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Category: Tips & Tricks

  • FotoWeb: Automatically notify the site administrator when a user registers to the site

    In order to enable automatic notifications being sent to a site administrator when a new user registers on the site, follow these steps: Open the FotoWeb administrator console, then go to the Settings tab: Go to Site -> Smtp: Under Smtp Settings, in the Sender email address field, input the email address you want to…

  • Search, don’t sort – Using GMail search operators to the fullest

    Google’s mail service GMail is built on the idea that, instead of sorting emails into different folders, you use the search functionality to find your emails. If you insist on sorting your email, GMail offers labels rather than folders, the idea being that an email may belong to more than one logical group of sorting,…

  • Creating your own ringtones on iPhone

    One of the most annoying things to me as a user, is the fact that I’m not able to assign my music files as ringtones. The “offical” way of adding more ringtones, is by buying them from Apple, however, you can generate them yourself, using your iPhone and a computer. To do so, you need…

  • Functionality of the iPhone Microphone button

    The iPhone headset has a multitude of functionality. The obvious ones are listening to music, and using it as a hands-free device when talking on the phone. However, the microphone also has a built-in button, which can do a lot of things:   When listening to music, watching a video etc.: Single press: play/pause Two…

  • The FotoWeb Office Plugin supports placing of multiple placeholder boxes in PowerPoint

    When creating a layout in Powerpoint, pay attention to the sequence in which you place placeholders. The Office Plugin will place images in picture placeholders first, in the order they were placed in the document.   Second, it will place images in Content placeholders, again, in the order they were placed in the document. Naturally,…

  • Corrupted data, and avoiding it

    I more or less always carry a USB Flash drive with me, for several reasons; They contain EMS information about who I am, my next of kin, important medical history etc. There are a number of documents I like to have with me I run PortableApps off it The habit of carrying a USB Flash…

  • Making changes to critical (and less critical) system files

    From time to time, you might want or even need to make changes to system files that are more or less critical. This can be risky business, and as a result, it is always smart to make the changes in a non-operative version of the file, then back up the file, and only then implement…