Archive for December, 2008
Removing IMG (image) border using CSS
Most people use an editor when creating blogging or creating their website. Adding an image to the website and/or blog entry is simple because most editors have a button that prompts for the source of the image and then creates the code with the proper alignment. For example: <p><img alt=”” src=http://www.yourdomain.com/your-image /></p> Well, if you [...]
How to change MySQL root password
I read a great blog today about SQL tricks for WordPress and thought I would create an additional SQL blog about an issue a co-worker and I ran into a while ago…”How to change MySQL root password”. This blog assumes that you have shell access to the server that is running your MySQL database. If you only have [...]
WordPress 2.7 is released
The long anticipated WordPress 2.7 was released. It has a great new design to it’s admin page and lot of great new features which you can read about here. Also, below is a video that you can watch that illustrates some of the new benefits.
5 easy steps to create a Web 2.0 icon using Gimp
This blog will teach you how to create a button for your website that has a nice look and feel to it. The contents of this post were created using Gimp version 2.6.2. So, the screens might look a little different than your version. You can get the latest version and documentation from the Gimp [...]
How to install WordPress
I have seen many people asking for help on the internet on how to install WordPress so I thought that I would create a post that would hopefully be a good enough explanation for first timers. This blog assumes that you already have hosting and a domain name setup. If you don’t, we can help [...]
How to add PHP code to a WordPress widget
It wasn’t until recently that I have ever had a need to put PHP code into a WordPress widget. This was due to a plugin that I downloaded called Flashfader. This plugin provides the ability to put a Flash on your WordPress blog that will rotate pictures. The only way to use this is with [...]
Easiest way to backup your desktop
Have you ever stopped to think about what might happen if you lost your all the data on your hard drive? All of those E-mails, music you’ve downloaded, pictures of the kids, documents that you’ve written, school work you’ve created, etc. How much time and money would be lost? Depending on the scenario, sometimes data [...]