Technology

Creating a Facebook vanity URL

If you want to direct users to an easy to remember URL such as www.facebook.com/zoyinc this is what you do. Not much to it really. Create a Facebook account, login and then go to http://www.facebook.com/username – just to be clear it’s “username” not your username. Follow the instructions and all done read more…
Topaz, a Vantive application launcher

Topaz is a menu driven application launcher for Vantive. I created this program at home on my own time many years ago when I was involved with Vantive installations. It allows you to easily launch the Vantive Client, Forms Designer or Vantive Tools from a menu in the system tray. Background As you probably know… read more…
Replacing an Electrolux Ergorapido clip joint

Note this article is for information purposes and should not be taken in any way as official or recommended repair instructions – see Zoyinc disclaimer statement. Introduction We have found the Electrolux Ergorapido to be a very reliable and useful appliance to have around the house. It’s no replacement for our Dyson plugin vacuum but… read more…
Configuring emailing in WordPress

You might think of this as a core thing with somewhere, perhaps in settings, that you define SMTP server, port, username and password. Apparently no. It would appear that at the moment, v3.5, WordPress uses PHP mail. I am assuming that most people, by far, use a hosted solution so mail can be done for… read more…
Have a primary background image that stretches

So you want your main background image of your website to stretch so that if someone uses it on a large display it won’t look funny at the edges. Resolution This resolution may require Weaver Ii Pro, so sorry if you just have the free version of the Weaver II theme. Select: Appearance | Weaver… read more…
BFrames – what are they

Resource Video compression picture types (Wikipedia) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B_frames Description There are three types of pictures (or frames) used in video compression: I‑frames, P‑frames, and B‑frames. An I‑frame is an ‘Intra-coded picture’, in effect a fully-specified picture, like a conventional static image file. P‑frames and B‑frames hold only part of the image information, so they need less… read more…
Stop WordPress adding tags for new lines

Overview When you do a new line in WordPress, at least when using the CKEditor, it adds a paragraph tag, “” and “ around your text thus: Line one Line two Line three   Resolution Instead of pressing <Enter> you should press <Shift><Enter> and in then you… read more…