There are two email hosting providers I use – one is ZOHO MAIL and the other is GMAIL. I’ve used Gmail for many years and I use this for our Advertise Me email addresses. I use ZOHO MAIL for my personal and other side projects such as Digital Wayfinding Solutions, ePosters and Social Wall. All […]
For the past several years Advertise Me has been supplying and using the LG digital signage commercial screens that have an internal media player. We have also used the commercial touchscreen for our digital wayfinding solutions and there is an internal media player that comes with the webOS – a proprietary LG operating system that […]
Using the .htaccess file is one of the easiest ways to block specific IP addresses to your website. I’ve also used the software firewall to perform this task, but if you need to block specific IP addresses to different URLs or content on your website then .htaccess is the perfect way to do this. I’ve […]
If you want to run multiple operating systems such as Linux, Android, Windows, WebOS or MacOS then using VirtualBox is the tool you need to use. There are other tools I’ve used in the past such as Virtual Machine from VMWare but VirtualBox does the job quite nicely. Especially when there are VirtualBox images already […]
At Advertise Me, we’ve been using the Intel NUCs with the vPro technology for our digital signage players. The main reason why we decided to use these players is because they have a remote KVM (Keyboard Video Mouse) feature so if you get the blue screen of death in Windows or you simply want to […]
Advertise Me just relaunched a website we previously had called Digital Signage Portal. When we first built the website we used it as a forum to discuss digital signage topics. If I recall correctly, the website was built using Joomla an open source content management tool. I checked how the website looked on Internet Archive […]
Facebook and Instagram (the new META company) experienced a major outage today. This affected our Social Wall tool. This is a tool my company Advertise Me built several years ago to fill the gap of displaying social media posts on digital displays such as digital signage screens, websites, projectors for events and intranet sites. Luckily […]
If you’re looking at creating quick and easy videos using templates then you should check out Flexclip. It’s a tool I’ve used to create professional-looking videos and the tool has audio and video stock clips you can use. Let me quickly show you what you need to do: Select a template by searching for a […]
If you want to embed a Google Sheet or a Google Doc on your website or blog, then you need to read this post. I had to do this for a particular project where the information on a spreadsheet needed to be constantly updated and displayed to the public. Google Sheets and Docs are very […]
I’ve been using LiveAgent as our Advertise Me support tracking system. The company uses it to track all support requests and it has been a great tool. We haven’t used all the features such as softphone and chat but we may in the near future. Since we have sensitive information in the LiveAgent system, we […]
In this post, I’ll share my thoughts on the Xiaomi portable vacuum cleaner (model number SSXCQ01XY) in particular I will share with you how long it takes to fully charge the vacuum cleaner mini, how long the battery lasts at two different speeds, which power adaptors you can use, how to open and empty the […]
I spend the last weekend fixing errors from a Search Engine Optimisation audit report. I generated the report through two tools, one is called SE Ranking and the other is called Website Auditor. I ran both tools for the website Advertise Me and I previously wrote an article called UPDATES TO OUR ADVERTISE ME WEBSITE […]
I recently had to upgrade the WordPress version on one of our digital signage websites and after the upgrade, things started not working. Basically, it was due to the fact the theme that we’re using is old and no longer supported. The WordPress theme company I was using shifted their focus and is no longer […]
We used the ASUS Chromebit CS10 as a digital signage player for Advertise Me as you can quickly and easily set up a digital signage player using the Chrome browser. I recently tried upgrading the Chrome OS version but it seems to have stuck on version 72.0.3626.122 Clicking on the update button makes it appear […]
I noticed that disabling IPv6 on the VPS network interfaces makes resolving some websites faster. In my particular case, I have a web app on the VPS that connects to an external website and grabs data via the API. When I tried running the web app it would take about 10-20 seconds for the page […]
I’ve been using BetterUptime for the past few months to monitor our different websites and it’s such a great tool. You can read some of the features of this tool in previous posts: WEBSITE MONITORING AND STATUS PAGES and BETTER UPTIME NEW FEATURES – MONITOR YOUR WEBSITE In this post, I’m going to share with […]
I’ll be starting a series of useful business tips on this website so make sure you subscribe to the newsletter. My aim is to help and provide useful information to business entrepreneurs. If you’re based in Australia, then this article will apply to you, but if you’re not then keep reading as there might be […]
If you own several website domains, which tool do you use to manage all the host entries? There are quite a few tools out there to help you manage your DNS hosting and at Online Hosting Solutions you can manage them on the control panel. The only problem is if you have your domains across […]
I was recently involved in setting up a digital video wall for an Advertise Me (a digital signage solutions company) client. This type of setup is different from your traditional 2×2 setup where the ratio of the pixel width and the height of the canvas area is 16:9 aspect ratio (1920×1080 pixels if using a […]
I’ve been using one specific courier Transdirect over the years for transporting hardware goods (Digital Signage Screens and computer parts). They are probably the cheapest courier website in Australia and they provide the best rates across their courier network. They can provide local, interstate and international shipping and I’ve personally used them for our company […]