Do You Really Own Your Domain Name and Hosting Service?
More than once in recent weeks we have worked with clients who do not have control of their domain and hosting account When you hire someone to develop your web site, even if that person is doing your site for free as a favor, the domain name should be in your name and you should have full access to the hosting account or control panel as well as any add-ons necessary for your website. We continue to research domain name ownerships established by a third party; ie a friend, an advertising agency, web designer, or IT provider. The purpose of our research is because the relationship between the third party and domain owner has dissolved. Subsequently the domain owner is unable to move the domain to another service or access their files. ________________________________________________________________________ Not sure of what all of this means? Here are the basic workings of a website. Setting up a web site consists of two parts: 1) The Domain, URL or the Dot Com. There are servers on the internet known as DNS (Domain Name Server) Servers that deliver URL or “www” address to send the visitor to so the right web site thus appearing in the browser. Ownership of the domain name means you have purchased the right to have www.yourniftydomain.com on the internet. 2) Web Hosting Service. This is a company that provides space on their servers to host your website. Some providers have a control panel or other means to manage your site, ftp and email accounts. Your web site files will reside physically on this service and tell the previously mentioned DNS servers where your site is located. This is the place you make changes to your site, either directly to the files or via a content management system (CMS) like Joomla or WordPress. The #1 important thing is YOU have proper control of the domain name and #2 is you have full access to the hosting account. Web designers may want to put your web site on their account or related servers. By doing this, you are not protecting your business interests and relinquishing control of these basic items. A professional can help you set up your domain and hosting and may provide hosting and domain registration services You must make sure the domains and hosting accounts are in your name If you are working with a friend and not a professional, provide them a separate administrator account that can be removed when the work is done Let’s take a look at each aspect and what you should know The Domain, URL or the Dot Com It is important that your business or organization has their domain names (eg yourniftydomain.com) registered in your company or personal name, and the administrative contact is you or a senior person within the company or organization. There are a couple of reasons for this. Domain names are often registered by an advertising agency, web designer, or IT provider for the customer. These companies should register the domain in their customer’s name, but often register it in their own name. This may be because they feel it is simpler and easier for them to manage it for you or various other reasons. Domain names are valuable assets; they need to be registered in the actual owner’s name. Problems arise when the relationship dissolves and the party in whose name your domain is registered could: Refuse to transfer ownership to you Keep control of your web site Disable your web site. Replace your website with unwanted/unrelated content In such an event, there are procedures available to restore a domain name to the proper owner. This takes considerable amount of time and money. New web site launches could be delayed for weeks or months while the domain name ownership is resolved There are four potential parts associated with a domain registration Registrant The Registrant is the licensee of the domain name – this is the individual or company who has the right to use, sell or destroy a domain name. Administrative Contact The Administrative Contact is the licensee’s appointed agent for the functions above and any other purpose. In the case that the Registrant is a company the Administrative Contact should be an employee, director, or manager of the company. This person has full authority for all changes so care should be taken in selecting the appropriate person for this role Technical or DNS Contact The Technical Contact is the person responsible for maintaining the DNS name servers associated with the domain name. This enables the contact to make updates if necessary. for example, the name of the DNS name server changes. 4. Billing Contact The Billing...
Alittle Pittsburgheese
Yinz is from the Picksburgh area or maybe you grew up there if: 1. You didn’t have a spring break in high school. 2. You walk carefully when it is “slippy” outside. 3. You often go down to the “crick.” 4. You’ve told your children to “red up” their rooms. 5. You can remember telling your little brother/sister to stop being so ” nebby.” 6. You’ve gotten hurt by falling into a “jaggerbush”. 7. Your mother or grandmother has been seen wearing a “babushka” on her head. 8. You’ve “worshed” the clothes. 9. I ask you to hand me one of those “Gum-Bands” an’ you actually know what I’m talking about. 10. You know you can’t drive too fast on the back roads, because of the deer. 11. You know Beaver Valley , Turtle Crick, Mars, Slippery Rock, Greentree and New Castle are names of towns. And you’ve been to most, if not all, of them. 12. A girl walks up to three of her girl friends and says, “HEY,YENZ GUYS!” 13. You hear “you guyses” and don’t think twice. Example: “you guyses hause is nice.” 14. You know the three rivers by name and understand that “The Point” isn’t just on a writing instrument. 15. Someone refers to “The Mon” or “The Yough” and you know exactly what they’re talking about. 16. You remember the blizzard o f 1993 (or 1976, or 1950, or 1939, or…) and remember not being able to go outside because the snow was over your head and you would have suffocated. 17. Someone starts the chant, “Here we go Still-ers!” and you join in. In the proper cadence, waving the appropriately colored towel. 18. Bob Prince and “There’s a bug loose on the rug.” hold special meaning for you. 19. You’ve either eaten a Farkleberry Tart or know someone who has. 20. You drink pop, eat hoagies, love perogies and one of your favorite sandwiches actually has coleslaw and French fries ON it. 21. You know what a “still mill” is. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asK9twaaQq4&hd=1 22. You expect temps in the winter to be record-breaking cold and temps in the summer to be record-breaking hot. 23. You know what Eat ‘N Park is and frequently ate breakfast there at 2:00 AM after the bar closed and made fun of people. 24. You order “dippy eggs” in a restaurant and get exactly what you wanted. 25. You spent your summers, or a school picnic at Luna Park , Kennywood, Westview, Sand Castle , or Idlewild. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADyXkIFn-I8 26. You’ve been to the Braun’s Bread Plant or Story Book Forest for a school field trip. We went to the Heinz plant and the Isaly’s plant for Cub Scouts. 27. “Chipped ham” was always in your refrigerator when you were growin’up. 28. You refuse to buy any condiments besides Heinz unless a Pittsburgh athlete’s picture is on the side of the container. 29. When you call the dog or the kids you shout, “Kum-mere” and they come. 30. Franco, Roberto, and Mario don’t need last names and you can recite their exploits by heart. 31. Food at a wedding reception consists of rigatoni, stuffed cabbage, sauerkraut and polska kielbasa. 32. You’ve been to Sathside and Dahntahn. 32, 3/17/1936 flood ;Washington Blve. had water up past the “Ink Well”. 33. Blony sanich. 34. Sliberty. You’ll send this on to family and friends who used to live in the Pittsburgh area as well as to those who have never lived there, just so they can appreciate how different western PA really is. Wonder how many of yinz guys actually understood all dat? Some folks just don’t. It’s winter in Pennsylvania And the gentle breezes blow Seventy miles an hour At twenty-five below. Oh, how I love Pennsylvania When the snow’s up to your butt You take a breath of winter And your nose gets frozen shut. Yes, the weather here is wonderful So I guess I’ll hang around I could never leave Pennsylvania ‘Cause I’m frozen to the...
2000 APC
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How to Achieve Calmness In Our Lives
I am passing this on because it definitely works and we could all use a little more calmness in our lives. By following simple advice heard on the Oprah show, you, too, can find inner peace. Dr. Oz proclaimed, ‘The way to achieve inner peace is to finish all the things you have started and have never finished.’ So, I looked around my house to see all the things I started and hadn’t finished, and before leaving the house this morning, I finished off a bottle of White Zinfandel, a bottle of Tequila, a 12 pack of Bud, a package of Oreos, the remainder of my old Prozac prescription, the rest of the cheesecake, some Doritos, and a box of chocolates. You have no idea how freaking good I feel right now. Pass this on to anyone you think might be in need of inner...
Running with Scissors…
This was sent to me in an email and was credited to Jay Leno, i am not sure where it actually came from but its soo true! Here’s to US!!!! No matter what our kids and the new generation think about us, WE ARE AWESOME !!!! OUR LIFE IS LIVING PROOF !!!! To Those of Us Born 1930 – 1979 TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE 1930’s, 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and 70’s!! First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can and didn’t get tested for diabetes. Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-base paints. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, locks on doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had baseball caps not helmets on our heads. As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, no booster seats, no seat belts, no air bags, bald tires and sometimes no brakes. Riding in the back of a pick- up truck on a warm day was always a special treat. We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle. We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and no one actually died from this. We ate cupcakes, white bread, real butter and bacon. We drank Kool-Aid made with real white sugar. And, we weren’t overweight.. WHY? Because we were always outside playing…that’s why! We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.. No one was able to reach us all day. And, we were OKAY. We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride them down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem. We did not have Play stations, Nintendo’s and X-boxes. There were no video games, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD’s, no surround-sound or CD’s, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet and no chat rooms. WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them! We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents. We would get spankings with wooden spoons, switches, ping pong paddles, or just a bare hand and no one would call child services to report abuse. We ate worm and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever. We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen, we did not poke out very many eyes. We rode bikes or walked to a friend’s house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them. Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn’t had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!! The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law! These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever. The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all. If YOU are one of them, CONGRATULATIONS! You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated so much of our lives for our own good. While you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave and lucky their parents were. Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn’t it...
Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
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