3 Reasons Web Designers & Developers Need Reseller Hosting

Posted on 30th January 2012 in Web Designers

There are so many different types of Hosting packages out there. We often get people contacting us here at HostNine and asking us, “I need hosting- but I just don’t know what kind of hosting is suitable for my needs. Can you help?” While a standard shared hosting plan might seem feasible for a majority of folks, it might not be the best fit for those who do work on the web. For Web Designers and Developers-
Reseller Hosting is the way to go.

Here are 3 reasons why:
1) It makes managing your customers WAY easier.

When you finish work for a client, often times you point them in the direction of a hosting provider to host their website. Sometimes the client comes back to you and wants you to revise something and they painfully try to tell you where it is located and how their hosting is setup. Well, no more! As a Reseller you keep all your clients in one place, can log in to their accounts when instructed to fix something, and remove the headache of the hundreds of emails you would receive outside your reseller account.

2) You make a healthy profit.

As a Reseller, you determine the price for hosting that you want to charge your customers. Why? because you have the relationship with your customers and we put you in a position to own a hassle-free, hosting service.  Here is example of how you can be profitable:

If you buy in to the lowest price Reseller package (at $24.95/month) that we offer, you are granted 100 domains, certain bandwidth and memory, and a bunch of other features. If you decide to charge each of the domain holders/your clients our lowest shared hosting price, this would be your return:

100 domains x $3.95= $395/month

$395- $24.95 (cost per month) = $370.05 per month profit!
                                                      =  $4,441 annual profit!

These are general estimates, but it shows the power and potential of creating a profitable hosting service.
3)  You get robust features at your finger tips.

With other reseller hosting providers,  they often give you features that need a good amount of assistance from the providers support team, to actually use. With all our plans, our features put you in the driver seat.  Need to move a customer’s domain to another location, in another country? No problem- point and click. Need to send an invoice to a customer for a billable item? We got you covered (you also have the ability to collect payments with a recurring payment model). These are just a few actions you can take with little to no assistance from our team.

In the coming weeks, We will be writing more blog posts on how we can help different types of individuals get the most out of reseller hosting. Stay tuned.


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Why web designers rely on Lorem Ipsum

Posted on 24th January 2012 in web design

Wikipedia defines the term Lorem Ipsum as placeholder text commonly used to demonstrate the graphics elements of a document or visual presentation, such as font, typography and layout. The Lorem Ipsum text is typically a section of a Latin text by Cicero with words altered, added and removed that make it nonsensical in meaning and not proper Latin. It was derived from a Latin statement, titled De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, by author Cicero. The “What” (Source: Wikipedia).

So why does the web design industry rely so heavily on Lorem Ipsum? Lorem Ipsum is a unique style of writing and is used because it is nonsensical text which does not detract from the aesthetic presentation of a design. In addition, the variations of Lorem Ipsum that are put out by Lorem Ipsum generators do a good job of estimating a normal distribution of English words and spaces. Today, many web designers and web design companies who use this dummy text, obtain it from special online or software-based text generators.

You may think it odd using this Latin text, but it actually has no meaning. It looks like a sample of Latin words. However, in reality the Lorem Ipsum is just a sample of letters in words with many letters being omitted. So, in reality this made up Latin text consists of many words that do not exist in the actual Latin language.

For anyone who is involved with building a website, this style of text generation is very important. Why you may ask? It is important because it shows exactly what the live site will look like once text has been added. Without the Lorem Ipsum a web designer would have to spend huge amounts of time typing in irrelevant text which would be a waste of time and resource.

Hopefully, this blog has explained Lorem Ipsum in a nutshell. If you found this post useful, please leave a comment below. Why not subscribe to our great weekly blog which is full of great content, information and tips. Please also join in the conversation with us on Twitter and Like us on Facebook too.

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Understanding Web Design

Posted on 10th January 2012 in web design

The web design is used as a general term to describe any of the various tasks in creating a website.

The site consists of thousands of pages through which a presentation of information using different technologies that are linked together with hyperlinks.There are two basic aspects of any website on the Internet. The first is a presentation to the user interacts with, usually visually, while the second is a back-end that includes information for non-human browsers.

From a technical standpoint, the act of designing web pages can be very difficult.Unlike traditional print media, HTML has a number of variable factors. For starters, not all browsers interpret HTML according to standards established by the regulatory body. The World Wide Web Consortium, also known as W3.

This means that while a piece of web design as the designer wishes to appear in a browser, it may seem totally different in another. Take the example of someone who is in charge of web design hotels, the designer can make a very good graphics and textual presentation and test it in a browser like Firefox, but when the same website is opened in Internet Explorer, can have large differences in how to see their images and texts.

Another limiting factor of web design is the large number of formats in which a site can be seen. While graphic designers know exactly how big the piece of paper it is printed advertising piece, a web designer must take into account the different sizes of different monitors and display settings.

Continuing with the example of the hotels, it is possible that making a website of a hotel and insert an image of a specific room, two users with different size monitors, can see the presentation of information in a totally different . So in these cases when the manager of web design hotels should keep in mind that its establishment should be planned to look good on any computer.

Together, these concerns often make room for a web designer to incorporate dynamic accomplish enough to make a website attractive to a wide range of sizes.

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Text effects with CSS text-shadow

Posted on 5th January 2012 in css

Text effects with CSS text-shadow

Text effects are a great way to enhance your web designs, and with just one CSS property you can replicate effects that were only possible before by using images of text. Text-shadow is supported in all major browsers except IE, and along with RGBa colours, allows us to replicate some popular effects.

Text-shadow is easy to use and gives you a lot of control, letting you specify values for:

  • The shadows colour (RGBa is great for subtle effects).
  • The X position of the shadow, offset from the text.
  • The Y position of the shadow, offset from the text.
  • The blur radius or spread of the shadow.

And the syntax looks like this:

text-shadow: colour, x, y, radius;< /pre>

For example:

text-shadow: #FFF 0px 1px 0px;


And the best part? You can have multiple shadows!

text-shadow: #FFF 0px 1px 0px, #555 0px -1px 0px;

Here are some examples for uses of text-shadow.


The obvious use


CSS text shadow


Even a simple shadow is an easy way to add depth.


text-shadow: #999 1px 2px 3px;


Inset text


CSS inset text effect


By using a sharp shadow (or two) with a tiny offset, you can give the impression of inset text.


text-shadow: #FFF 0px 1px 0px, #555 0px -1px 0px;


3D


3D text effect with CSS


Multiple shadows with incremental offsets can be used to give your text thickness.


text-shadow: #00417f 0px 1px 0px, #00417f 0px 2px 0px, #00417f 0px 3px 0px;


Blur


CSS text blur


While blurry text is hard to read, it could be used in some cases for effect.


text-shadow: #095eae 0px 0px 3px, #095eae 0px 0px 6px;


3D anaglyphic


Anaglyphic text with CSS


This one is a novelty effect, but shows just how flexible the text-shadow property is. The colour of the text needs to be set as well, and RGBa is used so the text and shadow blend where they overlap.


color: rgba(0,255,255,0.5);
text-shadow: rgba(255,0,0,0.5) -5px 0px 0px;


As you can see, text-shadow can be used in lots of interesting ways. Have you used the text-shadow property to enhance your web designs, and if so what effects did you use?
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