I’m very pleased today to announce the release of Capsule, the developer’s code journal. Capsule replaces the scratch document you have…
GameTonight now creates a module for Panic’s excellent Status Board iPad app. The URL is simple, add ‘/statusboard’ to any metro…
I’ve just released an initial beta of Threads, a WordPress plugin I’ve been working on for about a year. The idea is simple: show posts…
When we built the backup system we need for our clients at Crowd Favorite, we did so with some additional ideas in mind. I’m pleased to announce that we’ve extended it so that you can use it with your clients too: introducing our white label program. The white label program is very simple. We provide…
I often get questions about WordPress security and how best to manage WordPress upgrades. These issues are closely related, and I’ve thought about them a good deal over the years (and I’ve been doing this long enough to have experimented with a variety of approaches). These are the approaches I am currently using and recommend…
The following is a cautionary tale – please learn from it. Last Friday was a fun day. In late morning a router upstream from our server went out, when it was restored all of our sites came back online except the server we used for the Crowd Favorite web site and email relay. The hard…
BackupMoxie, a managed web site backup and restoration service from Crowd Favorite, has officially launched. This is the opposite of the many $5/month do-it-yourself backup services that are out there. This is a managed service for customers who prefer to take a more hands-off approach. We do the configuration and set-up. We monitor the backups…