I’m in the pipeline to create Designing Web Memberships. Tentatively, I’ve 3 membership levels in mind :

Gold Membership – where members can enjoy unlimited web resources like unlimited web hosting, over 200+ premium WordPress themes, unlimited managed blogs at Blogs Machine, unlimited e-stores at HubStores etc.

Platinum Membership – All that of Gold Membership plus Blogs Machine Income Blueprint, video-based and online tutorials worth $$$ etc.

Diamond Membership – All that of Gold and Platinum memberships plus personal coaching etc.

The keynote advantage of these memberships is that all the memberships are single one-time only payment! This worry-free, pay one-time and enjoy unlimited offers is excellent especially for newbies and beginning internet marketers.

More details of these memberships to be finalized and released very soon … stay tuned!

If you have a corporate website, high chance is you’ll need an online support ticketing system so that you can provide prompt online support to your clients.

However, it may be due to technical difficulties or that you’re not using cPanel with Fantastico, you’ll find it rather helpless to set up such a helpdesk system.

Fear not. To have a professional helpdesk without any hassle on your part, all you need to do is to go to Answer Helpdesk and you can request for an osTicket Helpdesk to be set up for you … FREE of charge!

No worry, there’s no gimmick here. Just to commemorate the launch of Unlimited Host PRO which provide unlimited web hosting.

It’s been some time since my last post here. That’s because I’ve been busy with several projects. One of them, which I’m announcing in this post is my latest project on QR code.

What is QR code? Well, for start, QR stands for Quick Response. Hence, QR code means the code that can produce “quick response”. In simple terms, QR code is similar to the barcode that you see on product or merchandise price tag that you see in shopping mall and retail store. Whereas, QR code is “barcode is squarish” format. Just like the one here …

I’m quite sure you recognize this. In fact, you should have seen this type of QR codes on newspapers, magazines, advertisements, flyers, websites and even .. tatoos (hey, quite a novelty idea right? LOL).

If you own an iPhone or Android phone, you can easily download QR code apps like QR Code Reader and Red Laser which are able to scan QR codes. Go ahead and install the app and scan the above QR code … see what it do.

Well, to be frank, QR code is not a new technology. It has been around for a while. But it seems that the adoption or application of of QR code technology is far from reaching its full potential. With every merchant and advertiser looking for novelty ways to reach out to existing or potential new customers, QR code can be a new “cutting edge” method to increase your bottom line. Afterall, almost everyone is carrying a (or more) mobile device(s).

If you’re looking to turbo charge the marketing power of your online (or offline) business(es), head over to WP QR Code Generator and check out how you can leverage on QR code technology to bring your business(es) to the next level.

P.S. I’m still in the process of refining the WP QR Coder website. Nevertheless, the QR code generator is ready for use. As such, I’m offering a special membership subscription of one-time $10. Yes, for a mere ten bucks, you can generate unlimited QR codes (for yourself or your clients). I’m likely to jack up my price when all are ready … so hurry now and grab it while membership price is crazily low.

P.P.S. Quick features for this QR Code Generator – It can generate QR codes to redirect to a website, send an SMS, make a phone call, send a vCard, tweet at Twitter etc. Very versatile! More details will be updated on the website soon.

Some of the very frequently asked questions I’m receiving from friends, work mates and students are – Can I really make money online? Is it real? Can I really reach a stage that I can fire my boss? In short, the answers are yes, yes and yes. I’m not kidding.

So how do I start? You might ask. There are practically A-to-Z ways you can start making money online. But the one true fact you need to know is … you’ve got to start somewhere. Or rather, you simply got to start learning (LEARN = the L-plate to EARN; the more you learn, the more you earn).

There is no best way to start. The best way is just to start. So, I’m going to recommend you one free internet marketing course to allow you to kick start your journey and get your feet wet in internet marketing – making money online. Now, although the course I’m going to hand over to you is free, it doesn’t mean it’s not valuable. In fact, this internet marketing course which you’re about to learn is of great value that could possibly catapult you to online success in no time.

Nah, there’s no need to pass me your email nor register any account to access this MMMM – Mad Marketing Money Method … Go learn and earn!

P.S. The Mad Marketing Money Method (MMMM) course is ideal for newbie to intermediate. Even if you’re an internet marketing guru, you could pick up some gold nuggets along the course.

In previous post, I’ve recommended osTicket which is currently my favorite online support ticketing system.

However, for those who are installing osTicket for the first time, it might be difficult to get it to work properly. Well, the easiest way to get it up is via Fantastico in cPanel. The difficult parts are in configuring osTicket to allow submission of ticket via email ie. support@yourdomainname.com – see http://osticket.com/wiki/Email_Piping.

The email piping must be done properly from within your cPanel -> Forwarder ->

Another nagging problem is the frequent refresh to osTicket admin scp login page. This is a known issue if you check out osTicket official support forum. To solve this nuisance frequent admin login problem, all you need to do is to uncheck “Bind Staff Session to IP” in osTicket Admin Panel’s System Preferences and Settings. Yes, that easy.

Well, if you still encounter problem installing and configuring osTicket, easy, just drop a ticket to me and I’ll assist you.

I’ve changed my support system from HESK to osTicket.

Don’t get me wrong. It is not that HESK is no good. Afterall, I’ve been using it for years.

HESK is a lightweight and robust support system that is simple to use. To me, simplicity is important.

The reason why I’ve migrated to osTicket is that osTicket supports the ability to submit tickets via email. That means, you can either submit a ticket via the web interface http://designingweb.org/support or simply just submit an email to support [at] designingweb.org.

Upon submitting a ticket, osTicket will send out 2 emails – one to the originator (the one who raised the ticket) and another email to the admin (that’s me) to notify me that there’s a new support ticket. Once I replied or closed the ticket, the originator will be notify of the resolution. Crisp!

For anyone that is providing any online service, product or support, setting up an e-support system is a must. I’d highly recommend osTicket.

The easiest way to set up osTicket system is via your cPanel’s Fantastico, which is fast and easy. Ooops, probably I’d remove the “easy” part. Because after installing osTicket, you still have to configure some settings especially the email piping thingy … which can be quite difficult for beginning webmaster.

If you’d need to install osTicket and somehow can’t get it to work, just submit a ticket to me and I could assist you … no charge of course.

It’s rather frustrating when you can’t access a website when obviously the website seems to be okay. This is the exact case I’ve experienced with THIS SITE that you’re now viewing! Note the past tense “‘I’ve experienced”, which means good news – I’ve resolved the problem, hurray.

Now you see, previously, I’ve rather occasional (to frequent actually) issue to view my website DesigningWeb.org. Initially, I thought my ISP is bad. But after several follow up with my internet service provider, I realized the website is not exactly down. This can be confirmed when you try to view and access your site via proxy. In my case, I use EatMyBrowser.com which I quite like it as it is one of the fastest proxy browser I’ve used. When I access Designing Web via Eat My Browser, it’s okay! Meaning, the site is not down but somehow I’m unable to access from my desktop.

Since the web site is okay but I’m still getting a Server Not Found on my Firefox, I quickly revert the attention to DNS issue. To determine if it’s DNS issue, you can check using MSDOS command to ping your website. If you’re unable to ping your domain name but able to ping your IP (of your domain name), it is a rather clear sign of DNS issue.

The fix? Go to Control Panel > Network Connection > Properties > TCP/IPv4 > DNS : 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220

The 2 DNS IPs are from OpenDNS.com. They are amongst the fastest free DNS servers available.

Go back to the browser and check the website again and it should be visible. See, website up and running.

Dreamweaver, Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat etc. are all very essential applications for web designing and development. All these are in the latest version of Adobe CS (Complete Suite) version 5.

One of the problems for obtaining these excellent applications is the cost. Well, here’s the good news. For those in Singapore and you are a student or (MOE and tertiary) teaching staff, you can get your hands on the educational version of Adobe CS5 (Web Premium) at a mere S$119 @ http://www.mine.com.sg. What’s the diff? You might ask. Well, it’s practically the same as the commerical version except, of course, it’s priced under “Educational Edition”.

So here you got it – cheapest genuine Adobe CS5 in Singapore, JB and Batam Best Buy Must Buy.