Choosing a good web host is one of the most important decisions you will ever have to make when starting your next Internet adventure. 

Your web host can either make or break you, so you need to hook up with a host you can depend on, one that works every single day with out fail and provides daily backups just in case something does happen.

Warning:  Check out the help forums if you don’t already know what I’m talking about and see all the problems people are having with stuff not working correctly. Many times it’s their faulty hosting system. 

It is important to always remember that by selecting the right web host in the first place you can effectively avoid many of the common pitfalls associated with low end web hosting. 

But don’t let price fool you!

You don’t have to pay a lot of money for a quality web host.

Hostgator offers several robust plans for under ten dollars a month. I have had Hostgator as my web host for 7 years now and they have provided nearly flawless service and almost instant support.  I can have an answer to a question within twenty minutes but usually not more than an hour or two 24 hours a day.

With over 40 full time support techs on hand to help you with any question you might have, you’ll find that you will never need to endlessly wait for useless support again.

Here’s Just A Small Sample Of  What You Get From A Quality Web Host Like Hostgator

• 99.9% Up-time
• High Speed Servers – Backed Up Daily
• cPanel – Runs every thing from one master control panel
• Create Unlimited Websites and Blogs
• Unlimited Email Accounts
• Unlimited Mailing List
• Unlimited E-Commerce Shopping Carts
• Audio/Video Streaming
• Hundreds Of Free Professional Custom Templates
• Tons Of Extras – Auto-Install – Guestbook – Forum – FAQ – etc.
• Generous disk storage space and bandwidth allowance – even on starter plans.
• Visit Hostgator To Learn More

Happy Web-It

Tom Jones

Webit Video Lesson # 11 – How To Create A Self-Published Blog

Webit Video – How To Self Publish Your blog - Windows Media File

Webit Video – How To Self Publish Your Blog - Flash Media File

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In this lesson we will be using the cPanel to create our very own self-published WordPress blog.  This short video will teach you how to get the cPanel open and how to create your blog using a super simple self-installer called Fantastico. Your blog is created in just a few minutes.

In our next lesson we will visit our new WordPress admin panel and complete the rest of the blog set up.  We will focus our attention on settings that will help maximize search engine popularity.    

Note: Just In Case You Don’t Know By Now – This video lesson is part of a series “How To Make Your Webit Work”. Here’s a link to the first lesson.

Happy Web-IT,

Tom Jones

Webit Video Lesson # 7 – How To Set Up Your Email and Registry Settings

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Webit Video – How To Set Up Email-Registry-cPanel - Flash Media File

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This short video will teach you how to go to your cPanel and set up a new email account and also automatically set up your registry settings for your favorite email client.

In our next lesson we will check to see if our site is live and ready to publish.

 Note: This video lesson is part of a series “How To Make Your Webit Work”. Here’s a link to the first lesson.

 Happy Web-IT,

Tom Jones

Webit Video Lesson # 6 – How To Set Your Password In The cPanel

Webit Video – How To Change Your Password-cPanel - Windows Media File

Webit Video – How To Change Your Password-cPanel - Flash Media File

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This short video will teach you how to go to your cPanel and change the password.

You need to do this first and be sure to choose a password that you can easily remember. 

Hostgator sent you an email telling you the password they assigned to you when you opened up your web hosting account.  This password is usually to hard to remember so you need to change it straight away.

Warning: Be sure to choose a strong password or else Hostgator will toss it and make you choose a stronger one, which can really foul things up down the road so you need to choose a strong one up front, or you will be sorry.  Fair warning!

In our next lesson we will create a new email account and also create the proper registry settings with our email client so that it will work flawlessly.

Note: This video lesson is part of a series “How To Make Your Webit Work”. Here’s a link to the first lesson.

Happy Web-IT,

Tom Jones