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ContentMixi – Professional Website Templates

Ajay — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:52:33 +0000

Internet is considered to be the main source of information.It has billions of websites each focusing on specific field.Many compete with each other to attract potential customers. The main sources of customer attraction are,

Website Content
Website Design

In this article we’ll focus on the second one, Website Design.

For Buyers :

A good looking website not only attracts new visitors but also makes them to come back. If you are good in web designing you can design a professional web template else you can use the service of websites like ContentMixi which offers professional web design templates.

It has a vast collection of attractive templates for WordPress, Joomla etc.It also features free templates for those who love freebies.

Tips for selecting a good template :

While selecting a template for your website make sure that it satisfies the following features.

Customizable – includes PSD for logos etc
Compatible – viewable in all browsers
Cost effective – worth for your spending
XHTML and CSS valid – has no or little validation errors

For Designers :

On the other hand if you are a professional web page template designer you can market your products with 60% commission.You can sell your website templates in two modes,

Unique Sale Mode : A buyer gets a unique template.

Multiple Sale Mode : Two or more buyers can have the same template.

For more information visit the Faq section.

Thus online template services takes care of your design work and provides additional time for you to focus more on content of the site.

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How to embed Google Open Fonts in your website

Ajay — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 05:42:46 +0000

Google Open Fonts :

Google has introduced its new service that allows webmasters to embed high quality web fonts in their website.Few years ago, web designers were made to rely on a limited set of fonts known as “web-safe fonts” but this new service will revolutionize the way typeface works in web. The best part of this new service is that you can also download these fonts for non-commercial use.

Google has been working with a number of talented font designers to design these fonts and they hosts all the fonts on its servers.They offer a simple API known as “The Google Fonts API” which helps you add web fonts to any web page.

According to Google,

The Google Font API provides a simple, cross-browser method for using any font in the Google Font Directory on your web page.

Benefits of using Fonts API:

Benefits of the Google Font API include:

A choice of high quality open source fonts.
Works in most browsers.
Extremely easy to use.
Works well with CSS3 and HTML5 styling
Facilitates clean separation of content and presentation.

Browser Compatibility:

The Google Font API is compatible with the following browsers:

Google Chrome: version 4.249.4+
Mozilla Firefox: version: 3.5+
Apple Safari: version 3.1+
Opera: version 10.5+
Microsoft Internet Explorer: version 6+

Click here to know more about browser-specific behavior.

Getting Started :

Applying a font is very easy, just add a couple of HTML lines and you are ready to go.

Click on the font you want to use in the Google Fonts Directory
Click on “Get the Code” tab
Customize as required and copy the required code
Edit your web page and insert the first code into the head section
Call the new font in CSS by adding the font name to parts of CSS you want to change

For Example :

To add a typeface called “Tangerine” add the following code to section.

Use it by calling it in CSS.For example, to change heading you shall add the corresponding font name in CSS

h1 { font-family: 'Tangerine', arial, serif; }

Note :

While Google Webfonts work well on most modern browsers, many smart phone browsers still don’t support them, but by including additional fonts in your font-family tag, you can still make sure your users have a good experience.

For complete guide visit http://code.google.com/apis/webfonts/docs/getting_started.html

Contribute:

There are only a few fonts in repository but it is expected to grow soon. If you’re a designer you can contribute by visiting this page .

Web Font Loader:

Google has also partnered with TypeKit to release an open-source JavaScript library which provides more control over the fonts.

Custom fonts are the first step to show that your website is your own creation.Moreover Google has made this process simpler as usual.

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Airtel makes Facebook’s mobile site free for two months

Ajay — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 09:44:19 +0000

Bharti Airtel, one of the leading telecom operators in India has announced today that it will offer free access to Facebook’s mobile site – m.facebook.com.

Facebook is a popular social networking service that gives people the power to share and make the world more open & connected

The partnership allows Airtel with its 130 million plus customer base to allow free access to the mobile version of Facebook for a period of two months until August 31st, 2010. Airtel customers who are Facebook users will be able to post status updates, comment and write on walls, message others, and also be able to view or upload photos – all without any data charges.

Steps to be followed to gain free access :

Sms ‘FACEBOOK’ to 54321 to activate
Visit m.facebook.com to access facebook (free of data charges)

Facebook’s mobile site will be initially available in English and Hindi, with five other languages – Punjabi, Bengali, Telugu, Tamil, and Malayalam – soon to follow by July 15, 2010.

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Twitter clients for symbian (s60) mobile

Ajay — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 14:32:23 +0000

Twitter is a great way to keep up on current events. It allows us to find interesting people and keep in touch with them.While it is possible to tweet (a post on twitter) using your computer, many find it very time consuming and updating the events immediately makes you popular and interesting.So the other option is to use your mobile phone to post your tweets.

You can update your twitter account using your mobile phone either by visiting mobile optimized page or by downloading a twitter client.The former is not recommended if you have limits on your data usage.Here we list out some of the best twitter clients for symbian platform.

1. Gravity : (paid)

Mobileways Gravity is undoubtedly the best twitter client for your Symbian phone.It features multiple account support, with cool user interface.It supports kinetic scrolling on Nokia 5800 and N 97.

Homepage : http://mobileways.de/products/gravity/gravity/

Price : $ 9.95

Trial : 10 days.

Cons : pricy, high data usage

2. Tvider : (free + paid)

Tvider gives you the ability to tweet multimedia on an instant Twitter and multimedia merged in the most innovative way, to make every tweeting experience unforgettable!

Homepage : http://tvider.com/mobile

Premium version : Available for Airtel, Yes Optus, 3 and Singtel customers.

Lite version : Download

3. TweetS60 : (free + paid)

This easy to use tool will make Twitter more accessible, is quicker than the mobile site and includes all essentials you need . The Pro version has the ability to post images to TwitPic and follow search terms.

Homepage : http://www.tweets60.com/

Premium version : Download ($ ~2.50)

Lite version : Download

Cons : slow updates, no support for kinetic scrolling.

Java :

If you have a java enabled smartphone , we recommend twibble

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Rename and password protect Windows 7 guest account

Ajay — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:40:58 +0000

Guest account is one of the default accounts created when Windows 7 is installed. It is disabled by default but still it can be a major security hole as it can be enabled by a malware or a virus. To help secure the guest account you may need to rename and password protect it.

The guest account is useful if you are in a public place like library and a low level access is needed.

Renaming a Guest account :

It can be done with the help of Local Security Policy editor which is available only for Windows Business and Ultimate editions.

Click Start button, type ‘secpol.msc’ in the search box and then press ‘Enter’.

2. After the Local Security Policy editor has loaded, expand Local Policies and then select Security Options.

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3. Double click Accounts:Rename guest account and enter a new name and click ok.

Password protect a Guest account :

Click Start Menu , right click Computer and click Manage
After Computer Management window opens, expand Local Users and Group and select the Users folder
Right Click the Guest account on the list and select Set Password

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4. A warning screen will appear telling you about what may happen if you proceed. Disregard this message and click Proceed

5. In the Set Password Window, type in a hard to guess password and avoid using dictionary words

6. Click Ok to set the new password

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Sublight – Free Subtitle Downloader

Ajay — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:12:51 +0000

About this application :

Sublight is a free program developed by Sublight Labs. It comes in handy for anyone looking for subtitles for movies. It has a nice user interface which is very helpful for inexperienced users. The applications is currently translated in fourteen languages and supports 46 subtitle languages.It includes SublightCmd, a free command line utility for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

Subtitles are textual versions of the dialog in films and television programs, usually displayed at the bottom of the screen.

The software can search subtitles based on several criteria such as movie title, year etc. The results are presented in a list from where you can preview and download the required subtitles.

System Requirements :

Windows 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista / 2008 / Windows 7
.Net Framework 2.0 or later
Internet Connection

Features :

Auto subtitle detection and download
Support for additional subtitle sources using plugin support
Detection of proper video codec
Office like ribbon interface
Simple yet powerful subtitle editor
Preview subtitle support
Windows explorer integration
Subtitle rating
Batch subtitle download
Supports 46 subtitle languages
VLC, BS.Player, Media Player Classic, KMPlayer, Windows Media Player, Zoom Player and GOM player supported

Program Installation and Usage :

Installation is a relatively straight forward process.You can specify the subtitle language and sources for the same.You can also integrate sublight into windows explorer

Searching subtitles can be done in two ways,

1. Auto Search : Subtitle is automatically detected from the video file.

2.Manual Search : Subtitle can be downloaded by entering the movie title.

The most notable feature is its ability to scan a video folder and batch download valid subtitle files.

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Points System :

Sublight follows a points system where registered users with positive points have higher priority than anonymous users or users with negative points. An user can gain or lose points by various actions. The following table gives the necessary actions and the points gained or lost.

If you feel it too hard to gain points then you can purchase them here.

Note :

Anonymous users and registered users with negative points can have some download restrictions:

download can be denied (if downloading same subtitle multiple times)
download is not instant (lower priority download)

Conclusion :

This article covers only a few of its useful features. To experience the full functionality download the application or click here for the latest version.

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Google to implement secure search over ssl

Ajay — Wed, 26 May 2010 07:33:07 +0000

Google has launched a secure version of its search engine that uses an encrypted SSL connection to its servers. It helps your search results from being intercepted by search habit analysts and the network snoopers. Google has noted that this feature is in its initial stage.

Searching over SSL prevents eavesdropping but it still sends the search data to Google Servers where they will be retained for improving search results and for security purposes.Users can recognize the secure version of Google Search using the ‘pad icon’ or the ‘https’ in the web browser.

They have designed a special logo to denote the secure search (refer image above).The SSL version of search engine is very handy if you are using public computer.It also prevents site owners from finding referral keywords since most browsers removes referral data when redirecting from secure to non secure page.

At present the encrypted search is available only for basic search and not for image or maps.Google is redirecting SSL search page to standard search page. Google has its own difficulties in implementing secure search because encrypted connections will bog down the servers and affect search time, hence they need to overcome these difficulties before implementing it globally..

You can visit Google Secure search at https://www.google.com

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Identify the best dns servers to use for faster web browsing

Ajay — Mon, 17 May 2010 07:36:31 +0000

When you use web, you use a domain name such as jbi.in or google.com. But the domain name should be translated into corresponding static ip address of the server where the website is hosted.The Domain Name System or DNS Servers carry’s out this task of resolving domain name into its numerical ip address.

The problem is most users have their dns to be configured automatically due to which you are most likely to be assigned the local or ISP’s dns server.But not all ISPs have perfect DNS servers. They may have some misconfiguration due to which your browsing speed will be greatly affected.

A perfect DNS server,

Should have great reliablilty
Should update its cache frequently
Should fix security risks immediately

So how will you identify the best dns server to use. Here comes a handy utility called NameBench , a DNS benchmarking tool. It hunts down the fastest dns server available for your computer to use.It runs on Windows, Mac OS X, Unix and includes a command line tool.

The program uses your browser’s cache to figure out the most visited sites and it benchmarks globally available dns servers against them to find out the best dns server available for you to use.After the tests are completed it provides the recommended dns server with high response time and less errors.

Then you have to configure them in your computer using the steps given below.

Windows :

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Download NameBench for Windows – Click here

Mac :

Open ‘System Preferences’ and go to ‘Network’
Go to your primary interface usually Ethernet
Enter a comma separated list of ip address in dns field
Use ‘Advanced’ option if you need easier control.

Download Mac client – click here

Other Downloads :

Click here to grab the latest copy and for unix sources.

Note :

The benchmark tests take several minutes to run, so it is recommended to reduce the number of tests to 100 to save time.

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Bugmenot.com – Bypass compulsory registration

Ajay — Mon, 03 May 2010 14:54:40 +0000

Have you come across websites (mostly forums) that require compulsory registration to view links posted in them ? You may be afraid to register for the following reasons,

Spammers may target your mail address since it is not recommended to register in an unknown website.
It is a tedious process involving email verification and other steps .

We can solve the first problem using a temporary disposable mail service such as www.inbox.jbi.in . But still you’ll find it very tedious to register a new account by filling up all those details just for viewing a link. At this juncture, the service which will be reviewed in this post will help you.

Let me introduce …..

Bugmenot is a free service that allows you to bypass compulsory registration on thousands of popular websites (328523 and counting) i.e., it allows you to get disposable login which can be used to login to those websites.

Finding login details :

Copy the domain name or sub domain name (till the extension for example : jbi.in or blog.jbi.in)
Visit http://www.bugmenot.com
Paste / Enter the domain name
Find the login details

Login details won’t work :

In this case the site owner might have identified that the registered user is fake and banned the account.I recommend you to view the success rate . The main idea here is, if the success rate is 80 % and above it will work mostly.And you are requested give negative votes if the login info failed, thus indirectly helping other users to ignore that info.

Add your own details :

If you can’t find a working login for a site then you are encouraged to register with that site using fake details and then add the username/password to bugmenot for other users to use. Never enter your real login details into bugmenot- everyone else will be able to see them!

Block Sites :

Certain sites are blocked from BugMeNot service. If you are a webmaster and willing to block your website then visit http://www.bugmenot.com/report.php

Notable Features :

Other features include Firefox extension, Search Engine plugin.

Link : http://www.bugmenot.com

Alternate Service :

This type of service is very hard to find and I was able to identify one more similar service @ http://login2.me. Though its interface needs a little tweaking.

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Turn Off Spam Filtering in Gmail and Yahoo Mail

Ajay — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 13:04:31 +0000

Both Gmail and Yahoo Mail uses an effective spam filtering algorithm but these algorithms are not fail proof and they may mark a legitimate message as spam (false positive) and you won’t know about it unless you open spam folder in web mail.So when you use a POP3 client such as Outlook or Thunderbird to download your emails ,suspected spam messages will never reach your inbox or spam folder of your email client.

The only way to prevent this from occurring is to disable spam filters in Gmail and Yahoo mail and to use anti spam component of your security suite.

How to disable spam filter in Gmail :

Sign-in to your GMail Account.
Click “Create a filter” under Show search options.

In the Has the words textbox enter : label:spam (you can also try is:spam and in:spam)

Click Next Step.
Accept the warning.

Mark the checkbox “Never send it to Spam”

Click Create a Filter

Now Gmail won’t filter your spam messages to its folder.

How to disable spam filter in Yahoo mail :

By default, you cannot access your Yahoo! Mail using POP3 unless you purchase the Yahoo! Mail Plus plan. But you can use YPOPs (YPOPs! is a free open source software that provides POP3 and SMTP access to Yahoo! Mail.)

Sign-in to your Yahoo Mail account.
Click “More options” in options drop down menu.

Uncheck “Automatically send spam to my spam folder”

Now you need not worry about false positive e-mails.

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