I was just setting up a new web app on our staging server and came across something I haven’t run into before…figured I’d post it here in case someone else finds it useful. If you’re having trouble with static files not showing up and you’re running Nginx and Rails 3, read on for all the [...]
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One of the most common patterns in Rails apps is having a feature that allows your users to have their own subdomain. We were recently working on a Rails 3 application that includes this type of functionality and figured we’d post a few of our tips for making this type of setup work.
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It’s an unfortunate fact that most business websites are grossly unprofitable…not nearly reaching their full potential as the excellent marketing and sales tools the could be. Here are a few tips for increasing the profitability of your business website. 1. Have Good Content To have an effective website these days, you absolutely need to have good content. [...]
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Every so often, I come across an established business that still doesn’t have a website. For one reason or another, some business owners don’t think they need a website for “their kind of business”. And while that might be true for a handful of businesses I can think of, the vast majority of companies could [...]
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Pretty odd title coming from a company that, among other things, creates websites as one of its services. But one of the things I hear time and time again from business owners typically sounds like this: “I just need a simple, 5 page website”. The number of pages is a bit unimportant…it could be 10, [...]
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