Archive for December, 2009
FTP with no FTP Client!
December 26th, 2009 | 
Author: Not many people know you can use Explorer that comes with Windows, (not Internet Explorer) to upload files to your site. Its alot quicker to login, and the opened folder window acts like a regular windows folder! You can rename/delete/move/copy files as you would normally on windows.
Click Start Bar, Select RUN, then type “explorer” and hit Enter. Then in the address bar of Explorer type:
“ftp:// password:username@domain.name” (no spaces) then hit enter. Windows will load up the files on your ftp server in a regular fashion.
the format is
“ftp:// p:u@d” (no spaces)
where u=username, p=password, d=domain url
e.g. ftp:// abracdabra:nadeem@domain.com
Obviously change to your specific details. Its now possible to drag and drop files directly into your ftp server space from any local folder on your pc!
If you regularly want to access your server with a shortcut on your desktop, make a new network place by double clicking the “My Network Places” icon, and click ADD NETWORK PLACE.
This will bring up a dialogue box, click Next until your prompted to enter the network address. This is where u enter the ftp address. ie ftp://domain.com. Click Next, uncheck the log on anonymously box.
Now you can enter your username. click next and you will be asked your password every time you double click the new network place icon you just made.
Alternatively you can enter your username as
password:username
This will login automatically when u double click the new network icon. Make a short cut onto your desktop for easy access. But be aware that anyone with access can login to you ftp space by clicking this icon. Also the explorer window will remember the address string in its cache. Clear it if your on a public computer.
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Adding a favicon to a Wordpress theme.
1) Add the following code within the <HEAD> of your header.php file (located in your theme folder.
<link rel=”shortcut icon” href=”<?php bloginfo(‘template_url’); ?>/images/favicon.ico” />
<link rel=”ico” type=”image/ico” href=”<?php bloginfo(‘template_url’); ?>/images/favicon.ico” />
2) Copy your favicon (16×16 pixel .ico, .png or .gif) into your images folder (inside your theme folder).
Your favicon will appear to new visiters, and to you when your browser cache is cleared, or after the browser your using loads the new favicon, usually after a day. You can check if the favicon is loading by using a different browser, or another computer.
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Compressed Windows XP Sound Files
If you look in C:\WINDOWS\Media you will find a bunch of wav files. These files are played on start up and on events in Windows XP. You can choose your own set of sounds, by downloading a set from various Internet sites.
But if your like me, want to increase the speed and efficiency of your operating system, you can compress them. They are originally HUGE. like 500kb for the login sound that plays when u boot up windows XP. Ive compressed them and made them available for download here.
Now the login sound is only 90k! It will improves the amount of memory you have for your programs.
Just unzip and copy into your C:\WINDOWS\Media directory and your set! Make a backup of the directory in case you don’t like the compressed versions or you mess up 
