I’ve been thinking of a good way to keep my websites backed up securely and one option I came across is IDrive-E Online Backup. It’s a service that lets you backup to a secure location on the Internet. You can get 2Gb free, but if you want more space there’s a charge. It’s only $4.95 […]
I was cleaning up the ads on The Only Network, so I thought I’d let everyone know what software I use for it. Well, it’s a free product called AdMentor. It has a pretty comprehensive set of features including the ability to specify different advertising zones across your website. You can also set up different […]
If you use Joomla to build websites, here’s a great place to get your Joomla Templates. It’s a club for Joomla Webmasters and when you join you get immediate access to 2 e-books, 50 templates and a host of other goodies to play with. Membership is a one-time cost of $45.99 but if you do […]
I’ve taken the opportunity to bring CruelCard up to date. I’ve cleaned up the HTML, archived off the database (there was 7 years worth of data in there) and made the whole thing more efficient. I should look around for some more card soon, just to make it more interesting to everyone.
I’m going to be revamping the whole of the Only Network website over the next few weeks. There’s some good stuff there, and I’d like to try and revive Only Webcams (as long as I can keep it clean). Only Postcards and Only Humor need a lick of paint, so we’ll have to see how […]
There’s a new release of WordPress in town. This one is a minor release after Ella has been unleashed on us. There’s some 30 bug fixes but nothing seems to be too major so I probably won’t be deploying it across the network.
However, new blogs will be getting the new version
Did you know that I run a mailing list for Only Humor? If you’re interested pop down to Yahoo Groups and sign up here. I can’t promise you jokes every day, but you’ll be getting quite a few, so should be fun. If you like jokes, check it out. It’s bound to make you smile! […]
Here’s a great way to find out the Google Page Rank of each of your outgoing links. Visual PageRank will display the page you request together with a graphic image next to each link showing what the Page Rank of the website the link points to is. Great way to figure out whether you’re pointing […]
I’ve decided to join some work colleagues in collecting money for Red Nose Day. We’re walking across the Isle of Man in a foolhardy attempt to try and raise some money. I promise you photos, if you’d be so kind as to sponsor me. You can find my sponsor page here
Here’s a good way to check how search engines see your site. Summit Media’s Spider Tool lets you analyse your site and even check for broken links on the site. Try it out and see what your website looks like to search engines.