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Web Hosting For Dummies

February 21st, 2008 by Keith from shrewdies | 6 Comments | Filed in Managed Hosting Service, Old Web Business Posts, WordPress Hosting
2010 Update:

I have had so much interest in a Web Hosting For Dummies book (that does not exist), I’ve introduced a new section looking at appropriate books in the field of web hosting.

Also, a couple of other updates:

  • WordPress.com has clarified that it does allow some site monetization as log as it is ethical and incidental (my interpretation). I’ll review this in more detail just as soon as somebody asks me to.
  • My installation wizard is on-hold. Now that Pods is here, there is a better way to manage it, but I have other Pods projects to complete first.

Web Hosting For Dummies

I know many people seeking web hosting for dummies.

Millions of people have gained benefits from “For Dummies” books. Most don’t really like admitting to being dummies. Many are far from dummies, but want to get back to basics so they have a good foundation for whatever they want to learn.

These people are Shrewdies.

They want to gain the benefits of web hosting without years of learning technology secrets.

How can Shrewdies get good quality web hosting at reasonable prices? Or free?

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Bad Web Hosting Behavior

February 19th, 2008 by Keith from shrewdies | 2 Comments | Filed in Phase 1, WordPress Hosting
Bad Behavior
Thanks to dogwelder for this image
After a short break from developing my web hosting business, I have a new exciting project.

I’ll use the project to describe the technical steps you need to consider when hosting a new website, and take the opportunity of developing my webhosting wizard.

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.

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2 Essential Visitor Management Tools

September 21st, 2007 by Keith from shrewdies | 1 Comment | Filed in Phase 1, Web Business Promotion, WordPress Hosting
Visitor management is crucial to all but the unfriendliest of business websites.

It’s no use putting on a friendly face, and hoping that your visitors will be happy – you have to work to keep them happy.

Visitor satisfaction must run through all aspects of your website. Much is commonsense:

  • Encourage customer feedback
  • Prompt response to feedback
  • Clear site policies
  • Consistent navigation

Most of all, you have to overdeliver in every department. There are a couple of essential tools which I have added to my WordPress Installation pack.

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Web Business Opportunity: AdSense Referrals

September 14th, 2007 by Keith from shrewdies | No Comments | Filed in Web Business Monetization, WordPress Hosting
Why is it that when people ask about web business opportunities, I immediately talk about AdSense, but hardly ever mention AdSense Referrals?

The AdSense for Content scheme dominates my thoughts, perhaps because, for many sites, it is the main earner. But AdSense Referrals can also bring significant income, and the product list has grown tremendously from the original Google product line.

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Business Website Builder

September 10th, 2007 by Keith from shrewdies | No Comments | Filed in Phase 1, WordPress Hosting
My main activity, currently, is developing my business website builder wizard. I’ve added a new page to keep track of development. Though it is a long way from finished, I hope you find some of the development information useful.

I have called the first part Essential Plug-ins. These are ones that any self-respecting WordPress web business needs. Some may have alternatives. I have selected ones that I know work. If you know of alternatives that you think are better, please let me know.

I noticed one or two that I rely on, but haven’t mentioned in this blog, so I will mention them now.

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Build A Business Web Site

September 6th, 2007 by Keith from shrewdies | No Comments | Filed in Phase 1, Web Business Publishing, WordPress Hosting
As I build a business web site at Shrewdies.com, it acts as a great reinforcing exercise to test and improve the plug-ins collection for my WordPress installation wizard.

Today I found a better forms handler, reminded myself about the importance of backups, and found a potential method for making plug-in management much easier.

Contact Pages are important for any web site, but crucial for a credible web business site. My current method works fine on standard contact forms, but to build a business web site, you also need surveys, polls, and all manner of related feedback mechanisms.

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Ultimate Tag Warrior URL Rewriting Fixed In A Click

August 22nd, 2007 by Keith from shrewdies | No Comments | Filed in WordPress Hosting

UTW is a fine, well respected plug-in, but Ultimate Tag Warrior URL rewriting has driven me crazy.

I need my WordPress Tags, and I want them right. I started writing about them in my last post, and I have plenty more to say – mainly from a site management point of view, but also many technical tips.

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WordPress Tags

August 21st, 2007 by Keith from shrewdies | No Comments | Filed in Phase 1, Web Business Publishing, WordPress Hosting

Standard WordPress does not have tags, but there are many plug-ins to help you apply them. Those that I have seen were born in the days when all webmasters looked to keywords to boost their rankings in search engines.

I discuss the merits, or otherwise, of SEO on my web business site. Keywords for SEO are generally recognized as being unimportant, to the extent that free WordPress.com sites do not have them. However, there is an alternative, (more…)

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WordPress Hosting Theme

August 16th, 2007 by Keith from shrewdies | No Comments | Filed in Web Business Design, WordPress Hosting
WordPress FormatWordPress Hosting Theme 2010 Update.

The article below is out-of-date.
 

You can wait until you have much more content before applying a theme.

I prefer to get it done near the start, partly in case early visitors get disillusioned by a bland interface, partly because I really dislike the navigation options on the default theme, but mainly because I like to get a feel for the site I am working on and identify with it from the beginning.

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Business Web Hosting Links

August 16th, 2007 by Keith from shrewdies | No Comments | Filed in Phase 1, WordPress Hosting

Creating a blogroll of business web hosting links is the final step in my initial content package.

My installation wizard will package all the starting content, customized for the intended site concept. Doing this manually takes a few hours – the wizard will do it in minutes.

After this step, you can simply continue building content, but the Internet would be a boring place if all WordPress sites used the default theme. I will discuss themes later, along with some more plug-ins that are crucial (or at least helpful) in hosting your web business.

Before that, a few short notes about links.

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