Change / Preview Theme on Live Blog in Background

When I started blogging for the first time, changing themes wasn’t an issue because my blog was almost empty with respect to content and the traffic was too less to call my blog a live one. So, I used to just fiddle around whenever I had to change theme and it didn’t really matter to me …

Import Your Online WordPress Blog to Localhost

We recently talked about installing a fresh copy of WordPress on your localhost or computer. Now we will tell you about importing your current online blog to localhost to make an exact copy. To proceed with this, you must know about localhost, so, it’s highly recommended that you read about installing the fresh copy of …

Increase / Change MySQL Import Size in PHPMyAdmin

By default the size limit for importing MySQL database is 2 MB. To increase this limit you will have to change the php.ini file which can be located in C:\WAMP\BIN\Apache\php.ini if you are using WAMP. Search upload_max_filesize upload_max_filesize represents the size of one file which you can import. Change  it’s value to the desired size, …

How to Install WordPress on Localhost or Your Own Computer

We sometimes need to test things out with wordpress like plugins and themes before applying them on the live sites. The best way to do that is by installing wordpress on your harddrive for testing purposes. Since PHP is a server side scripting language and needs to be translated, you will have to make your …

Create Usernames / Vanity URLs for Facebook Fan Page

Like you can set usernames for your Facebook profiles (facebook.com/hamaddar), Facebook also allows you to set usernames for your fan pages. Facebook doesn’t explicitly provide you options to do so but it allows you to create them. To create username for fan page: Follow this link. You will be asked to choose username for your …

UNetbootin: Create Bootable Live USBs from ISOs

Recently I talked about Live Android 0.2 and how to make a live USB for that. I thought to make a separate post to explain how to create live USBs considering its usefulness. UNetbootin is an extremely useful portable application which lets you create bootable live USBs from ISOs. By using this application, you can …

Download/Run Live Android 0.2 for Desktops, Netbooks (Live CD/USB)

Google has recently released a computer version of android, which can be used in desktops, netbooks and laptops. All you need to do is download the ISO image, mount it on a CD and boot your system with that CD. No installations required, run it live like a portable application. Proceed in the following way: …

Video Capture Your Screen with Camtasia

A couple of days ago, I had to create a video tutorial for a friend to help him out with a problem. He couldn’t really understand the text instructions I gave to him through IM. At that, I looked around for a software to record and video capture the screen to make a video tutorial. …

Remove/Edit Copyrights and Meta From Mp3 (Audios) & Videos

If you download Mp3 and video files frequently, you must already be familiar with copyrights and meta information on the files. Most of the sites put their copyrights on the audio files. So, when the file gets distributed, others may know who leaked the file or from where was it downloaded. If you want to …

5 Ways to Create a Million Backlinks Innovatively

When I talk about innovativeness, this is certain that I am not talking about stupid applications or spamming machines to increase your backlinks. While there are many reasons which make you rank good at search engines, what brings things in competition is the number of links to your site by other sites called backlinks. You …