by E.I.T. Author | Dec 6, 2016 | Blog
It’s here! has finally arrived! And boy does it have some neet stuff in it. I may even change a theme on one of my sites to the latest built-in theme, 2017 because I haven’t seen one that literally has all the bells & whistles in it.
Anyway, if you have a WordPress site, and you haven’t logged in for a while, you are going to want to go there now. In addition, even my simplest sites had like 6 plugin updates to go with the new version release, and my larger sites had more. So, major WP version, plugin updates, AND Theme updates (all my sites but one had new theme versions as well) …so you are going to want to go upate your sites now. Go! Run! 🙂
by E.I.T. Author | Nov 25, 2016 | Blog
Ok, well, I was searching for some decent I.T. related Black Friday deals to give you. I literally found pretty much nothing to write home about. 10% here and there… (I don’t get out of bed or blink an eye at a mere 10%, right?) …but I did find one. And so far, it’s the only one. But I did find you a 70% hosting discount at one of the best rated hosting companies, SiteGround. SiteGround is known for their quality WordPress hosting service. And right now, you can get a hosting account for 70% discount, and I think it’s good until Monday (Cyber Monday) night at midnight. (but if you are going to let today slip by, and you really want it, I would check with them to be sure…I had briefly read it somewhere, but when I went to post, I couldn’t confirm the end date/time) SiteGround WordPress Hosting 70% Off!!
by E.I.T. Author | Nov 18, 2016 | Blog
So you want to build a website. Where do you start? What do you need? How much will it cost?
Well, I wanted to do a basic information post. I’m not going to cover the “how much does it cost” part because I think that is on the services page on this website. But I’ll try to hit the basics on the other two.
There are 2 things you need, basically. You need a domain name, and a server. The domain name is fairly simple. That is the “name” of your website. It is the first part/beginning of the URL (uniform resource locator) or the “.com” part of the address…it’s the name you pick for your site. Can you just pick any name? Well, sort of. There are companies called “registrars” that are “registration places” for your site’s name. You have to go to one of them, and search out the name you want to use for your site. Every domain, (website “name”) must be unique. It can be currently in use, or licensed to be used by anyone else. It is possible for a domain name to be “taken” and no site to be on it. sometimes people just buy and trade them. A good domain name can essentially be worth a lot of money. (think if you purchased Facebook before that site was set up, and someone wanted it, they would have to purchase it from you) If someone purchases a domain, and doesn’t use it right away, then that domain is considered to be “PARKED”. A parked domain is a domain someone purchased, but didn’t build a site on. Here is a list of all the domain registrars around the globe. https://www.icann.org/registrar-reports/accredited-list.html . You may just recognize some of them, you may not. Let’s pick one we might know…GoDaddy… if you go down the list to the G’s, you will see Godaddy.com. If you go there, you can search out domain names and find one that is available. If you find one you like that’s available, you can buy it (actually lease it) There are different TOP LEVEL DOMAINS. The TOP LEVEL DOMAIN is the part after the dot… .com, .net, .info, .us, .gov, .org. Those are all top level domains. If the name you want for your site is not available under one top level domain, it may be available in another if the owner didn’t snatch them all up. If you can’t find mysite.com for example, you may find mysite.net to be available, or you can use mysite.org if it is a nonprofit business. Different top level domains are different prices. Most of the main ones are the same, .com, .net, .org, and .info. . .us costs more…about $20USD per year. There are also “special” top level domains now that are new…like .website, .photgraphy, and many, many more. These special top level domains are very new, and very expensive. They can cost from $50 to hundreds and hundreds of dollars a year. They even have “brand name” top level domains for some well known companies now. You can see some of them here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_top-level_domains#Brand_top-level_domains . There are also Country Top-level domains…one for every country. The United States of America, for example, is .us . .cn is china, and .ca is canada. You can see those here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_code_top-level_domain . Some of the other special Top Level Domains are sponsored TLDs. You can see some of them here, though I believe the list is much longer now: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sponsored_top-level_domain . Anyway, Google what you are looking for, and you’ll find it. There’s lots of information out there.
So, you picked a domain name. Now what? Well, you need a server to put all the files for your website on. A server is just another computer with a server operating system, like Apache, Linux, or Windows Web Server. You could build your own, and maintain it to keep it up 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 165.25 days a year…or, you can “rent” space on a server someone else own. When you do this, it’s called “HOSTING”. It means someone else is “hosting” your website files for you, and you pay them to maintain the hardware. It’s the easiest way. There are many types of hosting services. There are Shared Hosting, Cloud Hosting VPS (Virtual private server) hosting, Dedicated server hosting services…they all have their pros and cons. Others have done the work of writing about it, with pictures, so I’ll just give you a link. Here is an article that explains the hosting services pretty good: https://websitesetup.org/what-is-web-hosting/ .
Anyway, I have to go. One of my client’s websites is running slow on his cloud hosting server/service, and he wants me to fix it. So off I go. If you need help even just getting started, you can call Everything I.T. to help you. Even if you just want to build your own site, but you need help setting it up, I can help you with that. Just get in touch. Don’t wait. Ask questions. It never hurts to call and ask questions, right?
And here is what all the stuff I said looks like pictorially:
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by E.I.T. Author | Nov 10, 2016 | Blog
So I was reading my promo codes email today, and Fry’s says they are starting their Black Friday sales early. They have lots of good deals…
If you don’t have security on your computer, you can get Norton, which has been my favorite for at leas 5 years or more now (I test them all) and if you sign up and get the promo code in your email, you can get it (The deluxe version for 3 machines) for about 10 bucks…
So get busy, and start watching those ads. I love Fry’s. I build some great machines…and I don’t get everything there, but I have to say, if I’m not getting it online, I’m getting it at Fry’s…their prices and deals can’t be beat…
Everything I.T. wishes you a Happy Thanksgiving holiday. And I just want to remind you I’m here…for all your computer or website issues.
by E.I.T. Author | Oct 22, 2016 | Blog
Not offline really, just not monitoring as much as I usually do. I’m building a new desktop / work machine, and borrowing some parts from the old one, so if you don’t get a reply by email as fast as you would like, just call the number at the bottom of the page please.
I do have a laptop, so I will read eventually, but just maybe not as quickly. Sorry.
Thank you for your patience.
by E.I.T. Author | Sep 22, 2016 | Blog
If you have them, and never blocked or hid them, Microsoft, via Windows Update, will now “graciously” remove all the Windows 10 updates that they so “SCANDALOUSLY” put on your computer to begin with. A new update just released today says it uninstalls all Windows 10 related updates. (Although their list is a little bit shorter than mine is…) The information, and the update is here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3184143 (but if you install this week’s updates you will get it also)
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