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PHP and WordPress Web Hosting

Published on November 22, 2008 in PHP, PHP Hosting, WP, Web development, Web domains, web design, web host, web hosting, web hosting reviews, web sites, webhostingsearch.com and website hosting. 15 Comments

PHP Web Hosting has evolved to include graphical applications, or for producing dynamic web pages using PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor), a widely used general purpose open-source scripting language that is takes PHP codes as the input and creates web pages as the output. PHP is installed on more than 20 million websites, due to itâ€™s suitability for web development and capability to be embedded into HTML. It has advanced features that include object-oriented programming. For a detailed understanding of PHP, visit php.net, the official site for PHP.

PHP Hosting usually comes with cheap and affordable web hosting plans using the LAMP (Linux Operating System, Apache server software, MySQL database, and PHP or Perl Programming language. Webhostingsearch.com provides PHP hosting as well as web hosting for WordPress. For those who are new to WordPress, it is an open source blog publishing application that is a very popular choice as a Content Management Software. If you are interested in comparing plans, services and reviews for HostMonster, IX Web Hosting, InMotion, GoDaddy, Web Hosting Pad, Web Hosting Buzz, and other web hosting providers, you can have a comprehensive data comparison all at one place.

From domain search, to web hosting reviews, to a directory of local hosting companies, to WordPress hosting, eCommerce hosting, Reseller Hosting, Virtual Private Servers and Dedicated Servers, you can check the domain set up time, monthly fees, details of website statistics and analytics, email packages, spam protection services, mailing lists, blogging tools, RSS, software compatibility, cPanel and Fantastico options, and many such specifications and features on this website.

Imhosted.com Website Hosting

Published on September 17, 2008 in Imhosted.com, Web domains, web design, web host, web hosting, web hosting reviews, web sites and website hosting. 5 Comments Tags: Imhosted.com, web design, web hosting, website design, website hosting.

If you are looking for affordable and reliable web hosting solutions, Imhosted.com is an international website hosting company providing premier web hosting services for just $6.95 a month, with a free domain for life and a 30 day money-back guarantee!

It offers cPanel and Fantastico, ecommerce hosting features and other hosting features. You can start your own small business with their premier reseller plans, and you could submit your website to the most popular search engines using SiteSubmit Pro for search engine optimization. If you have used their web hosting services, do leave your feedback and reviews based on your experience.

Best Web Hosting Companies

Published on July 11, 2008 in WP, Web Marketing, Web development, Web domains, bluehost, hostmonster, mybestratedwebhosting.com, web design, web designers, web host, web hosting, web hosting reviews, web sites and web traffic. 8 Comments

When you are new on the world wide web, and ready to choose your first web hosting provider, the first question on your mind would be to know as to which web hosting is the best web hosting for your company?

If you have just started with a new website, and itâ€™s your first time online presence, you may want to know how to choose a domain name, followed by choosing a web hosting provider. I would recommend that you start off with a web host provider that provides you only as much disk space as you may require initially and then gradually provides you additional disk space as your website grows in terms of the content with time. No point spending extra amount on space that remains unused. So first identify whether your site is graphic-intensive because that could take away a lot of disk space.

Try to get some experience first and you can always move to another web host later. In order to be able to do that, you would require a web hosting company service that does not force you to sign up for more than a year. You may get discounted prices for signing up for a longer period, but if you say shut down your site in less than one year, that discount would be a loss. Basically you don’t want to pay extra unless your site is popular. When your website generates huge traffic, you could consider longer periods to pay. Now that would be a value-add!

For beginners, BlueHost and HostMonster offer reasonable prices with a good service. Headsetoptions.org now provides an attractive web hosting package along with your custom WordPress Themes and Web Design. Contact us for more details.

WordPress Theme Silk with Advanced CSS Edit Function

Published on June 26, 2008 in 2 column, Announcements, Design, New Releases, SEO, SEO-friendly Template, Search Engine Optimization, Themes, WP, WP Templates, Web 2.0, WordPress, WordPress Templates, WordPress themes, headsetoptions, resources, web design, widget ready and wordpress skins. 6 Comments

Silk is a free advanced WordPress theme with practically no set up required. This theme has built in fully customizable “CSS edit” functionality that allows design edits without touching any codes. Optionally, you can create a category called “Featured” and it will show on the top of the home page with added designs.

Silk includes all the following cool functions and more:

Advance theme CSS edit options.
Featured-Regular posts options.
Second level, Conditional and Dropdown (categories) menus with zero set up.
JavaScript tabber sidebar widget.
Widget ready sidebars styled for Google Adsense.
Search engine optimized.

Demo and Download

Test the theme by running a running the demo, and then download a copy of the advanced free premium WordPress theme Silk. This theme is free for personal use, please refer to the license section if you plan on using it for commercial purposes. The theme works with WordPress versions 2.0.x through 2.5.x.

Authors, License and Credits

The theme is a collaborative work of MandarinMusing WordPress Theme and Headsetoptions Web Design and based on a free template by Henry Jorge and TemplateFusion.

The theme is released under a combined CC and GPL license. The CSS (stylesheet) and images are released under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License, while the rest of the theme files are released under a GNU GPL License. What this means is, if you are to use this CSS/images to redesign, you are required to link back to the theme authors in the footer. You can make any changes to the php files any way you like. However, we prefer you leave the credits for the theme intact to help users find this theme easily. You are not allowed to redistribute this theme in part or whole. Contact us if you plan on using it commercially or if you have any special needs.

Free Support and Paid Customization

Like the other 100 or so themes from our team, this theme too is supported for free. Please go to our WordPress downloads and support page for WordPress themes support and tips.

For customization of themes or web design projects, visit Headsetoptions.org. You may view, download and test run more of our Free WordPress themes at MandarinMusing.com.

Please do spread the word if you like our themes, make a donation if you love it. Enjoy it!

Are Domestic IT Call Centers Better?

Published on June 13, 2008 in Call Centers, India, Indian Call Centers, SEO, Web development, callcenter.ramshyam.com, link building, offshoring, online marketing, outsourcing, web design and web designers. 1 Comment

Web Design companies can improve their marketability by strategy. Strategies could be online marketing, word-of-mouth marketing, local advertising, SEO consulting and so on. Not many designers outsource or offshore their work to developing countries, although I believe it’s generates faster turnarounds, and increases your clientele, depending on how much work you have. Probably the hitch is that the amount of time required to establish a good mutual understanding and trust, in most cases, exceeds the profitability targeted. For freelance designers, it’s an easier proposition to find local partners if the need be.

Similarly, specialists in BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) sector recently admitted that running a domestic IT inbound call center was more effective than a global one. Such an opinion is based on a Gartner survey which shows that domestic BPO customers can boast a higher acceptance to united IT-BPO deals. This fact means that clients will outsource both BPO and IT services to one and the same provider. Apart from this, the survey proved that call centers should concentrate on the flexibility of their contracts with customers, because â€œmost buyer companies develop quickly, and it won’t be easy for them to plan two years ahead for key performance indicators in contracts, let alone three to five years out, which is a common contract duration of most BPO deals.”