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Highlights of Using Jekyll CMS with Forestry, Github, & SFTP to Business Domain

12/8/2018: I finally used vehicle for a client website www.classicalfas.com ... the process has been fun but also a bit of a pain. I think a static site would have been cheaper to put together because there are less layers and less moving parts. We're using forestry.io to add pages, add posts, update all sorts of random things, etc. So we will be able to invite the client to the forestry.io site so they can update their site without knowing how to code. Of course the client will probably end up emailing us the updates to make ) . Since this is a site that among other things sells classic Alfa Romeo parts; they will be able to login and easily [...]

Highlights of Using Jekyll CMS with Forestry, Github, & SFTP to Business Domain2020-01-28T15:51:49-07:00

Yes; Google and Microsoft are tracking which links you click on in your email

I was researching email deliverability issues the other day... I wanted to confirm my suspicion that Gmail.com, Outlook.com, Yahoo Email, etc were tracking which links I click on from my email. After inspecting the source code I concluded that they are. Google search results returned to helpful links after searching for "are email companies tracking which links I click on in my email?". I am assuming that they are tracking which links are clicked on in order to build a database of information to better prevent spam. Outlook also claims that they track user response and behavior of email viewers to better prevent spam.I'm guessing the more an email message is interacted with (  links clicked on, number of times opened, view [...]

Yes; Google and Microsoft are tracking which links you click on in your email2020-01-28T15:51:50-07:00

Partial Solution… Easy way to automatically open up a URL on your mobile

Note: this only works for chrome users….I was looking for a easy way to automatically open up a URL on my mobile phone that I had open on my desktop… For example I’m looking at a website that I’m developing ( on the desktop ) and I want to see what it looks like on my mobile device and I would click on a button to make the tab open on my mobile device browser. […]

Partial Solution… Easy way to automatically open up a URL on your mobile2020-01-28T15:51:50-07:00

Improving your home and work productivity by upgrading your wifi router

Sometimes I feel like my router is buckling on the pressure… It connects and disconnects… We usually don't have more than 13 devices on in the household… Smart phones, tablets, notebooks, raspberryPi, Xbox, etc. I just thought that it might be time to upgrade my router to improve the efficiency of everybody's online experience. I'll let you know if it does not work out as I was hoping. I did some research and ended up purchasing this one: Tenda AC15 Wireless-AC1900 Dual Band Gigabit Router,1300Mbps at 5GHz, 600Mbps at 2.4GHz,3 External Antennas,3 USB Port, IPv6, Guest Network Articles Found While Resarching: 6 ways to speed up your Wi-Fi and make working from... Article mostly recommends optimal positioning of the router [...]

Improving your home and work productivity by upgrading your wifi router2020-01-28T15:51:50-07:00
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