Foreign Perspectives

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You might think that you can keep business and private life separate but online that’s pretty much impossible.

Anyone who has ever used the Internet to any extent will find that when they search for themselves online there’s a massive number of sites that turn up. All those posts you’ve made to forums are there to see, all those comments you’ve made on blogs, your own sites if you have them and you can often find that your e-mail address is recorded by a surprisingly large number of sites too.

Of course, in pre-Internet days a lot of this type of information was available too if you went out to look for it but it would have been difficult to find it. If you wanted to know what Joe thought about something or other you’d have to ask around, now you can search for what he’s said in forums and blogs.

Scary, isn’t it?

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If you’re thinking of heading for Vegas, then the sheer range of accommodation options and Las Vegas deals is often quite daunting.

One of the best is one of the survivors: the Sahara, which is celebrating 55 years in Vegas this year. For any hotel to be still around in Vegas after that length of time really speaks volumes for the quality of management behind it.

What do you get for your money in the Sahara? You’ll get a casino, of course, fantastic entertainment, rollercoaster rides (if you’ve not been to Vegas before it’s hard to appreciate the sheer size of these hotel complexes), great restaurants and luxurious rooms at incredible prices. Yes, sure, they’d say “incredible prices” but the last time I was in Vegas it was both the best and the cheapest accommodation that I’ve ever been in in the States.

Las Vegas packages are always worth looking out for: unlike in other places they are usually genuinely good deals and your money will go a very long way indeed on everything except the casino.

It’s in Vegas, so naturally Las Vegas weddings are on offer too in typically over the top Vegas style as you would expect.

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Unfortunately, we’re rapidly becoming experts at this but for those that think they’re locked in to their current hosting service no matter what, think again because you definitely aren’t locked in.

Essentially, it’s fairly simple and has only seven steps:

1. Sign up with a new hosting service. There’s lots (thousands actually) around though, as we’ve found, not all are as reliable as you might think from the reviews.
2. Whilst you’re waiting for your new host to set up the account for you, take the time to begin the process of copying your website from your existing host to your own computer. It’s best to do that even if you’re sure that the copy on your computer is the same as the copy on the host.
3. If you’ve a database driven site, export the database to your own computer. You may need to do this step later if you’re updating the site during the move (eg if you have a blog).
4. Once the new host has given you the login details, copy the site to it’s new location and, if you have them, upload the databases (you’ll probably need to create the databases via the control panel first).
5. At this point you will need to edit the config files of any database applications so that they point to the new location.
6. Change the nameservers to point to your new host.
7. Cancel your old hosting contract. Personally, I’d leave it a few days just to make sure that everything is working.

The big hassle is the time required to download and upload a large site but other than that, it’s pretty painless.

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