Thursday, 22 February 2018

HAVE YOUR NAME IN THE TIME BAR

It would be nice to have your name in your time bar............
Well here is the trick...................................

Go to Start>Control Panel>Regional and Language Option.

In the Regional Option take Customize.

Take "Time" bar

Change the AM and PM symbol to your name ..........

Then you have it on your time bar

CHANGE YOUR IP IN LESS THEN 1 MINUTE

How To: Change Your Ip In Less Then 1 Minute

1. Click on “Start” in the bottom left hand corner of screen
2. Click on “Run”
3. Type in “command” and hit ok

You should now be at an MSDOS prompt screen.

4. Type “ipconfig /release” just like that, and hit “enter”
5. Type “exit” and leave the prompt
6. Right-click on “Network Places” or “My Network Places” on your desktop.
7. Click on “properties”

You should now be on a screen with something titled “Local Area Connection”, or something close to that, and, if you have a network hooked up, all of your other networks.

8. Right click on “Local Area Connection” and click “properties”
9. Double-click on the “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)” from the list under the “General” tab
10. Click on “Use the following IP address” under the “General” tab
11. Create an IP address (It doesn’t matter what it is. I just type 1 and 2 until i fill the area up).
12. Press “Tab” and it should automatically fill in the “Subnet Mask” section with default numbers.
13. Hit the “Ok” button here
14. Hit the “Ok” button again

You should now be back to the “Local Area Connection” screen.

15. Right-click back on “Local Area Connection” and go to properties again.
16. Go back to the “TCP/IP” settings
17. This time, select “Obtain an IP address automatically”
tongue.gif 18. Hit “Ok”
19. Hit “Ok” again
20. You now have a new IP address

With a little practice, you can easily get this process down to 15 seconds.

P.S:
This only changes your dynamic IP address, not your ISP/IP address. If you plan on hacking a website with this trick be extremely careful, because if they try a little, they can trace it back

Wednesday, 21 February 2018

HTML Share Buttons

First things first (although you may have thought it last), you need to style your buttons. Here is some pretty basic CSS code that will apply the default settings, best placed within your <head> tags (it’ll work just before the buttons though if you can only place it there). Obviously feel free to add to/amend any of this.


<style type="text/css"> #share-buttons img {width: 35px;padding: 5px;border: 0;box-shadow: 0;display: inline;} </style>

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With your CSS in place, you then need to add the HTML script for the buttons…

<!-- I got these buttons from simplesharebuttons.com --><div id="share-buttons"> <!-- Buffer --> <a href="https://bufferapp.com/add?url=https://simplesharebuttons.com&amp;text=Simple Share Buttons" target="_blank"> <img src="https://simplesharebuttons.com/images/somacro/buffer.png" alt="Buffer" /> </a> <!-- Digg --> <a href="http://www.digg.com/submit?url=https://simplesharebuttons.com" target="_blank"> <img src="https://simplesharebuttons.com/images/somacro/diggit.png" alt="Digg" /> </a> <!-- Email --> <a href="mailto:?Subject=Simple Share Buttons&amp;Body=I%20saw%20this%20and%20thought%20of%20you!%20 https://simplesharebuttons.com"> <img src="https://simplesharebuttons.com/images/somacro/email.png" alt="Email" /> </a> <!-- Facebook --> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://simplesharebuttons.com" target="_blank"> <img src="https://simplesharebuttons.com/images/somacro/facebook.png" alt="Facebook" /> </a> <!-- Google+ --> <a href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://simplesharebuttons.com" target="_blank"> <img src="https://simplesharebuttons.com/images/somacro/google.png" alt="Google" /> </a> <!-- LinkedIn --> <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https://simplesharebuttons.com" target="_blank"> <img src="https://simplesharebuttons.com/images/somacro/linkedin.png" alt="LinkedIn" /> </a> <!-- Pinterest --> <a href="javascript:void((function()%7Bvar%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)%7D)());"> <img src="https://simplesharebuttons.com/images/somacro/pinterest.png" alt="Pinterest" /> </a> <!-- Print --> <a href="javascript:;" onclick="window.print()"> <img src="https://simplesharebuttons.com/images/somacro/print.png" alt="Print" /> </a> <!-- Reddit --> <a href="http://reddit.com/submit?url=https://simplesharebuttons.com&amp;title=Simple Share Buttons" target="_blank"> <img src="https://simplesharebuttons.com/images/somacro/reddit.png" alt="Reddit" /> </a> <!-- StumbleUpon--> <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=https://simplesharebuttons.com&amp;title=Simple Share Buttons" target="_blank"> <img src="https://simplesharebuttons.com/images/somacro/stumbleupon.png" alt="StumbleUpon" /> </a> <!-- Tumblr--> <a href="http://www.tumblr.com/share/link?url=https://simplesharebuttons.com&amp;title=Simple Share Buttons" target="_blank"> <img src="https://simplesharebuttons.com/images/somacro/tumblr.png" alt="Tumblr" /> </a> <!-- Twitter --> <a href="https://twitter.com/share?url=https://simplesharebuttons.com&amp;text=Simple%20Share%20Buttons&amp;hashtags=simplesharebuttons" target="_blank"> <img src="https://simplesharebuttons.com/images/somacro/twitter.png" alt="Twitter" /> </a> <!-- VK --> <a href="http://vkontakte.ru/share.php?url=https://simplesharebuttons.com" target="_blank"> <img src="https://simplesharebuttons.com/images/somacro/vk.png" alt="VK" /> </a> <!-- Yummly --> <a href="http://www.yummly.com/urb/verify?url=https://simplesharebuttons.com&amp;title=Simple Share Buttons" target="_blank"> <img src="https://simplesharebuttons.com/images/somacro/yummly.png" alt="Yummly" /> </a> </div>

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That will get your share buttons up and running! You’ll be sharing this website though, so there’s still more to be done…

Start by changing all instances of ‘https://simplesharebuttons.com’ with the URL of the site/page you wish the buttons to act for.

Note that you will need to include the http:// or https:// for the links to be shared correctly. All share buttons, bar Pinterest, will need this changing.

Next, change the four instances of ‘Simple Share Buttons’ to the title of the page or website that the buttons will be displayed. These are present for the following share buttons:

Twitter


Reddit


StumbleUpon


Email


There are further customisable options available for some of these share buttons, but let’s keep things simple for now.

Last, but by no means least, the images. The HTML code above will use buttons located on this website, which you are more than welcome to use. The buttons will load more quickly however if you upload them and change the image sources accordingly.

You can download a zipped folder of the ones in this example here.

Wednesday, 14 February 2018

5 Awesome Managed Google Cloud Hosting Platform for WordPress

Hosting WordPress site is easy but optimizing for optimal performance and security is not.
Hundreds of shared hosting provider can host your site for less than $5 a month, and they are ok if for a beginner.
However,  when traffic increase, looking for fast loading site, continuous security, running an eCommerce store, then you need a secure and performance oriented hosting.
Most of the WordPress site owner choose VPS, Cloud VM (virtual machine) as a next step to move from shared hosting. Because they are told to move to the cloud hosting as it’s fast and can take a load of heavy traffic.
But what happens next?
They spend too much time on configuring and maintaining a cloud server.
When you are on shared hosting, you get everything with one click.
  • WordPress installation
  • Email creation
  • File transfer
  • Database access
  • Enable SSL
  • Backup & restore
  • And much more…
and if you are planning to migrate your site to cloud with the same expectation but I am sorry to say, you’ll be disappointed.
When you buy a cloud/VPS server such as Linode, DigitalOcean, AWS, Vultr, etc. you get a vanilla server with OS. A server where you need to install database, web server, PHP, WordPress and it’s related software + you got to deal with the configuration & security.
Are you ready for that?
If you are skilled and have time, you can do it. But if you are not then you better look for managed WordPress hostingproviders.
Why Google Cloud?
In one line, they are better than many out there, and it’s cost-effective.
Google is known for their low-latency network, and GCP (Google Cloud Platform) is where Google’s product like YouTube, Gmail, etc. are hosted.
GCP pricing is less than their competitor (you know what I am talking about).
Googe Cloud data centers are located in 15 regions worldwide so you can choose to host near to your user’s location.
I moved Geek Flare to GCP more than a year ago and since then never looked back to migrate anywhere.
Enough praising…
How do you host your WordPress site on Google Cloud Platform?
There are two ways.
First – you create an account, buy a compute VM, install the necessary software, configure to make it work, secure your cloud VM, secure WordPress, patch it regularly, perform regular maintenance, etc.
Second – offload all manual work listed above to the expert, and you focus on what’s more important to your business.
The following, you will know some of the managed WordPress hosting providers to host your site on Google Cloud.

1Kinsta

Kinsta, a premium hosting platform for small to enterprise level of business is recommended by Google. You can get it started from as low as $30 a month, and if you pay for yearly, then you get two months FREE.
Kinsta utilize next-generation system container manager called LXD and packed with speed-oriented tech stacks like Nginx,  MariaDB, PHP 7, server-side caching, etc.
Your WordPress is monitored 24×7 for uptime, DDoS, malware, etc.
Kinsta provides a beautiful dashboard to enable the feature or change the configuration.
For an ex:
  • Switch PHP to higher or lower version
  • Enable CDN
  • Purge the caching
  • Make your site secure (HTTPS) with FREE SSL
  • Backup or restore
  • Creating a staging environment
And not to forget about their excellent support and FREE site migration. Give a try to experience the Kinsta.

2Cloudways

Not just Google Cloud but Cloudways let you choose to host your site on Linode, DigitalOcean, Vultr, Kyup, and AWS.
You can select the server size and data center location during sign-up. On top of awesome GCP, Cloudways offers some of the following.
  • You can configure to take an hourly to weekly backup, so when things go wrong, you can restore it quickly.
  • Need more capacity to serve more clients? Scale the server resources like storage, CPU & memory with one click.
  • Built-in staging area
  • Git is integrated
  • Protected with managed firewall to keep the bad guys away
  • SSH and SFTP access to take full control of your server whenever needed
  • Schedule task to be performed on the server using Cron job manager
Get 20% OFF for six monthswhen you host with Cloudways.

3Closte

A new player in the market leverage Google Cloud infrastructure and Litespeedcommercial web servers. You can get it started in FREE and pricing starts from $8 per month which is suitable for small site attracting ~18,000 visitors.
Closte uses Litespeed built-in cache, integrate with Google Cloud CDN and some of the below advantages.
  • It takes incremental backup automatically
  • Provide FREE SSL
  • Staging area, GIT
  • WP-CLI to manage WordPress if needed
  • Options to choose PHP versions
And a beautiful dashboard to manage your website.

4WP Engine

One of the leading premium managed WordPress hosting has recently partnered with Google Cloud to offer the best experience possible.
WP Engine is trusted by more than 70,000 customers worldwide. You can get it started from $29 a month which includes one WordPress install and suitable for ~25,000 visits.
  • Some of the advanced features are:
  • Serve dynamic content based on user’s geography
  • Performance insights at code level by New Relic
  • Robust security protection from brute force, WordPress specific vulnerabilities attacks
  • Page performance metrics to quickly diagnose the slow loading page and improve

5Themecloud

Themecloud leverage Astra next-generation firewall to provide better-inbuilt security.
You can get it started from as low as $9.90 per month.
Some of the features:
  • Automatic daily backup with 1-click restore option
  • SSL cert by Let’s encrypt
  • Domain with up-to five emails
  • WP rocket license included in higher plan
  • Cloudflare PRO plan included in VIP plan
  • User-friendly dashboard
Building fast loading and secure WordPress site is always challenging. And, if you are not willing to spend time in setup and managing then it’s better to choose managed WordPress hosting provider who does heavy work for you so you can focus on your business.
However, if you are looking to learn setting up WordPress on your VPS then check out this 

How to get FREE SSL Certificate for Website (HTTPS)

Improve your Website Security with SSL/TLS Certificate

Security is essential for any website to build the trust of visitors and for better ranking. It’s necessary for the transactional or membership based website, so you encrypt the sensitive data from a client to a server.
HTTPS would also boost the search engine ranking so you may consider having this for your blog as well.
If you are looking to have certificate implemented on your website without spending $$$ then here are few Certificate Authority house (SSL providers) to help you with that.
Following acronyms are used below.
  • SSL – Secure Socket Layer
  • TLS – Transport Layer Security
  • CDN – Content Delivery Network
  • DV – Domain Validated
  • ACME – Automated Certificate Management Environment
If you are looking for shared hosting which provides free SSL certificate, then you may try SiteGround.

1. Let’s Encrypt

Let’s Encrypt is a collaborative project with Linux Foundation and new certificate authority sponsored by Mozilla, Akamai, SiteGround, Cisco, Facebook, etc. which offers SSL Certificate in free.
This is great to save cost to get it implemented in a non-production environment.
It’s automated that means you don’t have to spend time in creating CSR and send to CA authority to get it signed. It all happens in the background on your web servers.
letsencrypt

2. Comodo

Comodo offers free SSL at zero cost for 90 days. This is a good fit if you are looking to play around no how SSL works or some short-term project.
Get your free SSL cert issued in minutes with the highest strength and bit encryption. All the main browsers recognize Comodo issued certificates.
comodo
Update: SSL.com also provide free SSL for 90 days.

3. Cloud Flare

Cloud Flare is CDN & Security Company. They make your website faster and secure. Cloud Flare power many popular sites including Reddit, yelp, Mozilla, StackOverflow, etc.
cloudflare-marketshare
Recently, Cloud Flare announced universal SSL in free for all the users. That’s right even if you are in the free plan. If you are using Cloud Flare and SSL is not yet activated then here is how you can do it quickly.
  • Login into Cloud Flare
  • Select the website you want to enable SSL
  • Click on Crypto icon
  • Ensure it’s configured as “Flexible” and status shows as “ACTIVE CERTIFICATE”
cloudflare-enable-ssl
It may take few seconds to go live, you can verify by accessing your website with https.

4. StartCom

StartCom gives free certificate for personal use. In order to get the cert, you need to validate the domain ownership.
startssl
You can have unlimited class 1 DV SSL certificate in free! Good for personal website/blog.

5. WoSign

WoSign is another authority to provide a certificate for 2 years without any cost. It supports SHA2 algorithm. “WoSign CA Free SSL Certificate G2” issues a cert.
wosign

6. SSL For Free

SSL For Free use Let’s EncryptACME server by using domain validation to provide a you certificate. It’s 100% free and certs are issued within minutes.
sslforfree

30 Days Free

You may also obtain 30 days free trial from following certificate provider.
I hope above helps you in getting free SSL for your website/blog. But if you are looking to buy a premium certificate for enterprise business then you can checkout SSL Store.
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