If you're running your own website or contemplating doing so, you know that there are upfront costs to the hobby. I started running my own website here, 404 Tech Support, and hoped to cover the costs of hosting and domain registration by displaying ads on my web site. First things first, you'll want to try to reduce your costs as much as possible. If you're just starting out, … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2009
404 Tech Support Theme Redesign and WordPress Theme Resources
If you've checked the site in the last two days, you may have already seen the new theme that 404 Tech Support is sporting. In the time since I activated the new theme I've been doing some tweaks and getting in depth with how WordPress themes work so that I could get it to behave just as I wanted. Here are some of the resources I found useful from start to finish for finding … [Read more...]
Funny Video: The Website is Down
If you are the tech savvy person that everyone calls when they have a problem or you're in IT, you might be able to empathize a little too well with the IT guy in this video. The video is painfully close to real life stupidity when it comes to technology, but it's also painfully funny. … [Read more...]
The Best WordPress Plug-Ins
The base WordPress is very functional on its own, but its extensibility is another great feature that can really help improve a blog's performance and make it your own. Below I've listed a number of the WordPress plug-ins that I use and would recommend. Each plug-in listed has a link to its homepage and a small blurb about it describing my experience with it. All are compatible … [Read more...]
UpDown: Free Online Stock Market Game
Check out a free online stock market game at UpDown. I have another article up over at Freewaregenius giving the inside scoop on this site and what a stock exchange simulator means. You can basically think of this as Fantasy football meets the stock market. You invest virtual money and make fictional trades to turn the virtual million dollars that you start off with … [Read more...]