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7 Most Retweeted Blog Posts of 2009
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I always love seeing people sharing the tutorials and articles we write up on a daily basis over at the Lunarpages Lunartics web hosting blog. Over the past year, we have seen a surge of popularity, and also a surge in retweeted links via Twitter for each of our posts that have been made.
Rather than just give you the most popular blog posts of 2009, I thought I would turn toward our great Twitter followers and give you seven of the most retweeted Lunartics blog posts in 2009.
40 CSS Layouts to Help with the Basics
When searching through some of my personal favorite CSS and design resources, I stumbled upon an old favorite of mine – Layout Gala. It might be a ‘bit old, but the advice and layouts here are as good now as they were then.
Make Your Pages More Tweet-ccessible
Want to make your web page a little more accessible to Twitter users? You might look to add the re-tweeter from TweetMeme to your own web site layout. You (or your fans) can promote your web site using the TweetMeme button. It is a simple and easy way to integrate Twitter onto your blog and web site.
Introduction to Mind Maps for Webmasters
When it comes to planning out a brand new web site, organizing your thoughts can be rather difficult. You might know you want to design a web site about a specific topic, but can’t decide what else you might need in that web site to help it become successful. Mind maps are one great way to get your jumbled thoughts about your site organized.
WordPress Hosting at Lunarpages
All this month, on the Lunartics blog, we will highlight some of our favorite third-party scripts. From image galleries to message boards, there will be a little something for everybody. To get things started, I thought I would discuss with you why WordPress is my absolute favorite blogging script.
I have been spending a lot of my time on Facebook here recently. I am far from being a Facebook expert, however I do have a few tips for you if you have not tried it yet, or you were scared away. Here are some of my own Facebook tips for those of you who might be new to the social networking scene.
10 Awesome Blog Clients to Help You Write
Great tools do not make you a great writer, however it can make you a more productive one. Here are ten of my favorite blog clients – in no specific order. By using a desktop client to update your blog (rather than the web site interface) you can often gain features like being able to draft a post locally, or get your hands on even more tools to edit your articles. These selections have those abilities and many more included.
Grab a Number of Cool Google Gadgets
The gadget team over at Google have made it really easy to grab any number of tools they have featured there and display them on your web site. At the time of writing this, they have over 175,000 little boxes of information to share with your own visitors.
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Lunarpages is much more than just a web host, we are one big helpful community of users and staff alike, all willing to help each other out.
How Anybody Can Install WordPress
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As you can tell, if you have been to any of my web sites, I really enjoy WordPress a lot as a way to self-publish my content Online. WordPress is often known for it’s simple installation process too.
However, many people might still be confused on how to get started with WordPress, so I thought it would be a good idea to go through the steps with you, to make you feel more at home with the process.
How to Install WordPress on Your Hosting Account
The first step would be to download and unzip the WordPress package to your computer. I often like to put it on my desktop, as I use that as a workspace for all my various projects.
Setup the MySQL Details
Next, you will login to your web hosting control panel and create a MySQL database user, a MySQL database, and then assign that MySQL user to the MySQL database in question. Various web hosts and various control panels will have different ways to get this done. My advice would be to check with your web host, if you are unsure how to do so.
Now, open up that WordPress folder you saved earlier, and rename the file wp-config-sample.php to just wp-config.php. Open the wp-config.php file, and fill in your database details (the database name, user name and the password assigned to the user).
Important: Never use a word processor like Microsoft Word for editing WordPress files! You need to user a simple text editor, such as Notepad.
Upload WordPress to the Hosting Server
After you have saved the wp-config.php file with all the settings it needs to use to connect, it is time to upload the WordPress files to their new home.
- If you want WordPress to show up under your main domain, be sure to upload all of the files into your public_html folder.
- If you want WordPress to show up under a folder (such as /blog/), be sure to upload all the files into a folder located in /public_html/blog/. I’m simply using “blog” as an example. You could name the folder whatever you want to name it.
Last, but not least, run the WordPress install script by going to yourdomain.com/wp-admin/install.php, or if you installed it into it’s own folder, go to yourdomain.com/blog/wp-admin/install.php. Remember that “yourdomain.com” and “blog” are just examples here, be sure to change them to fit your own web site preferences.
Now simply follow the on-screen instructions and you are all set! I hope this tutorial comes in handy the next time you install WordPress on your own web hosting space.
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Choosing the Best Web Hosting Solution for Your Blog
Posted by: | CommentsBlogging has become a common way to publish content and express yourself online. This popularity is reflected in the countless number of new blogs that go up each day. No longer do you have to be restricted on who you to run your blog with because you can easily host it yourself on a variety of platforms. Before creating your blog site and throwing up your first post, there are some important factors that deserve careful consideration.
What Blog Software Will You Use?
There are many blogging applications available to you, with WordPress, Blogger and b2evolution being among the most widely used. This is all a matter of preference, but it should help to know that WordPress is the most popular of the bunch. Supported by a large community of developers and users, WordPress is highly customizable through a vast selection themes, widgets and endless plugins. Regardless of the platform, you may want to put an emphasis on ease of use as some blogging applications are more complex than others.
Free or Paid Blog Hosting?
When making the decision to set up a blog site, you also need to determine if you want a free or paid hosting service. Free services are abundant and usually do not force you to litter your pages with third-party advertisements like free web hosting offerings. However, there are some disadvantages you should know about. Opting for free blog hosting restricts you in terms of features and control, factors that could possibly limit your potential. If you want to make the most of your blogging experience, it would be best to purchase an affordable web hosting plan that comes with free blog support. Being that blogging has become such a phenomenon, rest assured that these services are plentiful on today’s competitive market.
Finding a Host
If you decide that paid hosting is the best move for you, the next thing you need to consider is the company that will be hosting your blog site. In the past, finding a good web host was a rather tedious process that often left prospective customers worn and frustrated. Things have changed as more resources are now available to aid in your search. There are numerous sites online that provide side-by-side comparisons of companies offering blog hosting services. These sites generally tell you the price you will need to pay for the service and the type of blog supported along with other specifications such as the amount of disk space and bandwidth included in the package. Review sites also make a good source of information, particularly the ones that offer both expert opinions and feedback from real users.
Technology just keeps moving along but it is hard to imagine an internet and World Wide Web without the blog. This medium is here to stay and will likely evolve with improvements that make the experience even more worthwhile. If you can find a web hosting solution that provides adequate support for your specific needs, a blog can give you a viable and near flawless connection to the rest of the world.
iPhone Domainers Beware : Apple might get you
Posted by: | CommentsFounder and chief editor of MacRumors.com recently wrote this in his blog ..
After Apple’s aggressive defense of the iPod-related domain names, it seemed obvious they weren’t going to let people get too comfortable with the many iPhone domain names.
Vincent Nguyen of MyiPhone.com writes that he was excited to meet Steve Jobs at D: All Things Digital, but that excitement quickly turned to a sickening feeling:
Turns out, Steve isn’t such a great fan of MYiPhone as we are about the phone itself. His comment to me about the site was “I recommend you changing the name, we have a team of lawyers to go after that kind of stuff.” Well, you could’ve knocked me over with a Mac mini. He mentioned that we should change it to anything other than iPhone in the name.
Apple has been aggressively pursuing commercial websites using the “iPod” as part of their domain. The most prominent move was iPodLounge moving to iLounge. While I have no official confirmation that Apple “forced” this particular move, Apple’s interest in the iPod name was certainly a factor.
I personally don’t thing that the name could do any harm to apple as whole website was related to iPhone and indirectly promote iPhone ….. on second thought, why would they need anymore popularity 
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