PLS Tech Tips

You can buy several domain names and have them point to the same website. I did this on my cindycullen.com site - I also have cindycullen.org, cindycullen.net, and cindycullen.biz and they all point to the same website so that no matter which one someone types in, they get my website. I didn’t want anyone else to get my name and use it for something else.

I also have promised-land-services.com and promisedlandservices.com. The reason I have both of those is because the one with dashes looks better in print but is hard to say in a radio ad or over the phone. The one without the dashes is harder to read. So, I got both and point them to my Promised Land Services site. Now, regardless of what they type in, they still get my site.

I sometimes get long and short domain names. If it’s in print, it’s easier to read and understand a long name, but once they are familliar with your site, they may prefer an abbreviation. So, I also registered plsvcs.com and team-pls.com so that I have shorter names. I could point all those to the same website so that no matter what they remember, they come to my site.

You can point domain names to parts of your site or to other site URLs. For instance, if I want the webhosting part of my Promised Land Services site - http://promised-land-services.com/web-hosting.php to have it’s own domain, then I can point my plwebhost.com domain to that one webpage.

There are many different ways to use domain names and at only $8.95 per domain name per year, it’s an inexpensive marketing tool. You can get inexpensive domain names at my site - http://domains.promised-land-services.com

You don’t have to use your control panel (cpanel) to upload files to your website. You can use an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) program to move files between your computer and your website. If you are using the Windows operating system, you can use a free program, ftp995, to upload and download files to and from your website. You can get this free program at http://ftp995.com I’ve used the program and it works GREAT!

You will need to use your website URL as the server name and then your username and password that you got when you requested your website. The FTP995 program will list the contents of your web site on one side and the contents of your hard drive on the other side. You can drag and drop or you can right click the filename you want to copy or move. It works a lot like Windows Explorer and should be rather intuitive. But, if you need help, you can always contact me!