Mrs. Mecomber's Scrapbook

Here’s another example of why any serious blogger– or even the casual blogger who cares for his blog– should consider leaving Blogger and going with one’s own domain and web host service. Google Deletes Blogger Posts Ryan Spaulding: Beginning last summer, I slowly began to notice that several older posts were beginning to disappear. This [...]

When I first began to host my own blogs, learning about FTP and phpMyAdmin, I was extremely intimidated. But I am more comfortable tinkering in the database files, and have discovered how powerful the phpMyAdmin software truly is. It is important, if you are going to be a blog owner hosting your websites on your [...]

It’s hard to fathom that only a year and a half ago, I was completely baffled by the concept of blog hosting, ftp, and cPanel. Now, I am more comfortable. And I haven’t destroyed any of my websites in the process! Amazing! I’ve had my share of webhosts: Whip An Orbit, WizzerdWerks, Dreamhost, Bluehost, and [...]

I was blog hopping the other day and came across a post about a spectacular promotion for Dreamhost, one of the bigger web hosting companies. Using the promo code 220, I saved $193 off a $216 two-year web hosting package! So I got two years of web hosting for $21 or so! It was a [...]