For all those not able to attend our event in person we have provided videos of the event below. I have chosen to order the three part event in order of what I believe to be the most useful instead of the order of presentation. The first and I think one of the most useful…
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Google Partners Event – Live
Blackrock Networks, Inc. is proud to host a live event with Google's Partner Program. The live feed is now closed. Thank you for all those that attended and made the event a great success.
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WordPress Editor Issue with upgrading to 3.9+
Many of our clients take advantage of a key feature we added to their WordPress editor, that is, Custom Styles, and additional buttons such as Sub and Sup Script. If you have upgraded you may have noticed that these custom style drop down menus and icons are no longer available. What we can tell is…
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Yahoo / AOL changes Sending Policy
Not surprisingly companies are always trying to find ways to protect their users from Spam and Phishing schemes, however, Yahoo and AOL made a change this week than can effect a lot of email marketing and notification services. They have changed their DMARC policy which means that emails sent from a third party system using…
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Security threats abound this week, OpenSSL
From Microsoft ending support for XP and OpenSSL having a major code fault the web has been a buzz about security. The problem with OpenSSL vulnerability (called Heatbleed by Google) is that the issue has been there for 2 years but researchers on the right side of the law have just found it. The wrong…
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The clock is ticking for Windows XP
Yes, yes I know. Another post reminding users to take their Windows XP machines off line and either upgrade or get a new computer. Remember some computers running Windows XP may be to old to just handle the upgrade and you will need a beefier computer. On that note Microsoft is introducing a promotion of…
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Blackrock Networks, Inc. and Constant Contact end old browser support
LOTS TO KNOW THIS WEEK END OF LIFE for Windows XP: On April 8, 2014, support and updates from Microsoft for Windows XP will no longer be available. Don't let your PC go unprotected. Time to upgrade your browser. On March 31st Constant Contact and Blackrock Networks, Inc. will stop supporting some older browser versions.…
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Should all my domains link to each other?
Again Matt Cutts of Google answers extremely well a common questions I get from clients. If I have 20 domains, should I link them all together?
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How To Add Video In WordPress Posts: Embedding Video
How To Add Video In Wordpress Posts: Embedding Video
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WordPress Posts & Pages Tutorial – How To Work with WP Pages & Posts
WordPress Posts & Pages Tutorial - How To Work with WP Pages & Posts
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Why doesn’t my email arrive with an attachment?
As a user recently reported an email I sent with an attachment never arrived. Not even in the Spam box. So what happened? Well my first thought is my email was blocked, but no. Emails without this particular attachment arrived fine. Next thought, the attachment is being flagged and the ISP is trashing it before…
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What Browser version am I using?
In any bug reporting a key item to replicating the issue is to know some key details. In Chrome follow these instructions. 1) Click Setting in the upper right corner. 2) Click About Google Chrome 3) See what version and send these details to your tech support along with the Operating System you are using…
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Microsoft Outlook 2010: Adding a Text Entry to AutoCorrect
Most people use short hand to abbreviate common words like info = information and pic for picture, but is this really good email etiquette. Well there is a little known trick to using the auto-correct feature in Outlook to fix these abbreviations for you. Follow the steps below to make your life a bit easier…
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Microsoft will end support for Windows XP April 8, 2014
Just a reminder that come April 8, 2014 Microsoft will no longer provide support and security updates for Windows XP so you will need to upgrade to Windows 7 or 8 prior to this to prevent security risks. Don't let your PC go unprotected. END OF LIFE INFO for XP: On April 8, 2014, support and…
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Serious Security: Google finds fake but trusted SSL certificates in France
http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2013/12/further-improving-digital-certificate.html by Paul Ducklin on December 9, 2013 "Google announced over the weekend that it recently came across a bunch of fake SSL certificates for some of its own domains." Read more at: http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/12/09/serious-security-google-finds-fake-but-trusted-ssl-certificates-for-its-domains-made-in-france/
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