Set up free WordPress hosting using Amazon EC2 and Bitnami Cloud

Amazon Web Services EC2 t2.micro instance combined with Bitnami Cloud Hosting Developer plan, both free products will get you free and terrific WordPress hosting for a year with less than an hour to set up. No command line knowledge actually required, something that usually discourages some developers from touching cloud-based hosting.

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Join The Online Revolution: Experience with Lazada Indonesia

I have to admit that I used to be pretty skeptical with the potential growth of e-commerce in Indonesia. Despite the wave of investments made by local and foreign companies to be top players in the country, I was not completely convinced the market would mature in a short time. My experience first time ordering from Lazada Indonesia (lazada.co.id) sort of confirms it. But not because of the market, but Lazada itself.

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Best Places to Find Beautiful Site Templates, but not for WordPress

You can find market sites offering templates for popular platforms like WordPress, Joomla, Magento, etc, but if you want to build a static site or using different CMS then the options are pretty limited. Worry not my friend, I have searched and I am going to list a number of sites you can visit to find nice and modern HTML site templates that allow you to customize and apply them into whatever platform you prefer.

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