Wednesday, January 28, 2009

How to Delete Words from your Custom Mozilla Firefox Dictionary

How to Delete Words from your Custom Mozilla Firefox Dictionary

I recently added a misspelled word to my Mozilla Dictionary and had a heck of a time figuring out how to delete it.

Below you'll find a picture-by-picture, step-by-step guide to removing your mistake.

Step 1:

Paste the following code into your Windows Start Menu Search function or use the Run function.

%APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles

firefox profile

Step 2:

Open your Profile Folder and look for the following file:

persdict.dat

persictdotdat

Step 3:

Open the file using Notepad. Open the Edit Menu and Click Find or Press ctrl+f to open the find box.

find

Step 4:

Punch the word in, press find, delete the word.

delete

Step 5:

Save your work.

save


I kinda sucked with the picture guide so here's a step-by-step, no picture walkthrough to removing your misspelled words from the Mozilla Firefox Dictionary:

1. Post the following code in the Run/Search menu:
%APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles

2. Find your profile folder and locate the following file:
persdict.dat

3. Open file with notepad (or other text editor)

4. Find misspelled word. Delete misspelled word.

5. Save.

6. WIN!

Monday, January 26, 2009

How to Resize Images on Blogger

How to Resize Images on Blogger

I didn't really think about doing it this way until I had two pics I wanted to appear bigger on my blog. I used the Compose Drag Resize Method but couldn't line them up. After 15 minutes of trying I had a light bulb moment. Using the Edit HTML option, you can punch in the size manually and skip the headaches of the drag tool.

Step by Step:


Step 1:

Upload your images to blogger. Notice the little resize tab thing. Even though it's very tempting, avoid using it. Get out of Compose Mode and head to Edit HTML.

manually resize images on blogger

Step 2:

Now that you're in HTML, look for the width and height of each image (underlined below). Change the numbers to whatever size you want, be sure to leave the px. Just highlight the numbers and replace. Press PUBLISH POST.

manually resize images on blogger

Step 3:

View your post as great success.

manually resize images on blogger

Saturday, January 10, 2009

How to Add your Blog to your Google Webmaster Tools Account

How to Add your Blog to your Google Webmaster Tools Account

This tutorial will show you how to Add your Blog to your Google Webmaster Tool Account and verify it so you get full access to all the features.

It's really easy once you go through it once.

Let's get started.

Step One:

Sign into your Google Webmaster Account (https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/dashboard), put your Blog URL (with .blogspot.com in it) in the box, then press Add Site.

Google Webmaster Sign Up Tutorial 1

Step Two:

When you arrive at the next page, press the "Verify Site" button/link. You need to Verify your site to get the full benefits of Google Webmaster Tools.

Google Webmaster Sign Up Tutorial 2

Step Three:

Press the drop down box and select "Add Meta Tag" as your verification option.

Google Webmaster Sign Up Tutorial 3

Step Four:

Highlight the code that pops up and copy it.

Google Webmaster Sign Up Tutorial 4

Step Five:

Go to your Blogger Dashboard, click on the "Layout" tab, then click on the "Edit HTML" tab.

Google Webmaster Sign Up Tutorial 5

Step Six:

Place your cursor right after the > in the "head" code.

Google Webmaster Sign Up Tutorial 6

Step Seven:

Press Enter and open up a black space after the code.

Google Webmaster Sign Up Tutorial 7

Step Eight:

Paste your copied Blogger Webmaster Tools Meta Code into the blank space.

Google Webmaster Sign Up Tutorial 8

Step Nine:

After you've placed the Meta code, Press "Save Template"

Google Webmaster Sign Up Tutorial 9

Step Ten:

Double check that the below page is the one that loads after your press "Save Template" Sometimes Google fails to save properly and you'll have to press back and re-paste the code.

Google Webmaster Sign Up Tutorial 10

Step Eleven:

After you've saved the template, head back to your Google Webmaster Tools account and click "Verify Site"

Google Webmaster Sign Up Tutorial 11

Step Twelve:

SUCCESS!

Google Webmaster Sign Up Tutorial 12

Saturday, January 3, 2009

How to Add New Folders to Your Windows Vista Start Menu

How to Add New Folders to Your Windows Vista Start Menu

I'm not going to lie. I didn't know how to do this. I tried everything. But couldn't figure it out. It literally took me months to finally (accidentally) figure out how to add folders to the Vista Start Menu. Anyways, rather than forget in a week or so, I created this little tutorial.

Step One:

Right-Click on the Start Menu.



Step Two:

Left-Click on "Open All Users"

Vista Menu Creation Tutorial

Step Three:

A folder will open. Double-Click on the "Programs" folder.

Create Start Menu Vista

Step Four:

Once inside the "Programs" folder, right-click anywhere in the folder, left-click the "new" menu, left-click the "folder" option.

Vista Start Menu

Step Five:

Name your folder.

Not Britney Spears

Step Six:

Great success.

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