Archive for August, 2007
Monday, August 27th, 2007
I’ve heard about the Admin Drop Down menu plugin for WordPress for a while. I’ve even installed it a couple of times – or tried to. I got error messages, and finally found a comment stating it needed to be updated for WP 2.2.
Today I found the Lighter Admin Drop Down menu plugin, which I think I’m going to like even better anyway. It’s based on the original Admin Drop ...
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Saturday, August 18th, 2007
If you want to see who else is sitting on your IP, WhoIs makes you sign up for a free trial (for a paid service) to get the full listing. A better option is SEOLog’s reverse IP lookup. Punch in your IP and see all your “neighbors” instantly.
I’ve noticed when I look up some gambling spammers I’ve been getting lately, it’s unable to retrieve anything for that IP. I don’t ...
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Wednesday, August 15th, 2007
…and so I’m bookmarking this post on teaching yourself programming, just like Mark suggested.
Seriously, though. I know to make serious revenue, I need to learn how to create php tools or… something. Right now, my offline life is beyond overwhelming and I’m looking at the possibility of a very big hosting move. But one of these days.
ETA: his next bookmark post on programming.
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Tuesday, August 14th, 2007
Two sources I’ve just learned about for free photos to use online:
everystockphoto
freerangestock.com
Both sites have quite a bit of great stuff, and you can submit photos and get some revenue for it.
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Tuesday, August 14th, 2007
I’ve been playing with Microsoft power toys lately, like ClearType. There’s some great stuff available.
I love Alt-Tab, but when you have several Word or Firefox windows open, it’s hopeless trying to guess which one is the one you’re after. Fortunately, Microsoft offers a solution with the Alt-Tab power toy (download link here).
Tweak lets you change systems settings you didn’t know you could. Remember when it was your choice whether or ...
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Thursday, August 9th, 2007
Sometimes I’m dense. I didn’t notice that WordPress had stopped incorporating the automatic database backup feature as of the latest couple of versions because I have my backup emails filtered to go into their own folder where they don’t clutter my inbox.
It wasn’t until a site had trouble and the host re-installed a day-old backup (losing a number of visitor comments and even one post) that I realized I didn’t ...
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Wednesday, August 8th, 2007
WebWorkerDaily recommends a little freeware app called FireTune. It’s not an extension – you run it on your computer while Firefox is closed, and it automatically tweaks it for speed, according to whether you have a fast machine and connection, a slow machine and connection, or one of the combinations in between.
I’ve now been using it for three days, and I do notice a measurable improvement, especially at launch. Everything ...
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Tuesday, August 7th, 2007
Via Code and Coffee, I found a little freeware app that is seriously reducing my eyestrain: ClearType. There’s an online tool and a downloadable version. I downloaded.
It’s a very easy install. Then there’s a wizard that’s a lot like a trip to the eye doctor: you choose which print sample looks best to you out of a couple of groups, and then you’re all set.
This is the one thing I ...
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Monday, August 6th, 2007
Well, I’m calling this an anti-spam tool because that’s what it’s helping me do. It’s the Show IP Firefox extension, and it causes the IP of sites to show in your browser toolbar. But what’s really cool is the menu you get when you click the IP address in the toolbar. Right and left clicking bring up two separate sets of tools. With them, you can:
Instantly report the site to ...
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Friday, August 3rd, 2007
You know those really annoying three ancient posts on your blog that the spammers hit over and over for whatever reason? This plugin lets you set all posts over a certain age (as defined by the last time any approved comments were posted) to have their comments moderated – or shut down. You can decide how many days old a post thread should be before this happens, configure it differently ...
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