Band Website Hosting
Getting good hosting for your band's website is just as important as your website's design and functions. If your hosting provider is not reliable, if your server is slow and has lot's of downtime, you will get fewer visitors/fans.
For the above reasons, choosing a good hosting provider is very important for your band's success, as it can have a profound impact on your band's popularity.
What do you need to look out for when choosing a hosting provider for your band's new site? Here are the most important things.
Read MoreRemoving WP comments from posts
The ability for your website visitors to leave comments on your WordPress powered site can be managed easily and quickly through your WP administration dashboard.
You can optionally turn off all comments throughout your site by going to your WP dashboard -> Settings -> Discussion, but this tutorial will deal with disabling comments on a per post/page basis.
You can disable, than later enable the ability for your visitors to leave comments at any time, without losing any of the existing comments left on any given post.
Here are the steps to removing the comments area, have a look at the screenshot below as well:
Read MoreHow to Update MyBandTheme
We occasionally release updates to MyBandTheme, which may address bugs or introduce new features. The contents of each update are detailed on the respective update details page, as well as the email notification we send out to existing customers.
While updating is not mandatory, it is recommended. If you are satisfied with how your installation operates, and don't want to add any of the new features released with the update, you may opt not to update at all, which is perfectly OK as well.
Read MoreRSS Feed for Events (Concerts) in MyBandTheme
Nowadays, bands understandingly strive to create a presence on as many web properties as possible. This is a totally accepted and effective method of self promotion.
Keeping all of the band profiles fresh and timely can be a bit daunting though, since for example, having a main site, a facebook page, a twitter account, a youtube account and a myspace account already mean 5 web properties to keep up-to-date.
The MyBandTheme WP template makes this process just a bit easier, since you can now create a custom RSS feed of your concerts and events.
As you know, MyBandTheme includes an advanced event management module, which acts as the basis for sharing your live appearances on your MyBandTheme powered website. We created the event management module using the excellent custom post type functionality of WordPress, and WordPress automatically generates RSS feeds for custom content.
Read MoreBluehost Uptime Test
Bluehost is supposed to be one of the most dependable website hosting providers. But is it really? How can you be sure?!
The only way to make certain is to have tracked the uptime/downtime of Bluehost for a very long period, which gives us statistically sound data as to whether your Bluehost hosted website will deliver the promised 99.9% uptime.
As you'll know, Bluehost has loads of servers, and the results below are for 1 of our website hosted on a shared hosting account on a single server. Your findings may differ a bit, but on average, this data is dependable.
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