Category Archives: How-To Articles

Switch Back to Yahoo Mail Classic – Another Alternative

In one of my previous posts, I talked about how you can switch back to Yahoo Mail Classic. Unfortunately, as Yahoo continues to change its methods, its getting harder for  users to switch back to their old mail. Well, for those of you who are having problems, I have an alternative solution that doesn’t involve [...]

AddThis Slowing Down Your Website?

On one of my blogs, I decided to include the AddThis button that allows content sharing across multiple social networking platforms. The problem was that the AddThis button’s javascript base was significantly impacting my website’s performance. After some careful tinkering, I finally discovered that the default bubble counter was the cause of the problem. Simply [...]

How to Fix Firefox – Unable to Download or Save Files

I recently came across a problem with my Firefox browser in which I suddenly could no longer download or save files. Ironically, this was just after I installed AVG 2012. Obviously, I knew that there was some sort of problem between the two flagship programs on my Windows 7 desktop computer. After scouring the forums, [...]

How to Install a GoDaddy SSL Certificate in WHM

The instructions on how to install a GoDaddy security certificate into cPanel’s WHM confuses me almost every time. Once a security certificate is installed, it doesn’t require much maintenance and I often will forget  how to do it the next time ’round. But, the whole process is actually pretty simple. 1. Login to WHM and [...]

How to Turn on Hotmail HTTPS / SSL Encryption

Microsoft recently announced that you can now permanently enable a secure socket layers (SSL) connection to access your Hotmail account. This will give your Hotmail inbox a secure HTTPS connection. It’s actually pretty easy to turn on the Hotmail SSL – just visit this link: https://account.live.com/ManageSSL and select “Use HTTPS automatically” and click Save. It’s [...]

How to Switch Back to Yahoo Mail Classic

If you don’t like the All-New Yahoo Mail design, you have the option to switch back to the Classic view. It’s actually pretty easy, but the option to do so is hidden away (presumably because Yahoo really doesn’t want you to use the Classic view). After you’ve logged into your Yahoo Mail account, look for [...]

How to Quickly Clean Out Your Yahoo Inbox

After writing the article on how to clean out your Hotmail inbox using their Sweep feature, I decided to take a quick look at my good ol’ Yahoo inbox to see if it hid a similar feature. Sure enough, it did! Although you won’t find it listed under sweep, with just a couple of clicks [...]

How to Clean Out Your Hotmail Inbox with Hotmail Sweep

I don’t know about you, but my old Hotmail email address has become a major dumping ground for junk email over the last few years. I still use my Hotmail login to access certain Microsoft features, but I allowed my Hotmail email to fall by the wayside. The result was a Hotmail inbox filled with [...]

How to Remove AVG 9.0 from Windows 7

I’m a big fan of the free edition of AVG – it’s been effectively protecting my computer systems from viruses for many long years. Overall, I’m very happy with AVG, but I do realize that some people may not like it or may choose to utilize a different anti-virus program. No worries, uninstalling the free [...]

Facebook Changes Font Sizes – How to Change it Back

This week, Facebook changed the the standard font size for their website and the question instantly crops up, “Why?” As a web designer, I occasionally make changes to my websites – with every change geared towards improvement. Unfortunately for Facebook, I think they made a mistake. The smaller font size can cause some difficulties for [...]