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I have just recently added Google Apps to my website. I made this move because I have been getting tired of receiving spam and annoying e-mails. This move was not based off of the need to have a bigger e-mail inbox as the set-up I have right now is more than enough. I really am starting to see how great of a system it really is and how ideal it would be for Biola to be on such a nice system. In fact an educational institution like Biola would get extra features that I currently do not have access to with the service. I definitely will have to spend more time using and abusing the system. I will not only be using the email services but also the calendar and document services too. I’m excited to think of what it could do if implemented in the California School Project website. We will see if that is an option in the future.
I am excited to share about my web host, Rapid VPS. This is a great company which has awesome support, the most features that I’ve ever seen and all at a cheap price. I would definitely recommend them for anyone who is looking to get a reliable Virtual Private Server. They have the experience and the tools to help you with any problem and have exceeded my expectations in providing easy management and over-the-top features for your web hosting experience. The fact that through the control panel: you can restart your server, restore an image of your server, or reinstall the OS if your server goes haywire is a feature you rarely find.
I have been with them for over a year and a half and have been very impressed. They do have special pricing available if needed and they happily host my non-profit organization’s website: California School Project dot Com. Their motto is “root is everything” and to Rapid VPS, root is really everything. You get root access to your server and much more than you could ever ask for.
I thought it would be awesome to add a widget to my website so that I could publish the movies that I was watching through NETFLIX. When I saw this widget building page online, I knew that I should share with everyone because I thought it was pretty neat. What I thought was even more interesting and what I would never have guessed, was that NETFLIX publishes several RSS feeds that list the movies in your queue, most recent rental activity, movies at home, recommendations, and movie reviews as well as top moves and new releases.
This widget uses the information from your RSS feed from NETFLIX to display these movies on your site. To get to your RSS feed page, just log in to NETFLIX first and then scroll down to the footer and there should be an RSS link. Then once you see a feed you want to show on your site, copy that URL and go to the widget site. Specific instructions are on the widget site and also support if needed. You also have the ability to change the style of the widget like I have.
By the way I am using the blogging function in Microsoft Office 2007 to post this entry.
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I’m excited to announce that I have integrated both MySpace and Facebook with my WordPress blog. This means that everyone will get to see my new posts as I publish them.
For Facebook I added the application Wordbookand then installed the plugin Wordbook
For MySpace I installed the MySpace Crossposter.
.:: EDIT ::. Jan 31, 2008
Unfortunately I have had to disable this plugin because it was not successfully adding bulletins for MySpace. With a site like MySpace they are continuously doing modifications to their url and such to prevent APIs and programs like this. I didn’t want to take the chance of getting my profile deleted or it messing up my profile.
