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Is Your Website Really Ready To Launch? - Part 1 Print E-mail
Written by Larry Dearing   
Saturday, 27 March 2010 11:05
Everyone seems to have a checklist for getting a website ready for launch.  I thought I would take a look at it from a common sense perspective of making the website work both for the all important visitor and from a backend administrative perspective as well.  In this first of two parts, I'll be looking at a few items you may want to double check or consider.  I've tried not to be too obvious about things everyone should know like checking your grammar and spell checking.  Once you think you're good to go, this may serve as a double check.
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What's In YOUR Email Signature? Print E-mail
Written by Larry Dearing   
Sunday, 14 March 2010 08:15
I receive a fair number of emails each week that look more like junk mail or spam because of the graphics, free offer links, or pleas to register for something or the other embedded in the sender's signature.  There are times when your promotion methods may be getting in the way of your message.  If your email signature looks like a day-glow billboard on I-285, you may want to read on.
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Lessons Learned From WestHost Outage Print E-mail
Written by Larry Dearing   
Sunday, 28 February 2010 15:00
On Saturday, February 20, 2010 during a routine fire suppression system inspection, something triggered the system and the release of Inergen gas throughout a large portion of WestHost's datacenter. This resulted in a large scale disruption of service lasting in many cases five plus days. WestHost is a quality company with a strong infrastructure with contingency planning in place for many events. If this sort of outage can occur to a quality host, is there anything you can do to help yourself in the event of a large scale, long duration outage by your service providers?
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Types of Web Hosting Accounts Print E-mail
Written by Larry Dearing   
Sunday, 14 February 2010 14:34
There are several different hosting plan options available for all sorts of websites.  To help determine which type might be best for you, I thought I'd throw out some general differences and characteristics in different plans you might encounter. Each has its own advantages and disadvantages so like so much of finding a good fit for hosting, it comes down to what is best for you. We'll take a quick look at shared, semi-dedicated, and dedicated hosting.
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