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Archive for the ‘PHP & MySQL’ Category

Learn PHP Free - a new Xavier Media site

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

The second site we’ve acquired this year is called LearnPHPFree.com (the first site we acquired was ArticleFinders.com). The site is about (that’s right) learning PHP and got about 20 lessons in PHP and a discussion forum. Unfortunately the forum has been closed for a long time, but that’s going to change now :) .

Learn PHP Free will be a fantastic complement to our other sites LearningPHP.com, AskPHP.com and CGI PHP.com.

/Andreas

How to make money from missing pages

Saturday, January 12th, 2008

All web sites move pages to new locations, pages are removed from sites because they are old or outdated, visitors sometimes type the wrong URL to get to a page and I think I can list about 10 other reasons for users to end up with a 404 Page Not Found error. If you haven’t done anything with your hosting account all those visitors will just see the standard error page which is really boring and not helpful at all. On most hosting accounts you can do something about that and also earn some money from it!

Start by creating a text file called .htaccess in your web directory (that’s where you keep your main index.html or index.php file). I use Notes or Wordpad to edit my .htaccess files (or nano if I’m connected directly to the server).

The file should look something like this:

 ErrorDocument 404 /404.php

If you already got a file called .htaccess in your hosting account you should simply just add the above line of text into that file (don’t over-write your existing .htaccess file since it may contain important information).

Now create a new file called 404.php (you can of course name the file anything you like, but I used 404.php in my .htaccess file so that’s what I’m going to use). You can use Notes or Wordpad for this file too. Fill in the following text in your new 404.php file:

<?
Header("HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found");
?>
<!-- Page content goes here -->

At <!– Page content goes here –> you simply add some text telling the visitor that the requested page wasn’t found on your server. Also give the visitor some advice on how to find the requested information (give the visitor a possibility to search your site for example of add a link to a site map).

Since the visitor is at your site he must be interested in your products or services, so don’t forget to tell the visitor about your products and services. Next time when a users see the 404 error page he will hopefully stay at your site a little bit longer instead of using the back-button in the browser immediately the 404 error shows up. Not everyone will become your customers, but at least enough for this to pay off :D

Create your own directory with Linkmachine

Sunday, December 30th, 2007


If you would like to start your own directory like XavierMedia.ws then you should have a look at Linkmachine. Linkmachine is actually a reciprocal link exchange management software that makes it easy to find and contact quality link partners, generate custom link pages that match your site, and keep track of reciprocal links. But it works perfect is you want to create your own directory too.

LinkMachine is a PHP application that runs on your web server, so it can automatically update your link pages the moment a change is made - no need to upload files each time a new link is added. Linkmachine will also check for reciprocal and broken links automatically so you don’t have to worry at all about that. If a link is missing or broken Linkmachine send the owner an email. If the link is still broken or missing after a few days a reminder is sent out and after a few days the link is deactivated. All link pages are automatically updated!


Linkmachine is really easy to use and no programming or HTML knowledge is needed to have the software up and running on your site. If you want to can easily create your own template so the directory looks exactly like the rest of your site (like we’ve done at XavierMedia.ws), or you can use a ready-made template.

The key to success for a website or online business is good search engine ranking. All of the major search engines use link popularity to determine how well a site will rank - so
the more high quality, relevant links that lead to your site, the higher it will rank. LinkMachine makes it easy to get the links you need.

Get Linkmachine you too!

LearningPHP.com

Sunday, December 16th, 2007

Finally we’ve done something good with our domain name LearningPHP.com. For a long time this domain has been parked with just a basic article about PHP on the main page, but now we’ve integrated that domain name into the rest of our forum at XavierForum.com.

Because of the integration with our forum, not only Xavier Media staff can post articles, but anyone with PHP knowledge can! The visitors can also post questions and comments to the articles.

Check out the new and improved LearningPHP.com.

/Andreas

Great hosting deals at eXavier.com

Sunday, December 9th, 2007

Besides fantastic domain registrations, eXavier.com also offers excellent hosting deals. Our shared hosting plans start at only $3.40/month when you sign up for 24 or 36 months.

* 5 GB Space
* 250 GB Transfer
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* 10 MySQL Databases
* 50 Email Forwards
* Forums, Blogging, Photo Galleries
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* Get shared hosting now!

Get any of our hosting packages and get a domain name for only $1.99!!




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