Your domain name is like the deed to your house–it’s extremely important. Your domain name should be under your name (not mine, not the registrar’s not your cousin’s) and you should keep an eye on the expiration date. If your domain expires and you don’t notice or don’t do anything about it, your website will [...]
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How do I clear my browser’s Cache Memory/Cookies?
Clearing Cache on Safari 1.0 / Safari 2.0 for Macintosh OS X 1.Open Safari. 2.Select Empty Cache. 3.Click Empty on the Are you sure message box. 4.Exit and relaunch the browser. Clearing Cache on Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0, 4.01, 4.5, and 5.0 for Macintosh 1.Open Internet Explorer. 2.Click Edit and select Preferences. 3.Click the arrow [...]
WordPress Overview
I created a WordPress Overview video that walks through some of the features of WordPress (version 2.0.4). WordPress Overview Help Video The video covers: adding a category, adding a post, pasting content (as Plain Text and from Word using (modified) Advanced WYSIWYG Editor plugin), inserting (and editing) an image (using Image Manager plugin), adding (and [...]
Image Manager
A “must-have” plugin for managing images in WordPress.
Client Access
Now that I’m switched back to WordPress, I’m going to take advantage some new features–and let you in on some, too. If your site isn’t in WordPress, we probably haven’t talked in a while. There are some great new capabilities and they just keep on coming. Keep an eye on this News section for more.First [...]
Tutorials
We could write it all out and paste screenshots and make big numbered lists. But why? The screencasts (screen-capture video together with audio) walk you through step-by-step how to processes. Popcorn?
Domain Name Registration: My Real Address?
The governing body of domain names, ICANN, says you should have “not false” information about yourself as the domain name owner (see article on GoDaddy website here). My guess is that it’s so when they’re tracking down spammers they can find the information about the guilty party and go after them. It basically says this: [...]
Categories, Pages, and Posts in WordPress and Drupal
Both WordPress (WP) and Drupal (DP) use databases to sort the content of a site. Here’s a summary of how it works.
Why Own Your Own Domain?
There are many benefits to owning your own domain name (www.yourdomain.com). Here are a few. 1.) Domains are Forever As long as you pay your $8/year, it’s yours. You don’t have to worry about your ISP going out of business or you moving out of range of your service provider, you domain can go where [...]
Auto Responder
An auto responder (e.g. Out of Office) needs to be set up at the servers where you email lives, not in your email program. 1.) Log in to your domain’s control panel: http://www.yourdomain.com/webmail. Your login name is your email address (you@yourdomain.com) and then enter your password. 2.) Click on the “Autoresponder Options” button. 3.) Type [...]
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Setting up you at yourdomain.com
You can now use you@yourdomain.com email. Here’s how to set that up. Depending on your email program, these instructions will vary, but here’s the general gist of it: 1.) In your email program (e.g. Outlook, Outlook Express, Eudora, etc.), find where you add a new email account. In Outlook, it’s Tools –> Email Accounts. 2.) [...]
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Webmail (email on the road)
You can access your you@yourdomain.com email on the road. Remember that anything you delete here won’t come to your email program on your computer when you’re back home. Site: http://www.yourdomain.com/webmail Login: you@yourdomain.com Pass: ******** Once in, choose Horde (I like it best of the three options). When you’re finished, if you’re on a public computer, [...]
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