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Tuesday, May 22, 2012
New Mobile Friendly site for Sign-A-Rama
Mader Web Design and Venue Valet work together to create mobile friendly interface for existing Web sites. The following is from Sign-A-Rama - Kearny Mesa blog.
We have a new Mobile friendly site.
When you visit www.sdsar.com on your
mobile device you will see a Mobile friendly version of our site. You
will see various links to contact us, receive a quote, view our various
sign product offerings or learn about our company and people. You will
also have the ability to view our full site. You will be able to press
on your touch screen to call us directly or view a map to our location.
We have discovered, as most other sites, that more and more people are coming to our site from a mobile device. Since January 1st, over 10% of our visitors are using mobile phones or tablets to view our site. We expect this to only increase as mobile devices become more prevalent.
Our mobile friendly interface was created by the fine folks from Venue Valet in Austin,Texas (www.venue-valet.com). In addition to Mobile friendly sites they also feature mobile apps for iPhone and Android and other offerings that turn customer loyalty into results. They offer a mobile centric loyalty platform for markets that depend on the loyalty of their customer base for continued growth and success.
We have discovered, as most other sites, that more and more people are coming to our site from a mobile device. Since January 1st, over 10% of our visitors are using mobile phones or tablets to view our site. We expect this to only increase as mobile devices become more prevalent.
Our mobile friendly interface was created by the fine folks from Venue Valet in Austin,Texas (www.venue-valet.com). In addition to Mobile friendly sites they also feature mobile apps for iPhone and Android and other offerings that turn customer loyalty into results. They offer a mobile centric loyalty platform for markets that depend on the loyalty of their customer base for continued growth and success.
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Advice for Home Users 2012
Automatic Windows Updates:
Stay current with
the latest updates available for your computer's operating system,
software, and hardware. Windows Update scans your computer and
provides you with a selection of updates tailored just for you. Set
it to download but ask before installing.
Spyware/Malware Remover:
MalwareBytes and Super Anti-Spyware
These tools can
detect serious spy activity like keyloggers, activity monitoring
software, web site loggers and also common Adware, web bugs, tracking
cookies and many other items that are frequently encountered on the
web. Many people consider them an invasion of their privacy, even
though they are mostly advertising related and usually limited to
anonymous tracking. Monthly or as system seems to slow down, run a
scan and see what it finds.
Anti-Virus: Microsoft Security
Essentials – FREE
This needs to not
only be loaded but activated and updated. Computers need to be on
when a scan is scheduled to run. You can pay $60 a year for these
programs (Norton, Syman tic and others) but they do not guarantee any
better protection. No security program can guarantee 100% protection.
Flash Update, Java and Adobe PDF
update. Watch for Check boxes
for additions that may be trying to download like Norton Scanner.
You don't need it.
You can load other
programs but be aware of what you re downloading. Many come with
additions that you do not need. Many will come with Adware that
slows down your computer and the only way to get rid of it is to
re-install the Operating System which is very EXPENSIVE! If you see
a program that tell you that you have hundred of infections and wants
your credit card payment to clean your system do not believe it.
Unless it is a program listed above that you know is legitimate and
that you installed do not pay for removing infections.
E-mail:
Do not open
attachments unless you are expecting them. Even if it is from someone
you know. Many infections will read an address book and send out
infection without the user knowing.
Programs and Sites to avoid:
Porn Sites
Gaming Sites
Weather Bug
Shopping Toolbars
Backups: Fbackup
This is a very
good backup program. It creates a compressed backup or a mirror
backup which means you do not need any special software to restore
the backup.
Once
setup they have to be monitored. If I setup the backup I do not
guarantee that the files will be available when the need arises. I
only set backup to collect data in the User data area and some other
common data storage areas. Quickbooks, Quicken, Outlook and other
programs sometime store data files outside the User area. You
are ultimately responsible to monitor and occasionally restore to
insure success. If there is data you cannot live without you should
have redundant backup.
QuickBooks or Quicken Backup: In
addition to the Fbackup you should utilize the internal backup
feature in QuickBooks. You should know where you data file is located
and insure it is getting backed up
Outlook Backup: In
addition to the Fbackup you should utilize another method to copy the
outlook.pst file to another drive.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Reliability and responsiveness in a Web host are important!
QTH is a Web hosting company in La Crosse Wisc run by Scott Neader. I host a few Web sites with QTH and I highly recommend them. They are small enough to take each request personally but large enough to host the largest of sites. Scott provides excellent customer service and this morning was a good example. I removed a site because my client was selling their business and wanted hosting until April 1. I took down the Web site on April 1, but I did not remove files or cancel service until April 12 to allow some overlap.
Unaware that the client needed email for a longer period, I would now need the hosting back in place and soon. I sent an e-mail to Scott to see if I could get the hosting back and files restored. Normally the files are GONE (and I was warned about this before canceling service). Scott had a backup of the files and had them restored within half an hour.
Reliability and responsiveness are the most important attributes when looking for a hosting company. QTH shines in both areas and I highly recommend them. They have saved me from myself many times.
http://www.qth.com/
Friday, February 11, 2011
Friday, January 14, 2011
Mader Web Design, LLC
Mader Web Design, LLC provides World Wide Web design services to help individuals and small businesses develop a successful Web site on the Internet. After consulting with you we will custom design an exciting Web site that meets your needs.
http://www.maderweb.com
http://www.maderweb.com
QRCodes. You heard it from me first.
They are gonna be the future. I have alway been fascinated with barcodes. On products, on store shelves. When I hear they were gonna be used to track items from grower to warehouse to retail that is cool. Now comes QR Codes.I am walking at the Mall and I see a QR Code on the windows of Express. I take out my Android and using a barcode reader, I capture the QR Code. Suddenly I am watching a movie of a fashion show in Ney York. How cool is that?
Now I am not a fashion show watcher or a fan of Express but the technology in use is awesome.
I can now watch video, view a Web site, receive an offer on my phone by scanning one of these QR Codes.
Cool stuff!
QR Codes can be created for any application online at many places. They are very forgiving. I can shrink them, expand them scan them from a computer screen, from a document and they just plain work. Try it with this closer version of the code. It came from a camera and I crop
ped it and reduced the size. It still works.
Try it now. San the QR code at left!
ped it and reduced the size. It still works.Try it now. San the QR code at left!
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