
Website thumbnail
If you need to make a thumbnail for your webpage quickly, just visit Thumbalizr. With a click of the mouse the site will generate a thumbnail for your page. Click again and save the thumbnail with the dimensions of your choice.
File format is PNG.
The Screengrab plugin for Firefox can be downloaded here:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/screengrab/
I am often asked in connection with search engines about the optimal length of the URL address, the character count in Meta Description or the word count in Meta Keywords. These are time-tested numbers. Also do not neglect to read the notes.
- URL address (address bar): 75 characters max
- Title (page name): 5 to 60 characters, 70 characters max
- Meta Description (page description): 150 characters, 200 to 250 characters max
- Page character count: about 1800 characters including whitespace
- Page keyword density: in range of 2 to 7 percent only
Notes
Number of characters
Whitespace included. To count the characters (letters) quickly, use my simple Character Counter (see also the menu on the right).
You can also use the counter in Word:
File – Properties – Statistics
URL address
Its length should be as small as possible. If it increases, the importance of distant words decreases. Too many variables in the URl address is a disaster. In order of importance:
- Name of domain
- Name of subdomain (third-level domain) or first directory
- Everything else up to 75 characters
- Everything else beyond 75 characters
Title (page name)
The shorter, the better. No page can be among the first results with more than two keywords or key phrases in the title. Ideally, the Title should consist of a single word (or keyphrase).
Meta Description
It is necessary that it include keywords that the page is optimalized for. The length of the whole Meta Description is ideally displayed by the search engine in the results. Both Google and Seznam display two lines of description for most links. That’s why it should be long enough and interesting enough to catch the visitor’s eye while browsing through search results.
Meta Keywords
Its influence is negliglible, nevertheless it is desirable that it be filled out with keywords. Both Google and Seznam now ignore it.
Number of characters on page
Contiguous text is assumed, not a keyword listing or link group (farm).
You can get templates for free. Template makers usually request putting a link in the page footer, or a small fee (tens of dollars).
How to search
WordPress Templates – WordPress Themes
General links on templates
Favourite Templates
Useful online tools for painting and image editing.
Useful online tools for painting and image editing.
You can speed up Windows by deleting many small unneeded files. You’ll also save a lot of disk space.
Places in Windows to delete files from
- c:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\
- c:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Temp\
- c:\Documents and Settings\user\Cookies\
- c:\Documents and Settings\user\Data aplikací\Macromedia\Flash Player\#SharedObjects\
- c:\Temp\
- c:\WINNT\$NtUninstallKB123456$\
- c:\WINNT\Temp\
- c:\WINNT\Downloaded Program Files\
Fast antivirus check of files and websites.
Brief description, characteristics and advice on how to create a Favicon.ico file.
Description
The Favicon.ico file is an icon that appears at the beginning of the address bar.
Characteristics
Recommended location: website root
Size: 16 by 16 pixels
On-line generators
Online XML Sitemap generators
I have tested these personally and regularly work with them.
I can’t imagine browsing without these useful Internet Explorer 6 plugins.
I can’t imagine running WordPress without these useful plugins.
Plugins tested by me (WordPress 3.01 and up)
Plugins not tested yet
I can’t imagine browsing without these useful Firefox plugins.
Plugins tested by me
Plugins, I have installed but use rarely
Plugins not tested yet
General WordPress resources. Installation, extensions and necessary manuals.
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If you don’t have programs that ask you for necessary information using dialog windows or if you don’t want to install them, you can modify this setting easily through the Windows registry.
Open the registry using the REGEDIT command (Regedt32.exe) and fill out the necessary information in the registry
Find the key:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current Version\Winlogon
Fill out these values:
DefaultDomainName – domain name
DefaultUsername – username
DefaultPassword – password
AutoAdminLogon – set to 1
The DefaultPassword and AutoAdminLogon entries probably don’t exist. Create them as REG_SZ values.
Automatic logon will be active after restarting Windows.
Should you want to logon in another way, just set AutoAdminLogon in the registry back to 0.