About Alan Burns

• Free web hosting with your ISP vs. paid hosting

  Posted on 27 Jan 2011 by Alan Burns

  Many Internet Service Providers (ISPs) offer subscribers free web space on their servers. For a simple hobby site or small business, this can be a good way to begin to learn about creating a web site. I began this way, hosting a few hobby p...read more

• Mobile phone conversations often suck

  

  Posted on 24 Jan 2011 by Alan Burns

  Dilbert comic strip creator Scott Adams can hardly be called a technophobe, having worked with telecommunications engineers and as a computer programmer. Yet, he is among a small, but I hope growing, group who are tired of mobile phones. In...read more

• Skeleton directory part 2: PHP for dynamic content in new account default home page

  Posted on 21 Jan 2011 by Alan Burns

  
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  This is a continuation from Skeleton directory part 1. In my skeleton directory I placed a /public_html directory containing an index.php file. This ensures that a client’s brand new domain, or in fact any new cPanel account I create,...read more

• Skeleton directory adds polish to new cPanel account creation – part 1

  Posted on 19 Jan 2011 by Alan Burns

  The skeleton directory, or skel, is a feature available in Web Host Manager (WHM), the control panel that comes with reseller and higher hosting accounts on cPanel servers. This directory is used as a template, or skeleton, for new cPanel a...read more

• Display screens fit for gorillas

  Posted on 17 Jan 2011 by Alan Burns

  One of the big winners at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas is known by consumers mostly for cookware. Corning Inc., a 150-year-old glass maker, has scored a hit with Gorilla Glass. Gorilla Glass is an unscratch...read more

• Trouble e-mailing certain attachments? They could be blocked.

  Posted on 15 Jan 2011 by Alan Burns

  Have you ever been unable to send an e-mail, with attachments, from your web server? Have mail recipients told you that the message you sent did not arrive, or that it arrived but without the expected attachments? It could be that your mail...read more

• Spray-on clothing

  

  Posted on 12 Jan 2011 by Alan Burns

  Have you heard about this? Clothing in a can!  Point the aerosol can at someone, press the button, and out comes a spray of fibres that cling together on the recipient to become clothing. Once removed, the clothing can be laundered and...read more

• cPanel’s Addon domains

  Posted on 10 Jan 2011 by Alan Burns

  After reading yesterday’s post “Reseller hosting is much better than shared hosting” some of you cPanel users may wonder why I didn’t recommend the use of the addon domains function. I didn’t mention it, becaus...read more

• Reseller hosting is much better than shared hosting

  Posted on 09 Jan 2011 by Alan Burns

  It’s a common progression. You begin with a single domain name, perhaps for a small business or a hobby site. You obtain a shared hosting account for it. At some point you add another domain name, for another site or perhaps for a fri...read more

• Is 2011 the year of the tablet?

  Posted on 06 Jan 2011 by Alan Burns

  Will this be the year that tablet computers become hugely popular? Many manufacturers are betting on it. Tomorrow the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) begins in Las Vegas. This annual exhibition is the venue where makes of computers, home el...read more

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