SoDevious » Site http://sodevious.net the lifestyle blog for young adults Sun, 06 May 2012 23:41:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Understanding Web Hosts: Free Vs. Paid http://sodevious.net/ultimate-guide-understanding-web-hosts/ http://sodevious.net/ultimate-guide-understanding-web-hosts/#comments Sat, 15 Jan 2011 14:53:53 +0000 Nicole Dominguez http://sodevious.net/?p=2001 Hello all! Here is the first post in a new series called ‘Understanding Web Hosts’. In this handy guide, I will be showing you what to expect when purchasing hosting and what to look for when doing so, as well as other aspects in web hosting. In helping you understand the logistics of all of this, I won’t go into lots of technical details. This helps you grasp the concepts and it makes it easier for me to explain! To start off, I’m going to explain the difference between Free Vs. Paid Web Hosts.

Free Hosts

Free hosts generally have a lot of limitations. They aren’t in it to help you, they are in it to make money. (I do realize that there are good people out there who do like to help others and offer free hosting, sometimes they are few and far between.) The people I am talking about are the larger, impersonal ones. Like 000webhost. Features are very limited. No free host can really offer you the support and services that a real paid host can offer. At the end of the day, your site is in their hands. All that hard work can be gone in an instant. Why free hosting is a bad idea:

Not professional

Very limited features

No domain

Bad support

Would you like me to think of more?

Paid Hosts

There are many great and affordable web hosts out there, that can take your site to the next level without hurting your budget. Paid hosts really can make a huge difference in a hosting experience. If you have never had an experience with a paid web host, you really should try.  Now, there are many different features that may confuse you when purchase hosting, but I will cover that in the next post.  Features of most paid hosts:

Good Uptime

Freedom with your site

Installers (Fantisico!)

Other cPanel Resources (Stats, Email)

Add-on Domains

Option to Upgrade

Friendly and prompt service

Payment discounts

Money back guarantee (sometimes)

Alas, hosting can be expensive, but it doesn’t necessarily have to be. In my experience, I have been hosted by these two companies; A Small Orange and Jolly Works Hosting. JollyWorks has a hosting plan for only $1 a month. I actually used to be hosted on this plan, and I have no real complaints. Good customer service, good prices, good uptime. I don’t remember why I switched, but I did. And that was to A Small Orange (Coupon Codes). In the time I have been with them, I have had relatively no downtime and excellent customer service. I pay $5 a month for about 6 or 7 websites. (Add-on domains) To me, you really can’t go wrong here! If you are considering buying web hosting for the first time, go with one of these two companies!

Now, not every paid host out there is as glamorous as I have told you above. The ones I have mentioned here really are great. Before you purchase ANY kind of web hosting, research! Look at reviews! Don’t invest until you know everything. Ask someone who is hosted by a certain company what they think of it. Just promise to do your research!

]]> http://sodevious.net/ultimate-guide-understanding-web-hosts/feed/ 3 Sister Site: HTML:CSSJunkie.Com http://sodevious.net/sister-site-htmlcssjunkie-com/ http://sodevious.net/sister-site-htmlcssjunkie-com/#comments Thu, 25 Nov 2010 02:03:06 +0000 Nicole Dominguez http://sodevious.net/?p=1775 I created HTML:CSSJunkie a few months back. I guess I never officially released it here, but then again, I stopped posting after a while. After a recent reddit post, I have successfully regained interest and decided to keep the site active.

So, please welcome HTML:CSSJunkie to the world! It’s a site that is basically a collective of links. These links go to interesting tutorials, articles and resources relating to HTML and/or CSS.  Here’s the official ‘about’.

HTML:CSS Junkie is a place to find the most recent and totally awesome hand-picked HTML and CSS resources. Why focus on just HTML and CSS? Because we’re all about helping beginners become experts, and HTML + CSS are the two languages one must master to create a solid website. To navigate, try going through the tags, or even search for a keyword. HTML:CSS Junkie was created and is updated by Nicole Dominguez. Are you interested in submitting your article? Just use this submission form. If you like the site, subscribe to the RSS feed and follow us on Twitter!

Check it out! And don’t forget to let me know what you think!

]]> http://sodevious.net/sister-site-htmlcssjunkie-com/feed/ 0 The Many Seen and Unseen Faces of SoDevious – The Finale http://sodevious.net/the-many-seen-and-unseen-faces-of-sodevious-the-finale/ http://sodevious.net/the-many-seen-and-unseen-faces-of-sodevious-the-finale/#comments Fri, 08 Oct 2010 00:35:52 +0000 Nicole Dominguez http://sodevious.net/?p=1528 Alright guys, this mini-series has come to a close. Here are the last of the looks that SoDevious has sported in recent times. I hope you enjoy them! They really do bring back some memories for me.

And guess what? NO celebs ;)

So what do you guys think? Any improvements?

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It seems that our first ever SOTM has been a success! We will open voting with eight participants. If you caught us too late, hang tight because there will be another SOTM next month! Before I open the polls, let me show you the prizes again:

  • 1st: 2 Months of Button Advertising & a Winner Graphic & Permanent link on our SOTM page & an Entry into our Semi-Annual SOTM.
  • 2nd: 1 Month of Button Advertising & a Winner Graphic & Permanent link on our SOTM page
  • 3rd: 2 Weeks of Button Advertising & a Winner Graphic & Permanent link on our SOTM page

Button Advertising here is for a 125 x 125px image, but if you prefer – 88×31 is fine with me too! Oh and once I get the site’s page organization in order, there will be a SOTM page that will link to all of the previous winners and what not. Sound fun?

These are the participants for the Month of September!

Amy @ No-Roots.Com
Enoma @ PaintSplash.Org
Owen @ YueDesign.Co.Uk
Dorine @ MhmDays.Info
Lisa @ Blog.Akaleez.Co.Uk
Eric @ SovietKitsch.Net
Josheh @ CommonDreads.Org
Josh @ JoshWebDesign.Com

Visit the SOTM page to vote for your favorite site! To all participants, please keep in mind that your button needs to be visible so that your visitors know to vote for you! :D

]]> http://sodevious.net/september-sotm-its-voting-time/feed/ 2 The Many Seen and Unseen Faces of SoDevious – Part 2 http://sodevious.net/the-many-seen-and-unseen-faces-of-sodevious-part-2/ http://sodevious.net/the-many-seen-and-unseen-faces-of-sodevious-part-2/#comments Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:58:30 +0000 Nicole Dominguez http://sodevious.net/?p=1376 Alright folks, here’s part two! I hope that you are enjoying these as much as I am. As promised, here is the image that our favicon came from!


Stay tuned for part three! Keep in mind that not all of these layouts were used, but most of them were. What do you think guys?

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Hey guys! I have decided to play a little game with you all. I would like to start a site of the month contest here very month. But, to make it more exciting, every 6 months, there will be another little contest of the 6 people that won those months. And the winner of that contest will get a free domain or something equivalent! Alright, so pay attention folks:

Rules

  • Anyone with a blog / resource site / graphics site can join. We will consider everyone though.
  • Your site should be up and running through the duration of the contest
  • Voting will be done by poll.
  • Entries end on September 17th.

Prizes

  • 1st: 2 Months of Button Advertising & a Winner Graphic & Permanent link on our SOTM page & an Entry into our Semi-Annual SOTM.
  • 2nd: 1 Month of Button Advertising & a Winner Graphic & Permanent link on our SOTM page
  • 3rd: 2 Weeks of Button Advertising & a Winner Graphic & Permanent link on our SOTM page

Sound like fun?

How to Enter

Fill out the form on our SOTM page.

Place this button on your website, where people can see. If not, no one will know to vote for you!

SOTM @ SoDevious

Entries:

Amy @ No-Roots.Com
Enoma @ PaintSplash.Org
Owen @ YueDesign.Co.Uk
Dorine @ MhmDays.Info
Lisa @ Blog.Akaleez.Co.Uk
Eric @ SovietKitsch.Net
Josheh @ CommonDreads.Org
Josh @ JoshWebDesign.Com

If you want to enter another contest, check out Dorine’s contest! It’s to win a free domain! :D

]]> http://sodevious.net/sotm/feed/ 1 We're looking for Guest Bloggers and Site Helpers! http://sodevious.net/were-looking-for-guest-bloggers-and-site-helpers/ http://sodevious.net/were-looking-for-guest-bloggers-and-site-helpers/#comments Thu, 12 Aug 2010 01:46:37 +0000 Nicole Dominguez http://sodevious.net/?p=1149

What can you do?

Blogger

Bloggers here would be able to contribute 1 to 3 posts a month, on their own time. You get links back on the posts you write, on a staff page and as a link exchange. You also would be able to reference what you write in a portfolio and get your work published!

Areas of interest:

  • Tutorials (Photoshop, HTML/CSS)
  • Inspiration Posts
  • Resource posts (Roundups)
  • Articles
  • Photography (How-To’s)
  • Craft Articles (or anything creative)
  • (We would also be looking for people to submit resources, like graphics, layouts, etc)

Site Helper

Anyone with a few minutes to spare can be a site helper! This is what we would like!

  • Submit posts to Social Network sites (RT’s etc)
  • Be active in the forums
  • Suggest how we can do things better around here
  • Or just link to us on your site!

If you think that you can be a part of this team, then we would love to have you! You can contact us with this form, or leave a comment below! You can even get in touch with us if you have any ideas or questions! I can’t wait to start building a team! Thanks everyone!

Oh, one more thing. I am looking into offering service hours for your time. No, not all of you need them and some of you may not know what they are, but some of you do. For example, in my school we need  a certain amount of volunteer hours to graduate. Again, I’m looking into it, so it may be a possibility!

Edit:

Thanks Jared for reminding me! If you can’t become part of the team, you could guest post! Guest posting is at your leisure, and we never pressure you to get things done fast. It’s all when you can! Well, you can drop us a line for that or take a look at  our guest posting page.

]]> http://sodevious.net/were-looking-for-guest-bloggers-and-site-helpers/feed/ 4 The Devious Network and a New Blog http://sodevious.net/the-devious-network-and-a-new-blog/ http://sodevious.net/the-devious-network-and-a-new-blog/#comments Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:58:36 +0000 Nicole Dominguez http://sodevious.net/?p=955 Hey guys! I manage more than just this site, and I have decided to create a ‘network’ that will keep all of my projects together. I’m calling it “The Devious Network”, and it’s going to have a list of the recent posts from each site. Here’s what will be in it-

Oh yea, and the new blog is Frugal Teens.Com. It’s another one for teens obviously - about saving money.

Also, the thumbnail is a preview of the layout :P

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Ladies and Gentlemen, please have your mouse at the ready for the unveiling of the brand new SoDevious Forums!

We’ve revamped the SoDevious Forums with new forum / bulletin board software called Vanilla. Just like vanilla ice cream – It is a very tasty Web application and we’re sure you’ll all agree when you Apply for Membership and starting using the forums to discuss Web Design and Development subjects. Unfortunately, this means that all posts and members are now gone from the old forum but we would appreciate it if you came to join us at our brand new forum where we’ve included the following forum categories:

  • News and Announcements
  • Feedback and Suggestions
  • Web Design
  • HTML and CSS
  • JavaScript
  • PHP and MySQL
  • Graphic Design
  • Web Hosting & Servers
  • Blogging
  • General Chat

So there are plenty of places where everyone can join in the discussion with the new community. In case you haven’t already checked it, the SoDevious Forums are now located at a new URL: http://www.sodevious.net/forum/ so make sure you bookmark the new URL and get posting!

Secondly, Nicole and I have some major plans for both the blog and the new forums which we’re both really excited about! Make sure you check back here in the next few days for some hot new content. We’d also like to thank you for being a part of SoDevious, and hope that you decide to continue to be.

And lastly, you’re probably wondering who I am. Well, I’m Andrew Cooper and I’m hoping to be a regular blogger and article writer here at SoDevious along with Nicole and anyone else that wants to write for us. I live in England, United Kingdom and I’m 19 years old (so I’m still a teenager!). I’ll be attending University from September 2010 studying BSc (Hons) Computer Science but I’m primarily focused on Web Design and Development (mainly development as I suck at designing, especially Adobe Photoshop) with my expertise being in Front-End Web Development consisting of HTML 4.01, CSS 2.1, and JavaScript 1.5 as well as some knowledge of PHP 5 and MySQL 5 (Back-End Web Development). Hopefully I’ll be able to help you lovely people with a thing or two and you’ll be able to help me as well. It’s a win-win situation we’ve got here!

Me and Nicole both look forward to the future of SoDevious and we can’t wait to show you what we have up our sleeves for you all. Feel free to make any comments below or start a new thread in the SoDevious Forums.

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I’ll always be on, talking to you guys. :P

Any suggestions? I’d love to hear!

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