How to Publish your Podcast on iTunes (8 Steps)

Locate your podcast's RSS feed address. An RSS feed is an XML file that contains information about your podcast and the addresses of each individual podcast file. Consult your hosting provider's documentation for information on locating your podcast's RSS feed.
Click the 'Advanced' menu in iTunes and select 'Subscribe to Podcast.'
Type, or copy and paste, your podcast's feed address into the Subscribe to Podcast box and click 'OK.'
Verify a page for your podcast appears in iTunes and attempt to play an episode of your podcast. Apple declines podcasts with technical problems that don't appear in iTunes. If the podcast's page doesn't appear, your podcast's feed isn't compatible with iTunes. Contact your hosting provider with information about the problem.
Click 'iTunes Store' at the left side of the iTunes window and click 'Podcasts' at the top of the page that appears.
Click 'Publish a Podcast' at the right side of the Podcasts page on the iTunes Store page.
Type, or copy and paste, your podcast's feed address into the box on the Publish a Podcast page and press Enter.
Log in with your iTunes account's username and password.
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How to Remove Titles in a Vimeo Embed (4 Steps)

Click the 'Embed' button on the player on your video's Vimeo page.
Click the blue 'Customize embed options' link when the 'Embed this video' dialog box appears.
Go to the 'Intro' section. Uncheck the boxes for 'portrait' (your Vimeo profile picture), 'title' (the title of the video), and 'byline' (your name or your Vimeo user name) to customize titles as needed.
New embed code will appear in the box at the top of the window, based on your customizations. Copy the new code and paste it the appropriate sections on the website where you want to embed the video.
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How to Set Up Google Apps on Bluehost

Launch your Web browser, and go to the Google Apps homepage. Click the blue 'Get Started' button.
Click the radio button beside 'Administrator' under 'I Want to Use an Existing Domain' to select and enable this option.
Type the Bluehost website domain name that you want to set up with Google Apps into the input field. Enter just the top-level domain name, which is the part of the domain without the 'http://www.' prefix. Click the 'Get Started' button.
Enter your name, email address and contact information into the input fields in the 'Account Administrator' section.
Click the check box beside 'Google Apps Requires Changes to DNS to Properly Setup Service' to confirm that you understand that Google Apps will change the settings of your Bluehost Domain Name System servers. Click the 'Continue' button.
Type your preferred username and password into the relevant input fields in the 'Your Administrator Account' section. Read the Google Apps terms and conditions at the bottom of the page. If you agree to the terms and want to continue, click the 'I Accept. Continue With Setup' button. This opens your Google Apps dashboard.
Click the 'Activate Email' link in the Email section. This opens the 'Setup Email Delivery' page.
Click the 'Verify Domain Ownership' link. Choose 'Upload an HTML File' from the verification options drop-down list. Create an HTML file in the usual way with your Web design software, text editor or HTML editor. Name the HTML file with the verification name assigned by Google. Copy the Google verification code and paste it into the HTML document. Upload the HTML file to the root folder of the relevant website domain through the Bluehost online content management system control panel.
Click the 'Verify' button. Google will verify the service and activate it within 48 hours. Once Google has activated your Google Apps account on Bluehost, access the Bluehost content management system control panel to set up email forwarding. Click 'Forwarders' in the 'Email' section on the control panel homepage. Add each email address that you want to forward to Google Apps. Select 'Google' from the mail server options, then click 'Add Forwarder.'
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How to Upload a Dreamweaver Website Into Go Daddy Hosting

Find the Host Name, FTP User Name and FTP Password you created when you opened your Go Daddy hosting account. You would have written this information down when you opened your account.
Open Dreamweaver. Go to 'Site' and then 'Manage Sites.'
Pick your website from the list given in the Manage Sites dialog box or click 'New' if you haven't started your website yet.
Choose 'Add New Server' when the setup window opens. Enter a name for your connection, something like 'Go Daddy' or your domain name would be easy to identify, but any name is OK.
Click 'FTP' from the connection menu and enter the FTP User Name and FTP Password you created with Go Daddy. Check the 'Save' box if you want Dreamweaver to remember your login information.
Type your domain name in the FTP box. Click the 'Test' button to confirm the connection. Leave any other fields blank or default unless you've set up special port or proxy settings in your home network or with Go Daddy.
Check 'Automatically upload files to server on save' if you want Dreamweaver to update your website every time you save a page.
Save the connection by clicking 'Save' and go to 'Edit,' then 'Preferences' in Windows. If you're using a Mac, click 'Dreamweaver' and then 'Preferences.'
Select your website from the list on the left and choose your upload settings. Establish whether the FTP connection will time out or terminate after a specified number of minutes. You can also set Dreamweaver to 'Prompt Before Moving Files on Server' and 'Save Files Before Putting.' Experiment until you find the settings that work for you.
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How to Ping a Domain Name

Click the 'Start' button and search for 'Command Prompt' in the search bar. Alternatively, click on 'My Programs' and navigate to 'Accessories.' The 'Command Prompt' application is second on the list.
Right-click on 'Command Prompt' and select 'Run as Administrator.' A dialog box will open asking you to confirm your action. Click 'Yes.'
Type 'ping' (without quotes) followed by the domain you wish to ping. For example, to ping eHow.com, you would type 'ping ehow.com' (without quotes). Press 'Enter' to input the command.
Customize the ping command for extra functionality. Ping a domain indefinitely by appending '-t' to create 'ping -t ehow.com.' Add '-n' followed by a number to set a specific number of pings. To ping eHow 10 times, you would type, 'ping -n 10 ehow.com.'
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How to Upload WMA Files

Open your preferred FTP program. If you don't have one installed, try CuteFTP (Windows), Fetch (Mac) or FileZilla (all platforms).
Enter your domain name in the format 'yourdomain.com' (no 'http://' or 'www.') in the 'Hostname' dialog box that appears on launch. Enter your web host username and password in the boxes provided; check your initial web hosting account confirmation email for these details if you're uncertain.
Click 'Connect' to connect to your web hosting account. A directory tree for the files on your computer's hard drive will appear on the left side of the screen, while a directory tree for the files on your website will appear on the right side of the screen.
Select your WMA files on the left, then drag them to the folder on the right side of the screen where you want to upload them. Make sure this folder is publicly-accessible; usually the very first directory that opens upon connecting (containing folders like 'home' and 'logs') is only accessible to you. If you're unsure, upload the WMA files into a folder where other files you already know to be publicly accessible are located.
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How to Set Up an Email Account on BluDomain (8 Steps)

Open the hosting information email that was sent to you by BluDomain to get your cPanel user name and password.
Visit your website's cPanel by typing your URL followed by /cpanel into your browser. For example, type yourwebsite.com/cpanel.
Wait for the authorization box to open and then enter your cPanel user name and password in the corresponding fields.
Click the mail icon under the 'Mail' section.
Select 'Manage/Add/Remove' and then click the 'Add Account' button.
Enter your desired email user name and password in the corresponding fields.
Enter a quota between 10 MB and 100 MB inside the 'Mailbox Quota' box.
Click the 'Create Account' button to set up your email account.
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How to Create a Login Web Page (13 Steps)

Navigate with your web browser to your web hosting account and log in to access your control panel. The example shown here is the cPanel X web site management tool.
Click the icon for 'Password Protect Directories.'
Locate the folder (directory) you want to password protect. Click on a 'folder ICON ' to go into that folder, click on folder 'NAME' to select it as the one to protect.
Click the 'check box' at the top to turn protection on, then enter a username and password on the set password screen, and click add/modify authorized user. You can also use this screen to change the password of an existing user or delete a user. Existing users are listed in the order they were added. The list is not alphabetical.
Exit your web host account and navigate to a web page in the directory with the password protection. A login box will prompt you for a username and password.
Enter the appropriate username and password combination, then click 'OK.' If the login is correct you will have access to the page. If the login is wrong, you will receive an Authorization Required error page.
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How to Install Magento on 1And1 VPS (16 Steps)

Log into your 1and1 control panel according to the instructions you received when you set up your VPS account. Click 'Domains' in the control panel to make sure the domain you want to use with Magento is properly set up on your VPS account. Change the nameservers in your domain registration account to match your VPS nameservers, if necessary, before adding your domain to the list of domains you host on your server.
Click the 'Server administration' icon in the control panel menu. Wait a few seconds for the administration icons to appear. Click the 'Server access data' icon to obtain the log-in information for your Plesk and Virtuozzo server control panels as well as your SSH log-in.
Log in to your Virtuozzo control panel and click the 'System services' icon. Click the 'PSA' and 'mysqlid' icons and start the respective services. Enable auto-start when starting both services.
Set up your domain on your Plesk control panel if you have not done so already. Log in to your Plesk control panel and click the 'Domains' icon followed by the 'Create domain' prompt. Wait a second for the text fields to appear and enter your domain information according to the instructions. Create your FTP account in the specified text field and click 'Next.'
Wait for the next page to appear. Uncheck the 'PHP safe_mode' check box and click 'Finish.'
Download the latest version of Magento from the download page. Choose the Community Edition page for the free version or the Enterprise or Professional Edition page if you have purchased one of the paid Magento packages. Enter your user name and password in the proper fields of the log-in page to access your Enterprise or Professional account.
Uncompress the '.tar' archive containing the Magento files by right-clicking it if you are using a Mac computer or by opening your archiving software and choosing the name and location of your '.tar' file if you are using Windows.
Launch your FTP client. Enter your domain, username and password in the appropriate fields and click the server connection button or prompt. Choose the folder into which you have uncompressed your Magento files as the local folder and the directory into which you want to install Magento as your remote folder.
Drag the files from the local folder into the remote folder and wait about five minutes for the transfer to complete.
Type your domain address, including a slash and the name of the directory into which you installed Magento, if necessary, into your browser text window. Proceed with the on-screen installation procedure if you do not see an error message. Complete the remaining steps if you see an error message stating you have an invalid PHP version.
Connect to your server with SSH through the 1and1 control panel or with an SSH client. Use your root user name and password as provided in Step 2.
Type the following command at the first SSH prompt you see after entering your information. Omit the quotation marks and the period at the end: 'wget -q -O - http://www.atomicorp.com/installers/atomic.sh |sh.'
Type 'yum update' without the quotes as soon as the next prompt appears. Choose 'No' when you are asked whether you want to install the updates.
Type the following commands and select 'Yes' after each subsequent prompt appears:
yum update php
yum update mcrypt
yum update mhash
yum update php-mcrypt
yum update php-mhash
Restart Apache by typing ' /etc/init.d/httpd restart' without the quotation marks as soon as the last 'yum update' is finished.
Type the full domain address for your Magento installation in your browser text window. Follow the on-screen installation prompts. Repeat Steps 11 to 15 if you still see an error message.
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How to Connect FileZilla to HostGator

Open FileZilla.
Enter your HostGator domain name in the format 'domain.com' in the 'Host' box.
Enter your cPanel username in the 'Username' box.
Enter your cPanel password in the 'Password' box.
Enter '21' in the 'Port' box.
Click 'Quickconnect.' Your HostGator files are listed on the right side of the screen.
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How to Enable IMAP in PHP.INI on Go Daddy (4 Steps)

Log in to your Go Daddy virtual server with an administrator username and password. Click the Windows 'Start' button on the host and type 'php.ini' in the search text box. Press 'Enter' to open a window with the PHP.INI file's folder location.
Right-click the file and select 'Open With.' Choose 'Notepad' to open the current PHP.INI data in the editor.
Press the 'Ctrl' and 'F' keys to open the 'Find' dialog box. Type 'php-imap.dll' and press 'Enter' to scroll directly to the PHP.INI IMAP line item.
Remove the semicolon at the beginning of the IMAP entry. Click 'Save' to save the changes to the file. Removing the semicolon removes the comment statement, so the IMAP service becomes active.
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How to Reset a Forgotten Password on MediaFire

Go to the MediaFire forgotten password website (see Resources).
Enter your email address in the 'Enter the email address you used to create your MediaFire account' box and click the 'Send me a password-reset email' button. MediaFire will send you a password reset email.
Log into your email account and open the email from MediaFire. Click the password reset link. This launches the MediaFire password reset page. Follow the guided prompts on the page to complete the reset.
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How to Connect to Zymic With Filezilla

Launch FileZilla.
Enter your website address, such as 'websitename.zxq.net' in the 'Host' box at the top of the screen.
Enter your website subdomain and main domain, separated by an underscore, in the 'Username' box. For example, if your website address is 'websitename.zxq.net,' your username is 'websitename_zxq.'
Enter your password in the 'Password' box.
Enter '21' in the 'Port' box.
Click 'Quick Connect' to connect to your Zymic account.
Drag files from the left side of the screen into the right side to upload them to your Zymic account.
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How to Build a Website

Figure out what you want your website to be about. You'll need to decide on the overall theme of the website and what it will entail. Completely dissect your idea and make sure that it is entirely feasible. If this is your first website, try to keep it basic.
Pick a domain name. Go to Networksolutions.com and search until you find a domain name to your liking. The domain name you select should be related to your idea and overall theme of the website you want to build. Take your time in figuring out your domain name, as it will have a wide ranging impact on the future of your website. You can see if the domain name is available by entering into the box on the main page of Networksolutions.com. If it's available, you can purchase it right there. There is an annual fee to own a domain name. If it's not available, select another name.
Find a web host for your domain name. The message boards at Webhostingtalk.com are a good place to look for the right web host for you. Look for a history of customer satisfaction and a performance guarantee when searching for a web host. Godaddy.com is a popular, reputable host with affordable packages. Compare prices and packages of several companies and purchase the web hosting plan that is right for you.
Hire someone to design your website. A good place to find a freelance website designer is on Elance.com. You can post your job with the specifications that you require, and freelance web designers will make bids on your project. Once you find the right freelance web designer, be sure you explain everything you want included on your website. As the designer is building your website, have her send you progress reports and screen shots so that you can make sure the website is on the right track.
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How to Start a Clothing Store With Only Four Thousand Dollars

Purchase a website domain, hosting service and shopping cart system that allows you to upload products. This will cost you about $100 plus about $15 per month for web hosting. Hire a web designer to create an attractive e-commerce website design for your new online clothing store. This will likely be one of your most expensive expenditures---expect to pay at least $500-$1,000 for a good web designer. (See 'Resources' below for a site where you can find more on hosting services.)
Apply for a merchant account that can be linked to your website to accept credit card payments from your customers. You can also open a P.O. box and list it on your website to accept check and money order sales from your customers. The initial fee to open a merchant account will be around $100. You will also pay a monthly service fee of about $20 to $30. A post office box will cost about $50 per year. (See 'Resources' for more on merchant accounts.)
Determine the type of clothes that you want to sell in your new clothing store. You can focus on a small niche (such as goth wear) or choose to offer a department-store type of selection for your customers, including men, women, juniors and children.
Next, find a clothing distributor who will drop ship individual orders to your customers (see 'Resources' below for a site where you can find these companies). This way you won't have to pay anything upfront--you only pay the distributor when you receive an order from the customer. You act as a middleman.So let's say you receive an order from your customer. You take the customer's money, then forward payment to the distributor, who will arrange to ship the clothing from the distributor warehouse directly to the customer's home. You might be charged a small initial fee to start this type of arrangement with the distributor. You can also use clothing that you have manufactured yourself, but the investment in clothing, sewing equipment or a manufacturer to make your clothes will likely cause you to exceed your initial budget of $4,000.
Once your website is designed, upload your chosen clothing pieces to your website. Categorize your products by type (for example, purses, shirts, jeans, dresses, elegant wear, men's and women's). The only investment here will be time, unless you choose to hire someone to take care of this task.
Publish your clothing store online. Your final investment will be in generating web traffic to your online clothing store. Hire an SEO marketing firm to take care of the content for your site to draw in hits from search engines. You can find good SEO help for about $500 to $1,000 per month. Place ads with Google Adwords, which will cost you $5 to set up. You will then set your budget for how much you want to spend each month for ads.
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How to Create a Social Website (6 Steps)

Install WordPress on your Web server. Due to its popularity, WordPress is now offered as a standard application available with many Web-hosting plans. Some Web-hosting services offer an automatic installation option for WordPress. If you don't have much experience installing Web applications, select a Web host that offers automatic WordPress installation and you'll save a lot of time.
Install the BuddyPress plug-in. You can automatically install BuddyPress from the WordPress dashboard by going to the 'Plug-ins' menu on the left side of the Dashboard and selecting 'Add New.' Enter 'BuddyPress' in the plug-in search box. In the result listings, you'll see BuddyPress. Install BuddyPress by selecting the 'Install Now' link under the BuddyPress name.
Configure BuddyPress. BuddyPress has features for activity streams, editable user profiles, friend connections, private messaging, blogging and groups. Because BuddyPress is a WordPress plug-in, it is extensible, which means that features can be added to run alongside BuddyPress in the WordPress system. The BuddyPress.org site runs on WordPress and BuddyPress, so you can visit their site to see it in use.
Generate content for your website. Using WordPress, you can add pages or posts with content for your visitors and members. WordPress allows you to add text, images and video content to your website.
Promote your social website. You can use search engine optimization, pay-per-click advertising or other traditional advertising methods to generate awareness of your social website. If your website is dedicated to a specific interest group or organization, you may be able to promote the website within the interest group or organization membership.
Manage the users. Because social websites permit a certain degree of user-generated content, you may want to review some or all of the new contributions to the site to make sure that no illegal or objectionable content is being added. Also, if you allow comments on your pages or posts, you'll want to install a comment spam blocker such as the 'akismet' plug-in. In general, you'll need to keep an eye on users and the content they are adding to make sure that your social website doesn't get hijacked by spammers.
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How to Forward Mail From Horde to Gmail

Sign in to your Gmail account at gmail.com.
Click on the gears icon on the upper-right of your Gmail screen, next to your Gmail address, and select 'Mail Settings.'
Click on the 'Accounts' tab.
Click 'Add a mail account you own' in the 'Get mail from other accounts:' section. A new window emerges.
Type in the name of your Horde account in the 'Name:' text box, and the email address for your Horde account in the 'Email address' text box. Click 'Next Step.'
Type in your Horde account username in the 'Username' text box, your Horde account password in the 'Password' text box, and the name of your Horde account's POP server in the 'POP Server' text box. Select the correct POP server port number from the drop-down menu. The POP server name and port number are obtainable from your Web-hosting provider.
Check the 'Leave a copy of retrieved message on the server' box if you want to preserve the original mail on your POP server. Check the 'Always use a secure connection (SSL) when retrieving mail' if your POP server supports the SSL (Secure Socket Layer) option. Check the 'Label incoming messages' box as your Horde email address if you want to distinguish your Horde mail from your Google mail. Check the 'Archive incoming messages' box if you do not want your Horde mail to appear in your inbox, but rather be archived.
Click 'Add Account.' If you have typed in your username, password and POP server name correctly, you have then successfully imported or forwarded your Horde mail to Gmail. If there is mail in your Horde inbox at this time, you will soon see them within your Gmail account, based on the settings in Step 7.
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How to Host a Website on a Server

Enable the Web hosting software on your server. In Windows, this software is called 'Internet Information Services' and can be found in the 'Administrative Tools' section of the Control Panel, under 'Add/Remove Programs.' Check the box for 'Internet Information Services' to enable the Web server software. If you are on a Macintosh computer, you can find this in the 'Sharing' section of the System Preferences. Enable 'Personal Web Sharing' to start the Web server.
Put the home page of your website in the root folder of the Web server software. All the pages in your website should be in this folder or in folders beneath it. In Windows, this folder is 'c:\inetpub\wwwroot.' On a Macintosh, it is '/Library/WebServer/Documents' on your primary hard disk. The name of your home page file should be 'index.html.'
Test your Web server by opening the home page in a browser such as Internet Explorer (Windows) or Safari (Macintosh). You should be able to access your new Web server by using the server itself or any other computer that is on the same local network. If you are testing it on the server itself, the web address is simply 'http://localhost.' If you are on another computer, the web address will be the IP address of your computer.
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How to Upload Word Documents to a Web Page (5 Steps)

Log in to your web hosting account and access your 'File Manager.' Navigate to your 'Home' directory. Click the 'Upload' link.
Click the 'Browse' button and select your Word file from your hard drive. Click the 'Open' button. Wait a few moments for your file to be uploaded, then return to your home directory.
Check the box next to the name of the page into which you wish to insert a link to the document. For example, if you want visitors to your homepage to be able to access the document, choose the file 'index.html' from your file manager. Click the 'Edit' button.
Insert a link to your Word document within the HTML. For example, if you paste the test 'Click here to view my Microsoft Word document.' into your HTML, users who visit your website will be able to access your Word document by clicking on the word 'here.' Insert the text of your choice and click 'Save.'
Visit your website to make sure your document displays properly and that your link works.
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How to Detect Web Servers

Look for the Web service on the local computer. If you have access to the machine that you wish to check for Web servers, look to see if a Web service is installed and running. If the computer is running Windows, click on the Control Panel and select Services. Windows runs Internet Information Services for its Web server. On a Unix/Linux box, make sure you are logged in as root and in a command window, type 'netstat -tap |grep LISTEN' and press 'Enter.' This will display all services running at the time, including HTTPD (HTTP daemon or service) used by Apache Web servers.
Type the IP address or DNS (Domain Name Service) name into a Web browser. If you know either identifying piece of information, you can type it into a Web browser. Note that the Web server needs to be running on the default port of 80 in order for this method to work. A port is how network services access a server. Typically, services have default ports on which they operate, with the default for Web services being port 80. Typing in the IP address of a server in a Web browser will work, but if the port has been manually changed to something other than port 80 (unless you know what port it is) this method won't work. To specify a port other than 80 via a Web browser, type the IP address and then follow it with :XXX with XXX being the port number. An example of this format is 129.219.13.81:2112 with the number following the colon being the port number.
Run a port scanner. As mentioned above, port 80 is the default port in which a Web server operates. If you don't want to go through ports 1 through 65,000 manually, you can run what's called a port scanner. This software will 'listen' to a server which you specify by IP address or DNS name and determine what services are running on what ports. This way, if someone has enabled a Web server on port 2112 or another port, the port scanner will detect it. This method is popular if you want to detect Web servers that you don't have physical access to.
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