Friday, January 30, 2009

Fix Your 404 Errors with Errorlytics

By Mitch “Hates the 404” Keeler
Is your site filled with 404 errors?  If so, you might want to check out Errorlytics.
Not to sound like Andy Rooney, but don’t you hate it when you go to a page, and the page you wanted to visit is no longer there?  Well, so do your web site [...]

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Voting for the Jan 09 Site of the Month Contest!

By Mitch “The Walking Plug” Keeler
Only a few more days to vote for our Lunarforums Site of the Month contest!  Be sure to hurry up and get your vote in for your favorite!
+ January 09 Site of the Month Voting!
It is site of the month voting time again!  This month we have a nice round [...]

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

CSS Round Box Generator

By Mitch “Rough Edges” Keeler
While working on the Link of the Day (CSS edition) for the Lunarforums, I ran across a tool that I thought I would share with you all here.  the CSS Round Box Generator is a simple tool that will help you make rounded boxes with the power of a few images, [...]

Monday, January 26, 2009

AddInto – Another Social Sharing Badge

By Mitch “Loves to Share” Keeler
I have mentioned web sites like AddThis.com, that allow you to quickly share your web site links on any number of social networks out there.  There is another new tool however, out in the wild, that you might want to try out.  AddInto does the same thing, allows you to [...]

Friday, January 23, 2009

What to Do When Inspiration Strikes

By Mitch “Like an Elephant” Keeler
Ever had one of those moments, where you had a great idea, but never got it going â€" cause you forgot about it?  Well, if you forgot, then you wouldn’t know that you forgot.. let me start over.  Ideas come to us all the time, are you ready to take [...]

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Lunar-view of President Obama’s Inauguration

By Mitch “What Satellites Are Looking at Me?” Keeler
Might not have much to do with hosting, however we are Lunarpages, so anything space related is of big interest to us.  No matter which side of the political fence you are on, you have to admit this satellite photos of President Obama’s inauguration are pretty impressive.

To [...]

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

2 Great Tools to Grade Your Web Site

Mitch “Loves Site Analytics” Keeler
How does your web site stack up?  Here are two great web site analysis tools you can use to find out, without having to install a script or copy and paste any code into your web site.
Dataopedia - All You Need to Know
I have found a resource that will tell you [...]

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

January LP Newsletter has Been Released

By Mitch “Likes the Newsletter Too” Keeler
Have you had time to check this month’s edition of the Lunarpages newsletter? 
In this month’s issue we cover:

LunarNews: January 2009


Why You Want to Start an Online Business in 2009


SEO Tips: Step Nine of Ten - Conversion Optimization


Look at Your Site with the New Year in [...]

Monday, January 19, 2009

Top 10 SEO Related WordPress Plugins

WordPress has some pretty good functions built in to help you with SEO (Search Engine Optimization), however you might find you need some plugins to help you along the way.  Here are ten of my favorite WordPress plugins that have to do with making your web site work better with the various search engines out [...]

Friday, January 16, 2009

Auto-Browse the Best of Delicious

By Mitch “Taking it Easy” Keeler
Why do all the mouse clicking, when you don’t have to?  I am closing the week out with a cool web application that will allow you to sit back, relax and view the best of the best from delicious.com. All you have to do is sit there, and let us [...]

Thursday, January 15, 2009

New Layout for Lunarpages.com!

By Mitch “Loves the Layout” Keeler

Have you checked out the new Lunarpages.com layout and design?  I must say, it is pretty sleek and stylish!  The new interface includes several new and exciting features - so I encourage you all to go check things out!
Some of the new things worth mentioning are:

More professional interface
Easier [...]

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Do You Have an About Us Page?

Mitch “Boot Camp” Keeler
One page that has become a common thing to see, no matter what type of web site it is, is an “about us” type page.  However, some web site are still missing this very important page.  This page is important to have because it lets your visitors know a little more background [...]

Monday, January 12, 2009

Working with WordPress 2.7

By Mitch “Spent the Weekend with WordPress” Keeler
I spent my weekend knee deep in WordPress, updating themes on a few personal projects of mine.  WordPress 2.7 brought in a lot of nice new features, so to help others who might find themselves in the same boat I was â€" here are a series of links [...]

Friday, January 9, 2009

Update Your Web Site Footer This Weekend

By Mitch “Foot Clan” Keeler
Looking for a project to take on this weekend?  How about updating your web site’s footer?  The “footer” of a web site usually is referencing to the bottom of any web page.  Most people are not doing much with this space, but some people are taking advantage of it.

Here is an [...]

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

40 CSS Layouts to Help with the Basics

By Mitch “Loves Free Things” Keeler
When searching through some of my personal favorite CSS and design resources, I stumbled upon an old favorite of mine - Layout Gala.  It might be a ‘bit old, but the advice and layouts here are as good now as they were then.

Via the web site, you can download up [...]

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

7 Design Sites to Help the Ugly “Make Money Quick!” Crowd

By Mitch “Hates Info-mercial Web Design” Keeler
Why is it that almost every eBook or “great money making deal” that you see out there is always based around a web page that looks like it was built back in 1995?  That is a question that has just plauged my mind forever.
As an act of public service [...]

Monday, January 5, 2009

Site of the Month Contest for Jan 08

By Mitch “Also a Moderator” Keeler
One secret I don’t think I have mentioned here of the Lunarpages family of sites is the Web Site of the Month contest we have via the Lunarforums.  This month’s contest has started up - so if you are a Lunarpages customers - be sure to submit your URL!
Want to [...]

Friday, January 2, 2009

How to Make Money with Amazon Associates

By Mitch “Amazon-a-holic” Keeler
It is a new year, so are you looking for a new way to earn a little extra cash?

With Amazon’s Associates plan, you man make money by advertising Amazon products.  Via the front page of their web site, they promise 15% earnings for your trouble too.  Here are the three services they [...]

Thursday, January 1, 2009

Make Your Web Site More Scannable

By Mitch “Highlight the Positives” Keeler
When developing content online, you have to keep this question in mind.  Is your web page scannable?  Can I quickly scroll over it, speed read and easily pick out the basics I need to know?
In my Google Reader account, I might subscribe to 150 to 200 RSS feeds from different [...]