November 18th, 2008
Did you know that Maine Hosting Solutions offers 24/7/365 customer support via email and phone? Well, we do! If you need help with your site, here is all the information you should ever need.
Start by checking out our extensive selection of Online Tutorials and Manuals.
If you can’t find what you are looking for and still need help, use the following information to get in direct contact with one of our Customer Support Technicians:
For the more adventurous and knowledge thirsty individual, we offer the following recommended reading:
We also recommend several books on WordPress, but will post these recommendations at a later time. WordPress 2.7 is scheduled for release in December and will be a major revision. Several publishers have updated manuals in the works and we will make recommendations after having a chance to review them.
Did you miss last weeks post: Search Engine Optimization Tips?
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November 11th, 2008
Five internal linking tips that will improve your search engine rankings!
Most search engine spiders do not type into your search boxes and they do not use pull down menus. The following tips will help you to make sure that search engine spiders will index your web pages correctly:
- Use simple text links to link to your web pagesMost search engines cannot index fancy Flash or JavaScript menus. Some even have difficulty with image links. If possible, use simple text links to link to your web pages. You can make text links prettier by styling them with CSS.
- Your most important pages should not be more than one click away from the index page Web pages that can be accessed with a few clicks from your home page are considered more important than web pages that are buried deep inside your website. It’s easier to get high rankings for these easy to access pages.
- Use descriptive link texts
The text that you use to link to your web pages helps search engines to better understand your content. If you sell shoes on your website, do not use links such as <a href=”page.htm”>Click here</a> but descriptive link texts such as <a href=”page.htm”>business shoes</a>.
That makes it easier for search engines to put the page into a context and it will be more likely that the page gets high rankings for the keyword “business shoes”.
- Create a sitemap
A sitemap is a simple web page that contains link to all important pages of your website. You could add a link to your sitemap in the footer of every web page. By doing this, search engines can find all important pages with two clicks.
- Check the validity of your HTML codeErrors in the HTML code of your web pages can prevent search engines from indexing your web pages correctly. For example, an HTML error might indicate the end of a web page before the actual content begins. That would mean that search engines would skip the content and any links of that page. You can access the official W3C HTML validator at http://validator.w3.org/.
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November 4th, 2008
Maine Hosting Solutions has completed two major projects for the City of Bath and Main Street Bath. Both projects took significant amounts of time, effort, and technology to produce these incredible upgrades this community.
First, the City of Bath includes a complete new administration area that allows each city dept. to administer their own section of the website including; calendars, photo galleries, news updates and more. By far the most comprehensive city website in the State of Maine.
Second, Main Street Bath, a website that Maine Hosting Solutions has donated to the community for almost 10 years. The VisitBath.com website has gone through various renovations, this one marking the most significant update and showcasing the web technologies that MHS can offer. More than 100 volunteer hours have gone into making this website a leader in Main Street Communities nationwide. More about the VisitBath.com website.
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October 28th, 2008
As a customer of Maine Hosting Solutions, you can now take advantage of credit cardSpecial Rates & Fees with an e-onlinedata Merchant Account w/Authorize.Net Secure Payment Gateway. Compare these rates with your current provider and then give us a call!
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|
Industry Standard
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Special
MHS Partner Rates
|
| Application Fee |
$100-$200
|
FREE
|
| Annual Fee |
Up
to $195
|
FREE
|
Internet / Mail / Phone
Order Discount Rate |
2.95%
|
2.29%
|
Internet / Mail / Phone
Order Transaction Fee |
$0.35
per trans
|
$0.30
per trans
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| Statement Fee |
$12-$20
per month
|
$10.00
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| Monthly Processing Minimum
Only charged
if the merchant has less than $25 in merchant
account processing fees each month, otherwise
does not apply. |
$25-$35
|
$25
|
| Address Verification Fees (AVS) |
$0.05
per trans
|
FREE
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| 24/7 Customer Support |
$19.95/mo
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FREE
|
Instant Activation and
Merchant Identification Number |
N/A
|
Yes
|
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Industry Standard
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Special
ClearCart Partner Rates
|
One-time Setup Fee (Only
charged if you’re approved) |
$200-$300
|
$79 FREE
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Monthly
Gateway Access |
$25-$50
per month
|
$15
per month
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| Gateway Transaction Fee |
$0.05-$0.10
per trans
|
First
250 trans FREE per month, then $0.05
each
|
Automated Recurring Billing
System |
N/A
|
Available
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| eCheck Processing Available |
N/A
|
Available
|
FOR COMPLETE DETAILS AND FREE SAVINGS ANALYSIS,
VISIT OUR CREDIT CARD SERVICES SECTION
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October 21st, 2008
Did you know that Maine Hosting Solutions offers free, online tutorials? Well, we do!
From cPanel to osCommerce to WordPress, we have both video and written online tutorials to help you do it yourself. Whether you are looking to buff up on something specific or just getting started with a new project, we’ve got something for everyone. Check out these topics when you have a moment. You might just learn something that could save you time and money!
ONLINE VIDEO TUTORIALS
cPanel Tutorials - Learn how to manage your MHS hosting account.
Email Tutorials - Instructions on how to configure various email programs.
FTP Tutorials - Instructions on how to upload your website files via FTP (File Transfer Protocol).
DNS Tutorials - Learn how to edit your Domain Name Server information at various domain registrars.
osCommerce - Instructions on how to manage your osCommerce Website.
SohoLaunch Tutorials - Instructions on how to create and manage a website using our online website builder.
WordPress Tutorials - Learn how to manage your Blogging Software.
WHM Tutorials - Learn how to use Web Hosting Manager for Resellers and Dedicated Server Owners.
ONLINE MANUALS
cPanel User Manual
WHM User Manual
PERSONAL TRAINING
We also offer personal one-on-one training right here at Maine Hosting Solutions. For a complete list of in-house offerings please visit our Training Section or contact us directly.
Did you miss last weeks post about new designs from the MHS Design Team?
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