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Mailchimp Expert Exchange Program

Mailchimp is our preferred email marketing service provider here at Terra Firma Design & Consulting, and they have been rolling out some updates lately that we think are important for people to know about. In addition to releasing a series of new features, they are also about to announce th… [ Read More ]

Hominid Gem Version 2.0.2

We’ve updated the Hominid gem to version 2.0.2 over the weekend, and the update is a pretty big one. Hominid is a Ruby gem for interacting with the Mailchimp API, allowing Ruby developers to easily integrate their applications with Mailchimp’s email marketing service. Changes to Hominid First of al… [ Read More ]

Chimpified = Mailchimp + Shopify

Tonight we have launched a new service called Chimpified for beta testing. Chimpified connects a Shopify store to a Mailchimp account, so that when an order is placed in the store (and the customer has agreed to receive marketing materials), their email address will automatically be added to the mail… [ Read More ]

Hominid Gem Version 2.0

We’ve finally gotten around to doing some updating on the Ruby gem that we maintain called Homind. Hominid provides a wrapper for the Mailchimp API, allowing developers to easily integrate with Mailchimp’s email marketing service. Along with updating the gem, we have also moved it to Gemcutter since Gi… [ Read More ]

PIV Oregon Goes Live

Over the weekend, in addition to enjoying the great weather here at the beach, we launched a new website for Public Information Verification (PIV) Oregon. PIV provides background screening, pre-employment checks and other screening services. Some of the notable features of their new website are: Secure Screening Submi… [ Read More ]

Installing an EV SSL Certificate on Nginx

This is probably one of those things that everyone else knows, and I just didn’t show up for class that day. I had some trouble installing an Extended Validation SSL certificate on a clients site this weekend, mostly due to my own lack of knowledge. Generate the CSR The go… [ Read More ]

Real Estate on Rails (Working with RETS Data)

In the past, I have worked on a lot of real estate websites. After having taken a few year break from doing any realty-related web development, which was a welcome break, I have recently started working on another real estate site. My hope going into this was that working… [ Read More ]