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Contus Magento – Database Tables to Migrate

Moving over to a new Contus website and need to transfer all data to one of their new installations? Here are a few table groups: Admins: admin_role, admin_rule, admin_user Catalog Products, entities and more: catalog_ – all tables Sales: sales_ – all tables Order Coupon Codes: ordercustomer Newsletter subscribers: newsletter_ – all tables Referral/Affiliate System: advert_ [...]

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Ebay has a Groupon Clone Site with Shareaholic

Ebay recently changed their user interface to include a Groupon-ish section where special deals are made. On the right side of the screen one can see a dollar tab that expands to show special deals that Ebay is featuring from time to time, based on the consumer’s preferences.     Ebay is using a model [...]

Apple’s “The Woz” (Steve Wozniak) has a new Toy – The Samsung Galaxy!

Last month The Woz (Steve Wozniak) was reported by Business Insider for buying an Apple iPhone 4S. Yesterday he was caught buying a Samsung Galaxy phone with Google’s Android operating system, Apple’s biggest Smart Phone competitor, straight from Google’s headquarters!                   I guess that he’s showing his [...]

Want/How to Hack WordPress? Check Out WPScan

I’ve been looking for ways to ethically hack WordPress as it’s not the easiest platform to hack. I recently came across a free tool called WPScan, courtesy of EthicalHack3r. This tool is built for Linux and essentially looks for any passwords in a given list. Originally called “WordPress Brute Force Tool,” this is a great [...]

GMail’s new interface stinks!

Recently, when using GMail, Google’s email service, I noticed that they were switching to a new graphical user interface that was supposed to make up for the old interface’s slow page load time. The result in my opinion is a disaster. To get all the menus, one needs to hover ones mouse over certain icons. [...]

Rent a CMS Powered Website for Cheap With Website Tenants

Oh, the drama. The headache. The way that a website project that starts off so well goes to hell in a flash because the consultant you hired half-finished your website and never returned. Once the consultant does get back to you, he demands more money out of you that you simply don’t have, since you’re [...]

Jawad Farooq – Buyer Beware

Normally I don’t like to badmouth others but it recently came to my attention that a Jawad Farooq created a website called “PSD to WordPress.” The sell is that he will take any Photoshop design file and create a WordPress theme out of it. As far as I know, this is the same Jawad that [...]

eBay – How to Get Seller Contact Information

Ever wondered how to get contact information from somebody you bought an item since Email is too cold and impersonal? Or, are you just frustrated with your item not coming as fast as you’d like? If so, then you probably want to contact the seller by phone. This was taken straight from http://pages.ebay.ca/help/tp/know-seller-contact.html: “Be certain about [...]

Groupon Clone Software Reviews – I Am Accepting Guest Posts

A number of people have reviewed my past Groupon Clone posts and have for the most part given me lots of positive feedback. Most of the reviews written were based on softwares I’ve personally tested out from January through March, 2011. Since then, many other Groupon software clones have come out and, as a result, [...]

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Contus Magento GroupClone – Installing it on a (Virtual) Dedicated Host – Some pointers

In the past, people have asked me about what I personally recommend for Groupon Clone sites. I have recommended Contus’ script with a Virtual Dedicated host. With regards to the Groupon Clone software, I have explained my reasoning in earlier posts. With a virtual dedicated host, my reasoning is simple: with any Magento installation (this [...]