Find the Right Hosting Plan For You

There are a lot of shoppers out there that are probably not exactly sure which hosting plan they should purchase.  For us who have been in the web hosting world for some time, we might take our knowledge of the web hosting world for granted.  To make things easier though, for first time web hosting [...]

7 Great Joomla Template Resources

I recently had a Lunartics reader e-mail me in search of a few good Joomla theme resources.  Looking around the Web, I started to search out some of the best Joomla theme resources out there, and here are the ones I found.

Joomla-Themes.co.uk
JoomlaPraise.com
Joomla2u.net
ThemesBase.com
JoomlaTP.com
ThemeBot.com
Joomla24.com

Have another Joomla theme or template resource [...]

2 New Web 2.0 Image Tools

Are you in the need of of a quick Web 2.0ish looking banner or badge?  I have two great tools for you to bookmark, and use next time you find yourself in a pinch like that.
Web 2.0 Badge Generator
Between the two, I might like the look and feel of the Web 2.0 Badge Generator [...]

Fun JavaScript Effects for Your Web Site

Ever wanted to know how many of the popular sites like CNN, Nasa, Apple, FeedBurner and others do those cool web site effects?  I got one word for you, script.aculo.us!  This easy to use, cross-browser set of Javascript libraries will give your web sites the instructiveness and design elements you have always wanted.
What can [...]

Syndication Comes to LPQuicksite Blog

RSS feed support is turned on by default whenever you start a blog from inside of LPQuicksite.  RSS, which stands for Really Simple Syndication gives your blog’s readers a way to know when the blog has been updated, even when they are not viewing the web site. 
How can I edit the options for my [...]

LPQuicksite Storage and Bandwidth Upgrades

The Lunarpages LPQuicksite hosting plan now has no limit to the disk space and bandwidth you may use.  This new unlimited access to both the bandwidth on your account and the disk space you use is a welcomed addition to many who had asked for it.  When you ask for a feature, we love to [...]

Golden Rule on Redirects to Keep Google Happy

Let us say Joe has an old web site, but he wants to change his main domain name and the location of a few pages on his web site.  There are a dozen different ways to redirect a web site, but what would be the best way to get this done?  You want to use [...]

Design Your Own Flash Headers

Tired with boring text, and flash that isn’t interactive?  If so, you will be greatly surprised by the latest new feature we added to the LPQuicksite plan.  LPQuicksite now allows you to edit  templates that contain flash headers.

By doing so, you can give your own template layout another layer of customization, helping to separate your [...]

What Does Above the Fold Mean in Site Design?

A phrase you might often hear tossed about in web design is “above the fold”.  Now what does it mean?  To find out the answer, you have to go back and look at those ancient documents or grandparents used to share information before the time of the Internet.  Yes, I am speaking of newspapers.
In [...]

WordPress Cache Plugins to Help Performance

Often, people ask me, what is the best way to lower the loads to the server resources if I am using a WordPress powered web site or blog? 
Now there are a lot of various tips and tweaks you could do, however the easiest way to get the job done would be to try out [...]

Distraction Free Text Editing

Need a way to simplify your desktop to get a little writing done? 

DarkCopy.com provides a simple to use online text editor to help clear your mind and get you back to writing.  The green on black is not just a throw back to the good old PC days either.  It is done to [...]

Keyword Suggest Made Easy

Having a good idea what your web site’s keywords are is a great way to make sure you meta-tags are in order.  So how do you know what are the best ones to include?  Keywordle, will automatically suggest descriptive keywords for your web site. 

All you have to do is input the URL of [...]

Embed Your YouTube Playlist into Your Web Site

Thanks to relist.tv, you can now deliver a nice flash playlist player for your YouTube videos.  How does it work?  Well, after visiting relist.tv, you just fill out the optoins and then grab the code to copy and paste into your site’s design.
You can embed videos from these types of sources:

Search
A User’s Favorites
or [...]

Grab a Social Network Badge

Looking for some buttons to help promote your existance on the varoius social networks out there?  Try looking around at MySocialButtons.com.  These square badges would look great on any web site or blog.

The social networks covered thus far are:  Delicious, Digg, Facebook, Flickr, FriendFeed, LinkedIn, MySpace, Reddit, StumbleUpon, Technorati, and Twitter.
The MySocialButtons.com web site [...]

Highlighter Bookmarklet for Any Site

Find yourself reading through a web page and wishing you had a virtual highlighter handy? 
It this situation sounds familiar you need to pick up markit.net, the web’s highlighter.  To use it, all you do is visit the markit.net web site, then drag and drop the highlighter picture to your browser’s bookmarks toolbar.  Whenever [...]

YouTube Video Embedding Comes to LPQuicksite!

Our web site publishing tool and hosting plan, LPQuicksite is getting better day after day.  Once of the most recent features to be released is the ability to add YouTube videos directly into your page using our special importer tools.

First thing you will want to do is login to your LPQuicksite account, then go [...]