How to add an AddThis sharing tool to my website or blogger.

AddThis Video - How to add an AddThis sharing tool to my website or blogger.
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This video is a fun, fast pace look at how to add AddThis to to your website or Blogger blog.

If you thinking of adding a sharing tool or social book marking button to your site, AddThis is one of the best and easiest ways to implement one.

Remember you only need the script in the AddThis embed code once per page, so if you have two AddThis buttons on a single page, delete the script out of the second instance of code, delete the part highlighted in red below:

*Click the image below to view full size.

Good Luck!

What Should I do with my old Domain Names? and how to sell them?

Like anyone who owns a few domain names I don't always get around to ever using them all, I sometimes never get around to the stage of building or publishing a website for a certain domain name I own.

 

For some reason or another you have these domain names you will never use, maybe it's because when you bought the name mywebcamkareokee.com you didn't realize that there were already three other sites like this out there providing the service that the name suggests (What was I thinking?).

 

Any way I have had more than a few domain names in my time that I never used and if I didn't use them I would just let them expire.

 

So what do I with my old domain names?

 

The answer in my opinion is "Sell Them", do it sell your unused domain name and don't let it expire unsold, get your money back at least for what you bought your name for, I would spend up to $200.00 some years on what I thought were brilliant domain names. I own the domain http://www.surftube.com.au/ and have never used it, I was going to build an awesome surfing video sharing site for the Australian market, but between family and other projects I don't think I'll ever build it. Now, I think that SurfTube.com.au is a catchy yet strong domain name for a surfing content related site, especially when there's over 2 million surfers in Australia. So when it was about to expire I thought to my self don't wast this name, sell it!

 

How do I sell my unused domain name or names?

 

After surfing the net for a few days (pardon the pun) I found out there's plenty of ways out there to sell your name, also there are allot of free or cheap ways to do this.

 

So this is how I'm promoting my domain name:

below centre: Logo I created for my domain using Gimp .

1. Create an example website with the content intended for the name your selling, also add a sales pitch in your content with plenty of text, to get the search engines interested. So for my website http://www.surftube.com.au/ I added some embedded surf videos with descriptions, a weather report widget, and some surfing images from flickr, also I created a logo that gives the site a bit of branding. I think doing this gives potential buyers a feeling that they aren't just buying a name but that they're buying a website, that has a premium domain name with branding potential.
2. List your domain name for sale on the internet with a 'domain name sales site' or a 'domain name broker', I listed my domain name for free with Domainmarketplace.com.au. Doing this gives you exposure, also real domain buyers troll these sites looking for catchy domain names to compliment there already existing business or website they are creating.
3. ebay, you can auction your name off, it's done all the time, but be careful you don't run to many auctions or the fees can get out of hand. Only do this option if you have a premium domain name that is catchy enough to cover the auction fees and then some.
4. Blogging sites, social sites, video sites. Get the message out there however you can.
5. Old school. Get back to the basics like typing up a generic letter with a sales pitch and price you want to sell for, then post or email the letter to ten, twenty or hundred of the biggest companies in your country that are with in an industry that's related to your domain. So for myself who owns surftube.com.au I would be sending letters to the biggest hitters in the surf industry, like Billabong etc. Hey it's worth a try what have you got to loose? except a little time and couple of stamps.

This list could go on for ever........there's a hundred things you could do if your keen.

Below is a list of places you can sell your domain name:

1.  Domainmarketplace.com.au
2. www.netfleet.com.au
3. www.sedo.com

*NOTE: Just remember according to Australian Law you can't on sell a .AU domain name unless it has been registered for six months or more (does not apply to registrations that have been renewed or previously transferred). SOURCE: http://www.melbourneit.com.au.

So good luck if your selling your domain and please leave a comment with other ways you might sell your domain.

How-to-back-up-my-SiteSpinner-project?

When your developing any website locally (on your own PC, laptop, flash drive or local server) BACK UP is a must and can often be over looked, or like myself in the past I would always be promising to do it tomorrow or soon, but other things always got in the road like developing another site, bar-b-q's or life in general.

I personally use SiteSpinner to develop my websites but this basic backup method could be used for other files as well. Now don't get me wrong I haven't discovered anything new here because there are probably hundreds of ways to backup project files weather it be SiteSpinner or any other web development software, but this is just an easy and secure way to do it, and this is the way I do it.

So the two main rules I use when backing up a SiteSpinner project file are:

1. Alway's save your project files using 'relative directory paths', this means that as long as all your images are saved in your project file relatively, you can move the project file anywhere you like and it will open without any of the image's missing (assuming you have SiteSpinner installed on what ever machine you are using to open these files).
2. Always backup your backup, because sometimes your backed up files crash before your PC or laptop does. 

Ok, If your using Sitespinner or Sitespinner Pro keep your project image files of your projects relative in your project file.

Now to save your project, click save as then when the save as box appears make sure the option 'when saving images "Use Relative Directory Paths"' is checked. Refer to the image below.

Ok now you've saved your project you can back it up!

When you back up a file an easy way to do this is to use a flash drive or an external hard drive, I prefer an external hard drive, well actually I prefer two! remember to backup your backup.

This parts easy now that you have saved your Sitespinner or other files using relative directory paths for your images, you can  just drag and drop the project file to an external hard drive and make sure to copy your project to your other external hard drive as well.

I have a Lacie external USB drive (pictured below) with a Terabyte of memory, now this is over kill but I like to be sure and I don't want to by another one for a while, 10G should be more than enough to for multiple projects.

* Image: Lacie usb external hard drive.

NOTE: If your projects are saved using relative directory paths you can actually open and edit projects directly from your external hard drive, thus making your project portable. So if you have SiteSpinner installed at home and at your office you can now work on your projects on either computer, just plug in you hard drive and away you go.

So there you have it the most basic yet reliable way to back up your SiteSpinner project.

Now I know there's more efficient ways to move files over to your backup drive like automatic synchronizing daily and other auto sync methods but that's for another time.

Well  good luck with all your back up woes and please leave a comment on your particular backup methods.

Tonga.