Dreamhost Domain Registration And Hosting @ $9.24 For One Year

By Shivam Vaid On November 24, 2011 Leave a Comment    19 views
Dreamhost Thanks Giving Offer 2011

On the ThanksGiving weekend, dreamhost is offering a whopping $110 discount on web hosting. You can get entire one year of web hosting( unlimited disk bandwidth ) and domain registration for just $9.24. You need to use promotional code “777thanks11” for availing this offer. Go ahead and grab this offer now. This offer would be valid only till 24th Nov 2011. Note that this offer is applicable to new customers only. Do spread the word and make the most of this offer. ch_fluidH = 1; ch_nump = “5″; ch_client =….. Read More

Markaagency.biz/adv.zip plugin is a wordpress scam

By Shivam Vaid On November 24, 2011 1 Comment    396 views

Yesterday, I received the following email from markaagency.biz requesting advertising banner on Inficone. Sender Name – Jules Barbier Sender Email – jbarbier@markaagency.biz Sender Subject – We would like to buy banner space on your site www.inficone.com. Message – Hi, We are looking for new advertisement platforms and we are interested in your site www.inficone.com. Is it possible to place banner on your site on a fee basis? Best regards, Jules Barbier I googled on the net to figure out that this is a scam and you should not follow up….. Read More

PhotoDropper Not Working? Try Free Stock Photos Foter

By Shivam Vaid On October 24, 2011 3 Comments    59 views
Foter Alternative to Photo Dropper

I had recently migrated to wordpress 3.1.2. Ever since this upgrade, the photo dropper plugin refused to work. I googled a bit for solutions but of no avail. Disabling other plugins, reinstalling photo dropper plugin etc did not help. The problem was that whenever I used to enter a keyword and click on search, nothing would happen and result area would remain as a blank page. This problem prevented me from using external photos on my blog for a while. Thankfully, I have found an excellent alternative which works the….. Read More

Get Dreamhost One Year Domain Registration And Hosting @ $9.24

By Shivam Vaid On July 4, 2011 Leave a Comment    17 views
Dreamhost 9.24

On the occasion of  US Independence day, dreamhost is offering a whopping $110 discount on web hosting. You can get entire one year of web hosting( unlimited disk bandwidth ) and domain registration for just $9.24. You need to use promotional code “777free11” for availing this offer. Go ahead and grab this offer now. Share this post with your friends using the floating buttons on the left and help them save $110! Offer ends 4th July 2011. Note that this offer is for new customers only. Hurry up – before….. Read More

How To Customize Genesis WordPress Theme – Part I

By Shivam Vaid On May 23, 2011 3 Comments    535 views
Subscription Options Wordpress Plugin

This is the first post in a series on how to customize the Genesis premium theme. I recently installed the Genesis premium theme from Studiopress and have been experimenting with customizing it. I would be sharing on what all was tried and what results did it yield. One basic tip to remember is to always use the Genesis Child theme instead of making changes directly in the Genesis framework Customizing the Sidebar The default sidebar that comes with Genesis is empty. You just have a primary widget space and it….. Read More

XML Parsing Error: XML or text declaration not at start of entity – WordPress 3.1.2

By Shivam Vaid On May 17, 2011 Leave a Comment    197 views
RSS Feed Error

After my upgrade to WordPress 3.1.2, I wrote a couple of new posts. However, I discovered that none of those posts got  automatically tweeted. The tweeting of my posts happens through feed burner socialize. I was wondering what could be the issue. Then it stuck me whether the feed of the blog was getting generated correctly at all. To my horror, I discovered that the feed was throwing up an error because of which neither was the feed getting generated nor the tweet for the new post happening correctly. The….. Read More

Genesis WordPress Theme Preview Shows A Blank Page

By Shivam Vaid On May 10, 2011 Leave a Comment    238 views
Genesis Blank Page Preview Error

I mentioned in one of my previous posts that I am contemplating migrating Inficone to the Genesis theme. A couple of days back, I finally purchased the Genesis Theme ( version 1.6.1 ) and uploaded it to the wp-content of my WordPress installation. It is recommended that the Genesis Child Theme is used with the Genesis framework. Once the child theme was in place, I decided to checkout the look and feel of the site in Genesis by doing a theme preview from the WordPress dashboard. To my surprise I….. Read More

Your Personal Experience Can Be Your Most Rewarding Blog Post

By Shivam Vaid On May 3, 2011 Leave a Comment    50 views

Blogging for me is not about making money. It is an extension of my online identity. It is a place where not only can I share my ramblings but also create content that can help the readers overcome a problem. In a mad race to get more subscribers and hence more revenue, many bloggers tend to write posts just to target some popular keywords. It’s more of a case of keyword defining the content rather than vice versa. While this may work in the short run, it could also turn….. Read More

How To Create Bar Charts

By Shivam Vaid On April 27, 2011 Leave a Comment    96 views
Google Image Chart

If you are looking at an online service, that helps you to make bar charts in  a matter of seconds, look no further than Google ImageCharts. This online service from Google helps you create bar charts that you can share with other people as well as embed in your website. The whole process is just two step You select the chart pattern from a set of example charts. You fill in the details related to the chart and fine tune the look and feel You can change bar color, background….. Read More

Know How Pricing Of StudioPress Genesis Theme Framework Works

By Shivam Vaid On April 26, 2011 Leave a Comment    75 views

Inficone currently runs on Arthemia wordpress theme created by Michael Hutagalung which I have customized to suit my blogging requirements. I have been contemplating migrating to a premium theme for a while now. The sooner I do this – the better it will be for me as the number of posts and hence the associated risks would keep on increasing over a period of time. One of the premium theme framework that I am seriously considering is Genesis framework by Studiopress. It is one of the more evolved frameworks that….. Read More