May 2009
The Archives
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05.30.09Browser testingWhen developing a website it's important to keep all your users in mind. It was only a few years ago when large companies would display the message, "you must use Internet Explorer to view this website", thankfully those days are long gone. Most businesses now work hard to give all their users a consistent experience. I was talking to a friend a few days ago about compatibility. Over 20% of his visitors are using Internet Explorer 6, he was running the latest version of Internet Explorer, which at the time was version 7. Essentially his CSS was rendering adversely in IE6, ...
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05.11.09The WHIR turns 9The WHIR is the voice of the web hosting industry. Over the weekend the WHIR turned 9. Happy Birthday! The WHIR provides online up to date web hosting news, WHIR Blogs, WHIR TV as well as WHIR Magazine. Currently their magazine, published 5 times a year has a total per issue circulation of 25,000. Look out for us in the May 2009 issue! It’ll be circulating at a number of events: Social Networking Conference Search Engine Strategies Affiliate Convention AJAX World Conference & Expo 2009 SOAWorld Conference and Expo 2009 O'Reilly Velocity 2009 O'Reilly OSCON Open Source Convention Digital versions of the magazine are available, backdating all the way ...
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05.03.09‘Administrative fee’ adviceI came across a very sneaky condition in a competing host's terms of service today, the condition refers to their money back guarantee. "We will deduct flat 6% administrative fee before initiating the refund." Generally 6% of a web hosting order won't be a lot of money, that really isn't the issue. It's the principal. 9 times out of 10, the reason a customer decides to leave within the money back period is because they've had a bad experience. Let's say the host did an awful job and caused you nothing but grief, the fact that they'll profit is simply shocking. If you ...