or existing Website
Believe it or not I still find myself building websites after all these years. It’s something I enjoy to do and when most people are out playing golf, I find myself playing with some new piece of software. Generally, I use a content management system (CMS) like DotNetNuke or WordPress to build a website today. …
Read MoreGet More Revenue through Customer Service & Follow-up
After 16 years of doing business with my bank, I decided to make a switch. I went through the effort of updating all my auto-payments, submitting a new direct deposit form, having to order new checks, etc. because my bank’s customer service was honestly THAT bad. Between rude representatives on the phone, unhelpful in-person bankers,…
Read MorePCI Compliance: Disabling SSL v2 and weak SSL ciphers
Disclaimer: The items mentioned in the following blog article involve making changes to your server’s registry. Incorrectly modifying your server’s registry can result in downtime or abnormal behavior causing unforeseen consequences. If you do not have much experience working with the registry or if you are not comfortable making these changes it is highly recommended…
Read MoreHow to fix the error “[HttpException (0x80004005): Theme ‘Default’ cannot be found in the application or global theme directories.]” on ASPDotNetStoreFront
This error occurs when the App_Themes folder is missing from your “wwwroot” directory (or Virtual Directory / Application) and prevents you from logging into your Admin Area. It can be caused by creating a new application under your ASPDNSF root folder, or by turning the “admin” folder into an application. Here’s the partial error message…
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