One of my family members is in the process of moving and I’ve agreed to help them out, a big part of the job is dealing with old computers. On the one hand, I could take a hammer to the hard drives to permanently erase confidential old information but that’s quite wasteful and not really […]
Read the rest of this entry »How to call a custom PayPal header for individual buttons and payment links
Recently I wrote a tutorial on how to create and use a custom header in PayPal to make your payment pages more professional and match your site. That’s great for people who use their PayPal primarily for one business or purpose but what if you accept donations or payments for several different services? In my […]
Read the rest of this entry »How to redirect visitors and search engines when you change a website URL
Over the years I’ve built many websites, some for friends, family and many for myself. Blogs, just like this one, that over time grow and adapt to new subjects. Most of the time the original URL I chose lasts the entire life of the site but sometimes I decide to change the URL, move the […]
Read the rest of this entry »How to edit WordPress system widgets
WordPress is very conducive to customization and code changes but one of the trickier things to alter are the system Widgets used in the sidebar. Some of the standard widgets included with a new install of WordPress are Archives, Calendar, Categories, Links, Meta, Pages, Recent Comments, Recent Posts, RSS and Search. Many times you can […]
Read the rest of this entry »How to display the searched term in WordPress search.php template
When users search for something on a WordPress site the system sends them to a search results page that is rendered using the Search Results (search.php) page. Depending on which theme you are using for your WordPress site the text on this search.php file may vary. One thing I always like to do on my […]
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Recently I decided to change the URL for one of my websites, this website in fact! It used to be howtovideotutorial.org but I thought that was kind of long and I wanted a .com so I registered tutorialsave.com. Since I wanted to use the same platform (WordPress) and keep all of the content and comments […]
Read the rest of this entry »How to create a favorites icon for your website
A favorite icon or “favicon” is the little icon that shows up in the URL bar of your web browser when you visit a site on the web. It also shows up in your list of favorites next to each site you’ve saved, at least until you clear your cookies and internet cache. For this […]
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