But what if I wanna move my printing press to a Hot Mamma? Do I gotta change over to a Great Dane, or can I still use the Glue Toast?

Isn't cPanel cool?

Better yet, cPanel with Fantastico.

The time energy and frustration it took the old manual way  - wow do we have it made or what?

Good for you Bob.

Oh, and Rich - that's very punny stuff. 

My tummy is all bubbly and upset just wrapping my brain around that.  Bob Carney, you are my hero.  There, I said it.

I don't understand a word you typed but I want a Fantastico De Luxe!!  I must be missing out on somehting good with a name like that.

Rich...I think Ref Lurner made a video on Glue Tube for you.

 Mike, I am still working my way around cPanel, but yes it is cool...

Chris, take two tums and call me in the morning. ;)

I bookmarked as I am considering this so I can have more plug ins

More PLUG-INs that is what you need!!! (that is exactly why I did it)  

But if I decide I need to do whatever it is you just did, you or Jeff will do it for me if I bat my eyelashes and talk real sweet, right??

(Otherwise I'm just WASTING mascara money.) 

Bob-

cPanel is like blogging without php and just writing new html everyday.  You can still do it but it would be tedious and time consuming.

I once designed a site for an Agent in which she wanted to change just a paragraph on her front page daily.

"It's going to be a beautiful day.  I'm holding this beautiful 3 bdrm / 2 bath open from ..."  You get the picture.

I'd update her html daily for her.  It took me less than a minute.  Then Pyra Labs came out.  I started blogging and eventually integrated php to do just that little job on her site.  This was many many years ago.  The dark ages.

I've done what you just did - only by hand. 

Right now I've been struggling with a Wordpress template design but written to by the blogger interface.  It works great except for one thing.  I can't get LiveWriter to write to it.

Here's something.  cPanel and fantastico are different for different ISPs.  It's a service the ISP pays for.  They can choose from offering a slimmed down version to a jam packed version.  The same with fantastico.

Mike "Cooper says I'm HOT" Mueller 

I like cpanel as well.  I have the potential for Fantastico but have never delved into it.  What are the benefits for using it?

Sarah, Eyelash batting batting might work for Jeff...thats all I'm sayin' %-)

Mike, Now I can't imagine doing it any other way.  The number of files that it creates and the plug ins available to make life easier...whew man this is slick. 

Matthew, I does all the set up for you.  You don't have to create directories or anything...Tell it were you are going to use it, pick the application that you want...and you ready to start.

And they say I'm confusing:-)

Great stuff Carney, I agree with Grif.....you are my hero!

Great stuff!!  Well done!!  Happy Dance Done!!  Now I can stop diddling around with WordPress ... 'cuz I wuz only doing it to see if I could help out .....  And I can get back to the job of maintaining my TypePad blogs.    The one biggie I still want to create for Nelalive is some kind of contributor widget.  A la Bloodhound's rotating contributer widget.  Except mine probably won't rotate.  Whaddya think I am, a programmer?  <s>!!!!

Sardi?  Is that you?

Cheryl, A woman of many hats!!! <s>

Oven Burner on Boob Tube?

Was that a 'Sardi' sighting?...thought he was going 'hardcore?'....or was it 'commando?'...or maybe 'native?'

way to go Mr. Frederick!  I'm psyched and headed to your new home. Yeah Rich he went hard core after all his host is Blue LOLOL

Hi Bob, I'm bookmarking this post.  Some of this stuff is still over my head with reference to the outside platforms.  I've got a realtown blog, but I've been thinking about additional platforms, but am still exploring what is most beneficial.  I'm in the gathering information stage right now so this is helpful and interesting.  Great post! :)

Lola, Wordpress is a good platform to get started on the outside...(don't count realtown as an outside blog)   Typepad has a lot of support here too.   Try wordpress.com first...it's free.  You can get established there then move like I did.  I am very pleased with my new home.

Carole, My little Cleveland buddy... Rich needs some help. ;)  

Ummm I think more help than we can give lol.  He needs a ride on a barge or something :-)

How is the sitebuilder software on Bluehost?   Is it fairly user friendly?

You're right Carole, we're not trained professionals for him..lol

Seth, I haven't dabbled with that yet, since I have used the Wordpress application.  It has a site builder called pagewizard.com. 

My doctor told me that my php levels were too high and that I had an overgrown widget. What should I do?

Double check your cache, roll back your driver and hit ctrl-alt-esc and then run.

Read two posts on copyblogger and call Bob in the morning :-)

Okay, so I was confused. I saw the MD behind Bob's name and simply assumed he was a Doctor....my bad!

Yeah Dr Frederick...that's me!!! 

LOL @ Carole..Copyblogger...now there's I theme I'm getting ready to road test.

Rich I bet he has a black bag! og I'm showing my age

:-)

Hey Bob, I love tutorials.. well done.. (no smart alleck comments here)..  :)

has BH got their act together now? I guess so with your endorsement.

have a great one..

Thanks Nick.  I haven't had any problems with Bluehost yet (knocking on wood)  I am running 8 sites now on it.

owwww bob, no wonder my head was hurting you were knocking :-)

Carole... :)