From a Day and a Half to Under an Hour: Faster Website Data Means Faster Decisions October 18, 2026/Will Strohl/Technology Fresh information leads to smart decisions. We rebuilt how runsonUpendo prepares your website analytics, turning a day-and-a-half job into less than an hour. Read Article From a Day and a Half to Under an Hour: Faster Website Data Means Faster Decisions
Peace of Mind, Delivered: We Just Completed a Security Review for Every Client Website October 2, 2026/Will Strohl/Technology Your website works hard for you, so we work hard to protect it. Over 36 hours, we reviewed and strengthened the firewall settings on every client website. Read Article Peace of Mind, Delivered: We Just Completed a Security Review for Every Client Website
Say Goodbye to Copy and Paste: Meet the New Zoho CRM Connector for runsonUpendo October 1, 2026/Will Strohl/Technology Stop typing customer details twice. The new Zoho CRM Connector shares your Website Membership information with matching Zoho Leads and Contacts on a schedule. Read Article Say Goodbye to Copy and Paste: Meet the New Zoho CRM Connector for runsonUpendo
Built for What's Next: A Smarter Foundation for Automation on Your runsonUpendo Website August 25, 2026/Will Strohl/Technology Your website can now notice important moments the instant they happen. This new foundation opens the door to smarter automation, better-connected tools, and personal experiences. Read Article Built for What's Next: A Smarter Foundation for Automation on Your runsonUpendo Website
Cleaner Links, Happier Shoppers: Hotcakes Commerce 03.12.01 Tidies Up Your Store URLs August 12, 2026/Will Strohl/Technology Short, clean links look trustworthy and help search engines. Hotcakes Commerce 03.12.01 removes unwanted /slug values from store URLs and helps us solve link issues faster. Read Article Cleaner Links, Happier Shoppers: Hotcakes Commerce 03.12.01 Tidies Up Your Store URLs
Hotcakes Commerce 03.10.00: A Faster, Stronger, More Reliable Online Store July 27, 2026/Will Strohl/Technology Some of the best upgrades are the ones customers feel without seeing. Hotcakes Commerce 03.10.00 speeds up your store, fixes product imports, improves orders, and adds Bangladesh. Read Article Hotcakes Commerce 03.10.00: A Faster, Stronger, More Reliable Online Store
A Stronger Foundation for Your Website: Our Backend Architecture Upgrade Is Complete May 14, 2026/Will Strohl/Technology The best upgrades sometimes happen where you cannot see them. We rebuilt key systems behind your website so updates come faster and your site stays steady. Read Article A Stronger Foundation for Your Website: Our Backend Architecture Upgrade Is Complete
Super Useful website configuration file Trick for Development Teams December 18, 2019/Will Strohl/Technology Every ASP.NET application has no less than one website configuration file - also called the web.config, since that's what the name of the file actually is. We often get asked a lot of questions about how to properly check in the web.config and how to safely distribute the file across environments and developers. This article is going to disclose one of the tricks that we use for our clients. Read Article Super Useful website configuration file Trick for Development Teams
Hotcakes Commerce 03.02.02 is Here! November 7, 2019/Will Strohl/Technology Our team has been working hard at delivering the next great release of Hotcakes Commerce. We primarily focused on some updates that both our support clients and the community really wanted. We’re very happy to announce that version 03.02.02 is ready for you and it brings with it some very popular updates. Read Article Hotcakes Commerce 03.02.02 is Here!
Save Hundreds of Hours Building DNN Modules and Other Types of Extensions March 8, 2019/Will Strohl/Technology Over the years, I’ve followed, learned, and tried many different ways to build extensions in DNN. Of course, the primary extension I’ve built has always been a module. If you’re new to DNN, a module is simply an app that you can install for visitors to interact with on your website. After working on DNN solutions since 2003, I’ve settled on a very specific development pattern that we implemented here at Upendo Ventures. Using our development pattern was time-consuming to get started with a new project, but it had too many benefits to avoid. We’ve found and publicly released this development pattern to all of you. Now you can use our development pattern too, but without any of the effort that we used to put into it. Read Article Save Hundreds of Hours Building DNN Modules and Other Types of Extensions