As you may know, HostMySite  has purchased Hosting.com and is now doing business as Hosting.com.  I’m a bit nervous about this change.  HostMySite is the best website host I’ve ever worked with.   Will the change mean that uptime, customer support and technical support will go downhill? Until recently I was hopeful that my worry was [...]

HostMySite.com, one of my favorite hosting companies,  acquired Hosting.com in May. I’ve been a little nervous about what the acquisition would mean for customer service. One of the great things about HostMySite was that customers never had to wait on hold. You just called and you talked to a technical support person. No weird music.  [...]

Have you ever logged into your WordPress dashboard and noticed a red circle next to the plugins button? What in the world does it mean?  It’s showing you how many of your plugins have upgrades available.  Remember that plugins are little software programs.  They need to be upgraded periodically just like any other software. To [...]

Recently I’ve had some questions about WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org. WordPress, the software, is always free. However at WordPress.com you can get hosting for free too. (WordPress.org is like download central. You can download the software, themes, and plugins.) There are caveats to the free hosting though. For example, in the free version you won’t have [...]

Do you ever dream about the perfect job?  Maybe  it involves working from home.  Maybe you’d like to spend more time focusing on your hobbies and passions.  It could be that your perfect job involves connecting with people who share your interests. If any of those apply to you, I think blogging would be a [...]

Did you ever wonder how to make a video for YouTube?  The following is a very basic overview that gives you an idea on what’s involved. Once you’ve got the basics down, you’ll be ready for the more advanced topics featured in this video.

I love the Internet Wayback Machine!  Go to the site and plug in a website URL.  The Wayback machine will then give you a list of dates where it has a snapshot of that website.  It’s not perfect in that the site can be slow and there can be broken images, but it’s still fun [...]