1. If the person you want to make an admin is not yet a fan of your page, ask him to push the Like button and become one of them. You need this in order to give him the admin status.

2. On the left side of your Facebook page, right below the quantity of fans, click on the link that says “like this.”

3. Once you have done this, you will be looking at the complete list of fans of your page. On the right side of each row, you will see a button that says “Make Admin.” Look for the row of the person you want to make an admin and click on its corresponding button. Facebook will ask you to confirm this action. Since you are the creator of the page, you will be able to remove this new admin later, any time you want to.

To add many people, just repeat this procedure with each one of them. This way you will no longer be a lonely administrator.

The first thing I do when I am consulting someone is load up the web site in question click on View then Source. Viewing source on web sites and copying code is the equivalent of web designer college.

This shows the source code of the web site, the HTML that decides what the web site looks like and also what this web site is “about” with a title tag, meta keywords and meta description. This is how Google knows your insurance web site is about insurance and not about kittens or football.

To see if you are telling the Internet the correct things about your web site, load up Internet Explorer or any browser and click View then Source. You don’t have to read all of it, the meta data is in the first 5-10 lines of the source. If you don’t see anything then you probably need to talk to a new company to handle your Internet precense.

Here are some screenshots to show what I’m talking about. I always use cnn.com as a example of someone who is doing it right and another random web site that doesn’t have any meta data as a example of zero efforts.

It takes probably 10-15 seconds of time to add a title, keywords and a description to a web site and if yours doesn’t have them then e-mail your web designer immediately since you are basically invisible to search engines like Google, Bing and Yahoo.

Failing:

Winning:

1. After you have logged in to the Administration Dashboard in WordPress, click the Pages > Add New link on the left side of the screen
   
   Figure 2: Edit/Add New Pages Area
2. Enter the title of the new page in the first top box and the content for that page in the main text box, then click Publish
3. Next we’ll add the page to the menus. Under Appearance click Menus
4. This will take you to the menus page.
5. Check the box next to the new page and click Add To Menu
6. Click and drag the new page to determine where you’d like the page to go
7. Click Save Menu

What is Google Apps?

Google Mail

Obviously the most used Google App, utilizes the same interface as gmail.com and gives you all the benefits of the Postini spam filter, the ability to automatically apply labels(similar to Outlook’s folders) to e-mails, a filtering ability to automatically forward a e-mail, send a canned response or have certain e-mails skip the inbox all together archiving it. Archiving takes all of the e-mails in your inbox and stores them out of sight but easily accessible by searching or clicking on a label.
Google Mail grows with features regularly so it would be impossible to list all of the features and abilities. You are able to add certain features from Google Labs, features developed by Google employees but not yet integrated automatically.

Google Calendar

Google Calendar is the Web based calendar system that comes with Google Apps. Google Calendar allows you to create multiple calendars viewable at once with the ability to share these calendars with other Google Apps and Google users. Depending on the permissions you set, those users can view your calendar, add events, restrict the even to “busy” hiding the details of the event, or even publish the calendar publically on your web site.
Google Calendar like every Google App of course is searchable which helps to remember times and dates of meetings and such. It has several different views, such as day, week and month as well as a agenda view.

Google Docs

Google Docs is the document management system that comes with Google Apps. Google Docs is designed to replace Word, Excel, PowerPoint, as well as the ability to create Google Forms. The best way to describe why Google Docs is great is to use this analogy. Lets say we are working on a proposal in Word, a budget in Excel and a presentation in PowerPoint. Before you would compose these on one computer and then e-mail them to someone you wanted to collaborate with. They would then make changes and send it back to you and if there is a 3rd person involved then there are 3 copies. With Google Docs, you simply share documents with other users and grant them permission to edit or view. If multiple people are working on a document at once you a handy chat window pops in the browser to allow you to communicate with them in real time.

Once a document is finalized, you can then export it as a Word document, PDF and any other format you need. You also have the ability to e-mail the document as a attachment so the recipient would even know that the document was created with Google Docs. Like all Google Apps you can quickly search for a document as well as create folders and sub folders to allow for your own personalized organization.

Google Sites

Google Sites allows you to build Web sites utilizing their WYSWIG web site builder. It’s mostly commonly used for Intranet’s(internal company web sites) which allow someone with no html knowledge to quickly and easily update the web site. The pages allow for commenting, uploading of documents and can help manage a large team.

Administrating your Google Apps Account

How Do I Login To Google Apps?

Examples:

• https://mail.association_name.org/
• https://mail.compyname.com/
• https://mail.business.net/
• https://calendar.association_name.org/
• https://calendar.compyname.com/
• https://calendar.business.net/
• https://docs.association_name.org/
• https://docs.compyname.com/
• https://docs.business.net/

How Do I Change My Password?

To change your Google apps password follow these steps.

1. Login to your Google apps account.
2. Click Settings in the top corner and then Accounts.
3. Click Google Account settings 
4. This will take you to your Google password page.

Administrating Your Google Apps Users

How Do I Manage my Google Apps Users?

Once you login, simply click Manage This Domain then click Organization & Users. There you can create and delete user accounts, change passwords and assign administrative rights.

You will need administrator rights to Manage E-mail accounts.

Important: Your password are located in your Welcome e-mail

How Do I Delete A User?

1. Click the Organization & Users tab.
2. Check the box next to the user (or users) you want to delete.
3. Click More actions > Delete users
4. When prompted, confirm that you want to delete the user
5. If necessary, delete the user from your Gmail contacts list.

Remember that it takes up to five days for a user to be deleted so make sure to delete any unnecessary accounts before your Google Apps Premier free 30 day trial ends.

How Do I Change A User Password?

1. Click the Organization & Users tab.
2. Click on the user 
3. Click the Change password link 
4. Enter in the new password and click Save Changes.

You can also make that user choose their own password after they first login.

How Do I Create E-Mail Aliases For Users

Every user has a primary email address, which is the email address created when the user’s account was created and the address the user uses to log into Google Apps. Google Apps enables to you create additional email aliases for a user.

An email alias is an alternative email address that points to an existing user account. For example, the user bill@subsidiary.com might also want to receive email addressed to william@subsidiary.com. If you create william@subsidiary.com as an email alias for bill@subsidiary.com, Google Apps will deliver email for both of these addresses to the same Gmail inbox.

To set one up simply login to your mail account at http://mail.yourdomain.com substituting yourdomain.com for your domain.

1. Click on Manage This Domain in the top right corner
2. It will ask you to login again for security reasons.
3. Click on Organization & Users and then click on the user’s name you’d like to add a nickname to.
4. Click Add a nickname, enter in the beginning part of the e-mail address and click Save Changes.

This will instantly setup your nickname and you’ll now be able to receive e-mail at both these email addresses in the same inbox. You only get 1 nickname per e-mail address. You can make groups to have a e-mail address forward to multiple e-mail addresses.
Google Groups

Google Groups allow you to setup a e-mail address that forwards to multiple e-mail accounts.

1. Log into the Google Apps Control panel for your domain
2. Select the tab “Groups”
3. Create a Group
1. Name: MyDepartment
2. Email Address: department
3. Permission Presets: Announcement
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4. Click the Button “Create New Group” to save the group
5. Add 2 Members to the group
• Ensure they are set as Members
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6. Add 1 user as an owner
7. Try the following tests:
1. Send mail to the group
2. Log into mail as an owner

Configuring E-Mail Clients

Setting Up Google Apps On Your iPhone

Here’s how to set up your e-mail on your iPhone:

1. Tap Mail from your iPhone’s Home screen.
2. Tap Gmail.
3. Enter your name, your Gmail address, and password in the appropriate fields.
4. Tap Save. Now you’re done!

If you’re running software update 1.1.3, please note that tapping the ‘Gmail’ button will automatically configure Gmail IMAP. Here’s how to set up POP:

1. Tap Mail from your iPhone’s Home screen.
2. Tap Other.
3. Select IMAP from the tab menu.
4. Enter your name, email address, and password in the appropriate fields. The Address field should be your full email address (username@gmail.com). Google Apps users, enter your full address in the format ‘username@your_domain.com.’
5. Under Incoming Mail Server, fill in the Host Name field as ‘imap.gmail.com.’ Google Apps users, enter the server names provided, don’t add your domain name in this step.
6. Under Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP), fill in the Host Name field as ‘smtp.gmail.com.’
7. Tap Save. Now you’re done!

If you notice that access isn’t working properly, please ensure that all your settings are correct by following these instructions:

1. From the Home menu, tap Settings.
2. Select your Gmail address.
3. Scroll to the bottom of the page and tap Advanced.
4. Ensure that your settings are as follows:

Incoming Uses SSL:ON
Outgoing Uses SSL:ON
Authentication:Password
If you’re accessing your Gmail from multiple POP clients, we recommend setting Use Recent Mode to ON.

Setting up Google Apps on BlackBerry

Note: While setup instructions are provided below, Google Apps IMAP access is not officially supported for BlackBerry devices at this time.

To set up the BlackBerry’s email client with Gmail (IMAP), just follow these steps:

1. On your BlackBerry device, navigate to your home screen
2. Select the icon that lets you set up email (this can be called Setup, Setup Wizard, Email Setup, BlackBerry Set-up, E-mail settings, or Personal Email Set-up)
3. Follow the setup instructions provided on your device

If setup is successful, you should receive a confirmation message and a new mailbox icon should appear on your device’s home screen, labeled with your Gmail address.

Setting Up Google Apps in Outlook 2007

1. Open Outlook.
2. For new setups, select Do not upgrade.
3. Click Yes.
4. Enter your display name, email address, and password.  e.g. ‘username@your_domain.com.’
5. Select the ‘Manually configure server settings or additional server types’ checkbox.

1. Select Internet E-mail.
2. Settings: name, full email address (username@your_domain.com’)
• In the Account Type dropdown menu, select IMAP; enter the incoming and outgoing server names shown below.
• In the ‘User Name’ field, give your full e-mail address ‘@your_domain.com.’
• After creating these settings, clicking Next takes you to the end of the setup.

1. In the Tools menu, select Options then Mail Setup. Under ‘Email Accounts,’ click E-mail Accounts.
2. Select an account, and click Change above the list of accounts. Click More Settings, then the Advanced tab.
• Incoming server must be 993, and must use SSL encryption.
• Outgoing server can use 587, TLS encryption.

1. Click the Outgoing Server tab. Make sure that ‘My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication’ is selected. The radio button ‘Use same settings as my incoming mail server’ should also be selected.

1. Click OK > Next > Finish > Close > OK.
2. Check our recommended client settings, and adjust your client’s settings as needed.

Setting Up Google Apps in Outlook 2003

1.  Open Outlook.
2. Click the Tools menu, and select E-mail Accounts…
3. Click Add a new e-mail account, then click Next.
4. Choose IMAP as your server type by clicking the radio button, and click Next.
5. Fill in all necessary fields to include the following information:
   

   User Information
   Your Name: Enter your name as you would like it to appear in the From: field of outgoing messages.
   Email Address: Enter your address in the format username@your_domain.comServer Information
   Incoming mail server (IMAP): imap.gmail.com
   Outgoing mail server (SMTP): smtp.gmail.com

   Login Information
   User Name: Enter your full email address (username@your_domain.com)
   Password: Enter your password.

   

6. Click More Settings… and then click the Outgoing Server tab. Check the box next to ‘My outgoing server (SMTP) requires athentication’ and select Use same settings as my incoming mail server.
7. Click the Advanced tab, and check the box next to ‘This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL)’ under Incoming Server (IMAP). Also, enter 993 in the Incoming server (IMAP) box.

1. Check the box next to ‘This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL)’ under Outgoing Server (SMTP), and enter 465 in the Outgoing server (SMTP) box.
2. Click OK.
3. Click Next, and then click Finish.
4. Download the latest updates for Outlook from Microsoft. This will help prevent the most common Outlook errors that Gmail users see.
5. Check our recommended client settings, and adjust your client’s settings as needed.

Congratulations! You’re done configuring your client to send and retrieve Gmail messages.

1. Login to the point2point dashboard at https://panel.point2pointcentral.com/
2. Click on My Domains
3. Click on View Details next to the domain you’d like to renew
4. Click the Renew Domain button
5. Check the box next to the domain you’d like to renew
6. Select how many years you’d like to register for
7. Enter any promotional code and click Checkout Now
8. Enter in all payment information

That’s it! The domain will be renewed within 15 minutes for the years specified.

Download A Sample Google Apps User File

Free e-mail addresses hurt, not help
When potential customers/investors see a Yahoo.com, Gmail.com, Cox.net, Bellsouth.net or any other free e-mail service it says quite a few things. Nothing is really wrong with any of these e-mail services but what it says stands out and says nothing but negativity.

It says you don’t care enough to setup a legit e-mail address and that this is a hobby or a side project that you haven’t had the time or resources to dedicate to registering a domain name and following through to configure proper e-mail addresses. It’s nothing personal against you, just how it looks to everyone and it’s a easy fix.

The worst is if your business is doing anything that utilizes technology, it instantly nullifies your knowledge since anyone involved in technology would not be using a free e-mail system and most would be weary of anyone who does.

These small details are what people notice when they are researching a company or organization to aid them. In this day in age of tight budgets these small details could be destroying potential on all kinds of levels.

Business cards are your foot in the door
All roads lead to Rome and all, if not most roads start with your business card. It really comes down to the fact that you are wasting time and energy by promoting yourself with sub standard marketing material that hurts rather then helps.

We help companies design and print business cards but at the end of the day we are a web site design, development and hosting company. Your Web property is a very key and crucial part to legitimizing your business but having your e-mail address @YourCompany.com is the crucial step after registering a domain name(YourName.com). We help on this aspect because you can have the coolest Web site in the world but people will look at you differently if you do not have a legitimate e-mail address for you and your employees. How many times have you received an e-mail from a vendor or potential customer and went to their Web site from the domain name off their e-mail address?

It’s a obvious choice
If your current web site company is helping you with basic things like this then it’s time to rethink your online partner. Not everyone has thousands of dollars to spend on a effective web presence but everyone doing business has enough of a budget to show their customers or potential customers they care enough to not run their business off a free e-mail service.

Don’t have a domain name? We’ll register one on your behalf.

Go to http://www.point2pointDomains.com and pick one out.

Not sure what’s the best domain to use? Give us a call and we’ll help, that’s part of what we do.

Already have your domain name? No problem, you can still use it.

Go to http://www.point2pointHosting.com and pick out our basic package

We’ll set you up and walk you through everything you need.

Frequently Asked Questions

I’m scared, I like my (email system here) and I don’t want to change anything?
No problem. We can set it up to where the e-mail forwards to whatever e-mail address you want. The only thing is if you respond to the e-mail it’s going to come from where you respond from. IE: If you respond to e-mail sent to your work e-mail address info@YourCompany.com it’s going to come from your other e-mail address from aol, yahoo, or whatever provider you use.
The work around is to simply login to your work e-mail address and respond from that or configure your e-mail client to allow you to send from YourCompany.com.

You said you’ll use Google Apps which is Gmail.com for YourCompany.com, can I still use Outlook/iPhone/etc?
Yup, totally transparent. All e-mails will come from YourCompany.com and be completely transparent.

I don’t trust anyone wearing clothes that don’t match, I don’t want you to be in charge of my e-mail but I trust you enough to build my web site.
I’m not really in charge of it, I’m just helping you set it up with Google. They are going to actually host your e-mail, I simply help you use it.

WordPress Basics

Link to clear your Google Captcha

The solution is to simply register your Google Apps e-mail with Google and use the same username and password. I completely understand why the two are desperate but it’s difficult to remember to change the password in both places.

When i refer to your Google account this is the e-mail address and password you’ll enter when you log into anything Google owns such as youtube and anything else they have acquired.

Click here to register your Google Apps account as a Google Account