Dean Deal of the Century
Dean Allen, over at TextDrive is once again offering $399 lifetime hosting accounts. I bought one back in April where I house jonimueller.com. It doesn’t have a user-friendly cPanel or similar interface; it’s bare bones shell access. But the price — and the hosting — cannot be beat. I highly recommend it.
4 the Love of Dean…
Site Launch: Inside Dan’s Head
Dan is new to blogging and he asked my advice about which blog tool to use. I summarized the strengths and weaknesses, pros and cons of MovableType, Typepad, TextPattern and WordPress. Dan chose TextPattern as his blogging platform due to its embedded Textile feature and the fact that it seems to be what he needs for future expansion. Dan wanted a clean crisp design because he wanted his content, his thoughts, to take center stage. I think this design does the trick. Banner font is True Type AvanteGarde BT. G.I. Joe army man image from iStockPhoto.
Adios TextPattern, Hello WordPress!
After much consideration, I’ve decided to convert webjones.org to WordPress 1.5. Originally, the site was running a perverted combination of MT 2.64, Greymatter and plain ole HTML. Around the time I converted my blog to WordPress, I wanted a change at webjones.org. But I was just starting out with WordPress and at the time, it just didn’t offer the features (easy uploading of images, creation of thumbnails on the fly) that made TXP more attractive. But now that WordPress has grown by leaps and bounds, and has the convenient Pages feature, I think it’s time to make a change.
You see a new design here, which I call lozenge. It’s minimalist, with a splash of my all-time favorite color, red. The site will be down for the rest of the day while I make the switch. Web design clients can ALWAYS contact me at webjones@webjones.org or via ICQ at 32626429.
And I’ve left comments open on this post so you can report any misbehavior with regard to the new design or the WordPress install. Or if you just want to critique the design (or tell me how wonderful it is!).
Lifetime TextDrive Accounts
The wonderful peeps at TextDrive are offering lifetime web hosting accounts consisting of one domain, unlimited subdomains and one GB of server space for a one-time fee of $399. It’s a steal.
