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How to Create a Blog

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

A blog can be installed within minutes with the right host and the right type of application. However, there are choices to think about before choosing the right content management system for the blog itself.

First off, think of the things that need to be available on the blogs. Will there be any videos that need to be uploaded? Or will there only be text and pictures. Do you also need a plugin to put the advertisement in place and is it achievable with the content management system?

If the answer to all of those questions is yes, then you will be better off with WordPress. WordPress has a lot of features that would suit any blog owners. Users can embed videos and even play with some of the plugins that are available on its site. Most of these plugins are free so there would be no harm in trying them.

Try getting hosts that have an all-in-one installer in the control panel. Most of the hosts today are equipped with these programs and a good example of it is Fantastico. Installing WordPress in Fantastico would be a fast and painless experience. Another good example would be Scriptaculous. These two applications would handle all of the installing themselves and all there is to be done is a few clicks on the mouse.

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Create a Website

Friday, February 12th, 2010

There are countless ways of creating a website. In fact, there are various scripts or applications available on the Internet that helps on the creation of these websites. May it be a blog or an eCommerce site, there will surely be an application that would help create these type of sites.

Usually, sites hosted using the cPanel control panel will often have the RVSiteBuilder application. These are great website builders that will help on creating static websites. If not, there are programs such as Adobe Dreamweaver that will assist on creating a static website as well.

If the user wishes to create a more dynamic website (one that has a lot of user interactivity going on such as blogs, eCommerce and more), they can try some open source applications that will help them fulfill their needs.

A good example of an all-rounder content management system or CMS is Joomla. It is used by millions of websites worldwide and has a good reputation as well. In fact, there are a lot of prominent sites that are run by this CMS as well.

Blogs can be created with the use of WordPress, a very popular and versatile publishing platform. It has a lot of themes as well as plugins that allow the creation of a very interactive site. In fact, it isn’t only blogs that are created out of WordPress, anything that has to do with publishing content can be made out of WordPress.

As for eCommerce, there are a number of options to choose from. Prestashop is a good solution for any site that wishes to sell products. In addition to that, Magento can also be used. However, Magento tends to be quite heavy in nature which is why not many shared hosting plans can be run on it.

All of the applications given above are open source. This means that the user is free to modify them in any way provided that they comply with the GPL Open Source License. In addition to that, these applications are well known on the Internet so support is not a problem either.

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Selecting a Content Management System (CMS)

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

Creating websites is no longer a hard job. In fact, it is made easier with the creation of a content management system or CMS. There are various types of CMS and for various purposes as well. Some CMS can be an all-rounder while others are specific to a certain niche such as blogging or for eCommerce sites. Choosing a correct CMS might be a problem as well depending on what needs to be done.

First, users will have to think about the site that is going to be made. What is it about and what are the things needed to create the site? An eCommerce site would work best with an eCommerce CMS. Some good recommendations are Magento, ZenCart, osCommerce and many more. These are CMS specific to this certain niche and users can be sure that they are getting the best that the Internet has to offer. This is simply because these CMS are made for the sole purpose of eCommerce. It offers better protection as compared with other CMS and is in compliance with various regulations as well.

For a casual website, an all-rounder CMS would be very good. Some good examples are Joomla as well as WordPress. Drupal is also a good alternative but it has a steep learning curve making it hard for new players on the market.

Next, the design: a lot of CMS comes with boring default designs that are less attractive. However, there are third party designers that create good designs for the site. Identify these designs before actually choosing a CMS. It will save the user a lot of time converting to another CMS in case there aren’t any good designs.

Users should also identify some specific features that they want in their site. Usually CMS offers quite a basic package but there are third party programmers that create additional plugins for these CMS. Get to know more about these CMS before actually choosing them. It will save a lot of time for both the user and the clients if there are any.

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