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When I say that Javabean Hosting is powered by coffee, I am only half joking. I love sitting at the nearest coffee shop, doing work, and sipping on a freshly brewed French press. As your Barista, I would love to share my enjoyment of coffee with you. This is why I am sending anyone who signs [...]

Do you want or need another reason to ditch your cheap big box host? Check out the screenshot below of a user’s 404 page. I have blurred out the user’s site and the offending company. Notice anything? The entire page is filled with Ads! Your cheap host is selling your domain to park ads on [...]

As many JavabeanHosting users know, there was a FTP publishing problem that prevented users from updating their site. This occurred shortly after performing a server upgrade on Friday. I wanted to take a few moments to detail what happened, the changes I made, and how things are moving to ensure that JavabeanHosting remains the best [...]

I am excited to say that it has finally arrived, a generous gift from my awesome friends over at FabricOnDemand. FabricOnDemand will take your patterns, logos or other designs and, with a little magic, turn them into awesome t-shirts, blankets, quilts etc. How good are their magic elves? Let’s take a look with a classic [...]

A few users have asked me if it was possible to use multiple sheets in Grid Iron. The short answer is yes, of course. Let’s see how easy it is. Publish to web In the Publish to Web drop down menu you can select which sheets to publish. If you’d like a specific sheet, please [...]

A user recently wrote in asking how to integrate MP3 music into Grid Iron. This is really easy using the HTML audio tag. Note that not all browsers may support this and they may only support specific audio formats. This example code is what you’re going to put in your Google Docs cell. You will [...]

Many users may not know it, but it is possible to quickly (and easily) manage your weaverPix slideshows with weaverFM. Set up weaverFM The first step is to set up weaverFM and verify that it is working properly. You should be able to upload files with the rw_common option enabled. The rw_common option relocates the [...]

A RapidWeaver user recently emailed in asking how to display Stock info on their web page. After some back and forth, I realized this is already feasible with Grid Iron. Create a new Google Spreadsheet document. Share the document via the Share button in the top right. Publish the document to the web via the [...]

Will posts his thoughts on my new Stack, Grid Iron. Thanks Will!

weaverPix WeaverPix, the ‘little’ slideshow plugin that could, has been rapidly growing. 2011 proved to be a strong year for the plugin where we saw a lot of fun and exciting new features. For instance, 2011 brought new Flickr enhancements (v2.7.0 – due soon!), the ability to generate thumbnails from warehoused images (v2.7.0), and automatic [...]