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Back-ups, managing files and FTP accounts in cPanel

Sunday, July 20th, 2008 Posted in Building my websites | No Comments »

Managing your websites in cPanel The best way to manage your website is via an FTP package. FTP is basically how web files get from your PC or laptop (where only you can see them) onto a server (where everybody else can ...

Fantastico, php and MySQL databases in cPanel

Saturday, July 19th, 2008 Posted in Building my websites | No Comments »

Why Fantastico is fantastic I'm going to declare my hand from the outset when it comes to Fantastico (more info about Fantastico) here. Despite my best efforts, as a keen amateur building websites I have been unable to get to grips with the intricacies ...

Using cgiemail to send forms via cPanel

Monday, July 14th, 2008 Posted in Building my websites | Comments Off

On top form! I've already written about the pros and cons of different types of form already on this site, and if you get into building your own sites, you're bound to encounter forms at some stage. Although there many online options ...

Building websites as a franchise

Friday, July 4th, 2008 Posted in Magazines | No Comments »

Join McDonalds, KFC and Avon? I made an impulse magazine purchase the other day because an interesting article caught my eye. I was actually looking for the latest edition of 'Pokemon World' at the time, but that's another story! It was a feature ...

Putting a free forum on your website - Simple Machines Forum

Sunday, June 1st, 2008 Posted in Building my websites, Great new URLs | 1 Comment »

On the way to the forum ... Inspired by my first foray into the world of the '...for Dummies' books, I'm now reading one on web marketing and going through it with a pencil marking the various pointers, tips and useful ...