ビデオ・チュートリアル:海外格安ウェブ・ホスティングを使う IPOWER – 01

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ビデオ・チュートリアル:海外格安ウェブ・ホスティングを使う IPOWER – 01 契約をする

これからの数日間、マックハウスでは先日使い始めたIPOWERの海外ウェブホスティング・プランの使い方を、ビデオ・チュートリアルを通して日本人の方々に日本語で説明していくつもりです。何故IPOWER?それには幾つかの理由があります。以下に簡単な理由を挙げてみます。





  1. 未だマックハウスではIPOWERのウェブ・ホスティング・プランを使ったことがなかったから。
  2. 年間で59ドル40セント(日本円に換算して6,360円)って本当なの?安かったので大して損をすることもない。
  3. 一体、IPOWERでは幾つのサブドメインを使える?3・5・それとも?






もちろん、一番の理由は未だ使ったことがないからです。それともう一つ、どうしても試してみたかった大きな理由が3番目の、サブドメインの数を確かめることです。以前マックハウスではStartLogicのPro Logicを使っていましたが、この時にサブドメインの数で詐欺にあっていることに気づきました。その会社のウェブサイトでは、無料でサブドメインを5つ使うことができると語っておきながら、実は3つしか使えない。幾つ使えるのかと訊いてみれば、無数使えると答える、嘘つきホスティング会社。

その当時、StartLogicが導入していたコントロール・パネルがvDeck 2.0です。それがIPOWERとどう関係しているって?IPOWERとStartLogicは同じ親会社の下で運営されています。しかも以前確認した時のIPOWERのサポートしているコントロール・パネルもvDeck 2.0でした。しかしIPOWERに当時確認した時は、無料で使えるサブドメインの数は3でも5でもなく、無数だとのこと。結局、マックハウスでは自分たちの目で無料で使えるサブドメインの数を確認することにしたのです。

さて、これから紹介するビデオ・チュートリアルではIPOWERの「PRO PLAN」というウェブ・ホスティング・プランを通して海外の格安レンタルサーバの使い方を説明していきます。もちらんIPOWERのレンタル・サーバを宣伝するつもりはありません。別にIPOWERから広告代を貰っている訳ではありませんし。どうぞお好きなものをお使いください。「IPOWERのレンタル・サーバってそんなにいいの?」知りません。まだ1週間程度しか使っていないので。ただマックハウスでは過去3年間で4種類のウェブ・ホスティング・プランを使っています。もう色々使い慣れているので、どこのものを使っても経験があれば特に問題は起きないはずです。

年間数万円も払うのはバカらしい、そう思う日本人の方々にこれらのビデオ・チュートリアルを通して海外のレンタル・サーバを紹介しています。もちろん全ての操作は英語ですし、問題が起きた時に問い合わせをする時にも英語の知識が必要となります。ですから全く英語が苦手だという方々には向いていません。でも英語も少しわかるし、海外の安いレンタル・サーバを使ってみよう、と思う方々に対してはマックハウスもこれからできるだけサポートしていくつもりです。






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WordPress Video Tutorial: Complete Installation Guide – Part 2

WordPress

Yesterday, we signed for a new web hosting plan for shared Linux server with IPOWER. We wanted to see how their control panel works. Especially, we were interested in knowing how many free subdomains IPOWER allows their shared server users to create and how many free folder-pointings they give.

Anyway, right after signing for a new hosting plan, we decided to install the latest version of popular blog software WordPress. It happened that they released WordPress 2.6 just a few hours before. So we downloaded the zip version of software and edited the configure file.

The second part of the WordPress installation video tutorial series starts at the very point where we left off last time. We created a database user and a database. As the configure file has been edited, we are now ready to upload WordPress files to our remote server. But how? Through a FTP application? Oh, no… That’s a common mistake No. 1 that WordPress beginners make.  Continue reading →

WordPress Video Tutorial: Complete Installation Guide – Part 1

WordPress

Some 24 hours ago, we signed up for a new web hosting plan with IPOWER. Why IPOWER? That’s only because we have never used their web hosting plans. That’s also because it was affordable. It was only US$59.40 per year. Is IPOWER a great web host? We don’t know as we’ve been using our hosting account for just 24 hours. And we are not releasing this video tutorial to evaluate or promote IPOWER’s hosting plans.

This video tutorial shows how to install WordPress (blog software) on a remote Lunux shared server. It’s a complete coverage of everything that one needs to know in installing WordPress on a remote Linux server. We discuss what file to edit, how to create a database, how and what file to upload… We show some common mistakes that people make in installing WordPress.

In the first part of the WordPress installation tutorial series, we start off at the point where we just signed up for a web hosting plan and there is not even a single file installed yet. So we access the control panel at the website of the web hosting company to set up a database user. We then download the zip version of WordPress software pakcage and edit the configure file.

This video tutorial is not designed just for IPOWER users. Whether you have a web hosting plan with HostMonster, PowWeb, Lunarpages, rackspace Hosting or whatever, there is little difference in the way you install a particular PHP script package. And we can say that because we have had several different web hosting companies including StartLogic, HostMonster and Lunarpages to host our websites for the past 3 years.  Continue reading →

Boring Adobe After Effects Sample Series: Unidentified Non-Flying Objects (UnFO)

Adobe After Effects 8.0.1

Many years ago, my wife and I were both young and adventurous. Almost every weekend, we traveled around the world. We wanted to see our limits. We wanted to explore nature. We wanted to conquer the world in our way.

One August weekend, we went to the Canadian Rocky. We got lost so badly, and the sunset was nearing. I knew a couple of male wolves were after us, actually just after my wife. So we had to hurry and reach the nearest village. But my wife was so tired that she could not walk even a yard. She told me to go without her. Leave her there, and let the wolves eat her? No! No, no, no! But I deserted her because the wolves were only interested in my wife.

Adobe After Effects sample

I walked a quarter mile. When I looked behind, a strange, non-flying object came out of nowhere. I shouted “No!” and ran towards her. But my wife slowly approached it. That’s when she was abducted. I deserted her. And this is the price that I had to pay? Actually, she paid the price, not me. Anyway, I was wrong. I wanted her back. “Where is she!?” “Where are you!?” I called out her name 6 times. Ohh… 5 minutes after abduction, she came back. I asked her what happened. She said she made friends with a group of space aliens after giving them a bag of potato chips. Then she convinced them to teleport us to the near village. This is how her relationships with space aliens initially started.  Continue reading →

Quick Overview: Digital Light & Color – Color Mechanic Pro 2.0 (Mac & Win)

Ditital Light & Color Color Mechanic Pro

This QuickTime Overview video shows the basic workflow of a Photoshop plug-in called Color Mechanic Pro 2.0 without audio commentary. Color Mechanic Pro is developed by a software company in Massachusetts called Digital Light & Color.

What does Color Mechanic Pro do? This Photoshop plug-in lets you pick a color, and you can change the hue, saturation and brightness of colors surrounding it.

Ditital Light & Color Color Mechanic Pro
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Screenshot 1 – After
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Ditital Light & Color Color Mechanic Pro
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  Ditital Light & Color Color Mechanic Pro
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Screenshot 4 – After

According to the software developer, Adobe Photoshop CS1, CS2 and CS3 can all run this plug-in. Fireworks CS3 is able to run the plug-in but fails to apply final effect to a selected image.

In case you had to know, I only used Color Mechanic Pro for 30 minutes or so before making a workflow video. So don’t trust everything that I show in this video.  Continue reading →