Here is what we have lined up for you this month:

LunarNews: June 2009

TremenDesk: the Best Hosted Help Desk Solution Big News!

Exclusive Backup Deal from Keepit.com

Lunarpages Community Survey

5 Freebies for June!

How to Stay in Touch with Your Customers & Grow Your Business

Lunar Legal – Read it Before You Sign it

Why Should I Consider VPS Hosting?

Gumblar Exploit and What Every Webmaster Should Know

WordPress Links-o-plenty!

Lunarpages Picks – What’s on TV?

Add Interactivity with Google Web Elements

As always, remember to give us your feedback, either as comments or drop us an e-mail at affiliate@lunarpages.com.  If there is anything you enjoy, learned from or would like to know more about, we would be happy to hear from you.

TremenDesk Special Introductory Offer & FREE Trial!

Need an easy-to-use but incredibly powerful web-based help desk solution for your customers and staff? Check out our featured article on TremenDesk, Lunarpages newest solution for all your help desk needs! The special introductory offer of $34.95/month won’t last long, and we’re offering $65 affiliate commissions on this to boot! PLUS you can get a 100% FREE TRIAL instantly, without having to put in any billing details whatsoever.

Lunarpages Twitter Exceeds 700 Followers!!!

Here at Lunarpages, we love all things to do with social networking, and Twitter is about as social as you can get–it helps us keep in touch and assist you guys with your questions. Help us reach more than 800 followers (we are currently at 701 by the time of this post) by visiting our Twitter and joining us! Tweet away and get to know Lunarpages.

Great Deal for Web Hosting

Want a great deal on your next web hosting purchase? Consider our Basic Web Hosting for 60 months, securing a rate of $4.95!! This great deal is only available exclusively through Lunarpages.

New RSS Feed for the Lunarpages Newsletter

Please be sure to re-subscribe (or subscribe for the first time) to our RSS feed for the Lunarpages Newsletter.  In the next coming weeks and months, we hope to have a lot more features coming to it that I am sure you will enjoy.  You can find the new feed here:

• http://feeds2.feedburner.com/lpnewsletter

Special VPS Hosting Discount!

See our Featured Article on Why Should I Consider VPS Hosting for more information on how you can save $35 off your next Linux or Windows Virtual Private Server from Lunarpages Web Hosting!

Lunarpages Website of the Month for May 2009

The winner of the May 2009 Site of the Month contest at LunarForums is AtlasDesigns.net! This fanastically-designed site is a a full-service custom design and print studio, specializing in the creation of one-of-a-kind wedding and speciality invitations. And really, we mean one-of-a-kind: check out their invitations for weddings, babies, graduation, and more.

They even have a new service that includes cartoon-based invitations, a service I bet you’d have a hard time finding anywhere else.

Congratulations to Atlas Designs! You guys have such a lovely website and definitely deserve your win.

If you would like to submit a site for consideration for Site of the Month, visit the forum at LunarForums and get voting!

Do you run a business that requires a fully-functional web-based help desk system? How about one where you can send and receive up to 1,000 emails every day? Or one where you can create unlimited custom queues (like Support@, Sales@, Business@), that doesn’t require maintenance, runs incredibly efficient and fast, and has an integrated FAQ System to boot?

Welcome to TremenDesk, the Fully-Featured Hosted Help Desk Solution from Lunarpages.

Since this is a preliminary launch of TremenDesk Help Desk, we are offering it to all Lunarpages customers for a low Introductory Offer! This means you can take advantage of some amazing discounts on this phenomenal hosted help desk solution.

PLUS, there’s a 30 Day Free Trial offer for all Lunarpages customers!! It really doesn’t get any better than this.

But what is TremenDesk?

For several years now, we have been researching help desk software and web-based solutions online, attempting to find the perfect help desk solution for Lunarpages’ customers and staff. But every solution we found was limited in some way or another or didn’t include necessary features we required for our resource-intense email base.

So we created our very own help desk solution instead! TremenDesk was built 100% in-house by our same amazing development team who works in our Anaheim office here at Lunarpages. They knew exactly what we needed because they live and breathe Lunarpages development!

What features are included with TremenDesk?

• Unlimited Users (Staff, Operators, etc)
• Unlimited Queues (Support@, Sales@, Business@, etc)
• 1,000 email inquiries per day (sending and receiving)
• Web-Based Hosted Solution, Powered by Lunarpages Dedicated Servers
• Secure Storage & Backup
• Immediate Setup
• Integrated FAQ system
• Support for Email attachments
• Detailed reporting
• …and more!!

And if you require a more robust help desk where you anticipate sending/receiving more than 1,000 emails per day, just contact us for a customized solution.

How much does TremenDesk cost?

The introductory price for TremenDesk Hosted Help Desk solution is $34.95/month, with billing cycles from 1-12 months!

Do you offer any Free Trials or Demos of TremenDesk?

In fact, we do!! There is a 30 day Free Trial of TremenDesk available exclusively for our introductory offer. No need to enter any billing details other than your contact information, and you’ll get access to the Help Desk instantly. With 30 days to try it out, we are sure you’ll want to purchase it afterward!

Can I refer friends to TremenDesk and earn money??

YES!!! Our Affiliate Program now supports referrals to TremenDesk! Just replace “lunarpages.com” in your Affiliate Tracking URL with “tremendesk.com” and you can start earning today. Every TremenDesk sale earns you $65, even if the customer only purchases for a 1 month billing cycle. Visit our Affiliate Program today to signup!

Why the name “TremenDesk”?

Because TremenDesk is the tremendous help desk solution! Seriously, we just adore the name!

I can tell you from personal experience, that having a good backup of your information and data is one of the most important things that you can do.  A lot of us put it off though, because the general assumption is that it is difficult to do, or we just don’t have the time.  Well, I am happy to say that assumption is now wrong thanks to services like Keepit.  They specialize in online backups done right, and have partnered with Lunarpages to provide our community with three free months of service!  This is an offer you will not see anywhere else, and is exclusive to you – the Lunarpages customers.

With Keepit, you can be guaranteed that your music, photos, important files are backed up.

What is Keepit?

Keepit is a company that believes in making the online backing up process simple, secure and automatic.  The goal is to provide unlimited storage for everybody.  Now how are they able to achieve such a goal?  They refine their backup offers, making them the easiest to use as well as requiring the least amount of effort (on your part) to enjoy.

Now that is a key point that I can not stress enough.  If you make the backing up process difficult or time consuming, nobody is going to do it.  So let me explain to you how Keepit works.

How Does Keepit Work?

After signing up, you install the Keepit client to your personal computer.  Once that has been done – the first time you start Keepit’s client up you will be asked to save your digital key.  This is an assurance for you, to guarantee that you are the only one who will have access to your files that are encrypted on the server side.  It is really easy to configure as well.  You can easily set the client to watch or un-watch certain file or folders.  Once you have selected the files you want to backup, your part in this is done.  Keepit does the rest of it for you.

By default, Keepit will backup every single day.  However, if you need to setup your scheduling a different way – they are flexible enough to meet your needs.  You can configure yourself which days Keepit should backup.

Your connection to Keepit is not a one way street either.  If, for example, you had Internet problems when uploading – Keepit will just take a different route.  If your backup is interrupted due to a lost connection, the desktop client is smart enough to know and will halt the transfer request until your Internet connection is back to normal.

How to Use Keepit?

For those of you who maybe new to the Keepit program, here is what you want to do after you have installed it on your computer.  You will want to double-click the desktop icon (or launch it from your start menu).  Once there, click on the “Account” tab and put in your login information:

Next, you will want to the “Settings” tab, which will allow you to select which folders you want to backup and when you want to back them up (Monday – Sunday).  Via the Simple View, you can see your Personal and Common folders to backup, and if you select “Advanced View” you can select more specific files and folders to backup.  So Keepit will let you get as details with your backup as you need.  Click the “Backup Now” button to start your first backup!

To restore the files you have backed up, visit the “Restore” tab.  From here you can see the latest backup, view all the backups, restore the latest backup, or select and restore individual files.  By default, files will be restored to you desktop, but you can also change that destination too.

How Secure is Keepit?

Security is a big concern when it comes to online backups.  How secure is Keepit?  As I mentioned before, your files are encrypted.  This will prevent anybody other than yourself from seeing your backed up photos, music, documents and more.  Backups are also stored in two different locations.  Both facilities synchronize with each other too.  So even if something happened to one of your backups with them, the other would be perfectly fine.  It is almost like backing up your backup.

How Are File Restores Done?

Restoring your files can also be done via the Keepit desktop client.  If you restore your files to a new PC, you will need to install the Keepit software there first.  After you login, and import your private digital key you should be ready to restore.  You can pick a backup to restore under the client’s “Restore” tab.  Couldn’t be any easier!

You can learn more about the Keepit service here:

• Keepit.com – Frequently Asked Questions

We are very proud to help all of our clients backup their personal files with this top of the line service.  As a Lunarpages customer, you will be entitled to three free months of service too.  This is a special nobody else can give you.  For those of you looking for an online storage solution, this is the perfect tool for you to use.

• Sign up for Keepit Using OUR Special Offer Here!

I can promise you it will not take three months to realize how great, simple and easy backing up with Keepit can be.

**Please note that at this time, Keepit is only available for Windows PC users.

Author:  Mitch Keeler

How do you like our social community of web sites?  We currently deliver to our customers, this fine newsletter, our Lunartics blog – which is updated daily, the Lunarforums, the Lunarpages Twitter account, and our Facebook group.  What we want to know from you is simple, how can we make these resources and web sites better for you?

Please take the following survey and make your vote count!

Thank you for taking the time to take our survey, your feedback means we can deliver an even better product for and to you.  So we appreciate all the help you can give us to make our community of web sites even better for you.

I love free stuff (who doesn’t?). Whenever I go to hotels, I always steal the little shampoo and lotion bottles (my favorite is from South Point in Vegas!!), and whenever I go to Olive Garden I am obsessed with those chocolate mints they give you after dinner. Free stuff always has the ability to make me smile, because stuff is so much cooler when it doesn’t cost a cent.

So as a little summer gift for you guys, here are 5 awesome Freebies that you can use to design, redesign, or cleanup your website!

1. Free Website Builder/Editor

Pixie CMS

I call it a phenomenal CMS, they call it “a small, simple, website maker”. In fact, it’s both, and it’s one of the coolest website builders you’ll find. One of the most unique features of Pixie is that it comes with a custom installer, which allows you to decide what type of website you are going to create. For example, a Pixie site for a blog will be a bit different than one for your business. Pixie is still growing, so I imagine the list of outstanding features will just multiply with time!

WizzyPage:

Mitch reviewed this for the Lunarpages Blog, and it’s just fantastic! I love WYSIWYG (what-you-see-is-what-you-get) editors, and this one just blew me away. It allows you to add, position, and/or edit content areas using pop-up menus. Really, you have to try it to believe that it’s free! The best part (besides the No Cost pricetag)? It has a built-in spell check!

If you are looking for an advanced WYSIWYG website builder, check out Lunarpages Quicksite Hosting: the 1-2-3 website solution that gets you up and running in 2 hours or less.

2. Free Ecommerce Templates

Smashing Magazine did an amazing review of 35 Free High-Quality Ecommerce Templates, so I can’t even hope to compete with their phenomenal list. There are free templates for WordPress, osCommerce, Zen Cart, CubeCart, and more. It really has something for everyone.

After all, sometimes shopping carts can be boring, so take advantage of all these free templates and try them out! Especially the ones for osCommerce, Zen, and Cube carts, because those are the ones you can install at Lunarpages with 1-click ease.

3. Free SEO Tools

Keyword Suggestion Tool: This is extremely helpful if you are trying to get your website ranked in Google for really competitive industries. Simply enter the keyword of your choice and this tool will suggest alternatives for you. For example, my search for “business web hosting” turned up: small business web hosting, web hosting business to business, and others I may never have thought of.

4. Free Page Peel Effect

Have you ever seen those websites that have a peel icon at the top righthand corner of their webpage? It looks something like this:

Well, with this little tutorial, you can do it too! Just check out Simple Page Peel Effect and you’ll be able to promote products, advertise special areas of your website, or even link to Lunarpages via our Affiliate Program to earn some extra money.

5. Free Customizable Icons for Your Website

I love icons! They are even better when they’re free, too. So check out Iconza and download their awesome icons for every aspect of your website—from Error icons, Music downloads, Photos, Save, RSS Feeds and more, they have literally more than you can imagine. Plus, you can choose the exact color, size, and background color that will perfectly suit your website. And if you click around, you’ll see some hysterical little animated characters. The mole with the hardhat is my fav.

If you guys have any freebies you know of, please feel free to share them with us!