February 27th, 2010 by Peter
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Total beginner when it comes to websites? Want a premium looking website, or special content but can’t afford the time and effort it takes to learn HTML or JAVA code – look no further than Fantastico Deluxe. Free with any of hostgator.com’s hosting packages, you can do a one-click install of the below software. List from http://www.netenberg.com/fantastico_scripts.php but revised to be current as of February 27th, 2010.
The following scripts can be autoinstalled using Fantastico De Luxe. Installation procedure takes seconds and can be performed by novices without the need of setting up MySQL databases, importing structure, chmoding files and without the need of other tasks usually associated with installations: » Read more: List of Scripts That Fantastico Deluxe Can Install
February 9th, 2010 by Peter
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It Doesn’t Take a Lot of Time
I think the biggest misconception non-webmasters have about making a website is that it has to take a lot of time, what with all that programming and learning and scary techie things that must have to happen to make a website go. However, such is not really the case.
For the curious, take a look at my Website Completion Checklist – a key tool users of pyneonline.com reference to keep them on track and to set realistic goals for website completion: » Read more: You Want a Website, You Just Don’t Know It Yet – Part 2
February 5th, 2010 by Peter
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And thus begins a 10 part series that will convert web users to web masters. Even you.
Part One: Everyone Has Something to Share with the World
Give me a person and I can give you a website. Not literally of course. What I mean to say is that you have experienced several years of a life so unique that it can only be called yours – even though there’s six and a half billion people in the world. So what? Well, there’s something that you have that nobody else does – and whatever that is will be inherently interesting to a lot of people. For example: » Read more: You Want A Website, You Just Don’t Know It Yet
February 4th, 2010 by Peter
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Is the Best CMS no CMS?
So what CMS is right for you? There’s a ton out there. Some are free, some you pay for – they all have a ton of really cool features. More and more though, people are turning to a simple, easy to use, google PR friendly blog.
Obviously, if you need something complicated like a shopping cart or a forum you’ll still need a CMS- oh, wait, what’s this. Ecommerce themes? Ecommerce plugins? Wow… WordPress e-Commerce Plugin seems to be the standard for a light and cool little shopping cart. They boast “Over 500,000 + downloads, stability, security and tight WordPress integration make it the right choice for growing your business online.” And why not? Admittedly wordpress is a lot easier to use than Joomla or Drupal CMS or any of the other ones out there. SEO is a lot easier too with so many high PR blogs itching to link to cool content for their followers. I’ve seen blogs rack up a PR6 homepage within a couple months of being online, which is just outstanding.
What about forums? Yet again, several plugins exist. I think feature-wise, a wordpress blog has nearly as much going for it as a CMS does. So why even consider CMS?
For me, what it all comes down to is » Read more: Is the Best CMS no CMS?
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