Archive for the ‘Tips’ Category

“FameId Menu” Gives an Extra Professional Look to Your Web Pages

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

While designing websites, I came across a marvelous product which allows to make very nice menus. It’s called FameID Flash XML Menu. It is practical, intuitive and easy to insert in any website.
What is also important: it is free.
Those of you who are interested in giving your webpages an extra professional look can get it here!

Windows XP: Organize the “All Programs” Menu in Alphabetical Order

Sunday, August 24th, 2008

When you install new programs, Windows XP adds them to the end of your ‘All Programs’ menu, rather than inserting them in the correct alphabetical order. So, in your ‘All Programs’ Menu, you might find that, after installing and uninstalling many applications, items appear in a seemingly random order. After some time, it becomes difficult to find a program that may be hidden somewhere in a maze of program folders and files. There is thus a necessity to regularly re-sort the menu items in alphatical order.
So, How to Sort the Windows XP ‘All Programs’ menu by name?
It is very simple:
1. Click “Start” -> “All Programs”.
2. Right-click on any entry in the “All Programs” menu.
3. Choose “Sort by Name”.

The menu items are then displayed in alphabetical order - first the folders in alphabetical order, then individual programs in alphabetical order. This naturally makes it easier to find an application.

Conflict Skype & Apache: Apache won’t start in Xampp Control Panel

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

I’ve been struggling for days, trying to start Apache in the Xampp Control Panel on my laptop. I was always getting a message:

Busy…
Apache started [port 80]
At the end, I discovered that my Skype program was configured to use port 80 as an alternative for incoming calls. When I unchecked that option, everything was fine. I am now able to start Apache, without problem.
I felt it necessary to share this, in case somebody comes across the same problem.

Tip: Use Article Marketing to Boost the Ranking of your Website

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

Article marketing is certainly one of the best and cost-effective means to generate more links to your website.
You need to write a few quality articles relevant to the topic of your website every month.
You have then to submit those articles to major ezine and article submission sites.
Obviously, make sure to include your website’s URL in the body of your article when allowed, or in the paragraph of the resource box where you talk about the author.