Internet How-Tos
How To: Embed YouTube playlists into a WordPress blog
YouTube is a great video service because it's free and has invaded the world… meaning, practically everybody has been on YouTube at one point or another. Another great aspect of YouTube is the ability to embed content on your website or blog… like your WordPress blog. You can also embed full YouTube playlists. This video will show you the steps to embedding YouTube playlists on your WordPress blog, and the principles can be applied for other sites as well.
How To: Find the thumbnails images for any YouTube video
Thumbnails are an important part of your YouTube videos because it's the first thing users see besides the title. YouTube automatically generates three thumbnails for your uploaded video, and you can't submit your own thumbnail, but you can view large versions of the thumbnails they choose, in JPG format. The key is add "img" before the video's URL, and to add the thumbnail number and "jpg" at the end. You can also see the current thumbnail being used. This is great if you want to use someone...
How To: Rearrange the videos in your YouTube playlist
Once you have created a YouTube playlist on your YouTube channels, there's things you can do to customize it, like rearrangement of the uploaded videos. Reordering and rearranging the videos in your playlist is easy, so if you don't want your uploads to appear in reverse chronological order… you want your own order… watch this video to see how.
How To: Enable or disable your playlists in YouTube
You may have a lot of videos uploaded to your YouTube channel, and a lot of those videos might be similar or related somehow. In that case, it's a good idea to create a YouTube playlist for easy viewing and sorting. Anything that makes the user experience easier is better overall. But sometimes, you may not actually want to show those created playlists… this video will show you the steps required to either enable or disable those YouTube playlists.
How To: Use Facebook's Privacy Scanner for Firefox on a Mac
Facebook privacy has been a big issue in the news lately. You can never be too careful when you put your information on the Internet. In this tutorial, learn how to download a very cool new application for Firefox called "Facebook Privacy Scanner". This tool is installed in your Firefox browser and helps you stay on top of your Facebook and information.
How To: Find the embedded player tool in Youtube
Are you a frequent Youtube poster? Then tracking which blogs and other sites have embedded you videos can be helpful in determining who is interested in your videos and increasing your number of views. When Youtube changed their site recently, they moved the Embedded Player tool that allows you to track that information and used to be under the Insight tab to a new place, causing mass confusion. This video shows you where to locate that tool in the new site layout, allowing you to track where...
How To: Make your YouTube videos 3D
Have you caught the 3D bug? It seems ever since Avatar was released in theatres, everyone has gone YouTube crazy... Including YouTube! In this video presented by How to and More, learn how to make your YouTube videos in 3D!
How To: Reduce back pain, tension, and stress
Are you suffering from severe back pain or tension? Releave that pain naturally with help from this video. Author and Creator, David P. Morrow of the Fat Into The Fire books and program provides a free demonstration of how to reduce back pain, reduce muscle tenstion and reduce stress. It is a simple yet effective breathing and stretching technique.
How To: Download Google Pacman and save it on your PC
To celebrate 30 years of Pacman, Google released a playable version of the classic game. This game was only available on Google for a couple of days, however. If you would like to play Google Pacman as often as you like, for as long as you like, check out this tutorial. In it, you will learn exactly where to go on the web to download this fun game.
How To: Create an online or offline Facebook event
Have an event you'd like to get people in the door for? There's no betterr way to promote an event than on Facebook with more than 400 million active users. Get help from Mark Tetzner on how to create an online or offline Facebook event.
How To: Upload & download files with the FileZilla FTP client
Need to send large files across the Internet? An FTP site is a great resolution to emails that bounce back due to attachment overload. By uploading your file to an FTP site, it will allow your recepient to download the file from the site with ease. In this tutorial, learn how to upload and download files using the FileZilla FTP client.
How To: How Do I Delete My Facebook Account!? Well, Maybe You Don't Need To...
Good news. Facebook has finally listened. After severe criticism for ignoring the world's privacy norms, Facebook will finally release simplistic, user-friendly privacy settings soon.
How To: Protect yourself from identity theft on Facebook
Identity theft can happen anywhere, even in social networking. Why are we so careful when using our credit cards online but not when we sign on to Facebook?
How To: Show welcome messages in WordPress with subscribe link
Do you know where your blog's traffic is coming from? Everywhere. That's where. And they all want a warm welcome to your website. Every blog has multiple traffic sources. In order to welcome visitors from different traffic sources like Twitter, Facebook, Delicious, Digg, etc., with the welcome message, we can add our subscription link according to the traffic source. Also, we can use default welcome message for direct visitors with help of this plugin. See how.
How To: Manage WordPress admin access for different user roles
There's a cool plugin for your WordPress blog called Capability Manager. The Capability Manager plugin is mainly used for the blog which has number of users, each having a different role. In order to manage the WordPress Admin access for each user role, this will help you. With the help of this plugin, you can enable the particular part of the Admin access to fit a particular user role.
How To: Add, ignore, accept and remove friends on Facebook
Ever wonder what happens when you hit "ignore" for a friend request? In this tutorial, presented by Facebook, you will learn exactly how to manage your contacts online.
How To: Install the MobilePress plugin for WordPress
There's a cool little plugin for your WordPress blog that will help you get more traffic from people searching the web on mobile devices. It's called MobilePress. Your visibility will become greater on mobile phones and other mobile devices when activating this plugin on your blog.
How To: Update your profile picture on Facebook
Facebook is always changing, and sometimes when that happens we lose track of the basics. Check out this tutorial, from the makers of Facebook, and learn how to change or update your Facebook profile photo. You will also learn how to tag this photo and send it out into the newfeed via your wall. Update your profile picture on Facebook.
How To: See login & failed login details of a WordPress Admin
Everybody's hacking these days. Everybody wants to be a hacker, but that's what happens as technology becomes more and more accessible. Hacks are due to a lot of things. The main point is that you allow your user to access your WordPress Admin section or any section. So, may a problem could come with your user or writer. So, you must know about your login details and failed login details. Then only do you know about your user and what they are doing in your WordPress Admin section.
How To: Protect yourself with Facebook's new privacy settings
Facebook is constantly changing, and with this latest updates they made a huge overhaul of their privacy settings. With this change, anyone on the Internet can see most of your information, without even having an account!
How To: Send a private wall post on Facebook
Privacy is important on Facebook, a lot of users don't even realize that their posts are being broadcast to the masses.
How To: Get 3D Compiz-like effects in Firefox with FoxTab
If you like the way Compiz works, then you'll love this browser-based compositing windows manager for Firefox. It's an add-on you can install in any Firefox web browser, whether on Windows, Mac or Linux computers.
How To: Edit and upload a PowerPoint document to a wiki page
A wiki is a very powerful tool, and allows multiple people to contribute their knowledge to the same area of information. The more a wiki is updated, the stronger the information is. In this tutorial, Cindy walks you through uploading a PowerPoint document to a wiki page. She also shows you how to edit a wiki page to make your changes properly.
How To: Set up your Facebook privacy settings with Haley Hacks
Sometimes privacy is very important, like with your diary or your Facebook account. If you want to make sure strangers and friends of friends don't know all of your business, follow this tutorial.
How To: Translate any text in Firefox with gTranslate
Want to know what that foreign YouTube comment says without loading a separate webpage to translate it? Downloading gTranslate, a Firefox addon that translates any text, will help you see what that comment is or any small sentence. Just highlight the text, right-click on the text and go to the translator, the foreign language will be automatically detected and translated.
How To: Change the default "Hello World" post on WordPress
Once you've started a WordPress blog, it gives you your very first blog post, which says "Hello World". In this video, Cindy will walk you through how to change this very first post into an original work of your own. Make your very first splash onto the online world of blogging!
How To: Add, change links and add link categories in WordPress
Adding links to your blog will provide people with more information. In this video, Cindy will walk you through adding and changing links in your WordPress blog. You'll also learn how to add link categories, which will provide the reader with more information about your links. After watching this tutorial, adding and changing links will be a snap!
How To: Bypass school filters and get on any site you want
Sick of your school dictating what websites you can visit and which you can't? Learn how to bypass school web filters and get on any website of your liking with help from this free video. Surf the web with total freedom in just a few simple steps! Bypass school filters and get on any site you want.
How To: Share an embedded YouTube video directly on Facebook
So, you want to post a YouTube video to Facebook? Well, believe it or not, it's a really simple task to complete. Instead of just copying and pasting the URL into your comment box, Facebook has the option to choose a "link", which you would then copy and paste the YouTube URL into that box. Then you just click "share" and your whole Facebook community can now watch the YouTube video directly on Facebook. It's the easiest way to share videos with your Facebook friends.
How To: Update your YouTube profile picture (avatar)
Many YouTube users don't even notice that they have a profile picture on their account, and if that's the case, it's a boring unknown shadow avatar— a "blank" person. Are you a blank? Then hurry up and change your profile photo so the world can know who you are.
How To: Navigate Gmail like a pro
There are many tips and tricks on the best way to use your Gmail. In order to use the tips provided you will need to have the newest version of Firefox or Google Chrome for them to work. There are three tips that can help you maximize your Gmail funtionalities and help you save time.
How To: Restore your tabs when your Firefox browser crashes
If you are a multi-tasker like many others and have multiple tabs open on your Firefox browser, you could run into a point where your browser crashes and lose all your tabs. Downloading the add-on BarTab will help you restore all the tabs you have lost. The add-on has customizable settings that let you configure it to what helps you best.
How To: Obtain custom Google Chrome themes
If you are tired or bored of having the same theme/layout for Google Chrome as many others, you can obtain custom themes by going to deviantART. There you will be able to customize your theme and download the theme that suits your personality best and step out of the norm.
How To: Configure & control Facebook privacy settings
Do the new Facebook changes scare you? Are you not sure what information on your Facebook profile is and isn't accessible to people outside your network? Larry Magid will walk you through each privacy setting in this video, beginning with Facebook's newest feature, Instant Personalization. The next part covers controlling individual content like events, photos, and status updates. The more you know, the more control you'll be able to maintain over your information.
How To: Delete cookies in Internet Explorer 7
Cookies serve their purpose in Internet Explorer 7. They let the browser know which sites you have visited so you don't have to get security prompts every time you back to them. However, they can also slow down your browser, which can be frustrating. This video will show you how to delete cookies in Internet Explorer and browse faster.
How To: Increase your download speed with FlashGet 3
FlashGet 3 is a free high speed download manager that helps you keep track on how much far your downloads have left to complete. FlashGet supports HTTP,FTP,BT,MMS,RTSP and other protocols. It is seamless between protocols and there is no need to operate manually for download switch.
How To: Download and install IE 8 on your computer
If you've been using the internet for many years, chances are you've come across Internet Explorer at some point. Nowadays there are a whole wide variety of Web Browsers including Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. So if don't have IE downloaded on your computer this tutorial will help you. Check it out and understand how to download and install Internet Explorer 8 on your computer. Enjoy!
How To: Remove the search bar in IE 8 with ease
For some users, a search bar can be a really annoying thing. With Internet Explorer 7 and on, most people are interested in getting rid of the search bar. So in this tutorial, find out how to remove the search bar in Internet Explorer 8 using some simple steps. Enjoy and good luck.
How To: Download and install "Google Desktop" on your computer
Since the introduction of Google, people have been in love with the search engine website that has grown into a beast of site. With Google, you're able to not only search for whatever you desire, but you can create an email address, keep up with your contacts, keep in touch with the daily news, and even check out some of your stored photos. So if you love Google, this tutorial may help you out. In this video, find out how to download and install the "Google Desktop" on your computer. Enjoy!
How To: Easily change the security settings to IE 8
Having security setting on your web browser is a pretty important tool. It keeps you safe from potential hackers and makes sure you don't visit unsafe sites that could lead to a virus. But sometimes the security settings on a web browser can be a pain and the best choice would be to turn it off. So in this tutorial, you will learn how to easily change the security settings to INternet Explorer 8. So sit back and enjoy!