What is the best web host?

Good hosts depend on your needs. I love Slicehost because its reliable and powerful. The downside is that it's normally done through a command line so non-developers become frustrated. Control panels can be installed on a Slicehost account though.

GoDaddy is always good hosting for a cheap price. You can also manage all your domains through them, so it's convenient. What you want is a "Virtual Dedicated Server" which is a kind of hosting plan where you can host multiple web sites on the same server. They have one plan for $30 which would be good for your needs. It features a Plesk GUI control panel so you can press buttons to get things done.

There are a bundle more hosts out there. I'll mention some really bad ones, Dreamhost, Aplus.net and Dotster.

Resume at a Glance

Resume's are long an boring and my web development and design resume is filled with various gaps, cross-stitching and denim patches. One thing I find with web developers or software developers is that there is a wide amount of skills that you may have. Some are true "Ninjas" with superior hacking abilities. Some are Cowboys who just copy code and paste it all over the place. Others are like a Buick and can generally get the web development job done with common tools. I'm probably a good example of a Buick who aspires to be a Ninja one day. Here are some of the common tools I use:

  • Drupal CMS
  • Joomla CMS
  • Wordpress CMS
  • CakePHP MVC
  • Jquery
  • PHP
  • Photoshop
  • Illustrator
  • Slicehost
  • Bash
  • OS X
  • MySQL

Things I don't fool with but would like to:

  • Mobile Apps
  • Objective C
  • Apple Script

What Should you ask your Developer or Designer?

The sea of web designers is thick in 2009. Back in the mid-90's, you took what you could get and were often at the mercy of the person who built your site. Now competition has made the quality of work much higher. Still, there are those who charge high prices for mediocre work. When you research for a good web designer or developer, you should be asking these types of questions.

  • Do you write standards compliant code? What browsers and email clients do you support?
  • Will I be able to make edits? Can I build menus, make posts and add pages with easy tools?
  • When is payment due? Do you require a down payment?
  • Will my pages be SEO compatible. Do you offer SEO services.

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Sure, slick web sites are nice things to have, but the bottom line is making your business money.
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Portfolios
Current Web Design and Development Work
 
Services
Web Development and Design Services
Drupal
Custom Template Design
Computer Tutoring
Joomla
jQuery
Google Adwords Setup
Google Analytics
Blog Tutoring
Keyword density copyrighting
Web Site Standards
eCommerce
Wordpress
Photoshop to XHTML templating
Social Media Design
Cake PHP
CodeIgniter
Ten Two Four Seven Six Eight Web Sites
Flourish PHP
 
Tools
jQuery making development fun again.
Make a "Grab Up" screenshot script that posts live and gives a Bit.ly link.
The Linksys WRT310N Router. A Tale of Consumerism Gone Bad.
Accelerate your VIM learning
How to add pep to your Slicehost Slice.
How to count all the pages in your CakePHP web site using a sitemap.
Use 'copy and paste' when making super long blog posts.
Use the Mac OS X desktop to rotate your programming cheet-sheets. Learn new tricks daily
The Web Site Launch Checklist
Charter Cable DNS ignores my sites. Other ISP's see sites fine..
SEO is not about cheating search engines. It's about providing insightful content.
My Take on the iPad vs. Flash debate. How fast should we abandon old technology?
The HTML5 Experience on the iPad
It's time for one line email signatures. - I can't find the relevant content anymore!
Ten-two-four-seven-six-eight sites - What a concept!
Wordpress "Earnest link SPAM" on the rise in comments. Adjust "Discussion" settings.
More fun with screen shot scripts. Add your own short url domain
Client Appreciation Day - Adopt a URL and help clean up the web for better SEO.
Get the Green light from W3C when you use code snippets in your blog post.
Text Mate Filter Through Command - Used it yet?
A useful application of the Canonical Tag for my site.
WNC Webtech Meetup for CMS systems
Content Management System
Twitter is better at finding more breaking news than Digg, but that's not the point.
Introducing AZ Containers service in Tucson, AZ
 
Videos
Why wont my FLV or QuickTime Movie upload to my website even with "enctype="multipart/form-data" set?
 

Just in case you're interested, there are now 48 pages on this site. My goal is to create 365 pages in 365 days. The site launched on June 29, 2009. Today is September 06, 2010. That means that 434 days have past. My progress shows that I am 386 pages behind.

No soup for you!

No Soup For You!You are still using Internet Explorer 6, so you can't have soup—or look at this site. I would really prefer you download Firefox or perhaps Google Chrome. If you're on a Mac, chances are you have Safari already, and that's good too!

If you're on Windows, and you must have a version of Internet Explorer, please go get the latest version of Internet Explorer.

If you want to know why you have to go without lunch today, please visit this link to learn more about Internet Explorer 6 and why web developers are determined to eradicate it.