How to add an album to a page in WordPress using NextGEN Gallery

Wordpress

In this tutorial I will show you how to add an album using existing galleries to a page or post in WordPress, using NextGEN Gallery plugin. This tutorial assumes you already have some galleries created. If you do not, you can go to Gallery –> Add Gallery/Images area of NextGEN to create them and upload [...]

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How to Make a PDF of an Entire Website

Ask Lena

One day you may need to print out an entire website, or email it someone to make notes. The old way was printing each page one by one and hoping you got all of the links. Yet, there is a better way if you own Adobe Acrobat. First, fire up Adobe Acrobat and go to [...]

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Block Certain Websites on Your System to Save Time (Like Facebook)

Macintosh

My name is Lena and I’m a Facebook addict. I hate to admit it, but I waste more time on Facebook than I’d like.  I need to stop. I have good intentions, but they never seem to do anything but pave my way to hell. I go to Facebook instead of making tough business decisions [...]

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FIX: Displaying the Wrong “From” on iPad Email

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Question Hi Lena. Recently my iPad 2 started inserting “iPad” in “From” field, when I send from iPad as opposed to laptop. This has caused some problems with people thinking messages are Spam. Do you know how I can fix this so my ATT.net appears instead? Answer Fire up your iPad an go to Settings [...]

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Is this picture big enough for my brochure?

Print Design

I get this question a lot from clients when working on a printed piece. Resolution for printed pieces is totally different than for websites. Website (or screen) resolution is only 72dpi. This means your images look like they do on your monitor. But, when you use them for high quality printing, the resolution must be [...]

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How can I tell is someone’s website is a CMS?

Internet

Question How can I tell if a site has a CMS (Content Managed Site) installed? I have a client that has a site and wants me to add a page to it. I have the login info, but I can’t tell if they use a CMS for changes. It doesn’t look like it is, but [...]

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Free Photoshop Alternative? Yep. It’s called SumoPaint.

Internet

Sometimes people need a photo editing program with the major features of Photoshop, but for a small project that doesn’t really justify the expense. You could pay someone else who already has the software and equipment, but two or more of those, and you’ve spent just as much as you would have on buying your [...]

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How do I make my old website page point to my new website page?

Web Development

Question My old website had a contact page called contact.html. My new website’s contact page is contact-us.php. If I go to the original page I get a 404 error. I heard there was a way to use the .htaccess file to fix this. Can you explain it? Answer Absolutely. It’s called a 301 Redirect and [...]

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Customizing the Facebook Thumbnail and Page Title When You Share a Link from Your Website

Facebook

When you share a link on Facebook, it will automatically populate the page title, description, and an image from your site based on the web site address you are sharing. What if you don’t like the way it looks and want to change something? First, see if you can edit what you want the easy [...]

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Macintosh Mail Custom Email Signatures Using Mountain Lion

Email

Logo email signatures without attaching or embedding! This article will explain how to make a logo signature for your Macintosh if you are using Mountain Lion as your operating system. If you are on an older mac system or a PC, please go to this article that explains how. Reasons to do this It looks [...]

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