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SETTING UP A HTML EMAIL SIGNATURE IN MICROSOFT ENTOURAGE (MAC OS X)

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<h1 id="pagetitle" style="color: #4f4f4f; font-family: franklin_gothic_fs_cdbold, sans-serif; font-size: 40px; font-weight: normal !important; line-height: 40px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; text-transform: none;"><em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Yes, you can add a custom signature to Entourage, it’s just not quite as straight forward as MS Outlook nor does Entourage allow direct HTML editing. Here are the steps:</em></span></h1>
<div style="color: #4f4f4f; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0em; margin-right: 0em; margin-top: 0em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">
<b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">1.</b> Have each person in your organization who wants to create a personalized signature utilizing the custom signature design we made download the graphic file we provide to their local system (usually a .png file).</div>
<div style="color: #4f4f4f; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0em; margin-right: 0em; margin-top: 0em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">
<b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">2. </b>In Entourage go to: <i style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Tools -> Signatures -> New</i></div>
<div style="color: #4f4f4f; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0em; margin-right: 0em; margin-top: 0em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">
<b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">3. </b>Name your custom signature and type your contact info, you can use the basic HTML formatting tools displayed. A general fyi, the web safe fonts to use are Arial, Times New Roman, Helvetica, Verdana, and Trebuchet (we can use any font when I design a graphic of course). If you don’t use one of those fonts, you run an increased risk of the recipient not viewing your signature as you intended.</div>
<div style="color: #4f4f4f; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0em; margin-right: 0em; margin-top: 0em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">
<b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">4. </b>For some strange reason Microsoft decided not to give us an option to insert a photo in the signature window, so go back to the main menu and go:</div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0em; margin-right: 0em; margin-top: 0em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">
 <i style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Message -> Insert -> Picture</i></div>
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<div style="color: #4f4f4f; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0em; margin-right: 0em; margin-top: 0em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">
NOTE: If you happen to have an email open that you’re editing Entourage might decide to insert the picture there instead of your signature, so make sure all other Entourage windows are closed before doing this). Insert the custom signature graphic.</div>
<div style="color: #4f4f4f; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0em; margin-right: 0em; margin-top: 0em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">
<b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">5.</b> Close this window (which should save your signature, check in the list to make sure it’s there).</div>
<div style="color: #4f4f4f; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0em; margin-right: 0em; margin-top: 0em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">
<b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">6.</b> To set this signature up to insert automatically go to:</div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0em; margin-right: 0em; margin-top: 0em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">
<i style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Tools -> Accounts</i></div>
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<div style="color: #4f4f4f; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0em; margin-right: 0em; margin-top: 0em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">
and double-click your email account to open its settings window. Select the 'Options' pane, and the first option is the signature to use on this account's messages by default. Select the signature you just created from the drop-down menu. To set the default mail format to HTML so you don't need to switch it on each time, go to the Entourage application preferences (Entourage menu; 'Preferences'). Select 'Compose' and in the 'General' section there are drop-down menus for the default format for mail and news messages. Set these to HTML.</div>

TIPS SETTING UP A HTML EMAIL SIGNATURE IN MICROSOFT ENTOURAGE (MAC OS X)

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How to Create Your Own Google Sites Website

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<a href="http://sites.google.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>Google Sites</strong></a>
 allows you have your own content available on the web.  Unlike blogs, 
Google Sites work like MS Sharepoint wherein you can control who can and
 cannot edit the contents of your site.
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With this website creation tool you don’t have to 
install anything to write your own page – you can do them online 
anywhere as long as you are online.  Small offices who want to have 
their own Web space will also benefit since this is a good way to have a
 website with the least cost of ownership.</div>
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To start making your own website go to <a href="http://sites.google.com/" title="http://sites.google.com">http://sites.google.com</a>,
 you will need to have your own Google account to be able to access this
 site.  If you have an existing GMail account, that will work, you don’t
 have to make a new one.  After logging in, click <strong>Create site </strong>button to start the</div>
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<a href="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/image40.png" style="text-decoration: none;"><img alt="image" border="0" data-original="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/image-thumb40.png" height="249" src="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/image-thumb40.png" style="display: block;" width="520" /></a></div>
The page creation form will appear.  Type in the specific details 
needed for your site.  You don’t have to follow the texts or themes I 
inputted below since this is customized per page:<br />

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<a href="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/image41.png" style="text-decoration: none;"><img alt="image" border="0" data-original="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/image-thumb41.png" height="501" src="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/image-thumb41.png" style="display: block;" width="520" /></a></div>
The first entry is the <strong>site name</strong>.  This is like a title of your site so make sure it matches the purpose of your site:<br />

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<a href="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/image42.png"><img alt="image" border="0" data-original="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/image-thumb42.png" height="122" src="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/image-thumb42.png" style="display: block;" width="502" /></a></div>
Next comes the <strong>site description</strong> where you can add a short descriptive tag line or catch phrase for your site:<br />

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<a href="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/image43.png" style="text-decoration: none;"><img alt="image" border="0" data-original="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/image-thumb43.png" height="73" src="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/image-thumb43.png" style="display: block;" width="513" /></a></div>
Turn on mature content warning if you plan to add nudity or contents not suitable for minors:<br />

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<a href="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/image44.png" style="text-decoration: none;"><img alt="image" border="0" data-original="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/image-thumb44.png" height="51" src="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/image-thumb44.png" style="display: block;" width="480" /></a></div>
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If you want to share the website to limited group 
then choose “Only people I specify can view this site”, else click 
“every on the the world can view this site”.</div>
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<a href="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/image45.png"><img alt="image" border="0" data-original="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/image-thumb45.png" height="85" src="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/image-thumb45.png" style="display: block;" width="518" /></a></div>
Then choose a design theme.  Pick a color scheme and pattern that 
matches your site description.  It should blend with the contents that 
you will later add to the site.<br />

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<a href="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/image46.png" style="text-decoration: none;"><img alt="image" border="0" data-original="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/image-thumb46.png" height="130" src="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/image-thumb46.png" style="display: block;" width="520" /></a></div>
Finally, type in the secret captcha word to authenticate you as 
human.  This allows Google to prevent robots to spam the server with 
fake accounts:<br />

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<a href="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/image47.png" style="text-decoration: none;"><img alt="image" border="0" class="lazy aligncenter" data-original="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/image-thumb47.png" height="173" src="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/image-thumb47.png" style="display: block;" width="520" /></a></div>
NOTE: If the chosen URL is available it will direct you to the home 
page of the site, otherwise you will need to enter a new site name that 
is not yet taken.  In this case, “shadesofgreen” is already taken so I 
used “shadesofgreensite”:<br />

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<a href="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/image48.png"><img alt="image" border="0" class="lazy aligncenter" data-original="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/image-thumb48.png" height="458" src="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/image-thumb48.png" style="display: block;" width="520" /></a></div>
From here you can start editing and adding the pages.  Click <strong>Edit page </strong>to start updating the main page:<br />

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<a href="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/image49.png"><img alt="image" border="0" class="lazy aligncenter" data-original="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/image-thumb49.png" height="92" src="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/image-thumb49.png" style="display: block;" width="520" /></a></div>
You should see the online editor come up where you can put your content and save the changes you did:<br />

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<a href="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/image50.png"><img alt="image" border="0" class="lazy aligncenter" data-original="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/image-thumb50.png" height="279" src="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/image-thumb50.png" style="display: block;" width="520" /></a></div>
At this page you can either save or cancel.  You can also create a new page to add more pages to your site.<br />

Saving the file transfer you to the saved file’s location so you can see the changes that you did:<br />

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<a href="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/image51.png" style="text-decoration: none;"><img alt="image" border="0" class="lazy aligncenter" data-original="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/image-thumb51.png" height="233" src="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/image-thumb51.png" style="display: block;" width="513" /></a></div>
Users familiar with online blogging tools or MS Sharepoint will be 
right at home with this simplistic web site editing tool.  If you plan 
to have your own website, Google Sites is an exciting way get started 
with it.  It is easy to learn and you won’t have to worry about 
installing a web editor or managing your own web server since Google 
will host is for you.

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Basic Joomla Installation Tutorial

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Joomla is a popular 
web-based content management solution (CMS).  As a CMS, it lets you 
manage your sites’ contents like documents, pictures, HTML and other web
 documents.  This free web application could be used as your corporate 
or community website, complete with a secured login/logout for users, 
administration and of course content editing and management.<div class="post-content entry-content">
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Joomla requires a PHP webserver and MySQL like the 
one packaged in XAMPP.  We have written about XAMPP and SQLyog to guide 
you with the installation of the required software.  The steps below 
will guide you with installing Joomla.</div>
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You can get the Joomla package from their official website: <a href="http://www.joomla.org/" rel="nofollow" title="http://www.joomla.org/">http://www.joomla.org/</a></div>
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<strong>Step 1.</strong> Start the Apache and MySQL services.  In XAMPP you will need to click the Start buttons next to each process:</div>
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<strong>Step 2.</strong>  Put the unzipped Joomla 
package on the htdocs folder of XAMPP. I have XAMPP installed on my 
C:\XAMPP directory so the Joomla folder goes to the C:\XAMPP\HTDOCS 
folder:</div>
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You can rename the Joomla folder to anything you want.  In my setup I renamed it to myJoomla.</div>
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<a href="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/image7.png"><img alt="image" border="0" data-original="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/image-thumb7.png" height="343" src="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/image-thumb7.png" style="border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="461" /></a></div>
<strong>Step 3. </strong>Browse the URL where Joomla is placed.  If you have it on your computer with folder named “myJoomla” the URL will be <a href="http://localhost/myJoomla" title="http://localhost/myJoomla">http://localhost/myJoomla</a>. You should see the Joomla installer open on your web browser:<br />

<strong>Step 4.  </strong>Follow the seven steps of the Joomla 
installer.  First step is the language so just choose the language that 
you want to use.  At the second step it is important that you meet the 
pre-installation check wherein a list of all minimum requirements need 
to be met:<br />

<strong>Step 5.  </strong> Read carefully the license agreement, press next if you agree to the statements provided in the agreement.<br />

<strong>Step 6.  </strong>Create a mySQL account that will be used by
 Joomla so it can save data to the MySQL database.   Enter the account 
details on the fields<br />

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<strong>Step 7. </strong>You will not need to enable 
the FTP settings on the FTP configuration screen.   This is not required
 on a Windows OS since you can directly alter the Joomla files using 
explorer.  If you use a secured web host, you should set an FTP account 
that can access the root directory.  You might need to get with the host
 admin to get the username and password if you want it to be a generic 
account separate from your user account.</div>
<a href="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/image11.png"><img alt="image" border="0" data-original="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/image-thumb11.png" height="254" src="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/image-thumb11.png" style="border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="458" /></a><br />

<strong>Step 8. </strong>Enter the main configuration settings.  Enter your preferred site name, admin email and password:<br />

<strong>Step 9</strong>. At this point you will get a hurdle with a message saying that you need to remove the installation directory:<br />

Go to the Joomla directory and delete the “installation” 
sub-directory.  Only this directory needs to be removed so make sure not
 to touch the other files and directories.  <a href="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/image14.png"><img alt="image" border="0" data-original="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/image-thumb14.png" height="388" src="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/image-thumb14.png" style="border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="521" /></a><br />

<strong>Step 10.</strong> <strong>Whew! You’re done!</strong> You now have your own Joomla website. If you used the same “myJoomla” folder name then the URL will be <a href="http://localhost/myJoomla/" title="http://localhost/myJoomla/">http://localhost/myJoomla/</a><br />

Isn’t it a breeze to setup Joomla?  On the next posts we will talk about how to customize Joomla.<br />

<blockquote>
Ben Carigtan show’s you how it’s done.</blockquote>
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Quickly Make a Web Site Smartphone Compatible

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Smartphones grow in popularity with 
each passing day—much faster than cellular providers can upgrade to 
faster, 3g and 4g networks to support the amount of data streamed by 
these phones. The most successful Web site owners realize the potential 
of mobile phone consumers and create a mobile version of their Web 
sites.<div class="post-content entry-content">
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Unfortunately, few Web site owners have the time and money to invest in mobile phone versions. This is where <a href="http://www.onbile.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Onbile</a> seeks to help by automatically converting a Web site for mobile compatibility with about five minutes of setup time.<br />

Start by creating an account. Choose a username and password, then 
enter your email address and agree to the terms of service. Click <strong>next step</strong> to proceed.<br />

Select a template for the mobile version of your Web site. The color 
scheme may be altered by clicking each of the boxes for background, 
title and buttons and choosing a new color. Click <strong>Next Step</strong> when finished.<br />

The next step is to add content settings. For bloggers, this just 
means giving your feed’s URL. Then, you can either give the URL for a 
background, or upload a picture to use as a logo. Click <strong>Next Step</strong> when finished.<br />

Enter the domain address being converted to mobile format and click <strong>Publish.</strong><br />

Almost done! A message proclaiming your site’s mobile transformation 
appears, along with a message to confirm your email address. Once 
confirmed, a code appears that must be pasted into the index file of 
your Web site.<br />

While Onbile is easy, it is not without faults. Some Web site owners 
report JavaScript errors. If using an RSS feed, the template choice is 
limited. In the terms of service, Onbile reserves the right to use 
advertisements at will—with no provision for Web site owners to choose 
the placement of such ads.<br />

Overall, this is a great idea and an easy way for small Web sites to 
join the Mobile phone community, but it is probably a short term 
solution. As a Web site grows, more professional interfaces are 
expected.<br />

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Quickly Make a Web Site Smartphone Compatible

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How to Add Gadgets to a Windows 7 Desktop

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What good will a home Windows 7 
installation will be without useful toys on your desktop?  In Windows 7,
 these toys are called desktop gadgets and by default 7 comes with a 
handful of desktop toys that we can readily use.  The most useful 
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The dependable calendar, clock, CPU meter, curreny converter, feed 
reader, maps and others are here to use.  Unlike Vista, they don’t open 
automatically after a fresh install, so you have to open them manually. 
 To access the gadgets,   type “<strong>desktop gadgets</strong>” on the search bar then click “<strong>Desktop Gadget Gallery</strong>” under the programs list:<br />

The Desktop Gadgets Gallery will appear.  Click on any gadget that you want to run on your desktop:<br />

The gadgets will appear at the right side of your desktop.  Clearing 
your desktop will not minimize the gadgets – they are always open unless
 you close them.<br />

That basically covers how to add the gadgets to your desktop.  Now to
 add more gadgets to your gallery, you will need to download the 
installer from the URL below:<br />

<a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/downloads/personalize?T1=tab03" target="_blank">http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/downloads/personalize?T1=tab03</a><br />

Click the download button on any of the desktop gadgets to get the installer:<br />

Once downloaded, open the file to run the installer:<br />

You should see the new desktop added to the gallery.  Double click it to run on your desktop:<br />

You should see it appear on your desktop.  Some of the gadgets are in
 fact pretty nice and add value to your Windows 7 experience (i.e. 
offers free downloadable contents like MP3s of unsigned artists).<br />

As Windows 7’s production release gets nearer, we expect to see more 
awesome gadgets not only from Microsoft, but also from third party 
developers as well.<br />

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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Ben Carigtan shows you how it’s done!</span></blockquote>
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GoDaddy vs. HostGator vs. Media Temple vs. BlueHost

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Looking for a good place to host 
your website or blog? There are a variety of different things that you 
should consider before choosing a web host. The thing about web hosting 
is, once you pick a host and get your website setup, it can be very 
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Thus, picking a web host that will work great for you initially is 
key. Chances are, you have probably heard of the following hosting 
companies. Here is how they stack up as far as bang for buck, 
reliability, and overall deal.<br />

<h4>
<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://godaddy.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GoDaddy</a></span></h4>
Godaddy is one of the most popular web hosting companies, most likely
 due to heavy commercial advertising. Overall, Godaddy is a good 
webhosting company that offers just about any feature one could ask for 
in a web host.<br />

Godaddy offers a do it yourself solution for just about any 
adjustment that you need to make with your domains and hosting. For 
example, with Godaddy, you can switch the primary domain on your hosting
 account yourself, by using the change of primary domain wizard.<br />

Some smaller hosting companies do not officially offer a do it 
yourself solution for things like this. It can be done, but usually 
requires a call to customer support to have them do it. Godaddy does 
however, have one major con. They are always trying to market something 
to you.<br />

It’s not uncommon to get 2-3 emails a day from Godaddy that are 
marketing some product to you or trying to make you upgrade to something
 more expensive. Also, Godaddy does offer a surplus of more features 
than traditional web hosts. However, they also charge you for the 
majority of them.<br />

Godaddy’s rates tend to fluctuate a lot, but they do offer a lot of 
promos which you should take advantage of. The right promo code will get
 you a domain for 7 bucks and 20% off of your hosting.<br />

<h4>
<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="http://hostgator.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HostGator</a></strong></span></h4>
Hostgator is a very simple web host to use. They also have some of 
the best customer support in the business. When you purchase a domain 
through Hostgator, you are actually using Registry Rocket services to 
acquire the domain.<br />

From there, Hostgator registers the domain name to your hosting 
account. This can be seen as a slight disadvantage. If you want to make 
domain changes on your account, you have to know how to adjust DNS 
servers yourself, and do it through Registry Rocket.<br />

However, if you don’t want to bother with making changes like this, 
just send Hostgator an email and they will do it for you, no charge.  
Hostgator has good uptime, and they don’t bug you with marketing offers.<br />

Hostgator rates for hosting and domain purchasing are mid range in 
price for a web host. But, they do accept promo codes, which can save 
you a couple bucks here and there.<br />

<h4>
<a href="http://mediatemple.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Media Temple (MT)</a></h4>
Media Temple is the chosen host by a variety of different labels 
including: Adobe, Diesel, JQuery, Starbucks, etc… They market themselves
 as a premium web host. MT’s UI software is unique, similar to Godaddy.<br />

They don’t use cPanel like the majority of generic hosts. Media 
Temple’s hosting plans are really only suitable for sites that get a lot
 of traffic. Their prices are considered very high. The lowest Media 
Temple hosting plan starts at $20 a month, and prices only go up from 
there.<br />

They do a decent job at not bugging you with marketing plots, and the
 letters that they do send you are often times useful. Media Temple 
support is decent.<br />

<h4>
<a href="http://www.bluehost.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Blue Host</a></h4>
Blue Host is known for having some of the best hosting rates. Hosting
 plans start at $6.95 a month and most of the time you can get hosting 
for under $5 with a good promo code.<br />

As far as reliability, Blue Host has had some trouble in the past, as
 many users have reported that their sites have gone down. However, Blue
 Host has gotten several positive reviews as well.<br />

Similar to Hostgator, Blue Host uses the cPanel interface. Blue Host 
tends to stay on top of hosting trends and add features when necessary 
and demand is there. Support for Blue Host is generally good.<br />

<h3>
<strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Conclusion</span></strong></h3>
In conclusion, here is my opinion on the final ranking of the four web hosting companies:<br />

1. Hostgator<br />

2. Godaddy<br />

3. Blue Host<br />

4. Media Temple<br />

Don’t agree? Tell us why you think the order should be different. Or 
tell us your favorite web hosting company and why it’s better than the 
four I mentioned here. Enjoy!<br />

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How to Setup a Website With a Custom Domain in 30 Minutes

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I’ve been blogging on Online Tech Tips and Help
 Desk geek for years now, but I really can’t use them to post random 
thoughts, ideas, links, notes, etc since they consist of more 
professional content. That’s why I decided two days ago to setup another
 blog using the <a href="http://aseemkishore.com/">aseemkishore.com</a>
 domain name I had bought a long time ago. I ended up setting it up on 
Tumblr, which I love since it’s so easy to use and looks great.<br />

The whole process took me about 10 minutes to do. I’m adding 20 more 
minutes for telling you how to do it because you might have to spend 10 
minutes buying a domain name and 10 minutes getting a little used to 
GoDaddy’s interface. If you have a domain name, then you can probably 
setup a website using Tumblr in 10 minutes too. I’m going to use GoDaddy
 for the domain name and Tumblr for the website content management 
system. Of course, you can setup websites in a myriad of ways, but the 
point here is to go from no domain name to a fully functional website in
 20 minutes.<br />

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1. Buy Your Domain Name</h2>
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You can buy a domain name wherever you like, but I have all of mine 
at GoDaddy.com, so I’ll show you the steps specific to that site. You 
can probably get a domain name for cheaper somewhere else and the 
process of buying a domain name is not really that different, so get it 
wherever you like. If you already have a domain name you want to setup 
the website for, then skip down to the next section. Go to <a href="http://www.godaddy.com/">GoDaddy.com</a> and type in the desired domain name. If it’s available, you’ll get the <strong>Congratulations</strong> message on the next page:<br />

Go ahead and click on the <strong>Buy It Now</strong> button. On the 
next page, you’ll be able to choose the term for the domain name, which 
is set to 2 years by default. The current price for a domain name on 
GoDaddy is $12.49 a year.  Go ahead and click on the <strong>Checkout</strong> button at the right:<br />

Type in your billing info and choose your payment method. Then just click on <strong>Place Your Order</strong>. You’ll have to create a GoDaddy account to manage your domain and change settings, but first let’s setup the front-end now.<br />

<h2>
2. Setup Tumblr Blog</h2>
Now go to <a href="http://www.tumblr.com/">Tumblr.com</a> and click on the Sign Up button at the top. Go ahead and type in your email, a password and a user name.<br />

You’ll get an email with a verification link. Click on that and 
you’ll be logged into your Tumblr account. Now you’ll have a default 
untitled blog. The URL will be username.tumblr.com. Now in order to get 
everything connected to your custom domain name, you need to click on 
the <strong>Settings</strong> (gear icon) at the top and then click on Untitled below <strong>Apps</strong>. In the screenshot below, it’s my name because I renamed the blog from Untitled to Aseem Kishore.<br />

Check the “<strong>Use a custom domain name</strong>” box and then type in the domain name you just bought. Don’t click <strong>Test your domain</strong>
 yet, because we haven’t configured the domain name settings yet. That’s
 all you have to do on Tumblr, the rest is done over at GoDaddy.<br />

<h2>
3. Configure DNS Settings</h2>
In order to get a custom domain name to work with Tumblr, all you 
have to do is change one setting for you domain. That’s why it’s so easy
 and fast. Tumblr has a <a href="http://www.tumblr.com/docs/en/custom_domains">FAQ page</a> on how to do this, but I’ll walk you through it since it’s the only semi-complicated part of this whole process.<br />

First, go to GoDaddy.com and click on <strong>MyAccount </strong>at the top left after you login.<br />

Next, click on <strong>Domains</strong> to manage your domain or domains.<br />

A list of domain will pop up below and you’ll see a button called <strong>Launch</strong> at the right.<br />

Now you’ll be at the Domain Details page, which looks quite 
overwhelming if you don’t have any idea what that stuff means. Don’t 
worry, you don’t need to know anything about it. What you have to do is 
launch the <strong>DNS Manager</strong>, which is towards the bottom.<br />

Now here’s where the magic happens. There are two ways to go about 
getting this setup to work. One way is that you edit a record called the
 A record. Another way is to add a CNAME record. Don’t worry about what 
it means, it’s not worth the trouble. Why are there two ways? Well, if 
you edit the A record, then your website URL will be domainname.com. If 
you want the www in front (www.domainname.com), then you have to use the
 CNAME record. It’s just a matter of preference.<br />

If you go the route of changing the A record, typing 
www.domainname.com will simply redirect to the non-www version. I did 
mine using the A record method. To do that, click on the little pencil 
icon in the <strong>Points to </strong>box under the heading <strong>A (Host)</strong>.<br />

Change whatever IP address is there to <strong>66.6.44.4</strong>. 
That is the IP address for Tumblr. That is all you have to do. Now you 
just wait a few hours and you’ll be able to visit your domain name and 
it should load up your Tumblr blog! If you really want that www in 
front, then modify the CNAME record. If you scroll down, you’ll see one 
called <strong>www</strong>.<br />

Click on the pencil icon in the Points to box for www and change the value to <strong>domains.tumblr.com</strong>.
 That’s it. Note that you only have to do one or the other, not both. 
I’m not really sure what happens if you do both the A record and CNAME 
record, but I’m not going to try it and it’s not recommended.<br />

So there you have it: a super fast way to go from no website to 
great-looking website in no time. Tumblr is not for everyone, but it’s 
got that ultra-convienent feature of just having to change one record in
 your DNS settings to get it to work with a custom domain name. If you 
have any trouble or have a better way than what I’ve done, post a 
comment and let us know. Enjoy!<br />

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