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• How to Clear Your Browser Cache

  Date: 2010.08.24 | Category: Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 8, Uncategorized | Response: 0

  
  One of the most common problems with your web browser is due to a corrupted cache. Follow these instructions to clear both the temporary internet file and Java cache from your computer:
  From the list of procedures below, perform the applicable steps for your computer platform (Windows or Mac OS) and browser type. When finished, remember to close and re-open all of your browser windows.
  Clear Your Browser Cache (Windows)
  Internet Explorer (Windows)
  1. Click Tools > Internet Options.
  2. Click the General tab.
  3. Proceed to the next steps (applicable to your browser version).

  Internet Explorer 7 and 8
  1. In the Browsing history section, click Delete. A new dialog box appears.
  2. In the Temporary Internet Files section, click Delete files, and then click Yes to confirm.
  3. Once the files have been deleted, click Close to save your changes and return to the Internet Options dialog box.
  4. In the Browsing history section, click Settings.
  5. Ensure the Every time I visit the webpage option is selected, and then click OK to confirm.
  6. Click OK to save your changes and exit the Internet Options dialog box.

  Mozilla Firefox (Windows)
  · Click Tools > Internet Options
  · Click the Privacy icon
  · Click the Clear button from the Cache section
  · Click the OK button to confirm clearing of cache, and exiting of the Internet Options dialog box.
  
  Clear Your Browser Cache (Mac OS X)
  Safari (Mac OS X)
  · Click Safari > Empty Cache
  · Click the Empty button to confirm
  Firefox (Mac OS X)
  · Click Firefox > Preferences.
  · Click the Privacy tab.
  · Click the Clear Now button in the Private Data section.
  Internet Explorer (Mac OS X)
  · Select Explorer > Preferences.
  · From the Web Browser list, select Advanced.
  · Click the Empty Now button in the Cache section.
  · Ensure that the Always option is selected in the Cache section.
  · Click OK to exit the Internet Explorer Preferences dialog box.
  
  Clear Your Java Plugin Cache
  Follow these steps to clear the Java cache. These steps will clear the Java cache for all installed browsers.
  Windows
  · If your version of Sun Java is 1.5 and above, we recommend you follow the instructions on the Sun web site: http://www.java.com/en/download/help/5000020300.xml Note: If your operating system is Windows Vista and your Java version is 1.6 or higher, the instructions on the Java web site are still applicable. However, some of the dialog boxes and fields names will be slightly different than those shown in the procedure on that page.
  · If you have an older version of Java, follow these steps:
  1. Click Start > Settings > Control Panel
  2. Click the Java Plugin icon
  3. Click the Cache tab
  4. Click the Clear button and click OK to confirm
  5. Note: Please repeat this procedure for each “Java Plugin” button in your Control Panel
  Mac OS X
  1. Navigate to the Java folder from your hard drive: HD > Applications > Utilities > Java.
  2. Open the Java Preferences application.
  3. Click on the General tab.
  4. Click the Delete Files button (under the Temporary Internet Files section).
  

• Sending Perfect-Sized Pictures for Email

  Date: 2009.06.05 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

  Image Resizer is the answer!

  You have some wonderful pictures on your hard drive, and you want to send them to family and friends. What are you going to do now? You have received photos that came in and have experienced some strange problems with, haven’t you? Sometimes, they were so big that it doesn’t fit in your monitor, or it took forever to come up. In some other cases, they were embedded in a bunch of to’s, from’s and other gobbledygook, and indented too far as well. Still there are times when pictures came in as attachments and you were afraid to click on them. You may have even experienced receiving little, tiny pictures or those with bad resolutions.

  You may have even received really cute or silly pictures that a lot of people keep forwarding to you through email. I’m sure you wouldn’t mind if your friends were sending you their own pictures, however, in some cases they get carried away.
  
  Starting today, I assure you you’ll be sending perfectly-sized picture email attachments which appear in the right place. To start with, we need to figure out what size you want, and then we’ll tell you HOW to get the size you want.
  
  Let’s start with the original size of your picture. At the time you took your pictures, your camera was set for a specific size. This is true whether you took those pictures from a cell phone, a web cam, or a regular digital camera. These devices came from the factory set to make pictures at a preset size. Even if a picture was just scanned, the scanner was set to output images of a certain size.
  
  If you’re a tech wiz and familiar on how to configure your camera settings, you may already know how to set the size on your camera; however, this doesn’t mean that your picture is email-ready. If you send this photo in high-resolution, then you’ll end up with a picture that will be jumbo-sized in your email.
  
  So, do you have to go all the way back to the Grand Canyon and take your pictures with a different setting? Fortunately, you don’t have to (unless of course you want to get other angles or scenes). If your pictures are really big, you can use a picture resizer software to convert them to just the right size.
  
  The question is: what size is the right size? There is no universal standard size. Even if your camera has an “email” setting, this simply means that the manufacturer of the camera offers a feature to allow a smaller size that would be easy to send by email. It doesn’t necessarily mean that pictures taken with this setting will already be perfect to be attached to email.
  
  To help you decide on what the right size is, start with the question: why you’re sending the picture? To show someone what an amazing and artistic photographer you are, then you want a big, high-resolution photo. This is also true if you need to show a great deal of detail for some reason.
  
  Now, the question is how big is too big? It’s best to resize the picture based on a typical computer screen. You don’t need to worry too much about the different screen sizes or resolutions. It would be bothersome to call everyone and ask them what their settings are for that. They’re probably not aware of this anyway. We recommend that you choose a very common size, and subtract some width to make up for the program their using. For example, Hotmail or Yahoo Mail has columns on the side of the email that take up some space.
  
  The most conservative choice for this is 600 pixels wide. However, if you’re sure your recipients have up-to-date monitors (at least seventeen inches is typical these days) and their vision is okay, then 800 pixel width pictures should be fine.
  
  Now, if you just want to send some nice pictures that won’t take long to load, and won’t flood the screen with Uncle Bill’s yellow teeth, I suggest a pleasant size like 400 pixels wide. This size is big enough to see good detail without requiring a lot of time to scroll through or to download.
  
  There is an easy-to-use program that takes care of this, Bulk Photo Resizer. You can set and apply it to resize one picture, or hundreds simultaneously. One great feature of this program is that it makes sure your picture doesn’t get stretched too wide or too tall. In technical jargon, it “maintains the aspect ratio” so you’re sure that everything is the right shape after resizing. When you select a size from the choices, the program is pre-set to take care of this for you. It’s really very handy!
  
  One thing you really don’t want to do is enlarge your picture. Your pictures need to either stay at its original size or be smaller. Another great feature of Bulk Photo Resizer is that it won’t let you do that.
  
  Now, what if your camera was set to a smaller size (a lower resolution) than you wanted? The only recommendation here is that you will have to set your camera for a larger size (higher resolution).
  
  Let’s discuss the problem with enlarging. When a digital picture is enlarged, you will start seeing jagged edges called “jaggies”. These are the little squares that the image is made of. This is similar to what they do on TV to hide someone’s face and you see it turn into little squares. This is what happens when you convert a low-resolution picture into a picture that is too large. The effect causing the squares or jaggies is called pixelation.
  
  So, how do you find out the size of your picture? Bulk Photo Resizer can tell you!

  If you need to know what the size of your photo is and you don’t have software similar to Bulk Photo Resizer, you can check the photo on your computer using a Windows program called Windows Explorer. Windows explorer will help you find where your files are. First, you need find the directory that has your photos. Thumbnail view will be very helpful in finding photos. To switch to Thumbnail View, just click View (in the menu row near the top of the screen), and then select Thumbnails. Windows explorer helps you figure out what directory to look in by showing you some of the images in each directory when you are in thumbnail view.
  
  After you find your photo, right click on its thumbnail or file name, then select Properties, and click on the Summary tab. This tab will show you the height and width of your photo in pixels.
  
  You need to remember to make sure not to enlarge your pictures. In other words, if you want your pictures to be of smaller width, then do this by all means; however, if you want them to be larger, we assure you that you’re better off to just leave them as-is.
  
  Have you noticed that we have only been discussing the width? This is because most pictures are wider than they are tall, so if you handle the width, then these pictures will most probably fit on your screen just fine.
  
  Just to be complete in this discussion, here’s a scoop on large images that are taller than they are wide. In this case, you should change the height rather than the width. The conservative size is 400 pixels; however, you can probably get away with 550 pixels if your viewers have the typical seventeen-inch monitor and fairly good vision. With the Bulk Photo Resizer software, when you change your picture’s width, the height is adjusted automatically, and vice versa.
  
  Finally, the last step is to attach the picture to your email message. Most programs like Outlook Express or an online email service such as Hotmail will allow you to simply use the Attach command. People should be able see the image in the message below whatever you write. If you’re not forwarding a message, the image should not be surrounded by a lot of junky text. If you have a very long message, be sure to tell your recipients to scroll down so they will find the picture after your long text.

• Choosing a Domain Name

  Date: 2009.06.05 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 1

  In this article you will learn how to chose an effective and memorable domain name and learn how you can actually increase traffic by using an old, expired domain name.
  
  In the physical world, you can distinguish a business because of its structure, window displays, or signs. You can tell that a bank is a bank, or a clothing store is indeed a clothing store.
  
  In the Internet, however, it is an entirely different story altogether. Your domain name is the only clue to your online business. You do not have visual clues: no location, no look, and no store design. Instead, users have to type in a word or a set of words to reach your site. Your prospective visitor has no way of knowing what your site is all about until he/she finds it and reads its contents. Who can ever tell that Amazon.com sells books? Or that Excite is a search engine?
  
  Your domain name can spell your success on the Internet. A good domain name is the best asset you can ever have. It can make your business stand out in the crowd, or just float aimlessly in space.
  
  The need to provide immediate clues to an online business led to the prevalence of generic domain names. Generic names instantly provide the user with an idea of what a business is all about, what to expect and look for in a site. For instance, Etoys.com is a toy store.
  
  The temptation of the generic name has been so powerful; that some companies even paid ridiculously high prices to get the name they want. The domains Loans.com and Wines.com were both bought for $3 million each. Telephone.com was acquired for $1.75 million, while Bingo.com sold for $1.1 million.
  
  However, generic names do not necessarily create the “buzz” that you’d like surrounding your website. Branding has always been about proper names: McDonald’s did not name their store Hamburger. Hertz is not called Car Rental. FedEx is not Mail Carrier. Kodak is not Photographs. Microsoft is not Computer Software.
  
  For better branding results, your domain name should be memorable and easy to remember. Remember the following tips when creating a domain name.
  
  * The domain name should be short
  * The domain name should be simple
  * It should be suggestive of your business category
  * It should be unique
  * It should be easy to interpret and pronounce
  * It should be personalized
  * It should not be difficult to spell
  * It should not be difficult to remember
  
  Domain names can be registered through many different companies (known as “registrars”) – a listing of these companies is available at ICANN: http://www.icann.org. You can register for 1 to 10 years – prices can vary anywhere from $10 to $20 per year. Most web hosting companies, as explained later, will handle the registration process for you, but make sure that you are properly listed as the owner of the domain when it is registered. If you have registered a domain name for a specific period, make sure you renew it in time. You can be surprised at the number of cases, where site owners have let a domain name slip by if they have not renewed in time.
  
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  Using expired domains to skyrocket your traffic
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  At some point while you’re building your website, you’re going to have to buy a domain name. This is the address that users type into their browsers to reach your site. That takes about five seconds, and depending on the name you want and whether anyone else owns it, it won’t cost you more than a few bucks.
  
  But domain names are also a golden opportunity to make some easy money.
  
  I’m not talking about Internet real estate, where you buy up good names and sell them on for a profit—if you haven’t got into that now, forget it. The bottom’s fallen out of the market and the best domains are long gone.
  
  I’m talking about expiring domains.
  
  Thousands of webmasters invest time, effort and money to promote their site and build up traffic. Many of them then lose interest and move on, leaving their site active. That means that although they still own the domain, they’re not actively promoting it. But they don’t need to. All the automatic marketing systems they’ve put in place are still bringing in traffic. The site runs itself.
  
  Now, at some point the ownership of those domains is going to expire. If you snap up those domains once they come back onto the market, you’ve got a pre-built stream of customers. You can either rebuild the site, or redirect the traffic to your domain. You could set up an affiliate program get paid for users someone else paid for.
  
  It’s that easy.
  
  There are tons of options, and lots of easy ways to make lots of money with very little effort. Opportunities like these are everywhere.
  
  Websites such as http://www.expiredtraffic.com or http://www.deleteddomains.com actually do all the legwork and let you reap all the rewards. Expired Traffic even has an affiliate program and http://www.snapnames.com allows you to back-order a specific domain name.
  
  Do be careful when using other sites though. There are some swindlers out there that will sell you subscriptions, provide you with outdated lists, take your money and keep the good domains for themselves. It happens, and there’s little point in taking a risk when http://www.deleteddomains.com does such a great job.