The quickest way to build your own self-hosted WordPress blog site
Posted by Joemar | Filed under Technology
Nowadays, building your own blog site with your own domain and hosting is very easy to do. You don’t have to know even the basics of HTML or PHP programming… All you need is passion to have your own blog and basic internet/computer skills (e.g. knowing how to type and click). If you are looking for the quickest way to build your blog with domains like www.your-name.com or www.whatever-name.com, here it is…in just three easy steps.
Tags: blogging, cpanel, hostgator, wordpress
Sync your WordPress blog with your Facebook profile
Posted by Joemar | Filed under Technology
Facebook is the most blogger-friendly social networking site I have ever known, specially if your blogging platform is Wordpress. For a hosted Wordpress blog, like mine, there are many ways to let your blog and your Facebook profile synchronize and interact.
Tags: blogging, facebook, wordpress
Unzip compressed file formats with 7-Zip
Posted by Joemar | Filed under Technology
When you download huge files from the internet, specially those from file sharing sites, these usually are in compressed file formats with .zip, .rar, .tar.gz, .gzip, .bzip, .7z and other file extensions. These are also called archive files. Windows XP and higher versions of Windows can easily pack and unpack .zip files but not the [...]
Tags: 7-zip, compressed files
The new Google Insights for Search: A powerful tool for bloggers
Posted by Joemar | Filed under Technology
Today, when I visited Google Trends, I saw a new feature currently under beta testing. This function is what I was wishing for Google Trends to have. This new tool is called Google Insights for Search. Instead of thinking of a term and finding out its trends, this tool can give you the most searched keywords/phrases. The results can be filtered by a range of time, by regions, and by categories. For instance, I have known that in the last 90 days, the most searched term by Filipinos is “lyrics”.
Withdrawing Paypal funds to a bank account in the Philippines
Posted by Joemar | Filed under Technology
There is a growing number of local Filipino users of Paypal ever since the company set foot in our country. For technopreneurs, having a Paypal account is the most secure and convenient way to send or receive payments online. Sooner or later, there is a need to withdraw some funds from Paypal so these can [...]
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