website dev: Managing Rentals: Low Cost, Simple and Web-Based - 04/30/09 06:15 AM
Dingo and Joomla, two open source products that are extremely low cost, would be an excellent start to help automate a property management operation. While Dingo and Joomla would be a good start, it’s likely that eventually more ingredients would be needed to make this a fully effective system. At first … (0 comments)
website dev: Finding New Techies: Spend 45 Minutes, Save Lots - 08/05/08 04:23 PM
When you decide you want some new technology, hopefully you already have a relationship with a person who knows what you want. But every so often, you'll need to find someone new. People move on, sometimes they just fade away, sometimes what you want isn't what they do.
When you go … (0 comments)
website dev: Growing Some Organic Traffic with Images - 07/16/08 08:09 PM
Here's a simple, reasonably quick, inexpensive way to add to your traffic. Pick some aspect of your community, get your camera and start snapping. Collect basic info about each of the images and upload all to a gallery where it can serve as a image directory for that area. Not … (4 comments)
website dev: Online Home Tours Made Simple, Kinda - 07/16/08 07:51 AM
Years ago I toiled as a computer programmer. Maybe you don't know this, but one of the bad traits of "my people" is that we often discount or trivialize the effort it takes to create software.
Because it had been a few years since I had written any code, I wanted … (5 comments)
website dev: Make your Contact Us Drop Dead Simple to Find/Use - 01/28/08 06:28 AM
A few posts ago I wrote something about a thing called DEEF box from cqSight which is some technology that allows websites to improve how they can connect with visitors. Below is a story from a real person who was moving to a new city. We asked her to tell us … (2 comments)
website dev: Don't Scold Your Visitors With Ugly 404 Pages - 11/20/07 12:48 PM
404, that's geek-speak for "page not found"Popele don't always type thigsn as they intend. When this happens on your website, don't punish them with some ugly default 404 error message or even worse, some big bold, "You are an error!"I did a search for "real estate agents michigan" and intentionally did … (2 comments)
website dev: Exactly what is a CMS? - 09/20/07 09:54 AM
We techies have a bad habit of using jargon that means nothing to normal people. I'm certain I've already beenguilty of that in the few posts I've made here. Much of what I've written has been about this technology called CMS -- which stands for Content Management System. But knowing what … (4 comments)
website dev: A Darn Nice Agent Website - In 90 minutes - 09/15/07 01:02 PM
As everyone knows, website design and construction has become a commodity business. It wasn't too long ago that if you knew a handful of HTML tags you could make a comfy living building websites. Those days are over. Web hosting is cheap and most of the hosting services come with features … (7 comments)
website dev: Boosting Your Website Search Engine Ranking - 09/15/07 10:10 AM
When you're doing searches for buyers you spend all sorts of time in MLX/S clicking and emailing. That's part of the job. The downside is that sending lots of email to buyers is not always positive. Perhaps some blog technology can help. What's wrong with the current method? First, we live … (7 comments)
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Dingo and Joomla, two open source products that are extremely low cost, would be an excellent start to help automate a property management operation. While Dingo and Joomla would be a good start, it’s likely that eventually more ingredients would be needed to make this a fully effective system. At first … (0 comments)
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