Category Archive: Technology

October 26, 2015 / by Marco / email, Gmail, signature, skype, website

HOW TO ADD SKYPE BUTTON OR LINK TO YOUR GMAIL SIGNATURE

For those of you who want to add a call me button in your Gmail signature then you’ve come to the right place. The process is a bit complex and I’ve decided to write down the steps required to achieve this. Firstly, Skype does have an option to create a Skype button on their website […]

October 23, 2015 / by Marco / 7zip, backup, batch, database, File, gzip, mysql, scheduler, script, Task, vbs, Visual Basic Script, wamp, Windows

HOW TO SCHEDULE BACKUPS FOR WAMP FILES AND DATABASES

I managed to figure out a way to backup the WAMP files and databases by using the Windows Task Scheduler and a batch file. The batch file includes using mysqldump (already part of the WAMP install), 7-zip (a free open source compression tool) and gzip (for the database compression). BATCH FILE Let’s have a look […]

October 21, 2015 / by Marco / exim, Gmail, google, mail, relay, vestacp

HOW TO DISABLE IPV6 IN EXIM VESTACP

Strangely, today an email delivery failed and I decided to investigate further. The email subject was “Mail delivery failed: returning message to sender” The content in the bounced email was: I’m using VPS hosting with VESTACP and it currently doesn’t support IPV6. However, for some strange reason EXIM (the mail transfer agent) is using […]

October 20, 2015 / by Marco / client, email, Free, Gmail, noewoldstamp, signature

FREE AND EASY WAY TO CREATE PROFESSIONAL GMAIL SIGNATURES

In this post I’m going to share simple steps on how to create a professional looking Gmail signature for FREE… and it’s so easy! NEWOLDSTAMP Go to the website www.newoldstamp.com/editor and enter all the details: Enter Details for your signature Upload a photo or your company logo Enter your Social Medial Links URLs Select which template to […]

October 18, 2015 / by Marco / Chrome, disable, error, google, java, npapi, plugins, updates

Disabling Google Chrome Updates

By default Google Chrome automatically updates itself to the latest version. This is a good thing if you want to make sure you have the latest security updates and bug fixes. However, it was announced at the beginning of this year that NPAPI (which uses Java) will no longer be supported after Chrome Version 45, […]

September 5, 2015 / by Marco / fitness, health, monstroid, Myhealthyapp, template, theme, Wordpress

MyHealthyApp using Monstroid WordPress Theme

A few posts ago, I introduced to you The Monstroid WordPress Theme and showcased a site I was building called MyHealthyApp.com If you haven’t checked yet, the MyHealthyApp.com website is now fully operational. It took approximately 5-6 hours to set this up but that’s because I’m quite familiar with WordPress. For beginners it may take a bit longer […]

September 3, 2015 / by Marco / 1602, 1608, citrix, com, error, fixed, install, receiver, resolution, solved

Error Code 1681 and 1602 with installing Citrix Receiver

Yesterday I tried installing the Citrix Receiver on a Windows 10 PC and it just wouldn’t install. Initially I thought I had a corrupted install file but that wasn’t the problem. After a number of attempts I managed to install it and decided to document it in case it happens again. This was the error […]

August 29, 2015 / by Marco / 50off, code, coupon, monstroid, promo, theme, Wordpress

Monstroid Promo Coupon Code 50% Off

A few days ago I wrote about a theme called Monstroid which you can read here: The Monstroid WordPress Theme I just received a promo coupon code that saves you 50% OFF on your purchase which means the cost of the theme goes down to $39.50 from $79 (per website) which is pretty damn good. It’s even […]

August 27, 2015 / by Marco / flexible, monstroid, plugin, powerful, simple, template, theme, top, ultimate, Wordpress

The Monstroid WordPress Theme

As the name suggests, it’s a Monster of a Theme. If you’re a WordPress user then this theme does it all. Over the years I’ve used and tested quite a number of Themes and Monstroid is one that I would recommend if you’re looking to start a new website. It’s very simple to use. Unlike other […]

July 17, 2015 / by Marco / dropbox, email, legit, malware, virus

Beware Dropbox Virus

I’ve just received several emails from people that I know with the subject title ” I used dropbox to share a file with you!”. Just like below: When you click on the email you will see the following message: This is not a Spoof email because the headers of the email actually came from the […]

July 12, 2015 / by Marco / change the style, contact, Contact Form 7, CSS, form, really simple captcha, table, Wordpress

Styling WordPress Contact Form 7

Styling a contact form can be a difficult task, especially for those like me that have very little programming experience but with some persistence (more like trial and error), I managed to style the contact form. The website is built using WordPress and the theme that was used is Unik. The theme also had a built in […]

July 4, 2015 / by Marco / administrator account, click, folder, Windows 10

How to delete Windows.old folder after Windows 10 Upgrade

If you’ve recently updated to Windows 10, you will notice in your C: there will be a Windows.old folder. This is your previous version of Windows and it will be there until you remove it. On my computer the folder is about 15GB and on a 60GB SSD it was worthwhile for me to remove […]