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How to change the WordPress Login Page Logo?

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Sometimes, requirements from people you work with can help you explore things you may never have. I have developed a few websites on WordPress and I never bothered to think about changing the logo displayed on WordPress login page ever. But while developing a website using WordPress for a client, they wanted to display their own logo on the login page instead of the default WordPress logo. Since I don't believe in " re-inventing the wheel " and since WordPress is well supported by tons of plugins from developers, I thought there would be a plugin for that too. And lo, there is. If you would like to customize the login page or remove the WordPress logo displayed in the login page and replace it with your own or organisation's logo, you can easily do so with plugins available. Read more ยป

SQL Server 2008 Installation Error - Reporting Service Catalog Database File Existence

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Figure 1: SQL Server 2008 Installation Error - Reporting Service Catalog Database File Existence So today, I tried to install Microsoft SQL Server 2008 on the same machine and using the same default instance name and I encountered the error saying that the Reporting Server catalog database file already exists.  I finally got this resolved. If you also face a similar issue during installation of Microsoft SQL Server, try the steps below. This error occurs if we use the same instance name for the SQL Server 2008 installation. The following error messages may be displayed:  ERROR: The catalog database file exists. Select a files-only mode installation. The catalog temporary database file exists. Select a files-only mode installation. See Figure 1 above. CAUSE: This issue occurs because the databases for the SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services instance that you want to install already exist on the computer. RESOLUTION: Read more ยป

How To Disable Mobile Phone Front Camera Taking Mirror Images?

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Did you notice that the image taken from the front camera off your mobile phone is mirrored or reversed? If that is the case, then all the selfies you took so far might have been saved as mirror images. Mirror Image - means that if you view the pictures taken, then you'd see that right is left and left is right just like looking in the mirror. If you had taken a selfie picture with texts in the background, then the text would be flipped horizontal, almost impossible to read. Since the image is flipper horizontally, it won't look realistic as the background too will be flipped. What is actually on the right appears on the left. That will be weird right? Those who have been to the same place where you took the selfie, they won't be easily convinced that statue in the background is on the left when it's actually on the right. How to correct mobile phone camera from taking mirrored images? Read more ยป

Android Apps For Blogger: Blog On The Go!

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If you are a Blogger user + Android user, and you would like to blog on the go, the there are Android apps out there you can use to blog on the go. Of course, we can also blog on the go by opening Blogger.com from the phone's browser, but blogging from an app may be more convenient. Google has its official Blogger Android App on Google Play Store, which is pretty neat. One can view blogs, publish blog posts from phone, save drafts online, attach pictures and add tags/labels to the post. But with the original Android Blogger app, we cannot edit the permalinks and edit HTML of the blog post. But with the other Blogger apps, some one these are available. Not all apps has al the above features. Nonetheless, you may try them out and decide what is best for you. List of some Blogger Android Mobile apps: Read more ยป

How to fix: WordPress not opening on localhost:8080 after port change from 80 to 8080 (HTTP 404 Not Found error)

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Opening a WordPress site after Apache port change returns HTTP 404 error (Not Found). This is a common issue with  WordPress users who have installed WordPress on local machine, then had to change the Apache HTTP port since other programs took over the HTTP port 80. Here is a scenario for the issue: Read more ยป

Social Media Sharing Tools for blogs and websites (Add This)

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S ocial Media sharing tools are a must-add tools for any blogger. With the widespread use of Social Media such as Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus etc., bloggers should be able to allow their visitors to share content from the website easily on Social Networks to increase traffic as well as to increase Social Media presence. The way Social Sharing tools are added to websites varies for native websites, CMS and blogging platforms. For native websites, the social sharing code has to be included in the source code of the web pages. Read more ยป

Resolved: "iPhone is disabled. Connect to iTunes" after forgetting passcode.

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Yesterday, a relative showed me his iPhone, quite frustrated that it is disabled. He gave the iPhone to a family member to use and that person changed the pass-code but later, did not remember. After multiple wrong entries, the iPhone got disabled. The message displayed on the iPhone is: "iPhone is disabled. Connect to iTunes" Read more ยป

How to add Facebook Page widget on Blogger blog or website?

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How to add Facebook Page widget on Blogger blog or website For those who blog and also maintain Facebook Pages, it may be a good idea to add Facebook Page Widget to Blogger blog or website, so that visitors can know, like the page, share and easily see contents posted on the page without the need to visit Facebook. They could also visit your Facebook page easily from the blog. Facebook provides various Social Plugins to easily integrate with any kind of website. Check out a tutorial video: How to create Facebook App and add Facebook page box to Blogger/Website?   How to add Facebook Page on your Blogger blog or website? Step one: Create a Facebook App for your blog site Skip this step if you have created the Facebook App for the website, or have already added a Facebook Comment on the website or Blogger blog as we discussed in the previous post . In the previous post , we discussed how to add Facebook Comment box on Blogger or website . If you have added Facebook Comments on the si...

XAMPP Apache Service fails to start due to blocked port: Error: Apache Shutdown Unexpectedly -may be due to blocked port, missing dependencies, improper privileges, or shutdown by another method

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Today, the Apache service installed with XAMPP shutdown on me. The following error was displayed on the XAMPP Control Panel - "Error: Apache Shutdown Unexpectedly -may be due to blocked port, missing dependencies, improper privileges, a crash, or shutdown by another method". Check the Apache error logs which shows - [Fri Oct 03 07:41:34.188511 2014] [ssl:warn] [pid 404:tid 400] AH01909: www.example.com:443:0 server certificate does NOT include an ID which matches the server name [Fri Oct 03 07:41:34.360389 2014] [ssl:warn] [pid 404:tid 400] AH01909: www.example.com:443:0 server certificate does NOT include an ID which matches the server name Let's see how to resolve this issue. Read more ยป