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Greetings Friends..

Welcome to my little piece of cyberspace.

I am an old time Fidonet BBS Sysop and Internet Hobbyist born and raised in the uptown neighborhood of  St Petersburg Florida.

Original Floridians are called Florida Crackers and that pretty much sums me up. I have resided in this state for 60 years and never seen snow.

I say what is on my mind without sugar-coating it. One thing i don’t do is lie or beat around the bush about anything to anyone. I also have a very outgoing personality and occasionally use a few colorful metaphors to describe something or someone.

I’m currently physically disabled and spend my excess spare time blogging and doing Internet webmaster work.

I collect articles of interest from many sources including partial text, and combining various videos, photos, etc, into a single page. Some content within this website is used within the “doctrine of fair use rights” that allows limited use of copyrighted material without acquiring permission from the rights holders.

My computer interests go back to 1991 when i put a computer bulletin board online using an old IBM Clone 286 with a 2400 baud modem. The Old BBS still exists today after 20 years of providing Free Fidonet Messaging Service to the public, though the dial-up lines have been gone since around 1998.

Technology sure has come a long way since those early days. Being a Sysop as it was called back in the old days (System Operator) was a great way to learn about computers and communicating online. Plus i have met a lot of nice people worldwide through the BBS.

Thai Lotus Restaurant - FidoSysop's Custom Built Website

The example site to your left was built by me this January.

A friend of my girlfriends owns this restaurant and business was not very good. I set up the website to be Mobile compatible with Smart Phones and can be found online easily by a mobile user searching for Thai Food in our area.

The embedded video lets prospective diners see what it looks like inside before coming. A fantastic tool that has improved their business greatly.

My website you are visiting was custom built totally FREE of cost by using WordPress CMS and even the Plugins used were free, though i did made small donations to the authors of plugins i use regularly.

There is also a gazillion FREE Themes available for WordPress to customize it’s appearance. But the theme on this site was custom built by me with Artisteer.

Want a website like this? All you need is an $12.00 year domain name, and a $9.00 month web hosting account, and your in business.

Need a forum for your site? If you want to build your own community using forums, I run and highly recommend Simple Press WordPress forum plugin on this blog. It’s a sweet solution especially written to run under WordPress. You can download it here on the Simple Press Support Website.

The lowest price  place to register a domain name is GoDaddy.com but i do not recommend their hosting or other services. I had a hosting account there last year and experienced problems with it.

Speaking of GoDaddy.com, if you register a domain name there are discount coupons on the web to get a better deal when checking out. One is NEW3 that will get you a domain name for $7.67. Just search the web for GoDaddy Discount Cooupons 2012 to find the best savings.

And should you use Private Domain Registration or not. If you are registering a domain name for business use there is no reason to hide the sites ownership information. On the other hand if the site is to be used by an individual operating a controversial blog, or a female setting up a photo blog to use for soliciting modeling assignments, are two reasons to want privacy. Just use common judgement and consider your sites usage before selecting private registration.

My favorite hosting company is Host Gator for the lowest price and most reliable web hosting service. And just like GoDaddy there are Discount Coupons on the web go get an even better deal.

And if you are not up to building your own site, let me build it for you. I work CHEAP and really know what I’m doing. Have a professional looking and operating website for less than one of those site builders you see advertised on TV.

And speaking of site builders, cheap you build em websites are not worth the effort you put into building it. Most folks start out to build a “you-build-it-website” but soon give up because it’s not as easy to build one as the seller claims. Plus with most of those website builders, customization is severely limited, not to mention the lack of good SEO planning. You would not want your brand being an embarrassment online.

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact me.

I am well-educated on the everyday Internet operation and have become an Internet junkie since becoming disabled. Need a blog or censor proof discussion board? I can help. No matter what you need that’s Internet related i can help.

I am also real good with Search Engine Optimization (SEO). The best websites in the world are totally worthless if nobody can find them or the products that is for sale on them.

Since i spent most of my adult life in the car business, along with my computer and Internet skills, I’m the Auto Dealers Internet Marketing Specialist. My car dealer websites come complete with a sweet integral inventory display manager and include everything you need to sell cars online.

Let a professional do it! I can build you a site based on good old fashioned HTML that is compatible with just about any web browser. Or build you a custom database driven site like this one running WordPress.

If you need Internet help give me a call at (727) 474-1188 or send me an email. I am always willing to lend a hand, and my advice is always free.

Doc's Place BBS In 1994. Running Under MS DOS 5.0 And Desqview. PC On The Left Distributed Our Satellite Echomail Feed.

Doc's Place BBS Sysops Desktop View in 2005 - Running Under MS Windows 2000 Professional AKA Windows NT-5

Doc's Place BBS in 2012 - Running on an old Dell Optiplex 520 & Windows XP Pro. It's Just Like Me.. OLD But Still Going..

Today, Doc's Place BBS Is Powered By Wildcat Interactive Net Server AKA Wildcat V-5. Running Under Windows XP Professional.