Archive for Code

Mar
21

26 Free Tip Sheets and Cheat Sheets for Your Computer Environment

If you’ll like me you probably use a variety of tools in your computer environment: Google, Firefox, iTunes, Outlook, YouTube, Skype, and the list goes on and on.

Well I have found this really cool web site makeuseof.com that I’d like to share with you that offers (to date) 26 free tip sheets and cheat sheets for your computer environment.

Did you know that you can use Google’s search field as a calculator? I didn’t until I downloaded makeuseof.com’s Google Search Commands and Shortcuts. In this cheat sheet you will learn how to Restrict Search to Google Groups, Restrict Search, Specialized Information Queries, Alternative Query Types, Restrict Search to Sites where Query Words Appear, Basic Examples, and Calculator. All on one sheet – very cool and important information!

Have fun downloading!

26 Free Tip Sheets and Cheat Sheets for Your Computer Environment (Windows and Mac)

Dropbox Tips
YouTube Tips
Outlook Shortcuts
Skype Shortcuts
Opera Shortcuts
iPhone Cheat Sheet
Useful Gmail Shortcuts
Twitter Cheat Sheet
Photoshop CS5 Cheat Sheet
iTunes Cheat Sheet (Mac)
iTunes Cheat Sheet (Windows)
Windows CMD Commands
GIMP Shortcuts
30 Codes for Chat Smileys
Facebook Shortcuts
VLC Player Shortcuts (BTW – I love this player! If you make video for your clients and they can’t play it have them download the FREE VLC Player and I bet you your video will play!)
Google Reader Shortcuts
Mozilla Thunderbird Cheat Sheet
Internet Explorer Shortcuts
Google Chrome Shortcuts
Firefox Shortcuts (Mac OSX)
Firefox Shortcuts (Windows)
Best Google Search Tips
Linux Commands Reference
Mac OSX Shortcuts
Windows Shortcuts

If you have any tips or shortcuts you’d like to share please leave a comment below.

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Oh I almost forgot, while you’re visiting makeuseof.com check out their Best of Apps – you’ll be glad you did.

Categories : Code, Email, Facebook, Fun Stuff, Graphics, Media, Social Media, Twitter, Videos, YouTube

Oct
20

SexyBookmarks Plugin

by Janet L. Hall, Web Trainer/Developer

SexyBookmarks

I’ve been searching high and low for this plugin that you can add to the bottom of your posts for others to click and share in various places; however couldn’t find out it’s name, that is until David R. in a webdesign.com event chat mentioned it today.

You can view the SexyBookmarks Plugin in action at the bottom of this post and it’s very easy to install (see bottom of post for how-to installation); however if you are using a Builder iThemes WordPress Theme the bookmarks show up in all your widgets and really makes your pages look terrible (this can be fixed and I’ll show you how in a second)!

See how ugly this is BEFORE I apply the fix:

The fix was really easy once I figured out the code to add to my Builder CHILD Stylesheet (style.css), which I added to the bottom of the sheet:

/***********************************************
sharing is caring widget fix
************************************************/
.widget .shareaholic-show-on-load{

display:none !important;
}

.widget .shareaholic-like-buttonset{
display:none !important;
}

See how pretty this is AFTER I apply the fix:

How to install SexyBookmarks:

<a href="http://www.vimeo.com/30862180" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.vimeo.com']);">http://www.vimeo.com/30862180</a>

Categories : Code, WordPress Plugins, WordPress Training

Sep
7

Protect Your Email Address – Shortcode Tip #1

by Janet L. Hall, Web Trainer/Developer

In order to cut down on email spam from your web site you can add some code to your functions.php file and then a shortcode to encode it. Here’s how:

Add this code to your functions.php file

function protect_email_address( $atts , $content=null ) {<br />
 for ($i = 0; $i < strlen($content); $i++) $encodedmail .= "&#" . ord($content[$i]) . ';';<br />
 return '<a href="mailto:'.$encodedmail.'">'.$encodedmail.'</a>';<br />
}<br />
add_shortcode('mailto', 'protect_email_address');

Then use this shortcode format to ‘encode’ it:

[mailto]your email name@your.com[/mailto]

NOTE (Replace your email name with the beginning of your email address (before the @) and replace your.com with your info after your @ in your email address)

Doing this will help stop spam bots and scrapers from obtaining your email address from your website. Good Luck!

Categories : Code, WordPress Training