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Rescuing Your Computer From a Virus

Emily — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 19:33:17 +0000

AVG is a very good anti-virus program – every Windows user should have it! They also have come out with a way to make a bootable CD or USB stick so you can start an infected system and clean it up.

AVG Resecue CD

The best time to make the rescue device is before you need it, so don’t delay making your CD!

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One Word Domain Names

Emily — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 17:25:45 +0000

This site is rather interesting if you’re looking for a domain name made of a single word. If you are considering a .net address, I would suggest checking the .com version to make sure nothing bad is there, since your (potential) customers may mis-type the URL.

Last Words Left

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Filling in PDF forms, online

Emily — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 03:07:33 +0000

Here’s a neat site where you can upload a PDF, then fill it in. I tried it out and it works great!

Fill any PDF

For your security, do not use this service for forms which ask for your credit card or other sensitive information.

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Grading Your Web Site

Emily — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:50:36 +0000

Here’s a really neat resource for getting all kinds of useful information about your web site:

Grader.com

The Web Site Grader program will give suggestions for getting better results in the search engines. One of my favorites on this site is the Gobbledygook Grader… it tells you if you’re using outdated phrases or too much industry jargon on your pages. Neat!

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Online Data Backup Resources

Emily — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:10:28 +0000

As we move more of our stuff into the “cloud” of internet computers, we need a way to get a copy of the important stuff. Here’s an article which details different ways to get at your data.

Free Tools to Backup Your Online Accounts – from Lifehacker

As always, if you need any help with backup, contact us.

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Gmail Trick to Defeat Sponsored Ads

Emily — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:28:48 +0000

Today’s Lifehacker brought a very interesting tip. To stop sponsored ads from appearing alongside an email in gmail, simply include the following two sentences somewhere in your email:

I enjoy the massacre of ads. This sentence will slaughter ads without a messy bloodbath.

Cool!

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Tips for Description Meta Tags

Emily — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:18:30 +0000

I just love Web Marketing Today for advice on all things SEO. This is an area where I only dabble… I know the basics and am trying to learn more about it so I can help our clients get better search engine rankings. Here’s a really good article about how to make the best description meta tags:

How to Get Compelling Descriptions into Your Search Results

If you’re using WordPress, you’ll want to get the All in One SEO plugin, which allows you to set meta tags for every page and post.

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Tool to Create a Palette from an Image

Emily — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:42:16 +0000

Here’s a really neat tool which will tell you all of the colors in a picture you upload, plus it will give suggestions on complimentary color palettes. It comes in handy when building a web site around a logo or picture.

Pictaculous

You can email yourself (or your webmaster) the results, too!

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Help Your Tech Support!

Emily — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:53:30 +0000

Sometimes when you’re on the phone with support, they want to know things about your computer, like what operating system you’re using, or what browser. Here’s a site which can help you answer those questions with ease!

Support Details

Simply visit the site and the answers will be revealed. It even has a nice feature to email the details!

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Time to Upgrade Your WordPress

Emily — Sun, 25 May 2008 02:22:01 +0000

There’s a new version of WordPress out – 2.5.1 – and it is sweet. The biggest change is in the admin interface… it’s been redesigned to be more user-friendly and visually appealing. It’s been rearranged, but it’s easy to get used to the new layout. My other favorite new feature is one-click plugin upgrades, which means when a new version of one of your plugins comes out, you just click the upgrade link and away you go. No muss, no fuss downloading, unzipping and uploading. Just one click!! And of course, with this type of thing you always want to be sure you have a good backup before you start upgrading either WordPress or your plugins.

The tagging feature in WordPress is really nice, too. It allows you to be more precisely classify your posts, kind of like subcategories or keywords. Once you get some tags going, you can put a “tag cloud” in your sidebar and people can browse your blog entries by clicking on the tags.

One problem I had after upgrading was uploading images, and I found out it’s a problem with Flash (since I’m running Linux, I may not have the latest and greatest). So, as usual, a plugin saved the day. I found a forum thread about the problem and the solution was down at the bottom: a plugin to disable the Flash uploader. After installing the plugin, I’m able to upload and manage files just fine.

This upgrade is definitely recommended. Your need at least PHP version 4.3 and MySQL version 4.0… any modern web host should meet or exceed those requirements. If your host doesn’t have these things, you need to think about changing web hosting. Here’s a host we like. If you need any help getting upgraded, please let us know – we’re happy to assist!

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