Tutorials
Where is my BCC?
Question I’m in the Macintosh Mail application. How can I find out who I blind cc’d (bcc) my email to. When I review the sent mail, I can’t see who got blind carbon copied. Is there some incredibly obvious way I can see the bcc addresses in the “sent” email? Answer It should be obvious,…
Read MoreWordPress: Adding sponsor (or website) links
You may have a wordpress site that you would like to add “Links” to. This may be a list of sponsors or your favorite websites. One of the easier ways to accomplish this is through the “Links” panel. Add a new link After you have logged into your administrative area, go to the “Links” menu…
Read MoreCleaning up Text for Layout Automatically
I recently mentioned a few things you should be doing when preparing type for layout in “Bad Design: Things You Shouldn’t Do” that include eliminating double-spaces and using the correct hyphens. If you receive content that you’ll be utilizing you may notice some work needs to be done to clean it up. Fortunately, there are…
Read MoreMambo: Quick Start Guide
Mambo can be a little daunting for new users. There are a lot of options and everything is isn’t always clear. The trick is that there are only a few things you really need to know to manage your site… you just need to learn where they are. Here is a quick start for the…
Read MoreOutlook Express: Saving embedding images
I often send attachments to Outlook Express users that receive the images as embedded, inline graphics, even though I sent them as attachments (there is no embed option on a Mac). If the user is just viewing the file, this is fine. If a user needs to save the file, it’s another annoying story. Where one…
Read MoreHave AT&T or U-verse and email problems?
We recently switched over to AT&T’s U-verse for our internet, phone, and cable needs. For the most part, it’s been wonderful. With their recorder you can record four television shows at a time and watch them from any TV set in the house. Their recorder is very Tivo like. I miss the little boop-boop-boop noises from…
Read MoreWordPress NextGEN Gallery: Quick Start Guide
If you are using WordPress and need a gallery program, NextGEN might be a great choice for you. You can have multiple galleries and albums and it is pretty easy to use. Where is the gallery? After you login to your WordPress admin area, you should find a new item on the left side named…
Read MoreHow to set up email in Outlook 2003
This tutorial shows you how to set up Microsoft Outlook 2003 to work with your e-mail account. This tutorial focuses on setting up Microsoft Outlook 2003, but these settings are similar in other versions of Microsoft Outlook. You can set up previous versions of Microsoft Outlook by using the settings in this tutorial. To Set…
Read MoreWordPress: Quick Start Guide
So, you have a WordPress site and you need to get some basics down to get you started quickly. Login: Only your webmaster knows for sure, but most of the time, your login area is going to be something like this: www.domain.com/wp-login Sometimes your website may be in a subdirectory like this: www.domain.com/folder/wp-login You can…
Read MoreWhat is MMS, SMS, and EMS?
If you have a mobile device, I’m betting you use MMS, SMS, or EMS – although, you just may not realize it. First there was SMS. SMS means “Short Message Service”. This is a communication service standardized by the GSM (Global System for Mobile communications). Back in the early 1980s, someone decided it would be…
Read MoreWordPress: How to add a file link
Adding links to files in your WordPress pages and posts is just as easy as adding images. Follow these instructions below to add links to your own files. I need to upload my file. Login to your admin area. Navigate to the page or post you want to insert the link/document. Place your cursor where…
Read MoreHow do I get an Mp4 movie on my iPhone?
Open iTunes Drag and drop the video to your Movies folder in your iTunes. (You should see it show up in the list.) Plug in your iphone. You should see it show up in the DEVICES section of itunes. Select your iphone.
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