How to Add a Google Direction Map to a Web Site

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 January 2013 08:17 Written by David Bauernschmidt Saturday, 26 January 2013 12:00

Just about everyone in today’s internet has either a Google, Bing or MapQuest map on their web page, and although this is a fine idea there have been several times when I want to know how to get there from where I live, work, or eat.  You are left with a couple of choices, you could try and copy and paste to Google map and then add a destination or you could zoom out and try and figure it out yourself. Why not add the ability for a user to enter in their address and then let them see driving directions from your site. Furthermore; if you wanted to capture the address that they are using you might find a pattern which might help target your advertising dollar. This article will walk you through the steps to add this to your site. Trust me it is not very difficult.

How to Determine If a User is Accessing a Web Site Through a Mobile Device

Last Updated on Wednesday, 23 January 2013 12:51 Written by David Bauernschmidt Wednesday, 23 January 2013 12:00

With the explosion of smartphones, tablets and other handheld devices it is becoming more important than ever to determine what type of devices are being used to get to your data.  Furthermore; hiring a development team to build the same application for Apple, Android, and Microsoft is almost only dedicated to companies that are very large or those companies that are willing to lose money until they hit it big.  For the vast majority a solution is to develop a web application that fairly browser independent.  This article is not designed to show you how to build a mobile application (this might come in a later blog) but rather provide you with the first step in this journey.  This sample is to help in identifying whether a user is on your site by a mobile device or through a normal browser.  I have pulled together different parts of the web to provide step by step instructions to do the following:

mojoPortal Tips: Article Roundup

Last Updated on Sunday, 13 January 2013 12:00 Written by Carole Bennett Sunday, 13 January 2013 12:00

One of the ways I keep up with mojoPortal is by using Google Alerts. I’m frequently interested and amazed by some of the results that are returned to me – here’s some of the latest that have hit my in-box.

• For the Turkish-language mojoPortal enthusiast: Gazi Böte C.M.S. has added 3 new mojoPortal tutorial videos this past week, covering installation and configuration of the mojoPortal CMS.

Silex Web Hosting by Arvixe

Last Updated on Monday, 31 December 2012 12:01 Written by Antonin Monday, 31 December 2012 12:00

Silex now has a partnership with Arvixe which provides a web hosting service for your favorite CMS.
This service includes an automatic install of Silex on the server.

You can now use Arvixe for hosting you Silex website for only 4$ per month:

How to Setup mail.YOUR_DOMAIN.com for Webmail in cPanel

Last Updated on Wednesday, 19 December 2012 12:00 Written by Kim Middleton Wednesday, 19 December 2012 12:00

It may seem like a minor thing to some people, but the default webmail redirect on linux accounts is http://<YOUR_DOMAIN>.com/webmail .
Some people prefer or insist on using http://mail.<YOUR_DOMAIN>.com/ . This article will describe how to set that up.

Start by logging into your cPanel.

The first step from there is to delete the current DNS entry for mail.domain.com. You can do this through the Advanced DNS Editor: