Migrating Email Between Contracts at IONOS.com (Formerly 1and1.com)

Posted by on Jun 20, 2023 in Standard post format, Technology, Web Development

IONOS Name Servers Webmail Access https://mail.ionos.comUse the following information for manual setup: IMAP/SMTP User name: {The email address that you set up and that you want to use.}Password: {Your selected email password.} Incoming Server imap.ionos.com –> IMAP (recommended)Incoming port (SSL must be activated): 993 pop.ionos.com –> POP (old tech)Incoming port (SSL must be activated): 995 […]

SPF and DMARC Entries for IONOS.com Hosting

Posted by on Jun 20, 2023 in Journal, Technology, Web Development

Just some notes, mostly for myself, on putting SPF and DKIM entries in place at IONOS.com. SPF, DMARC How to configure SPF, DKIM and DMARC records? To secure your e-mail service and make sure that you won’t have issues with e-mail spoofing, you need to set SPF, DKIM and DMARC records for your domain. You […]

Increasing VM Hard Drive Partition Size

Increasing VM Hard Drive Partition Size

Posted by on Jun 2, 2019 in Journal, Technology, Web Development

I had an old Windows 7 VM that I upgraded to Windows 10 some time ago. Recently I needed to use it and ran out of space on the VM’s drive. It’s simple enough to use Parallels’ tools to increase the volume size, but in some circumstances this doesn’t actually work. Instead it tacks a […]

Enabling GZIP Compression on IIS 7/8.5 for use with Umbraco 7

Enabling GZIP Compression on IIS 7/8.5 for use with Umbraco 7

Posted by on Feb 9, 2018 in IIS, Technology, Web Development

Part of website optimization includes compressing website contents where possible. Here are some steps to get GZIP compression up and running on IIS for Umbraco.

An Example of Sony PlayStation Store Customer Service

An Example of Sony PlayStation Store Customer Service

Posted by on Jan 14, 2018 in Gaming, Technology

So this happened today. I don’t blame the customer service reps, who were professional. I blame the product managers, system architects, business analysts, and lawyers behind the PlayStation Store itself. Inexcusable. They are asking for a class action lawsuit.

Gravity Forms Filter Example

Gravity Forms Filter Example

Posted by on Apr 29, 2017 in Technology, Web Development, WordPress

RocketGenius’s Gravity Forms plugin for WordPress is arguably one of the best form builder plugins around. Support is great, licensing is simple, and the tool itself is exemplary. It’s GUI form builder is second to none, and even allows management of contact dropdowns, so notifications can be sent dynamically to the right person based on user choice […]

Modern.ie site helps with virtualized browser testing

Modern.ie site helps with virtualized browser testing

Posted by on May 7, 2014 in Technology, Web Development | No Comments

I’ve been using VMs for browser testing since the ’90s when Connectix still owned Virtual PC. Recently, Chris Morris introduced me to Microsoft’s own Modern.ie project. It’s an effort to help developers test against IE’s rendering issues, and a big part of that comes by way of provided pre-built VMs for common host platforms. The […]

Webinar: How to Start a Junior FIRST LEGO League Team

Webinar: How to Start a Junior FIRST LEGO League Team

Posted by on Apr 25, 2014 in FIRST, General, Jr FLL, Technology | No Comments

So back at the beginning of the 2013-2014 school year, the Independence School District made a push to start Jr FLL programs outside of school. We got wind through one of our kids’ teachers, Mary Fritchie, and attended an informational meeting in September led by Bradley Drinkwater of FIRST Bots of Independence. We rounded up some […]

Some great ideas on web development workflow

Some great ideas on web development workflow

Posted by on Mar 19, 2013 in Technology, Web Development | No Comments

Check out Paul Irish’s talk at the HTML5 Dev Conference from November 2012. Maybe there’s a little more Yeoman in our futures?  

Joomla 2.5.x Versions Module (mod_version) Not Showing Up in Administrator Modules List

Joomla 2.5.x Versions Module (mod_version) Not Showing Up in Administrator Modules List

Posted by on May 15, 2012 in Joomla, Technology, Web Development | No Comments

Have run into a couple of times recently and finally found the solution. The problem: The Joomla version isn’t being displayed in the admin footer while logged into the backend. The module also isn’t showing up in the admin’s list of admin modules. The issue: In one or more Joomla 2.5.x updates, the SQL to […]