Category: Tutorials

Uploading WordPress files such as images in subfolders or root directory will increase your site loading performance. Well that is the observation of many web developers. Which is true because browsers need not to dig deep directories such as yourdomain.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads or if you install it in root directory you have yourdomain.com/wp-content/upload as container of your images or files. Now here’s a way to simplify the media files directory. I will present two ways and make sure to read through before you’ll start the changes or setup. Method 1. Uploading Images in root directory or sub-folder You can upload all images ... Read more

FeedBurner is one of the best way to make your readers return to your blog. This is a service that notifies your readers (once they subscribed) about your new blog entries. This is fast, easy to use and of course free. One way to publicize your feeds using in FeedBurner is to use subscription form however the html code of this form that they provide is too simple and style-free. The code below is the generic html code provided by FeedBurner. <form style=”border:1px solid #ccc;padding:3px;text-align:center;” action=”http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify” method=”post” target=”popupwindow” onsubmit=”window.open(‘http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=freedomwall/hJpT’, ‘popupwindow’, ‘scrollbars=yes,width=550,height=520’);return true”><p>Enter your email address:</p><p><input type=”text” style=”width:140px” name=”email”/></p><input type=”hidden” value=”freedomwall/hJpT” name=”uri”/><input type=”hidden” ... Read more

Photography is one of the new niches that I got interested recently and I would like to share some of my photos using this blog. Unfortunately, my post column width is too small to show large images. The tendency is to re-size the image and fit it into the narrow post column, and link the images to its direct URL which shows its original sizes. By doing this, your blog visitor will have to leave the site just to see the original image size or if you use target=”_blank” html code, images are shown in new window once clicked – ... Read more

When you want to start a blog, you will first think of your blog niche or topics you would like to write about such as personal, opinions or commentaries, tech news and reviews, or travel. You can also choose to have a multi-niche blog where you can publish articles of multiple genres. But take note that your blog’s success will depend on the quality of your contents, on how often you publish articles, and of course getting a traffic or blog visitors. Your blog’s traffic will depend on your SEO or search engine optimization techniques you utilize but if you ... Read more

Moving my blog from blogger to wordpress was a piece of cake. I use Blogger’s export option to migrate my blog. I save the XML file and converted it to a WordPress readable XML file using an online app. I then uploaded the converted file to WordPress import page and then everything is working well. I am too lucky that Blogger hosted my images at picasa and so, I do not need to upload such images to WordPress. However, I do need a lot of work with my video files. Blogger controls the number of characters of your slug while ... Read more

Why? Engaging in link exchange will create too much outbound links on your site. Outbound links or outcoming links are links or URLs found on your blog or website that when clicked lead to another site. Outbound links are usually URLs you collect from link exchange, blog referral banners or widgets, image and html links, and even the webpages you cite on your articles.  Note that too much outbound links decreases the authority of your website.  So what will happen? If you are really willing to build your site and get more traffic or visitors, you must establish higher content ... Read more

Do you have your own domain and would like to use it with Gmail? For example, you purchased yourowndomain.com and would like to have an email account such as admin@yourowndomain.com and you need a mail space that is bigger that the usual 100 – 200MB bundled email account from your domain registrar, then Gmail is a good choice for you. The concept is simple, replace gmail.com with yourowndomain.com but continue using Gmail service. With Gmail, you can have 7 GB+ of mail space and can create up to 50 mail accounts for your customized domain. No matter where you have bought ... Read more

I admit, Freedom Wall is hosted at Freehostia, but before that, I was using blogger and I was really disappointed when they (their virtual robot) tagged my blog as spam, thus, they put it offline and I eventually lost all my 200+ articles. Sad thing is, I wasn’t able to keep a backup. So, as a sort of advice make it as a habbit. Blog export is good way of backing up your blog because if you opt to change your host due to disappointment, you can always keep your articles’ publication dates. Yes, it was midst of 2010 when I lost ... Read more

Question: Can I create my own WiFi hotspot without a router or a MyFi device? Answer: Absolutely Yes! Question: What do I need to Begin Answer: A Windows 7 OS, a Laptop or Desktop of course and an internet connection (DSL, LAN, or WAN) Question: How do I begin? Answer: Download the Connectify software by clicking here After downloading, Install the application, make sure that you have a Windows 7 OS, this may not work with the previous versions. Run the application. You will have an application window that looks like below. Click Easy Setup Wizardto name your hotspot and ... Read more