New Services from ReadyMadeWeb
ReadyMadeWeb is now officially offering a whole slew of new services to clients. I’ll be re-writing our services pages over the next few weeks, but I wanted to give our blog and newsletter subscribers, along with our followers on Facebook and Twitter, an early look at everything we’re going to start serving up to clients. ...
Read MoreXCloner: Backup Your WordPress Site to Amazon S3
The old-school way of backing up photo credit: jm3 Not backing up your website is like not backing up your computer—it’s a really bad idea. I’ve used all sorts of backup methods for sites I administer, but most have either proven to be clunky or expensive, especially if you like keeping multiple past versions of ...
Read More7 Great Commercial WordPress Theme Designers
WordPress’s power lies in its modularity. A new function is as easy as activating a plugin—but that’s the steak, not the sizzle. The real fun is found in themes, the pre-packaged designs for WordPress that make changing the design of your entire site into a point-and-click process that can be finished in mere minutes. For ...
Read MorePasspack: Great Password Management for Groups
photo credit: 28 misguided souls I like to use secure passwords—really long strings of characters that aren’t my dog’s name or the word “password”—but it’s hard to remember these things. Up until recently, I had a collection of .rtf files with all my password info in them. If I had to work with team members ...
Read MoreFile Sharing Simplified and Webified with Box.net
If your organization is looking to establish a platform for file sharing without hiring an IT guy, setting up Sharepoint, and all the added rigmarole that comes with old-school file sharing, box.net is a great solution for you. In fact, even if you can afford the IT guy, the server, and the expensive software from ...
Read MoreNew at ReadyMadeWeb: Recommended Products
We believe that the web should be easy and that by embracing open software, open standards, and the world of web-based applications, that the web really can be easy. Companies like MailChimp, Media Temple, 37Signals, SalesForce, Woo Themes, DIY Themes, and FreshBooks are proving that to be true every day. That’s why we’ve launched our ...
Read MoreOnline Stores Made Easy with Shopify
photo credit: Design Packaging Do-it-yourself online stores used to be limited to having a store on Amazon, eBay, or some other service. It wasn’t really a “store” it was more like having a little kiosk in a behemoth online mall. Enter Shopify. This great service lets you build an honest-to-goodness online store customized to your ...
Read MoreAccepting Online Payments
photo credit: kevindooley If you’re interested in accepting online payments, FreshBooks has a great series of posts that exhaustively evaluates the different payment gateway options available to small and large businesses alike. I should also note that FreshBooks is proving to be a great solutions for estimates, invoicing, and expense tracking at ReadyMadeWeb. It’s a ...
Read MoreEscaping Typepad with Foliovision
Last summer I transitioned CafeHayek.com from Typepad to WordPress with the help of a great little company called Foliovision. Their service turns the otherwise difficult process of leaving SixApart’s Typepad into a relatively painless one that runs anywhere from $350 to $1000. Better yet, they love using Thesis, the spectacular WordPress theme that powers ReadyMadeWeb. ...
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