How do I Start a Website?

Posted by Mark on Feb 22, 2012 in Featured | 4 comments

There are 1,500,000 global Google searches for the term “How do I start a website”. For the majority who are non technical the idea of starting a website can be a daunting process.

This need not be the case and in this blog I will set out the options that are now available to the non technical and those wishing to use their websites as a technical growth opportunity.

Your website must be professional looking, easy to navigate, include 99% internet availability and have fast page load rates. It should also be easy to add content, low maintenance and inexpensive.

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There are website choices that will provide all this. Without going into the technical choices, my personal choice for this area of the market is Webstarts.  Webstarts cuts out all the up front work involved with starting a website, all that is necessary is to select the website theme of your choice.

WordPress Theme | Practical Website Design

Posted by Mark on Jan 14, 2012 in Featured | 10 comments

WordPress Themes have become the website design publishing platform of choice for many new website owners. WordPress website designs are like “ready made suites”, they can be quickly modified to fit most requirements.

Originally catering for bloggers WordPress themes have evolved as a practical choice for small businesses wishing to build a rewarding professional looking online presence on a limited budget.

The advantages of WordPress themes are that they are very easy to install with many free, or low cost themes to choose from and provide easy access for owners to update content.

Attractive low cost example WordPress website design themes for a selection of market niches can be found on this website at Mark’s WordPress Themes.

WordPress Transfer and GoDaddy Hosting Review

Posted by Mark on Dec 23, 2011 in Featured | 13 comments

If like me you have had to move WordPress hosting to a new plan at short notice deciding on a new host for your sites can get complicated.

There are four things that I consider to be important, hosting reliability, web page load rate, access, and cost. 

Not having the time to research I decided to take a chance with GoDaddy. com because I already have domain account’s with them.

The simplest solution for moving an existing WordPress site is to export the latest back office SQL database and import it into a new host SQL database. Download a copy of the websites files into a home sub directory and upload them into the new plans domain name root directory.

Then all that remains to be done is to update the wp-config.php file with the new database user name and password and redirect the domain to the new hosting servers. If done correctly WordPress websites can be moved to new hosting plans without any website down time or loss of site data.

Creating a Successful Website Brand and Web Presence

Posted by Mark on Dec 10, 2011 in Featured | 10 comments

Almost everyone on the internet today has a Facebook, Twitter or some other form of internet social networking web presence.  However there can be a down side to sharing information with others.

Few realize that we are creating a presence that will likely be around long after we are gone. Carefully managing our personal information is important and how we brand ourselves is becoming an increasingly important component for both personal and professional success.

Being on a social networking site is like renting a home or apartment there is no long term ownership involved.

Creating a personal web brand, presence, or establishing an online celebrity with a personal website allows us full control over how we present ourselves to others and creates web authority that we own and can use how we like.