Does That Special Software Really Work?
One of the biggest pitfalls of working for yourself is that you can easily get sidetracked on a project and forget to do those other things that need to be done.
I know I fell into this situation recently. A while ago I decided to convert Multimedia Profits Revealed website into a Butterfly Marketing (BM) site. Seemed easy enough to do. I had already invested in the software. It would work for a membership site like we already had.
And I was not too pleased at the support for Membership Client Pro (MCP), the software that I was using. I have been using the monthly plan for MCP. Which is supposed to keep me up to date with no effort on my part. Except support is only for 30 days from your initial order. Any further support must be paid for.
So with that in mind I decided to learn the BM script and use it instead of MCP. Which turned out to be easier said than done. Three months later I was still fighting bugs and learning. Several times I was almost done only to find an update to the script. I soon learned that once the site is running, DO NOT UPDATE. But it took me some time to learn that valuable lesson.
During that time I tried another similar script only to find that it didn’t work well plus their tech support was non-existent.
Which drove me back to BM. Yes, there are some problems with it. Partly because of the number of features it has. And often I was beta testing the script. But the big difference is that Mike Filsame, owner of BM, has invested in some top notch tech support. And once I realized that and started using them things started to work.
If you have not seen our new Multimedia Profits Revealed site you might want to take a look. Just go to Multimedia Profits Revealed.
Bob…============= I seldom contribute trivia…but I caught this comment and thought you might find this helpful.——————
But one thing is that the number of programs in my computer is large. When I hit Start All Programs it’s full right across the screen. In fact, when I add a program I often have to remove one so that I can see the icon for the new one. And since in my business I do beta testing and video tutorials of software that happens a lot.——————=============
Here’s a suggestion to enable display unlimited programs from the PROGRAMS display accessed from the Start button. Right click START then left click PROPERTIES. When the pop up window appears, select the Start Menu Tab …select the radio button for “Start Menu” NOT the “Custom Start Menu” (assuming you”re running XP). Then exit the properties selections pop up window.
In this configuration, when you left click START (at the lower left of your screen) and select All Programs, you’ll get a vertical scroll bar that allows UNLIMITED programs to be shown. It may not be as convenient as the display of all programs…but it solves the “limits” of displayed programs. And if you don’t like this format, its easy to change it back.\
You might also consider expanding the heigth of your Tool Tray TaskBar, by simply positioning your cursor on the top line of the TaskBar and draging it vertically until you have enough space to show all open programs. I personally select the “Auto-hide the Taskbar” located under the TaskBar Tab while in the Properties options. This way I get maximum screen visibility until I need the Taskbar information. I simply move my cursor to the bottom of the screen and the Taskbar appears.
I enjoy you Blog…keep up the great work.
Paul
Paul,
I don’t know what happened that I missed your great post. I have been trying to learn how to do just what you explained because I too have a number of programs on my start menu. No one seemed to know the answer and all the time you had your comment. I have used your information to make a short video and I’ve posted in today, March 3, 2007.
Bob