When it comes to TLDs (top level domains, i.e. COM, NET, ORG, etc.) on the internet, several attempts have been made to generate the popularity of COM. All have failed, but that doesn’t mean the people who give us alternatives to COM stop trying. One of the weirder TLDs out there is TEL. This is billed as a mobile calling card of sorts.. I think. Right off...

Last night on the PCMech LIVE show there was someone in chat who was having a not-so glorious time with Thesis, a theme for WordPress. This theme costs $87 so it’s not cheap. Actually, not-so glorious really doesn’t accurately describe his experience. He hated it. Why? Because when he tried it, it didn’t work. Unfortunately it’s very...

The primary email address I use is from my personal domain name. After all, that’s one of the perks of having your own web site, right? A problem I routinely encounter is getting people to remember my email address. Is it a long address? No. It is difficult to spell? Not in the slightest. But it does have two things going against it. First is the fact it...

It’s easy enough to forward one e-mail address to another. However it’s a different story when it comes to migrating a domain-based e-mail address.You have a domain, www.example.com. You have a hosted e-mail address, you@example.com. You want to keep your domain host where it is, but host your e-mail elsewhere (such as Google Apps or Windows Live...

There are more than a few out there (maybe even you) that have entertained the idea of having your own web site, but are hesitant to do it because it’s a bit difficult to find out the true costs involved. This article will list all costs and how to figure them out. The cheapest way: Free While it’s true you don’t get a dot-com going the free...

In this tutorial I will instruct you how to get a you@your_domain.com e-mail address for $15 a year. There are no catches, no strings attached, no nonsense. You can get reliable domain-style e-mail this cheap and you don’t even need a web host. The steps below will instruct you how to do this. [hidepost=1] Everyone has heard of Hotmail and Gmail. Both of...

A domain in relation to the internet is [Domain Name].[TLD], such as PCMECH.COM. The domain name itself is PCMECH. The TLD, a.k.a. Top Level Domain is the dot com. Or moreover, just com. Generally speaking you can have up to 60 characters in a domain name before the TLD, so if you wanted.. Hi-There-This-Is-My-Domain-Name-and-I-Really-Like-It.com ..you could get...