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Apr 18 |
How to start an online business from scratch. A fun blog including all the mistakes :)
Posted by Steve Salter on 18 April 2016 12:00 PM |
 Week 1. How To Start Online Business with Netcetera. Right guys, I’m sure we’ve all sat up and took note of how successful some of these new Online Businesses have become, Uber, Tinder, Eventbrite and many more. I’d love to have a go at starting an online business from scratch. Yep… that’s right, from idea, right the way through to attracting clients, sponsors and potentially advertising and turning the idea into something viable. To make it that little bit more challenging I’m not really a tech person which could be like doing the Tour de France on a BMX, not impossible, but not what you want to be really doing. I’ve had a few ideas and I’ve created a few businesses previously, and made some big mistakes. Some would say failures, but I call them lessons. We’ve heard it said plenty of times, but a fail is the first attempt in learning. I’ve set a business up from scratch in Ghana, developing a market, catching malaria (not recommended) and having to converse in Twi. Not easy but we never gave up and achieved what we wanted to do. I’ve sold water filters and glazing and I’ve built a park. Building an online business, well this will be a challenge. I can’t give too much detail yet, partly because I’m not sure what it will be. I’ve looked at creating an auction site but that’s sort of been done. I thought about ordering takeaways online but that’s been done too. I also had this great idea for a shared ride scheme where people could offer lifts like a taxi, but low and behold someone is now doing this too. I’ve played with the idea of a dating app too but that one brought about suspicion from my wife so I’ll park that idea for now. Over the next few weeks we’ll be looking at the following :
Join in with the fun as we learn about all the tech stuff, searching out the online tools that make life easier and getting to grips with promoting a new business through all the social media platforms. Sounds interesting ? I hope it’s going to be, because it’s me that has to do it. All you guys need to do is follow, share and comment as we set out on this journey to create the next Ebay. (ok maybe not Ebay) If you’ve got a great business idea and you’re looking for some help to launch it to the next level why not get in touch to see how we can help you take the next step. Questions? Let us help! To speak to one of our Sales Consultants about what our services can do for you, or for any other queries, please fill out our Enquiry Form or call 0800 808 5450 Read more » | |
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Aug 10 |
Manage Your Services via Netcetera’s Client Area
Posted by Stephen on 10 August 2015 12:58 PM |
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Netcetera provides an easy and condensed approach when it comes to managing your purchased services via the Client Area. Here is how to login:
The Client Area allows you to do the following:
Click the link bellow to log into our client area and start managing your services. Questions? To speak to one of our Sales Consultants about what our services can do for you, or for any other queries, please call 0800 808 5450 Read more » | |
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Oct 9 |
Transfer your Web Hosting to Netcetera without any hassle
Posted by David on 09 October 2014 06:57 PM |
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In today’s ecommerce driven world, having a website which looks good, runs efficiently and remains online a high percentage of the time has never been so important to the success of a business. Thus finding a good web hosting company is a key component to guaranteeing that success.
Before you start Your new Netcetera Account Test your website with your instant access url. eg http://mynewsite.soon2be.co.uk The Switch ns1.nameservers.co.uk In approximately 12-24 hours check your domain name to ensure it is now pointing to your new Netcetera web server. Check you EMail Settings Incoming POP3 Server: mail.yourdomain.com Relax… Questions? Let us help! To speak to one of our Sales Consultants about what our services can do for you, or for any other queries, please fill out our Enquiry Form or call 0800 808 5450 Read more » | |
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Oct 30 |
Editing DNS Zone Records using Control Panel
Posted by David on 30 October 2012 09:18 AM |
 This article will give you a step by step guide on how to edit DNS Zone Records of your website from your Control Panel. Sign into your Control Panel and follow these steps: 1) Sign in at: https://my.netcetera.co.uk/cp/
Once logged in, click “Domains”. Once in that screen, select the Domain you wish to modify the DNS for.
From this screen, you can select the link “Edit DNS zone records”.
From within this page, you can add a new record, or modify and delete existing records:
Deleting a record is straight forward and simply erases the record. Adding a new record brings you to this page. Note that modifying a record brings you to an identical page, but with the record type locked in place already.
What are these different record types? Here is a synopsis, that I wrote up in the last article. A records are what translate your website’s URL into an IP address. An example of a A-record would be “www.google.com –> 74.125.224.112″. More info here. NS records dictate the name servers to be queried. All Netcetera servers have them, generally denoted with “ns1″ and “ns2″ subdomains. MX records point to the service that handles email traffic. They are also associated with a priority, in case there are more than one. CNAME records translate one URL into another. For example, “ftp.domain.com –> domain.com” would be practical if your server had both FTP and HTTP functions (like your Netcetera server does). More info here. TXT records are places to store arbitrary text information. Most commonly used to validate the source of emails and other communications, so that other senders can’t fake their email address to look like someone else. You don’t really need to be touching this, though. More info can be found here. SPF records. If a domain publishes an SPF record, spammers and phishers are less likely to forge e-mails pretending to be from that domain, since the forged e-mails are more likely to be caught in spam filters which check the SPF record. Therefore, an SPF-protected domain is less attractive to spammers and phishers. Since an SPF-protected domain is less attractive as a spoofed address, it is less likely to be blacklisted by spam filters and so ultimately the legitimate e-mail from the domain is more likely to get through. Questions? Let us help! To speak to one of our Sales Consultants about what our services can do for you, or for any other queries, please fill out our Enquiry Form or call 0800 061 2801 or click our Live Chat Read more » | |
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Oct 23 |
How to Backup Your Website Using Netcetera’s Control Panel
Posted by David on 23 October 2012 10:03 AM |
 This article will give you a step by step guide on how to schedule automatic backups of your website from your Control Panel. Sign into your Control Panel and follow these steps: 1) Sign in at: https://my.netcetera.co.uk/cp/
2) Click Scheduled Tasks
3) Click Add Scheduled Task
4) In the Task Name box, enter a task name for the backup
5) In the Task Type drop down bar, select Zip Space Files
6) In the Space Folder box, specify the folder that you would like backed up. For example: YourDomain.com\wwwroot
7) Select if you want your backups to run Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Once, or in Intervals from the drop down bar. Then, depending on your selection, fill out information to schedule your backup.
8 ) Click Save
Your website backup has now been scheduled!
Every time a backup is taken, the zip file will be placed in the c:\hostingspaces\YourAccountName folder of your file directory After the backup is taken, remember to download the zip files and remove the old zip files. This now concludes how to backup your website using Control Panel Questions? Let us help! To speak to one of our Sales Consultants about what our services can do for you, or for any other queries, please fill out our Enquiry Form or call 0800 061 2801 or click our Live Chat Read more » | |
