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Better Domain Management with Hover
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I am always a little cautious when it comes to domain name companies. The usual formula, if you look at GoDaddy as an example is to offer the basics, and then load you up with a continuation of ads on top of ads trying to trick you into getting extra services you don’t need. However, Hover – from the Tucows company is really breaking the domain name registration mold by offering you more tools and less junk to avoid.
Domain Names Made Simple
Hover is looking to make the domain name registration and management woes we all go through a lot easier. You get all the important basics like domain forwarding, email forwarding and even custom URLs. The prices are also very simple and easy to understand too.
Create Your Own Short Links
The best feature of Hover is the ability to create your own short URLs with your own custom domain, using the Hover tools. All you need to do is install the Hover This! bookmarlet, and then you can create your own list of shared links with your own domain name. So, you no longer have to use somebody else’s domain name in your shortened links.
Great Domain Name Support
Hover’s support and tutorials are also top notch too. They are very simply written, so you can easily understand all the steps and how to do this, that and the other. You can check out the help resources yourself by visiting help.hover.com.
Overall, Hover gets two thumbs up from me. I might even start moving my own domain registrations over from GoDaddy so that I can manage my own domains in a much easier to understand straight-forward interface.
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Web-cp – Free and Open Source Control Panel for Developers
Posted by: | CommentsIf you’re a web developer than you’re probably aspiring to make a significant contribution to the online community. One of the easiest ways to build a custom software without having to devote an exuberant amount of temporal dedication to the project is to use a pre-designed open source platform as your starting point.
Control panels are great projects for novice and intermediate web developers because they provide a productive and useful service to the developer and their clients. Although many people have heard of cPanel, vDeck and other popular control panels, there are many custom solutions currently being implemented by independent developers and their clients. Web-cp provides the perfect base platform for such a custom solution, and the following review outlines the reasons why.
Open Source/Full Featured
One of the most appealing aspects about the Web-cp control panel is the fact that it already includes all of the basic features one would expect from a quality control panel, and it comes in various ‘flavors’.
The Web-cp selection actually consists of 4 different control panels – personal, reseller, domain, and server. Each of these solutions is geared towards a different type of user, and therefore provides a different level of functionality. By providing access to personalized and customizable control panel solutions, Web-cp offers the perfect starting platform for any control panel developer. Each version of the software is specifically designed to create the ideal user interface for the targeted user.
Web-cp Versions
The ‘personal’ control panel lets users perform tasks like editing personal information, changing passwords, and adjust spam control settings. The ‘domain’ version of Web-cp is geared towards domain owners, and lets webmasters add new users, sub domains, domains, aliases, databases, and domain pointers. The ‘resellers’ control panel lets hosting resellers efficiently control the domain accounts of their clients, and the ‘server’ control panel, lets server administrators add and/or modify resellers, monitor and control server usage, edit DNS and VirtualHost templates, and restarts server services. Having this diverse functionality at your fingertips will help you create a perfect control panel solution for your clients, without having to start from scratch.
Development Support
Another aspect of Web-cp that makes it perfect for aspiring control panel developers is the extensive development support offered on the software’s web site. There users can find information about recent Web-cp releases, and research detailed documentation, including information about recently added features, software compatibility, and error reports. The site also provides access to discussion forums, live chat, commercial support, a regularly updated bug tracker, and of course a Frequently Asked Questions section. All of these resources help you create the best control panel solution possible, with minimal experience and web development skills.
Although Web-cp is not currently offered by major hosting providers, and its popularity pales in comparison to that of a cPanel’s, it provides the perfect learning and development environment for those looking to create the next big control panel that will be offered by web hosting companies
Lunar News – December 2009
Posted by: | CommentsLunarpages has not been taking the holidays off. They continue to innovate, excite and excel. What are all the Lunarpages customers talking about this month? Here is your monthly digest of Lunarpages news.
Business and Quicksite Hosting Plan Discounts
Both the Lunarpages Business Plan and the Quicksite Hosting Plan continue to be discounted, to help you save some money.
With the holidays coming up quick, who doesn’t like that? For a limited time, we have lowered the Business hosting plan price to just $18.95 per month. That is a savings of $72 if you sign up for a new Business hosting plan today, for 24 months. The Quicksite hosting plan discount comes to $9.95 per month, if you sign up for 12 months. That is a price drop of $60!
- Learn More About the Business Hosting Plan (and get the discount!)
- Learn More About the Quicksite Hosting Plan (and get the discount!)
Support Lunarpages from Twitter or Facebook
Show your support for the greatest web host on the planet today, Lunarpages, via your Twitter or Facebook icons. You can join these great people here:
All you have to do is:
Step #1: Go to: http://twibbon.com/join/Lunarpages-Web-Hosting
Step #2: Click on the button that says, “Show my support now!”
Show your love for Lunarpages web hosting, and add a Lunarpages Twibbon to your Twitter or Facebook icon today.
Get Your Own In-Demand Domain Name Registered
Are you looking for a domain name, that is hard to come by but worth a lot? Then you need to check out the Lunarpages premium domain lookup tool. This web site will let you search for a keyword or domain and match you up with a domain name that everybody wants to buy.
Once you get it registered, you can then manage your registration for it right at Lunarpages, and also add it to a new or existing hosting plan.
That is it for the news this month. Be sure to stay tuned with all the latest happenings at Lunarpages via our community page. There you can find quick links to our blog, forums, wiki, Twitter account and much more.
Lunarpages October Newsletter
Posted by: | CommentsIt’s close to midnight and something evil is lurking in the dark. No need to worry about the ghosts and goblins tonight, because Lunarpages has got your back with the October edition of our monthly newsletter. Not only do we have the best web hosting guides out there today, but we promise to keep the Wolfman at bay, the Mummy wrapped up, and take a bite out of Dracula himself.
Here are our frightfully delightful tutorials and tips for you this month:
LunarNews: October 2009 – Find out what ghostly news we have to offer you for the spooky month of October. From our social network standings to our outstanding new forum theme, stay up to date with the latest Lunarpages web hosting news for this month.
Free Flash Templates for Your Website! – Lunarpages has teamed up again with the fantastic Flash Template Design team to deliver you a free flash template design you can use with your next NEW web hosting order and $30 discount. In all that is over $90 in saving we are passing back to you when you place your next web hosting order with us for a new hosting plan.
Get Started with Quantcast Tracking – Want to find out more about the people who are visiting your web site? Basic traffic statistics are fine, however do you know what your ratio is in visitors between guys and girls? What age is your average visitor? These stats and more can be really helpful in web site marketing, and we will guide you through the steps to get you setup.
Support Lunarpages from Twitter! - We all love Lunarpages, and some of you even love Twitter too. That’s ok, we won’t be jealous, because now you too can show your support for Lunarpages hosting via your own Twitter badge.
ID vs Class in CSS Web Design – In web design circles, there is a lot of confusion on what the ID and Class tags are used for, and when you should use one instead of the other. This month we’ll take a look at both style sheet techniques and show which one is best for which occasion.
Lunarpages Gives Back to Customers - There is no doubt that Lunarpages loves to pass the saving back to you. This is why, this month, we have decided to showcase four fantastic offers that are only available for Lunarpages web hosting clients.
Mind Maps for Webmasters – Stuck on a new web site idea, or are you looking to develop your current web site even more? Mind mapping is a great technique to use to creatively plan out your web site, your new project or anything else in between. We’ll share with you our thoughts on it, and a cool tool to help you get it done.
20 Ear Entertaining Bookmarks – Time to take a break and listen to some tunes! This month’s link list is based around all the various music web sites on the world wide web. No matter if you are looking for a musical break, or perhaps some interesting inspiration, we have you covered with plenty of useful web sites.
Importance of Permalinks in WordPress – Why are permalinks so important to your WordPress install and your web site you are running? We’ll let you know the answer to this, and also the best techniques in this WordPress tutorial you’ll want to save.
Lunar Picks – What’s Your Favorite Scary Movie? – Time again to listen in on what the Lunarpages crew has to say. This month’s topic is scary movies. So which cult classics made the list, and which were missed out on? Learn about our favorite horror movies, and don’t be shy; share your own in the comments!
We really hope you enjoy this month’s selection of news, tips tutorials and more web have picked out for you. Remember, you can always leave your feedback in the comments for any of these guides and also contact us at affiliate@lunarpages.com. We’d love to hear what you think!
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Grade Your Domain with BuildStats.com
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Looking for a new site to measure the effectiveness of your web site in a number of different ways? BuildStats.com will give you all kinds of details about your domain, or any domain name out there from around the Web.
Some of the statistics included are:
- Indexed pages in Bing, Yahoo, and Google
- Onsite Information
- Rank on Traffic Scoring Sites
- Popularity Graphs
- Social Popularity on the Web
Using tools like this will help you determine where you might need to spend more time working on your web site. For example, if your web site is not the popular across the social sites, you might look into seeing what needs to be done to get your domain mentioned there more.
BuildStats.com is a handy domain scoring tool that you should keep handy.
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Cloudy With a Chance of Web Hosting – Episode 194
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Running Time: 10 minutes | File Size: 4.80 MB
Here are just a few topics from this week’s episode:
Here is this week’s web hosting news headline:
Brinkster Launches URL Shortener – Web hosting provider Brinkster announced this week that it has launched a new URL shortening service it is calling br.st!, throwing its hat into an already quite well-served market associated with several of the most popular social networking services.
Bonus! Check out br.st and see if it is better than the rest!
Trivia Question – True or false, Brinkster’s CEO Jared Stauffer is on Twitter. (to find out the answer, be sure to download and listen to this week’s podcast!)
Tons of fun and useful tools packed into this week’s show. Don’t forget to leave your feedback in the comments or contact me anytime at mitch@mitchkeeler.com. Also, if your like what you hear, and you want to get more subscribe to our RSS feed (it is free to do!) so you never miss another post, interview or podcast!
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