Dedicated IP

Ok, I know I’m going to lose a bunch of you here (especially my buddy Betty) but in a virtual sense I already have lost you for the last few hours. I was getting ready to renew my web hosting account (a yearly event costing $137.50) and I decided to drop my dedicated IP Address of 67.20.82.114.

A dedicated IP (Internet Protocol) is a unique Internet address dedicated exclusively to a single hosted account. The only reason I had it was because I could. It was also costing me $30 a year and I wasn’t using it! (Did I get you back Betty?)

Unfortunately, these web address’s live in a world of propagation, which means that any changes you make have to work their way around to all the servers in the world. It’s an amazing process but it means my stuff is down for a bit. Maybe viagra would help?

My new yearly cost to keep this thing going is $107.50 plus $13.99 to renew each of the 14 domain names I own, as they come due…

If you want your own web site all you have to do is pick a unique name, select a good hosting company (like Bluehost) and pay $107 bucks a year.

Oh, and knowing how to work with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery, MySQL and PHP along with knowledge of the Apache server logic regarding the htaccess file, is good!

Sorry, forgot about that…

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2 comments

  1. I decided years ago that whatever I put up on the Internet was for my pleasure, other folks pleasure, and never for profit.

    I made great money off my computer skills back in the 70’s and 80’s. Now, it’s all about the love of the game!

    107 bucks lets me share my life with friends in a way that’s Not Facebook.

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