WEBMASTER ADVICE
Practical information for website owners and businesses.
If you’ve deleted files from your computer, USB drive, or phone, they are quite likely still in your system. You still have options. First, check your recycle bin. If you don’t find it there, there are free file recovery programs. This popular choice works on most Windows systems: http://www.ccleaner.com/recuva Click the Scan button, and it […]
If you want to share a clip from Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, etc., but don’t want to share the whole long video, try: https://gifs.com/ Just paste in the link to your video. You can select where the animation begins and ends, or even add captions.
Yikes, blogs can be tricksy animals. Sometimes they run smoothly; sometimes not. Have you ever tried to reset your password in a self-hosted WordPress blog but then not been able to get back in?A recent client of mine locked himself (and us) out of the blog entirely. If you get into the same mess, there […]
TIP: from NeedWebmaster.com.Q. I’ve started my own web site (blog) and can upload photos, but they do not show. The article I wrote appears, but no graphics. Any advice?A. First, check the name of your image. The web will only recognize certain types of files, so the name should end with one of these extensions:.jpg.jpeg.gif.pngAnother […]
Today someone called and said they’d lost their user name and password to log into Windows XP.Fortunately, we were able to log into the administrative account, which saved the day. Here are the steps (thanks to trap17.com) :1. Click – START2. Click RUN3. Type “mmc” (Microsoft Management Console)A new window opens.4. Click FILE option5. Select […]
TIP: Want to convert your files to .pdf (portable document) format for free? Try this site:https://www.pdfonline.com/convert_pdf.asp