SoGospelNews Forums

starting a website

2007-10-23T15:23:19Z

pineyracer
Hello, I would like some input on starting a website. I sing in a southern gospel trio, and we would like to launch a website to help get our name out there, as well as keep people informed of what is happening with the group. There are many companies out there on the internet that advertise web hosting services (ie. go daddy, power web, yahoo hosting etc…). I don’t really know what to look for when it comes to specifics. Any help would be appreciated. We don’t really have a lot of money to spend on a website so the most economical would help as well. We also don’t want to support a company that has questionable ethics either. Thanks

ModGwen
You need to talk to SSE Design Group, they are owned by the children of the owners of this website. You can be sure of their ethics.

Maestro
The least expensive hosting I’ve seen that has good customer service is http://www.asmallorange.com/

You can see their service page here: http://www.asmallorange.com/services/hosting/

I currently use http://mds-corp.com, which is also competitively priced.

Swampmouse
GoDaddy is pretty cheap. I’ve heard mixed reports about their service, but I know several people who use them with no problems. Just don’t try to run any scripts as php and mysql are not really implemented well. Their domain hosting is very inexpensive, and you can always point it to another server if you want a different web host.

Our guru here at work claims you get what you pay for…he’s probably right but it’s nice not to spend a lot of money.

Has Anyone Else Just Bought A New Flat Screen TV?

2010-02-17T14:10:47Z

I just bought a new Samsung 40 inch flat screen TV. A good friend of mine helped me mount it over my fireplace. We had quite a time hooking it up to my older Sony suround sound system so I could play dvd’s.

But we got it going just fine eventually. I think this flat screen is just assume.

We looked at all the reports in Consumer Reports magazine

Please let me hear about your flat screen TV experience!!!

How Do You Backup An External Hard Drive

2008-02-06T23:46:28Z

I have 40,000 some tracks saved on my external Western Digital hard drive. I want to back up that hard drive just in case it crashs. What’s the best way of doing this? I don’t want to have to download all those songs all over again. Is there a software program that i need to do this? I am running Windows XP on a HP Notebook for my concerts.
George

free music program

2010-01-23T12:46:21Z

Is there a free music program I can get. I have mp3’s that are not the same volume and I want to set them all to be the same.

Xmas Warning To Parents Who Want To Buy Xbox 360s console

2009-11-14T14:31:57Z

A few days I ago made a post on another web site about the number of console bans of the Xbox 360 that I have seen in the last few months. For those who do not know, Microsoft runs a gaming service called Xbox Live. It is a cheap service and is considered the best one of the three major gaming consoles out now. I have been on it for six years. However, there are people who have quite a bit of software and electronic know-how that are able to open their 360 consoles and alter the software and/or hardware (a process termed “modding” in the gaming lingo) in order to cheat during online play. MS does have a “police force” that spends their time watching for this crowd. They are somehow able to detect any console that has been modded and they issue a “ban”; i.e., the console itself will not connect to Xbox Live, regardless of whether or not the owner has a Gold subscription.

Now, in principle, this is a good idea…keeps cheaters offline. But I have learned that there is a “dark side”; out of all of the posts I read about owners who have been banned, 70% bought their console used from Gamestop or another vendor. So, what happened is that the person bought a console used (because it is cheaper than a new one) plugged it in and logged on the Live network only to get the “console banned” message. In effect, the previous owner had modded or otherwise engaged in some similar activity and got his console banned. The only way around this is to buy another…so he took it to Gamestop and turned it in and bought a brand-new console, while not informing Gamestop that the console they had just bought had been banned from the Live network. They don’t test for this condition, so they just packaged it up and resold it.

My point is: since Christmas is rolling around, some parents will be tempted to buy a used console since it is cheaper…don’t do it. Buy a brand-new one. If your used console turns out to have been banned from the Live network, you cannot do nothing about. MS will not lift the ban for any reason. And Gamestop won’t refund your money.

Also, just for more info, if you do by a new one, resist the temptation to repair the console yourself. I don’t care if daddy has a phd in game console repair. MS can detect if you have opened the console and you will get the ban. I know a guy who’s 360 started the RROD (“red rings of death”) syndrome. He took the case off the console, blew it out with compressed air, and no more RROD! Thirty minutes later he logs on with Halo 3, only to get a message “your console has been banned.” No matter what happens, send in it to MS…don’t work on it yourself. The manual plainly states not to open the console for any reason…it ain’t no joke.

Security Experts Advising You Stay Off Internet Explorer

2008-12-16T15:05:10Z

A serious scripting hack that can grab passwords (or, potentially, do worse) from any version of Internet Explorer is leading security and malware experts to suggest switching from Internet Explorer to Firefox, Chrome, Opera, or any other browser.

http://lifehacker.com/5111184/security-experts-advising-you-stay-off-internet-explorer-for-now

MOBILE BROADBAND

2009-02-14T04:01:36Z

Anyone have any experience with mobile broadband? What do you think? Which service do you use? Verizon? Cricket? etc?

Is your mobile broadband your only internet service? or is it secondary?

What about speeds,..etc?

passwords and such

2009-02-01T09:56:10Z

You know when you get on a website to check something, such as sogospel, or a credit card or what ever it may be—-and they ask if you want the computer to remember it be checking the box———-well, my question is, how safe is that?
I don’t really have a problem with a message board like this, but I do with a credit card, because I feel some “hacker” could get into it if they were so inclined, if it’s registered to “be remembered”—-but perhaps I am wrong, can someone shed light on this subject for all of us computer illiterate people?

MS OFFICE ‘07

2008-10-17T08:26:16Z

Any MS OFFICE ‘07users out there? I have been running it at work for about 5 months and it seems to work well. I use Excel and Outlook more than any of the other applications. I am just beginning to work with PowerPoint. Any thoughts?

Emcee Pro user needing help!!

2008-01-20T01:03:24Z

I am a new Emcee Pro user. If you know anything about Emcee Pro you know that you highlight a track then press the space bar to play the track. Then hightly the next track and press the space bar to pay the second track. When I press the space bar the second time Emcee Pro closes. Anyone had this problem?? Can you help??