Category Archives: How To

How To Get Out of WordPress Maintenance Mode

It is a very bad problem if your wordpress update fails if you have wordpress 3.0 installed. Because WordPress automatically puts you blog into “maintenance mode” when you update plugins or your core install and redirects all traffic to a … Continue reading

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How to Install CS4 Onto a Computer Without a DVD Drive

Now that CS5 is officially out, it is impossible to get a hold of the free trials of the Adobe CS4 software. You used to be able to just download the trial software and then input your serial number and … Continue reading

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Does W3-Cache Really Affect Page Load Times?

WordPress w3 total cache is one of the most downloaded plugins in the official wordpress plugin repository. W3 Total Cache supposedly compresses your wordpress pages into html so that the page is smaller and loads faster. I wanted to verify … Continue reading

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Caffeine Can Help Headaches

Did you know that one of the active ingredients in Excedrin is caffeine? Well it is, and it is there for a reason. One of the main causes of headaches is the swelling of blood vessels in the head. When … Continue reading

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How To Improve Your Productivity on A Laptop

I currently do almost all of my computing on a laptop nowadays. There are some things that laptops are better at than desktops, and vice-versa. One thing they do badly is, allowing you to work uninhibited. There are three things … Continue reading

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How to Spoof Your User Agent in Chrome

Today I decided to join the fight against, IE 6, the dreadfully bad web browser still used by businesses, and grandmas everywhere. I encourage everyone to help by downloading this plugin for WordPress, to show our hatred of this wretched … Continue reading

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How to Downgrade/Upgrade a Borked WordPress Install

If you happen to upgrade your WordPress self-hosted install to the newest version(especially Beta and Alpha versions) and all the sudden everything is messed and the admin dashboard is unavailable.  This recently happened to me(yesterday) and here is how to … Continue reading

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How to Get Around Not Having a DVD Drive

One of the main complaints people have with netbooks is their lack of a DVD drive. These days it is once in a blue moon that you actually need to use a DVD drive. But there is a very easy fix to get around this limitation. Continue reading

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