First of all, welcome to The Line! With the New Year now well upon us I thought it might be a good time to let you in on a few of the changes you will begin to notice at Jumpline.com beginning early in 2006. With the release of several new/updated features and applications, the overhaul of our customer manager, the new design of the Jumpline.com website and the integration of new third party applications, we have a lot planned and we’re looking forward to a big year at Jumpline.com. But before I get too far along, I would like to thank you for taking the time to check out this edition of The Line. continue reading… |
In each edition of The Line we will be spotlighting new features which will be available to our hosting customers. Today, we are introducing three new features, including WordPress, Gallery and Image Magick. Each of these features are now available on all of our hosting plans, J2-VDS and above.
By incorporating our new features into your website, you can bring a whole new dynamic to your website presence. With the addition of WordPress, you can create an online journal to chronicle your opinions and ideas, allowing you to build an interactive presence that your website visitors can be a part of by adding their comments or feedback to your posts. Our Gallery gives you the ability to add a personal touch to your website, and whether you’re displaying photos of your family, vacations or just about anything else, you can showcase your photos both professionally and easily. Add in Image Magick and you have all of the tools necessary to enhance your photos and create the perfect display for your online photo album. continue reading…
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How well is your website optimized for search engines?
The beginning of a new year is the perfect time to review your website contents and begin your plans for the coming months, and what better time is there to refresh your website in an effort to improve your search engine rankings than now. Jumpline.com has compiled a short guide to search engine optimization that can help you increase your sites visibility, and with just a few minutes of reviewing your site you’ll be able to insure that your website is receiving all of the web traffic that it can for the new year. continue reading…
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Desktop Darkroom
In this edition of The Line, we interviewed Wesley Copple of DesktopDarkroom.com, retailer of high quality photographic and printing equipment, about his experience running an eCommerce website. Desktop Darkroom uses the Miva Merchant shopping cart to offer 24/7 ordering to customers worldwide, as well as to maintain their product and orders databases. read entire interview…
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In future editions of The Line, we will be highlighting any design or functionality improvements that will be incorporated into either the Customer Manager or the Jumpline.com website. This section will focus on improvements to the overall appearance of our websites, direct you to newly updated information and also outline all functionality improvements and additions to your existing Customer Manager.
Today, we would like to introduce to you our newly re-designed Jumpline.com logo. This logo will be the center piece for the design of our new website and will be used on all promotional materials, as well as on any notifications that you may receive from Jumpline.com. With the release of the ‘new’ Jumpline.com website planned for early this year, please be sure to check back regularly to see all of the great improvements both in appearance and function. |
Blogging? Six tips on how to do it right
By Robert Scoble and Shel Israel | zdnet.com
Robert Scoble, Microsoft's best known blogger, and Shel Israel, a veteran consultant for start up companies, have teamed up to write Naked Conversations: How blogs are changing the way businesses talk with customers, a book the authors say is intended to tell businesses of all sizes and in all places why they will benefit from blogging. The following is extracted from Chapter 11, "Doing It Right," which balances a previous chapter called "Doing It Wrong." continue reading…
Mitch Kapor: Why Wikipedia is the next big thing
Posted by Dan Farber | zdnet.com
At the close of the first day of the Open Source Business Conference, Mitch Kapor explained why he thinks Wikipedia is the next big thing. He first deconstructed the online encyclopedia, which is one of the top 20 websites, and punctured holes in myths, such as “someone has to be in charge of things or they don’t work.” In fact, a recent study showed that Wikipedia is just as accurate as the Encyclopedia Britannica. continue reading…
Microsoft warns of 'critical' security flaws
Reuters - cnn.com
Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday warned of two "critical" security flaws that could allow attackers to use its media player or Internet Explorer Web browser to possibly take control of a computer. continue reading… |
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