File Compression – Zip Your Files to Make Them Smaller

Compression Zip

You may be sending an email with several attachments. For example you might want to send a Word Document, an Excel Spreadsheet and a photo to a friend. You can attach each file in turn – so in this case you’d be sending three attachments, or you can zip the three files up into one package and send that as a single attachment to your email. The single zipped package of files is sometimes referred to as an archive.

How To Add Code Samples to Wordpress Posts

How To Put Code Samples in Wordpress

Placing code samples effectively into a Wordpress Post can be tricky, that is until you start using the fabulous Wordpress Plugin Syntax Highlighter Evolved. Without it, the HTML of the post and the HTML of the code excerpt can become entangled. There are quite a few settings available on the plugin and it may be a case of trial and error to see what works best for you. This video explains more.

Avatars and Gravatars – Wordpress Branding

Avatars for your Wordpress Comments

When you leave a comment on a blog, if you haven’t set yourself up with an avatar your comment will be branded with a default or a generated avatar as chosen by the blog’s owner. This means that when you comment on blogs, post on Twitter, Facebook, most forms of social media in fact, (and some forums), that you won’t be branding yourself with an image that people in your niche will learn to recognise.

Here are some examples of default and generated avatars used on Wordpress blogs for commenters with no avatar of their own.

How To Resolve Flickr RSS Caching Problems

Members Only Flickr Video Tutorial

This particular Slickr Flickr Tutorial shows you how to check and then clear your Flickr RSS cache in order that your Wordpress site is updated with your photos as soon as they are made available by Flickr.

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