Free hosting is the most basic type of web hosting. Free hosting is generally supported by advertisements, and only offers limited features. This is the best type of hosting for those that are starting out and only need hosting for a small personal site that will require little bandwidth.
Free web hosts will no...
What is Shared Hosting
For many organizations, businesses and people looking to hosting a web site the most often chosen form of hosting is "Shared Hosting". This type of hosting is very cost effective, and for many web sites this is the ideal hosting solution. Shared hosting has both advantages and disadvantages that you need to be aware of before making your decisio...
Small Business Web Hosting Checklist
On the Internet today there is an enormous amount of information about web hosting. There are thousands of different hosting providers offering an even larger number of plans, while this is good for competition, it also makes it hard to decide on which host and plan will suit your needs best, especially when you do not understand all the web hos...
What Is DNS Propagation and Why You Have to Wait 72 Hours
So you have found your domain name, registered that new domain name, and paid for hosting to store all your sites pages ready to be served to your site's visitors. What comes next?
Well we need to point that domain name to the server at your hosting provider where your web site is stored. Firstly DNS stands for Domain Name Server. The wo...
Content Management Systems (CMS) - Is a CMS the correct choice for you?
If you are new to website design, a term that you may have heard lately is "CMS". In this article I will outline what a CMS is and list the advantages of using one.
The term "CMS" is short for Content Management System, basically a Content Management System is a piece of software used to assist its users in the process of managing websit...
Why Dogs Bark
Thousands of years ago, humans began the process of domesticating the dog and shaping what "being a dog" really means. Through careful selection and breeding, an astonishing variety of dog breeds have been created. Desirable traits have been selected for in various breeds that are of a benefit to humans. There are some traits, however, that quic...
A Personal Review of the Tempur Pedic Mattress
My wife and I bought a Tempur Pedic mattress back in the early days when most people hadn't heard of memory foam mattresses. We've slept on it for some years now and, I feel, I can hive an honest opinion of the Tempur Pedic mattress and or memory foam mattresses in general.
We live in an old period house and for many years we slept in an...
Family fun gifts
When you think about the 'American Family' what comes to mind? Are you envisioning the typical 'Soccer Mom Family' with junior running off to play softball while little Sally takes a ballet lesson, and Mom dashes off to a spinning class as Dad plays a round of golf?
Even when the entire family spends an evening at home they do so separa...
Cell Phone Magic - A Leap From The Radio Telephone
My introduction to the grand daddy of cell phones was while I was working as a Forest Fire Lookout man, in the early 1980s. One of my colleagues worked on a lookout tower, in radio range of a radio telephone repeater tower. So he could use a radio telephone, and free up more of the Forest Service frequency that I used. His radio telephone was ab...
Cell Phone Magic - A Leap From The Radio Telephone
My introduction to the grand daddy of cell phones was while I was working as a Forest Fire Lookout man, in the early 1980s. One of my colleagues worked on a lookout tower, in radio range of a radio telephone repeater tower. So he could use a radio telephone, and free up more of the Forest Service frequency that I used. His radio telephone was ab...