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Smooth Scrolling Effect for Page Anchors

By Keith on November 23, 2010

Adding little details to your website can really make your site stand out. One little detail that you can add is a jQuery plugin called jQuery.ScollTo(). jQuery.Scollto() allows your website to smoothly scroll to your defined anchor points. View demonstration This jQuery plugin was developed by Ariel Flesler. To view the original plugin site click […]

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Adding HTML Page Anchors to your Website

By Keith on November 18, 2010

Page anchors are links within a webpage that allow visitors to jump to a specific place in the current page or on a separate webpage. There are many practical uses for page anchors such as when you have a lot of information on one page and you need to allow visitors to be able to […]

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Images won’t align in WordPress editor

By Keith on November 09, 2010

Rarely you may be working with a WordPress theme that won’t allow you to align images via the WordPress editor. If the WordPress theme you are working with does not let you position images so that they float to the left or right there may be a lack of styling in the CSS. Luckily, if […]

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Add a new widget area to a WordPress theme

By Keith on October 26, 2010

If you are familiar with WordPress themes then you know that a lot of themes have a widgetized sidebar. This means that you can add, remove, and re-order widgets on your WordPress website by using the “widget” section of your WordPress dashboard. Having a widgetized sidebar is very useful, but you may want to widgetize […]

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Unlimited email addresses with Gmail

By Keith on October 05, 2010

If you have a Gmail account, you have unlimited addresses and you may not even know it. There are two ways to achieve this, adding a phrase (“plus-addressing”) and adding a period to your address. This is not a Gmail specific trick, some other email clients can create unlimited addresses as well. Plus-addressing Let’s say […]

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How to send email as another account in Gmail

By Keith on September 28, 2010

Do you manage multiple email accounts and are tired of of checking each individual account? What a hassle! Then this post is for you! Gmail allows you to access your other email accounts and send mail from them without the sender even knowing. This consolidates all of your email accounts into one. There are 4 […]

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How to forward an email account using Cpanel

By Keith on September 24, 2010

If you are using Cpanel for accessing your web mail, you may find that the email clients they provide you don’t give you enough power/control. This guide will show you how to forward your webmail to another email account. The process To access the control panel of your site, just type in your website into […]

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Make an email account using your website domain with Cpanel

By Keith on September 22, 2010

One way to make your business or website more professional and memorable is to create an email address using your domain name. For example: email@your-domain.com or in my case keith@buckleupstudios.com. If your website control panel platform is Cpanel then this guide is for you. Note: If you are a hosting client of mine, your site […]

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How to Track Site Searches in Google Analytics

By Keith on September 14, 2010

It can be very useful to monitor what people are searching for on your site. Before getting started, make sure that you have Google Analytics and a site search enabled on your website. Accessing Site Search Options 1)   Log into Google Analytics 2)   Click edit for the site that you want to enable searching for. […]

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Install this plug-in for Gmail! – Rapportive

By Keith on September 09, 2010

If you use Gmail you will love Rapportive. Rapportive is a Gmail plug-in released for Firefox and Chrome which replaces the Gmail advertisements with information about the person you are corresponding with. It also shows what social media platforms people are in so you can easily grow your Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn networks. Check out […]

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Move a Joomla website to a new server

By Keith on September 07, 2010

There are 5 main steps to moving a Joomla site to another web server: Step 1: Set up new server Step 2: Install Joomla Step 3: Dump the original MySQL database Step 4: Import the old database to the new database Step 5: Complete the move Step 1: Set up new server Download the latest […]

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How to Set Nameservers for Domains in Godaddy

By Keith on September 03, 2010

1)   Log into Godaddy. Use your username and password that you used when you signed up. 2)   Click on “advanced details” for the domain that needs a nameserver change. 3)   Click “Set Nameservers” at the bottom left of the screen. 4)   Make sure the “I have specific nameservers for my domains” radio button is selected. […]

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