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That is for folks who buy shares and they are not available yet - should be in jan - Lisa

Thanks Lisa. So if you get in now... you get a rebate if you join the share scheme??! Fair play to the 30DC team. They certainly know how to build the anticipation. My head hurts. - san

How does the share scheme works? Do you know how much does it cost? Missed the info sorry. Thanks - eMarketing Hubs - nat014

It's not a rebate, it's an investment and my guess is that it is in the ballpark of $400 and up, but details will come in January - Jorge Blanco from twhirl

Thanks. Can't go for the investment but will go for the 20! - eMarketing Hubs - nat014

Hi Nat ! I think the shares idea might still be tricky for me, cos it's probably some sort of cash investment? Sounds like a brilliant idea for those who can afford it! £30D plus Is reasonable for most, but not 4 me. - Inspired Writing Research

Nobody is an llc member, because you can't buy the shares until January - Frann Leach

s thomas, how about bringing your kids into the decision? Tell them how it will teach you how you can get more money to bring them a better lifestyle, and ask them how you can all save some money so that you can buy the first month's subscription. You can always cancel next month's if you change your mind. - Isha (Marysia)

Maysia thanks! Thats a kind suggestion and the new challenge looks great value,but the kids don't have a choice either! Wish there was an affiliate or commission scheme - maybe 1 day there might be - still promoting it on my forums and cheering! - Inspired Writing Research

I like your London lens v much. Couldn't see a place to leave a comment, but have favorited it & given it 5 stars. - Isha (Marysia)

Thank-you - I've been busy working on a mega second lens! So many comments, the box disappeared down the end lol ! - Inspired Writing Research

I hear you. Love Ed but let's face it. This isn't a deal for those scraping by. And I'm not saying it's not worth $20, but I would get excited at $10. That's where I would peg it to be really economy conscious. Anthony - Anthony Hendriks

if you can't afford the 30DC+ keep on doing 30DC, Ed is THE best and he gives you all this info FREE, still doesn't cost you a penny and if you continue till the end of the challenge who knows you may just make some good money...stick to it - JayP

30DC LLC= 30DC Limited Liability Company. They are taking the compny public next year. You will be able to buy stock. Then you will be a founding member. - Roy Gould

It woke me up thinking about this and first let me apologize, yesterday I was so excited about 30DC+ it made me sound like a bit of a jerk. Just thinking aloud here, but a 30DC+ Scholarship Fund now that would be a great idea in my humble opinion, thoughts anyone? I will keep my fingers crossed for you in the 12DC (maybe that is one of the days? or could be?). - Groobers

12DC+ (or an add on to the Twelve Days of Crimbo?) - Groobers

Scholarships! Now theres an idea Groobers! Or,seeing as we're all so keen to spread the word,we could get jobs at 30DC ! I have 2000 views/followers of my 30DC progress blog! We could pay with our earnings! Ironic if my followers sign up and I cant LOL ! - Inspired Writing Research

You can access WordPress control panel at yourdomain.com/wp-admin. If you want to change the fonts, you need to know a bit of CSS and the structure of your theme. Go to Design >> Theme Editor and you can change the CSS for your theme. A for the image you have to access your theme files directly. The file you probably want to change is yourdomain.com/wp-content/themes/your theme/images/header.jpg or something like that (depends on your theme). You can rename it to header.jpg.old and upload your new header! - Jorge Blanco

You can also change the picture directly from the CSS. Just change the part "background: url(images/header.jpg);" to whatever image you want to display. - Jorge Blanco

But as I see it, you cannot save whatever change you make to the files when to you go to Design>>Theme Editor. An FTP Client is what I used - Paul Sarcia

You can use the theme, Home Sweet Home, it has that functionality in the wp-admin as a browse button. - Roy Gould

Plus, WPD now has a forum, http://forum.wordpressdirect.com/ - Roy Gould

I customized the look of my blog through CSS the way I wrote before, so I know it can be done. Maybe a hosting conflict. Or maybe just your cache getting in the way ;) As a rule of thumb, when you change the CSS of a page pres Ctrl+F5 to refresh the cache - Jorge Blanco

How about this note "You need to make this file writable before you can save your changes. See the Codex for more information." It id to be found below the css file or any file in the theme editor that you want to edit. - Paul Sarcia

confused... are you running on your own server or using wordpress direct... for a stand alone wordpress - you need the wordpress download http://www.wordpress.org/latest... for starter which will have an index.php - Rob Wilson from Alert Thingy

Are you trying to do it yourself, or through WordpressDirect? It sounds kind of like your on your own... If you can give us a little more information, maybe we can give you a helping hand. For instance... Windows/linux hosting?, ftp app used, etc. If your using WordpressDirect, again where are you hosting it? - John Serra

Here is the scoop! Sorry didnt' give details first time using FriendFeed and wasn't actually expecting anyone to respond. - Michael Roberts

Using Windows based operating system. (Vista). I will be hosting the site my self using Hostgator. I have a reseller account. - Michael Roberts

I follow their instructions on the Wordpress Direct site to upload the new website. 1. I type in my domain name and make sure I can get to the "index of" page. Everything is fine. The DNS is all correct. (I bought the site from register.com) 2. I choose a template from wordpressdirect and click upload now. 3. I enter the correct ftp username and password. type in the correct URL, etc. 4. I upload the site. - Michael Roberts

If you goto www.wiigolfgames.com you will see the two errors it is telling me. - Michael Roberts

Have you filed a ticket with WPD? - Roy Gould

Yes, I filed a ticket with them but they have not gotten back to me...I was just curios if I was doing something obviously retarded? - Michael Roberts

One possible reason might be DNS propagation. When you buy a domain and it is first pointed towards your hosting account, it takes 24 - 36 hours before the 'pointing' is recognised properly across the internet. Any time thereafter if you do a DNS redirect with your domain and point the domain to new servers, the same delay kicks in again. During this time it is difficult to reach your site by typing the domain name into your browser, unless you use the special numerical format usually sent - Mark McGimpsey

to you by email by your host provider in a response email to your purchase. In my own case with a recently pointed domain, I had WPD correctly install the domain, only for it to stop working shortly afterwards because the domain was re-targeting the old host files location. The domain alternated between the new and old locations on and off for almost a day, and of course each time WPD would stop working because it couldn't reach the correct hosting account. It's possible all your installation files might - Mark McGimpsey

not have been uploaded correctly. - Mark McGimpsey

I appreciate your input Mark, I will try erasing my website in WHM and then recreate it...(this way it will have all the files I need on there and all the junk I tried uploading will be gone) I will then re type in the DNS redirects...and then i won't touch my site until Monday. This should give it the time it needs to propagate. Then will try to upload from WordpressDirect on Monday. This sound like a decent plan of attack? - Michael Roberts

One more thing which might help is a site www.theproxyfree.com - where you can type in your domain name. Sometimes it is possible to see your domain correctly targeting your hosting files, when you are having difficulty reaching it otherwise. (It also bypasses site restrictions on your firms office computer). I've used it to check when I've experienced difficulty as outlined previously. You can also use it to check if your Router cache needs cleared. Sometimes Routers give problems too and need to be - Mark McGimpsey

switched off for a few minutes and turned back on. Sometimes you may even need to 'reset' your router and re-enter your security details, and they can get file corruption if on constantly for a year or more. I've had to do that once when it stopped allowing one of my computers access for no particular reason. You only need the DNS redirects if your host provider and domain registrar are different companies i.e you buy the domain from GoDaddy and your are hosted with HostGator. - Mark McGimpsey

Alright Mark, I appreciate your input. I will give it all a try...since WordPressDirect was just mainly confused by my ticket and told me to try again. =P Will wait 24hours and try again tom. - Michael Roberts

Similarly with me, Frans. See my comments under the post "Stomper site now up and running": it's currently further down this page. You might have to click on "Show 3 more comments". - Isha (Marysia)

Tries again just now - same thing - back to the same page! Sigh! - Frans

That's an obscure marketing technique. Make 'em so frustrated trying to get the product they won't notice all the hype was for nada. - Roy Gould

The system doesn't like some credit cards. It also hiccups if the card address and delivery addressa re different. It's a case of persisting until you find a combination that works.......a PITA - Philoscribe from twhirl

I used a Citibank master card. It took two tries to get it through. It should be worth 9 bucks. Bob - Bob Diamond

Hey Frans they just didn't want you to get it is all.. (LOL) - Mike Hill from twhirl