Category Archives: DoIT

How to display tags in WordPress 2.3

WordPress 2.3 allows you to tag posts. In the theme I use, to display the tags on your blog’s post you need to edit your ‘single.php’ file. Log in to your WordPress dashboard then select Presentation > Theme Editor Select … Continue reading

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How to set up Feedburner email subscriptions in WP Premium

Many thanks to Jeff Story for his useful instructions on how to set up FeedBurner email subscriptions in WP Premium thus saving me a greal deal of time trying to figure it out. Nice one Jeff.

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Make your own USB charger for a Nokia

Phone chargers left plugged in apparently use a lot of electricity so, why not ditch your conventional charger and make your own that charges from a USB port.

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Open DNS – safer, faster, smarter browsing

One of the reasons computers use the Domain Name System (DNS) is to ensure that when you type a web site’s address into your browser you’re directed to the correct site. The web is built on IP addresses (e.g. 64.233.167.100) … Continue reading

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DNS stuff

In episode 79 of Security Now (15/02/07), brought to you by the TWiT network, Steve Gibson and Leo talk about spam and spambots. They discuss the details of eMail “Received:” headers and explain how the examination of those headers can … Continue reading

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Excel tip – alternate row shading

I keep having to look up Excel’s Conditional Formatting feature to automatically shade alternate rows in a spreadsheet. Therefore, I’m including it here so that I know where to look it up next time I need to use the function. … Continue reading

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Your Hosts file

Back in February, I blogged about editing your Hosts file. The reason I used for doing this was to use your Hosts file to make it easier to log on to your networking hardware (router, modem, WAP, etc.). Steve and … Continue reading

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How to find your MAC address

This handy page from Fermilab will help you search for your MAC address(es).

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FreeNAS

If you need extra space for storing data or if you want if you want to store your data centrally on your LAN with some useful extra functionality I recommend you check out FreeNAS. FreeNAS is a free NAS (Network-Attached … Continue reading

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Synchronising contacts list – pt 1

How to maintain one list of contacts across many different devices, platforms and applications.

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