If you're running your own website or contemplating doing so, you know that there are upfront costs to the hobby. I started running my own website here, 404 Tech Support, and hoped to cover the costs of hosting and domain registration by displaying ads on my web site. First things first, you'll want to try to reduce your costs as much as possible. If you're just starting out, … [Read more...]
404 Tech Support Theme Redesign and WordPress Theme Resources
If you've checked the site in the last two days, you may have already seen the new theme that 404 Tech Support is sporting. In the time since I activated the new theme I've been doing some tweaks and getting in depth with how WordPress themes work so that I could get it to behave just as I wanted. Here are some of the resources I found useful from start to finish for finding … [Read more...]
The Best WordPress Plug-Ins
The base WordPress is very functional on its own, but its extensibility is another great feature that can really help improve a blog's performance and make it your own. Below I've listed a number of the WordPress plug-ins that I use and would recommend. Each plug-in listed has a link to its homepage and a small blurb about it describing my experience with it. All are compatible … [Read more...]
How to Organize Smilies on your phpBB3 forum
Smilies (or emoticons) are far from essential for a phpBB forum, but they add some variety and humor while allowing posters to express themselves in different ways. I find having a variety of smilies a great addition to any board, but if you get too many they quickly become an unorganized mess. This article is a write-up of some of the tips and tricks that I've employed to … [Read more...]
Open All Unread in One Click – a phpBB3 Mod
It's a rare and exciting opportunity when I get to introduce something I've developed. I'm an administrator for a small phpBB forum and I've regularly installed mods to tweak the behavior of phpBB to match my user's needs. I did some looking around but couldn't find anything to match a direct request I had: Open all the unread posts in one click instead of having to click each … [Read more...]