Effective Classy Websites

After you have bought a new domain name, you will want to start using it as a website address, for email or both.

First you need to make sure that the DNS settings in your domain control panel point to your hosting account.

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The DNS Settings will have been sent to you when you first purchased your web hosting server space. The Email will look something like this: Read the rest of this entry »

WordPress 2.7 users: You can use the inbuilt plugin and auto install feature to install the WP-Easy Uploader plugin. This bypasses having to use Cpanel in the below example. (Go to Plugins >> Add New. In the search type “uploader” and a little way down you will see WP-Easy Uploader – Choose Install Now and foloow the prompts to have this plugin installed.)

This short video Screencast will show you how to upload plugins (or anything for that matter) using Cpanel.

Cpanel is a very common admin backend system that comes with most hosting packages.

In this case we want to upload and install the WP-Easy Uploader plugin. This one plugin gives us the ability to upload anythign to our WordPress blog. Plugins, Themes and anything in fact.

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If you have a static website created on Dreamweaver or some other application, there will be a version of your site stored on a computer somewhere. This is your backup. (Tip: burn this onto CD or DVD as well)

If on the other hand you have a WordPress site or other database driven system, your site is stored online and probably changes frequently. This means that you have no backup! Read the rest of this entry »