Hard Headed Hosting

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I will document this project development from a number of different angles. This makes the development time slightly longer, but allows me to save time on future projects, by keeping all the management and technical issues recorded.

More importantly, it helps you to plan your web hosting projects better.

It also helps you deal with problems that might affect your website development. How?

By showing you how I have found answers to problems that occur as I develop and document my new website.

My first problem came as I tried to write an article describing that most important step in starting a new web business - the site concept. As a technical site manager, you may or may not be involved in developing the site concept. It is a required stage in all good websites - essentially describing why you are developing the business, it’s scope, and what you expect to achieve.

If you don’t have a formal web business plan, see your boss, client or make time for yourself, and get one. You can read more about starting a web business on my web business management site.

Bad Behavior

The specific problem I encountered was being totally locked out of managing my site. Faced with the message “Your Internet Protocol address is listed on a blacklist of addresses involved in malicious or illegal activity. See the listing below for more details on specific blacklists and removal procedures.” when I tried to administer any aspect of my site filled me with dread.

Fortunately, the problem was easy to fix - a simple upgrade to the Bad Behavior plug-in soon had me back on track.

This slight hiccup from Bad Behaviour was more than compensated by the benefits of controlling spam - a vital part of any well hosted web business.

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