Focused advertising is, to some, a real problem. Some people don’t like to have advertising companies knowing about their particular browsing habits. I happen to be one of those people. I despise Bankers, Insurance companies, and Politicians– not necessarily in that order. They all have […]
Microsoft’s generosity of late has been nothing short of astounding. Not only did they give away Visual Studio 13 Update 4 and Microsoft Expression Web last week, but they are now giving away a ton of music. I just downloaded nearly 4GB of titles and didn’t put
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Microsoft has been, for the most part, of an isolationist mentality. That is, they made their fortune with an apparently strict ideal of focused software production, keeping their information proprietary and close to the cuff. I will hazard a guess that Satya Nadella, the heir
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A Long Road This has been a long trip. Quite a few lengthy articles about the WordPress software and running your own web site. WordPress is such a huge subject that in order to write a comprehensive guide would literally need a whole book– perhaps more
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Speed– that is the singular thing for which we all strive. It doesn’t matter if you are a casual user of computers or a power geek. Speed is the ultimate destination. When you point your mouse at something and click, you want it to
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Catch Up For those who would like to catch up with previous articles in this series, here they are: WordPress – How To Have Your Own Web Site – Introduction WordPress – How To Have Your Own Web Site – What You’ll Need WordPress –
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Search Engine Optimization, or SEO for short, is an important part of web site design. There is actually a setting in WordPress that lets you shut off, or deny, access to search engines. Unless you want to set up a web page strictly for personal
This is the sixth installment of the on-going WordPress series and I’d like to talk about security. Security is an important aspect of any computer user’s thoughts. There are tons of bad guys out there and they don’t merely focus on the normal every day user. They
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This may be out of sequence a bit, but I thought Themes, Plug-ins, Widgets and Headers ought to come before delving into the intricacies of Search Engine Optimization (SEO). WordPress is a system that allows you to do just about anything when it comes to changing
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Kangaroos are cute. Kangaroos are neat animals that live in a place called Australia. Jim does, too. James Hillier, as many of you know, lives in Australia. He is our beloved DCT editor and probably knows something about kangaroos. I haven’t asked him of late
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When I install a new Windows operating system on a computer there are several steps I take in a particular order. One of the things I do, after paying attention to all the necessary drivers and such, is install all those utilities and applications that
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In this fourth installment of the series I would like to talk about the WordPress Dashboard and cPanel. To make sure we’re on the same page here, let me point out a definition of terms. “Dashboard” and “Back End” refer to the same thing. They
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Solid State Drives (SSD) are the new kids on the block in the computer hardware neighborhood. As far as upgrades go, SSD’s and RAM are the best two to address if you want your computer to run faster– much faster. SSD’s have dropped in price
What is a Firewall? – Hardware vs Software As the image suggests, it is an enforced protection between your computer and the rest of the world. There are both hardware firewalls and software firewalls that you can implement on your computer system. Let’s talk about
