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Building A Webshop With WordPress

LejInternetplaza — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 07:40:07 +0000

Starting a website is to realize in different ways. However, using standard plug and play websites sometimes asking large amounts to pay if you want to start a web shop. A subscription yearly is needed many times, including a sub domain, and this can be a big disadvantage. This is for small entrepreneur high costs.
A cheaper solution is WordPress. This is a free open source platform that can create with relatively little cost a professional looking website or web shop. The only little disadvantage is that you should build the website by yourself.

What is WordPress

For building websites is WordPress, started in 2003, one of the world’s biggest open source platforms when it comes to building your own free website. WordPress started as a blog, but now depending on your own needs and requirements can create all kinds of websites. Simply extend your website to make it look like a professional website, and you can create multiple of them. The user-friendly interface makes it easy to create a WordPress website also for non-technical persons. WordPress has many plug-ins available and you can choose and create your own theme in a couple of minutes.

Use WordPress as web shop

WordPress has many standard theme’s and plug-ins, beside that there are plug-ins available to create your own web shop within WordPress. This is a fully functional web shop, including payment options and with a professional look. WordPress is here only a platform which a web shop plug-in can be built.

To start building a web shop using WordPress you have to download WordPress and upload it to your server. After that follow the instructions and start to install the software. Once the installation is complete you can download different plug-ins within the admin area to start a web shop. The main plug-ins are available:

WP e-Commerce
WooCommerce
JigoShop
Shopp

Costs and options

WordPress an open source which mean that it is developed by volunteers and free to use for everybody. Depending on your personal needs you can download a plug-in for a web shop. Some plug-ins are free others you have to pay for. For example, a WooCommerce costs depending on the package $70 – $150. With this plug-in you will have in a few times a professional looking web shop. This is without the costs of the domain name and hosting.

A WordPress web shop has many options. You will have an overview of your orders and create reports, through email or telephone you can easy contact the customer. For the rest has a WordPress web shop payment options (such as PayPal, credit card or Ideal), simply add new items in your assortment, inventory overview, discount code, fixed and variable rates. If you install extra plug-ins you make it more functional. For example you can add social media buttons suck as ‘Like’ buttons from Facebook or Twitter stream.

A WordPress Web shop is not difficult to install and it is very user-friendly, and not much technical background is needed. When you are interested you can download WordPress here.

5 Alternatives For Chrome, Chromium Browsers

LejInternetplaza — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 09:01:22 +0000

Google Chrome is still getting more market share and they deserve that, but there are advantages and disadvantage. The Privacy Policy is a problem for many internet users, also a discussion is the unique Google ID that they send together with every Chrome user. But there are also alternatives for Chrome with almost the same advantages, such as the speed, without using the disadvantages.

If you don’t know what Chromium is, I will explain what it is. Chromium is an open source project that provides the source code for example to Google Chrome. Open source is developed by volunteers and free to use for everybody, and everybody can program it based on the source code of the Chromium project, compile a browser, some have done that already. The engine behind Chromium’s based web browsers is Webkit. This is called a “layout engine, it ensures that web pages are loaded.

Here is a list of web browsers based on Chromium.

Rockmelt

This is an alternative for Chrome especially for Facebook addicts. Rockmelt is designed that it’s linked to Facebook. Right after the installation it is asking to login to the social network site. There is an option to disable this feature, but the Facebook connection is the only advantage to use Rockmelt instead of Chrome.

Comodo Dragon

Comodo Dragon looks almost the same as Chrome but adds some security and privacy features to it. According to Comodo Dragon it surpasses Chrome when it comes to security and privacy. With Comodo Dragon you can surf through the Secure DNS servers and if there are websites which are marked as hazardous, you will be automatically blocked. Also the add-on Site Inspector is very interesting.

SRWare Iron

SRWare is improving the privacy of Chrome very different compared to Comodo. Instead of adding security features, they have almost everything figured demolishes what can threat a little privacy or security. They also went further by removing the Google auto-updater. To get the latest version you should regularly visit their website.

CoolNovo

Cool Novo (before known as Chrome Plus) is a version adapted by some Chinese programmers. They modified the interface and added a sidebar. Cool Novo also provides some functions which is also available in the normal version of Chrome, only you have to install extensions like an IE mode and navigate with mouse movements. However, the major difference is in the tab management. A whole section is dedicated for manage and control of tabs.

Chrome Portable

Chrome Portable you can install on an USB stick and let it run from there. This is a slightly modified version of Chrome and, as you can see in the name, it is portable and easy to bring anywhere.

What Is A Keylogger And Why To Use It

LejInternetplaza — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 05:07:26 +0000

A keylogger is a program which you can download online. It is used to register keystrokes or mouse movements of a particular computer user. A keylogger is used for spying. You can install it on the computer and keep it hidden for everyone. The keylogger will record every keystroke, and this information ends up in a folder that you’ve chosen. It is used to retrieve MSN passwords, find out conversations and to find out what other persons are doing on your computer.

A keylogger can also be used as a backup. If you have a computer crash, you will keep many information with the keylogger.

The keylogger runs in the background, so the users are using the computer without any notice this program. The information that the keylogger is collecting will be stored in your chosen folder, or you can choose to have the information sent to you through email. You need to protect keylogger with a password so only you can make use of it.

Advanced keylogger

Advanced Keylogger is a simple program and it takes a couple of minutes to download and install the program. The interface is user-friendly with on the main screen the most important buttons. Here can you set a password for the program so not every computer user can use this program. It logs the visited websites and the programs used on the computer. There is also an overview of all used passwords.

A keylogger can be used as a backup of your computer. Usually the keylogger is used for other reasons. You can see what the partner is doing on the computer. Some parents also use this to see what their children are doing. A keylogger can certainly be useful, but the privacy of other computer users is being violated.

Cloud Service: Connect Facebook And Google Drive To Dropbox With Wappwolf

LejInternetplaza — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 06:23:53 +0000

Wappwolf makes it possible to connect Picasa, Facebook, Flickr and more online software services in the cloud with Dropbox. Simply drag and drop files into a predefined folder and Dropbox automatically convert and synchronize to your favorite cloud services. The full list of cloud services that synchronizes Wappwolf is long, a few of them are Google Drive, Cloud Google Print, Amazon Kindle, Slideshare, Twitter, Facebook , Picasa, Down Cale and SugarSync.

Using Wappwolf

In 3 steps you can synchronize to the cloud automatically with Wappwolf. First make a connection between Wappwolf and Dropbox. Click on Allow and the app folder Wappwolf is created.

Next step is specify a folder. For each synchronization with a cloud service is recommended to create separate folders, the files and associated actions can be organized and classified. I created a folder where I synchronize to Facebook.

Next choose the destination and action. For each folder can be specified by type of file what should happen such as uploading to a specific cloud service, converting, printing, editing and more.

Wappwolf is quick and easy to use. Files are placed in the Dropbox folder Dropbox\ Apps \ Wappwolf \ Facebook and will be automatically uploaded to a specific Facebook photo album. In this way it is easy to drag and drop pictures from my folder and copy it to a photo album on Facebook, which was not possible previously only through Facebook itself.

Wappwolf costs and security

Wappwolf is free to use, only the use of the service itself. Externally linked services may charge for the use, such as the ability to print and send a real letter. However, most applications are completely free to use.

Wappwolf is requesting access to your Dropbox folder and it can theoretically recognize all your files stored in your Dropbox account. This is the same with other services that is connecting to Dropbox. The login data of your Dropbox account are stored encrypted properly secured on the Wappwolf server. To Make a better protection synchronize only a single Dropbox folder. Only files in that directory can then be used to synchronize with other cloud services.

Conclusion

As of now Wappwolf is a very useful tool to synchronize different applications. Probably is this only temporary, if Facebook or other services will come with the same drag and drop function, for sure Wappwolf will be unnecessary. But for now Wappwolf is a great tool to make cloud services more accessible.

Make Online Music With Incredibox

LejInternetplaza — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 06:26:14 +0000

Incredibox makes it possible to create your own beatbox in a short time. Simply drag, drop and listen. More and more applications using the cloud, the program will be installed on a server and the users can go to the website to start using it.

In the cloud is already used for sending mail with Incredimail, Gmail, Yahoo!, Hotmail and others. Microsoft and Google offering also free web space for their customers to edit and store files online Google Docs and Office 365 are working in the cloud already for a while. Also photo editing and video editing can be done without installing any software. YouTube has a feature for video editing online, this is useful, edit before uploading to YouTube.

There are many possibilities to use the cloud, also Incredibox make use of it. The purpose of Incredibox is very simple. It’s easy to use even without any knowledge. It makes it possible for the users to create music on a simple way, in a couple of minutes you can create your beatbox.

Go to Incredibox and start making your music. Simply choose a Beat, Effect, Voice or a Melody and drag it to the boy and you will hear a sound. Drag more to create your beat. There is also an option to record your music.

Incredibox is very easy to use, just try it out for yourself . You will see that in a short time your beat is created.

Chat Online With IRC Internet Relay Chat

LejInternetplaza — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 04:21:49 +0000

Internet Relay Chat (IRC) started already a long time ago and is one of the first chat programs. Now there are already many chat programs such as Windows Live Messenger, Skype, Yahoo!, AIM, ICQ and Google Chat and that makes IRC unknown. With the IRC-client you can connect to different ICR-servers which are available on the internet and once connected you can chat with other users on the IRC-server.

IRC-servers are connected to each other to make it a complete network. This makes it possible to chat with a user of one server to a user of another server. Some of those networks are EFnet, IRCnet and DALnet. In the younger years of the IRC, when there were not so many chat programs, many users using the IRC at the same time. IRC is an open protocol, which means that every programmer can write his own IRC client or IRC server.

IRC has different channel which can be compared with a room, if a user is leaving a message in that channel other users can read it and reply to that message. It’s also possible to connect to different rooms at the same time. mIRC opens a channel in a separate window. so the user has an overview of the channels in separate windows. Each channel has its own name starting with #, such as #movies, #news or # sports.

IRC channels are managed by channel operators, they control the channel and can block (kick) users if they don’t behave. After a while they can enter the channel again but if they continue misbehave they will be banned. They are not able to enter the channel anymore. But still its possible for banned people to enter the channel when they change the IP address.

Popular IRC networks

DALnet (irc.dal.net).
QuakeNet (irc.quakenet.org).
EFNet (irc.efnet.org).
Freenode (irc.freenode.net).

Popular IRC clients

mIRC forWindows.
BitchX for Linux console.
Ircle for Macintosh.
XChat forMac OSX, Linux en Windows.
Konversation (KDE).
Trillian is for many different operating systems.
pIRCh for Windows.

The list of IRC networks and clients are not complete but they are still active and were very popular before. The popularity is strongly decreased after other chat programs started.

How To Cleanup Windows Registry With Eusing Free Registry Cleaner

LejInternetplaza — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 05:25:55 +0000

Once in a while its better to clean up your registry to make your computer run faster. When you uninstall programs it happen many time some registry keys are left which makes Windows run slower, let Windows crash or it gives error messages. As you know there are many registry programs available and most of them are good. Also Eusing Free Registry Cleaner is a program for cleaning up the registry.

Install Eusing Free Registry Cleaner

Like many other programs is installing Eusing Free Registry Cleaner easy and not complicated and there are no toolbars options to install. The download size of the file is less than 1 MB so it is only a short download time. After downloading Eusing Free Registy Cleaner the installation wizard starts with a welcome message. Click the Next button and choose the installation folder, default is this C:\Program Files\Eusing Free Registry Cleaner. Click again Next and choose the name in the program manager. Click 2 times the Next button and finish the installation. A message will show up asking to get a registration code, this is not necessary, click the Skip button and you’re ready to use it.

Using Eusing Free Registry Cleaner

The interface is user-friendly with some options. The multiple language feature is for non-english speaking people.

After you choose the language simply click Scan registry issues in the Task field to start scanning the registry. Wait a while until the programs is finished with scanning the registry.

Once it is finished scanning all the registry files you will see the results. Check which one you want to delete and click Repair registry issues.

After repairing the issues Eusing Free Registry Cleaner will let you know why it may happen that a subsequent scan problems can be found again.

Eusing Free Registry Cleaner has some useful recommending features such as restoring the registry, press Restore previous registry to start the restore option. Registry Restore is nothing more than replacing a previously back-up. Always useful for unexpected things.

Another recommended option is making a system restore, go to Edit –> Options. In the window that opens check Create System Restore Point before repair. Also in this window you can change the destination folder for your back-up.

Conclusion

As you can see Eusing Free Registry Cleaner is user-friendly and easy to use in a few clicks. A nice feature is the choice of multiple languages and also the safety functions such as the automatically back-up of the registry and making a system restore point. Compared to other programs is Eusing Free Registry Cleaner is only suitable for cleaning the registry.

Features Eusing Free Registry Cleaner

Safely scan your entire Windows registry for invalid or obsolete information.
A simple, user-friendly interface with which you can safely repair invalid entries in the Windows registry.
Make your computer faster by cleaning your Windows registry.
Improve your Windows PC’s overall performance and stability.
Find Windows Registry keys left over from deleted files or uninstalled applications.
The automatic backup creation of the repaired registry entries.
100% Spyware FREE, NOT contain any Spyware, Adware or Viruses.

How To Convert Powerpoint To Flash SWF Files With iSpring

LejInternetplaza — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 03:12:21 +0000

Maybe you’re wondering if you can convert a Powerpoint presentation into flash so you can play it in any kind of browser or uploading it to YouTube. iSpring is maybe something you’re looking for. Of course there are more other programs available to convert Powerpoint into Flash, only they don’t have always the same features and some programs includes spyware or other malicious software such as toolbars, this mostly happens with free software.
With iSpring you have to specify a valid email address, so they can make use of it and send advertisements to you.

Download And install iSpring

Go to iSpring.com and create a new account. Fill in your first name, last name and email address. The email address you need for downloading iSpring, a secondary or an email address which you use for those kind of things is already enough. Dont use your primary email address because you will receive spam. You will need your email address because iSpring will send you a password that you need for login to their website.

After creating your account you will receive an email with the password. Click in the iSpring free field the green download button to start downloading. The download size is about 25 MB and depending on your internet connection it takes a couple of minutes.

After downloading you’re ready to install the program. The installation wizard is nothing special and is not installing a toolbar unlike other programs. Only select during the installation iSpring free, agree the End-user licence agreement and select the folder for the installation, default is this C:\Program Files\iSpring\Free 6\.

How to use iSpring

After the installation Ispring is ready to use. Actually this program is not a stand alone program but more like an add-on for Powerpoint. Click on the Launch Powerpoint button to open Powerpoint.

If you want to use iSpring you should have installed Powerpoint on your computer. Once you open Powerpoint there is an iSpring tab with some buttons for converting your Powerpoint presentation.

Once you created a presentation click the Publish button, and a new windows will open. Select the name of the presentation and click Publish and your presentation is converting into a flash file.

iSpring features

Powerpoint files. Convert PPT, Pptx, PPS, Ppsx to Flash (SWF).
Flash files and YouTube videos are also available in a presentation.
Animations, triggers and other things that you used in a presentation are maintained during converting.
Optimizes the file size of the PPT file which is necessary using on the Web.
After converting there is only one file, so it is easier to process the file on websites.
iSpring provides its own Flash Player.

iSpring free is a very useful tool for converting Powerpoint presentations to Flash and vice versa. You will get a very good product, the Flash file, only it contains a watermark of the developer.

How To Install Windows 8 On A Virtual Machine

LejInternetplaza — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 06:46:06 +0000

Windows 8 Consumer Preview is available for download, it is only a temporary test version of Windows 8. Maybe you’re interested to try to Windows 8 and don’t want to uninstall your recent Windows or Linux operating system. It is possible to run the Windows 8 Preview version on a virtual computer. With the test version you have the chance to get bugs or crashes and beside this the Windows 8 version is only for temporary use, after a while it’s no longer usable. So if you prefer to keep your existing Windows or Linux operating system you can try to use a virtual computer.

With this solution you can install Windows 8 on a virtual machine and keep your system intact and there are no worries about possible crashes. A virtual machine is a program that emulates a computer, which lets run other programs on it. There are quite a lot of virtual machines, one of those programs is VirtualBox which is free and good. VirtualBox makes it possible to run Windows 8 (or Linux) virtual under older Windows versions.

Download VirtualBox and Windows 8

Download VirtualBox and choose the platform you want to use, for example for Windows 7 is that Virtual 4.1.14 for Windows host. Download Windows 8 and burn the iso on a DVD. This file is about 2.5GB (32-bit) in size, so the download will take a while. Please note; if you have a 64-bit Windows version, for example, Windows 7 64-bit, you also need to install Windows 8 64-bi to get it working.

System requirements

Microsoft gives the following minimum system requirements for Windows 8 so have a look if your computer can run Windows 8:

1 GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor.
1 GB RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit).
16 GB available hard disk (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit) .
DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher.

Installing VirtualBox on Windows 8

Once VirtualBox is installed, launch VirtualBox.

Click the New button and click Next in the window Create new virtual machine.

Enter a VM name for example Windows 8. When you choose for Windows 8 as the name also the operating system will change automatically into Microsoft Windows and the version changes to Windows 8.

Click Next

Choose how much memory you want to make free. For example 1024MB and click Next.

In Virtual Hard Disk make sure that Startup disk is checked and Create new hard disk and click Next.

In Create Virtual Disk choose VDI (Virtual Disk Image). Click Next.

In Virtual Disk Storage Details choose Dynamically allocated and click Next.

In the Virtual Disk Location and Size choose the disk space that you want to use for Windows 8 and click Next.

In the Summary select Create.

Now it is ready to create a virtual disk, it takes a while (15 minutes or more) to complete the process and once it is finished it will return to the VirtualBox Manager window that includes Windows 8 in the list.

Go to the Settings window and tick Enable IO APIC in Motherboard tab and in the Processor tab Enable PAE/NX. In the Acceleration tab tick both Enable VT-x/AMD-V and Enable Nested Paging.

Go to Storage on the left sidebar and check Empty under IDE Controller. Click the CD icon next to CD/DVD Drive selection box in the attributes field and click Choose a virtual CD/DVD disk file. Browse to the Windows 8 iso file to open the Windows 8 installation wizard.

Choose the language, preference time/currency format and keyboard settings and click Next to start the Windows 8 installation.

After the installation you can using Windows 8 running on a virtual machine.

Software For Downloading Free Music And Movies

LejInternetplaza — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 07:02:57 +0000

Everybody likes to download music to have a bigger collection. And if its possible they prefer to get it for free. Many software are available to download from the Internet, some for music, others for photos or videos. I made a list of programs for downloading music and videos from the internet.

iMesh

iMesh is a music program that launched in 1999, its one of the most common and succesull download program. Its owned by MucicLab and is a P2P (peer to peer) program. This means that any computer on the network can add a file to the program and also download the file. People can share home made videos and photos, and even Microsoft office files. Be careful, sometimes people download files which contains viruses. Be selective in choosing what you download, and if your computer suddenly slow down after downloading a file, it is wise to to check your computer for viruses. iMesh was also known for adware and spyware, and iMesh automatically installs its own toolbar in the browser, so after you install the software you will see the menu bar in your browser. With your iMesh account you can also use it as Bearshare member. For better security the program is always asking to install the newer version. In the latest version you’ll find a DJ function, which is certainly an advantage. When youre looking for a title or artist, iMesh automatically creates a list of artists and songs that have the same genre.

Bearshare

As you can see it in the name, this program is all about sharing files. BearShare is a popular download program used by millions of people. The same as iMesh its owned by MusicLab. Bearshare is also a P2P program and is fully free and legal. Beside downloading you can also buy music, to make sure the file is working well and totally legal to download. BearShare is organized and operates easily. All the files are easy to find and in one click ready to download.

Limewire

LimeWire is the most famous program for downloading music. This software does not take much space on the computer and is completely free (the free version). It lets you quickly start downloading music and other files. You can easily search using the built-in search engine and a list of search results appears right away. You choose the file you want and you click the download button, depending of the file size and the internet connection the file is downloaded after a couple of minutes.

Free YouTube to MP3 Converter

Free YouTube to MP3 Converter is one of the easiest download programs made by Free Studio. You dont need to create an account or enter data. Simply download the program and copy the Youtube link of the song or video that you want in the appropriate field, and then the the song will be downloaded. No adware, spyware or unwanted toolbars, only music. There are some disadvantages, it takes a while before a song is downloaded, and the quality of Youtube videos are sometimes is not too good. Beside this you are also depending what files are available on YouTube.

Vuze

Vuze is a free and very complete package for downloading, playback and converting audio and video. The torrent client (file distribution in small pieces from different sources) is the gateway to a network for file sharing and was before called Azureus. Vuze offers everything you need for creating your own multimedia world. It has its own search engine and will search on different popular torrent sites to find the best search results. Vuze HD Network is an extensive download library filled with music and videos. Once the download is finished, you can convert the files using the Devices function. Then you play audio and video instantly on other devices like your iPhone or Xbox 360.

uTorrent

UTorrent is small application for downloading movies, music and other applications through BitTorrent. It is mainly used for sharing large files like movies, software and games. It’s also P2P and has 2 versions, the free and the Pro version. uTorrent has a clear interface with information about the downloads. Also the download scheduler helps you to controll your download activity. With the search engine you will find interesting files, which you can download simultaneously. You can set he amount of available bandwidth for each download. uTorrent has not so many extended options. A nice addition is the ability to play incomplete files while downloading. UTorrent also supports to drag and drop files, so you can drag them in the menu to share them.