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Using Eggdrop App as a virtual yard sale
Written by Jase Clamp Tuesday, 20 September 2011 14:17
I've sold my stuff on a number of yard sales throughout my life as I'm sure many have. One thing I never liked was all the effort involved. It don't like how you have to pick everything up and take it outside and potentially tag it. Then if it doesn't sell, you bring it back inside or take it to the thrift shop or dump. Or worse yet, if it rains you run around like crazy with tarps, etc. All this to make a couple hundred bucks (depending on what you're selling).
If you don't want to have a yard sale, there's always eBay. To me, eBay only seems to be for certain things. If you have something unique, valuable and shippable, then eBay is the way to go. A custom guitar for example. If it's a keyboard and mouse combo for $2.50 then eBay is not the way to go since there are 1000s of other sellers and you won't sell your item. The alternative is craigslist. You get to deal locally. To their credit, craigslist has kept things simple. You put in a title, price, description, place and pictures. To me this still seems a little harder than it needs to be. You've got to verify who you are and there are all these rules for posting stuff. A drawback of craigslist is that it seems you only have network marketers and dating services on there any more. They have not evolved.
Here's what I want...
I want a mobile app where all I have to do is take a picture of what I'm selling. That is litterally it. One step. If I want to title and price it, fine, its easy enough to do that quickly. Mobile phones have camera's built in so it just seems like the most logical decision to use them to make it easier to sell stuff. Recently the app "Eggdrop" came out. It seems to be pretty close to what I want. This article is a review of the app plus some things that I did to extend it's functionality into what I wanted.
Creating branching logic in multi-page RS Form Pro
Written by Jase Clamp Friday, 26 August 2011 15:35
RS Forms is a great component. Its got all the hooks in the admin to be able to add any kind of advanced dynamic functionality that you want. A recent version of RS Form introduced the concept of 'pagination' or - breaking your form onto seperate pages. This can be a handy feature if you feel that your form is too ominous in it's entireity.
What we wanted to do however was build special logic into the sequencing of the pages. So based on how the user answers a question in RS Form, we direct them to the next question we want them to see. In the form builder world, this is sometimes refered to as branching logic. Understandably, the makers of RS Forms have not added this feature because it's possibly hard to administer. However by adding some jquery to the form, we can add the functionality we need.
Here's how you do it...
Processing Credit Card Payments with RS Form Pro
Written by Jase Clamp Friday, 26 August 2011 14:20
RS Forms is a great component. It lets you build forms on your website by adding the fields you want. There are a number of default layouts for the form but what I like is that you can do your own layout for the form by moving {tags} around in HTML and putting the fields where you want them. you can also add attributes to fields for JavaScript actions and CSS styling. This is the first of two new tutorials I'm doing for RS Form. I have done previous tutorials that you can find here. .
How to setup RS Forms Pro for Authorize.net payments
1. SSL in place
The first thing you have to do is get yourself an SSL certificate and make sure that is configured. Then you have to make sure that when you send people to the form, that the link is HTTPS. It is possible to PHP code in the form to sense this and automatically redirect but we have not bothered with this.
How to compare us to other web firms: what's not included
Written by Jase Clamp Tuesday, 16 August 2011 14:22
When shopping for a new web provider, it can be difficult to compare apples to apples. There are so many variables. One of the main points of comparison is price. With web development however there could be so many things included or not included.
Take house building for example, will the builder also landscape your yard? Will they also furnish and decorate the new house?
With websites, there are services that some firms throw into the package deal that we feel should be priced seperately (analogous to the house example in landscapers and interior decorators).
How not to get scammed on SEO
Written by Jase Clamp Tuesday, 16 August 2011 13:09
What is SEO?
SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization. It's the practice of doing things to and around your website that optimizes it to rank higher in search engine results. Many people are aware of SEO but knowing that it has something to do with tags is about the extent of their knowledge.
The purpose of this article is to help you undrestand how not to get burned by companies who are promising a great deal in the arena of SEO for for maybe only a few hundred dollars.
A true story
I was speaking with a client recently. He had asked us about SEO and we'd referred him to our number one provider who we always refer people to for SEO. The gentleman contacted our SEO referal but was discouraged by the truth. He was told that it would take months to build up a first page ranking in a primary search phrase and was also told that the effort would equate to $2-3,000.
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