Looking For Domain Name Ideas? Check Out These 5 Great Tools

by Jun 23, 2011

We’ve all been there – you have a great idea for a website, but all the good names are already taken. Don’t despair, there a lot of free (or almost free) tools that can help you find great memorable domain name without breaking the bank. Check out the list of resources below and feel free…Continue Reading

How to Create a MySQL Database in GoDaddy Hosting

May 27, 2011 No Comments

If you are looking to build a blog or web application that requires a MySQL database, you will first need to create the database in order to use it. In this guide I will show you how to setup a MySQL database using the GoDaddy Hosting Control Center. This is the control panel associated with…Continue Reading

How to Setup a MySQL Database with 1&1 Hosting

May 07, 2011 No Comments

In order to install WordPress, Joomla, Drupal or any other dynamic content management system (CMS) you must first have a couple of things ready. First, you need a web host that will host your files on the web, second you will need a domain name (www.yoursite.com) and third you will need a MySQL database. This…Continue Reading

How to Log In to Your WordPress Website

May 02, 2011 No Comments

Unless you left one of the Meta widgets enabled on your WordPress website you will probably have a hard time signing on to your site if you have never done it before. The Meta widget I’m referring to is one of the default widgets that you will find on the sidebar in a default WordPress…Continue Reading

Should You Make the Switch to a Dedicated Server?

Mar 18, 2011 4 Comments

If you’re a business owner in the beginning stages of your website or if you’re a developer working on a large application for your website, a virtual private server (VPS) often works well to get you off the ground. However, if your goal is growing your business, adding a large amount of dynamic content and…Continue Reading

How to Combine and Minify CSS with CSS Mixer

Oct 29, 2010 1 Comment

Are you looking for a way to combine CSS files without having to rely on a website or a WordPress plugin to do it for you? If so you are going to love CSS Mixer. It is free, easy to use, and gets the job done. CSS Mixer provides a GUI (graphical user interface) to…Continue Reading

How to Run WordPress on Your Windows PC

Oct 27, 2010 No Comments

Wouldn’t it be nice if you could test new plug-ins or a new design without ever touching your Live WordPress installation? Sure, you can create a mirror of your site on a test.yourdomain address, but why run the risk of crashing the server hosting your website if one of the plugins you are testing goes…Continue Reading

Promote Your YouTube Channel with Official YouTube Buttons

Oct 12, 2010 4 Comments

I recently committed myself to post a minimum of two YouTube videos for some of the more popular how-to’s on GilsMethod.com. As a result of this greater involvement with YouTube I stumbled across the Creator’s Corner which has a ton of useful information for YouTube creators like myself. Among the tools I discovered was a…Continue Reading

How to Connect to Your 1and1 FTP Account

Sep 08, 2010 4 Comments

Now that you’ve picked out a domain and hosting plan for your website the next thing you need to do is actually access the server. In order to access the server you will need to have your user name and password as well as a FTP program to connect to the server. In the guide…Continue Reading

5 Questions To Help You Consider the Need for VPS Hosting

Aug 04, 2010 No Comments

Building and maintaining a website requires several major decisions – what will the site look like, who’s the audience and what should it do? One important question that’s sometimes saved until too late, though, is what kind of hosting plan is right for the site? That answer isn’t always as easy as it seems –…Continue Reading

Use the Microsoft SEO Toolkit to Optimize Your Website for Search Engines

Jun 17, 2010 2 Comments

Did you know that Microsoft offers free SEO advice for websites? Well it’s not direct from Microsoft, but indirectly through a free SEO Toolkit you can download right now. The IIS Search Engine Optimization Toolkit from Microsoft offers webmasters a set of tools to help analyze how optimized a website is for search engines. If…Continue Reading

Enable Remote Publishing with WordPress

Jun 03, 2010 25 Comments

Have you ever wanted more control over the formatting of a blog post? You can accomplish this by using applications like Word, Windows Live Writer, and others. However before you can use any of these applications to publish to WordPress you will need to enable remote publishing using XML-RPC within WordPress. The how-to below will…Continue Reading

How to Start YouTube Videos at a Specified Timestamp

Mar 16, 2010 10 Comments

How many times have you sent friends a 20 minute YouTube clip for 5 seconds worth of humor, 10 minutes into the video? I know I have, fortunately the folks at Google provide YouTube users with a set of parameters that control when a video begins. These parameters can be used in two scenarios, the…Continue Reading