Posted by Hank C. on Apr 14, 2018 in Small Business
This is truly a subject I wish I didn’t have to talk about. But sadly, 80% of the stories I hear from new clients are about being cheated from their previous web designer/developer. About half are cheated due to the web person just being plain incompetent. They probably thought they could do the job in the beginning, but then quickly ended up over their heads and not wanting to have to refund the money the likely already had spent, they just kept digging a deeper...
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Posted by Hank C. on Apr 12, 2018 in Blog, Small Business
GDPR: General Data Protection Regulation Does your website invite visitors from the U.S. and Europe? Or perhaps the entire world? Then you need to know about a new law (effective next month) that you’re almost certainly in violation of, and that could cost you over $24,000,000 in fines! You say you don’t have a website in Europe, you don’t store financial information, you’re just a little business in Tampa with a little website, so you...
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Posted by Hank C. on Mar 15, 2018 in Blog, Small Business
Google will warn people away from your website even if it has SSL! – if your SSL was provided by Symantec, Thawte, VeriSign, Equifax, GeoTrust or RapidSSL. Of course, if your website doesn’t have SSL at all, your visitors will also be warned away. If you weren’t aware of this situation, or if your web developer is trying to make you pay for your SSL, then you may need to change web developers! You can learn more about this SSL certificate situation on the...
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Posted by Hank C. on Jul 10, 2017 in Blog, Small Business
Free Domain Names – What a Deal! I just noticed a web designer ad on Palm Harbor Craigslist today, offering “free domain names” when you have them build your website. Some other ads had “Our price includes your domain name..” or words to that effect. Unfortunately, many people may not realize that this is usually a trap! Domain Name Held Hostage Over the years, I’ve had dozens of people call me wanting help getting a “divorce”...
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Posted by Hank C. on Jun 7, 2017 in Small Business
Thinking about a custom PHP web project? Maybe an online web store? Then this post is for you! I interviewed with a small business owner and his young IT manager yesterday. Â They want to build a custom PHP web application to sell their apparel products. They are currently using Shopify, and are unhappy that their site isn’t fully responsive and that they don’t have access to much of the visitor data. I asked about using a CMS solution like WooCommerce, Magento,...
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