Whenever you are making constant changes to your site it is important to realise that any change in the Search Engines are not instant. So if you change URL’s on your pages then the search engines will take a while to update with the new URL’s. Even at that, they will still hold your old URL indexed for some time.

What this means is that anyone finding the old URL will recieve a 404 (Page not found) Error.

It is possible to customize the 404 Error so that the page redirects to the home page, to a site map, or sales page or squeeze page. This would allow the visitor to navigate away from the 404 page and keep them in your website. With a generic or plain 404 page the visitor may get annoyed and leave your website.

To redirect visitors to a customized 404 error page requires just a few simple steps. In your file directory of your website you should have a file “.htaccess”. If not, just create a blank text document and use your ftp program of choice and upload it to the website.

Open the file “.htaccess” and add the following line.

ErrorDocument 404 www.yourdomain.com/404error.html

“yourdomain” is of course the http:// to your website. 404error.html can be any file name you want, but I like to keep it simple and something that I think will make sense to anyone looking at the file directory.

Now you can hand code or use your favorite web editor to create your custom 404 page. I would recommend keeping it simple and not include a lot of content. Use it get your visitor back to looking at your site.

Hopefully your visitors will not ever land on your 404 error page. If a visitor does find it, your website will look much more professional by taking this small step. If you have a website that is selling, by all means use this page as another source to expose your client to your sales pitch.

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To your success,
Brian and Jennifer Baulch

So, the question begs… “What Can Be Done with cPanel?”

If your web hosting doesn’t offer shell access, cPanel will be the only way to manage your web hosting, cPanel is a web based server control software that allows you to do the following operations and a whole lot more. Common operations such as adding FTP users, creating databases, creating mail accounts and a multitude of other hosting operations can all be performed with cPanel.

Creating Mail Addresses

If you have the domain xyz.com and you would like to create a mail address called info@xyz.com, you can perform the following. Firstly click on the Mail tab from the front page. There you will see options to create, modify or delete mail accounts. If you to forward mail to an existing account here you can set an addres to forward to the account of your choosing. To read emails access the Webmail tab from the front page

Managing your domains

You may want more than a single address directed towards one web site, for example if you owned xyz.com and xyz.net, this can be achieved by using the Parked Domains tab, here you can type any address that you own to point to one of your web sites. If you hosting provider allows you to have more than one web site on your account, you can add domains via the Addon Domains tab. If you hosting provider supports the creation of sub domains you can create these via the Sub Domain tab.

FTP Options

You can create additional FTP users, set their access levels and other FTP related tasks using the FTP tab.

Database Tasks

To create a new database, or modify existing databases use the Database tab. Here you can perform all allowed database tasks, to perform more advanced database operations you will need to use phpMyAdmin, this can also be accessed from the Database tab.

Analyze The Logs

When running a web site you need to know what your visitors like, where they are coming from, which search engines are bringing the most visitors and all other data about them. Normally you will have access to the raw log files, but these are hard to analyze, to see data that is formatted about your visitors in an easy to read way go to Web/FTP Stats, here you will have the option to review your sites statistics using a variety of software such as Webalizer or AWStats.

Fantastico

Most if not all cPanel installations these days come with Fantastico which is an auto installer for many php based scripts. Fantastico can be used to install popular php scripts such as Wordpress, Mambo, phpbb and many other php products. Using Fantastico is the easiest way to setup these php based scripts and will save you having to manually upload the scripts, and more often than not Fantastico will do all the configuration of the script for you which is a real time saver.

cPanel is a very advanced application for configuring your hosting and learning all the tricks can take some time, but hopefully you now have the basics down and you can progress from here as your experience with web hosting increases.

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To your success,
Brian and Jennifer Baulch

You most likely already have access to the cPanel Web Hosting panel for your website and you know that the ‘net is flooded with videos on how to use the basic features of cPanel.

So the question is “how you can you take it one step further and use cPanel’s bigger features to take your business to the next level of success?”

This new video series is packed with 10 videos and 3 bonus videos on quick cPanel shortcuts that will save you time, hours of fustration and allow you to automate daughting tasks.

If you’ve ever wanted to know..

* How to create MySQL databases
* How to use Awstats
* How to create profitable 404 pages
* How to protect your files
* How to perform direct server to server file transfers
* How to install server scripts
* How to set up a cron job
* How to get rid of spam

and much more..

..Then you this may be the only video series you’ll be needing on web hosting!

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To your success,
Brian & Jennifer Baulch

Cpanel is a back end area of sorts offered by many web hosting services. It is an amazing tool but it can be a bit overwhelming at first.

First things first, if your website has a Cpanel you can access it by going to your website and then /cpanel. You will then see a log-in screen and will need to put in the user-name and password that your hosting provider gave you for your website. Once you have done this you will come to a screen with a whole lot of icons.

The Cpanel window is divided into categories. The first one to two categories are probably going to be unique to your web hosting service. At the bottom of the screen is where all the goodies are. There’s one icon that I’m going to talk about.. Fantastico.

If you click here you will be brought to a large menu of software that you can install on your website free of charge. Some of the really cool ones include..

1. Wordpress (very good blogging software)

2. Joomla (web content manager allows you to create many different types of websites)

3. Help Center Live (allows for live help chat assuming you have someone manning the computer, otherwise provides a ticket system)

4. phpBB (full featured forum system)

5. Coppermine Photo Gallery (allows you to upload and organize pictures into attractive galleries)

6. Tikiwiki (nice wiki software)

7. Moodle (allows you to create online courses)

8. Web Calendar (allows you to create an online calendar)

There are many more really cool programs here, but that is a sample of some of the best. You can get all sorts of functionality out of your website from these programs, just be prepared to spend the time to learn them. Hey, you can’t beat the price and trust me there are many software packages you can get that do the same type of thing but cost hundreds or thousands of dollars.

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To your success,
Brian and Jennifer Baulch

A unique direct sale and marketing model approach provides an excellent model for business ownership for stay at home moms and those who desires freedom to spend more time with their family, social life, community service, holiday fun together and others.

Your dreams, passions, skills and talents can be all excelled through the direct sale and marketing model approach, even if you have never thought of yourself as a business minded person or sales person before.
You may be asking yourself how I can be a business or salesperson. Well have you ever shared with any person about a good or great product, service, movie or even music before that you have used?

If you answered yes to any of the above and you have dreams, passion on any subject or talent in life; by using a direct sale and marketing model you can teach prospects the how’s and why’s about your subject of passion. Yes you’re just teaching or educating not trying to sell anything.

Here are five various direct sales and marketing models for your passion and teaching business that can be implemented.

1.    Sales Representative
2.     Buy  and Sell
3.     Affiliate Marketing
4.     Information Marketing
5.     Network Marketing

Each direct sale model is discussed in the video below for the pros and cons to each model entry expenditure, risk, compensation and freedom potential.

We look forward to your comments and feedback on how the pros and cons work for you. Could one of these direct sales and marketing models suit you and how will it fit in with your dreams and passions to teach others your talents?

By Brian and Jennifer Baulch

What will the future of the web look like? I believe it will empower everyone to become an entrepreneur, and finally unleash the power of the world’s creative minds.Join the discussion, and post your ideas of a more effective web! Check out http://www.sophotec.com for the hottest stuff on the web3.0. Johannes

Blogging is taking off like a wildfire. People are blogging about  just about anything you can think of. From the dailyroutine of their cat, to technology reviews, to politics.

Until the blogosphere sorts itself out and matures a bit more, it may be difficult to tell exactly how this new frontier of instant publishing can help you and your business grow. But don’t worry – you’ll start getting a flood of new ideas in the coming months.

For now, the most important thing you can do is develop the right mindset about business blogging. What you think about something, and how you strategize appyling it in your business very often has more to do with succes than the technology, tool, or resource itself.

With that in mind, here is the most important thing you can do. Keep your eye on people.

DO NOT get stuck on the “technology.” That’s what drove all the pie-in-the-sky dot.com dreamers into the financial abyss.

It’s people and personal communication that matter most, and should always be a the center of all your thoughts, strategies, and actions.

Blogging is just a tool. But it’s a tool that can and should become a major support arm of your business. Why?

Because it exponentially multiplies the world’s oldest, most favored, and trusted form of information sharing — word of mouth.

Just ask yourself, whom do you trust the most to give you advice, recommendations, and information about opportunities, purchases, or choices? Someone you know and trust, right? Someone who you feel is just like you.

That type of trust comes from personal communication, social interaction, and the joining together of like-minded individuals. Blogging simply magnifies and expands that sense of community and more personalized communication, and then expands the reach across the entire world!

Link trust; with respect, positioning, and word-of-mouth and you have the makings of a powerful marketing arm that can initiate an ever-growing stream of highly targeted prospects.

Remember, it’s the relationships that matter most. Keep your eye on that fact, and you’ll always have the right mindset for business blogging that’s a benefit for you and your readers.

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