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A powerful tool to find the best .CA domains coming up for release

Jordan Rieger — Mon, 20 May 2019 17:04:11 +0000

Webnames’ TBR page gets a refresh to be more user-friendly We’re happy to announce our new page for browsing TBR domains! But what are TBR domains? Read on for a little context. (If you’re already familiar with TBR, skip ahead to read about our improved UI.) The life of a domain We might think of…

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Every A is a B, but not every B is an A, C?

Jordan Rieger — Wed, 17 May 2017 19:00:56 +0000

The title of this blog references a common pattern in learning, from a programming perspective. For example, when you learned basic geometry, you were probably taught some variation of this statement: Every square is a rectangle, but not every rectangle is a square. At first it might seem to be a deliberate brain teaser, the…

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How to Make Your Website Mobile Friendly

David Hall — Fri, 10 Apr 2015 18:21:44 +0000

In my previous blog post, “How to Check If Your Website Is Mobile Friendly”, I provide a list of free tools to check if your existing website is mobile friendly. However, if you find that your website does not support mobile devices, then what are your next steps? In this blog post, I will tell you…

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Updating a VB.NET ASP.NET Web Application Project to support C# and MVC

Jordan Rieger — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 20:37:25 +0000

A Case Study/Guide Background and Goal Our corporate website was built primarily using VB.NET ASP.NET Web Forms. We have done a good job of keeping up with the features of the latest .NET framework releases, and we are happy with the power and readability of VB.NET (it’s extremely similar to C# in most respects). However,…

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What to do when SQL Server’s query optimizer gets stuck with the wrong plan

Jordan Rieger — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 17:43:27 +0000

Situation Recently I was trying to optimize a SQL query in our legacy code. The code, schema, and indexes had not changed in several years, but suddenly we were seeing severe timeout errors in our logs, and users were getting frustrated. Initial diagnostic steps The problem could not be reproduced in our SQL Server 2012…

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How to Improve WordPress Performance Top Ten Tips – Part 2 of 2

David Hall — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 23:26:46 +0000

When considering the impact that performance tuning WordPress has on consumers, consider the following. According to Webpronews.com, Shopzilla achieved a 25% increase in pageviews and 7% to 12% in revenue increase by improving the speed of their website. 75% of users said that they would not return to a website that took longer than four…

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Advantages and Disadvantages of a Content Delivery Network (CDN)

David Hall — Mon, 11 Nov 2013 21:21:18 +0000

All modern browsers allow users to download up to six resources concurrently per domain when a person views a website. This means that if the webpage contains 100 images, 10 CSS files, and 10 javascript files, it would take 20 trips to a single domain to download all that content. If the browser was to…

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How to Improve WordPress Performance Top Ten Tips – Part 1 of 2

David Hall — Mon, 07 Oct 2013 19:27:56 +0000

The fastest kind of website is one with static content, without images and saved to a single file, like an HTML page. However, this solution is not scalable since it is not easy to change content over time nor is it visibly appealing, since everyone loves to look at pictures not just text. Therefore, websites have…

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Migrate from Movable Type to WordPress

David Hall — Mon, 07 Oct 2013 00:00:16 +0000

Like all household or office moves, converting a website or blog from one platform to another can be a daunting task. However with the right tools and steps, it is very easy to migrate from Movable Type to WordPress. I had been wanting to convert the Webnames Blog from Movable Type to WordPress for years…

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