Check out http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress for more information on how to upgrade.  We upgraded this morning and it was not that hard at all. 

Comment below if you find any bugs on our upgrade.

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Frontpage, on a lot of Microsoft systems, comes included on many personal and business installations.  Because of this, Frontpage may be a good option for you to consider when starting your development experience. 

I started with Frontpage.  YEARS ago… but definitely, it was an easy drag and drop experience that allowed me to integrate sites quickly until I learned HTML. 

Well, here is a tip.  I learned Microsoft Word and Excel years ago also.  But at that time, I used the Video Professor to do it.  This set of tutorials, loads onto your computer and takes you step by step through the process of learning the necessary functions to get you around. 

Video Professor has a Front Page Tutorial.  They say:

Our Learn FrontPage tutorial lesson is a fast, effective way to learn the secrets of creating and managing professional Internet or intranet sites. As you walk through the site design process step-by-step, you will quickly learn how to create websites without HTML or programming.

No HTML, No Programming, No Hassles

With the FrontPage 2003 tutorial, we will coach you through many Microsoft FrontPage components and options, allowing you to build your site without actually having to learn HTML or programming.

So, if you are looking to start your internet marketing journey,

1. Start with an HTML editor like Frontpage
2. Get a great tutorial resource like Video Professor
3. Get to work & Keep up the hope!

Check out the VideoProfessor and get some free videos.  ( I think you pay for shipping).  If you have used the series before, comment below and let us know.

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With the onset of all of the Social Networking and Bookmarking sites, wouldn’t it be great to use a centralized site to check your brand name in ALL social media sites?

Check out the following site:  http://usernamecheck.com which allows you to check the availability of your brand name.  SWEET!

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We think that starting a blog and sticking with it is a major challenge.  So choosing the blog platform should not be the issue!  In suggesting a blog platform to our clients, we definitely chose the positive attributes of WordPress. 

Why do we like it?

1. Easy to use
2. Supports a hosted version (means you can sign up for FREE) and an easy to install self-hosted version
3. Readily available templates for you to get the look and feel you like for less dollars

If you choose, you can get started today.  Go to www.wordpress.com and sign up to get your own hosted version.  This means that you don’t have to buy web hosting. 

THE WAY WE SUGGEST IS THIS: 

1. Go Hostgator.com … http://secure.hostgator.com/cgi-bin/affiliates/clickthru.cgi?id=johnsob7
2. Buy the Linux Web Hosting Package called BABY
3. If you have internet HTML experience, install the WordPress code base available at www.wordpress.org
4. If you don’t, use the fantastico software available with the hostgator package to install the software with 3-4 clicks
5. OR, contact us… .We will consult with you and help you install the software.

You will be blogging in no time!  Again, WordPress is a versatile, reliable, and dependable solution.  Check it out today!

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Back in a blog at http://blackinternetmarketing.com/sex-sells-or-does-it/-/Black-Internet-Marketing/2008/09/23/ entitled Sex Sells or Does It?, we ventured into the notion certain sexier images and banners may provoke more click throughs.  However, on our test site, www.BlackAtlanta.com, the opposite occurred.  The LESS sexy banners were clicked by almost 3-4% higher rates. 

We concluded that the demographic liked bikinis less in regards to a possible dating scenario. 

In order to conduct that study, we used an AD SERVER.  An ad server allows you to: 

• test multiple versions of banners, just as we did.
• advertise clients’ ads on your site
• give your code to your sites where you might be buying traffic to track and gauge the true results of a campaign
• Give your clients an online portal to test and see the number of impressions and click throughs that your site provided. 

OpenX is a great solution to this.  On our site, we used an older version called OPENAds.  We have since upgraded to OpenX and enjoy the robust and dependable code base.  We encourage you to do the same, even for your own banners on your own site.  Testing is key, and following trends will allow you to increase click throughs of your campaigns and offers… which ultimately leads to Increased revenue or visitor actions. 

Enjoy OpenX!

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Discussion Boards:
phpBB2 (visit site)
   - very popular “forums” or “message board” solution
SMF (visit site)
   - another popular choice for a full featured “forums” or “bulletin
board”

eCommerce:
NOTE: In addtion, our cPanel Pro plans also come with “Interchange” and “Agora” shopping carts.
CubeCart (visit site)
   - a popular shopping cart system
osCommerce (visit site)
   - a powerful highly configurable eCommerce shopping cart solution
ZenCart (visit site)
   - another user-friendly open source shopping cart system
Portals/CMS:
PHP-Nuke (visit site)
   - a powerful portal solution with many modules, blocks and
addons available
Post-Nuke (visit site)
   - another powerful CMS portal site also with many modules,
blocks and addons available
phpWCMS (visit site)
   - a CMS system
phpWebSite (visit site)
   - a CMS portal site with many modules and addons available
Mambo (visit site)
   - a dynamic web content management system (CMS), capable of
building sites from several pages to several thousand
Siteframe (visit site)
Typo3 (visit site)
   - a Web content management framework
Xoops (visit site)
   - a CMS portal site with many modules and addons available
Drupal (visit site)
Joomla! (visit site)
   - a Content Management System (CMS) created by the same
team that brought the Mambo CMS to its current state of stardom
Geeklog (visit site)

Blogs:
b2evolution (visit site)
Nucleus (visit site)
pMachine Free (visit site)
   - great tool for managing your own personal blogging site or
mini portal
WordPress (visit site)

Customer Support Systems:
PHP Support Tickets (visit site)
   - powerful Support Ticketing System to help you help your visitors
Support-Logic Helpdesk (visit site)
Support Services Manager (visit site)
   - a powerful system for providing your visitors and clients with
support services
osTicket (visit site)
Crafty Syntax Live Help (CSLH) (visit site)
Help Center Live (visit site)

F.A.Q.:
FAQMasterFlex (visit site)
   - a database-driven application for creating and maintaining
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Image Galleries:
4images Gallery (visit site)
   - your own online photo gallery
Gallery (visit site)
   - probably the most popular image gallery script
Coppermine Photo Gallery (visit site)
   - a feature-rich photo gallery script with MySQL database, user
management, private galleries, automatic thumbnail creation,
film strip, and a template system for customization

Website Builder:
Templates Express (visit site)
   - a series of static templates which can be installed to start building
a website even if you do not want to learn how to manage a CMS

Polls and Surveys:
Advanced Poll (visit site)
   - polling system with multiple polls, templates, IP-Logging,
   IP-Locking, cookie support, etc.
phpESP (visit site)
   - a PHP/MySQL-driven application to let non-technical users
create surveys
PHPSurveyor (visit site)
   - surveying tool that allows you to develop, publish, manage
surveys

Mailing List:
PHPlist (visit site)
NOTE: Our plans ALSO come with “Mailman” – an even better mailing list program!

Guestbook:
ViPER Guestbook (visit site)
   - a guestbook script, comes in English, German, Dutch, and Swedish

Wiki:
PhpWiki (visit site)
   - a PHP clone of WikiWikiWeb, a web site system where anybody
can edit the pages right through the web browser, without any
authentication
Tiki Wiki (visit site)
   - Tiki features a Wiki, Image galleries, File galleries, Forums,
Polls, Chat, RSS feeds, Articles, Submissions, Weblogs,
Webmail, Surveys, Trackers, Newsletters and more. Themes
can be created using CSS. Everything is customizable

Project Management:
PHProjekt (visit site)
   - a project managing system for tasks and groups
dotProject (visit site)

Other Scripts:
Moodle (visit site)
   - Moodle is a course management system designed to help
educators create quality online courses
Noah’s Classifieds (visit site)
   - run your own Classified ads website!
Dew-NewPHPLinks (visit site)
   - Dew-Code is a resource for aspiring coders.
Open-Realty (visit site)
   - professional but free tool for real estate agents to put their
offers online
phpAdsNew (visit site)
PHPauction (visit site)
   - host your own auctions site!
phpCOIN (visit site)
   - phpCOIN is a PHP/MySQL based package for hosting resellers
to manage clients, orders, invoices, etc. phpCOIN supports
   ”pay links” as the method of billing, and permits returning client
purchases, secure client/admin login, permits client access to
own information (view / print), eMail notifications (template based),
auto-send of due invoices, auto-generate recurring invoices,
language file support, and theme support. Includes following
modules: Articles, Contact forms, FAQ, HelpDesk, Custom
Content Pages, and Search Site function.
phpFormGenerator (visit site)
WebCalendar (visit site)
   - a PHP application used to maintain a calendar for one or more
persons
With Fantastico De Luxe you can
- install in the main directory, in addon domains and in subdomains
- create Features Sets so different users have different set of available scripts
- translate the English language file and give your clients auto-installation in their own language
- get notifications when users install/remove applications
- have a complete overview over the installations performed by your users

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