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Don't you hate it when you come across a huge sale the day after you just purchased from that company? Well, at iPowerWeb you can still take advantage of our Fourth of July promotion of $4.95 web hosting even if you just purchased hosting from iPowerWeb at full price. Here's what you do, give us a call at 888-511-4678 and you can add up to 2 extra years to your account at the new $4.95 per month price. Everyone can take advantage of this awesome pricing!
Did you just purchase web hosting from a different company and spend a fortune? IPowerWeb will help you every step of the way to transfer your hosting account to us and lock in our $4.95/month price for up to 2 years.
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To celebrate the Fourth of July, iPowerWeb has announced its biggest sale EVER! Our normally-priced $7.95/month Pro Plan hosting package will be discounted to the extremely low price of $4.95/month. That’s almost a 40% discount! This discount is available for our 12-month and24-month plans. Hosting accounts will renew at regular rates.
This is a limited-time offer valid from June 27, 2007 thru July 6th 2007 12:00PM PST
Many iPowerWeb users are small businesses who wish to sell their products online. An important first step to starting a successful online business is to setup a web hosting account and register a domain name with iPowerWeb. Once your domain name and hosting account has been setup, you will want to begin designing your eCommerce website and setting up a merchant account. If you don't know what a merchant account is, here you go... A merchant account is an online bank account that allows a merchant to settle credit card transactions. Without a merchant account, the merchant cannot process credit card transactions automatically and have the funds sent to their account. If you wish to learn more about Merchant Account services, please contact our Sales Department at 888-511-HOST. iPowerWeb offers very affordable merchant services for all of its users.
iPowerWeb is one of the world's most popular web hosting providers. As an extremely popular hosting provider, over the years we have grown respect and popularity in many other spheres of the Internet and web hosting. This includes domain name registration services. For just $6.50 per year you can register your very own domain name. Some registration companies will charge you over $50 for the exact same service (if not worse). So due to the fact that we have become such a popular domain name registration provider, many customers and potential users regularly ask us who owns the domain name is it is registered through iPowerWeb. Here is the Answer...
The owner of any domain name registered through iPowerWeb is the customer that is registering the domain. Unlike some companies, we do not take ownership of your domain. This allows you to make changes to the domain at any time because YOU are the legal owner of the domain name. If you wish to learn more about registering a domain name, please Contact Us. We continue to grow at a rapid pace and love what we do. If you are considering registering a new domain name with us, please go ahead and do so. Our prices are very low and our quality of service is very high. We have received many awards for our services and we are always working to please all of our customers.
All shared iPowerWeb hosting accounts come with the award-winning vDeck control panel. vDeck is a very to use control panel which allows you to manage your website(s) from one simple and clean user interface. Although if you are using a dedicated server with iPowerWeb you will not have a vDeck control panel, rather you will have the Plesk control panel. Our Plesk control panel for dedicated servers is also very easy to use. Here we will explain how to set the timing system within your control panel.
Step 1: To change the server's time, log into Plesk and click on the Server link in the menu to the left.
Step 2: Click on the System Time button within the Plesk control panel.
Step 3: Adjust the system time and click Set. You may also specify a server to sync your servers time with the time on that server. Note: When clicking Set, the page will not change, but the time will be set.
For a screenshot walkthrough of these settings, please visit www.ipwhelp.com, click Plesk Dedicated, choose System, and click Setting the System Time.
This process should be quite simple to complete but if you ever have any questions or concerns, please contact us at 888-511-HOST.
We like to provide you with answers to some common questions that our Customer Support Department receives on a regular basis. Here we will cover the question of URL Masking and what it is. When you visit a website, you see typically see the URL (or address) in the address bar of the browser. When you have additional domain names that point to a subfolder of a main domain, you may not want your users to see the true location of the site. If domain-a.com points to domain-main.com/a, you want your visitors to see domain-a.com when they type it into a browser. The hiding of the true URL and the showing of the alias is called URL Masking. As an iPowerWeb customer you will have the ability to take advantage of URL Masking and show the alias of your domain name rather than the true URL. Please visit our Domain Names page in order to register a new domain name. As always, if you ever have any questions or wish to learn more about URL Masking - please contact our Customer Support Department.
Many existing and potential customers contact our customer support department asking us if we support Guestbooks for their website. The answer is Yes, and if you do not know what a Guestbook is...here you go. A Guestbook is an electronic form that allows your visitors to leave comments on your site. In order to learn more about how to configure your own Guestbook or just learn about the great features that come with an iPowerWeb hosting plan, you may always contact us.
iPowerWeb came into the industry in October 2001, today we host over 700,000 websites and continue to grow at a rapid pace. iPowerWeb initially started with just a few employees in an office in Santa Monica, California. Today we have over 300 employees and 5 office locations with multiple data centers.
When searching for a new hosting company, you definitely want to go with a company with a positive reputation and a company that will not just disappear. iPowerWeb is one of the world's largest web hosting providers, currently hosting over 700,000 web sites and we continue to be one of the fastest growing web hosting providers in the industry. iPowerWeb is a privately owned, profitable, and debt-free web hosting company. We host over 700,000 members from over 150 different countries. While most Internet companies are slowing down and scaling back, iPowerWeb continues to thrive. Our large customer base is a testament to the fact that we are a highly successful and great web hosting provider. If you ever want to learn more about - we are always available via both email, telephone and live chat. As an iPowerWeb customer, you will not have to worry about us disappearing or going out of business - like many hosting providers have done in the past.
Back to some common questions we receive from our customers...Does iPowerWeb support Telnet or SSH Access on their hosting plans? Here's the answer... In the majority of cases you will not need SSH or Telnet access in order to properly run your site. Due to security reasons and being on a shared hosting server, our BusinessPro and WindowsPro accounts do not provide Telnet or SSH access to your files. Although if you are on a Virtual Hosting Server or a Dedicated Server plan with us you will be able to have Telnet and SSH access. But this does not mean all of our shared customers needing Telnet or SSH access are out of luck, you may use Telnet to connect to port 110 (incoming mail) and port 25 (outgoing mail). You will not be able to access files using telnet or SSH on our shared hosting plans. SSH is Telnet-like and lacks the security issues that plague Telnet. In order to receive more information on Telnet, SSH, and iPowerWeb hosting plans in general - please contact us at 888-511-HOST. We are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
If you are an iPowerWeb web hosting customer, you may be aware that we renew all accounts automatically unless we are notified by the customer not to do so. This may seem undesirable at first, but it is one of many things we do at iPowerWeb that our users love. When purchasing your first web hosting account or domain name you may not know how long you will need the website or domain name for - this is a very common feeling and we understand your feelings. Therefore all iPowerWeb hosting accounts come with an unconditional 30 day money back guarantee and we allow you to extend or shorten your term of service at any time. When you join iPowerWeb you do not have to worry about any contracts or hidden fees. But back to the point - we renew all accounts automatically, which in many cases is a very helpful process. This means that you do not have to remember to pay us on a certain date in order to keep your website up and running. iPowerWeb does all the work for you, all you have to do is worry that your site is the best it could possibly be. All iPowerWeb Accounts are automatically renewed so our customers do not experience any downtime. Many of our customers run their businesses through their websites and we can not risk bringing their service down for even one day. We do attempt to contact every customer three times via e-mail before the account renewal is due. This ensures that our customer will be aware of the renewal taking place. If you ever have any questions regarding the status of your account, please contact our customer support at 888-511-HOST.
Many people love the idea of working from home. Rather than sitting in an office with many of your colleagues you have the ability to work from one of the greatest places in the world, home. At first it may seem like there are only advantages from working at home and it is always better than sitting in the office. If you feel this is true, we would like to provide you with a few tips to consider when working at home. By the way, this list does not apply to everyone that is working from home.
1. DO NOT leave your cell phone back in the living room when you step out to the diner for a couple of hours. 2. DO take your BlackBerry and cell phone when you go to the bathroom. 3. DO schedule a few short conference calls with anybody who works for you, since they are probably at the office cursing your name. This will show them you are fully engaged in the business of the day, which, of course, you are! 4. DO NOT start drinking any earlier than usual. Not even beer. 5. DO send out that lengthy e-mail with several Excel attachments that people have been waiting for since last Tuesday. This will serve two purposes: 1) demonstrate that you are active and on the field, in spite of all appearances; 2) stop anybody from replying to you on any issue while they chew over a spreadsheet they have no desire to deal with on a Friday during July or August. 7. DO NOT leave your Beatles album playing in the background while you talk with colleagues, even if they are junior to you. Word will get around. 8. DO NOT answer the phone during your nap. Allow the ring to wake you. Splash some cold water on your face. Then return the call and apologize for having been “caught up” in something else while it was ringing. You may not fool anybody but it will be worth the attempt. 9. DO attempt to call your boss at 6 p.m., when you know he has gone for the day. You will appear on his call sheet first thing Monday morning as any industrious corporate citizen should. 10. DO NOT conduct any sort of business in your underwear. People will know. I don’t know how, but they will.
This list will most likely be as helpful to an entrepreneur. Here are some more general thoughts. 11. When working from home, do not let other family members answer the phone! Also, shut off ALL other phones when on conference calls. 12. When you answer your home phone, always say “Hello, this is ” (you never know who it might be) 13. When you grocery shop, think about your work day. Don’t eat while you are on calls, etc. Take time out to sit down and eat away from your desk. Take a walk after a meal. Get out of the house.
Also, you may feel that this list is totally incorrect and does not apply for people that work for home. Every persons case is different, so again this post may not be the most helpful for you. Thank you for visiting our web site, we will post some information that is not related to web hosting every once in a while - just like now.
If you are in need of ASP support, please visit our WindowsPro page for more information on our top selling Windows web hosting plan. If you are already a user of iPowerWeb's WindowsPro package you may understand the functionality of ASP and why you need it. Here we will explain how to test if ASP works. If the test fails it may be related to the server located in our data center, while in some cases it may be due to the fact that your account is not on a Windows server rather it is on a UNIX operating system. Here goes the test...
1) Create a regular text file and call it test.asp. 2) In the text file, enter the following line:
<% Response.Write("Hello World!") %>
3) Save the file and upload it to your wwwRoot folder. 4) Go to http://yourdomainname.com/test.asp (do not forget to replace yourdomainname.com with your domain name)
When you go to the URL in step 4, you should see the words "Hello World". Note: Step 4 will work as long as the domain name is resolving and the test.asp is in the wwwRoot folder.
We hope this test helped you check if ASP is functioning properly. If you ever have any web hosting related questions, please contact our customer support at 888-511-HOST.
You are probably aware that iPowerWeb does not only provide web hosting services, we offer domain name registration services, dedicated server hosting solutions, Windows web hosting...the list could go on for a very long time. But another service we do offer and are respected for is our quality email hosting. Not only does iPowerWeb host your web site, but they also host your emails. Our Help Center and your vDeck control panel provides great information regarding email configuration. In this post we will discuss Port 110. Port 100 is the port used by the POP3 email service. When you receive email, your incoming mail server uses port 110 to download your mail to your computer. Therefore when configuring your email account(s) make sure that your incoming mail server is set to Port 110. If you want free email hosting for life you can get with iPowerWeb. This is because every BusinessPro hosting plan comes with 2500 email accounts, which allow you to send and receive emails at lightning fast speeds. So as long as your iPowerWeb shared hosting account is in good standing - you will receive free email hosting with iPowerWeb.
A common question we get is, "Does iPowerWeb offer JSP support on its web hosting plans?" If you do not know what JSP is, you may not need it. But just to increase you Internet knowlege, JSP stands for Java Server Pages. JSP is a technology for controlling the content or appearance of Web pages through the use of servlet s, small programs that are specified in the Web page and run on the Web server to modify the Web page before it is sent to the user who requested it. JSP was developed by Sun Microsystems and if you are wondering we do not support JSP with our shared web hosting plans, such as our BusinessPro. But this does not mean we do not support JSP at all, rather you do have the ability to run JSP on a dedicated server hosting solution. Our dedicated server plans give you the ability to run almost any program you wish and you are the sole owner of the server so you could really do whatever you wish. We manage the server and make sure that it is always running properly and the rest is really up to you. As a dedicated server user at iPowerWeb you truly have the luxury to do whatever you wish.
We sometimes need a break from the Internet and need to start thinking about ourselves. It is amazing how much time we spend in front of our computers surfing the Internet - due to spending so much time on our computers, many of us begin to neglect our bodies. One thing all of us need on a regular basis is water. We all need to drink at least 6-8 glasses each day in order for our bodies to function properly. Here are ten reasons why we all need to drink water:
* Get Healthy Skin * Flush Toxins * Reduce Your Risk Of Heart Attack * Cushion And Lube Your Joints And Muscles * Get Energized And Be Alert * Stay Regular * Reduce Your Risk Of Disease And Infection * Regulate Your Body Temperature * Burn More Fat And Build More Muscle * Get Well
So if you are not drinking enough water each day, you should start now. You will feel great and your body will thank you. If you need tips on how to properly drink water, please call iPowerWeb support at 888-511-HOST - we are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Just Kidding - although we really are always available. You may want to consult your physician before drinking water.
When purchasing a web hosting plan with iPowerWeb you have the option of getting a 3 month, 6 month, 12 month (1 year), or 24 month (2 years) service term. In some cases a person may not know how long they would need their hosting plan for therefore you may want to extend or shorten your service time. As you are most probably aware we offer a 30 day unconditional money back guarantee - therefore if you wish to cancel your plan within the first 30 days you may do so and receive a full refund with no questions asked. The money back guarantee does not only apply if you are unhappy with our service (which we know will never happen) but it also applies to people that no longer need their website. So lets say you are 2 months into your web hosting plan and need to cancel your web hosting plan, how do you do this? Or lets say you are 2 months into your 12 month web hosting service plan and want to extend your service term, how you do this? Well if you are considering either of the two - you are at the right place. You may change your service term at anytime without paying any extra fees. You simply pay the difference or receive a refund, depending upon whether you want to extend or shorten your service term. To arrange for these modifications, please contact billing@ipowerweb.com with your request. For security verification, please include the last four digits of your credit card on file. Some hosting companies like to give their customers a hard time when they want to renew or cancel and may even have some hidden fees. At iPowerWeb we work hard to make web hosting simple and stress-free. A great example of such policies are when we make everything easier for you when you want to add or subtract time to your web hosting service term. If you ever have some questions regarding the length of your service term, you should always contact us either via email or by telephone at 888-511-HOST.
The Internet is very large and people are always wanting to have their presence felt on the Internet. One of the first steps towards being seen on the Internet is by having a website. It is vital to have a website in order for people to find out about you and/or your company does. Some may think starting a website and finding a web host is simple, and in some cases this may be true, but in order to be great you need to put in time and effort. Generally people won't just find your website, you will have to work in order to be seen. The foundation of having a successful website is having a good web hosting provider - iPowerWeb is that hosting provider. We host over 700,000 websites and are highly respected for our quality servers, service, and affordable prices. If you are looking for a good web hosting provider that makes the entire hosting and website development process easier, host with iPowerWeb. As always, if you ever have any questions - you should give us a call at 888-511-HOST.
As if the English language is not hard enough, we all have to be aware that the world is filled with other languages. The English language is not unique to the United States or even the United Kingdom, rather people all around the world use the English language in order to communicate. In this post we will provide you with six foreign expressions that you should probably know. When we refer to "foreign expressions" we mean expressions that are not commonly used in the United States, instead they are from another country - like Australia. Foreign expressions represent an integral part of the English language. Knowing the meaning and usage of the most used ones is very important. First of all because it will enable you to understand pieces of text that include them. Secondly, because you might also need to use those expressions on particular situations (avoid using them just to sound smart though). Below you will find 6 foreign expressions commonly used in English, enjoy! We think that you will find these expressions very helpful to know.
1. De Facto
De facto is a Latin expression that means “actual” (if used as an adjective) or “in practice” (if used as an adverb). In legal terms, de facto is commonly used in contrast to de jure, which means “by law.” Something, therefore, can emerge either de facto (by practice) or de jure (by law).
2. Vis-à-Vis
The literal meaning of this French expression is “face to face” (used as an adverb). It is used more widely as a preposition though, meaning “compared with” or “in relation to.
3. Status quo
This famous Latin expression means “the current or existing state of affairs.” If something changes the status quo, it is changing the way things presently are.
4. Cul-de-sac
This expression was originated in England by French-speaking aristocrats. Literally it means “bottom of a sack,” but generally it refers to a dead-end street. Cul-de-sac can also be used metaphorically to express an action that leads to nowhere or an impasse.
5. Ad hoc
Ad hoc, borrowed from the Latin, can be used both as an adjective, where it means “formed or created with a specific purpose,” and as an adverb, where it means “for the specific purpose or situation.
6. Per se
Per se is a Latin expression that means “by itself” or “intrinsically.”
Hopefully this short list of foreign expressions will help you in the future.
According to a recent NPR (National Public Radio) article, computer keyboards have more bacteria than toilet seats. We should have probably given you some warning before writing this and quite frankly I'm not feeling to good about my computer keyboard either. When you think of toilet seats having less bacteria than a computer keyboard - that is very scary. With the keys designed the way they are, it is very difficult to clean your keyboard. Due to this issue some people have come up with a sort of extreme solution to this matter, place your keyboard in the dishwasher. Yes yes yes, this sounds crazy if you have never heard of this - but lately people have been talking about cleaning their computer keyboards via the dishwasher. If you ever use your computer, which you probably are doing right now, you know that keyboards get messy and quite dirty very quickly. Like we said earlier it is very difficult to clean a keyboard so initially the idea of cleaning your keyboard with the dishwasher seems quite genius. But although this seems like a good idea - many people do not recommend using your average dishwasher in order to clean your keyboard. There are companies that do disinfect your keyboard, although we recommend using keyboard disinfectant solutions available at your local office supply store. But please understand that it is best to stay away from cleaning your keyboard with the dishwasher.
iPowerWeb is known for its great servers, cheap prices, and wonderful support. All iPowerWeb customers are able to contact iPowerWeb support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. If you ever have any issues, you can just pick up the phone - dial 888-511-HOST and immediately speak to an iPowerWeb representative. If for some reason you are not near a phone, you are always welcome to email us. Similar to contacting us by phone, we do our best to answer your questions or requests as soon as possible. Therefore if you send us an email, we will try to respond to you very quickly. Our award winning world class customer support center never rests. We hire the experts, so you don't have to. Our greatest asset (by far) is our experienced team of support reps, developers, and engineers. Our support team has the highest average tenure in the web hosting industry. No one else offers the cumulative web hosting experience we do. Even better, there's someone here to help with your issues around the clock, 24x7, 365 days a year. If you are considering hosting your website with us, host your website with us. In order to make you feel safe about your choice, our web hosting plans come with an unconditional 30 day money back guarantee. Please remember that we are always only an email or phone call away.
You may be wondering what in the world is CSS? CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheets, which in simple terms is language that is used to describe how an HTML document should be formatted. As an iPowerWeb hosting customer you have the ability to use CSS on your website. Here we will provide you with ten helpful CSS tricks...
1. CSS font shorthand rule When styling fonts with CSS you may be doing this:
Much better! Just a few of words of warning: This CSS shorthand version will only work if you're specifying both the font-size and the font-family. The font-family command must always be at the very end of this shorthand command, and font-size must come directly before this. Also, if you don't specify the font-weight, font-style, or font-variant then these values will automatically default to a value of normal, so do bear this in mind too.
2. Two classes together Usually attributes are assigned just one class, but this doesn't mean that that's all you're allowed. In reality, you can assign as many classes as you like! For example:
...
Using these two classes together (separated by a space, not with a comma) means that the paragraph calls up the rules assigned to both text and side. If any rules overlap between the two classes then the class which is below the other in the CSS document will take precedence.
3. CSS border default value When writing a border rule you'll usually specify the colour, width and style (in any order). For example, border: 3px solid #000 will give you a black solid border, 3px thick. However the only required value here is the border style.
If you were to write just border: solid then the defaults for that border will be used. But what defaults? Well, the default width for a border is medium (equivalent to about 3 to 4px) and the default colour is that of the text colour within that border. If either of these are what you want for the border then you can leave them out of the CSS rule!
4. CSS document for printing Lots of web pages have a link to a print-friendly version. What many of them don't realise is that there's no need because you can set up a second CSS document to be called up when a user prints the page.
So, your page header should contains links to two CSS documents, one for the screen, and one for printing:
The first line of code calls up the CSS for the screen (notice the inclusion of media="screen") and the second line calls up the CSS for the printable version (using media="print").
So, what commands should you put in this second CSS document? To work it out, open a blank document and save it as printstyle.css. Next, point the screen CSS command to this document so that the command reads: .
Now just keep entering CSS commands until the display on the screen matches how you want the printed version to look. You'll certainly want to make use of the display: none command for navigation, decorative images and non-essential items. For more advice on this, read Print Different, which also mentions the other media for which you can specify CSS files.
5. Image replacement technique It's always advisable to use regular HTML markup to display text, as opposed to an image. Doing so allows for a faster download speed and has accessibility benefits. However, if you've absolutely got your heart set on using a certain font and your site visitors are unlikely to have that font on their computers, then really you've got no choice but to use an image.
Say for example, you wanted the top heading of each page to be 'Buy widgets', as you're a widget seller and you'd like to be found for this phrase in the search engines. You're pretty set on it being an obscure font so you need to use an image:
This is OK but there's strong evidence to suggest that search engines don't assign as much importance to alt text as they do real text (because so many webmasters use the alt text to cram in keywords). So, an alternative would be:
Buy widgets
Now, this obviously won't use your obscure font. To fix this problem place these commands in your CSS document: h1 { background: url(widget-image.gif) no-repeat; height: image height text-indent: -2000px }
Be sure to change "image height" to whatever the height of the image is (e.g. 85px)! The image, with your fancy font, will now display and the regular text will be safely out of the way, positioned 2000px to the left of the screen thanks to our CSS rule. Please note, this can cause accessibility issues as any user with images turned off won't be able to see the text.
6. CSS box model hack alternative The box model hack is used to fix a rendering problem in pre-IE 6 browsers on PC, where by the border and padding are included in the width of an element, as opposed to added on. For example, when specifying the dimensions of a container you might use the following CSS rule:
#box { width: 100px; border: 5px; padding: 20px }
This CSS rule would be applied to:
...
This means that the total width of the box is 150px (100px width + two 5px borders + two 20px paddings) in all browsers except pre-IE 6 versions on PC. In these browsers the total width would be just 100px, with the padding and border widths being incorporated into this width. The box model hack can be used to fix this, but this can get really messy.
A simple alternative is to use this CSS: #box { width: 150px }
#box div { border: 5px; padding: 20px }
And the new HTML would be:
..
Perfect! Now the box width will always be 150px, regardless of the browser!
7. Centre aligning a block element Say you wanted to have a fixed width layout website, and the content floated in the middle of the screen. You can use the following CSS command:
#content { width: 700px; margin: 0 auto }
You would then enclose
around every item in the body of the HTML document and it'll be given an automatic margin on both its left and right, ensuring that it's always placed in the centre of the screen. Simple... well not quite - we've still got the pre-IE 6 versions on PC to worry about, as these browsers won't centre align the element with this CSS command. You'll have to change the CSS rules: body { text-align: center }
#content { text-align: left; width: 700px; margin: 0 auto }
This will then centre align the main content, but it'll also centre align the text! To offset the second, probably undesired, effect we inserted text-align: left into the content div.
8. Vertically aligning with CSS
Vertically aligning with tables was a doddle. To make cell content line up in the middle of a cell you would use vertical-align: middle. This doesn't really work with a CSS layout. Say you have a navigation menu item whose height is assigned 2em and you insert this vertical align command into the CSS rule. It basically won't make a difference and the text will be pushed to the top of the box.
Hmmm... not the desired effect. The solution? Specify the line height to be the same as the height of the box itself in the CSS. In this instance, the box is 2em high, so we would insert line-height: 2em into the CSS rule and the text now floats in the middle of the box - perfect!
9. CSS positioning within a container
One of the best things about CSS is that you can position an object absolutely anywhere you want in the document. It's also possible (and often desirable) to position objects within a container. It's simple to do too. Simply assign the following CSS rule to the container: #container { position: relative }
Now any element within this container will be positioned relative to it. Say you had this HTML structure:
...
To position the navigation exactly 30px from the left and 5px from the top of the container box, you could use these CSS commands: #navigation { position: absolute; left: 30px; top: 5px }
Perfect! In this particular example, you could of course also use margin: 5px 0 0 30px, but there are some cases where it's preferable to use positioning.
10. Background colour running to the screen bottom
One of the disadvantages of CSS is its inability to be controlled vertically, causing one particular problem which a table layout doesn't suffer from. Say you have a column running down the left side of the page, which contains site navigation. The page has a white background, but you want this left column to have a blue background. Simple, you assign it the appropriate CSS rule: #navigation { background: blue; width: 150px }
Just one problem though: Because the navigation items don't continue all the way to the bottom of the screen, neither does the background colour. The blue background colour is being cut off half way down the page, ruining your great design. What can you do!?
Unfortunately one of the only solutions to this is to cheat, and assign the body a background image of exactly the same colour and width as the left column. You would use this CSS command: body { background: url(blue-image.gif) 0 0 repeat-y }
This image that you place in the background should be exactly 150px wide and the same blue colour as the background of the left column. The disadvantage of using this method is that you can't express the left column in terms of em, as if the user resizes text and the column expands, it's background colour won't.
Using this method the left column will have to be expressed in px if you want it to have a different background colour to the rest of the page.
We really hope that you found these CSS tips helpful, and if you ever have any questions with regards to your website - please do not forget to Contact Us.
As you are probably aware, at iPowerWeb we offer award winning web hosting services. We have been recognized as the world's best web hosting provider for over 5 years and we are always working to please all of our customers. We like to provide our users with helpful information regarding their web site and the Internet in general. A question that our customer service department receives on a regular basis is what is a Cron Job? Cron is a time based scheduling service for Unix and Unix-like based operating systems. As you are probably aware, the award-winning iPowerWeb BusinessPro supports Crons and runs on a Unix based platform. Crons are a set of commands on which operate on Unix based systems that are set to run automatically. A person can specify commands to run on a specific minute, hour, day, week, year, or weekday. We do our best to provide our users with the best services and products available. As an iPowerWeb user you can be sure that you are receiving the best hosting services and the best pricing for what you get in the entire web hosting industry. This is just one more reason that you should host your web site with iPowerWeb and experience the feeling knowing that your website is with the best.
A common question that we get over here at iPowerWeb is regarding ColdFusion and whether or not or shared web hosting plans support it. If you are new to web hosting you may not even know what ColdFusion is, ColdFusion is a scripting language similar to ASP, CGI, or PHP. Macromedia has a program called ColdFusion that allows you to easily create ColdFusion files using a graphical interface. You may be wondering if you really need ColdFusion for your website and whether or not our servers support ColdFusion. In most cases if you are building a generally basic web site, you will not need ColdfFusion. Mainly due to security reasons our BusinessPro web hosting plan and other shared hosting solutions do not come with ColdFusion support. In many cases you should be fine and your website will not be hurt due to the lack of ColdFusion support, but if for some reason you need Coldfusion for you website(s), you may want to look at getting a dedicated server with us. Our dedicated server hosting solution allows you to do almost whatever you want with the server. You will have full control of your server and you have the ability to do whatever you wish it. The dedicated server will be hosted in our award-winning data centers and are made of the latest dedicated server technology. Therefore if you are in need of a Coldfusion you should consider moving to a dedicated server with iPowerWeb.
Here we explain why you should consider purchasing a desktop computer rather than purchasing a laptop computer for your college student. If for some reason you do not agree with this information, maybe you could get both. Desktops and laptops are both very useful and popular. A common question people ask is in regards to whether choosing a laptop or desktop computer. Here we will speak about desktop and laptop computers with regards to college students. Desktop Advantages
You’ll find fewer students lugging their PC Towers or iMacs into their dorm room on move in day. You may see a particularly tech-savvy college student with a huge computer that looks like something from the Sci-Fi Channel. Desktop computers do have a few advantages though.
1. Power - Those cute little laptops are nice and all, but they cannot compare to the power that the desktop can wield. For college students in engineering, architecture, computer sciences, business, or science (just to name a few), you should consider what types of programs your computer will have to run. I’ve seen some pretty robust student programs out there. You don’t want to be stuck going to the computer lab every day because your laptop can’t handle the demands of your architecture program. Talk to the dean of the college, your professors, other students, or your academic advisor to find out what types of programs you’ll need. If they are sizable programs, I’d suggest going with a stronger, more powerful PC.
2. Memory - Yes, a desktop computer can have more memory too. You can also put more memory in it than laptops. Not only is this helpful for people running robust programs, but it’s also helpful for those students who like to play games and listen to music. You may not know this, but college students LOVE their music. They also love free stuff. I’m not one to rat anyone out, and I don’t want to alarm you, but some people even use programs (that may or may not be legal) to download movies, TV shows, albums, and a load of other stuff. Having a desktop can allow you significantly more room to hold all of the data you need and love. I, for one, have over 6000 songs on iTunes. That’s a lot of Gigs of music. My laptop couldn’t handle that, or it could, but then I wouldn’t have any room for anything else. Also, many students are gamers. I’ve seen countless students in dorms playing WoW (World of Warcraft) at all hours of the night. I suggest a desktop if you’re going to be running demanding games. Remember to consider what things you’ll be downloading or putting on your computer before buying.
3. You Can’t Steal Them As Easily - There, I said it. No offense to laptops, but they’re pretty easy to steal. Crime is an issue on many college campuses around the country. People leave their dorm room doors unlocked or wide open all the time, and so it can be quite easy to sneak in and take something. Laptops are just a lot easier to take than desktops. Of course I realize there are laptop locks, but in my experience, less than 50% of students actually use them. In any case, laptop locks can still be cut. Most just let their laptops sit out in the open. Desktops are bigger, have more parts, and just not as easy to take. I have an iMac G5, and let me tell you, that thing is pretty heavy. If I were a burglar, I wouldn’t want to have to run away lugging that behind me. So, consider how safe your campus may be, and thing of the extra security offered by having a desktop.
4. Your Desktop Won’t Distract You in Class - I love students who think they are going to take their laptops to every class and take extensive notes and be the best student possible. This never happens. What actually happens is students take their laptops to class, talk on AIM and use Facebook the whole time. If you have a desktop, you won’t be able to take it to class with you, so it won’t be a distraction. Trust me, there’s no substitute for pen and paper when taking notes.
5. It Will Probably Last Longer - For any student strapped for cash, the life of their computer investment is of utmost importance. I have found that desktops last significantly longer than laptops do in college. The fact remains, while laptops are great to carry around to the Quad, or the cafeteria, or anywhere else on campus, this puts them in much greater danger. I can tell you countless stories of students dropping their laptops, having their laptops fall out of their bags, knocking them off tables during rambunctious dorm parties, spilling drinks on them in the cafeteria, knocking them off desks in class, and much more. You’d have to really try to shove a desktop off your desk. Case and point, I’ve had my desktop for over two years now. My girlfriend had her laptop for under a year. Guess what happened; she went to put her printer away and it was still attached to the laptop. YANK; there went the laptop smashing on the floor. It was funny, because that same thing happened to me a few weeks later, but because my printer was connected to a heavier machine, all I did was move it a little and I was able to realize what was wrong.
6. Cheaper - Laptops can get pretty expensive, especially considering the amount of danger they’re placed in on a daily basis. For the college student who cannot afford much, desktops should really be considered. You can get a decent desktop for $600 (sometimes even less). I’ve never seen a laptop for less than $1,000. That’s a big price difference, especially considering tuitions that will have to be paid and all the other expenses college students have to deal with. FAFSA awards are great, but I doubt they will leave you with enough money to get the top of the line laptop and pay all the other expenses you may have.
7. Customization - For the more tech savvy person, customization is key. You can’t customize laptops nearly as much as you can desktops. Dell offers the whole “build your own computer” thing. Many other PC makers allow you to add different kinds of monitors, ram, towers, etc. Laptops are generally, “pick which one you like and how much memory you want in it.” You also can make minimal changes to laptops after you’ve purchased them. Desktops can have graphics cards changed, RAM added, motherboards, soundcards, monitors, and much more modified. If you are a fan of customization, look no further than a desktop.
If you have your own web site you probably know the importance of traffic. Probably over 99% of web site owners want as much traffic as possible to their website. Getting traffic is just one part of a much larger equation and typically you would want the right traffic. What we mean by the right traffic is that you want to have people interested in your web site browsing your pages. For example if you sell children's clothing you probably would not want people interested in hair products visiting your site. Because the Internet is wide open people can pretty much visit any site they want, so if a person wants to visit your web site they can. Back to the point...we all are always looking to increase traffic to our web site which in turn would hopefully lead to greater sales. Nowadays many people are using search engines such as Google to find their way around the Internet. But by putting everything aside one method of gaining traffic is by having a great web site. For example if you publish great articles, interesting photos, or helpful guides people would generally want to visit your site on a regular basis. One perfect example of this is the NASA web site which published a very interesting photo and since then the website has gained a great amount of traffic. This is a link to the NASA site. Click Here. We posted this in order to provide you with an example of how anyone can gain popularity on the Internet very fast. So if you have something useful, cool, and/or different - put it on your web site and hopefully it would naturally gain buzz without you having to pay any money on marketing. If you don't have a web site, please visit iPowerWeb.com for web hosting products and services.
This post is not related to web hosting or iPowerWeb which seems somewhat weird, particularly when you consider that this is the iPowerWeb Web Hosting Blog. Anyways - this is just a quick post about sleep. I'm not sure you really appreciate sleeping until you start losing it - so if you sleep eight or more hours each night, keep it up and you are very lucky. If you are on the other side of this story and only receive a few hours of sleep per night (or maybe even none)... try to get more. Of course people get used to different sleeping habits although it is proven that the better rested you are the better you will function during the day. It is not good to fall asleep while you are working during the day, so if you are able to - please try to sleep some more. Writing this makes me somewhat tired and I will try to go to sleep soon too. iPowerWeb is a uniques web hosting company because we are open 24 hours a day, so if for some reason you cannot go to sleep - why not give us a call. We love to help all of our customers, so if you ever need anything for you web site...don't forget to call us at 888-511-HOST. It is getting quite late, so I will try to go to sleep as well.
This information regarding ICANN is directly from their site:
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The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is responsible for managing and coordinating the Domain Name System (DNS) to ensure that every address is unique and that all users of the Internet can find all valid addresses. It does this by overseeing the distribution of unique IP addresses and domain names. It also ensures that each domain name maps to the correct IP address.
ICANN is also responsible for accrediting the domain name registrars. "Accredit" means to identify and set minimum standards for the performance of registration functions, to recognize persons or entities meeting those standards, and to enter into an accreditation agreement that sets forth the rules and procedures applicable to the provision of Registrar Services.
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If you wish to register a domain name with iPowerWeb, please visit our Domain Name Section on iPowerWeb.com
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If you regularly read this blog you are probably aware that iPowerWeb has many popular and unique web hosting products and services. One of our most popular programs is our Reseller Program, which enables anyone in the world to become their own web hosting provider. Seriously, you are able to start your own web hosting company with absolutely no money to start. Each time you get a new customer all you have to do is setup a new hosting account through your own private-labeled reseller control panel. If this sounds complicated, it is not. Our Reseller Program is very easy to join and there are never any start-up or hidden fees. Please visit our Reseller Program web site for more information. In this post we will explain the special pricing levels for all of our resellers. By the way yes it is true, you can purchase iPowerWeb hosting for as low as $60/year. That is a great discount and the best part is you can set your own prices to resell your hosting services. Meaning that you can purchase hosting from us for just $60/year and resell it for $400/year (this is just an example). Please continue to read in order to learn more about our Reseller Program pricing levels.
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It is very important to get the domain name you want. Generally the way people get to your web site is by knowing your domain name, so if you have a domain name that you are interested in, make sure to register it. At iPowerWeb we understand the importance of domain name availability, this is why you could search domain name availability via this link - Domain Name Check. This is a very helpful tool because you want to know which domain names are available fast. Our domain name checker is very fast and you can always use this to find the domain names that are right for you.
