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When it comes to window box ideas, personality will tell the whole story. Plants are a good way to keep a window box neutral and flowers are a good way to add highlights. A window box should contain a mix of plants and/or flowers that considers size, color, layout, and most importantly personal style.

Here are some ideas to help stir up your imagination:

1. Hanging plants are a great window box idea if you want to give the look of fullness or if you want to blend the box into a garden are below. You can also use them to flow into a landscaping area beneath a window or to draw attention away from a plain wall. Potatoe vines, aubretia, or geraniums are all great ideas that can create this artistic flow.

2. Climbing plants and vines can be used to integrate the window box upward and outward into the home. If you've already got climbing vines on your house try adding a window box and having them flow down into the window box where a tall plant or some bright colors can pop out: great choices are virginia creepers, wisteria, and ivy.

3. Tall plants are great window box ideas when surrounded by smaller complimenting plants. They can act as center highlights that draw attention to your window box and make it a focal point on the house: lillies, amaryillis, and gladiolus are all popular choices.

4. Perrenials are flowers that will last 2-4 years and are great choices for lesser maintenance: foxgloves are popular and one of my favorites. If you like the idea of switching it up more often make sure you get flowers that are annuals.

5. Color is a good way to draw attention to a window box and make it stand out: Impatiens, violets, tuplis, jasmins, and daisys are colorful options that are great for accenting a box on the sides or even for filling it up completely. Stick with simple green plants if you want to remain neutral and accent rather than highlight your window box.

No matter which window box ideas you use, remember to take into consideration how you want it to look and feel. Should it stand out or blend in? Should it stand alone or flow with your landscaping? Should your window box have a mixed variety or a consistent look? There's no wrong answer, just the answer that make you the most happy so let your imagination soar.

Matthew Buquoi is the owner of Flower Window Boxes, an online manufacturer of PVC window boxes and custom window boxes. He has built and installed window boxes for many years and loves to write about the many ideas he has come across when it comes to window box planting and gardening.

http://www.flowerwindowboxes.com

With the way that the internet is growing and how important it is for a business to have a web presence these days, most people are aware of website hosting and why it is needed. For entrepreneurs and many small businesses, a shared web hosting service is usually sufficient and can keep hosting costs low. However, when an internet business reaches a certain level of traffic and size, a dedicated server is the best way to go for a website that is really taking off.

A dedicated server is simply a web hosting computer that is "dedicated" to one particular website or web business. When a server is "dedicated," it means that all of the computing resources of that server are solely allocated to one single client.

In most instances, the dedicated hosting server is leased or purchased by the client who owns the website being hosted. Usually, these specialized servers are housed in a secure data center, which also provides extra services, such as environmental control, power backup systems, security and the needed connection to the internet.

Most of the time, if a web business has some special requirements, then it is time to move to a dedicated server. Some of the special considerations might be for added security systems, extra resource drains that can slow performance, or when there is customization of scripts needed. When these needs arise, a shared web server hosting plan is usually going to be insufficient.

A dedicated server is also a viable alternative to purchasing a powerful and scalable server in-house, and any additional software that might be necessary. The outright purchase of such powerful dedicated servers can be very capital intensive and the expense can be extreme for fledgling companies, even if they are planning for significant growth and expansion. Instead, dedicated servers provided by dedicated hosting services offer an alternative that provides the computing power needed for a thriving website that is in demand, at a cost that is easier to handle.

Another advantage to using a dedicated hosting service is that the server can be built to the specifications of the company that owns and operates the website. At that point, it is dedicated only for the use of that company, and the company is able to completely manage and control the server remotely, in terms of system administration and application use.

At the same time, it is the dedicated hosting service provider, or web hosting service, that is responsible for maintaining the all of the hardware and the network connectivity. In most cases, this means that there are technicians available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to make sure that the web servers are always running.

The companies that provide dedicated hosting services have many clients; therefore, the cost of having the data center staffed around the clock is shared. It is much less expensive to have a dedicated server maintained by the hosting service than it is for a company, especially one that is relatively new, to have that same level of technical support for their web servers.

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The website hosting business is very competitive these days
with hundreds of thousands of reliable hosting companies out there but what
company is best for your needs and that will provide you with a reliable hosting
service from customer support to the reliability of there web servers.

The following is what is the most important aspects you
need to consider when choosing a web hosting provider:

1)Customer Service - Customer service is a very
important aspect of any host if not the most important you will need to check
there reliability by:

- Seeing if they have a 24 hour contact phone number

-FAQ section on there website to help you with the most common
questions such as what are name servers?

-Ticket support to answer any non urgent questions that you might
have

-Live support isnt essential but it is useful for quick help

2)Servers-The serer are the most important
part of a web host since without them they can be a host.

-Here are some useful tips for
finding a fast reliable server to host your site:

-The processor speed (CPU) e.g. Intel Pentium 2.8ghz (anything over
1.5ghz is sufficient)

-Memory (RAM) at least 512mb of ram

-Space this will all depend on your website needs if you are just
starting at least 500mb is enough

-Bandwidth this will all depend on how many visitors your planning
to visit your site in any given month. I would say that 5000mb will be more than
sufficient for any small website.

-Operating system Linux is the better and cheaper option for any
website and is said to be better than windows in a web server environment. But
if you are required to use any windows scripts such as .asp you will need to use
the windows server

3)Customer Testimonials - See if other customers have
voted for the web host on popular hosting directories or have made comments on
the services that are offered by the host on there website.

These are the most important aspects that people look for
in finding a web hosting provider these days and dont be afraid to pay a bit
more than other companies as this usually reflects the service they offer but
also don't be fooled.

GOOD LUCK

Martin is the owner of many websites and is experienced in website development. Martin's newest website in his portfolio is his Search Engine Directory called SearchWIZ.org - webmasters add you link free