There are tons of tools out today for cleaning up your Windows based PC, so many that it is hard to wade through the good applications and the garbage. I will run through some great applications that I use myself to keep my PC spotless. Best of all, these applications will not cost you a penny! All of the items I will talk about can be found at their developer’s website or through a site called FileHippo.com, which is a great centralized hub for free software.
Win a WordPress Package Worth Over $300 from TechKing!
Here is the final contest of the week and I am sure you will not be disappointed. It is Thanksgiving in the US but we wanted to show thanks to all of our readers with this great prize.
WordPress Security: How to Protect Your Site
To finish up WordPress week I thought I would go over how to secure your WordPress site to prevent those with malicious intent from hacking you. People put a lot of time building their site and don’t bother with any type of security. This is the equivalent of building a house and not putting doors on it. While some of you may enjoy this lifestyle those of you who don’t will definitely benefit from this guide.
Win a Viva Theme and Six Months Hosting from Site5!
We are very pleased to bring you our third giveaway of the week. Today’s contest is going to be a bit different since we are not going to have one winner but three!
Top 10 Must Read WordPress Sites
Today I am going to list my Top 10 favorite WordPress sites. These sites are great for WordPress tutorials, tips, tricks, news and anything else to do with everyones favorite CMS/blogging software. It is safe to say that if you need to know something about WordPress one of these sites is going to have the info you are looking for.
Win a Premium WordPress Theme from Press75
We are continuing our giveaways for WordPress week, today we have a premium WordPress themes from Press75. Press75 has been making great looking WordPress themes since 2008. If you are in the market for a new theme you should check them out.
Beginners Guide to Extending WordPress with Plugins
The plugin system WordPress uses is one of the things that makes it such a great platform. You can use plugins to customize functionality of your WordPress site to do practically anything you want. There are well over 12,000 plugins that can be found in the WordPress plugins directory. You can find plugins for everything from managing SEO to adding a contact form to your site to selling mail order brides (check local laws before doing this). There are two ways to install plugins. I will go over both methods.
Win an unlimited access pass to Elegant Themes for one year!
We are very excited to announce that our first giveaway for WordPress week is a one year unlimited access pass to Elegant Themes. If you are not familiar with the work of Elegant Themes then please go check them out now. If you are familiar then you know how awesome the WordPress themes they offer are.
The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Installing WordPress
It goes without saying WordPress is extremely popular and thanks to applications like Fantastico the installation is practically effortless. Back in my day when we weren’t walking to school up hill both ways in a snow storm without shoes we were manually installing WordPress. While these one-click apps you find in your hosing control panels are nice I think it is a good idea to learn how to install it manually first. Once you are comfortable with the manual installation you can choose to use one of these auto install programs if you wish. So lets get to it!
A Geek’s Guide to Black Friday Deals *UPDATED*
It is hard to believe Black Friday is only a week away and because of this it is time to start asking the tough questions. Questions like: What are the best deals? Where are the best deals? and Why don’t they call it Black and Blue Friday? Seriously though, why don’t they? I mean, people are out there beating the crap out of each other to save a few bucks on a DVD player. That little old lady who plays bingo with your grandma and sings in the church choir will brain you with her shoe if you stand between her and the last $200 laptop. I guess what I am trying to say is, Black Friday brings out the best in people. It also brings out some awesome deals on computer gadgets and electronics.
What Operating System is Right for You?
Even today, the vast majority of users have one or other version of Windows installed on their computers and this is the only operating system that they know, but Mac OS X and Linux are two other great operating systems that come with their loyal supporters as well.
Creating Mirror Reflections in Photoshop
In this tutorial, we are going to learn how to create or mimic a mirror reflection to an object using Photoshop. The first part is going to learn the basics of creating a simple reflection of text or image object. Now in your work space, you got to have already an object that you need to create a reflection with.
What to Consider When Going Mobile With Your Web Site
Just like any other businessman, I too have this strong desire to empower users to sign up for and buy my services any time they want, using any device that can connect to the Internet. However things such as budgeting, potential for revenue, and the type of business you have are the kind of annoying “practical” realities that always come in the way.
The Most Popular Web Programming Langues
The most popular programming language today is Java, followed closely by C, and then C++, PHP, JavaScript, Python, C#, Perl, SQL, and Ruby. This is a statistic based on large amount of data, which takes into account the job trends, total number of projects, books sold, Web searches, open source projects, discussion sites, and other criteria. However, not all of the above-mentioned are web-programming languages as some of them are mostly used to develop desktop software rather than web applications.
Web Browser Shuffle: How User’s Preferences have Changed Over the Years [Infographic]
It doesn’t seem like that long ago when Netscape Navigator was my browser of choice and I thought you couldn’t get any better than a resolution of 1024×768. Google Chrome is now my preferred Web Browser and 1680×1050 is my current resolution. It will be interesting to see what we are using 10 or 20 years from now.