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Please note:
- These discount coupon codes will not apply to domain names or any other service which is not web hosting related.
- These coupon codes can only be used for new web hosting packages that are purchased, renewals will not receive any discount.

I think this is a great way to start. The first coupon is useful more for a smaller order, the second will save you more on a bigger order.

I personally use Hostgator and recommend their services and support. The main points I like about hostgator, and hope they stay this way are:

1. Email support is quick and they take the time to cover the issue pretty well in email, so I never needed to chat or call them on the phone.
2. Server response is good in different parts of the world. I noticed less complaints from my customers who’s account are with hostgator servers.
3. They are efficient when you need to move your site from another hosting service to their hosting service.

Finally, make sure to read their terms of service first, so you understand what their services cover and what they don’t cover.

You can try both coupons listed here before completing your order, and use the one that will save you the most. If any of these coupons doesn’t work for any reason, please let me know. These coupons should be valid till end of summer 2012.

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Let’s take a look at each usage:-

Pages
Pages are intended for a topic you write once, like the main page, a contact us page, a testimonial page, a services you provide page, etc…

Posts
Posts on the other hand are suited for topics you want to write about frequently. In this case you will need to organize your posts into categories. Like for example, if you teach and want to create a site about your teaching methods, you can have categories like:
- Sample lessons, News (write about relevant news only),  Updates, Calligraphy, Pedagogy, Famous people, Book Review (review relevant books and write your opinion about them), Country profiles (pick countries where the language is spoken), ….

If you write about real estate, you can create categories about: New listings in a neighborhood, Another New listings in a different neighborhood, Open House (open houses that you think are worth visiting), Rentals (your pick of good deal rentals), mortgage rate updates,….

Remember, you want your site to be like an interesting magazine with multiple sections /or categories that can bring repeat visitors who ultimately will think about and contact you if they need further help.

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The key is making following 2 changes to your site:

First, make sure to add Arabic files into a directory that you create under the wp-includes directory of your wordpress installation. You can just upload languages.zip file into wp-includes directory and unzip it. (languages file)

Second is your wp-config.php file. Open this file in your admin area and edit the following line.

define (‘WPLANG’, ‘ar’);

By default it is in English. All you need to do is add ‘ar’, which stands for Arabic.

The only challenge you might find is if your theme doesn’t justify text to the right. Here you will have to look into the style sheet of the theme and update it.

I am using the The 2010 theme for WordPress ( default theme) in my project and it is working fine.

If you want to download all WordPress files for a given language, you might find it here.

To write Arabic even without an Arabic keyboard, check here.

I have been watching TV and listening to radio stations that ran stories to pay tribute to Apple’s Steve Jobs. Jobs was well known for being behind the iMac, iPhone, iPod, and iPad.

I haven’t heard any mention of NeXT systems… After Job’s resignation from Apple 1985, he build the NeXT Computer which became a high end computer for Universities and later corporations.
It is worth mentioning that engineers at Cern Laboratory who build the first website on the internet chose the NeXT System as a platform for their website.
You can read more about it and visit the first webpage on the internet here.

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It gives me this option in the WordPress Admin Dashboard.

I haven’t done anything to it yet – its standard and I’m just trying to learn everything about it.

Just not sure if I should click the upgrade automatically button – so before I did, I thought I should ask?
Thanks for your help

A: Thank you for contacting me. Sure you can upgrade.. WordPress upgrade is smart enough to notice if you skipped a version, it will make the necessary upgrade.
You can upgrade through the automated upgrade in the WordPress dashboard.
And since you have done nothing, no need to do a backup.

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I encourage you to read it.

First double check that your hosting provider has PHP 5.2.4 and MySQL database version 5.0 or higher. Those are now the minimum requirements for the new version of WordPress 3.2. Don’t worry, most major hosting providers have already upgraded. If you are not sure, just contact your hosting provider to double check.

My 2 favorite features:

Performance: It is unbelievable now how much performance gain you can get by just upgrading. If you couple the upgrade with a a plugin like W3 Total Cache, your site will feel like a static html site. Database queries have been optimized such that visitors will not even notice that it is a database driven site.

Editor: A new option has been added to the visual editor, that will enlarge the editor to fullscreen and hide all the elements, letting you focus on what you want to write. This will help you focus on your writing material… assuming you don’t distract yourself with other stuff around you To get our of the fullscreen mode when done, just hover the mouse to the top and click on “Exit fullscreen”.

WordPress fullscreen mode toggle

As with any other upgrade, remember to backup your site first, deactivate all the plugins and then upgrade.

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The easiest way to use the menu, if you wish to customize your blog, is to use it with the Atahualpa WordPress theme. I found this post to be very helpful in showing how to integrate this menu with the theme. Also, don’t forget to check out what some readers posted. Some did very nice designs using this menu.

The sliding door menu is based on mootools, a javascript framework  which you can download separately, if you wish to install it and try it out.

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It is simple to install and caches the archive content, so it’s loads faster. You can see it in action here, and since I don’t write so much… I made a simple change to not display the date of the post.

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This is a security upgrade that should protect your site against Cross-site Scripting vulnerabilities (XSS). I know it has been not too long ago, since WordPress came with a major release 3.0. Usually following a major release come multiple smaller release fixes to bring the major release to a stable state.

Remember to have a backup first and then simply go to you dashboard and click on the link to update.

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