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Most web developers prefer to develop sites on a local development machine and then upload to a live server as it speed up the development process. In my previous post, I discussed about migrating a site on local development server to a live server which you can refer this post . This post is about an error which we usually face when migrating a Drupal site from local development server to a live server. After migrating a Drupal site from local development server to a live server or simply put, from one server to another, we will usually encounter this error. Error : Warning: file_put_contents(temporary://): failed to open stream: "DrupalTemporaryStreamWrapper::stream_open" call failed in file_unmanaged_s Watch this short video about the error above and how to fix this error. Read more »

M ost web developers like to develop websites on local development machines and on completion migrate it to a live site. In this post, we will see how to migrate a site developed locally to a live site. In this tutorial, the local site is build using Drupal CMS (PHP, MySql) on Windows using XAMPP suite. Check out these previous post how to install XAMPP on Windows for development purposes: How to install and run XAMPP on Windows? (Guide) How to install and run WordPress using XAMPP on Windows? How to migrate site from local development machine to live site? Read more »

So you have bought a new laptop. Great! And you can’t wait to start using your new device.  But here are some recommended things you should do before you start using your laptop. Read more »

Google+ by default is associated with a Google Account. Most user have personal Google accounts and it is not a good idea to continue personal account for Blogs. Unless one has a Google account created specifically for business or for the blog, it is a better to have a dedicated Google Plus page for blogs. Google+ pages provide local businesses, brands, organizations and artists with a public identity and presence on Google+. Advantages of creating a dedicated Google Plus Page for blogs: Read more »

This post is based on an exercise I did to display YouTube videos in a gallery in WordPress website. The objective is to display YouTube videos in WordPress sites as a gallery with a player and thumbnails, so that visitors can view the videos hosted on YouTube without having to leave the website. The videos can be from a YouTube Channel or all videos uploaded by a user (self). This example uses the WordPress plugin - YouTube Channel Gallery plugin. Read more »

The OSCLASS item descriptions are appearing with wide extra blank spaces between paragraphs which makes the item look awkward. The spaces in between are too wide. It does not look good on the website. Most OSCLASS users are using "RichEdit" Plugin for text editing which appears in the item description text area. When pressing the ENTER button on the keyboard, it sets a new paragraph. And it looks okay when editing, but after the item is posted, there are too many blank spaces between the paragraph. Most of us would easily suspect the "RichEdit" plugin but "RichEdit" plugin is not the culprit surprisingly. In this post, we will see how to resolve this issue with OSCLASS, a solution which I also found on OSCLASS forums posted by CJD and I thought I would share this. Read more »

Subtitles may sometimes be required when you are watching a movie of foreign language or when there are some jargon which you may not be familiar with or just to follow all the dialogues. Unfortunately, you may have searched and found subtitles on the internet but later you found the subtitles don't sync with the video. The subtitle may be appearing before the video or it may be appearing after the video. For those of you who use VLC Media Player on your computers, we will see how to sync subtitles on VLC Media player. Read more »

What is an email client and what are its advantages? Email client is a desktop application that enables configuring one or more email addresses to receive, read, compose and send emails from that email address(s) through the desktop interface. It provides a central interface for receiving, composing and sending emails of configured email address(s). We are basically using a "webmail" when we access Gmail, YahooMail etc. on our web browsers. If you are looking for free email clients to use Gmail with, then Mozilla Thunderbird is a very popular and free open source email client. Thunderbird is a very popular Outlook replacement email client. In this post, we will see how to setup Gmail on Mozilla Thunderbird email client. Read more »

  I f you find the default Blogger template a bit boring, you may also find some free Blogger templates online to use. However, if you would like to stick to the default Blogger templates and you would like to add your own customization, you can do so with a bit of CSS tweaks. In this post, we’ll see some tips to customize Blogger template using CSS and browser's Inspect Element / Firebug with examples Read more »

If you are asking: " Can I create a separate YouTube Channel other than the main YouTube Account? ", then the answer is "yes". When we sign up for YouTube Account, we have to create a Google Account. If we already have a Google Account, we just have to sign in with the same Google Account.  YouTube account is not the YouTube Channel, that is, YouTube Account and Channel are different things. Google Support says: Read more »

Google introduced Google+ comment for Blogger, which is not enabled by default so it has to be enabled by the administrator. Enabling Google+ comment system on Blogger has it's pros and cons. Let's see the advantages and disadvantages of enabling Google+ comments on Blogger and you can decide whether to use Google+ comments or not. Read more »

Your computer have been starting slow lately? There may be a lot of programs waiting to start when you switch on your computer. The longer we use our computers, the more software we may end up installing. Some of these software starts automatically when Windows starts. The more software programs the computer has on start up, the slower the computer will be to start. It is better to disable some unnecessary programs from Windows startup to speed up the computer.  We can configure the startup programs using the MSCONFIG tool in Windows. Care should be taken when editing startup programs using MSCONFIG. Remove only the programs you know, generally programs you have installed yourself.  Removing system required programs can cause startup issues. Check out this short video tutorial to see how to disable some unnecessary from startup to speed up your computer: Read more »

B logger is a blogging platform from Google and is meant for blogging. Quite obvious, right? So it has the typical front page that displays list of posts published which are sorted from newest to oldest blog post. If you are asking how to create website using Blogger, read on. Read more »

In this post, we'll see how to load and use Custom Shapes in Photoshop. But before we do, let us understand what are Custom Shapes. Custom Shapes are Photoshop files with a .csh extension and are vector based shapes that are re-usable in Photoshop. Photoshop comes with some default shapes in but are not adequate sometimes and we may need more. Or you may want to save your work as a Custom Shape so that you can use it later. You can create Photoshop Custom Shapes, or download from the internet and use it in your work. In the video below, see how to load and use custom shapes in Photoshop: How to load custom shapes in Photoshop? Read more »

In this Blogger Tips post, we will see how to create category pages in Blogger. As we know, Blogger uses categories called "labels". When we click on a particular label, a page is displayed that had all the posts with that particular label. We can use this feature to create category pages. This will let us show a page in Blogger that corresponds to particular Blogger category or label. This URL of the category page can be used in the "Navigation tab" to let users access different categories in your Blog. Check out this short video how to create category pages in Blogger: How To Create Categories Pages In Blogger? Read more »

Oracle Virtual Box is a powerful virtualization software that can be used on Windows to install and run another operating systems such as Linux, Ubuntu and several other OS along side Windows. It is an Open Source Software (OSS) and is free. It is one of the most popular free virtualization software available today and is available for enterprise as well as for home use. It is a great alternative virtualization software to VM Ware. If you are looking for ways to run Linux / Ubuntu on Windows, installing Linux / Ubuntu using virtual machines is the best way to go about. You may also try Ubuntu from a USB pen-drive, but files processed will not be saved in that case. In this short video, see how to install Ubuntu on Windows using Oracle Virtual Box. How To Install Ubuntu On Windows Using Oracle Virtual Box? Read more »

By default, the URL of a Blogger blog look like: http://yourblogname.blogspot.com. Technically, Blogger blog is a sub-domain under the main domain "blogspot.com". If you are using Blogger to host a site professionally or representing a brand, it will be better to get a domain name so that it can be accessed using an address like "www.yoursite.com". You can then redirect Blogger to the custom domain name so that it can be accessed using the domain name. Read more »

CamStudio Common Errors and Solutions 1. The specified device handle is invalid in stop() 2. "waveoutgetselectcontrol() failed" when recording audio from speakers. Watch this short video to find solutions to the above common CamStudio errors. Read more »

Are you not able to find the desktop screen recording video you just made using CamStudio? Worry not. It is there, somewhere on your computer. By default, CamStudio recording videos are saved to the Windows temporary files directory. Read more »

Idea Net Setter 3g dongle uses a Huawei E-1550 hardware. It is a 3G USB modem which support 3.6 mbps download speed. In this post, we'll see how to unlock USB Data Card dongle. The benefit is that you can use any SIM card with an unlocked Data Card dongle instead of the default one set by your service provided. That way, if the services of the default service provider is not good in your area, you can easily switch to other service providers' network using another SIM cards. Before starting the unlock process, make sure the data card is detected by your desktop/laptop. You will be able to make out from your data card dashboard program. If you have a working SIM card entered, you will see a signal strength indicator at the status bar. OR you can also check from Mobile Partner, you will see under TOOLS > CHOOSE DEVICE. Note the IMEI number- The IMEI number is a 15 Digit number you will find printed on the device. Download the required softwares listed at the end of this post. ...

Downloading Free Android Apps can be quite addictive and sometimes we end up downloading apps which we have no intention of using for long. Some apps we install just to test, while some we uninstall right after we install because we find the app is of no use as claimed. Even after we uninstall apps from our Android devices, the app is shown under "My Apps" on Google Play store. If you would like to remove those apps from your apps history on Google Play Store, watch this short video:

When viewing a single blog post on Blogger, "Next" or "Newer" and "Previous" or "Older" post links are displayed to let the user navigate to other posts in the blog. The default placement of the above links are way down, and user have to scroll down to find it if there are multiple comments on the blog post. To make it more visible to the reader, it is better to place the "Next" or "Newer" and "Previous" or "Older" post links in more visible locations such as- Above Post Title, Under Post Title, Below Post Body, Above Comments. Here in this post, we will see how to move Blogger's  "Next" and "Previous" Post Titles and show Above Post Title, Under Post Title, Below Post Body, Above Comments. Read more »

Windows error 2502, 2503 - Unable to install or uninstall software So when attempting to install or uninstall a software, I was getting the error code 2502 and 2503, because the installation and uninstall of MySQL fails. There are different ways to workaround this issue as I have found online. Some work in some cases, some don't. You may try any of the below way and see which works in your case. Read more »