How do you normally check for updates from your favorite websites and blogs? In other words, how do you know if I have posted a new post on my blog? Well, the answer is simple. You will have to visit the sites using your browser and check them one by one. You’ll perhaps spend a […]
Category Archives: Tips and Tricks
FATAL ERROR: register_globals is disabled in php.ini, please enable it!
My job involves a certain amount of programming and sometimes when the odd strikes a little tiny bit of web design. Today, a friend called up and asked me to check his website which shows “FATAL ERROR: register_globals is disabled in php.ini, please enable it!” error message on his OSCommerce powered storefront. That happens all […]
How to run multiple instances of Windows Live Messenger (MSN)
I am sure by now you have enjoyed to the max the excitement of putting a web messenger on your website or blog. Your visitors can now chat and interact with you directly. Your website or blog has become more lively and interactive! First in Malaysia (after mine lar)!!! 🙂 You may have also grabbed […]
Scalable Inman Flash Replacement – sIFR
The tongue twisting Scalable Inman Flash Replacement may sound alien to you and me, but this may be something worth looking into and trying especially for web developers. This is a new technology that can beautify your simple and boring looking text on web pages, such as those on this example sIFR page. Look at […]
WordPress permalinks migration plugin
The other day we introduced you to the beautiful permalinks which are search engines friendly and easy to the eyes. You are definitely convinced to change your ugly number based default permalinks to the search engine and user friendly version but you also wonder if you will lose visitors because of broken links due to […]
Use search engine friendly Permalink for your wordpress posts
First of all, what are permalinks? Permalinks are the the URLs or addresses to your blog posts, as well as categories and other lists of your postings. A permalink is what another website or blog will use to link to your post or page. Since the URL to a blog post should not change and […]
Backup your wordpress database the easy way
I know you understand that it’s important to backup your WordPress database but sometimes you say to yourself “Yeah, I will backup my WordPress database tomorrow”. But tomorrow never comes! Ask yourself, when was the last time you did the backup? 3 months ago? 🙂 Actually, it’s pretty easy to do a database backup in […]
How much is a text link worth on my site?
If you wonder how much is an advertiser is willing to pay for a text link on your website, then this free Text Link Ads Calculator from Text Link Ads might be useful to you. It’s very easy to use it. Just enter your website URL and a few other simple information, and within a […]
How to install new fonts in Windows
There are several ways to do this, we look at the easiest way first. Well, simply copy and past the font files into the Fonts folder in Windows, which typically located in “C:\Windows\Fonts\” Easy eh?
Show friendly error messages on ASP pages
It’s frustrating when you are doing your programming and errors keep popping up but you don’t know what’s wrong with your codes because the error messages are too friendly. That’s what happened to me when I tried my ASP program on this new IIS7 which I have just installed. Bloody hell, the error message from […]