Oct 02
Posted by Abhinav | October 2, 2008
Google India launched a new service where users can subscribe to various channels and get updated through SMS automatically without any cost. You can get notified about any blogs, latest news, weather updates etc.
If you want to keep track of updates on this blog and are based in India then subscribe to Abhinav Sonkar’s Guitar Blog Channel. It is absolutely free!
Don’t worry, you will only receive updates of new posts and important notices. You will not be spammed! So go ahead and get a mobile subscription!
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Sep 29
Posted by Abhinav | September 29, 2008
Finally I shifted AbhinavSonkar.com to her third web host. Actually, it should have been second but a bad experience with web hosting company called Fused Network forced me to look for a third one. Read on for details.
Why I changed my Web Host?
Since the birth of this blog, I had been hosting on FutureQuest. I think it is an excellent web hosting company and would recommend FutureQuest to anyone who is looking for hosting a new website. Though a bit pricey, the best thing about this host is it provides you a dedicated IP address so you are not on a shared server. Yes, starting at $9.95, you get a dedicated IP address for the lifetime of your blog at no extra cost!
Then why did I leave them? Firstly, they have a very high cost to features ratio. They told me it was necessary to maintain high reliability and no doubt, they were very reliable. Only a single downtime in the eight months that I was with them. But the bandwidth limit of 5GB became a hindrance to the blog’s growth and penalties were being levied. In the last month, the projected bandwidth usage was to such a level that I would have had to pay more than monthly hosting charges as over-bandwidth fee! The other plans offered by them were too costly for me.
Secondly, some features were missing in their package. They didn’t provide subdomains with any of their package. No raw logs analyzer. Their control panel reminded me of my dad’s MS-DOS based system. Considering all these factors and to avoid the heavy over-bandwidth fee, I decided to look for a new web host. I signed up with Fused Network.
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Sep 21
Posted by Abhinav | September 21, 2008
Regular readers would have already noticed the renovation of this blog which had kept me busy for quite some time in the past week. There were other things that had arrested my attention but I would allude to it in a different post.
The previous design had been in use since the start of this blog nine months ago. It was one of my favorites but the design and the space it provided were constricting the growth of the blog and hence I decided to look for a new design.
Now I am not yet financially sound enough to look for a unique premium design or hire a designer, so I started my search for a good free design that would meet the purpose of advertising as well.
Apr 24
Posted by Abhinav | April 24, 2008
Daniel Scocco of DailyBlogTips.com fame, recently launched an ebook for finding domain names for your website or blog. He kindly sent me a copy of it and I think it is an excellent resource for all the bloggers who are starting out with their blog.
From my experience, not many bloggers realize the importance of a good and important domain names and simply buy the first name that strikes them, provided its available that is. Daniel vividly explains how domain names are as important as the website itself.
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Mar 19
Posted by Abhinav | March 19, 2008
Wordpress 2.5 RC1 was released yesterday to the public for testing purposes. The official version would be upon us anytime soon. Since it skips 2.4 and jumps directly to 2.5, there is really something to expect. Let’s take a look into it.
From the Wordpress Development Blog…
A customizable dashboard, multi-file upload, built-in galleries, one-click plugin upgrades, tag management, built-in Gravatars, full text feeds, and faster load times sound interesting? Then WordPress 2.5 might be the release for you. It’s been in the oven for a while, and we’re finally ready to open the doors a bit to give you a taste. For…
Unfortunately, the list of changes ends there. Without doubt, those are pretty useful additions but you are left with wanting for more.
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