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The tools and ways to improve your web site

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zico

Published on 02-01-2010 10:49 AM

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Or, how to know what could be the problem when it comes to not getting enough or any traffic!?

First of all, you will need to use a good CMS. If you decided to try and run a successful blog, go with Wordpress. It's free, easy to use and highly customizable.

For forums, I'd go with vBulletin 3.8.X. or vBulletin 4 Publishing suite. (Currently 4.0.1. maintenance version is the latest, 4.0.2. coming out in 3 days)

Your biggest help in developing a quality website will be a quality CMS, enhanced links (vBSEO for vBulletin), good content, alot of analyzing and tracking, building links with other websites, good content. Notice that I mentioned good content twice. Well, maybe it's not enough, maybe I should bold it and put in font size 300. Content is king. ...

Running linux from an USB device

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zico

Published on 01-26-2010 09:50 AM

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A user on the forums asked how to use an USB stick to boot a linux distribution from it, so I answered. But, I also decided to post the answer here, as an article.

The first thing you need, is an USB device with sufficient space. I recommend 8GB for some distributions, but for many 2GB will be more than enough.
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SUPER © Video Converter by eRightSoft

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zico

Published on 01-21-2010 11:13 AM

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Lately I've had a great need to convert some video files from one type to another, along with changing quality, excluding audio etc. While I have quite good computer experience, only not so long ago I have stumbled upon this great piece of software.

SUPER © Video Converter by eRightSoft.

What's so great about it? Well, for starters - it works bloody fine, has excellent support for variou ...

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Restoring the 'Show Desktop' Quick Launch icon

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zico

Published on 12-19-2009 02:45 PM

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Tutorials

How many of you have accidentally erased the 'Show Desktop' icon, and then didn't know how to get it back? It's definitely one useful icon, and most of people use it while they work with many windows open at the same time, to get to the desktop.

The procedure to restore it is not a big deal, it's easy to restore it actually, and I'm going to tell you how.
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Finally a partition manager that supports Vista and Win7

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zico

Published on 12-17-2009 11:49 AM

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Not so long ago, I have tried to use the Windows Vista disk management tool to do all the things I needed for my disk. The process was not painful, but it wasn't completely pleasant either. Not all the features I needed are integrated into it. For some reasons, the virtual disk tool kept crashing and making it unable to manage the disk further without a reboot, after performing some operations. The annoyance of the situation was huge for me.
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Good wallpaper sources on the web

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zico

Published on 12-16-2009 01:03 PM

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One of the things people do first after a fresh OS install is change the wallpaper to their preference. Some advanced users don't think about that straight away, but install essential applications first. However, a huge number of users cares about the appearance of their OS more than the functionality. They will even do crazy and risky things to customize the appearance greatly, even without backing up.

To get back on topic, wallpapers are one of the fundamental customizing variables, and this article will cover some of the best sources on the web for wallpapers.
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Great fonts for web design or print

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zico

Published on 12-14-2009 10:15 AM

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Great free fonts that you can use for your design purposes!

Typography is a very important aspect of a website or a magazine. It affects the global impression of a layout greatly. Many people would agree it's much more important than the photos/images people use on their websites to create an atmosphere.
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