Within the last couple of weeks, I have taken a new writing job over at The Hosting News. This is a little ‘bit different beat that my usual posts I write because I am doing news coverage for them rather than opinion or tutorial based content.
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Gallery: Open Source Photo Albums
Looking for a great photo album organizer to put on your website or to base your website on? Gallery is a great open source script that will let you get that job done. It looks great as a stand alone website, and it also blends in seamlessly into your current website design too.
7 Successful Forum Hosting Rules
Building and hosting successful forums on your website can be a lot of hard work. Just like you would do if you were building a house, you have to build your forums with a good foundation. Here I have for you seven different successful forum rules you should keep in mind when you either set up a forum script, or look to redo some of your forums to make them easier for users to navigate through.
Oh Hai VPS Server!
Hello, you might be wondering where my websites and I have been over the last few days – and let me see if I can explain. I have moved all four of my websites (mitchkeeler.com, mitchelaneous.com, firefoxfacts.com and webhostingshow.com) all to their own virtual private server (otherwise known as a VPS). So, I am back, and just happen to be wearing black.
Now to get to all the geeky details, for those of you wondering…
Find Design Treasure at Bundle Hunt
Are you looking to a great bundle of web design and development treasures, for a fraction of the price? Then you need to go check out BundleHunt. Right now they are offering everything from web hosting plans, premium WordPress themes, classy icons and more for a heavily discounted price.
Apple TV Giveaway
Over at the Web Hosting Show website, some of you might have noticed I have a little giveaway going on there. Just in case you missed it though, I thought I would share it here. Want to win a free Apple TV? All you need to do is subscribe to Ping! Zine, one of the greatest web hosting magazines out there today. Check out the details on how to get your chance at the free Apple TV over at WebHostingShow.com. A free magazine subscription, a chance to win a free Apple TV, does it get any better?
20 Best Multimedia Plugins for WordPress
WordPress is a great publishing platform to use when you want to circulate your own collection of video or images on the Web. Thanks to a few great plugins, you can take your dull text-based blog and really snaz it up with some great internet imagery. Want to great a photo gallery? Want to plug YouTube into your web site? I have collected twenty of the best multimedia plugins for you to use with your own WordPress powered web site.
Page Flip Image Gallery – Flipping Book plugin helps you to create Image Gallery with Page Flip effects on your WordPress blog.
Post videos and photo galleries – Post your videos and photo galleries/flash slideshows easily and in seconds.
NextGEN Gallery – NextGEN Gallery is a full integrated Image Gallery plugin for WordPress with a Flash slideshow option.
WordTube – WordTube is your Media Center plugin for WordPress.
Help With Rounded Corners in CSS
With web site design, setting up the cool rounded corners can sometimes be a pain to figure out. So that is where cool tools like the simply named Border Radius come into play. It was built to make the process so much easier.
Wiki + CMS = BoltWire
Looking for a wiki script for your next great web site project?
As somebody who’s built one from the ground up – I can tell you picking the right script for the job, is not an easy task to do. With a surprising amount of flexibility and power, BoltWire might be one of the easiest to use wikis out there.
It takes the cake when it comes to mixing the strengths of various script categories together. Is it a CMS? Is it a wiki? It is a little ‘bit of both.
Give Me Your Hosting Questions
Have questions about web hosting, and need some help? On the Web Hosting Show’s web site, I have setup a form you can use to submit your questions and get your web site mentioned on my podcast.
All you need to do is visit the Submit a Question page, fill the form out, and then tune in to the Web Hosting Show each time a new show is released and your question will be answered and your web site will be plugged!
What can you ask about? I’ll answer anything that is even remotely related to web hosting. Maybe you could ask about search engine optimization techniques? Perhaps you need to know how to install WordPress? You might even want my recipe for poor man’s pigs in a blanket (white bread and Vienna sausages). Give me your questions, and I will give you the answers.
Since I have both podcast #190 and podcast #200 coming up this month, I would really like to have a slew of questions to go through, so I can help each and every one of you.
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