Alex Levin is Director of Apps and Strategy at Personal Inc. In the past he has held positions that include Partner Development & Developer Relations and Director, Strategy & Developer Network. He has also worked for Thomson Reuters where he worked with executives to identify patterns and problems internally and find creative solutions and Managed the team responsible for Thomson Reuters Messenger (115K active users in financial services), and set product roadmap for new collaboration products. He has also worked for Global Emergency Group where he Supported NGOs, governments and corporations with disaster preparedness and disaster response. He currently works at BrandYourself to facilitate partnerships. Alex Levin attended Harvard University with degrees in Psychology and Philosophy.
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The Dedicated Option with Web Server Hosting
If you are considering building a website for individual purposes or for a business endeavor, you’re going to need website hosting in order for people to be able to view your website on the Internet. While this seems simple enough, the decision as to what type of web server hosting you should choose can be a bit confusing, especially for somebody who’s never done it before. You’re going to have a few different options and you’ll see things such as shared hosting or virtual private server options. You’ll also see information about dedicated web hosting. The question you may have is which one is right for you.
When a Dedicated Server is the Right Call
When it comes to Web server hosting, the questions as to which option is best for your website has a great deal to do with how popular and how busy your website is going to be. Most websites will struggle to get fair amounts of traffic at first. However, if your website is expected to start out with good traffic, you may want to consider dedicated servers as opposed to shared or VPS serving plans.
The Cost
What you’ll need to understand about server hosting, especially dedicated server web hosting, is that this is going to be the more expensive option. The reason being is that you are actually renting a dedicated server. While shared or VPS hosting is less expensive, you're actually sharing a server with many other websites. Dedicated hosting plans offer you the services of your very own web server so, as you can expect, the cost is going to be a little higher.
The Benefits
While the cost can be quite a bit higher, the benefits are much greater. Dedicated servers allow you to handle a larger amount of traffic than other server options would. It offers you the freedom to install your operating system of choice as well as the programs that you prefer. Other server plans don’t give you this type of freedom.
In addition, you don’t have to worry about other websites dragging down your website's performance. On a shared server plan, if one website is experiencing trouble handling traffic or having any other technical issues, that can often means the entire server shuts down causing your website to go down as well. You can learn more about the benefits of a dedicated server here.
Many people choose more affordable plans such as shared or VPS serving options. While these are good options for websites just starting out that don’t require a great deal of performance when it comes to their web hosting, as a business grows more substantial server options are necessary. If, on the other hand, your website is looking to receive a great deal of traffic initially, you may not be able to afford to go with the cheaper option as this could lessen the quality of the function of your website. If you’re expecting a lot of traffic or you like a lot of freedom, your best option is a dedicated server. You can contact a web hosting provider to learn more about web servers and what hosting service is going to meet your needs.
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Bloggers Bring Honesty to Product Reviews
My favorite place to find reviews for new products or services is personal or topic focussed blogs. Actually to be more exact blogs that are established and have a readership and following. Why? Well because those blogs that are established and have quite a few people reading their new posts have a stake in what they say on their site. They don’t want to give poor information because they’ll lose their readership and they want to review and only suggest quality product for the exact same reason.
This has led me to often spend a lot of time searching around for blogger reviews of particular products. For example, I recently wanted to buy an ab belt and wasn’t sure on which product to buy until I found www.flexxbelt.org. It was this site that gave me an honest look at the ab Flex Belt, how it worked, what the down falls were to ab belts in general and this product and how it worked for the author.
This was a rare find in my research because the author had created an entire site journalling his experience with The Flex Belt. Something you don’t often find, but none the less it was enjoyable and useful.
I’d suggest that when you’re looking for an honest review of an item try to find a niche or topic specific blog that may have written about the item. You can use Google’s blog search or some blog directories that are out there as well.
I try to avoid just searching for the product and reviews because this often turns up nothing more then over hyped reviews of an item, and lets face it we’re not looking to be sold on the product but rather learn more about the honest truth of whether the item is any good or not.
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Installing the WordPress Theme that you Want
Have you ever had the problem of installing the theme that you want for your wordpress site? Well worry not, as this problem has come to the attention of the most ingenious encoders out there!
The process of installing a new theme for your WordPress has changed rather drastically since the inception of the latest WordPress version. There is actually a program that can do this for you automatically in WordPress, but a little manual manipulation always renders the best results. There are three easy steps to follow in installing the theme that you want. Just follow them to the best of your abilities and you should have no problems!
Get the Theme That You Want
The first thing that you would have to do in installing a theme that you want is simply to download the WordPress theme that you want. The whole process can be either simple or difficult, depending on how you choose on WordPress themes. If you choose from the set of themes from WordPress itself, you will have an easier time as all you would have to do is take a look at the galleries that they have. You could also look for other themes from other reputable sites for these themes, but the problem is that you will have to take the time to look for them. Anyway, whatever you choose all you have to do is download the theme and save the zip into your computer.
You can also do what I do, and this use premium themes, which can be excellent. Click here for one of my favorites.
2. Upload the file to WordPress
The next thing you need to do is to simply upload the file to your WordPress. It may seem simple, but please bear in mind that there are only specific places that you can load it from. What you need in these situations is to utilize an FTP client, which you should connect to a hosting account. Just connect it to the location of your WordPress URL and upload the theme file into the themes directory, under the wp-content folder. It may seem hard to grasp when you read it, but I promise you that it is actually much simpler than it sounds.
3. Utilize the Theme to Your WordPress Administrator Panel
The last step is to go to your administrator panel. You should then look for the tab labeled Presentation. It is at this point where you should be able to see the theme that you had just uploaded. From here all you have to do is click the tab with the chosen theme and WordPress uploads it to be the theme for your site.
As you can see, the whole process is actually quite easy. All you have to do is basically find a theme that you want and save it to your computer. You should then use an FTP client site and upload it to the corresponding directory. Then you just access the administrator panel and utilize the theme so that it will be the one that will be used. Just take the time to take in all the information and take things one step at a time.
To learn about the best WP themes, visit http://BTwoWeb.com
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What Features Are Most Important In A Web Host
Most Important Web Host Features
Digging around I found a few very interesting articles and posts about what features are most important in choosing your perfect web host.
Here are a few of the better ones…
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Let me know what you think and post some comments below. Choosing a good webhost does not have to be tough.
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Investing In Cheap Booklet And Catalog Printing Can Save Money
If you work for a large company that wishes for you to start printing off a great deal of things such as booklets or catalogs, but do not give you any specific way of doing so, you need to try your best to simply find a place that can do the printing for you. The reason for this is that you will end up saving a huge deal of money but also will not be using any of your own product to do so. This means that your inventory will not change at all, but you will still be able to get the printing that you need done.
Having cheap booklet printing and cheap catalog printing done at a company that excels in printing orders for customers is always going to be a great alternative. This is due to the fact that people tend to not realize the amount of money they put into toner, ink, paper, and money for machine repairs. These are all things that are needed when you print out of your home or office.
When you call in a large bulk order to a company that prints things as a main job, you are going to probably find some great deals that you didn’t know about. Getting cheap catalog printing done is great if you are going to be getting ringed binding, or even a banded type of binding that allows pages to be changed about. The machines needed for this are costly and not all small businesses have them. However, a printing press usually always will. A printing press is also going to have all of the items needed for the gluing of certain booklets or magazines.
Using cheap booklet printing in the form of only using black ink instead of colored, and using recycled paper instead of regular paper, is going to also be a great way for you to save a good bit of money. Over the course of a few years of doing this type of thing you might notice you’ve saved thousands of dollars that could go into more important things in order to expand the business and services that you offer. This is why cheap booklet printing and cheap catalog printing need to be at the top of your list at all times. -
Why a Los Angeles Web Design Service is More Than Just Web Design
In the past, when you were looking for a web designer, what you were actually looking for is someone to simply design and build you a website. This was all very cut and dry; however, today web builders are far more than designers and creators of websites if you want them to be. With the many los angeles web design companies out there not only can you get a skillfully designed website designed and created, you can also have the service market your website as well to help your new site get the most traffic possible.
If you know anything about the Internet, you have probably heard about SEO. While that term may not sound very familiar to you, if you have ever heard of or used a search engine, then whether you know it or not, you know about SEO.
SEO actually stands for search engine optimization and this form of Internet marketing is a popular way to get noticed on the web. While traditional advertising would be way to expensive for most websites SEO is a tactic that can use the technology of the Internet to a particular websites advantage. However, the best time to implement an SEO strategy for a website is to incorporate this method at the design stage, which is exactly what you will get from many of today’s los angeles web design services.
These web design experts from various los angeles web design companies can build a website for you or your business that is designed to be noticed. That coupled with specifically focused keyword driven content as well as backlink creating can make your potentially unknown website one of the most popular websites according to the major search engine results.
The simple fact is that if you want a website designed, you are going to find plenty of los angeles web design service that will do just that for you. However, if you are looking to not only have a top notch website designed but you want it designed and marketed in such a way that it gets the traffic you intended, then you need to utilize all the services a modern day web designer has to offer. Your success online might just depend on it.
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WordPress Security Tips
With the rash of wordpress blogs being attacked and hacked in to I thought that sharing this information with everyone could be quite helpful. Check back often as I will update this post weekly.
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Do ensure that you “lock down” your wordpress accounts/blogs as it is quite disturbing to wake up and find it gone, hacked with junk or having each post showing pharma type links.
Be proactive and you won’t need to be RE-active!
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Working With Google Docs Is Quick And Easy
A lot of people may often find it challenging to collaborate with multiple people who are working on a single project such as a report. Emailing a copy of the document back and forth each time a revision is made can often become tiresome. However, google docs auto sync allows for any file to be worked on simultaneously by multiple people. Once finished, its possible to email files to dropbox. By learning more about how to use google docs auto sync, it should be possible to increase office productivity in no time at all.
The first aspect of working with google docs that is important to remember is to give all co-workers permission to access the document. If a user is not invited, it could potentially cause a delay in finishing the project. Collaborate with co-workers in advance to make sure that everyone has access to the document.
Set up the google docs program so that an original of each file is saved before editing. This can be useful if someone happens to make a mistake or delete necessary information. Forgetting to save the material before it is submitted could result in undesirable results. Take the time to have a presentation on how to use google docs if that is possible. A presentation is a good idea because it can help avoid common issues that people face when they first begin using the program. After the presentation work with the co-workers to make sure that they understand every aspect of the program, include how to email files to dropbox.
If you are unable to make the program work well on your own, it might be worthwhile to watch an online presentation on how to use it. While google docs can improve the efficiency of your workplace, it is important that you know exactly how to use the program before presenting it. Make sure that everyone using the program agrees on a common format and file type to use. This can help avoid issues caused by using different document editing programs. A great choice is 12 point times new roman font with double spaced paragraphs. -
Hosting Explained
I found this info on Youtube and thought that it would be very helpful in explaining what the difference between the various types of hosting is.
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Let me know whether it helps, OK?