Archive for 'Tips and Tricks'

How to Allow & Deny by IP Address

Monday, February 25th, 2008

Author: Mitch Keeler
Having issues with somebody at a particular IP address that is giving you problems? Are they bugging your users or poking you with the proverbial stick of annoyance? Well with the power of a little creativity and your .htaccess file you can help them find their way to the [...]

Setting Up Custom Error Pages

Monday, February 25th, 2008

Author: Mitch Keeler
Ever check out some of those customized error pages and wonder how it could be done? The process if fairly easy and the magic can be worked with just a little editing to your .htaccess file. As an example, here is the code that would need to be copied [...]

What You Need for an Ecommerce Website

Monday, February 25th, 2008

Author: Tiara Rea
Are you ready to take the plunge into the wide world of ecommerce web hosting? Many customers who call Lunarpages asking for rates on business hosting are not prepared for some extra costs that pop up as we explain what is necessary for your ecommerce website to run efficiently, and these extra features [...]

True Buffet of Freeware Applications

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

By Mitch Keeler
Pull yourself up to the sidebar and please watch the sneeze guard, we have been working hard to put together a collection of awesome freeware web developer programs for our clients to use. Making its home on our Lunartics blog, we have WYSIWYG editors. We have HTML tools. We have [...]

Most Confusing Terms in Web Hosting

Monday, January 28th, 2008

by Mitch Keeler
It is no secret that when you get into web hosting, or even just hosting your own site there is an entire language of terms you must learn. From error code abbreviations to aggravating ASP acronyms there is a lot to learn. Here is your beginner’s course in hosting terminology 101.
SEO [...]

Get Going With Google Sitemaps

Monday, January 28th, 2008

by Mitch Keeler
Last month I tackled the troubling topic of Google Analytics and after reviewing some of the feedback I got on the topic I thought that the next logical direction to drive you to would be Google’s Webmaster Tools.
By using this series and set of tools you can see all kinds of information [...]

Winning the Fight Against Comment Spam

Monday, January 28th, 2008

By Mitch Keeler
With WordPress, I have developed an almost fool proof way to kill off all comment spam.
It seems like a lifetime ago, but back when I had my blog on one of those other self hosted blogging solutions - comment and trackback spam was horrible. I was getting hundreds of them in by [...]

Want to Earn $180 the Easy Way??

Monday, January 28th, 2008

Author: Tiara Rea
Of course you do! Who among us doesn’t want to make a ton of money as quickly as possible? These days, I think it just gets harder and harder to find legitimate ways to earn money online. In my opinion, which could be biased considering I manage our Affiliate Program, Affiliate Programs [...]

Enhancing Your Website: 3 Cool Tips

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

Author: Tiara Rea
Everybody wants a beautiful website, but sometimes it’s hard to know what’s missing or what can be added to take your page from just OK to really amazing. If you search in Google for tutorials or tips, you’re sure to find thousands of suggestions from millions of websites and webmasters, so it’s sometimes [...]

Firefox Tools for Webmasters

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

By Mitch Keeler
When it comes to browsers that give the webmasters a lot of control and tools to use, you can look no further than Firefox. With the right extensions and toolbars - Firefox can in fact become the web developer’s best friend.
Firebug - you can edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript [...]

How to Setup Google Analytics

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

By Mitch Keeler
Out of all the web site statistics tools I have looked at and checked out for some reason I keep coming back to Google Analytics. There is plenty to come back for, as it is the most in-depth free web site stats package you are going to find.
I find after talking to [...]

cPanel Help, Tips and How-tos

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

By Mitch Keeler
Over the month of November I have been updating the Lunartics blog with all kinds of cPanel tips, how-tos and help articles. To finalize the cPanel theme for the month, what better round up could I share with the Lunarpages Newsletter audience than each tutorial that was written up this past month? [...]