The digital version of the newest Ping! Zine magazine is out (paper version coming to a mail box near you soon!) and I have one new article this time around.
In this issue I tackled moving from web host to web host. What you need to do before, during and after the transition when changing web hosting companies.
+ Download the PDF Version of Ping! Zine Vol 6. Issue #2
I told you about my plans a project just a few days back, and now I have just finished things up. The Best of the Web Hosting Show Guides is a collection of some of the most popular guides I have posted and talked about here on the Web Hosting Show podcast.
Unlike other eBook deals, you get an extra perk with this setup. You can download both the digital eBook version, or head over the the official page for it and pick up all five chapters as audio downloads too. I wanted to give to you the best of both worlds. The topics covered in the eBook cover all aspects of the web hosting world:
Download the PDF and let me know what you think. Also as far as distribution goes, please feel free to share the link to download it to anybody and everybody you know. This is a project of mine I have been working on getting together for some time now and I want everybody to know it is free of charge.
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If you can see this, that means my move from web host to web host was a success! I’ve decided to move away from my home for the past few years, Hostaga to my account over at FastServers.net due to technical reasons.
I want to thank the folks over at Hostaga for hosting me for such a long time and if your looking for a host, I would recommend them. For better personal organization though wanted to get Mitchelaneous.com moved over to this server. Might take me a while to get back to posting so I can check and see if everything is working once the propagation of the domain is done -but hang in there, I shall return.
Well I spent Saturday morning making the big switch from Yahoo! Mail (who screwed me over royally with the ad-fest they started) to Gmail. I really had not used Gmail that much since the launch - so I was happy to see they have improved it greatly since then. My overall reaction over the move? I am happy thus far.
Step One - Getting Ready for the Move
First thing I did was move all my Yahoo! Mail message from my folder into my inbox. I deleted a lot of old crap I really didn’t need anymore. I’m not that much of a pack rat when it comes to e-mail so this might be easier for some than others.
Step Two - Setting Up Additional Accounts
Second thing I did was setup all my e-mail addresses up in Gmail so that I could start the switch. This could not be easier. I also set my old Yahoo address up to go there as well - so I wouldn’t miss out on a thing.
Step Three - Configure Gmail’s Settings
Third, I went through and configured the Gmail settings and imported my e-mail from Yahoo! to Gmail. This was easy enough, because it picked up on everything that was in my inbox at Yahoo! and brought it right in.
Step Four - Get Things Labeled, Forget the Folders
From there I setup my labels and got e-mails archived. That’s it! Now things are going smoothly and the one thing I have been most impressed by is the spam filtering that Gmail does. It might take a little training but in a whole it is leaps and bounds over what Yahoo! Mail provides.
