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Dress Your Blog Domain Contest
Sunday, July 5th, 2009I’ve been neglecting this blog. In order to get better organized and prioritize what I do online I’ve decided to go through my domains and do some house cleaning. I also thought it was a good time for a contest. So here it is.
WIN IT!
One winner will receive the domain DressYourBlog.com
The domain is registered through September 2009 at Godaddy.
The domain can be pushed to your Godaddy account for free.
If you don’t have a Godaddy account it’s free to create one.
HOW TO ENTER. (MANDATORY)
To enter leave a comment on this post telling me what you’d do with this domain if you won. No two word or one sentence answers, your answer should be at least a paragraph.
I will choose what I feel is the best or most creative answer as the winner.
BONUS ENTRIES - LOTS OF THEM!
1 - Subscribe to my RSS feed.
1 - Follow me on Twitter AND leave your Twitter name here.
1 - Tweet this giveaway.
1 - Friend me on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/valmg
1 - Fave this blog at Technorati AND leave your Technorati name here.
1 - Blog about this giveaway, including a link here.
1 - Place my button on your blog.
1 - Visit HereAndThere.US (my Mom) and leave a comment on any post (except a giveaway post) there. Then return here and leave a comment on this post telling me one thing you read or learned on my Mom’s blog. (That’s two comments you need to leave for this bonus entry, one there and one here.) Unlimited entries for this method of entry.
Leave an additional comment for each entry you qualify for. You must have completed the first entry according to the instructions to be eligible for any bonus entries.
THE SMALL PRINT.
US addresses only please. This contest will end on Sunday 07/12/09 at 11:59 pm est. If you’ve entered any of my giveaways before then you know that only comments containing all of the requested information will be eligible for entry. The winner must contact me to confirm they wish to receive the prize within two days of my email notifying them they’ve won. Good luck to everyone! Members of my own family are not eligible to win but are still welcome to leave a comment.
Possibly related postsDoes anyone call Godaddy back?
Thursday, April 10th, 2008I have most of my domains registered with Godaddy. I’m very happy with their prices. I like their interface for domain registration and management. I log in, do what I need to do, and log out. I don’t have anything on auto-pay, I don’t like that. I get reminder emails when things are due and I take care of them. About four to six times a year I get a telephone call from Godaddy. I can always tell because when I get home and check the caller id it shows a call from the 480 area code, and I don’t know anyone else there. Sure enough, I check my voicemail and find a message from some happy, young sounding account rep (always a male, so far) that’s just checking in. Well Godaddy, here’s my answer to your voicemail. And I doubt I’m the only one that thinks this way. If you really want me to call you back, get a toll free number. If you really want to help me, don’t ask me to spend my hard earned money calling you. Because as long as you want me to pay to call you at that 480 number, I won’t be calling. So. Do any of you call Godaddy back?
Possibly related postsHow to host multiple domains on a shared hosting account in cpanel
Friday, January 4th, 2008A number of bloggers have more than one blog. Now when I first got a domain I thought all domains were hosted individually. Silly me. When I chose my webhost, Surpass Hosting, I found out that you can host multiple domains on one account. I currently have several blogs hosted on one shared domain, accessible from one control panel. It’s fairly simple to set up.
This howto is geared for someone whose hosting provides cpanel access. Presume you have one domain which is myfirstdomain.com and that your second domain is myseconddomain.com. At your domain registrar, set your nameservers for myseconddomain.com to whatever your nameservers for myfirstdomain.com are. Now log into your cpanel and go to the domains section and click add on domains. Enter myseconddomain.com as the domain name you want to add, and fill in the password fields. Click add domain. Now click go back and you’ll see an area that says modify add on domain. Next to the domain name you’ve just added click manage redirection. Delete everything in the field shown and click save. All done. Now, when you go into your public_html directory, you will see a new folder just for your myseconddomain.com. You are now hosting two domains on one shared account. That means your second site is visible both at myseconddomain.com and myseconddomain.myfirstdomain.com. That’s all there is to it.
Possibly related postsHow to transfer a domain from Yahoo to Godaddy
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008Do you have a domain registered with Yahoo that you’d like to transfer to another registrar? I have transferred domains from Yahoo to Godaddy a number of times with no problems at all, and you can as well if you follow these simple instructions.
Domains can’t be transferred with the first sixty days.
First, log in to Yahoo and unlock your domain. While you’re in there take note of your authorization code, you’ll need it to make the transfer. Also make sure your primary email is correct, or the transfer won’t work. Cancel nothing with Yahoo at this time.
Next, request your transfer. Using Godaddy, it’s as simple as buying a domain transfer. Make sure when you are checking out that you check keep existing nameservers if you want to keep the domain hosted where it’s currently hosted.
In a short while you should receive an email from Godaddy. Your next step will be to log into your Godaddy account and go to domains, my domains, then pending transfers. Click on the domain name you want transferred to Godaddy and from the authorization button on the right choose begin transfer authorization. You will be asked for a transaction id and security code. You should have received both of these in the same email from Godaddy. Enter these and click continue. You will be asked to accept or reject the transfer. Click accept, since you’re transferring it to yourself. You will be asked for the authorization code. That’s the code I told you to make note of while you were in yahoo. Enter that code and click continue. You should receive a message saying that your change is processing. After a few minutes you’ll notice in the pending domain transfer panel that the status now reads accept transfer at current registrar. That means now Godaddy is waiting for the approval from yahoo for the transfer.
You should receive an email from Godaddy in a few days telling you the transfer has been completed. You can log in to your Godaddy account to be sure. Then log in to the Yahoo account and cancel the domain plan. Then I like to also delete any payment information on file.
That’s it. It’s very easy and it sounds much more complicated than it really is.
Possibly related postsAnd the winner of the Computer Chit Chat Christmas Contest is…
Monday, December 31st, 2007SUE!
Sue has won the Computer Chit Chat Christmas Contest.
Each contestant’s entries were placed into the list randomizer on random.org and Sue was drawn as the winner by random selection. I’m posting a picture of the screenshot that shows then entries, and of course the winner is on the top of the list. Four people were ineligible because they didn’t subscribe or they didn’t confirm their subscription.
The prize is a new available domain registered at Godaddy and a year of Power plan hosting at Surpass Hosting.
Sue, please email me to let me know what domain name you’d like so I can start taking care of getting things set up.
Congratulations Sue!
Thanks to all who participated in our first contest.
It’s been a fun experience.
I will be holding more contests in the future so please stay subscribed.
Computer Chit Chat Christmas Contest ends tonight
Sunday, December 30th, 2007This is reminder that the Computer Chit Chat Christmas Contest ends at 11:59pm est tonight. If you’re not aware, the prize is a new available domain registered at Godaddy and a year of Power plan hosting at Surpass Hosting. Want to enter? To enter you must subscribe to the email feed for this blog and comment the contest post.
Possibly related postsComputer Chit Chat Christmas Contest
Saturday, December 22nd, 2007Been thinking about moving off of a free blog onto your own domain? Maybe you’ve been considering starting another blog? Maybe you’ve never blogged before but decided you want to try it. If any of those describe you, then this contest is just for you.
I’m having this contest with bloggers in mind. The contest begins today and will end at 11:59pm est Sunday 12/30/07. The winner will be selected at random and announced on 12/31/07. To enter all you need to do is subscribe to the email feed for this blog and comment this post. Easy stuff. You’re probably wondering what the prize is. Well, the prize is actually two things.
The first part of the prize is a brand new domain, name of your choice. The domain name will be registered at Godaddy. Your domain can be any top level domain name of your choice on extensions such as .com, .net, .info, .biz, .org, .us, .name, as long as it’s currently available and costs less than $9.99.
The second part of the prize is a year of hosting. The hosting is the Power plan from Surpass Hosting. It is shared hosting. It includes 200 gb disk space, 2,000 gb of monthly bandwidth, up to 10 add on domains and lots of other features.
Good luck!
Matt at Contest Beat has been kind enough to list this contest on his site. If you hurry and visit him at ContestBeat.com before midnight on Christmas Eve you could win a wii.
Laura Williams of Laura Williams Musings has also been kind enough to list this contest in her Sunday edition of Contests Galore. Wow, she must spend hours finding and listing those, there’s a lot of them that she writes about all in one day!
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Some Godaddy deals
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007How to push a Godaddy domain
Monday, October 1st, 2007This is a quick tutorial on how to push a Godaddy domain from one account to another.
Push means move from one Godaddy account to another.
Godaddy also calls it transferring.
This process can be a little confusing if you’ve never gone through it.
Both you (the domain owner) and the other party (person receiving the domain) will need to have a Godaddy account. Godaddy accounts are free to set up.
Log in to your Godaddy account.
Go to Domains, My domains.
Click on the domain you want to push to the other person.
Towards the top, click on Account change, it has a notecard icon.
Enter all information for the person receiving the domain. You must have the person’s first and last name, complete address with zip code and country, phone and email.
Press continue.
After you’ve done your part, you should receive an email stating you have requested a domain change of registrant.
Almost simultaneously, the person that is receiving the domain will get an email with a code. they’ll need to login to their account and go to Domains, Accept Account Change. Then they need to checkout, just as if they’re buying something.
Shortly after the other person is finished you should receive an email stating the domain has been cancelled from your account.
How to change nameservers for Yahoo domains
Sunday, September 30th, 2007Login to your Yahoo small business account.
You should be on the My services tab.
Click on Domain control panel for the domain whose nameservers you want to change.
The domain will need to be unlocked, so click Edit domain locking.
Click Unlock domain and then click Unlock domain when it appears again.
Towards the top, click Domain control panel.
Click Manage advanced dns settings.
Click change nameservers.
Enter your new nameservers into the primary and secondary fields.
Click submit.
You should see a confirmation message saying your records have been updated.
Go back and lock your domain.
That’s it.
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