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Register your Domain (with GoDaddy)
Mar 13, 2019
GoDaddy is one of thousands of services where you can register your domain. Although many hosting companies offer the ability to register a domain for you I don't recommend that option - it's better that you own the domain from the onset. I use GoDaddy for one thing only - registering d ...
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A2 Hosting Review and Performance Problems
Mar 28, 2018Why I chose A2 Hosting
Originally I selected A2 Hosting because the service I was using, www.liquidweb.com, discontinued shared hosting and had made an agreement to move all their customers to www.deluxehosting.com and I wanted a say in the matter. As it turned out 2 of my clients were ...
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Lowering Expectations with Skype
Mar 27, 2018
Many people are familiar with Skype, especially people who make international calls, however, facts be known, there are some serious limitations with Skype.
Definition: Skype is an application now owned by Microsoft (sadly) which can be used for making phone calls and sending text/SMS ...
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Domain Name Registration - Spam and Telemarketing Horror
Feb 15, 2018
Spam and telemarketers are responsible for a lot of lost productivity time, millions, if not billions of dollars in combat and preventative measures and ample aggravation and annoyance. There are laws in the books written to control both but spammers/scammers/telemarketers are difficult to corr ...
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Skype Basics for Windows 7 and Windows 10
Dec 10, 2017
Skype Overview
With Skype you can call people with skype accounts for FREE or ordinary land lines and mobile phones such as 1-800-555-1212 for a small charge if you have a subscription. You can also get subscriptions specific to your favorite country. Whether your computer is Ma ...
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Webmaster Tools / Analytics / ReCaptcha / AdWords - Basics
Sep 24, 2017
Webmaster Tools / Analytics / ReCaptcha / AdWords - Basics
Google offers a number of applications for google members, some business-specific. Some of the more common include Gmail, Analytics, Webmaster Tools, Google Drive, and AdWords. To use these programs you must have Google ...
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Where do scammers get your email address? One source, the Whois database.
Jun 24, 2017Have you ever wondered how scammers get your email address? Some of the obvious places would include off your website if you've posted it there, perhaps in forums if they don't protect it, maybe in business databases and on listing websites such as the Chamber of Commerce. It's also possible that ...
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Web design scam - if you accept credit cards
May 21, 2017Subject: Website design
Date: Thu, 11 May 2017 00:03:24 +0000
From: patrick odum
To: undisclosed
Hi, my name is Patrick Odum,I want to know if you handle Website design for a new company, also if you accept credit cards ??
Response: I've seen many vers ...
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| Mar 15, 2019 | Your-domain.com: Final Notice (Important notice) | Scam Artists | Subject: your-domain.com Final Notice To: your-email@your-domain.com Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 10:46:17 -0400 From: Domain Service Reply-To: info@domcheckhealth.website To: First Last, 167 Scram Scammer Circle ... |
 | Mar 13, 2019 | Register your Domain (with GoDaddy) | Hosting & Domain Management | GoDaddy is one of thousands of services where you can register your domain. Although many hosting companies offer the ability to register a domain for you I don't recommend that option - it's better that you own the domain from the onset. I use GoDaddy for one thing only - registering d ... |
 | Mar 28, 2018 | A2 Hosting Review and Performance Problems | Hosting & Domain Management | Why I chose A2 Hosting Originally I selected A2 Hosting because the service I was using, www.liquidweb.com, discontinued shared hosting and had made an agreement to move all their customers to www.deluxehosting.com and I wanted a say in the matter. As it turned out 2 of my clients were ... |
 | Mar 27, 2018 | Lowering Expectations with Skype | Uncategorized | Many people are familiar with Skype, especially people who make international calls, however, facts be known, there are some serious limitations with Skype. Definition: Skype is an application now owned by Microsoft (sadly) which can be used for making phone calls and sending text/SMS ... |
 | Feb 15, 2018 | Domain Name Registration - Spam and Telemarketing Horror | Uncategorized | Spam and telemarketers are responsible for a lot of lost productivity time, millions, if not billions of dollars in combat and preventative measures and ample aggravation and annoyance. There are laws in the books written to control both but spammers/scammers/telemarketers are difficult to corr ... |
 | Dec 10, 2017 | Skype Basics for Windows 7 and Windows 10 | Uncategorized | Skype Overview With Skype you can call people with skype accounts for FREE or ordinary land lines and mobile phones such as 1-800-555-1212 for a small charge if you have a subscription. You can also get subscriptions specific to your favorite country. Whether your computer is Ma ... |
 | Sep 24, 2017 | Webmaster Tools / Analytics / ReCaptcha / AdWords - Basics | Uncategorized | Webmaster Tools / Analytics / ReCaptcha / AdWords - Basics Google offers a number of applications for google members, some business-specific. Some of the more common include Gmail, Analytics, Webmaster Tools, Google Drive, and AdWords. To use these programs you must have Google ... |
 | Jun 24, 2017 | Where do scammers get your email address? One source, the Whois database. | SPAM / SPAM Control | Have you ever wondered how scammers get your email address? Some of the obvious places would include off your website if you've posted it there, perhaps in forums if they don't protect it, maybe in business databases and on listing websites such as the Chamber of Commerce. It's also possible that ... |
| Jun 24, 2017 | Where do scammers get your email address? One source, the Whois database. | Scam Artists | Have you ever wondered how scammers get your email address? Some of the obvious places would include off your website if you've posted it there, perhaps in forums if they don't protect it, maybe in business databases and on listing websites such as the Chamber of Commerce. It's also possible that ... |
 | May 21, 2017 | Web design scam - if you accept credit cards | Scam Artists | Subject: Website design Date: Thu, 11 May 2017 00:03:24 +0000 From: patrick odum To: undisclosed Hi, my name is Patrick Odum,I want to know if you handle Website design for a new company, also if you accept credit cards ?? Response: I've seen many vers ... |
| Apr 12, 2017 | Web Design Scam via Yelp: New Message from David Charles | Scam Artists | Beware the web design scam. It has morphed and seems to be taking new shapes as I write this post. You can typically recognize the scam by the vagueness of the message and the scammer asking if you accept credit cards and urgency is emphasized. Sometimes the scammer claims to be attemp ... | |
| Apr 11, 2017 | Web design scam: from Innocent Moore | Scam Artists | From: Innocent Moore Subject: Website Design Needed IP: 129.56.10.53 Message Body: I have business which i want to turn into large scale business now it located in SC and the company is based on importing and exporting of Salon Equipment such as Dryer,hair cream,Wea ... | |
| Aug 20, 2016 | Mastering Control of Wordpress Paragraph and Line Breaks - wpautop() | Uncategorized | Historically I come from Joomla background and use the Joomla editor called JCE (Joomla Content Editor) - it works nicely to allow you to insert paragraphs and line breaks as needed. When working open source projects my editor of preference is CKEditor. Both editors are based upon WYSIWYG philoso ... | |
| Aug 12, 2016 | Wordpress: The file 'wp-config.php' already exists. If you need to reset any of the configuration items in this file, please delete it first. You may try installing now. | Wordpress CMS | The error message is troubling; what is more troubling is that there seemed to be no logical reason for it to occur. I have a set of demo websites, perhaps 10, built using Wordpress CMS, all as a subdirectory of my business website. They all installed fine with version 4.4.4 Wordpress. Followin ... | |
| Aug 01, 2016 | Write a Google Review | Search Engine Optimization / SEO | Google Reviews are important to local businesses who have had their businesses added to their local business service called Google My Business. Google My Business is primarily a proximity based service which gives smaller business some potential visibility based upon distance the ... | |
| Mar 28, 2016 | Local Search Listing Services | Search Engine Optimization / SEO | If you have a local business and wish to have it display in a high position in Google My Business it is important to have a rock-solid profile, accurate category selection If you have a local business and wish to have it display in a high position in Google My Business it is important to hav ... | |
| Mar 16, 2016 | Google Reviews: Reader's Digest Version | Search Engine Optimization / SEO | Submit a review - simple right? Obtaining Google reviews is an important function for a business in that reviews both help set your business apart from others without reviews and it is one of the many factors that help boost your positioning in Google local business listings. Submit a r ... | |
| Mar 15, 2016 | Email Spam and U.S. Law | SPAM / SPAM Control | Introduction:Definition - Spam is commonly described as unwanted, irrelevant, off-target or inappropriate email sent out in mass quantities to unknown recipients. In essence, the spammer has not previously developed a relationship with the receiver and has not obtained permission ... | |
| Nov 13, 2015 | GIMP Basics - Resizing, cropping, sharpening, adjusting contrast & brightness, and straightening horizon line of images | GIMP | Gimp is a free program which you can download from www.gimp.org that can be used for manipulatiing images including: resizing, cropping, sharpening, adjusting the contrast and brightness, and adjusting the tilt of the horizon line. It can be used f ... | |
| Aug 22, 2012 | Common Spam | SPAM / SPAM Control | Hi, I hope you do not mind me contacting you like this but I have just been on expatinfodesk.com and think that our styles of content are pretty similair. I write posts for sites that I like free of charge and was wondering if you would like me to write you a free 500 word post. ... | |
| Nov 20, 2010 | How do I install fonts on Linux Ubuntu 8.0.4? | Operating system - Linux | After googling this subject and retrieving lots of overly complicated type responses I did the following. % sudo -i # cd /usr # font . -name fonts -print # cd /usr/share/fonts # ls custom truetype type1 X11 If a custom folder does not already exist create it, then copy your font family ... | |
| Nov 20, 2010 | How do I install fonts on Linux Ubuntu 8.0.4? | Install fonts | After googling this subject and retrieving lots of overly complicated type responses I did the following. % sudo -i # cd /usr # font . -name fonts -print # cd /usr/share/fonts # ls custom truetype type1 X11 If a custom folder does not already exist create it, then copy your font family ... | |
| Nov 20, 2010 | How do I install fonts on Linux Ubuntu 8.0.4? | Ubuntu 8.0.4 | After googling this subject and retrieving lots of overly complicated type responses I did the following. % sudo -i # cd /usr # font . -name fonts -print # cd /usr/share/fonts # ls custom truetype type1 X11 If a custom folder does not already exist create it, then copy your font family ... | |
| Jun 18, 2010 | Use GIMP to create harvey ball like rating circles | GIMP | Harvey balls are circles that are commonly filled in in 1/4 increments to illustrate a percentage such as 0%, 25%, 50%, 75% and 100%. There is even a font now called Harvey Balls Font. So what happens when these increments are insufficient and you need variations like 10%, 40%, etc. You go to ... | |
| Jun 18, 2010 | Use GIMP to create harvey ball like rating circles | Harvey Balls | Harvey balls are circles that are commonly filled in in 1/4 increments to illustrate a percentage such as 0%, 25%, 50%, 75% and 100%. There is even a font now called Harvey Balls Font. So what happens when these increments are insufficient and you need variations like 10%, 40%, etc. You go to ... | |
| Jun 18, 2010 | Use GIMP to create harvey ball like rating circles | Circle rating | Harvey balls are circles that are commonly filled in in 1/4 increments to illustrate a percentage such as 0%, 25%, 50%, 75% and 100%. There is even a font now called Harvey Balls Font. So what happens when these increments are insufficient and you need variations like 10%, 40%, etc. You go to ... | |
| Jun 18, 2010 | Use GIMP to create harvey ball like rating circles | 10% arc | Harvey balls are circles that are commonly filled in in 1/4 increments to illustrate a percentage such as 0%, 25%, 50%, 75% and 100%. There is even a font now called Harvey Balls Font. So what happens when these increments are insufficient and you need variations like 10%, 40%, etc. You go to ... | |
| Feb 25, 2010 | Shell script to delete multiple MySQL tables matching a pattern | MySQL | MySQL doesn't have a core function to delete multiple tables matching a pattern. This is a simple script that you configure, then run command-line to delete multiple tables matching a pattern. Be careful to ensure that the pattern will not also match database you do not wish to delete. ... | |
| Feb 25, 2010 | Shell script to delete multiple MySQL tables matching a pattern | Shell scripts | MySQL doesn't have a core function to delete multiple tables matching a pattern. This is a simple script that you configure, then run command-line to delete multiple tables matching a pattern. Be careful to ensure that the pattern will not also match database you do not wish to delete. ... | |
| Feb 25, 2010 | Shell script to delete multiple MySQL tables matching a pattern | shell script | MySQL doesn't have a core function to delete multiple tables matching a pattern. This is a simple script that you configure, then run command-line to delete multiple tables matching a pattern. Be careful to ensure that the pattern will not also match database you do not wish to delete. ... | |
| Feb 25, 2010 | Shell script to delete multiple MySQL tables matching a pattern | drop multiple tables | MySQL doesn't have a core function to delete multiple tables matching a pattern. This is a simple script that you configure, then run command-line to delete multiple tables matching a pattern. Be careful to ensure that the pattern will not also match database you do not wish to delete. ... | |
| Feb 11, 2010 | 13 gut-wrenching website mistakes and a few bonus opportunities | Website Design & Development | The list of website mistakes at your disposal is probably not infinite but is certainly not limited to what I have identified here. Reorder as you see fit. As with many walks of life put this in perspective, doing it right does not guarantee success but will generally lead you in that direction. O ... | |
| Feb 11, 2010 | 13 gut-wrenching website mistakes and a few bonus opportunities | CMS | The list of website mistakes at your disposal is probably not infinite but is certainly not limited to what I have identified here. Reorder as you see fit. As with many walks of life put this in perspective, doing it right does not guarantee success but will generally lead you in that direction. O ... | |
| Feb 11, 2010 | 13 gut-wrenching website mistakes and a few bonus opportunities | website mistakes | The list of website mistakes at your disposal is probably not infinite but is certainly not limited to what I have identified here. Reorder as you see fit. As with many walks of life put this in perspective, doing it right does not guarantee success but will generally lead you in that direction. O ... | |
| Feb 11, 2010 | 13 gut-wrenching website mistakes and a few bonus opportunities | search engine friendly | The list of website mistakes at your disposal is probably not infinite but is certainly not limited to what I have identified here. Reorder as you see fit. As with many walks of life put this in perspective, doing it right does not guarantee success but will generally lead you in that direction. O ... | |
| Feb 11, 2010 | 13 gut-wrenching website mistakes and a few bonus opportunities | web design | The list of website mistakes at your disposal is probably not infinite but is certainly not limited to what I have identified here. Reorder as you see fit. As with many walks of life put this in perspective, doing it right does not guarantee success but will generally lead you in that direction. O ... | |
| Dec 07, 2009 | Examples of SPAM letters - what is spam? | SPAM / SPAM Control | Spam e-mail notices come in all shapes and sizes. What is spam? Plain and simply, unsolicited email - email people would not choose to receive if they had a choice. It often appears to be directed at you as if you were an individual, whereas in reality the spammer has somehow gotten the email ad ... | |
| Aug 26, 2009 | Blog Comment Blacklist | Blog / Blogging | Many modern blog applications come with settings to configure your blog comment blacklist which is a list of phrases or words if used in comments will prevent a comment from posting by labeling it as spam. A great many of these expressions are health or medical related. My blacklist has taken on ... | |
| Aug 26, 2009 | Blog Comment Blacklist | SPAM / SPAM Control | Many modern blog applications come with settings to configure your blog comment blacklist which is a list of phrases or words if used in comments will prevent a comment from posting by labeling it as spam. A great many of these expressions are health or medical related. My blacklist has taken on ... | |
| Aug 17, 2009 | Domain Submission Offers - Important Notice | Search Engine Optimization / SEO | There are lots of folks out there trying to make a buck out of nothing. Sometimes the offers come through email or postal mail and occasionally via fax. They may have bold claims or perhaps scare you into thinking that if you don't that you'll lose some incredible opportunity. One such offer clea ... | |
| Aug 17, 2009 | Domain Submission Offers - Important Notice | SPAM / SPAM Control | There are lots of folks out there trying to make a buck out of nothing. Sometimes the offers come through email or postal mail and occasionally via fax. They may have bold claims or perhaps scare you into thinking that if you don't that you'll lose some incredible opportunity. One such offer clea ... | |
| Aug 09, 2009 | Getting to know my Nikon D70 | Technology - Other | What does a post about a Nikon D70 have to do with web development and web technology? Well, not much other than the fact that I occasionally use the camera to do photography for clients and the process of learning the camera can be applied to other walks of life. In the case of the Nikon D70 as ... | |
| Aug 09, 2009 | Getting to know my Nikon D70 | Nikon D70 | What does a post about a Nikon D70 have to do with web development and web technology? Well, not much other than the fact that I occasionally use the camera to do photography for clients and the process of learning the camera can be applied to other walks of life. In the case of the Nikon D70 as ... | |
| Jul 06, 2009 | GIMP Fundamentals | GIMP | Introduction to GIMP GIMP not Gimp - GNU Image Manipulation Program What it is - Paraphrased from www.gimp.org, it is a freely distributed image manipulation program for tasks such as image/photo retouching and image authoring. Open source means FREE to ... | |
| Jul 06, 2009 | How do I install GIMP on Windows | Uncategorized | GIMP, Gnu Image Editing Program, is an open source image editing program available for use on MAC, Linux and Windows. It's light and easy to use. Why do I like it? Aside from the fact that it runs on Linux, because it is available on MAC and Windows, it can be used as an available and costless sol ... | |
| May 13, 2009 | How do I redirect a domain to a specific file or folder? | Hosting & Domain Management | If, for instance, you have 2 domains, and while the primary will point to the main website, you want the second to point to a specific file or even folder under home of the primary website you can easily do this if you have a standard cPanel (control panel) and access to Addon domains. ... | |
| May 13, 2009 | How do I redirect a domain to a specific file or folder? | Website Design & Development | If, for instance, you have 2 domains, and while the primary will point to the main website, you want the second to point to a specific file or even folder under home of the primary website you can easily do this if you have a standard cPanel (control panel) and access to Addon domains. ... | |
| May 13, 2009 | How do I redirect a domain to a specific file or folder? | Domain | If, for instance, you have 2 domains, and while the primary will point to the main website, you want the second to point to a specific file or even folder under home of the primary website you can easily do this if you have a standard cPanel (control panel) and access to Addon domains. ... | |
| May 13, 2009 | How do I redirect a domain to a specific file or folder? | subfolder | If, for instance, you have 2 domains, and while the primary will point to the main website, you want the second to point to a specific file or even folder under home of the primary website you can easily do this if you have a standard cPanel (control panel) and access to Addon domains. ... | |
| Apr 12, 2009 | PHP script - duplicate content in database, duplicate execution | PHP | Background: I developed a PHP scripts for Joomla/Virtuemart that could be used to import shipping/handling fees from a .csv file into Joomla's shipping_rate table. Problem: Although the script executes and imports the data correctly whenever I would check the dat ... | |
| Apr 12, 2009 | PHP script - duplicate content in database, duplicate execution | MySQL | Background: I developed a PHP scripts for Joomla/Virtuemart that could be used to import shipping/handling fees from a .csv file into Joomla's shipping_rate table. Problem: Although the script executes and imports the data correctly whenever I would check the dat ... | |
| Apr 12, 2009 | PHP script - duplicate content in database, duplicate execution | CMS - Joomla | Background: I developed a PHP scripts for Joomla/Virtuemart that could be used to import shipping/handling fees from a .csv file into Joomla's shipping_rate table. Problem: Although the script executes and imports the data correctly whenever I would check the dat ... | |
| Apr 12, 2009 | PHP script - duplicate content in database, duplicate execution | Website Design & Development | Background: I developed a PHP scripts for Joomla/Virtuemart that could be used to import shipping/handling fees from a .csv file into Joomla's shipping_rate table. Problem: Although the script executes and imports the data correctly whenever I would check the dat ... | |
| Apr 12, 2009 | PHP script - duplicate content in database, duplicate execution | joomla | Background: I developed a PHP scripts for Joomla/Virtuemart that could be used to import shipping/handling fees from a .csv file into Joomla's shipping_rate table. Problem: Although the script executes and imports the data correctly whenever I would check the dat ... | |
| Apr 12, 2009 | PHP script - duplicate content in database, duplicate execution | Operating system - Linux | Background: I developed a PHP scripts for Joomla/Virtuemart that could be used to import shipping/handling fees from a .csv file into Joomla's shipping_rate table. Problem: Although the script executes and imports the data correctly whenever I would check the dat ... | |
| Apr 12, 2009 | PHP script - duplicate content in database, duplicate execution | Virtuemart | Background: I developed a PHP scripts for Joomla/Virtuemart that could be used to import shipping/handling fees from a .csv file into Joomla's shipping_rate table. Problem: Although the script executes and imports the data correctly whenever I would check the dat ... | |
| Jan 26, 2009 | Comment Form Spam | SPAM / SPAM Control | I have a spammer faking identity and emailing me junk like: From: Neophytos Neophytos Email: IacovosFewrte64@gawab.com Subject: Neophytos Website: http://some_spam_site.com Problem: Request details: very ... | |
| Jan 26, 2009 | Comment Form Spam | Website Design & Development | I have a spammer faking identity and emailing me junk like: From: Neophytos Neophytos Email: IacovosFewrte64@gawab.com Subject: Neophytos Website: http://some_spam_site.com Problem: Request details: very ... | |
| Jan 26, 2009 | Comment Form Spam | comment form spam | I have a spammer faking identity and emailing me junk like: From: Neophytos Neophytos Email: IacovosFewrte64@gawab.com Subject: Neophytos Website: http://some_spam_site.com Problem: Request details: very ... | |
| Jan 26, 2009 | Configure a backup routine for both your file system and database on a hosted website | MySQL | Question: Why set up a custom backup (dump) routine on my website? Answer: Web hosting provider commonly run backups, but they may be infrequent and depending on the age, may be stored offsite. If you configure your own backups you can probably restore a file s ... | |
| Jan 26, 2009 | Configure a backup routine for both your file system and database on a hosted website | Shell scripts | Question: Why set up a custom backup (dump) routine on my website? Answer: Web hosting provider commonly run backups, but they may be infrequent and depending on the age, may be stored offsite. If you configure your own backups you can probably restore a file s ... | |
| Jan 26, 2009 | Configure a backup routine for both your file system and database on a hosted website | shell script | Question: Why set up a custom backup (dump) routine on my website? Answer: Web hosting provider commonly run backups, but they may be infrequent and depending on the age, may be stored offsite. If you configure your own backups you can probably restore a file s ... | |
| Jan 26, 2009 | Configure a backup routine for both your file system and database on a hosted website | Operating system - Linux | Question: Why set up a custom backup (dump) routine on my website? Answer: Web hosting provider commonly run backups, but they may be infrequent and depending on the age, may be stored offsite. If you configure your own backups you can probably restore a file s ... | |
| Jan 26, 2009 | Configure a backup routine for both your file system and database on a hosted website | dump | Question: Why set up a custom backup (dump) routine on my website? Answer: Web hosting provider commonly run backups, but they may be infrequent and depending on the age, may be stored offsite. If you configure your own backups you can probably restore a file s ... | |
| Jan 26, 2009 | Configure a backup routine for both your file system and database on a hosted website | CMS (Content Management Systems) | Question: Why set up a custom backup (dump) routine on my website? Answer: Web hosting provider commonly run backups, but they may be infrequent and depending on the age, may be stored offsite. If you configure your own backups you can probably restore a file s ... | |
| Jan 26, 2009 | Configure a backup routine for both your file system and database on a hosted website | crontab | Question: Why set up a custom backup (dump) routine on my website? Answer: Web hosting provider commonly run backups, but they may be infrequent and depending on the age, may be stored offsite. If you configure your own backups you can probably restore a file s ... | |
| Jan 26, 2009 | Configure a backup routine for both your file system and database on a hosted website | backup | Question: Why set up a custom backup (dump) routine on my website? Answer: Web hosting provider commonly run backups, but they may be infrequent and depending on the age, may be stored offsite. If you configure your own backups you can probably restore a file s ... | |
| Jan 26, 2009 | Configure a backup routine for both your file system and database on a hosted website | mysqldump | Question: Why set up a custom backup (dump) routine on my website? Answer: Web hosting provider commonly run backups, but they may be infrequent and depending on the age, may be stored offsite. If you configure your own backups you can probably restore a file s ... | |
| Jan 21, 2009 | How do I remove a page from Google's search results? | Search Engine Optimization / SEO | This question might also be rephrased as "How do I stop Google from indexing a page?" or "How do I prevent search engines from indexing a page?" Regardless of how the question is worded the general idea is to keep a page from showing up in the results output of a search engine. There are a couple op ... | |
| Jan 21, 2009 | How do I remove a page from Google's search results? | Website Design & Development | This question might also be rephrased as "How do I stop Google from indexing a page?" or "How do I prevent search engines from indexing a page?" Regardless of how the question is worded the general idea is to keep a page from showing up in the results output of a search engine. There are a couple op ... | |
| Jan 21, 2009 | How do I remove a page from Google's search results? | This question might also be rephrased as "How do I stop Google from indexing a page?" or "How do I prevent search engines from indexing a page?" Regardless of how the question is worded the general idea is to keep a page from showing up in the results output of a search engine. There are a couple op ... | ||
| Jan 21, 2009 | How do I remove a page from Google's search results? | search engine | This question might also be rephrased as "How do I stop Google from indexing a page?" or "How do I prevent search engines from indexing a page?" Regardless of how the question is worded the general idea is to keep a page from showing up in the results output of a search engine. There are a couple op ... | |
| Jan 21, 2009 | How do I remove a page from Google's search results? | index | This question might also be rephrased as "How do I stop Google from indexing a page?" or "How do I prevent search engines from indexing a page?" Regardless of how the question is worded the general idea is to keep a page from showing up in the results output of a search engine. There are a couple op ... | |
| Jan 21, 2009 | How do I remove a page from Google's search results? | remove page | This question might also be rephrased as "How do I stop Google from indexing a page?" or "How do I prevent search engines from indexing a page?" Regardless of how the question is worded the general idea is to keep a page from showing up in the results output of a search engine. There are a couple op ... | |
| Jan 21, 2009 | How do I remove a page from Google's search results? | search results | This question might also be rephrased as "How do I stop Google from indexing a page?" or "How do I prevent search engines from indexing a page?" Regardless of how the question is worded the general idea is to keep a page from showing up in the results output of a search engine. There are a couple op ... | |
| Aug 28, 2005 | Is your website findable? | Search Engine Optimization / SEO | Search engine frequency index Call it what you want as I don't have a better name for the test. Wouldn't it be nice if your business cards could be spontaneously updated every time pertinent information changed, but without having to reprint them? If the internet was a static medium then i ... | |
| Oct 29, 2006 | Seven reasons to avoid designing websites with frames | Website Design & Development | First of all, if you're not familiar with a framed website, then here's a quickie overview. Frames is a designing technique which allows two or more documents to exist in a single browser window. Each frame is built as a separate HTML file but with one master file, commonly the index file, which ide ... | |
| Jan 21, 2009 | How do I create a gradient to transparent image with ImageMagick? | Uncategorized | You can execute the following code at a Linux command line prompt (assuming ImageMagick and convert are installed) or do it in a shell script: % convert -size 100x100 gradient:red-none grad_round.png ... | |
| Jan 21, 2009 | How do I create a gradient to transparent image with ImageMagick? | ImageMagick | You can execute the following code at a Linux command line prompt (assuming ImageMagick and convert are installed) or do it in a shell script: % convert -size 100x100 gradient:red-none grad_round.png ... | |
| Jan 21, 2009 | How do I create a gradient to transparent image with ImageMagick? | transparency | You can execute the following code at a Linux command line prompt (assuming ImageMagick and convert are installed) or do it in a shell script: % convert -size 100x100 gradient:red-none grad_round.png ... | |
| Jan 21, 2009 | How do I create a gradient to transparent image with ImageMagick? | gradient | You can execute the following code at a Linux command line prompt (assuming ImageMagick and convert are installed) or do it in a shell script: % convert -size 100x100 gradient:red-none grad_round.png ... | |
| Jan 21, 2009 | How do I create a gradient to transparent image with ImageMagick? | convert | You can execute the following code at a Linux command line prompt (assuming ImageMagick and convert are installed) or do it in a shell script: % convert -size 100x100 gradient:red-none grad_round.png ... | |
| Nov 22, 2007 | In registering a domain what is the difference between Registrant and Technical contact? | Hosting & Domain Management | When registering domains should I register the domain myself or have my webmaster register for me? The service I use has fields for Registrant, Administrative, Technical and Billing. It is confusing. There are a number of businesses which you can use for registering domains. A few of ... | |
| Nov 22, 2007 | In registering a domain what is the difference between Registrant and Technical contact? | Domain Registration | When registering domains should I register the domain myself or have my webmaster register for me? The service I use has fields for Registrant, Administrative, Technical and Billing. It is confusing. There are a number of businesses which you can use for registering domains. A few of ... | |
| Mar 30, 2006 | Your Email Won Our E-mail Lottery. | SPAM / SPAM Control | Messages like this are common SPAM. Looks enticing, but the likelihood of really winning a lottery is pretty slim. Should you respond? I would not do so. Responding to spam commonly leads to more spam. ... | |
| Mar 30, 2006 | Your Email Won Our E-mail Lottery. | Scam Artists | Messages like this are common SPAM. Looks enticing, but the likelihood of really winning a lottery is pretty slim. Should you respond? I would not do so. Responding to spam commonly leads to more spam. ... | |
| Feb 25, 2007 | How do I convert a .MOV (Quicktime) or .VOB (DVD) video to Flash format? | Website Design & Development | If you have a video already in .mov (Quicktime) format you can ignore the first conversion part of the process. A DVD will generally be in .VOB format (for instance if you were to look at the file contents of the DVD). To convert a .VOB to .MOV you will need access to an application th ... | |
| Feb 25, 2007 | How do I convert a .MOV (Quicktime) or .VOB (DVD) video to Flash format? | Flash | If you have a video already in .mov (Quicktime) format you can ignore the first conversion part of the process. A DVD will generally be in .VOB format (for instance if you were to look at the file contents of the DVD). To convert a .VOB to .MOV you will need access to an application th ... | |
| Feb 25, 2007 | How do I convert a .MOV (Quicktime) or .VOB (DVD) video to Flash format? | Quicktime | If you have a video already in .mov (Quicktime) format you can ignore the first conversion part of the process. A DVD will generally be in .VOB format (for instance if you were to look at the file contents of the DVD). To convert a .VOB to .MOV you will need access to an application th ... | |
| Feb 25, 2007 | How do I convert a .MOV (Quicktime) or .VOB (DVD) video to Flash format? | .vob | If you have a video already in .mov (Quicktime) format you can ignore the first conversion part of the process. A DVD will generally be in .VOB format (for instance if you were to look at the file contents of the DVD). To convert a .VOB to .MOV you will need access to an application th ... | |
| Feb 25, 2007 | How do I convert a .MOV (Quicktime) or .VOB (DVD) video to Flash format? | .mov | If you have a video already in .mov (Quicktime) format you can ignore the first conversion part of the process. A DVD will generally be in .VOB format (for instance if you were to look at the file contents of the DVD). To convert a .VOB to .MOV you will need access to an application th ... | |
| Feb 03, 2008 | How do I create a rounded shape with GIMP? | GIMP | Start Gimp and pen a new file To create a rounded shape with Gimp first select the Path tool Double-click on it to get to the options window and make sure that design mode is selected and Polygon is not. Move the cursor to the pallet and click on the point ... | |
| Feb 03, 2008 | How do I create a rounded shape with GIMP? | rounded shape | Start Gimp and pen a new file To create a rounded shape with Gimp first select the Path tool Double-click on it to get to the options window and make sure that design mode is selected and Polygon is not. Move the cursor to the pallet and click on the point ... | |
| Jul 05, 2007 | How do I create a shape with the path tool using GIMP? | GIMP | How do I create a simple shape with GIMP: Create a new image, 300x300 pixels in size. RGB should be selected and select white as the background. Now create a new transparent layer, same size. By default the new layer should be selected. If not select Dialogs - Layers and sele ... | |
| Jul 30, 2008 | How do I create drop shadows with GIMP? | GIMP | GIMP (v2.2.11 on windows), also known as Gnu Image Manipulation Program, is an open source image manipulation utility which can be downloaded from www.gimp.org. To use GIMP to create dropshadows Start GIMP and then a new file, with or without a background color, a light ba ... | |
| Jan 16, 2008 | How do I created an animated .gif image with GIMP? | GIMP. animated image | To make a simple animated .gif image with GIMP You can create an animated image of your choice dimensions or you can open an image and turn it into an animation. Either way it is pretty easy. In this example we'll combine the methods. You experiment on your own. Start GIMP ... | |
| Jan 16, 2008 | How do I created an animated .gif image with GIMP? | GIMP | To make a simple animated .gif image with GIMP You can create an animated image of your choice dimensions or you can open an image and turn it into an animation. Either way it is pretty easy. In this example we'll combine the methods. You experiment on your own. Start GIMP ... | |
| Jan 16, 2008 | How do I use GIMP to create background images for rollover buttons | rollover button | To use Gimp to create a rounded edge gradient image. Open Gimp and start a new image file, perhaps 50x300 pixels in size Select Advanced options and change Fill with to your preference and select OK Set fg and bg colors Select the gradient icon ... | |
| Jan 16, 2008 | How do I use GIMP to create background images for rollover buttons | GIMP | To use Gimp to create a rounded edge gradient image. Open Gimp and start a new image file, perhaps 50x300 pixels in size Select Advanced options and change Fill with to your preference and select OK Set fg and bg colors Select the gradient icon ... | |
| Jan 25, 2008 | How do I create a soft, round-edged, rectangular shape with GIMP | GIMP | Create the soft edged rounded rectangle: Create a new image, say 500x500 pixels in size with transparent background Fill with your choice background ... | |
| Jan 17, 2008 | How do I create sliver-like rounded edge corners with GIMP | GIMP | The following technique gives a solid 1 pixel left, right, bottom and an anti-aliased lower left and right corner. 1. Start GIMP and select File->New 2. Specify the required height and width and fill with the color needed for the border. 3. Select->Rounded Rectangle and give it a required ... | |
| Feb 06, 2008 | Dump and restore database | MySQL | To do a backup (also known as a dump) of a MySQL database: %mysqldump -u$username -p$password $database > $database.sql $username - replace with the value of your mysql username (or login) $password - your database password $database - replace with the name of your database $da ... | |
| Feb 06, 2008 | Dump and restore database | database | To do a backup (also known as a dump) of a MySQL database: %mysqldump -u$username -p$password $database > $database.sql $username - replace with the value of your mysql username (or login) $password - your database password $database - replace with the name of your database $da ... | |
| Feb 06, 2008 | Dump and restore database | dump | To do a backup (also known as a dump) of a MySQL database: %mysqldump -u$username -p$password $database > $database.sql $username - replace with the value of your mysql username (or login) $password - your database password $database - replace with the name of your database $da ... | |
| Feb 06, 2008 | Dump and restore database | restore | To do a backup (also known as a dump) of a MySQL database: %mysqldump -u$username -p$password $database > $database.sql $username - replace with the value of your mysql username (or login) $password - your database password $database - replace with the name of your database $da ... | |
| Dec 21, 2007 | SQL statement to evenly distribute results | MySQL | SQL's statement to evenly distribute results select a.gallery_id , a.gallery_title , b1.image_id , b1.image_date_added from galleries as a inner join images as b1 on a.gallery_id = b1.image_gallery_id inner join images as b2 on a.gallery_id = b2.image_gallery_id and b1.image_adddate &l ... | |
| Jan 18, 2008 | Comment form spam / List of spammersweb.org | Dada Mail / Mojomail | I have a spammer faking identity and emailing me junk like: From: Neophytos Neophytos Email: IacovosFewrte64@gawab.com Subject: Neophytos Website: http://some_spam_site.com Problem: Request details: very we ... | |
| Jan 18, 2008 | Comment form spam / List of spammersweb.org | I have a spammer faking identity and emailing me junk like: From: Neophytos Neophytos Email: IacovosFewrte64@gawab.com Subject: Neophytos Website: http://some_spam_site.com Problem: Request details: very we ... | ||
| Jan 18, 2008 | Comment form spam / List of spammersweb.org | SPAM / SPAM Control | I have a spammer faking identity and emailing me junk like: From: Neophytos Neophytos Email: IacovosFewrte64@gawab.com Subject: Neophytos Website: http://some_spam_site.com Problem: Request details: very we ... | |
| Jan 18, 2008 | Comment form spam / List of spammersweb.org | comment form | I have a spammer faking identity and emailing me junk like: From: Neophytos Neophytos Email: IacovosFewrte64@gawab.com Subject: Neophytos Website: http://some_spam_site.com Problem: Request details: very we ... | |
| Jan 18, 2008 | Comment form spam / List of spammersweb.org | list of spammers | I have a spammer faking identity and emailing me junk like: From: Neophytos Neophytos Email: IacovosFewrte64@gawab.com Subject: Neophytos Website: http://some_spam_site.com Problem: Request details: very we ... | |
| Feb 16, 2008 | What do I do if my website gets labeled a SPAMmer? | SPAM / SPAM Control | Don't get labeled a spammer! Many hosting providers, especially shared hosting situations, have limits some excessively low on how many emails you may send out per hour or per day. Bluehost's default limit is 50, Hostgator's is 500 I think). Check what your providers limits are and find ou ... | |
| Feb 16, 2008 | What do I do if my website gets labeled a SPAMmer? | spammer | Don't get labeled a spammer! Many hosting providers, especially shared hosting situations, have limits some excessively low on how many emails you may send out per hour or per day. Bluehost's default limit is 50, Hostgator's is 500 I think). Check what your providers limits are and find ou ... | |
| Feb 29, 2008 | How to improve regional website visibility | Search Engine Optimization / SEO | When you have a small business in a small town there are some fairly easy tasks to get the site recognized for that specific town. You can: Include your business address on your contact form Include your business address in the footer of every page Include your c ... | |
| Feb 29, 2008 | How to improve regional website visibility | SEO | When you have a small business in a small town there are some fairly easy tasks to get the site recognized for that specific town. You can: Include your business address on your contact form Include your business address in the footer of every page Include your c ... | |
| Mar 06, 2008 | Where do I report spammers? | SPAM / SPAM Control | There are several types of spammers. The most common that we see are those that send us unsolicited junk through email. The other variety includes comment form spam. See my comment form spam blog to learn more about what it is and how to control it. The following IP addresses I've ... | |
| Jan 21, 2009 | How do I configure a 301 redirect to reference a new primary domain (or website)? | Website Design & Development | Problem: I have lost controlling interest in my primary domain and now I have to convert and use a new/alternate domain, but this must be done without losing search engine rankings on my web pages. How do I set up a 301 redirect (what syntax) to make this happen, to use the new site ... | |
| Jan 21, 2009 | How do I configure a 301 redirect to reference a new primary domain (or website)? | htaccess | Problem: I have lost controlling interest in my primary domain and now I have to convert and use a new/alternate domain, but this must be done without losing search engine rankings on my web pages. How do I set up a 301 redirect (what syntax) to make this happen, to use the new site ... | |
| Jan 21, 2009 | How do I configure a 301 redirect to reference a new primary domain (or website)? | 301 redirect | Problem: I have lost controlling interest in my primary domain and now I have to convert and use a new/alternate domain, but this must be done without losing search engine rankings on my web pages. How do I set up a 301 redirect (what syntax) to make this happen, to use the new site ... | |
| Jun 17, 2008 | How do I create a decorative gradient background of dots, diamonds, or squares with GIMP? | GIMP | How do I use GIMP to create a decorative gradient background of dots, diamonds, or squares? Gnu Image Manipulation Program can be used to create decorative and repeating backgrounds. The following very simple tutorial can be used to create a gradient background of dots or circles ... | |
| Jun 17, 2008 | How do I create text with a border or stroke with GIMP | GIMP | This simple tutorial designed for GIMP 2.2 can be used to create an outline or stroke on text. If saved in .png or .gif format it can easily be incorporated into your website as a business name, organization name, etc. You can vary size, colors, gradient effects, font family etc. to suit your nee ... | |
| Jun 18, 2008 | How do I add an expires header to my website? | Website Design & Development | The purpose of an expires header is to set a future expiration date on identified file types so that they will remain in cached memory on the client computer. To add an expires header to your site add the following code to your .htaccess file in webroot: <FilesMatch ".(gif|jpg|jpeg|pn ... | |
| Sep 15, 2008 | How do I install or remove font packages on Ubuntu Linux using dpkg and aptitude | Operating system - Linux | In converting my development desktop from windows to Ubuntu linux I found that the linux install came with a completely different set of default fonts I used, and of course, was missing the custom ones I'd downloaded and installed on my windows PC. So, three things had to happen: Copy ... | |
| Sep 16, 2008 | Use 'tr' in a shell script to translate text case | Shell scripts | This tip is applicable to UNIX / Linux operating systems 'tr' is a command line utility which you can use to convert text to UPPER or lower case. To convert all the letters of the English alphabet found in a string to lower case do this at the UNIX command line: % sh (to switch to bou ... | |
| Sep 16, 2008 | Use 'tr' in a shell script to translate text case | shell script | This tip is applicable to UNIX / Linux operating systems 'tr' is a command line utility which you can use to convert text to UPPER or lower case. To convert all the letters of the English alphabet found in a string to lower case do this at the UNIX command line: % sh (to switch to bou ... | |
| Sep 16, 2008 | Use 'tr' in a shell script to translate text case | text translation tr | This tip is applicable to UNIX / Linux operating systems 'tr' is a command line utility which you can use to convert text to UPPER or lower case. To convert all the letters of the English alphabet found in a string to lower case do this at the UNIX command line: % sh (to switch to bou ... | |
| Sep 19, 2008 | Web page password protection using htpasswd and .htaccess | Website Design & Development | The easiest way to prevent folks from being able to cruise a folder on your website (without taking it off the net) is to implement htpasswd authentication on an Apache server. It is mind-bogglingly easy if you follow these instructions.Two files will need to be created, a .htaccess file ... | |
| Sep 19, 2008 | Web page password protection using htpasswd and .htaccess | htaccess | The easiest way to prevent folks from being able to cruise a folder on your website (without taking it off the net) is to implement htpasswd authentication on an Apache server. It is mind-bogglingly easy if you follow these instructions.Two files will need to be created, a .htaccess file ... | |
| Sep 19, 2008 | Web page password protection using htpasswd and .htaccess | password protection | The easiest way to prevent folks from being able to cruise a folder on your website (without taking it off the net) is to implement htpasswd authentication on an Apache server. It is mind-bogglingly easy if you follow these instructions.Two files will need to be created, a .htaccess file ... | |
| Sep 19, 2008 | Web page password protection using htpasswd and .htaccess | web site | The easiest way to prevent folks from being able to cruise a folder on your website (without taking it off the net) is to implement htpasswd authentication on an Apache server. It is mind-bogglingly easy if you follow these instructions.Two files will need to be created, a .htaccess file ... | |
| Sep 23, 2008 | Search engine optimization - Overview design for Boulder Writers Alliance EXPO Expert session | Search Engine Optimization / SEO | Overview: What is search engine optimization? Answer - It is the process of organically developing your website so as to increase your rankings of ... | |
| Sep 28, 2008 | Basic (simple) website security | Technology - Other | It can be a real pain the the neck if your website gets hacked. Not only does it leave doubt in your mind about the hosting provider as well as your internal processes, it can also be a real aggravation getting it restored. I'm not a security expert, however here are some things you can do to help p ... | |
| Sep 28, 2008 | How images can affect web page weight | Website Design & Development | Q: What can cause my website which does not have many pictures in it to load slowly? It doesn't take but one unoptimized or incorrectly used picture to cause a web page to load slowly. Here I explain some gotchas for using digital images and prepping them for use on a website. Ima ... | |
| Sep 28, 2008 | How images can affect web page weight | GIMP | Q: What can cause my website which does not have many pictures in it to load slowly? It doesn't take but one unoptimized or incorrectly used picture to cause a web page to load slowly. Here I explain some gotchas for using digital images and prepping them for use on a website. Ima ... | |
| Oct 23, 2008 | How do I set up a cronjob to work with PHP or Shell Scripts | PHP | A cronjob is a program that is set up to run according to a pre-determined schedule. It can be used to execute a PHP application or a shell script (#!/bin/sh, #!/bin/csh, etc). The examples I give here should work on a Linux, UNIX, BSD operating system. In my crontab I add the followin ... | |
| Oct 23, 2008 | How do I set up a cronjob to work with PHP or Shell Scripts | Shell scripts | A cronjob is a program that is set up to run according to a pre-determined schedule. It can be used to execute a PHP application or a shell script (#!/bin/sh, #!/bin/csh, etc). The examples I give here should work on a Linux, UNIX, BSD operating system. In my crontab I add the followin ... | |
| Oct 29, 2008 | How do I create a canvas to sit behind my images with GIMP | GIMP | Problem: I have a bunch of images which I want to use in either an image gallery or a slideshow. To do this the images all be of dimensions 360x270 pixels, however the images were previously cropped so are all over the place. You can create a canvas the size you need to sit behind the images and ... | |
| Dec 19, 2007 | How do I use PHP to list files in a directory? | PHP | To use PHP to list file (or directories) in a folder: <?php $folder = "/home/some_folder"; if ($handle = opendir("$folder")) { { while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) echo "File: $file"; { } closedir($handle); ?> ... |
