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 want your [...]
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 can [...]