If you don’t have Gimp, download it from here. It’s a high quality image manipulation software that you can download under the GNU license.

Open the image in Gimp

From the Layer menu item, click on Transparency and then click on the “Add Alpha Channel” the first item in the submenu.

Click on the fuzzy selection tool from the Toolbox panel and highlight the background area on your image that you want to make transparent.

Click on the “delete” button on your laptop, or select the menu item “clear” under the Edit menu. You will start seeing the background color change to transparent. Shown in the software as gray squares (see image below).

Now you can save the new image and you should be done.

Well, a bug can stay forever unless someone uncovers it, right? In this case a Google researcher discovered a utility that allows users of new versions of windows to run old versions of windows software.

This bug goes back to the days of windows 3.1, and has never been addressed by Microsoft until discovered last month. The good news is that this security issue has not been exploited. To read more about it, click here.

Online money management has become a method used by many. At work, I always see my colleagues going to either their bank, brokerage accounts, or just checking the stock market on a frequent basis.
No matter what your New Year resolutions is, the internet makes it easier to start your search. Of course remember their are a lot more resources in the libraries, that haven’t yet made it online. The internet is a good place to start however, just be cautious to  turn to known and reputable sites and use your common sense to stay away from trouble sites.

Have you done something about using the internet more safely? Read about McAfee here.

To read more about the study from Performics, please go here.

Regards.

France followed by the German government lately warned web users against Microsoft’s IE and advised using an alternative web browser. They knew about the vulnerabilities earlier, but announced the warning after the malicious code that was used on Google was published online.

Even though IE 8 is more secure than earlier versions of IE, Microsoft admitted that it is vulnerable as well. The risk comes only, if you browsed a compromised site and will infect your laptop allowing your sensitive information to be stolen.

I caution using IE for now, until Microsoft comes up with a fix for this issue.

Click here to read more about the story.

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The new version has memory usage improvements, you will notice faster loading speed. It is also Ajax enabled, and will make it easier for you to organize your main page boxes if you use the rv theme. You will see some other areas like using file uploads using Ajax as well.

If you are using the x theme, the icons on the main page will be confusing to find in the beginning. When you get used to it, you will find it saving some extra clicks. You can get to phpmyadmin with one click from the main page. Also awstats is one click away from the main page.
A great new feature that will save you time is the section showing “Frequently Accessed Area” links.

If you manage more than one site, you can change the style of each site to a different style sheet. This can avoid you being confused when working on both sites at the same time. I like the sundaymorning style.
What style or theme do you like most?
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My blog has witnessed more visitors this year, and it has been a rewarding experience for me to be able to help many for hosting or web presence and blog related inquiries.

Best wishes for an exciting 2010!

Under the Appearance menu, click on the Editor menu item.

Then click on the Page Template item, which will allow you to edit the page.php file. This file has the instruction on what to display on a wordpress page.

 You will find that the function responsible for displaying the comment form (comments_template()) is missing. All you will need to add the the code that will instruct php to display the comment form, only if the page id is = 9. In your case, you will replace 9 with the page id that you like to add comments to.

To display the comment form on your page add the code between and including the red boxes below: 

 If you like to display the comment for on only 2 pages, either page 1508 or page 1832, then you can change your if statement like this following one:

Or if you want to display the comment form on any page, except page 1508, then the following applies:

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I came across this report and enjoyed reading it. It has short paragraphs that will make reading it over multiple sessions educational and without wasting a lot of time.

This 23 page report has useful short paragraph information on how to better impress your online visitors and this way create a better experience for them. It 77 tips that will help your site gain more accceptance into the online world.

Here is a little (fill in the blank) quiz for you from the report:

Come up with a creative ______. This will stand out in peoples’ minds. (Tip #2)

______ ______. Don’t ever let you website get dull (Tip #5)

______ entice buyers to make a purchase. (Tip #20)

It’s all about ____. Customers are asking, “____ should I buy. (Tip #26 this is one of my favorite tips)

Create a _______. Don’t just be the judge when it comes to your business (Tip #39)

Have you figured out all the answers? If not, why not get yourself a copy?

Even if you think you know a lot about branding your online business, I am sure you’ll find some good tips here that you were not aware of. Or maybe you will come across a point or tip that you knew, but didn’t think to consider…
That’s why I liked this report and am sure you will like it too.

Report format:

It is a 23-page PDF file, and you can download it immediately.

Who is this report for:

If you are looking at creating a brand to your online site, or better chances of selling your product or service, and want to learn more about it, this will be a good addition to your resources. It includes 77 proven tips.

Delivery:

Upon a payment of $1.99, click on return to merchant which will redirect you to a download page. If you have any issues, please contact me. I will email you a copy.

The WOW Effect.  77 Ways to Give Your Business the WOW Factor and Make Your Competitors Wish They Were You!