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Archive for November, 2009
Helicon root redirect
Nov 30th
Another quick issue…I needed to use Helicon 3.x to redirect the root of a website to a subfolder…
Here is the code
RewriteBase
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(?:www\.)?mywebsite\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^/?$ http://www.mywebsite.com/myfolder [R=301,L]
Mega Monday!
Nov 30th
According to an article on the Guardian’s website today , Monday 30th November is going to be this year’s busiest day for online purchases.
As we mentioned in an earlier post, the amount of people shopping for xmas related products and services just keeps going up year on year. Visa is predicting that a whopping £2.4 million will be shelled out by xmas shoppers online today using credit and debit cards.
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Using devExpress Text Box as a hidden field
Nov 28th
I use the devExpress controls in a range of my websites. Tonight I was having a problem implementing an ASPxTextBox as a hidden field…the normal hidden field was no good as I am inside an ASPxCallbackPanel and I was losing the value.
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Update your site for xmas
Nov 28th
Every year the amount of people looking to the internet to reduce the stress of xmas shopping rises dramatically. If you are selling or advertising products which are popular at this time of year then make sure that you are setup to reap the rewards.
Firstly you may not even have a website – and if not why not! You can get yourself a pretty basic but professional web presence such as a single-page website or a blog like this one at a very affordable price.
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Twitter for business
Nov 27th
The twitter craze doesn’t want to go away. Millions of people are participating in this form of social media, and whilst it is exactly that – social media – it doesn’t mean it isn’t a great opportunity for businesses.
Getting a presence on twitter is like opening up a direct channel of communication into a community of millions. You can promote your products and services, but there is also so much more.
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