Up With People goes live with new WordPress site
After a long journey of getting this site together, we have finally launched the new Up With People site (we had worked on their other site, full of customizations, before this one). The new site uses a modified Boldy theme and is loaded with the goodness of WordPress...
Boulder Flatirons Photo – Sunrise
I took this image this morning, as I was waiting for a family to arrive for a photoshoot. This is a view of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Flatirons in Boulder, Colorado -- shot at Chautauqua Park. Enjoy! This was taken was a Canon 50D, 37 mm, f/9.0, ISO 1250, 1/100 second...
Re-Tweetable: David and Goliath sent us love-tweets
We've been tweeting up a storm at the office, and after posting about working with David and Goliath, they let us know how much they dig our work: @dng_tees David & Goliath Tees tweeted: @custparadigm For reals! You guys are our fave new digital code...
Website for AAMCO Colorado is live!
Colorado AAMCO dealers have teamed up (with the help Customer Paradigm's custom web-design services) to launch a new website, www.aamcocolorado.com. With 20 locations along the Front Range, AAMCO Colorado strives to provide the best auto repair and transmission repair...
Detailed Error Exceptions in Magento Commerce
Detailed Error Exceptions in Magento Ecommerce By default the Magento exception printing leaves out a significant part of every exception. Alan Barber on our team repurposed some code to make error handling work more easily in Magento: By modifying app/Mage.php , you...
Magento and WordPress Make Change Easy
“Once you’ve launched a site, the most important thing to do is be ready and poised to completely change it. Reacting very quickly to real-world feedback can turn unseen problem areas into strengths.” ~ Ryan Carson Your site is an ever evolving technical organism that...
How to Identify a Magento Site
How to Identify a Magento Site Magento is the biggest buzzword in our office lately, as more and more of our clients and future clients want this amazing ecommerce solution for their online businesses. (We're even finding ways to use Magento in other ways, as over...
Photographic Psychology: looking at photographic techniques and how they are perceived from a psychological perspective
I stumbled across this series of online articles about Photographic Psychology: looking at photographic techniques and how they are perceived from a psychological perspective. Perfect for someone like me, who loves photography, studied a lot of psychology and...
Macro Photos from Today: Flowers
Enjoy a few of these photos that I took earlier today; these were taken using a Canon 50D, 150 mm f/2.8 macro lens, polarizing filter, and a lightweight LED video light. I wanted to travel light today!
Customer Paradigm is hiring: PHP Programmer with Magento Experience Needed (Boulder, Colorado)
Customer Paradigm, a Boulder-based web development company firm is looking for a contract-to-possibly-hire php developer. Magento or eCommerce experience a big, big plus. You must be able to work at our Boulder, Colorado office (No offshore / out of state inquires,...
I burned out my Canon 580 EXII Flash (High Speed Synch, Rechargeable Batteries). Ughhhh.
Last weekend, I was shooting with my Canon 50D in extremely bright, harsh Colorado sunlight. I was using my Canon 580 EXII Flash, with a Gary Fong diffuser to cut the harsh light down to a softer level. As I wanted to be semi-stealth, I was at the back of...
RAW File support for Windows 7
If you shoot RAW and use a Windows 7 system, a great new update was released that allows you to view the RAW Files (.CR2) right in Windows Explorer (instead of having to import into Lightroom, Photoshop, etc). This is great for having to go back and quickly flip...
Fun Macro Flower Photos + A Deer Eating Poison Ivy
I took these on Monday of a few macro flower images, plus one of a deer eating poison ivy. Enjoy! All these were shot on a Canon 50D with a 150 mm f/2.8 lens using natural light (I was hiking and didn't want to carry a flash) and a circular polarizing filter.
Email Marketing Basics – Presentation by Gillian Owen
For those of you who are attending the Startup Junkie Underground presentation tonight: http://www.davinciinstitute.com/events/540/startup-junkie-underground--monday-july-25-2011, Gillian Owen, Customer Paradigm's Email Marketing Specialist will be presenting, "7...
Butterfly Photos (Macro)
Macro Butterfly Photos by Jeff Finkelstein. Enjoy!
Protect Yourself With a Strong Password! Video by our top expert
Protect Yourself With a Strong Password! Video by our top expert
How to schedule emails in Outlook to be sent out later
Ever need a way to send that very important email, but make sure it's not sent until later in the day? I didn't realize that Outlook had this feature, but here's a way to schedule a way to send a very important email later: Here's a very important email that I might...
A few photos from the zoo… Gorillas and Cheetahs
A few photos from the zoo… Gorillas and Cheetahs
Migrating from Magento Enterprise to Free Community Version of Magento.
Migrating from Magento Enterprise to Free Community Version:
You can save a lot of money by downgrading from Magento Enterprise ($12,000 per year) or Magento Professional ($4,000 per year) by moving to the community version. But there are many steps (detailed above) that can help prevent your site from shutting down.
The 10 Cities That Shop Most Online
The 10 Cities That Shop Most Online
New Research: Website Spelling misssstakes 'cost millions' in lost online sales
A new research study shows that typoooos and missstakes cost millions of dollars in lost online sales. According to Charles Duncombe, an analysis of website figures shows a single spelling mistake can cut online sales in half. When they measured the revenue per...
The recession that struck the U.S. in 2007 has cost consumers about $7,300 each in lost spending, according to a San Francisco Federal Reserve economist.
According to a new article today, the recession that struck the U.S. in 2007 has cost consumers about $7,300 each in lost spending, according to a San Francisco Federal Reserve economist. Taken over a period of 42 months, that’s about $175 in lost spending per...
New SEO Client: Motel.com
Customer Paradigm is proud to announce that we are working with the hotel & motel site Motel.com! We are excited about the opportunity to flex our SEO/SEM muscles and work with a client that has plenty of traffic already. Here, we will focus on link building, to...
Magento Sites and Development by Customer Paradigm
Here are a few Magento Sites we've recently worked on for clients: Fresh Produce Clothes - http://www.freshproduceclothes.com - Custom Magento Programming (design, product imports, API integrations etc.) Moose Mountain Clothing New Site http://moosemtn.nexcess.net/ -...
Cupcake Casualty of A Dartgun
Lori brought in cupcakes today into the office. Unfortunately, one got caught in the cross fire of a nerf dart:
Google Takes Down Over 11 Million CO.CC Sites
Google decided to take down over 11 million websites that ran on the shady domain extension, co.cc; this was run out of South Korea and was used for malicious code attacks. More information >>
Facebook Profile Page Error: The Page You Requested was not found.
Facebook Profile Page Error: The Page You Requested was not found. The page you requested was not found. You may have clicked an expired link or mistyped the address. Some web addresses are case sensitive.
Photos from Boulder, Colorado's July 4 Fireworks
Photos from Boulder, Colorado’s July 4 Fireworks
Photos of Bees, Flowers and the Flatirons
Photos of Bees, Flowers and the Flatirons
Meta Refresh to the Rescue!
If you need to have a short URL (i.e. www.customerparadigm.com/email) there are two basic ways to handle this: 1. .Htaccess file This is the preferred way, and you can do a 301 redirect. Search engines prefer this. However, you may not have access to the .htaccess...
Table Rate Shipping for Magento Store – Flat Rate Shipping Variable Options
Need a way to charge shipping based on items in Magento vs. Weight? Read more below: Need help with Magento? We're only a phone call away: 303.473.4400. One of our clients wanted to set up his Magento Store for flat rate shipping, based on the following layout: $5.99...
Photos of Boulder's Flatirons from This Morning
Enjoy these images from this morning, showcasing the Flatirons with a nice blue sky, green grass and red rocks.