{"id":4960,"date":"2009-11-27T13:13:14","date_gmt":"2009-11-27T13:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/?p=4960"},"modified":"2009-11-27T13:13:14","modified_gmt":"2009-11-27T13:13:14","slug":"web-hosting-guides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/web-hosting-guides\/","title":{"rendered":"Web hosting guides"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Over the year we have been putting together a series of web hosting guides covering various aspects of managing a website in detail. Below are links to the current crop of PDF web hosting guides available completely free for anyone to download and use.\u00a0 Note: The links below all open a PDF.<\/p>\n<h4>Web Design:<\/h4>\n<p>&bull; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/pdf\/mini-guides\/css-drop-shadow-effect.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Create a background drop shadow effect<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&bull; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/pdf\/mini-guides\/css-rounded-corners.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Create rounded corners with one image<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&bull; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/pdf\/mini-guides\/css-scrollable-content.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Create scrollable content<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&bull; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/pdf\/mini-guides\/css-single-navigation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Create super fast navigation using a single image<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Marketing:<\/h4>\n<p>&bull; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/pdf\/mini-guides\/45-ppc-tips.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">45 Search Engine Pay Per Click Tips<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&bull; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/pdf\/mini-guides\/setting-up-a-blog.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Setting up a Blog<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&bull; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/pdf\/mini-guides\/setting-up-google-adwords.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Setting up a Google AdWords account<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&bull; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/pdf\/mini-guides\/negative-keywords.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Using negative keywords<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&bull; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/pdf\/mini-guides\/online-survey.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Writing an online survey<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Web hosting resellers:<\/h4>\n<p>&bull; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/pdf\/mini-guides\/why-become-a-reseller.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Why become a host reseller?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&bull; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/pdf\/mini-guides\/resellers-buy-more.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Getting your customers to buy more &amp; stay longer<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Resources:<\/h4>\n<p>&bull; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/pdf\/mini-guides\/5-open-source-alternatives.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">5 Great Open Source Graphic and Web Design Alternatives<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&bull; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/pdf\/mini-guides\/essential-firefox-add-ons.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Essential Firefox add-ons<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&bull; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/pdf\/mini-guides\/free-ftp-programs.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Free FTP software solutions<\/a><\/p>\n<p>These web hosting guides can be along with our series of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/web-hosting\" target=\"_blank\">beginner\u2019s guide to web hosting<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the year we have been putting together a series of web hosting guides covering various aspects of managing a website in detail. 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