WaltDesign developed a database to store the contents of their catalog and built a shopping cart for their users to store their purchases in. From there the user can choose to purchase online, and the website processes their credit card information, or offline, where it displays a print off form so they can mail in a check if they want to. Additionally special discounts, limited run promotions, and other complexities are handled through this system. Also there is a password protected admin … [Read more...]
posted on April 30, 2010 by
Moving Web Hosts – What you need to know!
Recently I was helping a client move from one host to another. After going through this experience a couple of times with various clients, I thought I would write down my experiences so one might know the steps to move a site from one hosting company to another. You will need to get copies of your existing files. This is best done my getting them from your existing host. This may be done via FTP. In some cases you can download the files from the site, but more modern sites will run Content … [Read more...]
posted on April 10, 2010 by
Google Using Page Speed as a Ranking Factor in Search Results
Google announced this week that the speed of a page is now being considered as part of how they rank pages on a web site. This has some people happy, others scrambling. There are a couple of things which need to be considered with this news. Google uses over 200 factors to "grade" a site, determining where it should be placed in the search engine rankings. Adding 1 additional factor, unless it is a large factor should have little effect on the search results. "All things being equal I … [Read more...]