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Great Resource for Designers and Devs Alike

Mar/01 in Online Apps, Web Hosting

Web Developer Resources

I am always looking for great web development resources to share, but this time around I am going to give you a link that also highlights the best of the best when it comes to designer or developer tools.  Corkdump.com is one of the best resource web sites for webmasters.

They provide resources for:

  • CSS/XHTML
  • JavaScript/AJAX
  • Flash/ActionScript
  • Photoshop/Illustrator
  • Blog Resources
  • Design Insperation
  • PHP/MySQL

That is not all, but I have to leave you with a few surprises, right?  So if you want a database of some of the best web developer links – check out and bookmark corkdump.com.  You will not be disappointed.

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Learn More About Domain Name Jargon

Feb/19 in Web Hosting

I did my first two-part podcast series this week on the Web Hosting Show.  This week, in podcast 180 and 181 we covered some of the most confusing domain name terms you might hear being tossed around inside of the web hosting industry. 

On podcast #180 covered these specific domain terms:

On podcast #181 rounded things out with these domain terms:

I would highly recommend checking out both podcasts, as I think they will be a handy addition to have for anybody who is wanting to learn more about the domain name jargon that is being tossed around. 

For more web hosting podcast fun, talk, help, interviews and more check out webhostingshow.com.  Speaking of which, that project of mine is about to hit the 4 year anniversary mark – so that alone should let you know there is a ton of information posted over there for the newbies all the way to the gurus out there in the web development world.

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10 Free Ways to Search for Files Online

Feb/10 in Online Apps, Web Hosting

Need to find a file fast?  Over the years, I have collected some of the best (and maybe not so best) free file search web sites out there.  Here are the ten best resources to search for a file online.

What About Google? Of course, the ultimate alternative to all of these would be doing a file search in Google.  How do you do so?  Well, just start any Google search with filetype: and then put in the file type you want to search for.  Taken from Google, here are the most popular file formats you may want to search for using this trick.

  • Adobe Portable Document Format (pdf)
  • Adobe PostScript (ps)
  • Lotus 1-2-3 (wk1, wk2, wk3, wk4, wk5, wki, wks, wku)
  • Lotus WordPro (lwp)
  • MacWrite (mw)
  • Microsoft Excel (xls)
  • Microsoft PowerPoint (ppt)
  • Microsoft Word (doc)
  • Microsoft Works (wks, wps, wdb)
  • Microsoft Write (wri)
  • Rich Text Format (rtf)
  • Shockwave Flash (swf)
  • Text (ans, txt)

So if you are looking for a .txt file about hosting, you would type into the Google search box… 

filetype:txt hosting

So, if you are searching for a file on the web – you might try these resources or this neat Google tip.  Either way should get the job done for you.

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Much Love for the Hosting Industry Organization

Jan/22 in Web Hosting

hosting-group

I am really becoming a big fan of the Hosting Industry group on LinkedIn.  When it was first launched, I mentioned it on the Web Hosting Show podcast, however – I had no idea how useful it would be till now, a few months down the road.  Here recently, I used it to get a few guests lined up for future interviews on the Web Hosting Show – and thus far the response has been really superb.

As much as I like the mix of hosting customers and web hosting professionals meeting in one place, the highlight of this group on LinkedIn is that thus far it is only people who are working in the hosting industry in one way, shape or form.  With that said, it kind of blocks out some of the discussions, such as “Is ‘X’ web host any good?” or “Stay away from ‘X’ as a Web Host, they just robbed me!” and well – you get the idea.

If you want to learn more about the Hosting Industry Organization and the LinkedIn group that is related to it, be sure to check out HostingIndustryOrg.com.

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Mitch in Print During 2008

Dec/22 in Personal, Web Hosting

This year, I set a new record for myself – I made it into print four times!  Now in this digital era, that might not seem like much.  Heck, it might even be a step backwards.  However, holding a magazine with an article you have written inside it still something that gets me all excited.

Here are all the issues of Ping! Zine that I have made an appearance in this year:

+ Download Issue 26 of Ping! Zine (.pdf)

+ Download Issue 27 of Ping! Zine (.pdf)

+ Download Issue 28 of Ping! Zine (.pdf)

+ Download Issue 30 of Ping! Zine (.pdf)

Hopefully they’ll have me back next year too.  If you have never heard of Ping! Zine before, it is a web hosting magazine for web hosting professionals and fans.  One of the two biggest out there in the hosting industry to date.

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300+ WordPress Themes from Lunarpages

Nov/25 in Web Development Tutorials, Web Hosting

Doesn’t hurt to plug your boss every once in a while, right?  As a result of the three WordPress theme contests Lunarpages has had, they have had over 300 themes submitted to them.  Now most people might toss all these great designs to the side – but not Lunarpages.  They are providing them for free for anybody to download. 

Lunarpages WordPress Contest Themes – Series One = 95+ WordPress Themes

Beautifulcity10 Purpleaura15 Redpassion34 VistaLog20 DanceQueen22

Lunarpages WordPress Contest Themes – Series Two = 134+ WordPress Themes

AeroInspirat12 Windfish98057 OrangeParty15 OneFineDay18 TheDungeon26

Lunarpages WordPress Contest Themes – Series Three = 90+ WordPress Themes

MusicExplorer14 Voiceofheartbeats83 DeskSpace15 Dreamworksredux53 Designredux45

Thanks to Lunarpages for providing a spotlight for all of these great WordPress themes!

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Saving You Green on Your Hosting Bills

Sep/09 in Web Hosting

Had a very fun podcast this week, all centralized around myself being a big cheapskate.

On today’s edition of the podcast I am going to teach you how to get your dollar’s worth in many different ways.  Do you really need to spend extra cash to add JSP to your hosting account?  Get four money free ways to search the file hosts out there.  All that and so much more on this penny pinching edition of the Web Hosting Show.

Here are a few of the topics we discussed on this week’s show:

  • Ever heard of JSP? What is it?  What Can it Do for Me?
  • 4 More Ways to Search Rapidshare, Megaupload and More!
  • Fundraising to Get Cash for Your Next Web Project
  • Web Site Monitoring with Site24×7.com

Check out Getting Your Dollar’s Worth – Podcast 164 of the Web Hosting Show!  Speaking of penny pinching, if you need another dose of it might also check out Lower Your Hosting Costs – Podcast 160.  Your wallet will thank you!

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A Look Inside Hosting Bookmarks

Sep/05 in Interviews, Web Hosting

hosting-bookmarks Since I am from the web hosting world and industry, HostingBookmarks.com is a favorite stop of mine.  It is a digg-like social news site for the web hosting elite.  At the helm of this project is Dimitar Avramov, the well known web hosting blogger.  I recently had the chance to pick his brain to take a deeper look at HostingBookmarks.com and some other projects of his.

What made you want to organize and create HostingBookmarks.com?

Let me first say “Thank you Mitch” for the opportunity to speak to one of the finest audiences in hosting industry – yours. So, what made me to create HB… well, to be honest I’ve seen an empty niche and asked myself “Why don’t you create a web site with reference to web hosting related content”. I had two options – to develop branded software or to use any Open source application. The first would take much time so I find Pligg used it to create Hosting Bookmarks. I maintain the web site much-more as a hobby than to profit from it.

How has the success been since your launch?

There aren’t too many people who are willing to contribute. There are five to ten people who are looking to bookmark quality content. Others try to spam or mostly to do promote own content which in most cases is far from web hosting. They get banned. Up to date the web site refers to more that 3,000 quality articles related to web hosting.

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Reliable Web Site Monitoring with Site24x7.com

Aug/26 in Web Development Tutorials, Web Hosting

logo With both paid and free versions, Site24x7.com looks to be a great web site monitoring package.  They do monitoring of uptime and performance of your web sites, online services and servers.  They also promise to deliver instant alerts the moment something goes wrong.

You can set the monitoring tools to check the web site in question you wish to monitor in intervals ranging from 5 to 60 minutes or above.

If the worst might happen, and you need to be told, here are the various ways they can alert you to trouble:

  • E-mail
  • RSS
  • SMS Messages

For those of you just wanting to beta test the service; when you first sign up, you are given a fully functional, 15-day trial account. At the end of 15 days, your account will be downgraded to free unless you upgrade to either Standard or Premium account.

Check out the screenshots, then give them a shot at Site24x7.com.

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New Web Hosting Show Theme Suggestions?

Aug/22 in Personal, Web Hosting

images I have been looking for a new theme to use for my podcast, the Web Hosting Show.   I have been using the same awesome theme (which I still have much love for) but after so many years, I am getting the itch to try something new.  Really want something with a little less techno beat and something more “rock” related.  Think I have narrowed it down to these two choices:

Which one do you like more?  Found them both at PremiumBeat.com, which I am really looking forward to seeing how well working with them will be.  Thus far, for the budget podcaster – they seem to have the cheapest deals for royalty free music.

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