Backup all databases from MySQL server

Its always good to keep your MySQL server backed up regularly.

However if you need to backup the entire server with all databases at once here is what you do
$ mysqldump –all-databases -p | bzip2 -c > databasebackup.sql.bz2
Enter password:
This will save a bz2 file with all the databases.

To restore the databases back use the following (take care not to restore it to a server with the same table names – it may corrupt your data)
$ mysql -p < databasebackup.sql
Enter password:

Exercise While you Work – Great for Web Site Designers

Exercise Bike for Web Site Designers

Exercise Bike for Web Site Designers

I came across this cool article about an exercise bike that includes a laptop stand. I think I know a few Facebook addicts that would love something like this :)

Read more here at the Bnet blog

How to use Google Analytics to build businesses (Part 1 – Google Analytics Dashboard)

Google Analytics (GA) is by far the most popular web analytics program on the web. Currently 57% of the top 10,000 websites use Google Analytics as the de facto web analytics program due to its ease of use, zero payment obligation and advanced functionality.

However, it appears that most people who use Google Analytics have little idea how to segment, data mine and use Google Analytics data to improve their online businesses. Given the rich features and massive number of options, most webmasters fail to grasp the full potential of Google Analytics unless they are ready to dig deeper. What we … Continue Reading

Cenango Price Match

Cenango Price Match
We have developed a very efficient web development process, optimized to minimize time, cost and resource inefficiencies. Therefore we are capable of providing our clients with superior results and exceptional service at very affordable prices.
We are very confident that we can beat the price of any US based web design company by 10% based on an acceptable quote.

Terms & Conditions:
• The quote needs to be from a registered US based web design company (corporation)
• The quote needs to be detailed and has to include a full outline of functionality
• The quote must be dated within the last 3 months
• The web design … Continue Reading

Email Newsletters and the CAN SPAM Act

Spam Email

Over the years we’ve setup multiple email campaigns for our clients to send out newsletters using our bulk email web application. For the first time in our seven-year history, we’re getting ready to send out a newsletter to our loyal fans.

One of our nightmares is having our email flagged as Spam. It is a real nightmare as there are lots of things that can go wrong. Some of the most serious being, our domain name being blacklisted by ISP’s or worse getting a $16,000 FTC fine per ’spammed’ email account. Yikes! … Continue Reading

South Florida User Experience Meetup – 28th June

When: Monday, June 28, 2010

Time: 7:00 PM

Where: Panera Bread, 1762, North Federal Hwy, Ft. Lauderdale FL 33305.

954-567-5925

Description: Motivating Action: How to engage and persuade your users through design.

Windows Presentation Framework Meetup

When: June 15, 2010
Time: 7:15PM
Where: Holiday Inn Express, 11520 SW 88TH STREET, Miami, FL 33176

DESCRIPTION:
This is the first meetup for this group, focused around Microsoft’s new Windows Presentation Framework (WPF)

Here’s the event page

Eat my words on the iPad

Frankly, I couldn’t really understand why people were so head over heels with the iPad.  For all I knew, it was a cool gadget with a big touch screen and that’s about it. I really couldn’t think of a good purpose to it and for me it was $500 wasted.

The stuff I saw didn’t help either. Here’s an example.

So to me, the iPad wasn’t something to lose my sleep on.

But then, somebody gave me an iPad to fool … Continue Reading

CSS Frameworks Unraveled – Learn How to Build Faster Websites

When: May 26, 2010

Time: 7:00PM

Where: Panera Bread, 1762 North Federal Hwy, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33305

DESCRIPTION

Learn how to use CSS Frameworks to build sites faster, increase scalability, and manageability

This meetup is a great place to get UX (usability) feedback on your site, so don’t miss out on this free opportunity.

Free Event open to the public.

Here’s the event page.

SEO Real Time Experiment – New Tech Community

When: May 20, 2010
Time:  6:30PM
Where: Wyndham Gardens Hotel, 1950 Glades Road, Boca Raton, FL

DESCRIPTION
This month, Akarin Weatherford presents The SEO Experiment. This month’s event promises to be more than your average SEO seminar, you’ll be given real techniques and tools to try out on your website. The New Tech Community is growing larger and larger every month.

Free Event open to the public

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