Like the Bob Dylan song, titled a little like this post, times are changing; not only in life and on the streets, but also on the internet. No longer can you have just a web page with a generic shopping cart, throw a bunch of money at some ad campaign, and expect to be an instant hit.
And it isn’t all about the money any more either. People actually want to int ...
Yesterday was a big day for us, as we move towards building this site for the community out there. Yesterday we launched our membership signup and shopping cart! Now you can join the Wexford Jewelers crowd and have your own account.
What will this allow you to do? Right now it will allow you to purchase our jewelry. But in the very near future here are a few things that are being launched:
What does staying up until 4 am accomplish?
Yep, we’re almost there! I’m hoping to post a browse only version today so everyone can start looking through our inventory. This is a bare bones system at this point, but it’s getting there. I’m going to be integrating the blog post into it today or tomorrow, turning on the shopping cart tomorrow or tuesday, and working on the comment/rating system this week. Hopefull ...
We um … are alive today. I’m really sorry for the down time. I also feel the need to apologize for all the articles that are down, and to explain what’s happened.
Last night I started a backup on our server. It was an update unrelated to the blog, but on the same server. Apparently the cpu pegged and our server locked up. After hours of attempts to bring the beast back to life I had to migrate to a new one. I am currently migrating the old articles up here, as well as the rest of the data, but it may take most of the weekend to get all of that back.
I’m asking everyone to be patient. I’m taking steps to make sure that this wil not happen again. Thanks to everyone that has been v ...
