Click on the thumbnail-works in Firefox sometimes isn’t working in IE.

Click here to see the funny video of a jealous laptop. I think this web site is so funny. You’ll have to see for yourself. After my husband (the “baldheadedgeek”) shared this with me, I felt I had to share it with my blog readers as well! I just ordered the Olympus Evolt E-500 digital SLR, so my laptop may try to attack me when it comes in the mail. I think I am scared.

It is much easier at times to use keyboard shortcuts instead of searching for these operations in the menu bar. Everyone is not familiar with some of the most useful keyboard shortcuts so I am posting the best shortcuts.
Hold down the CTRL key and press S to quickly SAVE.

Hold down the CTRL key and press C to copy something. Then you can go to where you want to paste this and hold down the CTRL key and press V.

Hold down the CTRL key and press A to select something. Note: You just need to have your cursor blinking somewhere inside the text and press CTRL-A and this will select the whole body of text. Also, the letters do not have to be in caps. I only typed it this way to make my instructions easier to read.

If my blog readers have any other topics on tasks that they are needing to figure out how to perform–feel free to email me or leave a comment about it to one of these posts, and I will see if I can find some helpful information to post up on my future blogs. Maybe this blog will make life a little easier for all of us and become a good reference guide. Happy blogging!

Turns out, it is quite easy to embed a youtube video in your blog post. Just copy (CTRL C) the “EMBED CODE” to the right of the youtube video you are interested in embedding in your blog post. Then login to your blog and click on the USERS option and then scroll all the way to the bottom and uncheck the box that says “Use the visual rich editor when writing.” Then click on WRITE and WRITE POST and put a title for your blog post in. Next, paste (CTRL-V) the embed code you copied from youtube.com into the blog post, along with any text you are including in your post. After you have published the post, go back into OPTIONS and recheck the box that says “Use the visual rich editor when writing.”

Hint: If you need to resize your video to fit well inside of your post template, you can adjust the width and height numbers in parenthesis at the end of the embed code that you copied. Play with this to figure out what looks the best. Also note that it may take a minute for your video to load, but it should show up in your post.

Ok, now that we have accomplished that—the next step will be to figure out how to post our own videos into our posts.

I am posting these instructions to help my blogging clients utilize a new cool plugin to add a nice looking signature to their posts. Follow these instructions to get to your plugin and create a personalized signature for your post. These instructions will only work after the plugin has been installed.

1. Login into your blog and click on your OPTIONS and then click on LiveSig underneath OPTIONS towards the end of the dark blue menu bar.
2. When the LiveSig Options page comes up, click on the MyLiveSignature link to create your signature and get your code. This link takes you to www.mylivesignature.com.
3. Scroll down to the bottom of the website and click on the PROCEED button under the sentence, “Don’t want to register?”
4. When the next page is loaded, click on the CREATE SIGNATURE button at the top of the page.
5. When the next page is loaded, click on “Using the signature creation wizard.”
6. Enter your name in the text box on the next page as you want it to show up in the blog post. You can enter your first name, first and last, first, middle, last, or only your initials—any way you want it to display on your screen.
7. Enter the security code and then click the NEXT STEP button.
8. The next page allows you to select the font you want to use. Click on the tabs at the top to view the next page of font choices. The are 12 pages and 120 total font choices to choose from. When you have found the font you want to use, click the radio button beside the font. Then scroll to the bottom of that page and click the NEXT STEP button.
9. The next page will allow you to select the size you want to display your signature. Click in the radio button and then click on the NEXT STEP button.
10. The next page will allow you to pick the color of choice and then click on the NEXT STEP button.
11. The next page will allow you to even pick how much of slant you would like your signature to have. Then once more, click on NEXT STEP.
12. On the next page click on “Want to use this signature?”
13. On the next page click on “Generate HTML code.”
14. On the next page you can either, “Generate a code for my handwritten signature” or “Generate a combined code: my info with the handwritten signature over it.”
    
15. On the next page you can preview your signature. Then click on the code to highlight it and then hold down your CONTROL button on the keyboard and press the C. (Ctrl-C)
16. Next, go back and do step 1 again if you aren’t still logged into your blog and press Ctrl-V button to paste the code into the box in your LiveSig Options then click the UPDATE SIGNATURE button.

Note: If you ever want to stop using your signature, just delete the code and press the UPDATE SIGNATURE button.

I am typing this post for some of my client bloggers. These “smileys” as we call them used in writing to convey emotions are setup to work inside of your WordPress blog posts. All you have to do is type the proper punctuation marks for the particular smiley you are trying to convey.

Click on this link to show the common key sequences to use for different Emoticons:  http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Smilies.  Scroll about 2/3 the way down the page to find a chart of the key sequences. %\  This site, Wordpress.org can be a great resource to you about your blogging software.
Note when you are typing your post, the smiley may not show up, but after you press publish, the smiley will be in there correctly. If your smiley still does not seem to be working, type a space before and after the smiley text to prevent it from being included in the surrounding text. If you have any other questions concerning using your smileys, feel free to leave a comment and maybe I can help you figure out the problem.

Do you take advantage of the fact that you may use another browser than what is installed with your operating system? The first step to enjoying the World Wide Web is to know your options and be familiar with the advantages in using other browsers.

Of course, many people use Internet Explorer, which comes with Windows. I actually have both browsers available on my computer, in case there are features in Internet Explorer that I want to use. However, you can download Mozilla’s Firefox for free at Mozilla.com The most recent version is 2.0.0.5.

One of the coolest features is the spell checking that the browser provides. I am a pretty good “speller,” but I still find myself making mistakes when I am in a hurry to make a blog post or send an email. The built in spelling checker will underline any misspellings. However, you may want to make sure you have chosen the correct word for your sentence. For example, quite or quiet. Don’t laugh, I actually made this mistake, and the browser didn’t know I meant to use quiet instead of quite. Both are correctly spelled words, so you still have to be careful, but the spell checker definitely helps!

The session restore feature in Firefox is also one I have found to be helpful. This is the way it works. If the browser closes, it gives you the option to restore back to the page you left off last when you click to bring it back up. This doesn’t sound like a feature you may use, but I have found this to be helpful on a couple occasions, and it prompts you automatically.

If you are an avid “ebayer,” you will like the next feature I am going to introduce you to. You can actually keep an eye on your auction status from your browser window. This feature is called Live Titles. As the information on your auction status gets updated, so does the Live Title.

Firefox also automatically checks to see if you are running the most updated version when new updates have been made to the browser. You don’t have to think about it, it updates and then notifies you and asks if you would like to go ahead and restart the browser.

Note that the bookmark feature is the same as the Favorites feature in Internet Explorer, so you can save your favorite web pages and just click a button to get back to them later. Also, you can clear your history, cookies, and other Web browsing data with just one click of a button. You go to Tools and click on “Clear Private Data.” This is something you should always make a habit of doing when using another computer at school or the library. If you didn’t someone else can sit down at these public computers after you and pull up your MySpace, Ebay, or Yahoo passwords because they may still be in memory.

I hope you decide to give this browser a try and you will learn about even more features and benefits that the browser provides. You can personalize your browser by adding Add-ons. But I will leave that up to you to play with after you download Firefox. You can learn more before you download by going to www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox.

Hello! My name is Pamela but Pam is what most call me. My Hawaiian name is Pama, which inspired me to use Pamaloha.com as my web site name. I also recently visited Hawaii and you can visit my travel blog if you are interested in my trip or want to see some photos of this beautiful chain of volcanic islands. It was like paradise.

I currently reside in a quiet little town named Archdale in North Carolina. I am a genuine coal miner’s daughter, born in Williamson, WV. I am also a “down-to-earth” young lady but I absolutely love going on the boat, train, or plane to just about anywhere! I also like shopping, cookouts by our pool, hanging out with my wonderful family, and believe it or not, working out with weights.

As you can tell by now, I am intrigued by the Internet and wonder what the world did before the invention of this technological advancement that we call the World Wide Web. In my mind, this is “a world of knowledge” at everyone’s fingertips. Any kind of information one may want to know about can be found on the web, and that excites me!

I personally think that each and every person probably has a good reason why a web presence would enhance his or her day to day life. Wherever your interests lie, I would love to be the person to assist you. I am a web savvy designer/developer whom would love to help you take your place on the web.

Whether your web site goals involve having a personal blog, an online photo album, a wedding or anniversary announcement page, or a site promoting your professional services or small business, I have something to offer. Just send me an email by clicking on the Contact Me link on the right and I will help you to create your existence today on this wonderful World Wide Web!

Just think about it, do you have the need for any of the following??

• a personal blog
• a professional blog
• an online photo album or photo blog
• a wedding, anniversary, baby announcement
• a site to promote your small business
• a site to promote your professional services or skills
• a site to reveal your hobbies or interests
• a site to advertise property for rent or for sale