Web Concepts

The great thing about full screen text editors is they help to take away all other distractions so that you can focus on your writing.  One of the best programs to help you get your full screen text editing or writing done is WriteMonkey.

WriteMonkey is one feature rich full screen editor.  Here are some of the additional features:

• Customizable Look and Feel
• Portable
• Standard and Clean Text Format
• Small Fast and Stable
• Accessibility Inclined
• Keyboard Shortcut Friendly

This would be the perfect tool to use if you spend a lot of time hacking away at HTML, or if you just need a more distraction free way to write your blog posts.

• Check Out the WriteMonkey Video Demo

For writing text, there is no better full screen text editor out there.  Give WriteMonkey a download at WriteMonkey.com.

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Original post by Amy Armitage

Everything else has a score measurement system, why not Twitter?  Ever wanted to know how you rank on Twitter?  Now you can find out for yourself using Twitter Score!  This fun online service will tell you your score on Twitter, depending on your follower, rank, friends and updates.

As an example, we did a quick testing of @lunarpages to see how we score.  Right now we have a 6.55 out of 10, which puts us above average.

Is this important?

Not so much.  It is more for fun than anything else – to see how you rank in the world of tweeters out there.  Want to know who is on top right now?  Check out the top Twitter scores here.

Here is a little more about how the scoring system works from the developers:

Twitter Score bases scores of Twitter users on three factors: friends, followers and frequency of updates. Based on the quantities of all three scores, a score between 0.01 and 10.00 is produced.

In order to make the scoring fair, the bottom 30% of those scored are offered a handicap, and the top 10% of those scored are weighted down to make the playing field level.

What does your Twitter Score say about you?  Let us know in the comments after you go check out twtscore.com.

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Original post by Amy Armitage

Have you set up your own e-commerce store or shop, but have not yet found the perfect payment processor to make your web site a success?  Look no further than the new payment processing services from Lunarpages.  We have teamed up with First Data to bring a fast, secure and effortless way to pay.

By adding the payment processing to your Lunarpages hosting plan, you can:

• Accept more forms of payment — Visa®, MasterCard®, Diners Club®, American Express®, Discover® Network and JCB®, plus gift cards and more
• Improve cash flow — Receive funds quickly from the bank of your choice
• Receive personalized support — Superior technical support 24/7/365
• Easily manage your transaction data — FREE online reporting and account information anywhere, anytime

We know many people out there on are a budget, so we have one of the lowest application fees out there as well as a low monthly service charges and discounts on state-of-the-art equipment. You’ll have a reduced risk of bad things going on thanks to the full PCI compliance and advanced fraud protection.

Want to grow your revenue?  With a professional payment processing method in place, you can accept payments from new locations and new methods, to make your e-commerce site a real success.

To learn more about the payment processing solutions from Lunarpages, be sure to check out Lunarpages.com.

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Original post by Amy Armitage

Have you set up your own e-commerce store or shop, but have not yet found the perfect payment processor to make your web site a success?  Look no further than the new payment processing services from Lunarpages.  We have teamed up with First Data to bring a fast, secure and effortless way to pay.

By adding the payment processing to your Lunarpages hosting plan, you can:

• Accept more forms of payment — Visa®, MasterCard®, Diners Club®, American Express®, Discover® Network and JCB®, plus gift cards and more
• Improve cash flow — Receive funds quickly from the bank of your choice
• Receive personalized support — Superior technical support 24/7/365
• Easily manage your transaction data — FREE online reporting and account information anywhere, anytime

We know many people out there on are a budget, so we have one of the lowest application fees out there as well as a low monthly service charges and discounts on state-of-the-art equipment. You’ll have a reduced risk of bad things going on thanks to the full PCI compliance and advanced fraud protection.

Want to grow your revenue?  With a professional payment processing method in place, you can accept payments from new locations and new methods, to make your e-commerce site a real success.

To learn more about the payment processing solutions from Lunarpages, be sure to check out Lunarpages.com.

© Lunarpages Web Hosting - Also, don’t forget to follow @lunarpages on Twitter!

Original post by Amy Armitage

Have you set up your own e-commerce store or shop, but have not yet found the perfect payment processor to make your web site a success?  Look no further than the new payment processing services from Lunarpages.  We have teamed up with First Data to bring a fast, secure and effortless way to pay.

By adding the payment processing to your Lunarpages hosting plan, you can:

• Accept more forms of payment — Visa®, MasterCard®, Diners Club®, American Express®, Discover® Network and JCB®, plus gift cards and more
• Improve cash flow — Receive funds quickly from the bank of your choice
• Receive personalized support — Superior technical support 24/7/365
• Easily manage your transaction data — FREE online reporting and account information anywhere, anytime

We know many people out there on are a budget, so we have one of the lowest application fees out there as well as a low monthly service charges and discounts on state-of-the-art equipment. You’ll have a reduced risk of bad things going on thanks to the full PCI compliance and advanced fraud protection.

Want to grow your revenue?  With a professional payment processing method in place, you can accept payments from new locations and new methods, to make your e-commerce site a real success.

To learn more about the payment processing solutions from Lunarpages, be sure to check out Lunarpages.com.

© Lunarpages Web Hosting - Also, don’t forget to follow @lunarpages on Twitter!

Original post by Amy Armitage

Have you set up your own e-commerce store or shop, but have not yet found the perfect payment processor to make your web site a success?  Look no further than the new payment processing services from Lunarpages.  We have teamed up with First Data to bring a fast, secure and effortless way to pay.

By adding the payment processing to your Lunarpages hosting plan, you can:

• Accept more forms of payment — Visa®, MasterCard®, Diners Club®, American Express®, Discover® Network and JCB®, plus gift cards and more
• Improve cash flow — Receive funds quickly from the bank of your choice
• Receive personalized support — Superior technical support 24/7/365
• Easily manage your transaction data — FREE online reporting and account information anywhere, anytime

We know many people out there on are a budget, so we have one of the lowest application fees out there as well as a low monthly service charges and discounts on state-of-the-art equipment. You’ll have a reduced risk of bad things going on thanks to the full PCI compliance and advanced fraud protection.

Want to grow your revenue?  With a professional payment processing method in place, you can accept payments from new locations and new methods, to make your e-commerce site a real success.

To learn more about the payment processing solutions from Lunarpages, be sure to check out Lunarpages.com.

© Lunarpages Web Hosting - Also, don’t forget to follow @lunarpages on Twitter!

Original post by Amy Armitage

See what you can do with a little imagination and some unique server side tools?  The Scroll Clock keeps perfect time, and also shows off what you can do with MooTools (a compact JavaScript framework).  Seen any other neat sites like this?  Leave them in the comments!

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Original post by Mitch

Since today is Friday, and things are pretty calm here in the Lunarverse – I thought today would be a perfect day to take a look  back at some great guides, links, tips and tutorials of 2010. 

Wait, what do you mean 2010 isn’t over yet? Well, then let us look at the best of the best articles posted in 2010 on the Lunartics blog (…so far).

10 Best Google AdSense WordPress Plugins

Are your web site advertisements not performing like they should?  Would you like to have more control over your Google AdSense ads and how they are displayed in your WordPress powered web site?  I have searched the Web for the ten best Google AdSense related plugins.  We have plugins here that will help you manage your ads better, put them in better places, offer other adverting opportunities and much more.

Fun “Guess What I’m Drawing” Game

Looking for a fun way to spend a few extra minutes of your day?  If you are looking for an escape from your Monday morning blues – give Gartic a try.  This web-based drawing game is a lot of fun.

Get Free Google AdWords Credit!

Did you know that Lunarpages is giving to its customers upwards of $50 to $100 in free Google AdWords credit?  If you have never tried advertising your business or web site on Google, and you are Lunarpages client – you just lost your last excuse not to at least try it out.  You can now reach a global internet audience using Google AdWords and your Lunarpages web hosting account.

Is Google Down?

This is the sentence that we all dread to hear ask.  Is Google down?  Now, you can always pull up Google in your browser, and check for yourself – however I have a better place for you to check and see what problems are going on with Google.

5 Most Popular .htaccess Tips and Tricks

There are tons of things you can do from the .htaccess file inside of your web hosting account.  From redirecting the users to controlling who can get in and who can get out, it is a very useful file to have on your hosting account.  To help out the new web hosting clients and to act as a reminder to the old pros around here, I thought I would go through five of the most popular .htaccess tips I know.

Free Layouts from Open Web Design

For general free web site designs, you can do no wrong at Open Web Designs.  This web site highlights some of the best free open source web design layouts on the Web.  With well over 3,000 to choose from you are bound to find the right layout for your next web site project.

UnderCon – Perfect WordPress Pre-Launch Page

Are you working on launching or maybe even re-launching a WordPress powered web site?  If so, you might want to slap up a quick “under construction page” to keep people happy until the final version of the web site is ready.  UnderCon, a great theme for WordPress will help you do that with style.

10 Most Popular Joomla Security Extensions

Joomla is one of the most popular content management systems out there.  Being the most popular does have it’s price though, you have to pay more attention to security related issues.  To help you out, I thought I would find then of the most popular security related extensions for the Joomla CMS script.

Use Gmail With Your Domain’s E-mail Account

I have a rather wacky e-mail setup, due to the fact that I have so many accounts to manage.  With that in mind, I found the perfect solution for my e-mail needs, and hopefully it will work for you too.  Did you know that you can use Gmail as a POP3 e-mail client?  This way you can both send and receive mail as you@yourdomain.com through the Gmail interface.

Lunarpages Takes On Tough New York Times Web Hosting Questions

The New York Times recently asked some very interesting questions as it pertains to what people should be looking for when it comes to finding the web hosting service that is right for them.  As a web host, I thought I would tackle some of the questions they brought up one on one.

Double Save Your Work to a USB Drive

Nothing kills your will to live faster than losing a lot of work you have been spending hours upon hours creating it.  Not that I am bitter about my own paste experiences or anything.  With that thought in mind though, I thought it might be a good time to introduce you to Back4Sure. 

What would you like to see more of on the Lunartics blog?  Leave a comment and let us know.  We would love to hear your suggestions and feedback.

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Original post by Mitch

Since today is Friday, and things are pretty calm here in the Lunarverse – I thought today would be a perfect day to take a look  back at some great guides, links, tips and tutorials of 2010. 

Wait, what do you mean 2010 isn’t over yet? Well, then let us look at the best of the best articles posted in 2010 on the Lunartics blog (…so far).

10 Best Google AdSense WordPress Plugins

Are your web site advertisements not performing like they should?  Would you like to have more control over your Google AdSense ads and how they are displayed in your WordPress powered web site?  I have searched the Web for the ten best Google AdSense related plugins.  We have plugins here that will help you manage your ads better, put them in better places, offer other adverting opportunities and much more.

Fun “Guess What I’m Drawing” Game

Looking for a fun way to spend a few extra minutes of your day?  If you are looking for an escape from your Monday morning blues – give Gartic a try.  This web-based drawing game is a lot of fun.

Get Free Google AdWords Credit!

Did you know that Lunarpages is giving to its customers upwards of $50 to $100 in free Google AdWords credit?  If you have never tried advertising your business or web site on Google, and you are Lunarpages client – you just lost your last excuse not to at least try it out.  You can now reach a global internet audience using Google AdWords and your Lunarpages web hosting account.

Is Google Down?

This is the sentence that we all dread to hear ask.  Is Google down?  Now, you can always pull up Google in your browser, and check for yourself – however I have a better place for you to check and see what problems are going on with Google.

5 Most Popular .htaccess Tips and Tricks

There are tons of things you can do from the .htaccess file inside of your web hosting account.  From redirecting the users to controlling who can get in and who can get out, it is a very useful file to have on your hosting account.  To help out the new web hosting clients and to act as a reminder to the old pros around here, I thought I would go through five of the most popular .htaccess tips I know.

Free Layouts from Open Web Design

For general free web site designs, you can do no wrong at Open Web Designs.  This web site highlights some of the best free open source web design layouts on the Web.  With well over 3,000 to choose from you are bound to find the right layout for your next web site project.

UnderCon – Perfect WordPress Pre-Launch Page

Are you working on launching or maybe even re-launching a WordPress powered web site?  If so, you might want to slap up a quick “under construction page” to keep people happy until the final version of the web site is ready.  UnderCon, a great theme for WordPress will help you do that with style.

10 Most Popular Joomla Security Extensions

Joomla is one of the most popular content management systems out there.  Being the most popular does have it’s price though, you have to pay more attention to security related issues.  To help you out, I thought I would find then of the most popular security related extensions for the Joomla CMS script.

Use Gmail With Your Domain’s E-mail Account

I have a rather wacky e-mail setup, due to the fact that I have so many accounts to manage.  With that in mind, I found the perfect solution for my e-mail needs, and hopefully it will work for you too.  Did you know that you can use Gmail as a POP3 e-mail client?  This way you can both send and receive mail as you@yourdomain.com through the Gmail interface.

Lunarpages Takes On Tough New York Times Web Hosting Questions

The New York Times recently asked some very interesting questions as it pertains to what people should be looking for when it comes to finding the web hosting service that is right for them.  As a web host, I thought I would tackle some of the questions they brought up one on one.

Double Save Your Work to a USB Drive

Nothing kills your will to live faster than losing a lot of work you have been spending hours upon hours creating it.  Not that I am bitter about my own paste experiences or anything.  With that thought in mind though, I thought it might be a good time to introduce you to BacвSure. 

What would you like to see more of on the Lunartics blog?  Leave a comment and let us know.  We would love to hear your suggestions and feedback.

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Original post by Mitch

When you have a web site of any size or shape, you come to realize that statistics, in various forms, are important to watch.  They let you know how well you are doing, and what type of content seems to be the most popular.  With all the different types of statistics to watch, I thought I would go through the top five that you should keep you eye on the most.

Here are the top five web site statistics to keep your eye on:

1. Visitors – This might be the most important ‘bit of information you get on your web site.  You always want to know how many visitors your web site is getting, plain and simple.
2. Most Popular Pages and Posts – Which web pages on your web site are getting the most hits, and which are not doing so well?  Look at popular pages and their traffic sources to figure out what your doing right and how to best repeat your success.
3. Who Links to You? – Which web sites out there on the Web are sending you the most traffic?  Is it Google? Digg? Delicious? If you notice it is another like-minded web site, you might even try to partner up with them for more link exchanges in the future.
4. Keyword Based Traffic – Looking over your search engine traffic, what keywords seem to be coming up most often?  Are they the keywords you are targeting or something different?  This will give you a good idea of the type of keywords you should be targeting too.
5. Bounce Rate – The bounce rate of a web site tells you the percentage of initial visitors who move on to a new web site, leaving yours.  In a perfect world, you want that number to be as low as possible.  The reason for this is that the lower your bounce rate is, the longer people are staying on your web site and not going elsewhere.

I hope this help to both explain these statistics a little better, and helps you know what type of analytical data you need to monitor on a daily or weekly basis. Know of any other data that it is important to keep an eye on?  Leave your thoughts on the comments.

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Original post by Mitch