June 2024

Tips for Migrating PrestaShop Store to Another Domain

In the dynamic world of e-commerce, aligning your digital storefront with your brand’s evolution is crucial. For E-Startups Kenya, a leading online store, understanding when and why to migrate your PrestaShop store to a new domain is key to maintaining relevance and operational efficiency. Whether due to a change in brand strategy, or ownership, or […]

Overcoming Common Challenges in Kenyan Web Development Projects

Web development in Kenya faces unique challenges that can hinder the progress and success of digital projects. At E-Startups Kenya, a premier IT consultancy firm based in Nairobi, we specialize in overcoming these obstacles to ensure our clients achieve their digital ambitions seamlessly. This blog outlines common hurdles in the local web development landscape and […]

Troubleshooting HTTP 404 Errors: Solutions

Encountering a 404 error can be a frustrating experience for both shoppers and store owners alike. It’s that moment when you click on a product link only to be greeted with a message saying, “404 page not found”. But fear not, for you are not alone in this struggle. This article aims to equip you […]

PWA Scan and Go: Revolutionizing Your Shopping Experience

At e-startups Kenya, we’re thrilled to introduce our latest innovation powered by PWA Studio: PWA Scan and Go. This groundbreaking feature promises to redefine the way you shop online, offering a seamless and convenient experience like never before. What is PWA Scan and Go? PWA Scan and Go is a cutting-edge technology that allows […]

DISPLAYING CAMERA OUTPUT TO FULL SCREEN IN WINDOWS PHONE

Sometimes we might need to display the camera output as full screen on our windows phone but due to the difference between aspect ratio of the camera output and the phone screen, this poses as a slight challenge. The first problem is that the mapped camera output is rotated vertically. The second problem is the […]

June 26, 2024
By Nelson Oranga
Cloud solutions, Cybersecurity Solutions

PACKT PUBLISHING EBOOK OFFER FOR CHRISTMAS

Packt publishing currently has a promotion of reducing the prices of books to $5 USD if a purchase of 2 or more is made. Books such as a Computer Vision cookbook, costing $22 USD, will be on sale for $5, good deal IMO. This company offers books that tries to keep up with the latest […]

TEST WINDOWS MOBILE DEVICE AGAINST LOCALHOST WEBSERVICE

Technical Level: Intermediate Problem: To test the emulation of Windows Mobile against a web service hosted in localhost has been a problem for many developers. I have yet to find an official method of using the device emulator in visual studio to connect to a localhost web service. The problem occurs because if you add […]

THINGS LEARNT AT START-UP WEEKEND LONDON UNITED KINGDOM 2013

I attended the first start-up weekend London event with the intention of gaining some experience and learning things from the vast knowledge base provided by the awesome coaches at the event. The weekend is a 54 hour event, starting from a Friday evening to Sunday evening attended by entrepreneurs from various backgrounds such as designers, […]

June 26, 2024
By Nelson Oranga
Cloud solutions

SETTING UP RELEASE MANAGEMENT IN AZURE VIRTUAL MACHINE

This is a walk through in setting up Release Management tool in a windows azure virtual machine and then connecting to it from an off-site machine. Tools required Release Management Server Release Management Client Windows Azure Virtual Server Setup Configure RM Server Remote to your server, download and install the Release Management Server. The identity […]

GENERATING SILVERLIGHT WCF PROXY CLASS MANUALLY

Technical Level: Intermediate Problem: For some developers, when using visual studio’s built in service reference proxy generator tool gives an error when generating the client code. This is when I try to add a service reference in the solution explorer of visual studio. Usually it would say “Not support relative URI” when it reaches the […]