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Lunar News – April 2010
Posted by: | CommentsThe fresh smell of Spring is in the air, and Lunarpages is jumping with joy over some of the most recent news, features and more that we’d just love to share with all of you. Here is some of the most recent news this month.
Quality Payment Processing Solutions
Lunarpages has teamed up with First Data to bring to you more ways to grow your business with every sale, every customer, every day with quality payment processing.
They are here to help you:
- Accept more forms of payment — Visa®, MasterCard®, Diners Club®, American Express®, Discover® Network and JCB®, plus gift cards and more
- Improve cash flow — Receive funds quickly from the bank of your choice
- Receive personalized support — Superior technical support 24/7/365
- Easily manage your transaction data — FREE online reporting and account information anywhere, anytime
Learn more about this great new additional service and how you can get it added to your own web hosting account on the new Payment Processing solutions page at Lunarpages.com.
Winners for the March Web Site Redesign Contest
Last month, we told you about our web site redesign giveaway and now, we are happy to announce the winners that will be getting their web sites made over by Evolve Thought Media Group.
- Accès Asie (http://www.accesasie.com/)
Selected due to the fact that they are a not for profit organization hosting large events for the Chinese community in Montreal, Canada. If you are in the Montreal area be sure to checkout this year’s Montreal Asian Heritage Festival. - Penndel Mental Health Center (http://www.penndelmhc.org/)
Selected based on many factors; the first being that we feel their current website certainly does not serve their center justice. Secondly Penndel is a private non for profit organization. - Legal Humor (http://www.lawtunes.com/)
To be perfectly honest we find this concept quite unique and funny. We’re more than happy to help promote it!
Congratulations to the winners, thanks to Evolve Thought Media Group for helping us with this, and as always, stay tuned for more great web hosting giveaways and contests!
Gain New Exposure to Your Site for Free!
Looking for an easy way to gain new exposure to your own web sites and projects you have hosted here at Lunarpages? Go check out our community at Lunarforums.com. You can easily place your link in your forum signature to gain a few new eyeballs every time you publish your thoughts there, or you could submit your web sites to our Showcase section of the forums, and see where you might improve your design or get opinions on new features.
Go introduce (or re-introduce) yourself to the 43,000+ new friends at Lunarforums.com.
Social Networking News from Lunarpages
Another great way to stay on top of everything we do at Lunarpages is to follow us on Twitter, or go join the Lunarpages Facebook group. Both places will give you even more tips, tutorials and help from places like the Lunarpages Wiki, the Lunartics Blog and all other places from around the Web.
With 1,750 Twitter followers and 877 Facebook group members – we have to be doing something right. Go join us either place, and give us your feedback on what you would like to see.
Also, congrats to the Lunarpages Twitter team for being ranked as an Influential tweeter by Topsy.com.
Webmaster Reseller Program Growing by Leaps and Bounds
The Lunarpages Webmaster Reseller hosting plan is quickly becoming one of the most popular reseller hosting packages on the Web today. Who wouldn’t be excited about these features?
- Free domain name
- 20 GB – 100 GB Disk Space
- 300 GB – 900 GB Bandwidth
- Brandable Control Panels
- Billing Manager Available
- E-commerce Capable
- 24/7/365 Award Winning Support
This web hosting plan is perfect for those webmasters out there, wanting to start their own mini hosting company with the power and performance of Lunarpages.
That is it for the web hosting news in Lunar-land this month. Make sure you check out the rest of the great web hosting newsletter though for more tips, tricks, tutorials and ways to get more use out of your Lunarpages web hosting account.
How to Change Links with CSS
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Links, like just about any other part of a web page, can also be made to look different with some CSS code. Using a CSS, you can easily change the color of link, the size, the background and much more.
Before we get started though, there are four different link states that you may want modify. They are:
- a:link – just your run-of-the-mill regular link
- a:visited – a link that somebody has visited
- a:hover – the effect to the link when somebody mouses over it
- a:active – how a link looks the moment it is clicked
Now that you know the four different link states, how can you modify them?
When adding CSS code to modify the way your links look in a page, you can use just about any CSS property out there. Here are some common link styles you may want to play with.
Take Away the Underline for Links with CSS
If you want to take away the underline from links, try setting the text-decoration CSS property to “none”.
a:link {text-decoration:none;}
a:visited {text-decoration:none;}
a:hover {text-decoration:underline;}
a:active {text-decoration:underline;}
Change the Colors of Links with CSS
Another quick and easy styling tip would be to change the background color or the color of the links themselves. You can do that by using the “color” and “background-color” link properties. Here is an example:
a:link {color:#336699; background-color:#B2FF99;}
a:visited {color:#336699; background-color:#FFFF85;}
a:hover {color:#003366; background-color:#FF704D;}
a:active {color:#003366; background-color:#FF704D;}
Using More Than One Link Style on the Same Page
As an example, let us say you want the box on the left to have blue links, and the box on the right to have red links, all on the same web page. You can do that by using context dependent selectors. The thing to remember is to put the section’s id, class, or span name before the link code like so:
.box1 a:link {color:#336699;}
.box2 a:link {color:#335544;}
I hope that serves a a good introduction into the basics of styling links using cascading style sheet code. This will help you make your links on your web sites more unique to the look and feel that you want your own web site to have.
Tip: When setting the style for several link states, there are some order rules:
- a:hover MUST come after a:link and a:visited
- a:active MUST come after a:hover
Google AdWords & Your Search Engine Marketing Odyssey
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We all know that getting your website set up is just the beginning of growing your online presence. For that reason, Lunarpages is dedicated to bringing you the information and resources you need to accelerate your business growth. Check out our website for information about our search engine marketing programs.
Recently we partnered with Google to send every Lunarpages customer a time-sensitive coupon to try Google AdWords. Be sure to check your mail and be sure to redeem the coupon quickly so you don’t forfeit it!
Our partner, LocalDirective, offers some tips to make best use of your coupon:
- The structure of information in Google is: Campaigns > AdGroups > Text Ads & Keywords.
- Before you get started, determine the geography you want to target. If you plan to target two different geographical areas, you will need to create a campaign for each one.
- For each campaign, you will have at least a few AdGroups. Think about AdGroups as thematic, so that for each area of focus, you will want to have one adgroup. If you are a plumber, for instance, you may have AdGroups for Sewer & Drain Cleaning, Emergency Plumbing, Plumbing Fixture Installation, etc.
- For each AdGroup, you will pick a number of keywords that you believe people might search for, using Google’s Keyword Tool to help you choose.
- For each AdGroup, you will want to set up at least two text ads, and choose to have the ads rotate, so you can find out what appeals most to your audience.
- For each text ad, instead of sending visitors to your home page, send them to the destination page that most closely matches the keywords in the AdGroup.
- Finally, don’t forget to redeem your coupon and set a daily budget so you don’t spend more than you want to!
- Then, sit back and enjoy the fruits of your labor! Best of luck for SPECTACULAR results!!!
LocalDirective Announces The Online Marketing Program Contest Winner
Last month, our partner, LocalDirective held a contest for a FREE 30-day Basic SEM-SEO program, valued at $389. While dozens of entrants vied for the winning entry, alas, only one single winner was chosen. And the winner is….(drum roll, please)…
Donald, from www.fayekimdesigns.com. LocalDirective will be contacting you within the week to get your program set up. Congratulations!!
For the rest of you…you know you must market your website to achieve the fabulous results possible for your business, so contact LocalDirective at 1.888.613.7174 or CustomLP@LocalDirective.com to find out how they can help you achieve out-of-this-world results!
Redirect Links Using the LPCP
Posted by: | CommentsThe Lunarpages LPCP control panel enables web hosting clients with the ability to easily redirect web site visitor traffic from one web page or section of their web site to another. This is done without the need of learning the complicated way of managing domain redirects with .htaccess file manipulation. With this tool, you an easily redirect your web site visitors (permanently or temporally) from one page to another page.
The first step would be to login to your LPCP control panel, and then locate the “Redirects” link in the left side menu.
Once you click that link, you will be taken to the Redirects management web page.
Type
In the type drop down box, you have the choice of creating a permanent (301) redirect or a temporary (302) redirect.
http://(www.)?
In this drop down box, select the domain name for the web site in question, and in the following empty text box, put the address to the rest of the page – as based on the URL address location.
For example, if I wanted to redirect mydomain.com/page/homepage.html I would select mydomain.com from the drop down box, and put in page/homepage.html into the empty text box.
redirects to->
In this empty text box, you want to put the location of the new page you want to redirect to. When inputting the address, be sure to use the full URL path (example: http://www.yourdomain.com/pagetoredirectto.html).
www redirection
You have three choices when it comes to how you want to handle the www in the web site address.
- Only redirect with www
- Redirect with or without www
- Do Not Redirect www
If you check the “Wild Card Redirect” check mark box, you will redirect ALL files within a directory to the same file name in the redirected directory. When you are sure you have filled out all the boxes correctly, hit the button that reads, “Add” to add the redirect automatically.
Once a redirect has been added, it can also be deleted using the “Delete” option listed under the Current Redirects section of the page.
Tip: Are you a web hosting client using cPanel, rather than LPCP? If so, go read through our how to redirect pages in cPanel tutorial, featured on the web hosting wiki.
Claim Your Free Software Bonus from Lunarpages
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Have you laid claim to your $700 worth of free software bonuses and services that Lunarpages gives to their customers? We provide tons of great web hosting specials, and today I am going to show you how you can claim some of the best deals on the Web.
The first thing you will want to do is log into the Customer Account Page. Once there, look for the tab that say, “Specials” and then click it.
From there, you can see all kinds of great deals, such as the Facebook Ads, Google AdWords and MySpace MyAds advertising offers, and also our great Lunarpages gift card options too. What I want you to click on next though, is the big blue banner that reads, “Click here for your $700 Free Bonus!”.
There you go, the next page will show you all the special Lunarpages web hosting offers that you can only get for being a Lunarpages customer. While I can’t show you all the offers here (don’t want to get you too excited, too soon) I can tell you about some of our great partners.
- RatePoint will offer you a 60 day free trial of their premium services
- You can backup your most important files with Photo TurboBackup and maximize your PC settings with WinSettings from fileStream.
- VisitorVille is giving you three free months of their service.
- Create a perfect new logo for your web site with the Logo Creator (Sports & Entertainment Editions).
- DeepTrawl checks your website hosted with Lunarpages for technical & content errors with one click. Scan for broken links, invalid html, spelling mistakes & many other issues.
That is only a small sample and less than 1/4th of what Lunarpages gives to you just for being a web hosting customer with us.
Tip: If you are not a Lunarpages customer yet, be sure to check out our free bonuses page on Lunarpages.com for more information on our great web hosting freebies, deals and bonuses!
Lunar Picks – Favorite Programs and Web Sites
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Nosing around the digital realm that is known as Lunarpages, I decided to start investigating what everybody’s favorite web site or program might be. I know there are several of both that I could not live without. How about you?
Here are the favorite programs and web sites of our impeccable Lunarpages crew:
Monty says Firefox – “It is my tag team partner, helps during any hardship!”
Richard says Thunderbird – “When picking software to use for various reasons (web browser, email client, ftp client, notes program, SVN, etc), I try to always use software that is available across multiple platforms.”
Katrina says GSAK (Geocaching Swiss Army Knife) – “GSAK combines several tools into one to make it easy to manage waypoints and get info needed for Geocaching, my favorite sport.”
Nicole says Google Earth – “It is an important program for me, really helps with traveling and finding tourist attractions.”
Joe says Microsoft Word – “It is one of my favorite programs out of the Microsoft Office suite. I use it for creating reports, taking notes, and even creating greeting cards, for special occasions.”
Michael says VASSAL – “I’m an old school board gamer and live in a pretty remote area so being able to play some of my all time favorite board games with old friends is great.”
Daniel T says Any and All Linux Distros – “We all need to get away from the insanity that is Windows. After 15 years of using Linux, no plans on stopping any time soon.”
Flora says VLC Media Player - “This is one of the best players that I’ve come across; it’s very lightweight and plays just about anything. It also handles incomplete or corrupted files quite well, ensuring me that a specific codec is not missing on the system.”
Katie says Google – “It is always there to give me the information I’m looking for.”
Kris says TomTom GPS – “I have a long and complicated commute to the office, so the TomTom and my iPhone keep me from getting lost.”
Orlando says FileZilla – “It makes my life easier!”
Randy says Adobe Photoshop – “I take a lot of pictures and could not live without a way to edit them.”
Aon says MSN Messenger – “I can keep in touch with many friends at the same time for free.”
David says Google Toolbar – “It provides an easy way to check out a web site’s PageRank, get to Gmail, search and more!”
Deb says Kaspersky Internet Suite – “Since I am pretty much always online, one can never be too safe.”
Mitch says Google Reader - “It allows me to stay up to date on all my favorite blogs and web sites.”
Daniel M says AppCleaner – “Helps clean those files that may possibly be left behind during a regular program removal. (for Mac lovers only!)”
Now it is YOUR Turn to Share!
So, how is that for a selection of unique and useful software? Have your own favorite web site of software you could not live without? Be sure to leave your own favorites in the comments.