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Firefox Web Developer Toolbar Disappeared/Blank/Not Showing

There is a really great addon for Firefox called Web Developer by Chris Pederick, used by a lot of web developers. Yesterday mine disappeared (running Firefox 3.6) , I tried re-installing it but it still just showed a blank toolbar.  A little searching around the web showed that there are conflicts between quite a few addons and Web Developer. I remembered that Webmail Ad Blocker had recently updated to...

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.NET Framework Update Troubles – Remove and Reinstall

Skip to the solution. For months I have ignored the repeated errors from Windows Update regarding .NET framework. There seems to be a variety of errors appearing on Windows XP machines all connected to the .NET framework service packs (1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5). Below are a couple of example errors you may be seeing. Some updates could not be installed The following updates were not be installed: Microsoft .NET...

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How to Build a Professional Church Website and Avoid Common Mistakes

Having seen thousands of church websites from many denominations and throughout many countries, I’ve seen the good, the bad and the downright ugly! As a result I thought I’d draw up a list of the most common church website mistakes. It’s obviously been done by an amateur. Most churches will try and find a member of the congregation to produce a website for them. Normally to cut costs. No...

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First WordPress Site Complete With My Favourite Plugins

UPDATE: This blog is quite outdated, therefore some plugins may not be in active development. I have just finished making my first site using WordPress (the site you are on) and I have to say I am quite impressed. For years I have made all my websites using the Joomla content management system, which despite its annoyances is a really great piece of Open Source software. WordPress immediately impressed me...