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Month August 2012

Splitting a String in Javascript

You can parse out a string to split or extract the information as follows:

Hiring a Webmaster

So, you’ve decided to hire a webmaster. Before you hire the first guy who walks though your door, here are some things you should consider when preparing the statement of work: Number of Required Resources: Realistically, will one person be… Continue Reading →

Basic HTML Course in 5 Minutes or Less

An HTML file is simply a text file with an HTML filename extension like index.htm or mypage.html. A filename extension and is letters that appears after the rightmost period, in this case .htm or .html. HTML files can be edited… Continue Reading →

Make a Powerpoint Presentation Deck Automatically Run When You Double Click on It

To make a deck automatically start playing when you double click on it, simply save it a PowerPoint Show (.ppsx or .pps) instead of a PowerPoint Presentation (.pptx or pps). For older .ppt files, you can use is to just rename… Continue Reading →

PowerPoint 2010 Tip: Removing Speakers Notes / Comments / Annotations

Here is a quick tip on how to easily remove speakers notes in Powerpoint. This new feature was not available in previous versions (maybe in 2007). Back then, each note had to be removed manually. Here are the 5 easy… Continue Reading →

Overcoming Fear

Everyone feels fear at some point or another. Even the bravest souls in the world feel fear. It can be paralyzing and prevent you from accomplishing the things you want to do. While most people think the trick to overcoming… Continue Reading →

Interpersonal Skills That Can Change Your Life

Want to improve your relationship with your spouse, children, employer, employees, customers, strangers or even yourself? It’s not complicated. Stop focusing on yourself! Start seeing things from their perspective. The following are the cornerstone interpersonal skills to master that can change your… Continue Reading →

The 5 Year Cycle of Creative People

While there are many people in the world who are quite content to go do their job every day until the moment they retire, there are also people who can’t seem to stay happy in a job for more than… Continue Reading →

Adding a Transparent Caption to Photos

There are times when, instead of placing the caption to your photo below it, you might want to overlay it. You can accomplish this in a relatively simply way by first adding the following to your list of styles: And… Continue Reading →

Securing Your WiFi Router

Here are a few ideas for securing your wireless WiFi router: Changing the SSID on your router — This will make it harder for people to identify your router and any known security issues it may have. Disabling the broadcasting… Continue Reading →

The Process of Developing Content For Your Website

The basic framework of any website includes the following elements: Welcome/Home page — This is the page that creates the connection with your customers. If you fail to capture their attention and make them feel like you understand them, they… Continue Reading →

About Web Hosting Services

Web Hosting Service providers have computers permanently connected to the Internet which stores the files and information. This allows them to make your website available to visitors on the Internet 24 hours a day 365 days per year, even when your… Continue Reading →

Preventing Firefox from Re-opening My Tabs

Upon starting it up, FireFox will by default reload all of the tabs that were open at the time that FireFox was last closed by using its built in Session Restore feature. You can change this start up option in… Continue Reading →

Moderating Comments in WordPress

I believe in freedom of speech and will normally allow good and bad comments alike to appear on my blog as long as they are not offensive or abusive. However there are automated computers out there just go around from… Continue Reading →

Changing Your Email Address in WordPress

Want to change your email address in WordPress? There are actually two places you might want to do this: Your Profile and WordPress General Settings Your Personal Profile Login to WordPress as admin Click on Users in the left-hand menu… Continue Reading →

Promote Your Church Using Social Media – Facebook, Twitter, QR Codes, Email, SMS

The church is one of the most socially connecting groups of people in the world. They meet each week, sometimes even twice a week and are connected through all forms of social connections such as email, telephone, mail, social networks,… Continue Reading →

Bullets in IE9 or IE10 Beside Float Left Image

Only in IE9 and IE10 can you find bullets that decide to join the image instead of staying with the text. In some situations, the bullets will even end up under the image leaving you wondering where they went. Cross-browser… Continue Reading →

Productivity Tip: Add www. and .com to any web address instantly

Did You Know? If you just type “google” (or any other web site name) as an address in your web browser, it will add the http://www. before and .com after the word when you press CTRL-ENTER instead of just ENTER. Bonus… Continue Reading →

Windows Logo Key Shortcuts

Ever wonder what the Windows keys are for on your keyboard? Here are a few of my most often used favourites: Windows: Display Start menu. Windows + B: Set focus to the taskbar Windows + Break: Display system properties dialog… Continue Reading →

Enabling [shortcodes] in WordPress Widgets

Some WordPress shortcodes seem to work in Text widgets while others don’t. Here is how to make all your shortcodes work. While installing Ultimate TinyMCE might not be the first thing to come to mind as as the solution, installing  it not… Continue Reading →

Removing Duplicate Home Link in TwentyTen WordPress Theme

Couldn’t be easier. Just add the following to the function.php file locate in the twentyten folder or it’s child theme folder: function removeHome( $args ) {   remove_filter(‘wp_page_menu_args’, ‘twentyten_page_menu_args’);   $args[‘show_home’] = false;    return $args; } add_action( ‘after_setup_theme’, ‘removeHome’ );

Virtually the Future in Computing

Have you see the demo video for Project Natal? Artificial intelligence has been coming for years now. Many people thought it would be mainstream by now. Maybe it is behind closed doors. Although the AI component of Project Natal is… Continue Reading →

Adobe Acrobat Links to Developer Resources

To enable the JavaScript Debugger for LiveCycle Designer ES Inside the Acrobat Javascript SDK (about 1 hour) Javascript for Acrobat Developer Centre Strategies for Debugging PDF Javascript PDFScripting.com AcroDialgs — A better Javascript Dialogue Box Designing Tool

Microsoft Word Numbering Explained

Here are some excellent references for figuring out outline numbering styles in MS Word. The third link below by Shauna Kelly really helped me out and helped me stabilise outline numbering so it would stop breaking. Word Numbering FAQ Automatic Numbering… Continue Reading →

Conducting Interviews

The purpose of an interview is to assess the skills, experience, and cultural fit of your potential employee. These articles will help you prepare to conduct an effective interview: Interview Tips and Interview Techniques — This page includes lots of… Continue Reading →

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