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Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?
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advertolog at Wednesday ~ January 01, 2008
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By Amy Armitage So I got this email late yesterday and I really had trouble working out the answer. A few of us in the office are going back and forth yelling out random answers. Here it is… There are 7 girls in a bus Question: How many legs are there in the bus? Does the answer come to you quickly or are you still trying to figure it out? Hint: I was being all clever and stuff and I counted the bus driver’s legs too. Apparently there isn’t a bus driver, just a bunch of school girls sitting on a bus that’s not moving with too many backpacks and a cat collecting hobby .. lol Who stuffs that many cats into a backpack anyway? I think I should call the animal protection society ;)
Each girl has 7 backpacks
In each backpack, there are 7 big cats
For every big cat there are 7 little cats
3 Quick Tips for Better Content
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advertolog at Monday ~ January 01, 2008
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By Mitch “Ain’t No Hemingway” Keeler Having done my fair share of content writing for a number of years, I can say that I have seen what works and what does not work. If you want to master the written (or keyed in our case) word, follow these three simple rules. 1. Don’t be Afraid of Headlines Tossing in a few headlines into the mix on an article, blog post or any web page filled with content is a good way to lead the eyes through your writing. We have all see the huge one paragraph web site that we groan at. Why do you groan? Your eyes have no direction to go. Think of it as driving cross country without a bathroom break. Your eyes might be able to hold up better than your bladder - but neither will be happy once you make it from coast to coast. 2. Break Your Text Up (or Paragraphs are your Friends) This sort of goes into the same camp as the headlines rule. Break your writing up by paragraph so that any eyeballs viewing the page, post or article in question does not start to stray. In the world of instant gratification we all want our news short, quick and to the point. Attention spans are lacking and I’d rather quickly scan through a few paragraphs of text than one really big one. 3. Inform, then Define Often people get in a hurry to tell you why, how or who will make your life better but they don’t tell you what this thing really is. You get a gitty as a school girl on her first date, only to find out by the time you get to the end of the post you really don’t know what it is they were talking about. When discussing something that many or most might not know about do your best to define it before you get into the details of how it will help. Give me a dictionary definition and then you can tell me a story about it. Without you are causing the vistor to get over excited about.. well, what was it about again? Exactly. Maybe you will not notice the difference right away, but if you modify your own writing to match at least these three rules I can almost promise you that you will see more page views, higher clickthroughs and more happy bloodshot eyeballs than a bad science fiction movie. Don’t give people a reason to turn away, because once they do it is awful hard to get them to look back.
Designers & Developers Wanted!
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advertolog at Thursday ~ January 01, 2008
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By Amy Armitage We receive a lot of requests from our customers looking for freelance designers (low end stuff like logos and small sites right up to high end design) and also developers (particularly developers for dedicated server customers). If you are a designer or developer looking for regular leads, please write to us at affiliate[at]lunarpages.com with the following: Name: Website url: Type of work you do: Basic price range of your services: Any links to your work/portfolio: And… any extra information you think we might need to know. Thanks!
Final 12 Entries WordPress Design Contest - Vote Now!
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advertolog at Wednesday ~ January 01, 2008
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By Amy Armitage WOW! We had a load of fantastic submissions for the contest and after removing all the broken or duplicate ones, or themes we weren’t convinced were designed by the author “claiming” them, we now have for you all to enjoy. A special thanks to all of the designers who entered. Maybe we should have another contest soon? Below are our final 12 - 6 voted by our community and 6 chosen by Lunarpages! Polls closes on February 13th and first prize is $1000 and 5 years of web hosting. [Round 1 Finalist] Revival by Mike Nocek [Round 2 Finalist] Damai by eches [Round 3 Finalist] Winter Styled by Speckyboy [Round 4 Finalist] Auric by not (that) ugly [Round 5 Finalist] ModernMagic by Lorelei [Round 6 Finalist] Spa by Kate! [Our 6 Picks for the Finals] X4 by Xeroxaven Light by Stephen Reinhardt Ruins by Daniel St. Jules One Winged Angel by Fath Daisy dream by Michal Uhrin DanceQueen by Liza Kliko Vote now!
95 New Free WordPress Themes!
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advertolog at Tuesday ~ January 01, 2008
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By Amy Armitage Thanks to all our designers for their fantastic submissions. Tomorrow we will announce the final 12! Meanwhile you can visit our to download and use these free themes. Below are some screen shots of some of the themes available and they are just gorgeous! Enjoy!
Round Six WordPress Theme Contest - Entry Chosen for Final 12!
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advertolog at Monday ~ January 01, 2008
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By Amy Armitage Round 6 voting for our WordPress design contest has ended and the finalist is… Spa by Kate! Congratulations Kate! Don’t forget all entires close tomorrow and on Wednesday we will announce the 12 finalists!
Robbing Your Customers?
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advertolog at Tuesday ~ January 01, 2008
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By Amy Armitage has had a billing glitch and has billed hundreds of customers for as much as 2 years in advance, with debits/charges up to $9000 in some cases. Last year DreamHost wrote this post on their blog: It’s something we like to do every day! Yep, the secret to our crazy low prices and amazing ferraris, finally revealed: We take your billing address and go to your homes at night to steal your jewelry, plasma TVs, and all valuable toiletries! Not to mention all the credit card numbers we get fund our wild vegas benders (roulette is a great way to launder money) and (Damn and not sharing the credit card info with us!) Yeah, overall it’s a pretty sweet scheme we’ve had these past and now that we’ve you’ll never catch us, coppers! – WOW …. /shakes head @ DreamHost At the time, we remained silent and didn’t play their sleazy games, yet today on we heard about their latest fiasco… For all DH webmasters looking for an escape, Lunarpages has created a coupon code just for you! Use code DHRefugees to receive $40 off hosting with Lunarpages and we will also buy out the remainder of your contract with DreamHost! (Up to 9 months!) If you have several months left on your contract with DH, sign up for Lunarpages and email us your billing receipt (not the triple billing ones.. lol) and we will add that extra time to your account with us! A Renown Web Development Technician and Software Development Lead (who has never worked for Dreamhost – then again, who would??) told me that this kind of “glitch” could have a drastic effect on Dreamhost customers for the next several YEARS. He basically told me, “It’s not something that can be fixed overnight, as it’s a complicated system error – if their technicians made the mistake of pushing this change live without waiting to check a simple date stamp, then there’s most likely other glitches that are going unnoticed.” He told me to let everyone know to beware of false status messages stating things are OK, because this isn’t the kind of thing that can be fixed within a few hours – he said he wouldn’t be surprised if their systems crashed due to some of the fatal errors in their portal infrastructure, so if you’re still uploading files to Dreamhost, I’d be very careful they’re not sensitive client information or any files you want to actually keep!! Wanna play ball now DH?
WordPress Design Contest - Vote on Round 6!
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advertolog at Monday ~ January 01, 2008
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By Amy Armitage This week is our last round of voting and we have 5 more themes to vote on. Contest entries close on January 22nd so you can still enter and you may be one of the 6 entries we choose to go up against the finalists from week 1 - 6 voting. The final 12 will be announced on January 23rd, so you still has a chance to win! A new poll with the final 12 (6 from weekly polls and 6 of Lunarpages choice) will be posted on January 23rd and voting will run for 2 weeks, closing on February 13th. The winners will be announced February 24th 2008, via our blog and will be featured in our February Newsletter! To check out the prizes up for grabs, visit our . Designers can submit as many entries as they want! Vote for your favorite theme for round 6! One Winged Angel by Fath Espreson Theme by Sarbartha Das Midnite by Nathan Parikh Biru 2.0 by Neutronics Spa by Kate Vote Now!
Round Five WordPress Theme Contest - Entry Chosen for Final 12!
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By Amy Armitage Round 5 voting has closed and we had a clear winner! The finalist is… ModernMagic by Lorelei Congratulations Lorelei!
70,000 Web Pages Hacked By Database Attack
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advertolog at Tuesday ~ January 01, 2008
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I saw this story at Web Host Magazine reporting on Web sites that naively call for user input, then fail to put strict checks on what that input may be, are susceptible to SQL injection attacks. Security is an oft overlooked issue for many of us who own and operate multiple sites. Now just might be a good time to check under the hood of your server for any potential exploits. Procrastinate on other things, not your site security! | |
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