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Reaching Customers Through Free Classified Ads

julie@purpleirisdesign.com — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100

If you're selling a product or service you need to get the word out to as many people as possible. Utilizing free online classified ads spread the word and reaches the customers in your demographic area.

Classified ads target customers in your geographical area to help reduce scams. Search for the category that best suits your products or services and then take a look at your competitor's ads. What items do they list, how do they list them, in detail or do they generalize, what c [...]

Mamp and Lamp

rusty1@outofourbasement.com — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100

A really great thing to have when you are working on a PHP website or CMS is a virtual server environment to do all your testing in. Some really good ones are MAMP (Mac), WAMP (Win) and LAMP (Linex, Apache, MySQL, PHP). Enjoy!

MAMP
http://www.mamp.info/en/index.php

WAMP
http://www.wampserver.com/en/

LAMP
http://www.mysql-apache-php.com/

Host Service Versus ISP

julie@purpleirisdesign.com — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Building a website has many steps and one of the first things your site will need is a space online where the site will reside. ISP stands for Internet Service Provider. An ISP provides Internet access for people through dial-up, broadband and/or DSL. People purchase this service so that their computer can access the Internet. Most ISPs do have space for users to host a page or a small website, frequently it is included in your monthly fee. One of the cons for putting your website on an ISP i [...]