• First make  sure you have an image ready in your desktop.
• If not you can follow this post to make one: Create a Favicon With Free Favicon Generators Online.
• You have to save the image as favicon.ico format.
• You probably have to download favicon.ico image to your desktop and unzip it.
• Then login to your web hosting cpanel.
• Upload the favicon.ico to your website directory. Mine looks like this: http://www.yourdomainname.com/
  Make sure you change your domainname to be your real domain name.
• Once you’ve done that. Open your index.html file and add the follow code between <header> and </header>
  

  <link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://www.yourdomainname.com/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />

  Make sure you change your domainname to be your real domain name.

• The final step is to save your index.html file.

Now go to check it out and see whether it works. If you use Internet Explorer as your browser, then holding Ctrl and hit R at the same time to reload your blog/website. If you use Mozilla Firefox as your browser, then holding Ctrl and hit F5 at the same time to refresh your blog/website. Sometimes it takes a little while for my favicon to show up the first time.

Would you like to add a favicon to your static website? Adding a favicon to a website helps to establish your website branding. Do you think so? Please leave your comment below.

Update: Note it didn’t show up when I first created it but it showed up the next day.

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If you are looking for dofollow blogs to comment on, Do Follow Blog List is a site that will get you started. It allows you to find blogs that are related to your niche to comment on. However, make sure you don’t spam on them. Otherwise, your comments may be deleted.

This post is an ongoing post, meaning I will continue adding more dofollow blogs to this list. If you have a dofollow blog, you can submit it through my Contact, I will add it to the list here. Make sure you provide your dofollow blog’s title, url, and a brief description.

Would you like to comment on these dofollow blogs? Why or why not? Please leave a comment below.

1. Login to your WordPress.com dashboard
2. Click on Appearance/Typekit Fonts to go to the next page
3. You will be asked to enter your Typekit ID
4. If you don’t have one yet then you will be asked to sign up one; just click on the button Sign up in seconds to proceed
5. From there click on the upper right hand side corner that says Register (assuming that you don’t have a Typekit account)
6. Go to next page. It shows a couple of plans; just click on the button Sign Up that is at the bottom of Free plan
7. Go to next page which you need to fill in you first name, last name, email, password, and confirm password. Your WordPress.com blog was already filled in (you can change this if you have a custom domain name)
8. Tick the check box that is next to I agree to the Terms of Service.
9. Click on the button Create my account to proceed
10. Go to next page. Your Typekit ID is waiting there for you
11. You can click on the button Configure WordPress to get that done automatically or
12. You can copy your kit ID and go back to step 3 and paste it in the textfield there
13. Click on the button Update ID>> to proceed
14. Go back to Tiypekit.com/fonts and find your favorite fonts (you are allowed to add two fonts/per site since it is a Free plan)
15. Not all of your fonts will be available. You can search your font by entering it in the search box.
16. Find the one that is closed to it and click on the button +Add to Kit
17. A window will pop up. Click on the link that says “telling us what theme you’re using”
18. Click on the drop down arrow to find your theme and click on the button Save to save it (not all of the themes are available)
19. On the left sidebar, tick your choices of what you want to change
20. Make sure you hit the button Publish which is at the lower right hand side corner

The change will take a moment to be reflected on your blog. Now go to check it out and compare it to your old one.

If you don’t like it, you can always go back to typekit.com, click on the button Launch Kit Editor which is at the upper right hand side corner, and delete your font there. If you like, you can find a new font to start over again.

If one day for any reason, you don’t want to have this service you can proceed to step 3, take out your typekit ID, and hit Update ID>> to save it. Your blog will be restored to its original font.

Would you like to change the font for your blog? Why or why not? Please leave a comment below.

• 11 Ways to Make Your WordPress Site Faster and Leaner – This site provides 11 ways to improve your blog/site speed.

• Tips to Make WordPress Blog Faster – Follow these tips to speed up your WordPress blog.

• 5 Best WordPress Plugins to Make Your Blog Load Faster – These 5 WordPress plugins can make your blog load fast.

• Speed Up WordPress – Ultimate Guide To Make Sites Super Fast – Speed up your WordPress is not a problem. All you need to do is to follow this ultimate guide to make it happen.

• 15 Ways to Speed Up Your WordPress Blog – Read these 15 ways to speed up your WordPress blog now.

Some of the articles above mentioned about WP Super Cache plugin, but according to my research, many people prefer to install W3 Total Cache plugin instead. I installed it a couple days ago, it has already helped me speed up my sites’ speed dramatically; and I hope it can help you too.

By the way if you want to know how to configure W3 Total Cache plugin, this guide is what you need to know.

Would you like to make your WordPress blog/website faster? Why or why not? Please leave a comment below?

If you are an online marketer, you’ll face this issue soon or later. This is the issue that many have had encountered – that includes me. I bought a program lately and tried to do email marketing. But I am standing on a fork of roads… struggling on either going for paid email autoresponders or free email autoreponders. For some people there is no problem because money is not an issue for them. But for most of us it is a big deal.

I’ve done some research through Internet, these are paid email autoresponders and free email autoresponders that I found below:

AWeber – A paid email autoresponder. However, many people seems to be happy using it. See what I mean from this forum. Its features include Send Email Newsletters, Website Sign up Forms, Collect and Manage Subscribers, Autoresponder Follow Up, HTML Email Templates, Performance Tracking, Expert Customer Support, and more…

GetResponse – Also a paid email autoresponder. This seems to be the second choice most people like to use. Its features are similar as AWeber but its price is reasonably cheaper. Moreover, it offers Online Surveys that AWeber doesn’t have. But some people did not like the fact that GetResponse doesn’t have an opt-in confirmation. Here is its price list:

For people who just got started, they don’t need to have fancy features as the above ones, they might have to look for alternatives. Hence the following list might be useful. Please bear in mind that free autoresponders have limitations.

• Free Autobot – It automatically sends e-mails to everyone who requests further information from your e-mail marketing campaign, web site or blog …

• Free Followup – Email Responders with No Ads! No scripts or software to download.

• List Wire – FREE autoresponder and internet marketing service that meets all your email marketing and newsletter needs.

• Mail Chimp – Free email marketing service that allows you to design, send, and track HTML email campaigns with their simple tools. It also offers paid service.

Would you like to choose a free or paid autoresponder for your email marketing? Please leave a comment below.

Example of Fusion’s out-of-the-box layout and design.

Fusion comes with a tons of functions. Here are some of them: a widget-ready footer, support for custom header image and custom menu, and options for you to customize the layout. Layout options in Appearance? This theme also includes fixed or flexible layout, choice of left, right, or two right sidebars, or a full-width main column with no sidebars. The archive pages allow you choose to display full posts or excerpts only in your choice.

Theme Options screen for Fusion.

This theme can be easily added a custom header image and custom menu, and used the various layout options to change the look so that it has its unique appearance. Below is an example of a wide design using the one-column, no sidebar layout option, flexible width main column, and custom header image.

Example of Fusion customized to display a full-width main column with no sidebar.

Fusion is designed by digitalnature, it is now available for WordPress.com and self-hosted WordPress.org sites, from the WordPress.org Themes Directory.

Quick Specs (all measurements in pixels):

1. Fixed width (one sidebar): main column width is 646, sidebar width is 245.
2. Fixed width (two sidebars): main column width is 490, primary sidebar width is 206, secondary sidebar width is 165.
3. Fixed width (no sidebar): main column width is 980.
4. Fluid width (one sidebar): main column minimum width is 514 (no maximum width), sidebar width is 177.
5. Fluid width (two sidebars): main column minimum width is 390, primary sidebar minimum width is 146, secondary sidebar minimum width is 125.
6. Fluid width (no sidebar): main column minimum width is 780.
7. Custom header image dimensions are 980 by 148 (width, height).

Do you like this new WordPress theme – Fusion? Why or why not? Please leave a comment below.

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The first one is SmillaEnlarger – an open source application. You can download it from its website. It is actually a zip file. You can unzip it to your computer. It allows you to crop and enlarge a picture without losing its quality. It is the best tool I’ve found so far.

The second one is ReShade – free online image resizer and image enlargement application. You can even download it to your computer here, but the evaluation version is very limited. It leaves watermark on your saved images.

The third one is Photozoom Pro 3 –  a software for enlarging digital images. The free version can be downloaded here. This software also leaves watermark on your saved images.

If you know other free tools that are related to this topic, please share them below. Also your comments are welcome here.

1. First you need to have a MyBlogLog account.
2. Then log in to your MyBlogLog account.
3. Under My Sites and Services, click on the site you want to add a widget to.
4. Click on Widgets under your blog’s title.
5. A new page will open, highlight the codes that it provides and hold Ctrl and hit C at the same time to copy them.
6. Now log in to your WordPress.com account
7. On the left hand side, click on Appearance, and click Widgets.
8. A new page will open, find Text Widget and drag it under Sidebar 1 or Sidebar 2.
9. Give it a title as you wish and paste the codes that you’ve copied earlier in the text Widget.
10. Make sure you click on the Save button to save it.

If you want to add “Join My Community – MyBlogLog” button to your site, only step 4 and step 5 you’ll need to follow:

1. See step 1 above
2. See step 2 above
3. See step 3 above
4. Click on Buttons instead of Widgets here.
5. A new page will open, choose the button as you wish, and hold Ctrl and hit C at the same time to copy the codes.
6. See step 6 above
7. see step 7 above
8. see step 8 above
9. see step 9 above
10. see step 10 above

So it is pretty easy right? It is mostly for newbies. Please leave a comment below.

A dofollow blog means it allows search engine spiders to crawl and follow the link. For example, if you left a comment in a dofollow blog, then the search engine spiders will crawl your link (if you provided one) back to your site. Thus it will give some SEO benefits for your site.

What is a nofollow blog?

A nofollow blog means the opposite. It doesn’t allow search engine spiders to crawl and follow the link. Suppose you left a comment in a nofollow blog, the search engine spiders will not crawl your link and will not follow your link back to your site. Thus it won’t give you the SEO benefits for your site.

How to check whether a blog is dofollow or nofollow?

Actually it is pretty easy. If you use Internet Explorer, just follow the following steps to find out:

• Open Internet Explorer browser

• Type a blog url and hit enter

• Click on a post title

• Click on View from Internet Explorer’s menu bar

• Choose Source

• A source window will open, holding Ctrl and hit F to bring up a search box

• Type nofollow in the text field

• If you don’t see any in the comment section, then the blog is a dofollow blog

If you are using FireFox as your browser, then follow the following steps to find out:

• Open FireFox browser

• Type a blog url and hit enter

• Click on a post title

• Chick on View from FireFox menu bar

• Choose Page Source

• A source window will open, holding Ctrl and hit F to bring up a search bar

• Type nofollow in the text field

• If you don’t see any showing up in the comment section, then the blog is a dofollow blog

The above methods allow you to find out a dofollow or nofollow blog instantly without even using a third party’s tool. How do you find out whether a blog is dofollow or nofollow? Please leave a comment below.

However, when you decided to write an About Page, you might wonder what should be included in your about page? Below are the articles that provide guides of how to write an about page. So head over to read them all and get an overall of how to write your about page:

• Add an About Page to Your Blog – It works you through the key features of what should be included in your about page.

• How to Write the Perfect About Page (by Numbers) – It provided many details of how to write a perfect about page.

• How to Write About Me Page for Your Blog – It talked about three important things that you need to include in your about page.

• Five Tips and a Bonus on How to Write a Fantastic About Page – It listed five tips that you need to know of how to write a fantastic about page.

Hope you enjoy the above articles. What should be included in your about page? Please leave a comment below.