Nivo Slider Fixed for IE

Have you recently downloaded an ElegantThemes WordPress theme, or noticed your theme doesn’t work correctly with Internet Explorer (IE)? Recently our very own, Kevin Shoffner, reported the issue to Elegant Themes regarding their Chameleon theme and we wanted to share the fix with you until ET has resolved the issue. Go to the theme folder directory and file /js/et_nivo.js Once there, you need to make sure all of the JavaScript variables are actually defined properly (put a var in front of them.) Below is the entire FIXED et_nivo.js file that works: Code: (function(){ var...

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Connections WordPress to Facebook Fan Pages

Lots of clients ask – “How can I get my WordPress Website Posts to Appear on my Facebook Fan Page?” With Facebook constantly changing, this may seem like an impossible effort – but once you have learned the Basics, you will be able to do it (as long as Facebook allows it.) Start by logging in as yourself on Facebook, and you will be logged in as yourself/individual. Next navigate to your Fan Page (I will be using the Gatecity Media Designs Fan Page in my example)   Now click on “Use Facebook As whatever your page is called”   Once you click that, you...

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How To Flush DNS

Most DNS clients cache the results of name resolution requests. This means that the DNS clients will temporarily store the website names that you have been visiting lately. This process speeds up name resolution if multiple lookups are done to the same address, such as is common when browsing the web. So, if you visit Google.com the second time, the DNS client will already have the name mapped and hence will retrieve the mapping quickly. Sometimes a bad DNS entry will be cached and you will need to either flush the DNS cache to get rid of it, or wait up to 24 hours – 2 weeks for it to...

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Clearing Browser Cache

How do I clear my web browser’s cache? Each time you access a file through your web browser, the browser caches it (stores it). In this way, the files (including any images on the page) do not have to be retrieved anew from the remote web site each time you click the Back or Forward buttons. You should clear the cache if you expect to see changes on a website. Internet Explorer 8 From the Tools menu, select Delete Browsing History.... Next to “Temporary Internet Files”, click Delete files…. Click Yes, and then click Close to exit. I don’t see those...

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Fall Savings – Over $100 today!

If you are a current client and refer a design/website paying client to us between now and December 31, 2010: You will get $100 credit for future purchases… If you refer a web-hosting client to us between now and December 31, 2010: You will get $30 credit for future purchases…

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Daisy Chain Routers

Let’s say you want to have two different routers on your Home Network, to expand the range of the network…  How do you do that? Simply connect the two routers together using any LAN port on each of the routers using standard RJ45 (Ethernet / network cable). Do NOT connect the two routers using any of the WAN ports, or cross-over cables… Also, you will need to disable DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) on the second router, otherwise you’ll be on two different IP networks. DHCP is responsible for assigning IP addresses for any new device (PC / laptop, etc)...

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Outlook 2000, iTunes update

So you still have Office 2000? And you love iTunes? Have you recently updated your iTunes program on Windows XP? Both excellent tools and software, but if you update your software after September 15th, 2010 you need to read this post… If you update to iTunes 10, and you are running Microsoft XP, then you may have issues with your Office 2000 (especially Outlook 2000).  What will happen is your Office program will open then close unexpectedly. How to resolve?  Very, very easy! Go to Add/Remove Programs and remove Apple Mobile Device Support (AMDS). Of course, if you have an iPod,...

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