To start with i am no way against Godaddy and it is one of my favourite registrars. But there are certain things you have to be careful with Godaddy. Previous posts (tricks, tips etch) about Godaddy are here.
I bought a product at Godaddy a year back. The auto renew option was ON. When the renewal time was near, Godaddy was sending me mails that it would renew the product but my Paypal account which was linked with Godaddy didn’t have both sufficient funds and a valid credit card as backup source.
Well i didn’t bother much because i didn’t want to renew the product. Also as an experiment(i had not so good previous experiences with Godaddy), i wanted to see what Godaddy will do. After a week, i made a sale and funds got into my Paypal account. I got into my Paypal account 15 minutes after the buyer sent the payment.
You guess what happened. Godaddy has renewed the product which was due renewal the moment funds got into the Paypal account. The point is “Godaddy knows when the funds get into your Paypal”. Be cautious.
One more reason why you should turn OFF the auto renew option at Godaddy.
I would like to share some jokes or other humorous stuffs now and then. Really want to take that little break from domaining. Domainers need to relax a bit imho.
Just came across a small interesting story with a lesson to be learned.
A bus driver was up to his routine job. Started the bus from the garage and went on from one stop to another. People were getting in and out at the bus stops. No problems till then. In the next bus stop a big hulk boards the bus. He is six feet tall, well built body and long arms. Stares the bus driver and says “Big John won’t pay”. The driver is amused and doesn’t know what to do. Big John takes his seat in the bus.
This started repeating everyday and the bus driver started loosing his sleep. The driver wanted to do something. So enrolled himself for the body building classes and karate classes. After a few days the bus driver had put on some weight and knows a few karate steps for self defense. He felt its time to stand up against Big John.
The next day, Big John boards the bus and repeats the words “Big John won’t pay”. The bus driver stares at Big John and screams “Why is that Big John won’t pay”. Big John is little amused and replies “Because Big John has a bus pass”.
Lesson: First make sure you have a problem before trying to solve one. This pretty much applies to all fields including domaining.
I will explain how to install a WordPress plugin on WordPress. Lets see the steps involved in installing WP-PageNavi 2.5 plugin on WordPress 2.8.x as an example.
WP-PageNavi plugin helps to get a better page navigation compared with the default “Older Entries” & “Newer Entries” page navigation. Once this plugin is installed you can jump to any page directly instead of going one by one as shown below.
1. Download the zip copy of the WP-PageNavi 2.5 plugin and unzip it.
2. Upload the unzipped copy into your /public_html/wp-content/plugins folder using the ftp client. I use FileZilla as my ftp client.
3. Now login to the Admin area of your wordpress blog and go to “Plugins” option. There you can see the newly updated “WP-PageNavi” plugin. Activate the plugin.
4. The last and most critical step is connecting your blog to the WP-PageNavi plugin. In the default wordpress theme check for the file index.php. Remove the two lines
and replace it by the following line
and you are done with the plugin installation.
5. Go to your site and you will see the new page navigation buttons right at the bottom of your blog’s main page similar to the one you see in LazyDomaining.com.
The better place to keep funds is Bank in my books. I am against keeping large funds in Paypal for the following reasons.
1. You never know when Paypal will pull your feet. For some obscure reason they can keep your account under review and freeze your funds. I have been there and it hurts your business badly.
2. Bank pays an interest while Paypal doesn’t. Something is better than nothing.
3. If you are a spend thrift, better to keep the funds in the Bank.
4. Bank gives me a better peace of mind compared with Paypal.
Be Safe than Sorry.
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