Category: General

Announcing WordPress Docker Unofficial Tutorial

Earlier we created dockerwordpress.com to give a tutorial on how to use our Docker WordPress image, that we personally use for hosting all of our sites, which can be found on Docker WordPress Image. Unfortunately Docker shut us down, due to trademark issues they told us to get rid of the domain name, so we […]

Published on: 17 November 2016
Posted by: Sami K.

Deploying WordPress on Docker

The goal here is to use the base image provided by passenger to create a full blown hosting environment for WP. Docker seems to be catching on… So it makes sense to make that much easier, and so we’re working on making deploying WordPress on Docker easier. Stay tuned, but in the meanwhile check this […]

Published on: 7 August 2015
Posted by: Sami K.

The importance of spending on your website

The web is a big place with lots of customers, and in order to take advantage of the web you must have a website. But having a website is not enough. It is absolutely necessary that you maintain your website by keeping it fresh. Adding new content is a must! So is creating new pages […]

Published on: 1 August 2015
Posted by: Sami K.

Being more like the NSA

The NSA as we learned in 2013 has been watching our every move. They are interested in gathering all this information in one place. And for what? Well in order to identify problems which may be of risk to persons or property. The FBI then will be dispatched to deal with this. Now many people […]

Published on: 16 August 2014
Posted by: Sami K.

A strategy for entering the online storage market

Dropbox has been done. Box.net is a good competitor. Going up against them as a me-too competitor is a waste of time and not very likely to succeed. What has not been done however is a hardware box that you host at your office that provides file sharing which then backs up to the internet. […]

Published on: 30 April 2013
Posted by: Sami K.

Some ways for Calgary businesses to promote their brands online

Blogging There are numerous sites like WordPress where you can blog for free. This can serve as your platform to promote your brand(s). It’s your choice to sell directly or indirectly. Article marketing The key in this marketing tool is writing contents that are of use to your target readers. Share a tip or two […]

Published on: 12 November 2012
Posted by: Chad C.

Is Twenty Twelve Good Enough for Your WordPress Blog?

Every year, WordPress comes out with a new theme to serve as the default theme for its growing population of bloggers. For this year, the WordPress team has come up with the Twenty Twelve, which numerous users have described as being infinitely readable and, best of all, remarkably responsive – a welcomed quality considering how […]

Published on: 17 September 2012
Posted by: Chad C.

Drupal vs. WordPress – Why recommend Drupal instead of WordPress?

A client recently asked us why we would recommend Drupal instead of WordPress for migrating a custom content management system to Drupal. This is a multilingual site for an IPTV company. Below is our answer. Now each client is different, and the factors mentioned below were important to the specific client. Drupal is more secure […]

Published on: 6 September 2012
Posted by: Sami K.

Mobile WordPress themes or mobile subdomains?

These days, web developers and their customers love to see websites accessible through mobile phones. The use of tablets and smart phones has made it easier to access internet anywhere, so there is great demand for web developers to refresh existing websites and equip them with the ability to be accessed through an iPad, an […]

Published on: 18 May 2012
Posted by: AJ B.

How to add prefix to post permalinks in WordPress

I had a problem. My problem was simple and was this. I had a bunch of pages that I wanted normal permalinks for and a bunch of blog posts that I wanted to be prefixed with ‘blog/’. Well there is a plugin called Post Format Permalink that will fix this problem for you. Simply install […]

Published on: 21 April 2012
Posted by: Sami K.