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Ricochehost Premium Blog Hosting

Jim Atwood at Ricochehost.com provides premium blogging solutions that will get you up and running in no time. With our premium serivce your account will be delivered with blogging software and your choice of WooTheme template* pre-installed. All you'll need to do is log in and blog. Plus you will have access to Jim Atwood, a web marketing guru and expert web developer to ask questions and advice.

Details below are based on one of my photography blog sites Jim Atwood Photography Studio

What's Included?

FREE Domain - We offer a one year free .com, .net, or .org domain for all new clients. Check Availability

FREE T-Shirt - Select a Jim Atwood Photography Designed T-Shirt with every new signup. View Store Your Ricochehost Premium WordPress hosting account come with the latest WordPress pre-installed. (As of this writing the current version is 2.8.x) We will also install your choice of any WooTheme template*. We deliver a fully functioning themed blog ready to either further develop or to starting blogging right away. View WooThemes

Additional Features

General Plugins Package

With every installation the following plugins come installed and ready to work. You may add additional plugins not listed here of course, but note that in some instances plugins may conflict or not work with the latest version of Wordpress. If you have any questions or concerns about a particular plugin, please contact us.

The package specifically includes:

Banner Rotation Plugin View Screenshot

Users Online Plugin View Screenshot

Flickr RSS Plugin (Must have Flickr Account) View Screenshot

Flickr Picture Post Plugin (Must have Flickr Account) View Example

Simple Tags Expansion Plugin View Screenshot

Smart YouTube Addon Plugin View Screenshot

Random Multiple Video Addon Plugin View Screenshot

Enhanced Wordpress Contact Form Plugin View Contact Form

Possibly Related Posts Plugin View Screenshot

Zazzle Store Gallery Plugin (Must have Zazzle Account) View Screenshot

SEO Package

The Search Engine Optimization (SEO) bundle offers the most commonly requested plugins to make your blog SEO friendly. These plugins optimize your link structure and submit your posts to the major search engines.

The package specifically includes:

Installation and configuration of the All-In-One-SEO Pack

Setting up your Permalink Structure. (SEO friendly URL's)

XML site map plugin (Automatically submit your posts to Google, MSN etc.) View XML Sitemap

Sitemap Wordpress Page Generator Plugin View Sitemap Page

Add Custom Update Services List

Social Marketing Package

The social marketing bundle helps you get the word out about your blog. It provides ways for people to add your posts to social media sites. The following additinal plugins come installed to enhance the Social experience of your premium blog.

The package specifically includes:

Lifestream Social Updates Plugin View Stats Page

ShareThis Social Plugin View Screenshot

Sociable Icon Plugin View Screenshot

Create Twitter Feed account and configure to Tweet blog posts automatically. View Twitter Feed

Create your Google Feedburner account and configure FeedBurner RSS. View Feedburner Feed

RSS Footer Plugin to add additional content and linkback View Screenshot

Add Social Icons with links to your Social Site Profiles View Screenshot

Subscribe to Comments Plugin View Screenshot

Statistics Package

The statistics package adds Google Analytics and Google Webmasters Tools to your blog. Plus there are some additional Wordpress Plugins that add additional statistical functonality.

The package specifically includes:

Stats Generator Page Plugin View Stats Page

Post Views Plugin View Screenshot

Create a Google Analytics account for you View Google Analytics

Add Google Analytics tracking code to your blog

Create a Google Webmasters Tool account for you View Google Webmasters

Add the Google Webmasters file to your account to "verify" your domain

Hosting Package

Ricochehost has been hosting websites since 2001. The Premium Blog hosting package is geared towards blogs and thus we do not offer all of the "fluff" that most other hosting providers offer. This allows us to provide more specific support for WordPress, Plugins, and Marketing. If you require certain resources for your website, please contact beforehand to ensure we can provide what you require.

The package specifically includes:

Disk Storage - 2GB

Monthly Bandwith - 60GB

Latest Cpanel Control Panel

The Fine Print

What you need to know before signing up.

Please read the following guidelines carefully. All inquiries are accepted about the guidelines stated below. We always encourage you to ask as it might be something we can easily fix or help you point in the right direction even if we do not support the specific task. Note that we are a small company with a LOT of blogs so the guidelines implemented below are mainly for that reason. We just don't have enough time or manpower to attend to every little detail outside our basic offering. If you have any additional questions, please contact us anytime and we'll respond within 24 hours or sooner.

Important Guidelines:

All prices are annual based subscriptions.

There is a minimum $50 non-refundable fee if you cancel after initial signup within the first six months.

Not all Plugins may work with the latest WordPress or all Themes.

Clients are responsible for monitoring future updates for Wordpress, Themes, and Plugins.

We do not support Beta Wordpress, Themes, or Plugin releases.

We also do not support plugins installed other than the ones listed on this page.

* Per our subscription agreement with WooThemes you are leasing one copy of any WooThemes template for as long as you maintain active, current account with Jim Atwood at Ricochehost.com. If you choose to cancel your account and move your blog hosting you must either stop using the WooThemes theme or purchase a copy from WooThemes.com

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Please Pay using PayPal Below.

Subscriptions are created and monitored using Paypal. You can cancel anytime by simply cancelling the subscription from within your Paypal account. We will refund "prorated" the amount equal to the unused portion of your subscription with one exception. As stated in the guidelines above, if you cancel within the first six months we will charge a non-refundable fee of $50.00 to cover setup costs. Cancelling after 6 months results in a FREE setup fee. If you have any questions, please contact us before signing up so that everything is understood. Thank you!

Premium Blog Hosting Price:

Annual Subscription Price: $150.00 USD (about $12.50 USD per month)