Ipower

May 16, 2007 by Administrator

Ipower

If you want a really reliable website based on 4 data centers than this is the one for you.

Ipower is one of the pioneers in the hosting industry. With more than 700.000 hosting accounts worldwide they are the fifth largest Website Hosting Company worldwide. Their 4 data centers across the US make them one of the most reliable web host in industry.

Ipower was the leader in hosting industry for several years and was parading with his one plan solution for a low price.

Starter plan includes what you need for a small website for a cheap price, and the pro plan offers a whole bunch of extras, including Yahoo and Google advertising credit.

Ipower has its own control panel called Vdeck, which is extremely easy to use. Their support is ok, but not the best in the industry.

Features of the Pro plan:
300 GB space/ 2,500 Emails, 3000 GB of Bandwidth, FREE Domain Name, E-Commerce Enabled, Marketing Package, Website Builder & Templates, Host 6 Domains in 1.
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Host Monster

May 16, 2007 by Administrator

Hostmonster

If you are looking for a proven BlueHost reliability and superb services and want to host unlimited websites than this is the best option!

Hostmonster is a BlueHost brand. It was founded in 1999, but it has been actively been in business from January 2006.

We have made exception by listing this one, because all websites are hosted on BlueHost technology, which has proved very reliable and trustworthy. (See our criteria)

So what is the difference between BlueHost And Hostmonster? They have a little different Control Panel. Hostmonsters is a little easier to use, interface is more beginner friendly. They now both offer users to host unlimited websites with 300Gb space, 3000 Gb bandwidth. Everything else is very similar to BlueHost. Support is excellent and so is the package.

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Blue Host

May 16, 2007 by Administrator

BlueHost

If you are looking for a excellent support with excellent features for a small price than Bluehost is for you. Recommended by WordPres.org

BlueHost is one of the fastest growing Hosting Companies in the world. They operate more than 200.000 hosting accounts and their services are excellent! They have started their business in 2003, but their CEO, Matt Heaton has been in hosting business since 1996, so they know what they are doing.

The best thing is they listen to their customers! Some users on forum were talking how nice it would be to have some extra features with their hosting account and after I while, everyone were upgraded with this feature! So they really care for you as their customer.

Ok here are the features: 300 Gb Hosting Space, Free Domain Name, Host unlimited domains on 1 Account, 2,500 POP Email Accounts, 3,000 GIGS of Transfer, 50 mySQL databases, Free Fantastico, 24/7 Superb/Responsive Sales/Support, 2003 Front Page Extensions, Free Site Builder, Joomla Autoinstall, WordPress Autoinstall – Bluehost is recommended as No.1 Registrar by WordPress.org. You can also pay by paypal.

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Break free with your site

May 16, 2007 by Administrator

Break free with your site

This step is called Power Step. This step is a little different … we` re going to talk about YOU.

You see, no matter how many tutorials you read, the ONE ingredient that will make or break your dreams is your own willingness to take action.

Over the years I have met many people …all dreamed about starting their own website. And I` ve noticed something very sad.

Lot of these dreamers had great ideas
They spent endless hours reading, planning, preparing. They also bought books and guides.
But they NEVER put their ideas into action.

And here is the fundamental truth: no action, no results.

How many times over the past weeks or even months have you dreamt about starting your website. Creating your blog, where you could write about things you love. Or starting an online business that would change your life?

Well, you can change all that today..

Hosting Residence + Web Star Pack = Success!

Step 1 – How to Create a Website Plan

May 16, 2007 by Administrator

1. Set your Site Goals

Ask yourself what do I want to achieve with my website, what is the purpose of my site. Do I want to build a family website to share photos and movies? Do I need to cover an event like wedding or reunion? Or is it a Blog that i want, to express myself and write about things I love? This are called personal websites. It is easy to create them.

If you have a company you need a business website. The one that would tell your potential customers more about your products and enable them to buy your products online.

You will choose a domain name and hosting depending on your website type so take a moment and decide what kind of website do you want.

2. Can I build a website myself?

Yes. Creating a simple website is easy! People often get turned off, because they don`t know whats involved in creating a site. And they get encouraged when I tell them that it takes less than an hour to create a Blog.

3. Think how would you like your site to look like.

Website Design

I am sure you have seen beautiful websites and thought yourself wow…I would like to have a site that would look like this one. Well you can. There are thousands of fantastic templates you can use. When you spot a website try wo look at it with webmaster eyes. Try to recognize elements like navigation (usually on left or top), content (usually in the middle) and Ad space. This will help you choosing what kind of design you want for your website. Here are some common design layouts:

Website Structure

Things you want to put on your website need to be organized and connected. The very first page you seen when you visit a website is called index or home. This page is very important because it is the first thing your visitors will see. On index page there are links to other pages like about me, contact, site map and others.

Try to draw a tree with index on top and connect it with your topics with lines. It should look like this:

This will get you a wider look of your project, so you don’t get lost along the way. Here is an great article for those who want to know more about Website planning.

Great! I trust you about what kind of website do you want. I know you have followed Action steps and now have a plan about your website. Now I will tell you how to choose a best domain name for your new project.

Create pages with Dreamweaver

May 11, 2007 by Administrator

What is Dreamweaver?

Dreamweaver is one of the best Website Creating Programs. It is used by beginners and professionals and that makes it special. Basic functions are easy to use, but when you need advanced functions you can count on Dreamweaver. It is a WYSIWYG editor which stands for What You See is What You Get. So the page you will be editing right now will look the same in Dreamweawer as in Web browser.

Creating a simple html with text

Open Dreaweaver.
Click on Create New Html. A blank page opens.
Enter title of your web page and insert some text into a blank window.

Customizing text in Dreamweaver

It is very easy to do it.

Select text you want to edit.
Clik on function in properties pane you want to apply. If you want to bold text click on B icon.
Below is a sample with text in bold, italics, left, right and center oriented text and some blue colored text.

Where to get Dreamweaver

I suggest you first get a trial, and if you like it, buy Dreamweaver on Amazon because you will save some money.

Basic HTML tags

May 10, 2007 by Administrator

Once you know how to create a blank website it is very easy to add some more text and experiment with different HTML tags.

Try these ones if you want to modify text properties

This text is bolded.

This text is in italic.

This text is underlined.

Each tag needs to have a start and an end. After always comes .Easy Huh?

How about creating a paragraph?

No problem.To start a paragraph write a tag and to end it, write . The same as with other tags, parapgraph tag needs to be ended.

Ok, but I want my paragraph to be aligned right.

Here is what to do. To align a text you need to change tag to

To align text to left simply replace the word right to left. To center text, replace the word right with center.

I want a line of text to STAND OUT!

This is why they invented Heading tag, also called Headings. To make your text stand out, surround your text with <h1>your text</h1>. H1 is the biggest, H2 is a bit smaller, H3 is even smaller and so on to H6.

Be carefull with Headings. If there is too much text in it, it may be hard to read.

Play around with those and you will learn a lot. Oh, probably you are wondering if there are any other tags?

You bet! There is actually a great site that has a list of all HTML tags with descriptions.

Create your first HTML page right now

May 10, 2007 by Administrator

Congratulations! Decision to learn HTML is one of the best investments in your life. The reason I am successful in Internet marketing, has roots in the year 1998, when I discovered HTML and other web languages.

Wanna create your first HTML document?

Start up a Notepad and paste in these lines:

<html>
<head>
<title>My first HTML page</title>
</head>
<body>
Learning HTML is easy! This text is bolded because it is surrounded by b tags 
</body>
</html>

Save as firstpage.html

Now double click on firstpage.html and it should open in Web Browser!

How does HTML work?

HTML language uses tags to tell computer what we want to do.

First tag in our example is <html>. It tells browser that this document is written in HTML Language. As you can see at the end there is a </html> tag. This tag e tells browser this is the end of our web page. Everything what is between those tags is our web site.

Next tag is <head> </head>. What is between these tags is not shown in the browser, because it is a special tag used for search engines and browsers.

<title>My first HTML page</title> – Each website needs a title, that is what title tags are for.

<body> </body> – This is body tag. Everything you put between these two tags will be visible in the browser. You can insert text, images, sounds or anything you like.

This text is bold because it is surrounded by b tags – bold tag is one of the tags used for customizing text. If you surround a word or an entire sentence, it will be shown in bold.

Tags, tags, tags

You will see that in HTML everything is about tags. There are lots of tags, but they are very obvious so you don`t have to memorize them to be able to use them. If you want to learn more about HTML go to HTML.net. This is really a great site for HTML beginners. Another one I recommend is W3Schools.

Have fun!

5 Tips to Improve your Web Design

May 8, 2007 by Administrator

1. Select appropriate page layout

There is not a universal page layout to be used for all websites. Some sites use 2 colums, 3 columns, even 4 for main page layout. It depends on web site type and your needs.Most common wed design is with navigation on left side and text on right.

This is a typical 2 column layout. If you add a column on right you get a 3 column page layout. Right column is often used for secondary navigation, advertisement block or additional information. So it really depends on what elements you want on your site.

Layout Design 1	Layout Design 2

2. Make a clean and easy to use navigation.

You don`t want your visitors to get lost. So instead of tricky drop down menus or even worse, flash menus use simple text navigation that is good for users and search engines. Several Researches show that Western societies feel more comfortable with navigation on left side.

3. Use standard fonts

People will visit your website with different Web Browsers and different Operating Systems. If you want your site to look the way you build it use standard fonts like Arial, Times new Roman and Verdana.

4. Limit your color palette to 2 or 3 colors.

Great Web Designs are the simplest ones. Choose three colors that look great together and use them consistently across your site. That way you will have a clear and eye friendly web site.

5. Optimize your graphics for fast loading.

No one waits for slow pages to load, they simply click away. Control size of your images, compress them and resize them so they can be downloaded fast!

BONUS WED DESIGN TIP:

If you are in doubt use rule: less is more. Web design and graphics mean nothing if your site is cluttered with garbage. Remember that people search for information, not fancy web sites that load for eternity.

Enjoy making your site!

5 Tips to Improve your Web Site Content

May 7, 2007 by Administrator

1. Make logical sections of your page

Users will easier navigate through your site if you organize content in meaningful sections. Don`t just throw everything in one box. Structure your web site content to flow naturally from one idea to another. Make sure you include Site map, About and Contact page.

2. Each section should have a separate page

Whenever I open a website and see that scrollbar on right keeps getting smaller and smaller, i start to roll my eyes. I mean, who has time to scroll down for two minutes. Unless nature of your website needs it, try to avoid it!

What you should do is think of your website as it was a book. Each chapter is a separate unit, but it is connected with on chapter before and after. I try to follow the idea 1 page = 1 idea = 1 keyword. This is good for visitors as well for search engines.

3. Break long text into smaller blocks.

If you have a larger text that needs to be on one page, break it into several paragraphs for better readability. What also works is adding some eye catchers such as Headings, small graphics, or other elements to divide long monotonous text blocks.

4. Keep it simple and readable.

Unless you are writing an science article, try to use common language that your target audience will understand. If people get bored reading one article, why should they read another one. They will go away and probably not come back. So make sure content of your web page is interesting and easy to read.

5. Write web content in text editor

Prepare all your texts in a text editor, before you paste them into your web page. There are several reasons for this. Firstly, it will check your spelling. And secondly, you can check how many words have you written. You should hit at least 200-250 words for each page you put online.

BONUS TIP:

No matter what your website is about, content (text) is still the number 1 factor why people visit web sites. If you really want success than care for your content and care for your visitors. Tell something of real value to your visitors and write it with grace.

Good luck with your site!