My blog has been stalling lately, but it’s doesn’t mean I’ve given up or have been burnt out from stuff to write about. I just have too much to do at work and trying to set a good schedule to organize it. Nonetheless, the site needs a good kick in the pants to get it going again. Soon there will be more content related to blogging tools and developing them, but I will continue writing tips and tricks for any bloggers out there. Aside from this there will be two major changes, which I will go over here:

I’ve been getting tired of the domain issues that GoDaddy has not completely resolved, and for the sake of trying a new company, I will have to move my domain name to NameCheap and see how it works out. I’m positive I will have a better experience with them, though. This is the most pressing issue I have with this site right now.

A new design. It will be the most visible change, and help make the content easier to read and more appealing to look at. This will also reflect the somewhat new direction I want my website to take, and  carrying a common theme with other ideas I would like to carry out in the future.

As for when these changes will happen, I will try to get them worked out within the week. The new design is near completion and I’m giving a day or two for the domain transfer to take effect. It won’t be necessary for me to move to a new host (remember, I’m just having domain redirection problems). So remember to watch this space, and return for the new Zero Dominance website!

Recently, my domain name seller, GoDaddy, has been acting a bit odd with my domain. Last week, my blog was inaccessible for a couple hours, and instead I would be greeted with a GoDaddy domain parking page. This corrected itself, though. But yesterday, it’s been doing it again and for almost a full two days now. What’s up with GoDaddy, and how can they not keep my domain forwarding straight? I have not changed my nameservers since signing up to my web host (HostGator, by the way), and when I went to double check my nameserver settings, everything looks normal there.

Well, I don’t want to take anymore chances with it going down. From what I’ve heard in other complaints, this is a usual problem with some of GoDaddy’s domains. Every time my blog doesn’t show up, I could be losing potential visitors. I plan to transfer this domain to a different company soon, which would likely be more reliable than what I’m experiencing right now. In the meantime, I would like to know whether NameCheap is a good alternative, since some people I talked to mentioned it. Or, do you have other suggestions?

This tip is for web developers that have a server set up with PHP and MySQL. This setup is required to test many dynamic websites, including blogging systems such as Wordpress.

In your website, you may have any myriad of add-on scripts and widgets that rely on an internet connection to work. If you have affiliate banner ads, use Google Analytics, or use a link exchange service like Entrecard, then you will need a persistent internet connection for them to work well.

But wait, there’s more…!