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9 tips on choosing your next great domain name!

9 tips on choosing your next great domain name!

The question is this: Are these tips only for your next domain name? What if you don’t even have one? Well…these are for your first domain too… so you can keep reading!

You’d probably have read a lot (or none) about how to choose a domain name. I’ll try to sum it up in 9 tips and still keep or the flavor ;)

1. There is nothing like “.com”

Sure, you can choose any other domain [Continue...]

How to find any file or folder in a snap!

How to find any file or folder in a snap!

If you are a Windows user and have tried the integrated search feature to find a file or folder you already know that it leaves much to be desired either in terms of accuracy or performance.

In case your disks are formatted in NTFS (and most probably they are) I think you are in luck. There is a fantastic utility out there that makes the searching process a loooot faster. “ [Continue...]

How to easily capture full page screenshots!

Do you ever need to take a screen shot of a web page to add to an article, a presentation or a document?  I sure do. And while each keyboard has a Print Screen button it rarely captures only what you need (you can always use Alt+Prt Sc to capture only the active window), so you’ll have to use paint, photoshop or whatever image manipulation software you have at your disposal to keep [Continue...]

How to freely check your site’s uptime status!

How to freely check your site’s uptime status!

You built your site and let it be. Ok, you update it frequently, too… but do you know if all your visitors can reach it any time they want? You can’t just hope for the best. You should check yourself that it is up and running and to save you for the daunting task to hit refresh on your browser… you should better let somebody else do it.

There are several services that one can use [Continue...]

Don’t miss it! A new book bundle offer each day on Sitepoint.

Don’t miss it! A new book bundle offer each day on Sitepoint.

You probably already know Sitepoint, an invaluable resource of quality articles of all things web related, from web design and development to web marketing and freelancing tips. You probably already know too that Sitepoint is also publishing some very useful books on all the above subjects which are a true treasure of info around these topics. The interesting thing is though that for the whole month of December their [Continue...]