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How to create CRON jobs (Scheduled Tasks) in WAMP
What is WAMP? WAMP is a Windows based web development platform that allows you to create web applications with Apache2, PHP and MySQL. It is basically a package that you run on your Windows OS and it will turn the device into a web server. What is a CRON job? Ok, so CRON jobs is […]
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How to setup GoDaddy Cron Jobs
If you have a shared hosting account and need to create a Cron Job then follow these simple steps. Cron jobs are scheduled tasks that allow you to run a script in the background at a set frequency. HOW TO SETUP GODADDY CRON JOBS INSTRUCTIONS Login to your Godaddy Account Click on Cron Job Manager […]
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How to mark products as featured in WooCommerce
In this post I will show you how to mark products as featured in WooCommerce. There are three ways to mark a product as featured in WooCommerce and I’ve listed these below: Method 1: Click the star Click Products on the left hand side then products again. You will see a column with the star. […]
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How to add images to your WordPress RSS feed
I just realised the WordPress RSS feed doesn’t include the post images, so I had to look for a plugin which would perform this task. After trying a few, the only one that worked well (also when using Yoast SEO) was SB RSS Feed plus. This is a free plugin and can be found when […]
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Free PSD templates and plugins
Finding free PSD templates can be a very time consuming process. Yes I’ve experienced this myself. So I thought I’d better list the sites which have free templates and plugins for Adobe Photoshop. Here’s a short list: Free PSD Template Download Our Sponsors Advertise Me Pty LtdWebsite: https://advertiseme.com.auDigital Signage SolutionsBecome a Sponsor for $45. Limit […]
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Top 5 WordPress Article Sponsorship Plugins
Here’s a list of my Top 5 WordPress Article Sponsorship Plugins. The one that I’m actually using for this site is called Sponsor My Articles 1. Sponsor My Articles ($17.00) This WordPress Plugin was released in April 2014 and seems to be the most powerful plugin available. It has the following features: Ability to set […]
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Linux Text Browser – Lynx
The text tool that I use on a Linux system to browse the Internet is called lynx. All you need to do is open up the terminal (I use putty) and enter: Lynx lynx www.google.com Press a to accept the cookie This will open up www.google.com.au – the text version Use the arrow keys […]
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How to add Arabic Text in Photoshop CS5
I can’t speak or write in Arabic but had to use Photoshop to create an image with some arabic text. I didn’t realise that Photoshop doesn’t display the correct Arabic text. It was pointed out to me at a later stage by someone that I didn’t even know. In any case, here’s what I had […]
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How to enable GZIP on a WAMP server
There’s a few way to enable GZIP on a WAMP server and here’s what I did to get mine working. This was tested with WAMP version 2.2 WHY ENABLE GZIP? This will increase the speed it takes to load your website. Data is compressed before it is sent and decompressed at the receiver end. This process […]
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How I doubled website traffic and increased SEO rankings
This is a continuation of a post I wrote last year called SEO tips and tricks proven to work. I decided to spend some time to look at a company’s website which use to ranked very high in Google (1st Page) and had lots of traffic but over the past year it dramatically dropped. I believe […]
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LinkedIn Issue not displaying description and image from WordPress
So I tried sharing a WordPress blog post on LinkedIn and discovered that LinkedIn wasn’t displaying the description and thumbnail image from the Open Graph meta tags. I thought it could have been the actual post, so I tried different posts and received the same results. WAS THE ISSUE WITH LINKEDIN? No, but firstly let […]
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How to test your website speeds
Here’s a few websites to use to test the speed of your website: GOOGLE PAGESPEED The PageSpeed family of tools is designed to help you optimize the performance of your website. PageSpeed Insights products will help you identify performance best practices that can be applied to your site, and PageSpeed optimization tools can help you […]
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