Avoid a lack of service

I don't get to travel much for my job, and that is not necessarily a bad thing, so when I do, I get to experience all types of oddities. However, today I find myself sitting on the floor, against an pole, typing this article (but not into the website – more on that later), waiting to get on a plane. <rant on> I live in the greater Orlando, FL area and here in town we have a large international airport. Given the heighten security restrictions, I knew I'd have to get there early – … [Read more...]

Protect your website (and on-line business)

What would happen if you were to lose your website? This is one of those good questions to ask but one, that few want to answer. If your website were to go down for the following periods of time, how bad would it be? 1 hour 1 day 3 days a week - or more OK, hopefully, no one looses their site for a week or more, but I've run into plenty of new and potential customers that have had their site down for hours to days. See if your response fell into one of the following (these are … [Read more...]

The three things that make up a website – Part II

In our last posting, three things that make up a website, we mentioned the three things that you need to have a website, your domain name, your host, and your files. We also talked about picking and getting your domain name. Remember to talk to your web designer/company, they should be able to help you come up with some good names. If not, you might need to consider a different web design company. Get some web server space This is the next item that needs to be taken care of. Your … [Read more...]

The three things that make up a website

As someone who works with getting companies on the web, often for the first time, this is a question I am asked all of the time. While it may seem straightforward “Make a web page”, there is a little more to it than that, although not a lot. There are three things that go into getting a website published, beyond all of the details like, how to make it, what to put on it, etc. Have a domain name Get some web server space Publish the website file(s) Let’s take a quick look at each … [Read more...]