Recently I posted a guide on how to show your profile picture in your websites google Search Results. One of the methods to validate that you are the author of you content, is to add a mailto link after your name, with the email address you have both in your WordPress and in your Google [...]
Today I feel I know more about PHP. From knowing nothing to knowing the basics and why PHP is so powerful it has taken me just 3 days. During these days, I have been reading the book Learning PHP 5 by David Sklar which I mentioned in episode 2 of the series. 3 days to [...]
For the impatient: How to setup the mysql command line after installing Xampp in Mac OS X: Open your .profile file in Mac. This can be done by entering the terminal and typing open -t ~/.profile Add the following line to your ./profile file. Replace the bolded part with the path where you installed Xampp, [...]
I open a new terminal window in Mac and the first thing I do is list all the files with the command -ls The results are dissapointing. Nowhere do I see the Applications folder and the question that always rises to a Geek. Why is this happening to me? Why can I not find the [...]
How do I learn PHP if I do not know anything about it? Welcome to this second episode on Confessions of a Geek PHP Series. In my quest to learn PHP the first question that arose was, how will I learn PHP. I am not even a beginner. I know nothing about the famous PHP. [...]
Geeks I have to make a confession: I do not know PHP. Yes, I know many other Geek stuff but I do not know PHP. In fact, I am using WordPress and I know some tips and tricks on WordPress but I do not know PHP and it scares me that someday I will not [...]
You have setup your Google apps, you have verified your domain name and you are ready to send an email with you newly created email accounts. But as soon as you click the send button you receive an 500 server error permanent failure sending the email. It happened to me as well and the solution [...]
Profile picture into Google Search Results example – Andrés Felipe Díaz – TrickorTip.com I did not know about this trick but recently discovered that you may add your profile picture and author information to the google search results. This means that when google shows the organic search results, if it is able to identify your [...]
Geek challenge. How to translate a website, localize it in multiple languages and maintain your website efficiency towards SEO? In other words, if you have your site.com in english and you want to translate it to another language, let say spanish, what is the best way possible? For those who had not thought about SEO, let [...]
Steps to add Google Analytics to WordPress. (For the impatient) Install Google Analyticator. A plugin that will add Google Analytics to WordPress. Get your Google Analytics profile ID number from your Google Analytics account and for the website you want to track. This number has a format like this UA-XXXXXXX-X Add the Google Analytics profile ID [...]
I studied Telematics engineering, earned a scholarship to study .NET in India....blah blah blah...makes me puke. I am just a freaking geek that has learned a lot mostly because of self learning. No college or job has taught me more than the endless hours spend practicing, learning or reading more about digital tips or tricks. One day I thought that I could share and make the world better for some that are pulling their hair out to solve geek problems that I may have solved already. Enjoy, but also comment and follow me on twitter at twitter.com/afdiaz
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