Social Networking is all the rage right now. If you’ve got a business, you’ve got to be on Facebook, right? And a Twitter account is a must-have, even if you don’t know how to use it, correct? Oh, and LinkedIn, gotta be there too… oh and Google Plus is growing like crazy… and, and…! Actually: [...]
Trail Rides & Kids Chairs: Announcing 2 Great New Sites!
We’re super excited to let you all know about 2 great new websites we just recently launched: Copper Cloud Ranch and Cool Kids Chairs (say that fast 5 times). Copper Cloud Ranch Copper Cloud Ranch is a ranch located in Page, AZ, and provides awesome trail rides around Lake Powell. It’s owned and operated by ranchers, and [...]
Van’s Websites Updated – Please Check Your Site
We did some housekeeping on Van’s websites server, removing lots of unused plugins, updating many that were out of date, and even updating WordPress itself. Here’s what we accomplished: Please Check Your Website This update only affects Van’s Websites clients. If you are a Van’s client (does not apply to cPanel clients), please check your [...]
What the FiddlerStudios Acquisition Means for Van’s Websites Clients
FiddlerStudios and Van’s Websites are a lot alike. So there’s not a lot that will change. However, a few things will have to change to allow us to move forward as a single company and not two, each with it’s own rules, setup, and service. So here’s what all this means for you: For the [...]
Why FiddlerStudios Charges $75 for A Whole Lot More Than Just “Hosting”
Recently, we had two different instances where security was an issue for sites that were not hosted by us. In one instance some WordPress themes contained a known security flaw, but hadn’t been updated, and therefore allowed malware to get in and infect many sites. This meant that when you visited the site, your browser [...]
Van’s Websites Has Been Cleaned of All Malware & Is Secure
Van’s Websites had been infected by malware. Though the efforts of our whole team, and the help of some great customers, we were able to first eliminate the malware, then track down and identify the security breech that allowed it to get in. Once we’d identified it. We eliminated the breech and everything is safe [...]
Van’s Websites is Now Part of FiddlerStudios
You know how opportunity always seems to knock when you least expect it… and usually when its absolutely the most inconvenient? Well that’s how this deal went down. Jeff VanDrimmelen, owner of Van’s Websites and a friend, contacted me on on Monday Feb. 27th. He told me he was getting a promotion at his “day [...]
How to Leave Godaddy.com
UPDATE: 12/22/2011 Godaddy recently announced their support for SOPA. If you don’t know what SOPA is, it’s a bill that pretends to want to protect Copyright holders. However, it’s the old “using a club to kill a mosquito” approach that government seems to love: it will do far more damage than good. It will lead [...]
Copywriting Brochures, E-mails, & Other Business Marketing Content
A topic that frequently comes up here at FiddlerStudios, and with our clients, is copywriting. According to Wikipedia, “Copywriting is the use of words and ideas to promote a person, business, opinion or idea.” Whether it’s a client that needs the logo we created for their new flyer they’re creating, or the text we have [...]
Avoid Network Solutions at All Costs
Since we offer hosting and domain registration as a part of our services, we often get to work with various registrars and web hosts as we move existing websites over to their new home on FiddlerStudios’ hosting. Previously we told you why we don’t like Godaddy, and how to leave and avoid them, now we’ve [...]







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