Archive for November, 2007

Buying and Selling Domains

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Many folks are now getting into the internet “gold strike” or “real estate boom” of domain names.  Folks usually try to get lucrative domain names to buy and sell.  You may have already come across folks trying to sell you services or “insider knowledge” in this market.  What are you to think of this type of practice?

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Great Wordpress Plugins

Wordpress offers a great blogging experience. One of the best things about Wordpress is the plugins. Plugins allow you to extend the blog platform. And these plugins are authored by the Wordpress community. And, guess what – they are free! Well, probably 99% of them. Anyway, here are some great plugins that I use regularly.

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Upgrading Wordpress

If you installed Wordpress by yourself, then the time will inevitably come when you need to update. Keep in mind that you could opt to never update, but you will want to reconsider that position. Wordpress is constantly providing upgrades that enhance the functionality of the blogging platform. But, intermittently, you will see security updates. You need to install these. If you don’t, this opens a security hole in your blogging platform and opens your site to attack. Let’s walk through the upgrade process.

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Design Your Web Site

Most people under estimate the design of their website. That’s because most people tend to think in functional terms of the underlying site. They also tend to have their own perspective on the site – on what they would want to see. But design is a very important aspect of your website. It isn’t a “frilly” thing that shouldn’t be considered. Let me give you some reasons that you must consider design and then move onto some ideas for getting a good design.

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Build a Web Site

Okay, you’ve been sitting on the sidelines watching this whole internet thing grow. At first, you thought, “Maybe this is a fad.” But you now realize that this is not going away. The internet is still growing by leaps and bounds both in terms of people getting access and new sites being developed. You want to start from scratch and put a website up. There are many ways to go, but all of them involve some sort of plan to get you there. It’s kind of like building a house. Without a plan, that house would turn into a disaster.

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