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Darren McLaughlin December 02, 2011 Web Presence Builder / Parallels Web Presence Builder

If you're tasked with the job of designing a new website for a beauty salon, hair salon, massage studio, tanning salon, or spa, you need to seriously consider MostHost Cloud Hosting Plans with Parallels Web Presence Builder.  Rather than just tell you how easy it is to design your new spa or salon website, we've compiled a short 6 minute video that shows you the basics of using the tool for web design.  Keep in mind, the system is extremely easy to use and extensible. There are 60 different color schemes, countless headers, and other configurable settings.  That means you could build hundreds of different websites easily.  That makes this a perfect solution for web designers who need to bang out spa websites.

This video highlights creating a new page using Web Presence Builder.  You'll learn how to add text and how to make a search engine friendly slug.  Web Presence Builder is extremely useful for search engine marketing, and it integrates exceptionally well with social media marketing.

We're adding many more videos now that we've upgraded all of our hosting plans to include Parallels Plesk 10.4 with the newest version of web presence builder.

Plesk 10.4 with Parallels Web Presence Builder is available:

 

You can save 10% off on Linux Cloud Hosting Plans that include Parallels Web Presence Builder.  Use coupon code "CHRISTMAS".  Read all the details on Webwire.  Order from our Linux Web Hosting page.  Check out the World's Best Beauty Salon Builder Demo to see an example.

Darren McLaughlin October 25, 2011 Web Presence Builder / Parallels Web Presence Builder

Here is a brief tutorial to show you how easy it is to use Web Presence Builder with Google Webmaster Tools.  This tool is considered to be essential to webmasters who are interested in gaining Google search engine traffic, so this might be important to you.

For the purpose of this tutorial, we'll assume you've already created your Google Webmaster Central account.  Log in to it and add a new website.  When prompted, enter the URL of your web presence builder website and click 'Continue.'

Probably the easiest way to verify your website is using a Meta Tag.  Click "Alternative Methods" for verification and copy and paste the meta tag that has been generated for you by Google. 

Once you copy  the code, return to your Web Presence Builder editor and click on "Settings."  Next, click "Advanced" and finally "Meta Data." 

Paste in your Meta Tag information and click "Add."  Make sure to save and publish your website so that the new information will be live.

Next, return to Google Webmaster Tools and click Verify.  

If all is well, you'll see the following message:

Y

You have successfully used Parallels Web Presence Builder to verify your website in Google Webmaster Tools.

 

 

 

Darren McLaughlin June 06, 2011 Community Help

Using storage area network (SAN) to store data is becoming increasingly popular. Backups are always a primary concern for anyone entrusted with guarding sensitive data. A majority of people in need of backups look for the similar features when it comes to searching out which backup solutions they're interested in. As network architectures have become more complex, storage area network schemes have arisen. Storage area network, or SAN, refers to a set-up that allows the connection of remote storage devices to backup servers so that operating systems can access these devices, as if it was native hardware. Therein lies the big advantage of a properly optimized and configure storage area network: speed. Since the application can use the SAN as in a similar manner to a local hard drive, backups become more intuitive and faster to perform. Modern storage area networks are designed specifically for high performance and high availability. These systems offer a number of advantages. Advantages for using Storage Area Network (SAN)for backing up your data:

  • Your data is backed up according to automation rules you set. This way it's possible for your IT department to set the exact policies they want across your network, and your SAN monitoring software will implement your policies automatically. For anyone running a complex network, this can be a real blessing.
  • Scalability of your data backups is ensured. Storage Area Network (SAN) solutions can be easily scaled in a live-time environment.

The primary disadvantage of using SAN for your backup needs is price. This type of storage option costs more than alternatives, which could impede adoption. The decision to implement a SAN or not is often simply a matter of calculating Total Cost of Ownership. In some cases, it costs a lot to implement, but ends up saving companies money once in use. Other disadvantages of Storage Area Networks:

  • SAN's are not always easy to integrate with existing technology. This can cause an issue for those who are considering a switch.
  • SAN storage can be overkill in some cases. This is not a 'one-size fits all solution.' Much of the decision on whether a Storage Area Network will be uses or not will boil down to how it will be used.
  • Management complexity is added by using SAN. Your job might end up being harder because you implemented a storage area network than if you have picked an alternative.

As more companies adopt SAN in coming years, it's likely the costs for implementation will drop. If the cost is lowered significantly, it's likely using SAN will become common.

Darren McLaughlin January 26, 2011 Tips & Tricks

If you ever need to quickly find out exactly what hardware your Linux operating system is, you can use this simple command line to output the information to your screen.

Assuming you're logged in as 'root,' you can type:

 cat /proc/cpuinfo | egrep -m 3 "model name|MHz|cores"

The output will show the model name, the Mhz of the CPU, and the number of CPU cores.  That's a quick and easy way for you to make sure you get exactly what you paid for whether dealing with a VPS server or a dedicated server that's configured with Linux.