Deprecated: Function eregi() is deprecated – CubeCart

"Deprecated" means a particular function of php, used by CubeCart, is no longer available.  In this case, the functions are ereg, eregi and eregi_replace. 

CubeCart V3 and V4 Absolute End Of Life Imminent

Back in the first decade of this century, a system called CubeCart was developed that was pretty revolutionary at the time.  It worked really well for those wanting to build a simple-to-use but comprehensive eCommerce website.  Over the years it grew and changed, with V3 being the first popular CubeCart version.  It is now up […]

Price Increase on RSS Masher Imminent

If you have seen my recent posts on YouTube Playlists Training, or on Making Your Social Accounts Go Viral Using FREE RSS Feeds, you will be aware that I am a big fan of RSS Masher. Damon has created a wonderful product, but he can’t keep the special pricing as it is, for much longer. He’s […]

Make Your Social Accounts Go Viral Using FREE RSS Feeds

There are lots of places you can get free RSS feeds, and you can use tools to get the information from them onto your social media accounts, automatically or manually.

IQ Block Country preventing access to WordPress admin?

A recent update to the excellent WordPress plugin IQ Block Country has resulted in a problem – IQ Block Country preventing access to WordPress admin. The symptoms are that you can see your main website, but that your admin gives a blank screen. I am not sure if it is related to an update of […]

PayPal Changes and WooCommerce Sites

A number of clients have written to me in a bit of a panic about the PayPal changes and WooCommerce sites.  They have received an email from PayPal saying changes are needed to their websites to be compatible with new security measures PayPal is introducing (“IMMEDIATE ATTENTION REQUIRED: PayPal service upgrades”), and they have no […]

“mysqli_real_connect(): Headers and client library minor version mismatch” on WordPress

In the last week or so (it is now mid April 2016), the message “mysqli_real_connect(): Headers and client library minor version mismatch” has started appearing at the top of a lot of WordPress sites. This is also preventing people from getting to their wp-admin login pages, so it is a pretty tricky thing to fix […]

Why Businesses Need Systems That Talk to Each Other

Businesses waste hours moving data between systems. API integration and automation can remove repetitive admin work.

How To Rank Your Videos With RSS

The easy version:  Watch this video and I can do this for you for $5 on fiverr.  Here’s the gig: https://www.fiverr.com/geckogully/do-video-ranking-magic-with-rss But if you want to do it yourself, here is How To Rank Your Videos with RSS… Once you have made your video and uploaded it to YouTube, one of the next steps to […]

What is RSS?

This video introduces RSS as a way to subscribe to websites and save time on the Web. An “old vs. new” theme illustrates how RSS differs from visiting web sites independently, including: The new and old ways of reading news on the web An introduction to RSS Readers (using Google Reader as an example) How […]

Encryption on the Web: Explained

Encryption is fundamental part of using the Internet securely, but it is mostly invisible to the user. This video explains the basic idea of encryption and specifically the two types of keys that are used online: symmetric and public. It teaches: •    Why encryption matters on the Web •    An example of encryption used in […]

Apple Watch. Yay or Nay?

I admit it.  I’m a geek.  I like gadgets.  But only if they add value to my day, not if they distract me from what I really should be doing. The Apple Watch is due for release any day.  But what could it add to my life?  From the look of the pre-launch advertising material […]