Webguide part 4

Welcome to the fourth (and last) installment of the Webguide. In this installment, I’ll go into detail about the DNS service for my websites and how they work with other services.

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Webguide part 3

Welcome to the third installment of the Webguide. In this installment, I’ll go into detail about the host for my websites and how they work with other services.

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Webguide part 2

Welcome to the second installment of the Webguide. In this installment, I’ll go into detail about the registrars for my websites and how they work with other services.

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Webguide part 1

Just a quick note about recommendations: at various points during the Webguide series, I will make some recommendations for services, companies and software to use. These will be based solely on my previous experiences and not on whether or not I get money for referring others to them. These recommendations are just that - you don’t have to stick with them at all. You may be able to do some more research and come up with other companies.

Welcome to the first installment of the Webguide. In this installment, I’ll go through the services that I use and provide an explanation of each one. I’m aiming this guide at all people from novices to experts, so if you know all about registrars, hosts, DNS and SSL, then you can skip this installment. Don’t worry through - I’ll start getting deeper in the next installment.

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Introducing the wackomenace webguide

A few weeks (or maybe it was months?) ago, I posted an answer to an oft-asked question on my about page: “How did you set up the site, and what do you need to do it?” Well, my friends, the time has come for me to reveal to you all just how this mini-empire works in practise.

Over the next few weeks and months, I’ll be writing articles on the Metablog detailing every aspect of the services and software products which keep this site going. I don’t know how exactly it will be useful to everyone, but if it inspires some people to give DIY websites a go, then that’ll be a job well done for me! I’ve always liked doing things myself and integrating services from different providers to get exactly what I want, and that’s what I’ll explain in these articles.

The first installment will be coming up in one or two days, where I’ll outline the services and software I use before going into more detail. Look out all web authors!