PSPINC Official Company Blog

Announcement: Dreamersi System Maintenance

Mar

4

Dear valued customer,

Thank you for choosing Pacific Software Publishing, Inc.

We are always looking to improve the services we offer you.
As such, we will be conducting Dreamersi system maintenance.

You may experience downtime for a few seconds during the maintenance time below.

The schedule is as follows:

* USA
- March 7th (Mon) 9:00 - 9:30am

* Japan Time
- March 8th (Tue) 2:00 - 2:30am

PSPINC provides services with uptimes of 99.9%

If you have any questions, please contact us at 1-800-232-3989 or email us at support@pspinc.com.

We would like to answer your questions by phone call.

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc.

1404 140th Place N.E., Bellevue, WA 98007

PSPINC Creates Tools For Your Business

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc. is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington and provides domain, web, and email hosting to more than 40,000 companies of all sizes around the world. We design and develop our own software and are committed to helping businesses of all sizes grow and thrive online. For more information you can contact us at 800-232-3989, by email at info@pspinc.com or visit us online at https://www.pspinc.com.

PSPINC What’s New Newsletter Vol. 105 “Store and Share Your Passwords Securely with Pass Wizard”

Mar

3

Earlier this week, we announced that our password management software, Pass Wizard, officially came out of its beta stage. Pass Wizard was specifically designed to securely store and share passwords. We still have a free plan available, but we are now offering a paid plan for just $1.67/month (billed annually).

Pro users will have access to additional features for both individual users as well as groups. With the free plan, users can store up to 30 passwords. When using Pass Wizard Pro, users can store an unlimited number of passwords as well as take advantage of password-sharing features within their group. For small businesses, this is ideal as it eliminates the security risk of sharing passwords with employees via sticky notes or insecure shared documents.

For a full breakdown of some of the amazing features offered with Pass Wizard’s new pro plan, please check out our announcement blog post.

If you and/or your organization need a password management system, get Pass Wizard! You can store up to 30 passwords with our free plan or store and share an unlimited number of passwords starting at just $1.67/month (billed annually), making it one of the most affordable password managers on the market today.

Get started for free!

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc.

1404 140th Place N.E., Bellevue, WA 98007

PSPINC Creates Tools For Your Business

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc. is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington and provides domain, web, and email hosting to more than 40,000 companies of all sizes around the world. We design and develop our own software and are committed to helping businesses of all sizes grow and thrive online. For more information you can contact us at 800-232-3989, by email at info@pspinc.com or visit us online at https://www.pspinc.com.

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Pass Wizard - Pro Plan Now Available!

Mar

1

We’re excited to share with you that Pass Wizard, our password management system, is now officially out! We still have a version that is free-to-use (store up to 30 passwords). However, we’ve also added a Pro version packed with many more features, including storing an unlimited number of passwords. At just $1.67/month ($19.95/year), Pass Wizard is one of the most affordable password manager programs on the market today.

What is Pass Wizard?

Pass Wizard is PSPINC’s password management system, which allows users to securely store and share their passwords. With Pass Wizard Pro, users can store an unlimited number of passwords as well as utilize the new group feature.

We’ve designed the system to focus on security by utilizing secure hardware and state-of-the-art systems with two-factor authentication (2FA) to ensure your data’s safe and protected.

Additionally, it’s an ideal management system for small businesses to securely share company account credentials with their employees. However, it’s also great for individual users who just want a safe place to store their passwords.

How much does Pass Wizard cost?

Pass Wizard offers a free plan which includes the ability to store up to 30 passwords. Our new Pro plan is just $1.67/month, billed annually at $19.95/year, which includes the storage of an unlimited number of passwords and a group feature if you buy multiple user accounts. For customers that want to add more users to a plan, an additional $19.95/year will be charged per user.

What can you do with Pass Wizard?

woman in red pantsuit standing in front of a laptop on a desk

• Store an unlimited number of passwords
• Add users to their group for an additional $1.67/month (billed annually)
• Share select passwords with other users within their group

How does the share feature work?

business people gathered around a computer

When adding a new password entry, Pro users have the option of sharing passwords by checking the “Share with group” option at the bottom of the page. When selected, that password will then be shared with other users that are a part of the group. Only passwords with that option selected will be shared with the group. The rest will be stored securely under the “My Passwords” tab. In addition, only the individual who shared the password will have the ability to edit or remove it.

Interested in trying Pass Wizard yourself? Visit us online and sign up for a free account to get started. If you enjoy the system and have more than 30 accounts to manage, you will be able to upgrade your account to Pass Wizard Pro from the My Plans page.

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc.

1404 140th Place N.E., Bellevue, WA 98007

PSPINC Creates Tools For Your Business

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc. is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington and provides domain, web, and email hosting to more than 40,000 companies of all sizes around the world. We design and develop our own software and are committed to helping businesses of all sizes grow and thrive online. For more information you can contact us at 800-232-3989, by email at info@pspinc.com or visit us online at https://www.pspinc.com.

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Announcement: PassWizard Service Downtime due to System update

Feb

28

Dear valued customer,

Thank you for choosing Pacific Software Publishing, Inc.

We will do the system update for Pass Wizard as scheduled below.

Please note that there will be one minute downtime during the update period below.

The schedule is as follows:

* USA Pacific Standard Time
- March 1st (Tue) 12:30-1:30pm

* Japan Time
- March 2nd (Wed) 5:30-6:30am

If you have any questions, please contact us at 1-800-232-3989 or email us at support@pspinc.com.

We would like to answer your questions by phone call.

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc.

1404 140th Place N.E., Bellevue, WA 98007

PSPINC Creates Tools For Your Business

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc. is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington and provides domain, web, and email hosting to more than 40,000 companies of all sizes around the world. We design and develop our own software and are committed to helping businesses of all sizes grow and thrive online. For more information you can contact us at 800-232-3989, by email at info@pspinc.com or visit us online at https://www.pspinc.com.

PSPINC What's New Newsletter Vol. 104 "How Restaurants Can Use NewsMAIL"

Feb

24

Do restaurant owners always sell the same dishes every day in the same way? Based on experience, they probably think about how much food to buy based on how much food they think they’ll use each day. However, it’s not always possible to buy ingredients at the same price every time. Plus, there may some leftover ingredients depending on the day.

Wouldn’t it be nice to offer specials to customers when you’re able to purchase inexpensive ingredients? Wouldn’t it be great to offer special dishes using leftover ingredients before they go bad? That way, you can use them before they go bad instead of discarding them.

But specials lie that can’t be planned. If you happen to have inexpensive ingredients or a surplus of certain ingredients, it’d be nice to use them to make special dishes. Ones that aren’t normally on the menu. Therefore, it’d be nice to inform customers of today or tomorrow’s specials.

Fortunately, Pacific Software Publishing, Inc. (PSPINC) offers a service that sends out emails to customers who sign up. With it, users can send 2,500 emails per month for $20 per month or 10,000 emails for $60. So why not use NewsMAIL to help your restaurant reduce food waste?

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc.

1404 140th Place N.E., Bellevue, WA 98007

PSPINC Creates Tools For Your Business

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc. is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington and provides domain, web, and email hosting to more than 40,000 companies of all sizes around the world. We design and develop our own software and are committed to helping businesses of all sizes grow and thrive online. For more information you can contact us at 800-232-3989, by email at info@pspinc.com or visit us online at https://www.pspinc.com.

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What is the Metaverse?

Feb

22

By definition, the metaverse is a virtual reality space where users can interact with a computer-generated environment and other users. Culturally, it’s becoming a much bigger buzz word. Especially now that every big tech company is announcing that they too are joining the metaverse. But what is the metaverse really?

In the most simplistic terms, it’s a virtual world that includes a mix of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). Before this past year, the metaverse felt like some sci-fi term that could someday become our future. But when huge companies like Meta (previously Facebook), Microsoft, and Roblox start talking about how they’re investing in “metaverse economies” and creating virtual reality internet, you know it must be a big deal. And for other large tech companies that seemed to miss the metaverse boat, most of them are just trying to scramble up whatever they can to catch up with everyone else.

How Tech Companies are Building Out the Metaverse

employees sitting in a meeting with papers and two laptops on the desk

As of right now, users can play video games, socialize, and take part in a digital economy. However, as exciting as all this sounds, it all sounds a lot like what you can do with a lot of video games already. Namely, Fortnite. Epic Games (the Fortnite creator) is definitely building parts of the metaverse in a big way but now tech giants like Meta (formerly Facebook), Microsoft, Roblox, Nvidia, and many more are starting to do the same.

Eventually, they want the metaverse to become an entirely virtual world in itself. For example, Meta posted a video about where they wanted to see the metaverse go. In the video, a woman goes from seeing a snippet of a concert on her Instagram feed to virtually joining the crowd, despite the fact that the concert was occurring on the other side of the world. Mark Zuckerberg even goes on to say that the metaverse will eventually include the capability of interacting with digital objects in the physical world, which will “respond and react realistically”. More than that, they’re actively working on it with the help of Spark AR.

The Potential Pitfalls of the Metaverse

a man wearing a vr headset while also holding two controllers in his hands

While it all sounds great and exciting, it doesn’t mean it doesn’t come with its drawbacks. While the inventor of PlayStation, Ken Kutaragi, completely dismisses the idea of the metaverse, he does bring up a very good point. There’s one very big issue with the metaverse. One that tech giants have largely avoided: VR headsets.

They’re somewhat clunky, uncomfortable to wear for long periods of time, and can even cause pain to users. Or as Kutaragi puts it, “annoying”. Especially those who get motion sickness easily. In Meta’s video, they don’t show how users entered the metaverse. And they may have done that on purpose. Many users in the video were shown wearing glasses, but AR glasses have certain limitations that simply wouldn’t work for the metaverse.

But realistically, the metaverse continues to build into an all-encompassing virtual world, it will continue to excite the tech industry worldwide. As long as they can figure out their headset problem and figure out how to price it all at an affordable price. It’s already got companies like Meta, Google, Apple, Microsoft, and many more fighting to gain relevance in the future that will be the metaverse. Someday soon, we may just see the metaverse as the new internet.

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc.

1404 140th Place N.E., Bellevue, WA 98007

PSPINC Creates Tools For Your Business

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc. is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington and provides domain, web, and email hosting to more than 40,000 companies of all sizes around the world. We design and develop our own software and are committed to helping businesses of all sizes grow and thrive online. For more information you can contact us at 800-232-3989, by email at info@pspinc.com or visit us online at https://www.pspinc.com.

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Announcement: Pilot Service Downtime due to maintenance

Feb

18

Dear valued customer,

Thank you for choosing Pacific Software Publishing, Inc.

We will do the maintenance on logs in Pilot as scheduled below.

Please note that there will be around 15 minutes downtime for Pilot services during the update period below.

The schedule is as follows:

* USA Pacific Standard Time
- Feb 21st (Mon) 12:00-12:30pm

* Japan Time
- Feb 22nd (Tue) 5:00m-5:30am

If you have any questions, please contact us at 1-800-232-3989 or email us at support@pspinc.com.

We would like to answer your questions by phone call.

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc.

1404 140th Place N.E., Bellevue, WA 98007

PSPINC Creates Tools For Your Business

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc. is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington and provides domain, web, and email hosting to more than 40,000 companies of all sizes around the world. We design and develop our own software and are committed to helping businesses of all sizes grow and thrive online. For more information you can contact us at 800-232-3989, by email at info@pspinc.com or visit us online at https://www.pspinc.com.

Announcement: Mail Server Update

Feb

18

Dear valued customer,

Thank you for choosing Pacific Software Publishing, Inc.

We are always looking to improve the services we offer you.
As such, we will be conducting mail server update.

You may experience delay in sending and receiving emails for a few seconds during the time below.

The schedule is as follows:

* USA Pacific Standard Time
- Feb 20th Mon 8:30 - 9:00am

* Japan Time
- Feb 21st Tue 1:30 - 2:00am

PSPINC provides services with uptimes of 99.9%

If you have any questions, please contact us at 1-800-232-3989 or email us at support@pspinc.com .

We would like to answer your questions by phone call.

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc.

1404 140th Place N.E., Bellevue, WA 98007

PSPINC Creates Tools For Your Business

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc. is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington and provides domain, web, and email hosting to more than 40,000 companies of all sizes around the world. We design and develop our own software and are committed to helping businesses of all sizes grow and thrive online. For more information you can contact us at 800-232-3989, by email at info@pspinc.com or visit us online at https://www.pspinc.com.

PSPINC What's New Newsletter Vol. 103 "Email Marketing"

Feb

17

In 1999, Pacific Software Publishing, Inc (PSPINC). released NewsMAIL, a software package for sending email to multiple email addresses. At the time, NewsMAIL was not an Internet-based service like it is today. Instead, it was a software package that delivered email after being installed on a Windows PC. The price was previously $499 and a designated mail server delivered the emails. At the time, spam wasn’t as much of a problem on the internet as it is now. So, spam filtering wasn’t widely available, making this service an effective way to keep existing customers informed on the latest news.

But the packaged version of NewsMAIL put a lot of strain on the mail server. To fix this, PSPINC modified the system from a package to an Internet service, which uses a browser to compose and deliver emails. Now, many companies and organizations use this service for their email marketing needs. Today, NewsMAIL uses two factor authentication (2FA) to prevent unauthorized subscriptions.

NewsMAIL is still an effective medium for announcements. The newsletter you are reading right now is also distributed via NewsMAIL. If you are interested in NewsMAIL, please check the site and contact PSPINC. We’d be happy to set up a free demo account for you.

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc.

1404 140th Place N.E., Bellevue, WA 98007

PSPINC Creates Tools For Your Business

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc. is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington and provides domain, web, and email hosting to more than 40,000 companies of all sizes around the world. We design and develop our own software and are committed to helping businesses of all sizes grow and thrive online. For more information you can contact us at 800-232-3989, by email at info@pspinc.com or visit us online at https://www.pspinc.com.

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Basic HTML and CSS Everyone Should Know

Feb

15

Whether you’re a coder or not, some basic HTML and CSS knowledge is always a plus. While there are multiple website builders out there now that do all the heavy lifting, they’re not always perfect. Every once in a while, you’ll find a broken image. Or you’ll realize you want to re-format some text so that it’s centered on your homepage, but you don’t want it to apply to all the other images on the page. As far as web design goes, website builders generally work within templates.

From a user’s perspective, it means that when you change one thing, odds are it’ll also change other aspects of the webpage. For example, if you decide you want a header to be blue instead of black, the website builder you’re using will probably make all headers on your website blue. So having some very basic HTML and CSS knowledge will be helpful moving on. Plus, it’ll look good on your resume.

Header Tags

When building out the content on any of your website pages, you’ll need to have some headings. An easy way to do that with HTML is using what’s called header tags. There are six header tags, going from H1 to H6. The lower the number, the larger the font size. As a general rule, H1 tags should only be used once on a page, so it’s generally reserved for the page name. The reason why is because using more than one H1 tag can come across as spam to Google. So, it’s considered best practice to just use one. As for the rest of the header tags, you can use whatever size you think fits best for your page.

What Header Tags Look Like in HTML

Image Tags

When inserting an image with HTML and CSS, there are a few things to keep in mind. For starters, you might want to use stock photos that are free to use. If you’re creating your company website, the last thing you want is to run into some copyright issues. Secondly, you’ll probably want to place it in a specific position (left, center, or right) and resize it so that it won’t be a tiny image on the page or take up the whole width of your webpage. When putting an image in HTML, you’ll want to use what’s called image tags, which will require you to add a source code.

As complicated as it sounds, it’s actually quite easy to do. In simplistic terms, it means that the HTML code needs to pull the image from somewhere, whether it’s a file stored somewhere on your site, or the image link if it’s an image you found online. Additionally, you’ll want to add alt and class tags to help improve the page’s overall search engine optimization (SEO) and make it clear which element you’re editing when you move over to CSS. For this example, I’ve found a picture of a mountain on Pexels, a free stock photo site. So I’ve inserted the link to the image as the source and entered the word mountain in the alt tag and because I want to change the picture’s position later, I’ve named the class center.

image css tags

To change the image’s overall position and size, you’ll have to add some code into CSS. Say you put your mountain image into HTML but you soon realize it’s too big and not centered. What you’ll want to do next is enter “.center {“ in CSS to start the process. After that, you’ll want to resize your image through percentages (rather than pixels or inches). That way, it’ll still be responsive when you look at the page on a mobile device. For this example, let’s make the image height half of what it originally is and the height 70%. To center it, you’ll want to set the left and right margins to auto and make it a block element with the display tag. And lastly, you’ll want to remember to close it with a “}” symbol.

Paragraph Tags

So say after you put your headings and images, you want to add some body text. In HTML, they’re called paragraph tags and it’s perhaps the easiest HTML you can learn, comparatively. All you have to do is start with a paragraph tag, insert whatever written content you want in there, and then close the tag. Simple as that. For the example above, I’ve just inserted some Lorem Ipsum (dummy text).
paragraph tags in css

If you want to change the position of that text, you’ll do something similar to what you did with the image tags in CSS. Say you want it to not take up the entire width of the page so that there’s some white space on both sides. To do this, you’ll want to add some padding on both sides so that the text won’t take up the full width of the page. To do that, you’ll add the padding-left and padding-right tags to your CSS and add a percentage. For this example, I’ve set them both to 20%.

If you want to put in some extra HTML and CSS practice, CodePen is the perfect site to do just that. Plus, you can find some cool designs on there too with the full HTML and CSS for you to use on your own site. After that, you can add it into your own site, which most website builders support. In fact, PSPINC’s web building tool, WebdeXpress, as well as PSPINC’s blogging platform, Bloguru, supports HTML and CSS.

The last thing I’ll leave you with is this: always to close your HTML and CSS tags. For HTML it’s adding </> to the corresponding tag. For CSS, it’s simply adding “}” after all your tags for each element. If you don't have the time to inspect and add to your website's code or if you find it all too technical, consider letting PSPINC help by requesting a quote.

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc.

1404 140th Place N.E., Bellevue, WA 98007

PSPINC Creates Tools For Your Business

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc. is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington and provides domain, web, and email hosting to more than 40,000 companies of all sizes around the world. We design and develop our own software and are committed to helping businesses of all sizes grow and thrive online. For more information you can contact us at 800-232-3989, by email at info@pspinc.com or visit us online at https://www.pspinc.com.

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PSPINC What’s New Newsletter Vol. 105 “Store and Share Your Passwords Securely with Pass Wizard”

Pass Wizard - Pro Plan Now Available!

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What can you do with Pass Wizard?

How does the share feature work?

Announcement: PassWizard Service Downtime due to System update

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What is the Metaverse?

How Tech Companies are Building Out the Metaverse

The Potential Pitfalls of the Metaverse

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