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Optimizing PHP on Apache

Techie — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:11:28 +0000

There are certain ways webmasters can optimize Apache to reduce the load on their servers and to decrease website loading time for users. We’ll discuss optimizations on an Apache server, although many of these will also work on other server operating systems. This tutorial will be written assuming you have administrative permissions on a server. Duplicate [...]

Ideas for your Sidebar

Techie — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:46:25 +0000

A blog’s sidebar is a great place to show content to everyone who visits your site. Instead of wasting the space with huge tag clouds (which you could place in the footer) or going through lists of boring widgets, take some of the ideas below and optimize your sidebar! Poll – No matter what type of [...]

IP.Board for TechGeeks

Techie — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:21:06 +0000

Yesterday we switched our forum software from phpBB to IP.Board. We’re happy to report that everyone loves this move. IP.Board is easier to use for the members, and moderation and administration are easier for the staff. The software definitely feels much more stable than phpBB; we don’t have to worry about downtime every time we [...]

Addicted to Gaming?

Techie — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 04:39:11 +0000

I just started Steam to play some Counter Strike: Source and I noticed my total play time. It was over 100 hours! Wow, I didn’t feel that go by. I’ve had the game for two months and I occasionally play (no hardcore gaming from me) but I guess it really does add up. It makes [...]

Making Money from a Blog

Techie — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:23:33 +0000

I would say that a blog is the easiest way for a person to make themselves a website. Blogs provide great content management and you won’t have to worry about coding anything to set up and run your blog. Making money from your blogs is a bit more difficult. Putting up AdSense (or any other pay per [...]

Check Website Trust with WOT

Techie — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 17:25:44 +0000

This is one plugin all web surfers should install. Wot is a community powered trust tool which can tell you if a website is trusted before you click the link. WOT can help everyone, from children to web shoppers to the most experienced surfers. It’s a great tool to keep you safe online. WOT integrates nicely [...]

FPS Gaming Strategies

Techie — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 01:26:53 +0000

Let’s talk about three strategies in multiplayer first person shooter gaming. Most players prefer and play by one of these strategies, and the mix of players using all these different strategies when playing is what keeps game dynamics like they are. The three strategies are rushing, camping, and tactical (that’s what we’ll call it, for [...]

Optimize your site for high traffic

Techie — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 02:53:25 +0000

Imagine having your webpage go viral on reddit, one of the most popular social news websites. You could get thousands of views and you could get conversions and followers and subscribers – but your website goes down. You miss out on so much traffic because your site won’t respond. This is what happens to many [...]

Choosing Web Hosting

Techie — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 04:58:35 +0000

If you’re new to creating websites it can be difficult to choose the right web hosting. Choosing the right hosting is very important; it can determine the potential success of your website. You don’t want a slow loading and glitchy site, but at the same time you don’t want to spend too much and lose [...]

Understanding Website Branding

Techie — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 03:56:42 +0000

Branding is a marketing and advertising strategy which focuses less on gaining immediate visitors and more on long-term visitor loyalty. It all starts with taking a brand, such as a logo, a name, or even a phrase, and getting users to recognize it. The theory is that if someone recognizes your brand, they’ll automatically think [...]

Increase Website Performance

Techie — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:42:15 +0000

This is a great way to increase your website’s performance without any drawbacks to this method. Not that there are great drawbacks to methods like using gzip on your files, but gzip does create some extra CPU load on your server. The method here will reduce file size (thus decreasing your webpage load time) without [...]

Chains Review

Ryan Taylor — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:00:27 +0000

Chains is an interesting puzzle game for Windows and Mac OS X. It is available on Steam for £3.49 or $6.25 It combines the traditional, match three or more same-colored balls game mechanics with some interesting new physics based challenges and score based targets, which give the game much greater difficulty, like that of games like Bejeweled. Some levels [...]

Creating a Custom Website Login

Techie — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 05:00:48 +0000

This tutorial will teach you the basics of creating your own web-based login form by combining HTML and PHP. You will learn how to create the login form, how to authenitcate the login, and how to serve content to logged-in users, as well as how to handle login errors. Let’s get started. Every login script begins [...]

Drawbacks of Paid Directories

Techie — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 04:55:19 +0000

Many webmasters who actively seek ways to promote their websites have run across paid web directories. These are website directories which charge you a fee to to have your website listed. We aren’t talking about directories which offer express submission but websites which only accept paid submissions. We’re going to talk about some drawbacks to [...]

Google Backlink Checker

Techie — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:55:36 +0000

If you’ve been in the Google Webmaster Tools lately you’ve probably noticed an update in the link to your site section. Many webmasters report seeing a great increase in the number of links shown in Google Webmaster Tools, and Google has told us that those numbers are real. Using link:URL in Google still shows only [...]

iPhone 4 Review

Ryan Taylor — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 18:41:01 +0000

Today, I got my hands on Apple’s latest revision of it’s jesus-phone, It’s a solid update with plenty of new things to keep the device fresh, there are also some problems which may put users off the device. I am going to cover the specs and the main tent-pole features of the device. 1. FaceTime With the iPhone [...]

6 Reasons to Track Website Visitors

Techie — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:02:49 +0000

Why do we, as webmasters, analyze our website traffic? Why is it important to choose great analytic software instead of a simple web counter? It’s all about improving your website (that’s something every webmaster should care about). These are 6 reasons to analyze your website visitors. Improve Your Visitor’s Experience – Analyzing your visitor traffic can [...]

Apple iBooks Review

Ryan Taylor — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:25:57 +0000

Back in April, Apple released an eBook reading application for the iPad, called iBooks, and I was skeptical at first, as were many, about reading books on an LCD screen and all the stuff around it hurting your eyes, but I can tell you, it’s not true, iBooks is single-handedly the [...]

How to Compete With Blackhat SEO

Techie — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:29:14 +0000

We haven’t posted anything new for a pretty long time; we’ve been having difficulty with being creative and writing something really interesting. (If you have a suggestion for a blog post, please tell us in the forum). This is a new video by Matt Cutts which I’m posting here because I think this could answer [...]

Online Computer Help

Techie — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:46:19 +0000

One of the services we offer at TechGeeks is free computer help. Our goal is to make sure everyone gets quick, quality help for their computer problems. Getting online computer help from us is much better than taking your computer to a local repair shop; we’ll we’ll give you our professional [...]