Archive for June, 2009

Chat with HostGator this Thursday at 5 PM CT

This upcoming Thursday (July 2, 2009) at 5 PM CT (Houston-time), HostGator is going to be hosting an Open Session where potential and existing customers alike can come chat with HostGator employees and each other.
The Open Session is going to be pretty informal, but for some context, some things we do want to do [...]


The Pros and Cons of Windows VPS Hosting

Short for virtual private server, VPS represents an increasingly popular type of web hosting that is established by partitioning a single physical server into multiple virtual servers.  Each server has its own private environment and is capable of running independently from its counterparts.  A VPS has its own fully developed operating system and can also [...]


SPECIAL EDITION: Are Go Daddy commercials too racy? Here’s what America thinks!

Watch Video BlogDr. Bob hits the road to see Danica race and find out if America really knows what GoDaddy.com does.


SPECIAL EDITION: Are Go Daddy commercials too racy? Here’s what America thinks!

Watch Video BlogDr. Bob hits the road to see Danica race and find out if America really knows what GoDaddy.com does.


Finding the Service You Need Through Web Hosting Reviews

Finding a company to host your website is not a difficult task.  On the other hand, landing one you can trust is a different story.  This article will introduce you to one of the most effective resources for locating an ideal service – the web hosting review.

Narrow Your Choices

It is rather easy to become lost [...]


Two Great CSS Cheat Sheets

How does the old saying go?  It isn’t cheating if you don’t get caught?  Well, don’t tell anybody I gave you these two great CSS cheat sheets!  Web designers rejoice, as these are two of the most handy things you can have, well… handy when it comes to cascading style sheets.

CSS Cheat Sheet vs2 [...]


Add a Hosting Affiliate Banner to WordPress

Today, in celebration of our new affiliate plan tutorial category for the wiki, I wanted to do something for the Lunarpages affiliates out there.  For those of you who have installed WordPress (and have a widget ready theme) it is super easy to get a Lunarpages banner up and running on the Lunarpages affiliate plan.
Step [...]


Enhancing Your Website with phpBB Hosting

Since being released in the year 2000, phpBB has been one of the most widely used bulletin board solutions on the market.  Today it stands alone at the top as the number one open-source forum software in the world.  While the platform has been greatly improved over the years, phpBB has always offered a powerful [...]


Rackspace Cloud Powers WWDC 2009

Last week, Rackspace’s cloud hosting solution helped to deliver live blog coverage of Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference 2009.  Hosted at blog site live.gdgt.com, the robust platform easily handled 4.7 million page views in under two hours.

Ryan Block, live.gdgt.com co-founder, was able to present a real-world demonstration on the power and value of cloud computing through [...]


Free Design Stencil Kit from Yahoo!

Talk about a nice find.  While browsing through my e-mail, I had found that a reader of the Lunartics blog suggested this resource to cover.  Yahoo! offers a design and stencil kit to web designers out there for free, licensed under the Creative Commons.  That would mean it is free to share and remix, [...]