When my blog was hacked, I realized that my directories were accessible to anyone, even bots, which is really a big loophole for security. As then the other person trying to hack in to your blog knows which plugins or what important files you have kept safe in your directories.

To avoid anyone access your installation folders or reveal loophole in security this simple hack comes in handy.

Note: Do take backup of your .htaccess(hypertext access) file.

01. Search for a file named .htaccess(hypertext access) in the webroot of your server (FTP) and can be easily edited using any text editor (like Notepad). Open it and add below code in it:

02. Save and you are done.

This concludes this simple and useful tutorial. Hope you like it.

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An extension of its Gmail platform, Google Buzz allows users to share photos, links, status updates and videos through Gmail or through mobile technology. As an indicator of Buzz’s potential reach, Gmail is currently the third most popular web-based email service in the world, recording 176.5 million unique visitors in December alone.

In this simple tutorial, we will teach you how to integrate Google Buzz button which opens in same window and has a close button too at top right hand side. This also picks the post excerpt automatically.

Note: Do take backup of your theme before you try this.

01. Go to Appearance => Editor.

02. Then choose single.php file from right hand side and add below code just after <h1><?php the_title(); ?></h1>

03. Save the file and you are done.

Note: Do take backup of your template before you try this. Only try this if you are familiar with blogger codes.

01. Go to Layout => Edit HTML, click on Expand Widget Templates and find first <p><data:post.body/></p> and add the below code just after it:

02. Save Template. You are done.

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This concludes this simple and useful tutorial. Hope you like it.

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jQuery is a fast and concise JavaScript Library that simplifies HTML document traversing, event handling, animating, and Ajax interactions for rapid web development. jQuery is designed to change the way that you write JavaScript. Here we have collected 10 Best jQuery Techniques which makes the Gallery/Slideshow thing very fast and easy to implement. Hope you like it.

AnythingSlider jQuery Plugin

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GalleryView

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Easy Slider – Numeric Navigation jQuery Slider

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Galleria

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Image Flow

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Supersized

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S3 Slider

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Slider gallery

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Create Beautiful jQuery slider tutorial

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Sliding Boxes and Captions with jQuery

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When you choose the home for your site, you usually do a web hosting search and pick a provider. With so many web hosting providers, there is a lot of choices. In addition to a provider, you also need to choose a web hosting package. Depending on what you need, you should go with a different web hosting package. The two most common types of web hosting packages are shared hosting and a dedicated server but there are also middle grounds, such as a virtual private server and reseller hosting.

o What Cheap Web Hosting Can Offer You

When you are looking for a cheap web hosting, basically your choice is limited to shared hosting. This is not that bad because in reality shared hosting offers quite a lot. When you share the same server with many other users, here is what you typically get:

• Low price – $4-5 a month is the average price for a cheap web hosting account but you can find even cheaper web hosting offers

• Some storage space – though the exact amount varies, you can get from 50-100MB to 5GB or more
• A decent amount of bandwidth – as with storage, the exact amount differs and it could be from as low as 1GB a month to 20GB or more
• Free email – generally free email accounts are included in the price and it is up to you to configure them
• PHP and MySQL – almost any shared hosting offer includes PHP and MySQL but if you know you need them, you need to ask explicitly before you sign up for that particular offer just to make sure you will get PHP and MySQL
• Free application installers – for example Fantastico.

+ What Dedicated Servers Can Offer You

Dedicated servers are the Mercedes in web hosting and if you can afford a dedicated server, it has many advantages, such as:

• + The whole server is yours
• + You can choose the operating system and the other applications
• + Usually you have times more bandwidth than with shared hosting
• + Very often you can choose the hardware for the dedicated server
• + You can administer the dedicated server the way you like

Of course, all this comes at a price. Dedicated servers cost times more than shared cheap web hosting – i.e. a dedicated server can cost from $50 or so a month up to over $200 a month. Additionally, the decision whether you need a dedicated server or a shared cheap web hosting will do is taken not only based on if you can afford it but also depending on whether you need a dedicated server or not.

# When Is the Right Time to Move From Cheap Hosting to a Dedicated Server?

Cheap web hosting is for starters. This is why if you are in the beginning of starting up a small website, shared web hosting is a safe bet.

However, if your business grows as planned, sooner or later you will notice that the limitations of shared cheap web hosting are pulling your business down. Nobody can tell you exactly when you should move from shared cheap hosting to a dedicated server but if you feel that you need more bandwidth than what shared hosting offers or if you are getting so much traffic that the shared server can barely handle it, this is a sign that you should consider a dedicated server.

It is wise if you plan in advance. This is why it is better if you make the decision to move to a dedicated server early so that you have the time to react to all the twists and turns. If your business grows faster than what you expect, it is quite possible that the shared cheap web host becomes the bottleneck. In this case you will be pressured to act fast and move to a dedicated server as soon as possible, which isn’t exactly the best approach.

George Rustchev is a photographer whose surrealistic images can be found on PhotoNet.com. He has great eye of composition and superb ideas. His images are absolutely great, that leaves a lot to the imagination. Hope you enjoy them as well.

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Many a times Bloggers run out of their monthly usage without even their articles getting many hits, resulting in a downtime or paying penalty for specific hosting. This might be a result of Hotlinking, this means that the images you are hosting on your site are used by other sites by inserting same links in IMG tags, which sucks your bandwidth.

This simple tutorial will help you prevent this in a snap.

Note: Do take backup of your .htaccess(hypertext access) file.

01. Search for a file named .htaccess(hypertext access) in the webroot of your server (FTP) and can be easily edited using any text editor (like Notepad). Open it and add below code in it:

02. Save and you are done.

You can download and install the below plugin for achieving such:
WordPress Automatic Image Hotlink Protectionn

This concludes this simple and useful tutorial. Hope you like it.