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How to add images to your WordPress RSS feed
I just realised the WordPress RSS feed doesn’t include the post images, so I had to look for a plugin which would perform this task. After trying a few, the only one that worked well (also when using Yoast SEO) was SB RSS Feed plus. This is a free plugin and can be found when […]
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Free PSD templates and plugins
Finding free PSD templates can be a very time consuming process. Yes I’ve experienced this myself. So I thought I’d better list the sites which have free templates and plugins for Adobe Photoshop. Here’s a short list: Free PSD Template Download DO YOU LIKE WHAT YOU’VE READ?Join our subscription list and receive our content right […]
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Top 5 WordPress Article Sponsorship Plugins
Here’s a list of my Top 5 WordPress Article Sponsorship Plugins. The one that I’m actually using for this site is called Sponsor My Articles 1. Sponsor My Articles ($17.00) This WordPress Plugin was released in April 2014 and seems to be the most powerful plugin available. It has the following features: Ability to set […]
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Linux Text Browser – Lynx
The text tool that I use on a Linux system to browse the Internet is called lynx. All you need to do is open up the terminal (I use putty) and enter: Lynx lynx www.google.com Press a to accept the cookie This will open up www.google.com.au – the text version Use the arrow keys […]
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How to add Arabic Text in Photoshop CS5
I can’t speak or write in Arabic but had to use Photoshop to create an image with some arabic text. I didn’t realise that Photoshop doesn’t display the correct Arabic text. It was pointed out to me at a later stage by someone that I didn’t even know. In any case, here’s what I had […]
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How to enable GZIP on a WAMP server
There’s a few way to enable GZIP on a WAMP server and here’s what I did to get mine working. This was tested with WAMP version 2.2 WHY ENABLE GZIP? This will increase the speed it takes to load your website. Data is compressed before it is sent and decompressed at the receiver end. This process […]
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How I doubled website traffic and increased SEO rankings
This is a continuation of a post I wrote last year called SEO tips and tricks proven to work. I decided to spend some time to look at a company’s website which use to ranked very high in Google (1st Page) and had lots of traffic but over the past year it dramatically dropped. I believe […]
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LinkedIn Issue not displaying description and image from WordPress
So I tried sharing a WordPress blog post on LinkedIn and discovered that LinkedIn wasn’t displaying the description and thumbnail image from the Open Graph meta tags. I thought it could have been the actual post, so I tried different posts and received the same results. WAS THE ISSUE WITH LINKEDIN? No, but firstly let […]
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How to test your website speeds
Here’s a few websites to use to test the speed of your website: GOOGLE PAGESPEED The PageSpeed family of tools is designed to help you optimize the performance of your website. PageSpeed Insights products will help you identify performance best practices that can be applied to your site, and PageSpeed optimization tools can help you […]
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How to extract vdmk files from Veeam backups
Veeam is a great Windows tool to create and restore VM (Virtual Machine) backups. The file extension for Veeam backups is vbk and inside this file are the VM ware files such as vdmk, vmfx, and nvram. In order to extract the vmdk file you need to use a tool called “Extract” which can be […]
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Launcher Dock – Automatically Start and Dock your programs
If you’re looking for a Windows based program to automatically start and dock your programs then have a look at Launcher Dock. WHAT IS LAUNCHER DOCK? It’s a free Windows tool that allows you to automatically start a given program. All you need to do is to run the program you want and then select […]
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How to automatically connect to the Internet using a USB modem
If you have a USB modem and need to automatically connect to the Internet here’s what you need to do on a Windows OS (Windows 7 to be exact) SETUP INSTRUCTIONS – USB MODEM Install the drivers and make sure you can connect to the Internet using the USB modem In the run command type […]
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