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Overview Email services don’t trust emails spoofed emails from yahoo.com. Send it from your own domain instead and add a reply-to header in your notification email. The Problem In the last year, we’ve been getting a lot of reports from our customers that they’re not getting any leads from their website from @yahoo.com or @aol.com […]
Check DNS records with MX Toolbox Contrary to the name, you can actually look up all types of DNS (A, MX, CNAME, etc) records with mxtoolbox.com. Just prefix the domain name with the type of entry you’re looking for. Replace “domain.com” with your own search: a:domain.com mx:domain.com dns:domain.com etc… It’s part of our standard toolkit […]
It amuses us when we encounter the occasional prospect that brings up the old “Them vs. Google” when dealing with security. You may have fallen into that boat at one point too. You know the type. They usually say something along the lines of “We don’t want our important information at Google. It is safer […]
Screen shots, also known as screen grabs or screen captures, are extremely useful for letting other people see exactly what you see on your monitor. It’s a powerful tool to diagnose browser or computer specific errors. Combined with annotations, screen shots are a great tool for tutorials and documentation. In this guide, we’ll show you […]
We like to inform our clients of the best tools available for their business. Google Apps certainly falls into that category. You get all the benefits of Google's most popular products, including Gmail, Calendar, Docs, and even Voice, branded for your business. You can get the benefits of a similarly configured Microsoft Exchange setup at […]
In the latest versions of Google’s Chrome Browser, you can enable GPU acceleration to have your video card help render web pages, which should lead to a noticeable increase in page load speeds, particularly for websites with heavy graphics and CSS use. DISCLAIMER: This is an experimental feature, and it may change, break, or disappear at […]
Dropbox.com has become a great tool for syncing files across your own computers and sharing files with others. One of the most handy features is sharing a folder with another dropbox user. Just drag files over your Dropbox folder on your computer and it's automatically synced to anyone you're sharing the folder with. It's perfect […]
If you're not quite ready to launch your website but you need something up for vistors to see, you're better off putting up a simple page with basic contact info than an incomplete site. “Under construction” and “Coming soon!” pages remind me of the frontier days of the web in the mid to late 1990's, […]
We work with a lot of small to medium sized businesses. Among those are lawyers, accountants, payroll service companies, home improvement, and many other professional service providers. As part of our routine, we always ask “What do you want out of your website?”. The answer usually goes something like this: “I want a website that's […]
I found this great little website that tells you just that. http://www.thismachine.info This is extremely handy in diagnosing browser or operating system issues while developing websites.