JoeBailey.ORG

The internet and applications like this have come an extremely long way. It used to be that programmers like myself were the only ones that could edit web pages. Even though software like WordPress is easy, it still requires some technical prowess.

So, if you are in need of any help installing plugins for WordPress, I’d be more than happy to help. Feel free to contact me if you need help with the installation of anything. Keep in mind though, I’m a contractor for hire, so I’d have to charge you.

The optimal title installation allows you to change the order of the titles on your pages. To see your title, look at the very top of your browser window in the blue bar. If you’re using Internet Explorer 7, it will state something like JoeBailey.ORG > whatever page your on – Windows Internet Explorer.

This tool changes the title around to state whatever page your on > JoeBailey.ORG – Windows Internet Explorer.

So, why do this? SEO is the reason, essentially changing the title around will help search engines categorize your page. The idea is that the title of the page will state a summary of the page.

Findings. I happen to have an older version of WordPress, so I had to install it. But, the good news is that if you have a version of WordPress 2.5 or higher, you don’t need the plugin.

Experience. The installation was extremely easy.

Ok, I took a timeout. Of course, I’m not supposed to.

I found out that if you use free hosting with JoesWebShack or with GoDaddy, you can’t get RSS feeds to work. I read it in the blogs, but called to confirm just in case.

So, if you’re looking to get the full effect of RSS feeds, it won’t work.

I tried switching over to a server I have, only to find out I couldn’t install the latest wordpress because it requires some different server configurations. What to do? Well, I became caught up in domain name hell once I switched over and couldn’t figure out how to switch my domain name back to this site. Now, it’s resolved.

The problem was that I had to change my a record on the domain. I have no idea how to fix it. Here are the instructions given to me on how to change a domain record and synch the A records. Note, this occurred because I point my free hosting domain to another hosting site, then tried to change it back.

So, right now, my site is free. Hosting is only $4 a month, but I decided to make it a goal. If I can figure out how to make $4 a month from this blog, then I’ll switch. That’s my goal for now.

Thank you for contacting Online Support. It appears that the hosting account for joebailey.org is not resolving at this time because the A record is not resolving to the hosting IP address. To find the hosting IP address, please use the instructions are below.

To find the IP address for your hosting server, please use the following information:

1. Click on My Account.
2. Log into your account.
3. In the My Products section, click Hosting Account List.
4. Click on the applicable Shared Hosting account.
5. The IP address is listed on the right side of the screen.

Once you have this information, you can modify the A record for the domain name.

To change the IP address for your domain:

1. Select Manage Domains from the My Products menu.
2. Click on the domain for which you wish to change the IP.
3. Click Total DNS Control and MX Records.
4. Under the A (Host) section, click the pencil icon for the first entry.
5. Enter the new IP address into the Points To Ip Address: field.
6. Click OK.

Please allow up to 24 hours for this information to update with the Internet routing and DNS servers.