This post explains how to get and display one random recent post in WordPress. WordPress can be even more powerful than it already is if you know PHP and are capable of customizing some of the scripts that power WordPress blogging platform. Unfortunately most bloggers are not coders and therefore … read more
Port forwarding (aka port mapping) is the process of forwarding internet packets to specific hosts based on the defined routing table. In this post, I will explain how to setup port forwarding on your router. You should know how to setup port forwarding if 1) you have services like Web … read more
XBMC is slowly becoming, if not already, the top cross-platform media center application. In post I will share 3 ways to watch ESPN online for free on XBMC. With the work on the next release (13 – Gotham) already in progress, the team now has released XBMC for Windows, Mac, … read more
There are several posts out there to get Alexa traffic rank using PHP. In fact, few months back I published an article on how to get Alexa traffic rank using PHP. In this post, I am going to expand the code to include more Alexa stats such as Country Rank … read more
This post details how to add post pagination in Genesis Theme Framework with WP-PageNavi plugin and style it with WP-PageNavi Style plugin. Splitting posts into pages is one way of increasing pageviews, decreasing bounce rate, and increasing CTR. StudioPress’s Genesis Theme Framework offer some of the professionally designed WordPress themes … read more
Genesis Theme Framework is one of the most feature-full theme platforms available to run WordPress. Impressed with its features and customizability, we moved LinuXplained to Genesis Lifestyle theme in June 2012. Since moving to Genesis, our traffic has continually increased. Of course, we made other improvements as well but premium … read more
FeedBurner is by the primary mode of RSS feed delivery for websites and blogs. htpcBeginner is no different and our posts are delivered right to your Inbox or Reader through FeedBurner. In this post, let us look at a few FeedBurner tweaks to spruce up your feed delivery and also … read more
Floating share bars are one of the best ways to increase sharing and attract more traffic to your site. In this tutorial, I will show you 5 ways to customize AddThis floating bar to get the most out of it as well as tune it to your site theme. While … read more
One of the easiest ways to manage MySQL databases is using phpMyAdmin. phpMyAdmin is a free tool intended to handle the administration of MySQL using the web. There are several good reference materials available, in case you want to learn more about phpMyAdmin and what it can do. Recently, I … read more