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Posted on May 2, 2012 by bobh

 

Need a Website for Your Business?


 iThemes knows that your needs as a business owner are completely different than those of bloggers or hobbyists. In order to meet your needs, we have created a number of WordPress website themes that were specifically created with the small business or business professional in mind.

 

 

All featured themes will help your business through:
     •Branding: Easily customize our themes to match your brand identity.
     •Functionality: Easy to use and navigate – a must for customers or clients!
     •Search Engine Optimization: Attract potential clients through search engines like Google and Yahoo.
     •Online Stats: Tracking your audience and their interests helps your (ROI) and conversion rates!
     •Plug-Ins: Some of the most advanced, yet simple to use widgets that helps make your website outstanding.

 

Are you a web developer or designer?

You know that the most difficult problem nearly every day is leveraging your time. Well you are in for a treat. We have found a wonderful theme framework that leverages our time and gives our clients tremendous flexibility in customizing their design. It is called iThemes Builder.

 

Most frameworks make you work with a “least common denominator” approach. You can have this but have to give up that. Not so with Builder. We have found that it significantly reduces our initial setup time because of the fantastic layout tools while gives us access to the most intricate detail so we can make the website look just like we want it.

 

The most powerful reason to use Builder is because of the way that it is built. You will rarely, if ever, need to do anything in the core which means you can upgrade without pulling your hair out. iThemes provides well-designed “child themes” that you can use right out of the box. Finally, Builder has the concept of extensions which let you define your own stlyes and specific custom functions. In other words, if you need something extremely customized and creating a child theme or plugin is overkill, just use an extension.

 

 

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AbanteCart Idea OpenSource Ecommerce solution

Posted on March 25, 2012 by bobh

 

AbanteCart is a free eCommerce application that is designed, built and supported by experienced enthusiasts that are passionate about their work and contribution to the project.

 

This is not commercial project and there was no rush decisions or shortcuts in this project. We like what we do, and we strongly believe that AbanteCart one of the best and state of the art eCommerce platform available. AbanteCart is not a copy or fork of any other project. See how AbanteCart stacks up here.

 

Although AbanterCart architecture approach is innovative and unique in whole, AbanteCart is based on MVC model that is used by some other projects. AbanteCart controllers are similar to OpenCart, this is done intentional to give some flavor of OpenCart and help with quicker understanding of the code. This is one step forward to standardization. In addition, AbanteCart utilize some GPL third party modules to provide familiar interfaces. AbaneteCart include famous CKEditor interface for text editing and jQGrid interface for viewing and editing data list in spreadsheet like interface.  [Review]

 

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PrestaShop ecommerce open source

Posted on March 25, 2012 by bobh

 

PrestaShop is an e-commerce solution which is free and open source. It supports payment gateways such as Google Checkout, Authorize.net, Skrill, PayPal and Payments Pro via API. Further payment modules are offered commercially. The PrestaShop group was founded in Paris, with a second office recently opened in Miami.

 

PrestaShop is available under the Open Software License and officially launched in August 2007 for small to medium-sized businesses. The software, which is based on the Smarty template engine, is currently used by 100,000 shops worldwide. PrestaShop was named the Best Open Source E-Commerce Application in the Packt 2010 Open Source Awards and the Best Open Source Business Application in the 2011 Open Source Awards.

 

Smarty has been criticized for replicating features that PHP does natively very well, which leads to inefficiency. Not only does Smarty require learning a new pseudo-language, it creates additional work for the processor. It is also seen as a poor replacement for full PHP frameworks, which have the benefits of Smarty without added complexity.

 

The software makes extensive use of AJAX in the admin panel, while module blocks can be easily added to the store to provide extra functionality; these are normally provided free of charge by independent developers. The makers of PrestaShop have an official marketplace for priced modules and themes entitled PrestaShop Addons.

 

While many open source carts start out as free. Then comes plugins, addons, or modules. These often times make you wonder whether this is a good solution or not when you see the prices. Here is a review which might make you wonder too.

 

Since PrestaShop is widely accepted Shopping cart software there are number of volunteers who supports and contributes Addons. Contributors often program additional features for the software, even it is loaded with 275 features already. Recently Mob eCommerce has released Mobile app for Prestashop. Now PrestaShop users can give mobile app for their customers which will increase the sales.

 

 

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OpenCart open source ecommerce

Posted on March 25, 2012 by bobh

 

OpenCart is another e-commerce platform useful for setting up an online storefront. OpenCart is released under the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3) which means it’s freely available for anyone to use and since OpenCart is written in php it’s right in my wheel house.

 

The main developer of OpenCart is Daniel Kerr. The code is really well structured and thought out; it uses a nice implementation of the MVC pattern which made things ridiculously easy to walk through and find out what was going on under the hood.

 

OpenCart appears to be using a home grown MVC framework, which, while, is a little unnecessary. Unfortunately, the code appears to be open to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks and other security issues.

 

OpenCart has a basic module system though it isn’t what, should be considered a module system; in OpenCart a module is more of a sidebar widget.

 

 

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PageDownTech ASP.NET StoreFront Shopping Cart

Posted on February 13, 2012 by bobh

PDshop is an affordable ASP.NET application that features a shopping cart, online storefront, and an advanced Admin tool. PDshop is easy to use, installs quickly, and can be customized. It includes a built in template system, making it a breeze to integrate with existing web sites and designs.

 

PDshop includes hundreds of features to help you build a successful online business. The web based Admin makes it easy to manage an unlimited number of products, and all the content on your site (from anywhere). And it works with 2checkout out of the box! No additional installation or programming is required.

 

Highlight your products and services in attractive web pages that can even include product Photo Galleries, with an unlimited number of Images. PDshop also supports an unlimited number of product options, making it easier to promote and sell products that are unique or need to be customized. All product types are supported, including Downloads (e-goods), Gift Cards, and Gift Certificates.

 

To help with your marketing, critical features such as an Affiliate Program, Newsletter tools, Google feeds & sitemaps are all built in. Your customers can even promote your business for you with the Tell A friend feature, Facebook & Twitter buttons. And, PDshop can automatically recommend products based on purchases your other customers have made and buying trends.

 

Provide your customers with a seamless shopping experience. PDshop’s shopping cart and checkout has built in Real-Time Shipping rate & calculation tools, Credit Card & Payment Processing, Order notification emails, and more. Supports any currency and multi-currency, and can be translated into any language. Pre-optimized for the search engines and includes support for mobile devices and smart phones.  

 

PDshop is a complete storefront, shopping cart, and CMS application. Power your web site or shopping cart on certified ASP.NET technology, without any programming experience! The current price of this shopping cart solution with all the features supported is certainly a excellent choice at $169.00.

 

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Speccy

Posted on February 12, 2012 by bobh

Speccy is an advanced System Information tool for your PC.  Need to find out what’s inside your computer? No problem! Speccy will give you all the information you need.

 

What’s in your computer? If you’re like most of us, you can probably name the processor (Intel or AMD, Celeron or Pentium), maybe how much RAM it has, and maybe how big the hard drive is.

 

When you go to a computer store and see all the bright shiny PCs laid out next to each other, most will have tags or stickers indicating details like; Processor brand and model Hard drive size speed Amount of memory (RAM) Graphics card Operating system.

 

At first glance, Speccy may seem like an application for system administrators and power users. It certainly is, but Speccy can also help normal users, in everyday computing life.

 

If you need to add more memory to your system, for example, you can check how many memory slots your computer has and what memory’s already installed. Then you can go out and buy the right type of memory to add on or replace what you’ve already got.

 

If you’re going to be selling your PC, you can use Speccy to quickly list out the components. Or, if you’re buying a PC, you can use Speccy to check that the computer has what the label says it has.

 

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SSL Site Identity Button

Posted on December 6, 2011 by bobh

The Site Identity Button is a Firefox security feature that gives you more information about the sites you visit. Using the Site Identity Button, you can find out if the website you are viewing is encrypted, if it is verified, who owns the website, and who verified it. This should help you avoid malicious websites that are trying to get you to provide important information.

 

The Site Identity Button is in the Location bar to the left of the web address.

 

When viewing a website, the Site Identity Button will display in one of three colors – gray, blue, or green. Clicking on the Site Identity Button will display security information about the website, with a matching gray, blue, or green “Passport Officer” icon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gray – No identity information:

 When the Site Identity button is gray, that indicates that the site doesn’t provide any identity information at all. Also, the connection between Firefox and the server is either unencrypted or only partially encrypted, and should not be considered safe against possible eavesdroppers.

 

Most websites will have the gray button, because they don’t involve passing sensitive information back and forth and do not really need to have verified identities or encrypted connections. For sites that don’t require any personal information, a lack of identity information is fine.

 

Note: If you are sending any sort of sensitive information (bank information, credit card data, Social Security Numbers, etc.) the Site Identity Button should not be gray.

 

 Blue – Basic identity information:

 When the Site Identity button is blue, that indicates that the site’s domain has been verified, and the connection between Firefox and the server is encrypted and therefore protected against eavesdroppers.

 

When a domain has been verified, it means that the people who are running the site have bought a certificate proving that they own the domain and it is not being spoofed. For example, the TD Canada Trust website has this sort of certificate and an encrypted connection, so the Site Identity Button displays as blue. When you click on the Site Identity Button, it tells you that the easyweb.tdcanadatrust.com site is verified to be part of tdcanadatrust.com, as certified by RSA Data Security Inc.When you click on the Site Identity Button, it tells you that the easywebcpo.td.com site is verified to be part of td.com, as certified by VeriSign Inc. It also assures you that the connection is encrypted so no one can eavesdrop on the connection and steal your bank login information that way.

 

 

However, it is not verified who actually owns the domain in question. There is no guarantee that tdcanadatrust.com is actually owned by the Toronto Dominion Bank.There is no guarantee that td.com is actually owned by the Toronto Dominion Bank. The only things that are guaranteed is that the domain is a valid domain, and that the connection to it is encrypted.

 

If you are still leery about a site’s identity when the Site Identity Button is blue, you can see more information about the site by clicking the More Information… button on the Site Identification dialog. This will open the Security panel of the Page Info window, where you can view the site’s identity certificate, see if you’ve visited the site before, and if you have any cookies or passwords stored for the site.

 

Green – Complete identity information

When the Site Identity button is green, that indicates that the site provides fully verified identity information about its owner, and that the connection is encrypted.

If a site makes the Site Identity Button turn green, it means that it is using a new Extended Validation (EV) certificate. An EV certificate is a special type of site certificate that requires a significantly more rigorous identity verification process than other types of certificates. While the blue Site Identity Button indicates that a site uses a secure connection, the green Site Identity Button indicates that the connection is secure and that the owners of the domain are who you would expect them to be.

 

With the EV certificate, the Site Identity Button assures you that paypal.com is owned by Paypal Inc., for example. Not only does the Site Identity Button turn green on the Paypal site, it also expands and displays the name of the owner in the button itself. The Site Identification dialog contains further information.

 

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MyCommerceBooks

Posted on October 16, 2011 by admin

 

MyCommerceBooks (eCB V1.6) is a bundle of web business software applications with collaborative document communications backed by workflows to increase automation and reduce data entry. eCB includes the following applications: Inventory, POS Virtual Terminal, Order, Shipping, Invoice, Issue, Job Dispatch, Expense and Account Management. eCB is .NET Framework 4.0 ASP.NET compliant with AJAX based controls.

 

You can now deploy this application using MS WPI on any of our machines.

 

All applications are integrated and governed by workflows to increase work automation and reduce data entry. eCB Document Collaboration is based on two modes of communication between your company users and your partners. eCB is fully browser based; consequently you can access your data (similarly your customers and suppliers) from any simple computer with modern internet browser.

 

You may choose to deploy eCB as SaaS by going to www.MyCommerceBooks.com site or to download from Microsoft Web Gallery and install locally. For the second option you still will be able to access your data through the main SaaS site. eCB’s rich functionality can then be accessed in a matter of minutes, by completing a free subscription. eCB fits any business whether it is wholesale distribution, retail sales, maintenance and services, IT services or a simple coffee shop. eCB has ample functionality to manage your business effectively and with less operational cost.

 

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Process Explorer v15.04

Posted on September 10, 2011 by bobh

Ever wondered which program has a particular file or directory open? Now you can find out. Process Explorer shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded.

 

The Process Explorer display consists of two sub-windows. The top window always shows a list of the currently active processes, including the names of their owning accounts, whereas the information displayed in the bottom window depends on the mode that Process Explorer is in: if it is in handle mode you’ll see the handles that the process selected in the top window has opened; if Process Explorer is in DLL mode you’ll see the DLLs and memory-mapped files that the process has loaded. Process Explorer also has a powerful search capability that will quickly show you which processes have particular handles opened or DLLs loaded.

 

The unique capabilities of Process Explorer make it useful for tracking down DLL-version problems or handle leaks, and provide insight into the way Windows and applications work.

 

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Disable Weak Ciphers IIS Crypto

Posted on August 19, 2011 by bobh

IIS Crypto is a free tool that gives administrators the ability to enable or disable protocols, ciphers, hashes and key exchange algorithms on Windows Server 2003 and 2008. It also lets you re-order SSL cipher suites offered by IIS.

 

 

Features
•Disable weak protocols and ciphers
•Templates for compliance with government and industry regulations – FIPS 140-2 and PCI
•Disable and/or re-order cipher suites

 

Download

IIS Crypto version 1.0 build 1 can be downloaded from here. The download is digitally signed by “Nartac Software Inc.” A version history can be found here.

Note – IIS Crypto requires the .Net Framework version 2.0 or greater.

 

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