Each individual email that violates the CAN-SPAM Act is subject to penalties of up to $16,000. I have never heard of anyone getting slapped with this fine, but up to $16,000 per non-compliant email is not a risk that I am going to be taking any time soon so long as I can help it. On the brighter side of things, I like to think that regulations like these fight to keep our mail boxes clean and free of SPAM. …
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Kind and Benevolent Sir Google – I salute you! Google has provided yet another wonderful resource for us: A font repository of beautiful fonts that are all free and legal to use because they are open source. Google Web Fonts make it easy to use these fonts on your website by generating the short line of code that you can copy and paste in the <head> section of your website to call the font for use in your style sheet. …
Read MoreGoogle Analyticator is a must have for every WordPress Website. It handles the integration with Google Analytics and makes it easy to view website trends. If you are wondering why the graph is not populating it is because you have not successfully registered your domain with the Google account being used. The solution can be found in the WordPress Forums. The trick is to go to Google Accounts | Manage your Domains and add your domain to the google account …
Read MoreHere are four queries that you will want to run to modify your .sql file when migrating your WordPress Website UPDATE wp_posts SET guid = replace(guid, ‘http://www.old-domain.com’,’http://www.new-domain.com’); UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = replace(post_content, ‘http://www.old-domain.com’, ‘http://www.new-domain.com’); UPDATE wp_postmeta SET meta_value = replace(meta_value, ‘http://www.old-domain.com’, ‘http://www.new-domain.com’); UPDATE wp_options SET option_value = replace(option_value, ‘http://www.old-domain.com’, ‘http://www.new-domain.com’) WHERE option_name = ‘home’ OR option_name = ‘siteurl’; There is a longer article that details Migrating a WordPress Website at Web-Kreation.com
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A favicon is the icon that shows in the navigation bar next to your website’s title. These icons help the user know which tab in their browser belongs to your site and helps them return to it after they have switched tabs away. Most, but not all, large companies have a favicon because it helps maintain a consistent company image and it goes a long way to show that you know what you’re doing. A few tips on installing a favicon: Most …
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Sometimes you may ask yourself why does Mendatech charge sales tax for some of our services and not for others? What are the State of Washington’s rules about IT services and Sales tax you might ask? We’ve attached a download which is a state provided guide to help shed some light on the situation. Here are a few items that we do not apply sales tax to: Internet Programming Services – Website Design & Development IT Training Needs Assessment Here …
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