Bob Carney's Brain Dump » Blogging http://bobsbraindump.com Tips and tricks for Wordpress, Bluehost, Microsoft office and other items. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:30:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Assigning Domains to your Subdomains in Bluehost http://bobsbraindump.com/assigning-domains-to-your-subdomains-in-bluehost/ http://bobsbraindump.com/assigning-domains-to-your-subdomains-in-bluehost/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:46:40 +0000 gotbob http://bobsbraindump.com/assigning-domains-to-your-subdomains-in-bluehost/ OK you learned how to create a WordPress.org blog using bluehost on Agentgenius’ blog. Benn did a fine job at explaining it. If you haven’t started yet, here’s a couple pre-requisites to this tutorial.

  1. You need a bluehoust account.
    CLICK HERE TO SIGNUP FOR BLUEHOST.COM NOW.
     (yeah, I get a referral, but come on you’re getting this info free)
  2. Created a subdomain and installed WordPress on it. (Use Agentgenius tut if not done yet)
  3. A fresh pot of coffee. (or a six pack of your favorite beverage)

For the purpose of this Tutorial… I created “Subdomain.bob-carney.net” and installed wordpress on it. By doing this first, I can create a beautiful layout and get some links and information on it prior to launching it to the public. Maybe you want to test a couple variations and have a group review them. Just create another subdomain and install your blog platform on it. (WordPress is by far the easiest, but its not the only open source software; nucleus and b2evolution) By the end of this tutorial, I will have www.gb4h.com as the assigned domain. You will still always be able to access the blog by typing http://subdomain.bob-carney.net.

On your Bluehost cPanel, your domain menu is where you will create your Subdomain and your Addon domain. The Addon Domain is where you going to click for this tutorial.

Subdomain and Addon Domain menu on Bluehost

This next step takes place on your Domain registrar. For my domain GB4H.com it is registered at Godaddy. This next graphic is the Nameserver section. I changed them prior to make the changes on Bluehost, if you don’t do this first, you will be asked to enter your EPP code. This will need to be requested from your registrar. Godaddy has a link that you click to email to you. It’s much easier in my opinion to just change the Nameservers first.

Godaddy Domain Nameserver Change

Here’s your next step in the Addon menu. A key note here…DO NOT PUT “www” in front of your domain. In a sense you are creating another subdomain…in actuality, the “www” is a subdomain of your domain. (another note; if your domain is registered with Bluehost, use the drop down from top selection)

Addon Domain Steps One and two

This is where Bluehost will link your previously created subdomain. (My subdomain is called “Subdomain”, I know creative!)

Addon Domains step 3 and 4

OK now, GB4H.com is assigned to Subdomain.bob-carney.net. They are one and the same anything that you do in cPanel to files will reflect in the other one.

OK, off to our wordpress site. Open a browser and type in your new domain. At this point when I type GB4H.com in the URL field, it takes me to my wordpress site, but the URL immediately changes to http://subdomain.bob-carney.net.

Sign in and head over to the Options tab. You will see the below fields with “http://subdomain.bob-carney.net” in both fields. This is what is telling the page URL what the blog domain is. So change the bottom one. You can change the top one too. I don’t see any problems if it remains as is.

Wordpress options menu changing the URL fields

OK now you’re done. You have just set up your blog. Like I said early this is great when you are creating a new site and don’t want the domain to show it off yet. Maybe you have the domain already on another blog…like wordpress.com (the free web-based wordpress blog)

One final tip before you go...since the site is new. Make this last change so you don’t lose any SEO opportunities. While you are in the options section. Go over to “Permalinks” and make the following change.

Permalinks help drive SEO

By selection the option with the title, you will enhance your SEO by including the title of your post URL. Google likes that. The later you do this in your blog, you will have to make changes to your .htaccess file (whole different post)

Well there you have it. Peace out.

Thanks to Josette Skilling for inspiring this post.

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You always worry about losing your traffic because you neglect to post on your blog…now you don’t have to worry…just do it ahead of time.

Here’s how you do it. First and foremost you have to write your post ahead of time. We’ll keep it simple with one, but it works for multiple post.

  1. Write your post.posting to a future date now
  2. When you are done and ready to save, here’s what you do 1st. (very simple)
  3. Edit time stamp box to the date and time you want to automatically post
  4. Click Publish on the Post Status Section
  5. Click Save (NOT PUBLISH)

Wahlah…your post will automatically post on the date and time that you save it.

 

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Best of CSS Design 2007

Blog is definitely worth adding to the reader.

]]> http://bobsbraindump.com/this-is-the-reason-i-need-to-learn-how-to-write-css/feed/ 0 Tom Brokaw: Washington Post Print Dead By 2017 http://bobsbraindump.com/tom-brokaw-washington-post-print-dead-by-2017/ http://bobsbraindump.com/tom-brokaw-washington-post-print-dead-by-2017/#comments Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:56:15 +0000 gotbob http://bobsbraindump.com/tom-brokaw-washington-post-print-dead-by-2017/ One more reason with a timeline for to get yourself established on the internet. Keeping up with the latest gadgets and email is not the way to keep up with technology. If your VCR is flashing 12:00 right now, how will you be able to stand out in ten years?

Brokaw added that, “there will never not be a need for professional people to take a complicated information, put it into a form that viewers and readers will need to know and want to understand.”

Content Marketing Today » Tom Brokaw: Washington Post Print Dead By 2017 — Okay, Then What?

Read the above link to see what prompted this blog.

How will you get your information out? I am sure in ten years there will be plenty of companies to charge you a large amount boat load of money to get your content and your face out in front of people.  (Hopefully I am one of them.)

I have notice a trend in blogging. Lately, I have been concerned with web traffic. Every time I come across a website I check the traffic on it. Compete.com has become my friend. What I have been seeing is that most blogs have really started to grow around the spring of this year. Which is about the same time mine grew legs. According to NAR there are only 4% of us doing this in the Rank and file. What will that mean when all the “old school” marketers pull out of print and are forced to the web?

Blogging Trends

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Now these sites are by no means the “blue chip” stocks of the blogosphere, but it is the same type of trends I have seen on quite a few blogs. Don’t believe me check it yourself. We are only on the tip of the iceberg. It is up to you to stay above water.

I know one thing, I will have my feet firmly planted on the web. I am not going to relinquish my spot to anyone…of course unless there is a price tag attached to it.


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I don’t have time to read and install all of them. They look very interesting.

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