October 2007 Archives
Yes, it's happening! My site now shows PR 3. From zero to 3, not bad.
My other sites also have changed, some have dropped, others have gained.
What's interesting, that my blog-based sites have gotten the best pagerank updates.
And the ones that have lost it were not updated for a long time, like couple of times a year. Yeah, i know, it's almost like a dead site (and Google knows it too).
Check your pagerank here - livepr.raketforskning.com!
My other sites also have changed, some have dropped, others have gained.
What's interesting, that my blog-based sites have gotten the best pagerank updates.
And the ones that have lost it were not updated for a long time, like couple of times a year. Yeah, i know, it's almost like a dead site (and Google knows it too).
Check your pagerank here - livepr.raketforskning.com!
Minimize your Thunderbird to system tray only!
This add-on for Thunderbird is must have if you hate too many software hanging on your taskbar.
Go to Thunderbird Add-ons official page for "MinimizeToTray" extension, and right click on the green button "Install Now", choose "save link as", save this plugin to your PC. Then in Thunderbird open "Tools" - "Add ons" - click "Install" and browse where you saved tray plugin - install it, close Thunderbird and open it again. Voila, now it's working :)
Thanks to Brad Peterson for developing this extension.
This add-on for Thunderbird is must have if you hate too many software hanging on your taskbar.
Go to Thunderbird Add-ons official page for "MinimizeToTray" extension, and right click on the green button "Install Now", choose "save link as", save this plugin to your PC. Then in Thunderbird open "Tools" - "Add ons" - click "Install" and browse where you saved tray plugin - install it, close Thunderbird and open it again. Voila, now it's working :)
Thanks to Brad Peterson for developing this extension.
If you don't have thousands to invest into your new online business idea but still want to get your site up and running at low cost, check out my list of free website software that will help you create site that is cool looking, easy to update and with all the web 2.0 goodies ;)
Free cheese only in trap? Not this time!
These examples of website software (let's call them CMS, from Content Management System) are from open source world - that means you can download them for free, install on your own (step by step graphic installing), and use them as you like and for whatever business you like! Why they are free? Because thousands of developers like to play with code and even more thousands of users and IT people believe that best things in life are for free and community built ;)
OK, there you go, the sweet and short list of free Content Management Systems to kick-start your business idea online:
Definitely the most popular CMS today. You can build simple site, or portals and shops, or social networks.
Installation is fast and easy, only five steps and your site is ready to customize, add or remove modules, enter text and images, and change design templates (they are thousands out there!).
Positive:
free to download, no registration,
thousands of free site designs,
thousands of plugins and extensions,
huge forums with fanatic community,
stable development, regular new versions
Negative:
does not have built in SEF option, requires plugin
adding new article or new menu item - takes time to learn..
It works and looks just like Digg! Create site where people can vote and comment your topics, links or products.
Installation is easy, just enter required settings and click 'next' until finished.
Positive:
free to download,
lots of free site designs,
lots of plugins and extensions,
good forum with support community,
built in SEF option,
stable development, regular new versions
Negative:
the configuration of some crucial parts of site is difficult for absolute beginner,
some SEO features are not that easy to configure,
requires you to register on Pligg forum in order to download it for free
This blogging platform is intended for blogging, but with the right design template and customization you can turn it into great business site!
Installation is the easiest i've ever seen! Only one step and you can log on and start to customize and create your content.
Positive:
free to download,
hundreds of free site designs,
hundreds of plugins and extensions,
good forums, huge support community,
built in flexible SEF option,
extra stable development, regular new versions
Negative:
some SEO features will work only with plugins,
One of the most popular CMS today. Build sites, portals, online shops, etc.
Installation is easy, the configuration is not that easy.
Positive:
free to download, no registration,
hundreds of free site designs,
hundreds of plugins and extensions,
huge forums with support,
stable development, regular new versions
Negative:
takes time to learn how to do this and that..
Also a blogging platform, but again you can use your imagination and turn it into perfect business site. And yeah, it's not an open source, it's a piece of software "free for personal use".
Installation is easy enough, a graphic installer with step by step things to click and enter.
Positive:
free to download,
free site designs,
many plugins and extensions,
growing support community,
built in flexible SEF option,
stable development, regular new versions
Negative:
some SEO features hard to get working,
kinda in 'beta' phase, some things don't work as expected until you find what and where must be configured.
(www.plone.org)
These two are worth trying.
ModEX is going to be a hit if the development continues and community keeps involving. The best feature it has it is easy editing mode of any content via AJAX interface.
Plone is a monster that has many features. The adding of new content like pages and articles was very easy and intuitive. The main reason you should not start with this software is
that it requires a lot of resources from hosting machine (in other words, you need dedicated hosting to run it the best possible way).
Well, i hope this gives you some ideas where to start and it definitely shows you that you can start e-business only with 20 bucks - 10 for the domain, and 10 for the hosting!
Free cheese only in trap? Not this time!
These examples of website software (let's call them CMS, from Content Management System) are from open source world - that means you can download them for free, install on your own (step by step graphic installing), and use them as you like and for whatever business you like! Why they are free? Because thousands of developers like to play with code and even more thousands of users and IT people believe that best things in life are for free and community built ;)
OK, there you go, the sweet and short list of free Content Management Systems to kick-start your business idea online:
Joomla
www.joomla.orgDefinitely the most popular CMS today. You can build simple site, or portals and shops, or social networks.
Installation is fast and easy, only five steps and your site is ready to customize, add or remove modules, enter text and images, and change design templates (they are thousands out there!).
Positive:
free to download, no registration,
thousands of free site designs,
thousands of plugins and extensions,
huge forums with fanatic community,
stable development, regular new versions
Negative:
does not have built in SEF option, requires plugin
adding new article or new menu item - takes time to learn..
Pligg
www.pligg.comIt works and looks just like Digg! Create site where people can vote and comment your topics, links or products.
Installation is easy, just enter required settings and click 'next' until finished.
Positive:
free to download,
lots of free site designs,
lots of plugins and extensions,
good forum with support community,
built in SEF option,
stable development, regular new versions
Negative:
the configuration of some crucial parts of site is difficult for absolute beginner,
some SEO features are not that easy to configure,
requires you to register on Pligg forum in order to download it for free
WordPress
www.wordpress.orgThis blogging platform is intended for blogging, but with the right design template and customization you can turn it into great business site!
Installation is the easiest i've ever seen! Only one step and you can log on and start to customize and create your content.
Positive:
free to download,
hundreds of free site designs,
hundreds of plugins and extensions,
good forums, huge support community,
built in flexible SEF option,
extra stable development, regular new versions
Negative:
some SEO features will work only with plugins,
Drupal
www.drupal.orgOne of the most popular CMS today. Build sites, portals, online shops, etc.
Installation is easy, the configuration is not that easy.
Positive:
free to download, no registration,
hundreds of free site designs,
hundreds of plugins and extensions,
huge forums with support,
stable development, regular new versions
Negative:
takes time to learn how to do this and that..
Movable Type 4
www.movabletype.comAlso a blogging platform, but again you can use your imagination and turn it into perfect business site. And yeah, it's not an open source, it's a piece of software "free for personal use".
Installation is easy enough, a graphic installer with step by step things to click and enter.
Positive:
free to download,
free site designs,
many plugins and extensions,
growing support community,
built in flexible SEF option,
stable development, regular new versions
Negative:
some SEO features hard to get working,
kinda in 'beta' phase, some things don't work as expected until you find what and where must be configured.
MODx and Plone
(www.modxcms.com)(www.plone.org)
These two are worth trying.
ModEX is going to be a hit if the development continues and community keeps involving. The best feature it has it is easy editing mode of any content via AJAX interface.
Plone is a monster that has many features. The adding of new content like pages and articles was very easy and intuitive. The main reason you should not start with this software is
that it requires a lot of resources from hosting machine (in other words, you need dedicated hosting to run it the best possible way).
Well, i hope this gives you some ideas where to start and it definitely shows you that you can start e-business only with 20 bucks - 10 for the domain, and 10 for the hosting!
P.S. there are some more good website building systems, sorry if i've forgotten something important, remind me in comments!
As i can see from stats of my site, the single page "Movable Type 4 installation step by step with screenshots" attracts most of my visitors.
Well, i'm glad my story of Movable Type 4 installation helps you folks! As you write some comments about how and why, i try to answer, but not always i know how to help you, sorry for that ;)
Keep experimenting with CMS systems, and you'll find the perfect one for you!
Well, i'm glad my story of Movable Type 4 installation helps you folks! As you write some comments about how and why, i try to answer, but not always i know how to help you, sorry for that ;)
Keep experimenting with CMS systems, and you'll find the perfect one for you!
Today i discovered beautiful pictures of photographer Larry Landolfi, among other things and scapes, he also does nice shots of a night skies - visit his site and browse section "Astrophotography"!
Images of space made by him have also been featured on Astronomy Picture of the Day site.
Images of space made by him have also been featured on Astronomy Picture of the Day site.
Download Pligg and try it, if you want to build your own site like Digg.com!
Pligg is an open source content management system (CMS), that has regular updates and strong community with forums full of help, tutorials and Pligg templates.
You must register, to download Pligg - just go to Pligg.com forum, register, and check out forum tread with links to latest stable Pligg releases.
After you make your digg-like site, you can also promote it on Pligg forums here! :)
Pligg is an open source content management system (CMS), that has regular updates and strong community with forums full of help, tutorials and Pligg templates.
You must register, to download Pligg - just go to Pligg.com forum, register, and check out forum tread with links to latest stable Pligg releases.
After you make your digg-like site, you can also promote it on Pligg forums here! :)
To burn UIF file, use a software called MagicISO, it's small, fast, and does what it says - burns them files with weird extension .UIF (like the ones you have downloaded from torrents) ;)
UIF is for "Universal Image Format", a powerful compression image file format to backup CDs and DVDs.
MagicISO tutorials and download at official site.
P.S. Trying to burn .UIF file with NERO did not work.
UIF is for "Universal Image Format", a powerful compression image file format to backup CDs and DVDs.
MagicISO tutorials and download at official site.
P.S. Trying to burn .UIF file with NERO did not work.
The problem:
Recently, and to be honest, for the last two years, Firefox on my PC is crashing every day (for many times). Yeah, i'm a patient guy, doing all updates and stuff like that, but still i couldn't figure out why my firefox keeps crashing, freezing, and sometimes even killing my Windows (it's XP not Vista).
So as i got pissed off with this issue, i'm going to make an experiment - can i go back to Internet Explorer? Can i go back from Firefox, and still get the usability and plugins on Internet Explorer 7 that i have on Firefox? That is the main reason i was patient and was waiting for the tabbed browsing version come out (never mind the plugins for earlier IE versions). And i'm not talking here about "FF is more secure than IE" BS, if you don't click on every "you win, install this and claim prize" you can get along without security issues.
The values:
There's actually two plugins i need to run on IE7 - StumbleUpon (already running, no problemo) and Google toolbar (also running, no problemo). Stumble saves my day when looking for something new, G-bar is handy to see the PageRank of sites i visit.
There was a problem with bookmarks - i got hundreds of them on my Firefox, split into tens of folders. At first i had no idea how to import favourites into Internet Explorer 7 from my Firefox, but it turned out so painless!
The result:
Huh, now i got my IE7 pimped out: tabs (it does save sessions too), google toolbar, stumble upon, favorites from firefox, let's see where does this take me and will i be able to stay away from Firefox?..
P.S. About Firefox crashes: i got a PC running on AMD CPU, i have suspicions that it might be the issue (motherboard? bios?..), because bunch of my friends with IBM central processing units don't have problems with Firefox. Believe me, i like and love firefox, but its crashing, when i'm writing or installing something online, that makes me wanna jump out of seat and scream "That &$^#^% opensource!!!" :D
There might be other factors why FF keeps crashing, for example conflict with some other application that i'm also using for years, like: BOINC manager (SETI@home, yeah!), Winamp 2.9 (well, i love the old one), AVG antivirus, or something else that's running at the time with FF.. And believe me, i have no time to browse forums and investigate this solution, it's easier for me (the dumb user) to abandon problematic software and adapt back to the one that works.
P.S.2 My PC has 1 gig or RAM, fast AMD cpu, and all the stuff to not to say "you're machine is slow, dude, what do you expect!".
If you have the same problem with Firefox crashing constantly, reply in comments!! I have no idea how many or few peepz are suffering from it.
Recently, and to be honest, for the last two years, Firefox on my PC is crashing every day (for many times). Yeah, i'm a patient guy, doing all updates and stuff like that, but still i couldn't figure out why my firefox keeps crashing, freezing, and sometimes even killing my Windows (it's XP not Vista).
So as i got pissed off with this issue, i'm going to make an experiment - can i go back to Internet Explorer? Can i go back from Firefox, and still get the usability and plugins on Internet Explorer 7 that i have on Firefox? That is the main reason i was patient and was waiting for the tabbed browsing version come out (never mind the plugins for earlier IE versions). And i'm not talking here about "FF is more secure than IE" BS, if you don't click on every "you win, install this and claim prize" you can get along without security issues.
The values:
There's actually two plugins i need to run on IE7 - StumbleUpon (already running, no problemo) and Google toolbar (also running, no problemo). Stumble saves my day when looking for something new, G-bar is handy to see the PageRank of sites i visit.
There was a problem with bookmarks - i got hundreds of them on my Firefox, split into tens of folders. At first i had no idea how to import favourites into Internet Explorer 7 from my Firefox, but it turned out so painless!
The result:
Huh, now i got my IE7 pimped out: tabs (it does save sessions too), google toolbar, stumble upon, favorites from firefox, let's see where does this take me and will i be able to stay away from Firefox?..
P.S. About Firefox crashes: i got a PC running on AMD CPU, i have suspicions that it might be the issue (motherboard? bios?..), because bunch of my friends with IBM central processing units don't have problems with Firefox. Believe me, i like and love firefox, but its crashing, when i'm writing or installing something online, that makes me wanna jump out of seat and scream "That &$^#^% opensource!!!" :D
There might be other factors why FF keeps crashing, for example conflict with some other application that i'm also using for years, like: BOINC manager (SETI@home, yeah!), Winamp 2.9 (well, i love the old one), AVG antivirus, or something else that's running at the time with FF.. And believe me, i have no time to browse forums and investigate this solution, it's easier for me (the dumb user) to abandon problematic software and adapt back to the one that works.
P.S.2 My PC has 1 gig or RAM, fast AMD cpu, and all the stuff to not to say "you're machine is slow, dude, what do you expect!".
If you have the same problem with Firefox crashing constantly, reply in comments!! I have no idea how many or few peepz are suffering from it.
Use this online tool to check links that point to your site.
In other words - see how many and from where are backlinks to your online baby ;)
They call it Domain Geolocator, yet another useful tool for your SEO needs.
In other words - see how many and from where are backlinks to your online baby ;)
They call it Domain Geolocator, yet another useful tool for your SEO needs.
Stop here if looking for HTML code to create buttons for your website!
Visit this site to make a 80x15 pixel button, the one that looks so cool in sidebar or at the bottom of your site. There's a form where you can enter colour and words, and it gives you nicely done result.
Taylor McCnight has an impressive collection of ready to download 80x15 buttons, you must see his collection. Browse by category on the left sidebar of his page.
Adam Kalsey gives you very simple but useful 80x15 button maker. Just enter colours and words, and save the button!
Visit this site to make a 80x15 pixel button, the one that looks so cool in sidebar or at the bottom of your site. There's a form where you can enter colour and words, and it gives you nicely done result.
Taylor McCnight has an impressive collection of ready to download 80x15 buttons, you must see his collection. Browse by category on the left sidebar of his page.
Adam Kalsey gives you very simple but useful 80x15 button maker. Just enter colours and words, and save the button!
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