Ryan Orrock Dot Com » Tech stuff http://ryanorrock.com/blog Ryan Orrock on Everything Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:24:51 +0000 en hourly 1 Installing WordPress in under 5 Minutes http://ryanorrock.com/blog/55/installing-wordpress-in-under-5-minutes/ http://ryanorrock.com/blog/55/installing-wordpress-in-under-5-minutes/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:32:11 +0000 Ryan http://ryanorrock.com/blog/?p=55 Ok. This video shows you how to use Hostgator, CPanel, and Fantastico Deluxe to set up a WordPress blog instantly without knowing anything about code or HTML.

How cool is that? Enjoy, and please post comments if this is useful. You can subscribe to these videos on the right or in YouTube.

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The link to Jeff Johnson’s SEO Plugin, referred to in the video can be found here: SEO Plugin for WordPress.

]]> http://ryanorrock.com/blog/37/the-wordpress-plugins-system/feed/ 0 How to Shorten URL’s (7 dollar tip for free) http://ryanorrock.com/blog/41/how-to-shorten-urls-7-dollar-tip-for-free/ http://ryanorrock.com/blog/41/how-to-shorten-urls-7-dollar-tip-for-free/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:53:34 +0000 Ryan http://ryanorrock.com/blog/?p=41 If you want to twitter links, (or for other nefarious purposes)  a link like:

http://www.mysiteissocool.com/blog/backend/$StringQuery=”123575785134143745adsh8suhf”/ActualPage/BuyMy$#1t/index.html

won’t work.

So shorten it.

You can do that for free at: http://www.bit.ly/

It also includes tracking code so you can see how many times people clicked your “little” link. And you can create an account so you can see how all of your “little links” are performing.

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After many tears and issues with ixwebhosting, godaddy, and a host (no pun intended) of others, I use them. If they cause me any problems, I will update that here.

Link to Hostgator

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