by Mark E. Mason on March 1, 2009
I got a question by email this weekend that reminded me that a lot of internet marketers don't know much about web servers. That's OK. You don't really need to know much. In case I am describing you, just know that a web server is the program on your host computer that serves web pages. There are two main flavors -- Apache and MicroSoft IIS.
Apache dominates the market -- althought IIS has a role, especially in enterprise deployments that interface heavily with .NET and Windows.
Apache is available for Unix/Linux and Windows. Sometimes, bad things happen and you need to restart Apache on your host. Now, this can be accomplished via CPanel. However, I prefer to do it at the command line. Here is the command:
/etc/init.d/httpd restart
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by Mark E. Mason on February 2, 2009
I had a funny conversation with someone this weekend. They were thinking about building a website using FrontPage. Now, don't get me wrong, FrontPage was OK once upon a time, but the idea of creating a static site these days using a tool like FrontPage makes my skin crawl.
Now my conversation was non-technical. So, I thought other people might be interested in a non-technical view of this issue. There is plenty of room for technical debate, but the people making these decisions are often decidedly non-technical.
So, if you are in the process of designing a website for your business, you may be wondering if you should use Frontpage or WordPress. Or, if you have already created your website, you may be wondering if you should make the switch to WordPress.
The Non-Technical Difference Between FrontPage And WordPress
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