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Building a website: The Basics

You have probably browsed and used the internet for years now, whether chatting with your friends on Yahoo, Gtalk or MSN Live Messenger or using Social Networking websites like Orkut, LinkedIn and Facebook.You have searched the internet for years searching for what ever you need to find out and you have also  heard stories of your friends or distant relatives or on the internet itself of how someone made a fortune from the internet via his website or via a blog.  You have read all this and now you are wondering should you actually build a website or not? What should you do to build a website? How do you actually profit from your website? Well that’s what this website aims to deliver. To enable people know what they should do and what they shouldn’t do to build that ultimate website or write that great blog.

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Although internet has expanded by leaps and bounds there are still loads of people who want to launch their website, but have no idea what so ever how to do so, especially from countries like mine that is India. The other day I met this guy on Orkut which is very popular in Asia, especially India and he has been an internet user for lots of years now and yet he had no idea how to set up his own website. He is a DJ and wants to have his website where in people could access his work but as I said, he had no idea how to go about it. This prompted me to setup a new category on this blog which helps people to know how to setup a website right from the beginning. I will cover different aspects of website building right from the basics to the point where your website is no longer a website, it is a business in its own right.

So, I hope you guys to be around and have a great time in this tutorial of mine. As always comments are welcome.

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What do you do when you want to find information about your topic for a high school project? You go to google and search for your interested field and get thousands of web pages containing the information that you needed. Well, thats what we have been doing for all these years and that was for what Google was designed to be. But now things are different with Google as well as on the internet. Now Google offers truck loads of services and all of them are feature rich and highly competitive with other services. So, now these days, the most of my bandwidth goes to Google usage and I have no regrets about it, they have such world class web services that people will no doubt use google. [Read more →]

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Thinking of buying a PDF creator for your company or for professional purposes..you might not have to! Google Docs provides a free conversion to PDF where in you can upload a MS Word i.e a .doc document and you can download a .PDF document.

Here is how you can do it!!

1. Goto http://docs.google.com and then login using your Google Account.
2. Then you will see a screen like the screen shot shown.
3. Then you can select uploads and then upload the document that you want to convert in a PDF file.
4. Then select the checkbox right to the list of documents and then goto more options–>Save as PDF and then you will get a download prompt and viola…your PDF file is ready!!

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So, you are reading this because probably you have installed ubuntu right and now you need to know about the system and how it works and how can you optimize the system for better efficiency, for better look and how can you customize it like you can do it in windows! Well, look no further, you can get all those tips right here! Here is a “Beginners guide to ubuntu tips and optimization”.

So, lets learn a few things about ubuntu, that you might want to know as a first time user.

First boot:

When you for the first time boot the ubuntu system, what you see is a boot flash screen which is called a USplash and it covers up what is going on in the background when linux is booting. This screen is introduced so that the users who arent interested in what actually happens in the background, dont really see it.
First Login Screen:

On the right side of the login screen, you will notice the name of the computer, the date and the current time. On the left side there are some very useful options, like reboot, shutdown, suspend, hibernate, change session etc. Ok, it’s time for you to type in your username and password (hit enter after each one). Immediately after you’ve typed your username and password, you’ll notice a splash screen that shows what programs are loading and in a few seconds the splash screen disappears and the Ubuntu desktop appears. That’s the Ubuntu desktop!

Gnome Desktop:

The desktop environment that ubuntu uses is the GNome desktop! If you have a DHCP based network connection (automatic IP address) then you are connected to the Internet as Ubuntu configures DHCP connections automatically and you will notice a notification message in the right-upper part of the screen that says “Software updates available”. Click on the new orange icon (from where the notification message appeared) and a window will appear on the left side of the screen. This window will start to search for updates. Click the Install Updates button, when the search is complete, to install the available updates on your system. Ohh, what’s this? It asks for a password, because this is an administrative task and it’s safer this way; just type your password and hit enter. This program is called Update Manager and you can always find it under System -> Administration menu, but it will always appear when there are new updates. Also, you will notice another notification message that will ask if you want to install proprietary drivers for your graphics card. Just click the Enable option and it will start to download and install the necessary drivers.

Panels and Applets:

et’s learn a few things about the desktop. First things first, you should know that this desktop is called GNOME; as you can see, it’s a little different than Windows, as it has two Panels: one at the bottom and one at the top. But what’s cool about this desktop is that you can always configure it however you want, but we’ll talk about this a little bit later. Both panels have the same options and configurations.

The bottom panel has the Show Desktop button on the left side; in the middle you will see all the current opened windows and on the right you’ll see a trash icon and the Workspace Switcher. Now this is something you didn’t have in Windows (at least not as default), as the Workspace Switcher allows you to have multiple desktops. How does it work? Very simple: on the actual desktop, you have a window (or more) and if you click on the second square (default there are only two desktops, but you can set up to 36 desktops) the window(s) will disappear. Why? Because they are on the first desktop (you can even see them in the first square), and if you click the first square the window(s) will appear again. On the second (empty) desktop you can have other window(s). Come on, try it yourself to see how it works!

The upper panel is a little more complex. It contains on the left side the Main Menu from where you can access all the applications, different system locations (home folder, network places etc) and the system configuration tools. Right after the Main Menu you will see some software icons; these are shortcuts for different applications installed on your computer and you can add there as many as you want with a simple right click on the panel; then click on “Add to Panel” option and when the Add to Panel window appears hit the “Application Launcher” button on the left side and select your favorite applications from the list. On the right side of the upper panel you will see two icons (the network monitor and the sound volume), the date, the clock and a shutdown button from where you can reboot, hibernate, suspend, log out, switch user, lock screen or shutdown the computer.

I think this is enough for today, with respect to the customization of the ubuntu desktop and the next part of this tutorial will include topics like how to install new software on ubuntu linux as well as how to make your desktop cool and funky!

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