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Failure Configuring Windows Updates on Windows 7

This morning I had a notice to Install Updates on Shut Down for my Windows 7 machine. Once I rebooted I would receive the error “Failure Configuring Windows Updates”. This seemed to be an infinite loop as I tried to restart the machine several times to configure the updates. There are 2 steps I took [...]


Google One Pass Micropayment

Google announced their new One Pass Micropayment system today. The new system allows publishers to offer different payment methods for content. The system will give readers the ability to access digital content on different platforms such as websites and mobile phones with one login. Publishers can choose to use subscriptions, metered access, freemium and sinlge [...]


Being a Website Mechanic

It is a niche I really did not plan on, but it is probably the best description of what I do on a daily basis. Thanks to the SoloBizCoach for pointing that out during one of our chats. Using the term mechanic invariably brings to mind a car mechanic, and a website mechanic is very [...]


Port your existing mobile number to Google Voice

I can see where this is might be a great option if you move. I recently moved but have been hesitant to change my number. I need to change to my current area code, and at the same time I need to keep the old number. Using Google Voice number porting I could do both. [...]


Print from your phone with Gmail for mobile and Google Cloud Print – Official Gmail Blog

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Static HTML to WordPress Conversion Case Study

Converting older static html sites to WordPress is one of the most popular things for me to work on. Seems there are still a lot of older sites that have no CMS system and when people decide to finally convert these sites WordPress is one of the most popular options. I used my holiday time [...]


Permalinks, Slugs and SEO

WordPress is a great SEO framework right out of the box. About the only thing you have to do is set the permalinks to a custom structure. One of the most popular permalink structure is /%postname%/, this will make the permalink http://www.domain.com/permalink/ compared to the original WordPress permalink which would be http://www.domain.com/?p=1. WordPress also sets [...]


Convert HTML to WordPress

This is the second post I have written on this topic, the first post was Convert Static HTML Site to WordPress Easily. In that first post I covered a very simple way to convert a static HTML site to WordPress. After almost 2 years of answering questions on that post I thought it was time [...]


Digital Camera Database

Here is a database for Digital Cameras which can be used for related websites and content projects. The file includes one CSV file that has 1,373 Digital Cameras from 20 different manufacturers. Each record has 2 fields Field1 = Make Field2 = Model Olympus,Stylus 5010 Kodak,EasyShare CX7220 Canon,PowerShot A700 Nikon,Coolpix 8700 Casio,Exilim EX-FC150 Pentax,Optio X [...]


New CyberCoded Micro Messaging site

I have installed Status.net microblogging software on CyberCoded.net to have a place to share and connect with anyone who has comments or questions about the topics I cover here in a private setting. This includes but is not limited to WordPress, PHP, SEO, Social Media and Online Income. The system is closed to the public [...]


Geolocation Check In Does Have Value

With the new Facebook Places launch this past week there has been a lot of talk about the lack of value to Geolocation system check ins. I have read several blogs and listened to some podcasts that basically say there is no value to systems such as Foursquare and Facebook Places and that those who [...]