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Got Talent? Submit Your Work!
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advertolog at Friday ~ March 03, 2008
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By Mitch “Your Talent Agent” Keeler If you have a nack for writing or helping other people out please feel free to submit your own work to us. We are looking to feature one customer written article per month in our . The only thing that we ask is that the work is your own and does not belong to anybody else. Each month, month after month we will select one to toss into the Newsletter for the month. Interested? Submit your articles to with the title “LP Newsletter Article Submission”. Also be sure to include your Lunarpages hosted URL and name so that we can give you a shout out for your fabulous work. Starting next month we will feature one customer article per newsletter. If we don’t use your article one month, we will keep it on record and we may use it the next month.
7 Ways to a Better Web Site
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advertolog at Thursday ~ March 03, 2008
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By Mitch “Self Helper” Keeler The question is, “How do I make my web site better?” and the answer could be given to you many different ways by many different people. There are often seven rules I tend to live by when it comes to webmastering, so I thought I would share them with you so that you too can learn from my own trial and error. 1. Look towards your friends - Many people overlook their friends as people who can help with their web site. You can use your friends to write up content for you, hire them for work (design, writing or other) or even just ask them to spread the word around about your online resource. 2. Update on a schedule - You need to find a schedule for updating your web site and stick with it. If your web site it static (not updated often) then you might be able to get away with checking up on things every two weeks or so. If you have a lot of content being posted though, you need to set aside a certain time to work on the web site. 3. Do it right the first time - Don’t half way do things right and then think, “well, if it becomes a problem I can always fix it later” because chances are later will never happen because you’ll find something else to fill your time with. Even if it takes a little more time, doing it right the first go around might save you on time and aggravation later on down the road. 4. Branch out your ideas - Don’t be afraid to branch out to related topics. For an example, if you are running a web site about shoes and you want to add some more content to your web site, then why not talk about shoe laces or those gel thingies you stick in your shoes to make them feel better? Find areas you can branch out in so your idea well never runs dry. 5. Find others like yourself - You can’t run a successful site these days without socializing yourself. Get out there virtually or in the real world and meet others who do the same thing that you do. Talk about how they cover things, how you cover things and you might even build a business relationship that will benefit you later on down the road. 6. Don’t waste time on design - Having a aesthetically pleasing to the eye is a grand idea to be apart of, but if you have all cosmetics and no guts to your web site, then you are left with 9/10 of the Baywatch life guards. 7. Features are nice, but content is king - I feel like I have given this last tip the most, mainly because I would consider it the most important and if you can hit this proverbial nail on the head with your webmastering hammer you don’t need me helping you. Make sure the content you have is not just there to take up space. Make sure it is both quality filled and that somebody is getting something out of it. Check out each of your pages, and if you can’t say that somebody is better off by reading your page then you need to ditch it or re-work it till it is serving a purpose for the average user. One more suggestion, not on this list, that I can share with you is have a passion for what you are doing. If you are working on a web site of any kind, and you don’t care about it - it will show in your final product. You have to think of your web site as a child of your own, and treat it as such. Take care of it right, and it will grow to become a success, no matter what your final target might be.
Send Us Your WordPress Questions
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advertolog at Wednesday ~ March 03, 2008
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By Mitch "WordPress Guru" Keeler WordPress might be one of the more popular blogging tools and scripts out there today, but there are still many unanswered questions about it. Over the next few weeks I thought it might be a good idea to tackle some of these questions right here. If you have a general WordPress question that has been keeping you up at night, feel free to send it my way to . Make sure you put in the title "Lunartics WordPress Question" so I can be sure to see it and also include your name and your Lunarpages hosted web site (if yo have one). As an example, lets tackle the question of changing your blog’s title. To change the name or title of your blog, you will need to login to the WordPress admin interface, usually found at: yourdomain.com/wp-admin/ From there, click on Options and then the General tab. To change the title of your blog, find where it says "Blog title:" and put your own title into the text box next to it. You can also change your in the text box under your title box. Once you have done that, hit the "update options" button and you are done. Remember to keep your questions general if possible, so that way everybody can get something out of the answer. Have a WordPress question? and see it answered right here!
Link Checking with Xenu Link Sleuth
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advertolog at Tuesday ~ March 03, 2008
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By Mitch “Link Crawler” Keeler Finding broken or inactive links in your web site can be a painful thing for any big web site to do. If only you had your own little crawler that would check through all of the links to make sure that all of them were in working order. Well thankfully there is such a free program, or I would have lost my sanity doing this by hand a long time ago. is a free program, that does a great job checking web sites for broken links. Link verification is done on “normal” links, images, frames, plug-ins, backgrounds, local image maps, style sheets, scripts and java applets. Xenu Link Sleuth Pro: Makes a painful process a whole lot easier. Xenu Link Sleuth Con: Could use a more user friendly interface. | If you need any help in installing or using the product, be sure to check their for more information in that regard. I think that Xenu Link Sleuth is yet another freeware download you can not miss if you spend a lot of time and money managing your own digital empire on the Web. + 
Managing Your Project Links
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advertolog at Monday ~ March 03, 2008
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By Mitch "Mr. Organization" Keeler There is no doubt that when you sign on the dotted line and get your hosting plan of any type, shape or size (you know, we do that sort of thing ) you are given a lot of links to keep track of. You have the link to your customer account page, to your own domain, to manage your domains. Now the Customer Account Page does a good job for most at centralizing all your Lunarpages goodies but I thought I would share my way of doing things. In your browser’s bookmarks make a folder named projects and a folder named admin. In the projects folder I want you to create a new folder for each domain you are hosting. Inside of this folder you would put all the links you want quick reference to (such as actual domain links, cPanel links, stats and more). It should look something like this: Projects Folder YourDomain1.com Folder - Control Panel Link - Actual Domain Link - Stats Now if you put all the important links by domain inside of the projects folder then what is the admin folder for? This would be for the domain links that you use the most. For an example, if you installed WordPress you would be logging in there more often than cPanel, right? Just fill this folder with links for the admin interface for the scripts you have installed on your hosting account. Here is an example of that: Admin Folder - YourDomain1.com WordPress Admin - Your2ndDomain.com SMF Admin Screen Then you can go on and on from there. What organizational tips do you use to manage your own web site links? I’d love to hear them if you have any that are really unique.
Lunarpages Heads to Texas: SXSW Trade Show
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advertolog at Thursday ~ March 03, 2008
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We have some big news for folks who want to learn more about Lunarpages, , and all of our many web hosting services - Lunarpages is going to Texas! ;D More specifically, if you are attending the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas, you can meet up with our National Sales Manager, Louie DiGiorno, and get some information on our Dedicated Server Hosting Plans, Lunarpages Web Hosting, or if you just want to come by for a chat as a current or potential customer, we’re up for that as well. ;) The SXSW Festivals are designed with the geeky but also the creative professional in mind. The SXSW festival offers panels, keynote discussions and evening events, and a chance to meet the Lunarpages Dedicated Server team at the Trade Show. So if you’re in Austin or are planning to go to SXSW March 13-15, check out Booth 229 and come say hello!
Web Developer for Firefox
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advertolog at Thursday ~ March 03, 2008
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By Mitch “The Developa” Keeper When you talk about awesome tools for Firefox to make your web development job just that much easier you can’t overlook the . The best thing about this freeware download is that it mixes two great things into a handy tool to keep close at hand (Firefox and the Web Developer tools). Once installed the addon will add a menu and a toolbar with various web developer tools. You can mess around with CSS, forums, resize the window, view the source and more. For a total rundown it might be best to for every single feature because there are just too many to name right here, right now. Web Developer Pro: The king of the mountain when it comes to Firefox/web dev tools. Web Developer Con: Kind of bulky toolbar, but can always be hidden away. | The Web Developer toolbar for Firefox is a must have for those of us out there that both use Firefox and spend a lot of time hacking away at web sites, trying to make them better than they were. It has all the tools you would ever want right there in one simple toolbar and it will not cost you a penny to use. + 
2 New Addons for Lunarpages Shared Customers!
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advertolog at Tuesday ~ March 03, 2008
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by Tiara Rea Because offering Unlimited Add-Ons and 1500 GB storage space just isn’t enough, Lunarpages has two more incredible announcements to tell you about! Omg, this is big news, guys. SSH access to our Basic and Business shared servers has always been a major concern of ours, as we don’t want to put customers who don’t need it on servers with those who do. So, to keep everybody secure, you can now pay an additional $2/mo to be placed on a SSH Shared Server! So if you need root access for your website, just let us know and we can move you to one of these special servers. And if you don’t need SSH access, don’t fear – your account will remain untouched and you will not be placed on a server that allows it. 2) Apache 2 Available Yep, more amazing news. If you want Apache 2, just add it to your web hosting purchase at no additional charge! And if you’re an existing customer who would like Apache 2, let us know and we’ll move you to an Apache 2 server for free. That way, everybody who doesn’t need it can remain where they are, but if you can’t live without Apache 2, you can move without hassle. ;) That’s pretty much the rule of thumb here at Lunarpages – give the customer exactly what they need and maintain as much convenience as possible. Enjoy, everybody!
1) SSH/Shell Access available!!
5 Tips to Make Your Site Sticky
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advertolog at Monday ~ March 03, 2008
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By Mitch “Tipster” Keeler Think of it as one of those sticky fly traps you hang outside in the summer to keep the flying insects away from your BB&Q. You don’t want to just lead people to your site, you want to lead them to it - get them interested and then catch them. Don’t let them go because they might not come back. Hooking visitors is a sweet science I am not sure anybody has really mastered to a T (or Mr. T). These tips should help you get on the right track though when it comes making your visitors come back. Social Interaction - Add something like the or badges to your web site so that people can share that information with others in the way that suits them best. Vote - Don’t overlook the idea of adding polls to your web site layout. Giving your viewers something to do will keep them on your web site a little longer. One easy way of getting a poll up and running would be via . Blog it - Think your web site is a little light weight, and could use some more “meat and potatoes”? A blog would be a great way to fill your web site out a little more and keep your visitors coming back for more. I would highly suggest installing for your blogging needs, but there are . Build a Community - Forums always come in handy to help build a community or start one. is probably the most reliable of the bunch in my opinion. With it your visitors can talk with you and each other. Syndication - If you can, toss in some RSS feeds for your visitors to grab. This way they can subscribe to your web site’s content, get updates about your latest news, and have a trail back to your web site past that first visit. Once you do get an RSS feed going hook it up with a service like to track how many people are subscribing. Know of anymore helpful tips to make you web site viewers come back for more? I’d love to hear ‘em.
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