It is best practice to inform website users when cookies are being used to track information about them in a web browser. Most modern websites use cookies to track session information which often includes the user’s device information (width & height of their view, what features their device supports, etc.) and any choices they’ve made…
Since 2005, Bongo4U has had a built-in Website Statistics utility to tell site owners how many people are using their websites, which pages are the most or least popular, how long people spend on their site, how people find their website, etc. During this time, the Google Analytics utility has grown significantly in its capabilities…
Are visitors to your website able to easily find what they are looking for? How do you know for sure? Fortunately, the Bongo4U website system has a built-in feature to let you know which searches are failing, so you can take some corrective action….
UPDATE: As previously, communicated, we have been preparing for a migration of the entire Bongo4U system to a new, upgraded hosting environment today (May 19th). The big day is here and guess what happens a few minutes before the migration is scheduled to begin? Our current hosting provide suffers an outage and our Bongo4U servers…
The Bongo4U system will be migrating to an upgraded hosting environment on Thursday, May 19, 2016. All Bongo4U websites will remain available to the public during the migration, except for a few moments at the exact “cut-over” time. We need to disable access to the Bongo4U Admin area during the migration, therefore Admin logins will…
We have noticed that clients are using more and more Email Forms in their Bongo4U websites. These forms are handy for capturing user responses or requests on a variety of topics throughout a website. However, when an admin user wants to update one or more of these Email Forms, or check to see who these…
Most Bongo4U websites have one or more email forms. They are used for Contact forms, Request-A-Quote forms, and many other uses. We had to change the “From Address” that was being used in email messages generated from the email forms. Many email providers such as Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, Outlook, etc., have implemented a spam-detection mechanism…
Many organizations add an automatic feed from their Facebook Page onto their websites. It’s a great way to re-use your Facebook Page posts and to have dynamic, changing content appear on your website. However, there is a “catch” you should be aware of……
To explain new features of your website, we periodically create blog posts as we implement and enhance the Bongo4U system. This includes CastleWeb4U websites. We recently subscribed Bongo4U admin users to this blog so that you can be kept informed of these new website capabilities (many of you had already subscribed to the blog yourselves)….
Are you losing customers? Can your website handle people using smartphones and tablets? There’s a huge growth in users who access websites using mobile devices, and this trend is steadily increasing. How does your website look on a small device? Is the navigation even findable, let alone clickable without “fat-finger syndrome?” Part of Bongo4U’s infrastructure…
Check out the new “Bongo4U Dashboard” — Lots of information about your website all in one place! What info will you see about your site? a list of site parameters and their settings whether certain features are enabled or disabled the number of pages, products, slideshows, email forms, testimonials, etc. in use a list of…
There is a feature called “Captcha” in the Email Form block that should usually be enabled. It helps to detect bots and spammer tools and stops them from sending spam messages to you using your own email form. The Captcha box has been made simpler and much of the “extra stuff (noise)” has been removed…
Add Comments Block to any Page
If you want your readers to be able to add comments on a given page of your website, just add a Comments block near the bottom of that page. The Comments block will enable the submitting of comments by users and the display of all existing comments….