3 column tableless layouts not so hard with the YUI CSS Grids Builder
Thursday, March 27th, 2008 Posted in How-To, Resource Filled | No Comments »Multiple column, table-less layouts using CSS isn't so hard the CSS Grids Builder tool provided as part of the Yahoo! User Interface (YUI) library. Just enter the number of columns, the widths and positions, and presto - a very small ...
How I fixed my Windows XP Stop c000021a {Fatal System Error} with Knoppix Linux
Friday, March 14th, 2008 Posted in Code-Snippets, How-To | 1 Comment »Below are steps describing how I used Knoppix Linux to fix the dreaded Windows XP 'Error Message: Stop c000021a {Fatal System Error} The Session Manager Initialization System Process...' failure. This morning, when I powered-up my computer at work, my Windows XP-based ...
How to set your system clock in Linux
Sunday, March 9th, 2008 Posted in How-To | No Comments »So once again, that infernal Daylight saving time thingie bothers us by automatically setting, or perhaps not setting our system clocks on your Ubuntu, Red Hat, Fedora, Debian, Knoppix, or Suse install either an hour ahead, or remaining an ...
How to setup Google Sites for your website’s Wiki page
Thursday, February 28th, 2008 Posted in Disruptive Innovation, How-To | No Comments »I feel like a little boy yelling down the street to announce the arrival of the circus. "They're here! They're Here! They're HERE!" Yes folks, the JotSpot WIKI technology that Google acquired back in October of 2006 is now a ...
How to block a range of IPs from spamming your church website
Thursday, February 14th, 2008 Posted in How-To | 1 Comment »Using a blog to manage a website’s content is a flexible and affordable solution more and more churches are employing to effectively present their message online. There is however one drawback – in that some of the open source ...
How to secure your church’s dedicated Linux server
Saturday, February 9th, 2008 Posted in How-To, Resource Filled | 1 Comment »This post is dedicated to all of you running your church’s website in the choir robe closet, or who have been graced with a generous and geeky member who has taken advantage of one of those cheap, unmanaged dedicated server ...
YourMap - an easier way to integrate Google Maps into your church website
Thursday, January 17th, 2008 Posted in Disruptive Innovation, How-To | 7 Comments »Back in August, I posted a 10-step "How to (really) embed Google Maps on your church website." Yesterday, I received a really nice email from Mickey of Church Website Help & Google Earth Hacks informing me he's developed a free ...
Top 10 Church Website Design Mistakes of 2007
Monday, December 31st, 2007 Posted in Conversion Goals, How-To | 8 Comments »It is the last day of 2007, so like every great media outlet I figured why not go through the archives and come up with a list of those topics that produced the deepest and most memorable mental scars. Below ...
How categorizing information enhances church website conversion goals
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007 Posted in Conversion Goals, How-To | 1 Comment »Not everyone enters your church through the front door, neither does everyone first visit your organization's website comes via your carefully crafted home page. The question is, once these search-engine driven seekers find your site through such pages, are they ...
5 quick ways to spot an IRS refund phishing email scam
Thursday, November 1st, 2007 Posted in Fast Five, How-To | 2 Comments »So while I'm packing to head out to Hashemite Kingdom - I find in my gmail inbox an email claiming to be from the IRS asking me to 'Click here to request your refund' of some $343.50 I overpaid in ...
5 Simple Security Tips for the WiFi-ing Road Warrior
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007 Posted in Fast Five, How-To | 4 Comments »As I travel to the Hashemite Kingdom next week, there are at least 5 simple things I can do to make my WiFi experiences a bit more secure. So can you, here's how: During my upcoming journey to Jordan, I'll have ...
How to use gmail aliases to send yourself text notifications
Monday, October 15th, 2007 Posted in How-To | 2 Comments »Sending custom SMS text notifications to your cell phone has never been easier - thanks to 2 nifty gmail features. By combining filtering with gmail's ability to add aliases to your existing gmail account, you can now have notifications of ...
