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May 19, 2010
by Ares
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Just started a new business? Read this! (Part 1)

Did you know that only half of new business stay in business after 5 years according to the SBA? Of course there are a lot of different reasons behind such statistics but once of them, in many cases, is without doubt lack of planning and marketing.

Marketing consists of many, many things like branding, advertisement, publicity, website, word-of-mouth referrals, even your how you handle your customer service! All of them are important, but the most important thing is how they interact and complement each other to deliver your customer a unique and delightful experience. Continue Reading →

March 14, 2010
by Ares
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Recompiling PHP5 on Snow Leopard with MySQLi support, and other things

[update 04.05.2010. If you got the OS X 10.6.3 update you may find yourself reading this again since it overwrites your php library. Yes, we found out the hard way. Backup your library first. ]

We just got a new workstation in the office. After getting it out of the box we were happy to realize that it already comes with a much better configuration for php 5.3 than the old 5.2 of OS X Leopard. Leopard only came with a very few and basic configuration and libraries, that were only fit to new web designer. Apparently they noticed this at Apple and this new version comes with a much better library set. Continue Reading →

October 29, 2009
by Ares
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Phrustrations

Comicmercial - Phrustrations

Comicmercial - Phrustrations

This fall we are trying to do more advertising in different publications. We have come up with an idea, and we are calling it phrustrations. Phrustrations is just a way for us to share some of the stories that we have heard from our customers over the years about what their situation was, and the frustrations they suffered while running their business regarding web design, graphic design, marketing, advertising, and other services we offer.

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September 28, 2009
by Ares
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Why you should get a professional logo and website design

You are just starting a new business and money may be tight… You may be tempted to (ask your cousin to) create your own logo to save an “expensive” fee for a logo, website design, and business image creation. But hold on a second: you should read this before you decide to “save” that money.

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August 29, 2009
by Ares
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Hiding, Securing & Changing WP-Admin

Your wordpress installation may not be secure

Your wordpress installation may not be secure

Once an open source system becomes so popular as wordpress very often it becomes vulnerable to attacks. I wonder why the folks at wordpress have not done anything to enhance the security of the admin site, which, by default, you can access by going to /wp-admin.

 

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August 10, 2009
by Ares
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New Phidev Web Design

Today, Aug 10th, 2009 we are officially unveiling our new website design. We came up with what we thought a different design for the home page (you can see it at phidevinc.com), and we came up with a standard design for browsers unable to render that page correctly (cough, cough, internet explorer > 6)

At the same time, we are unveiling the Phidev Inc blog, we will be writing about design in general, marketing, and business, and every so often technical things regarding web design.

We would love to hear your comments about it, if it shows correctly in your browser, and suggestions that you may have for it.

Hope you enjoy it.