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If you stare at dreamweaver for hours upon hours each day, as I do, the default color scheme with the white background can get hard on the eyes. In the past I tried change the background color to black to give my eyes a break, but the code colors were then hard to see so I ended up switching back.

That was until last weekend when I came across this dark code view for Dreamweaver. I’ve now installed it on three of my computers and I am really liking it. I recommend checking it out.

cPanel accounts come with webmail clients like RoundCube, Horde, and Squirrel Mail. But you also have another free option, gmail. It takes a bit of setting up, but it’s well worth it for all the great features that gmail provides. Here are the steps to get it all set up:

1. Create a Gmail Account. If you don’t already have a google/gmail account, create one here. Your gmail account name does not matter in this case. It will only be used by you, for logging in. The people to whom you send emails to will only see your cPanel address.
2. Auto forward your emails to Gmail. Login to your cPanel email account at www.yoursite.com/webmail. Go to “Email Forwarding” and click “Add Forwarder”. You will need to forward your emails to your gmail address.
3. Set up sending from your cPanel Address. Now login to your gmail account. Click “Settings” in the upper right hand corner. Then go the “Accounts and Settings” tab. Next to where it says “Send Mail as” click the “Send mail from another address” button.
   • A new window will pop up. Enter your name and your cPanel email address. Go to the next step.
   • Select “Send through Gmail (easier to set up).” Go to the next step.
   • Click the “Send Verification” button.
   • Go back to your gmail inbox. You will have a new email from gmail. Open the email and click the link.
   • Head back to gmail and again click “Settings” in the upper right hand corner. Then go the “Accounts and Settings” tab. You should now see your cPanel email address listed. Next to your newly added email address click the “Make Default” button.

You’re done! Now you can test sending emails to your cPanel email address. If everything was setup correctly, they will immediately show up in your gmail account. When you click reply it will automatically reply from your cPanel address. ENJOY!

Choosing a domain name can take forever. It’s hard to think of something original that you actually like. I know from my experience, almost every time I thought of a domain name I liked and I thought was original, it was already taken.

Here’s some tips on how to come up with a good domain name:

• If the .com version of the name you want is already taken and already has a functioning website at it, don’t just take the .net. A lot of people will just assume .com when you tell them your website and your advertising will benefit the other site.
• Avoid domain name’s with hyphens in them like www.atomic-pages.net. It will get annoying to say “dash” in the middle of your website name when you are telling people, and a lot of people will forget.
• Avoid really long domain names: www.mywebsitedesigncompanyisawesome.com
• If your website is specific to a certain country, try getting a domain name with the country’s extension. Like a UK website could end with the co.uk extension. Search engines use geographic location as part of the search algorithm, and a country extension will help establish what country your website is for.
• Sometimes using an unpopular domain extension can make your website seem unique.

You can always change your domain name if you decide you don’t like it, but beware you’ll be starting all over with Search Engine Optimization.