Month: March 2006
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Moving in
Setting up an account with my new web host was painless. I have one account with 2 sub-domains set up so far: this blog and gamecontractor.org. I’ve already forwarded my personal domain name to the new host. All I need to do now is transfer the MySQL database containing these posts and the WordPress software…
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A green home at last
It seems my mistake was searching for “green web hosting” instead of “green ISP.” The main problem with providing green Internet services appears to be in the data centres. However, I have found a company with a solution: they offset the emissions of the other suppliers in the chain. And they offer customised hosting packages,…
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It’s not easy being green
Following up on my attempts to find a green web host, it seems that the UK is somewhat lagging the field in both the provision and advocacy. After some considerable searching the only green hosts I was able to find were based in other countries. I did find a lot of sites promoting green technology…
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Green hosting
I’m currently shopping around for a web hosting company for this blog, and my company site. Assuming I find one I’m happy with I’ll migrate gamecontractor too. It’s not that I’m not happy with my current hosting service, but I’ve managed to switch my home power over to renewable sources, I don’t see why I…
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So many styles
I’ve spent far more time browsing through the stlyes on this thing than actually working. And in the end I went with the simplest style I could find. It’s called “white as milk.”
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Installing WordPress
Boy that was quick! I didn’t expect this blogging software to go in quite so easily. Let that be a lesson to me: don’t be an early adopter! I do have one problem: I can’t seem to find my API key. I need this key to activate the spam filter. According to the documentation it…