Google Apps Admins – API without writing code
Earlier this month Google released its Google Apps Shell Interface (GASI), an a new way for Google Apps admins to work with the Google Apps APIs without writing code. It also gives users the option to batch execute commands generated from the variables in a CSV file. This will enable admins to automate various tasks from within this interface instead of using third-party tools. This is the kind of thing that is important for Google to develop – user friendly admin tools that reinforce it’s strategy and introduction into the light application market. You can see more of the...
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After some extensive research into hosting plans, I finally decided on Host Excellence (HE) for a client. It was cheap ($7.95), and allowed for wildcard redirects on subdomains for multi-site use in WordPress. My client wanted to use WordPress because it’s light, and wants everyone to be able to add posts. Even after explaining that WordPress could be an addition to a site build in whatever language, it’s still the CMS with the least amount of learning curve. Anyway, a couple of notes: If you are going to use Google Apps instead of the regular mail, you have add the MX records...
Read MoreGoogle Apps for Multiple Domains
Thousands of organizations deploy Google Apps every day, and a challenge for some large businesses has been migrating employees on multiple domains. According to Google today - “Thousands of organizations deploy Google Apps every day, and a challenge for some large businesses has been migrating employees on multiple domains. Until now, companies that ran into this issue could either set up other domains as domain aliases or set up different Google Apps accounts for each domain, neither of which was an ideal solution. Now there’s a better way: multi-domain support in Google...
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