We’re currently working on a new Ultra Internet Solution version (watch out! – It’s got some great new features) and we’re interested in hearing ideas and suggestions from the experienced UIS Community on what we could do to facilitate creating, managing and maintaining websites as intuitively as possible for business users. As you probably know, we are currently on version 3.6 of the Ultra IS platform (it has been six years and thousands of websites have been launched since we delivered a web site on version 1.0) and it is beginning to show that it is time for an overhaul. … Continue Reading

With few exceptions we tell our clients that they need both. But before I get into that, I would first like to dispel some misconceptions. Blogs are websites. With a decent designer and enough time spent on various add-on modules a Blog can be made to look like a traditional website. But a Blog’s purpose it to allow a non-technical user the ability to easily post their thoughts and ideas for the world to be able to see.

Most Blogs can be described in terms … Continue Reading

Depending on the type of person you are, it is possible, you may find updating your website exciting or just part of the job. One thing that any style of person can agree on is finding images that match your written word can often be extremely difficult. As a matter of fact, finding the right image can often take exponentially longer than writing the content itself.

Lucky for all of us, there are numerous websites that make finding images just a little bit easier. When I am writing a blog post, I am often thinking about what type … Continue Reading

I don’t consider myself a grammar expert by any stretch of the imagination; however, I am consistently shocked at how often some words get misused or misspelled. Many of the gems below came from Tweets over the past few weeks. I get that a tweet is 140 characters long and is basically a stream of consciousness. However, for most of you, your tweets are public. That means a potential client or employer could be reading what you are writing and it never hurts to sound intelligent. Some of the biggest offenders are:

• Lose vs. Loose – you are … Continue Reading
  

Many years ago I worked for the Ritz Carlton Hotel chain in Atlanta, Georgia (The one off Peachtree Street if you know the area). Anyway, there were several wonderful things about working for a large hotel chain, and a few not so wonderful. One of the great aspects was being able to travel the globe and stay at some of the greatest hotels in the world for next to nothing, more on that in another article.

One of the “opportunities” of … Continue Reading

According to a recent Whitepaper on “Six Mistakes Companies Are Making Today…” produced by SAP, businesses react by retrenching and cutting costs but they believe you should invest in business intelligence, preferably in software sold by them. The following 6 business mistakes were culled from this whitepaper and some of my own comments have been introduced as I see them applying or not to most small companies.

Mistake 1: Taking Existing Customers for Granted.
Staying in tune … Continue Reading

Spam has overtaken the world, one form, one registration one email at a time. In reality, spam is actually losing the war against those who appose it, but their gorilla efforts still continue. The key is to understand what tools are at your disposal to eliminate spam from your WordPress blog.

If you are anything like me, you despise spam or anything that remotely resembles spam. In my effort to remove it, I will go to great lengths to report a spam email, website or comment on my blogs. … Continue Reading