Archive for 'Issue 14 - September 2008'

LunarNews: September 2008

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Can you guys believe it is already September?? I feel like this month has just whizzed by! That could be because of all the phenomenal stuff we’re doing here at Lunarpages (it keeps us busy, that’s for sure!), but September has really just been jam-packed with excitement.
At any rate, we’ve got a lot to announce [...]

Lunarpages and Paymerica - Ecommerce Solutions

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

by Tiara Rea
In the current state of the US economy, it’s always nice to have an affordable game plan for your online business. Before you do anything else with your ideas, you should lay out the costs and find the most appropriate solution for your needs.
Lucky for you, Lunarpages has you covered. We provide free [...]

Fancy Image Effects with Lightbox 2

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Author: Mitch Keeler
Have you ever wondered to yourself how some sites out there can bring up those cool photo effects?
For example, if you click on the big screenshot on this site, the background turns black and the image is brought to the center of the screen. This is done with the help [...]

Free Flash Template for New Customers!

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Author: Tiara Rea
If you need a new web hosting plan, we have an amazing deal for you that will allow you to get a free flash template from Flash-Template-Design.com with any new 12 or 24 month web hosting purchase from Lunarpages!
That’s right! FTD will GIVE you a flash template, up to a $60 value, 100% [...]

SEO Tips: Step Six of Ten - Social Media

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Author: Li Evans

Welcome to part six in this ten part SEO series. The ten parts of the SEO process we will be covering are:
1. Keyword Research & Selection
2. Competitor Analysis
3. Site Structure
4. Content Optimization
5. Link Building
6. Social Media
7. PPC
8. Statistics Analysis
9. Conversion Optimization
10. Keeping It Up
Social Media
On the second day of SMX Social, I [...]

Adding Advanced Features to LPQuicksite - Enabling Auto Responders

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Author: Tiara Rea
If you are following along in this LPQuicksite Tutorial Series on Adding Advanced Website Features to your LPQuicksite, you have probably already added a website counter and are watching your visitors roll through and may have already got a couple emails delivered to your inbox! For this month’s installment, I’ll show you how [...]

10 Blog Monetization Tips

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Author: Tiara Rea
We are always harping about the importance of blogging, aren’t we? Well, it’s definitely for a good reason! Blogging is one of the best ways to gain relevance in the search engines, because you are sending out fresh and relevant content and telling the search engines exactly when you’re doing it. This can [...]

Preview of the Lunarpages Support Wiki

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Author: Mitch Keeler
I am happy to report that all is going well on the wiki front. Want proof? Well I knew more than a few of you have been asking for some sort of preview, so I thought I would tempt your support loving taste buds with this screenshot:

I am kidding of course! [...]

5 Most Popular Joomla Extensions

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Author: Mitch Keeler
Many of our customers are using Joomla in one way, shape or form to power the Online projects or web sites they run. With that in mind, I thought I would cover some of my favorite most popular extensions for the Joomla content management system.
Community Builder
This tool will extend the Joomla user [...]

Ping.fm - Easy Updating for Your Social Tools

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Author: Mitch Keeler

Do you find yourself using just about every new social network or status tool that comes on the block? Yeah, me too. Thankfully though there is a great new service that will make it really simple to update all your network profiles all at once. Ping.fm is a simple service [...]