Google Alerts is another tool from Google that can send you e-mails for any particular search query. Its usefulness is all going to depend on how well of a search query you can craft, but out of the box it has ton of potential. This might be very useful to the webmaster running their own site or the consumer looking to keep up to date on an awesome upcoming product (like the … [Read more...]
Microsoft SuperPreview and BrowserShots – Your website in different browsers
Due to the way Internet Explorer is integrated with the Windows operating system and just the restrictions Microsoft puts on it in the first place, you can only have one version of IE on a machine at a time. Of course, I've covered Tredosoft's Multiple IE solution before, which does allow you to have more than one version, but Microsoft has just released (in beta) a solution … [Read more...]
Essential BBcodes for your phpBB Forum
BBcodes are a simple way of bringing added functionality to your forum in a user-friendly way while also protecting your site from vulnerabilities with general html/script access. I'm sure you've seen BBCodes before, they're the little grey buttons above the new post window. You can manually enter the BBCodes if you know them or just highlight text and click the button … [Read more...]
PHP Basics with WordPress and phpBB
With Wordpress 2.7 hitting the market for self-hosted Wordpress.org blogs, I've finally decided to make the jump. After reading some helpful tips regarding the 2.7 upgrade over at the Lorelle on Wordpress blog, I began making my own preparations for the upgrade and ran into a little more technical issue. Step 1 of the extended Upgrading Wordpress instructions states to … [Read more...]
My IP Neighbors – Find websites on your same server
If you use shared hosting, this reverse DNS look-up site can provide some insight into your server environment. Shared hosting is typically cheaper and can work perfectly fine with the right balance. If one website on your shared server is experiencing the Digg Effect, however, your site might go down as well. It might be time to look for new hosting if it happens too … [Read more...]