Add custom fonts in your website using CSS. Works in IE too

If you are a struggling to add custom fonts to your website the following resources will save you lot of time.

First thing you need to do is to get the font file (ttf and eot) to a sub folder where your website pages are. Simple normally I will create a folder called "fonts" just like "css", "js" or "img" folders.

Why ttf and eot fonts? Simply because ttf works well in Firefox and Google Chrome and eot is for Internet Explorer.

Next question is, where to find eot font files? Don't worry you can convert ttf to eot with this simple application. Now you have two font files.

Now you need to create custom font family using CSS and then apply that font family to the classes or id where you want to use the custom font. This how to article will explain it clearly.

@font-face{
   font-family: myFont;
   src: url('myFont.ttf');
}

@font-face{
    font-family: myFontEI;
   src: url('myFont.eot');
}

Then Attach it as a font family like so...

font-family: myFont, myFontEI;

How to stop URLs on WordPress site redirect browsers to web pages that install malware

Get the Safe web browsing warning and Google black listing your website is not a good surprise for any genuine webmaster. It happened to couple of my websites and struggle for two three days to clean the websites and solve the issue. I will explain exactly what I did so, if you are going through the same situation this article may be helpful.

Here is my situation: warnings and clues I was getting ... 

• Get the Safe web browsing warning when you try to access your web site from Google Chrome or Firefox. Also, Google search result may put the warning next to your site.
  
• Even though Google is complaining that your website is redirecting, it won't redirect you, because it only does that for certain bots.
  
• First, go to Google Safe Browsing Page and get the following clues about what is going on with your website. You can access Google Safe Browsing page for your website by  the following link. Dont foreget to replace www.example.com with your site URL.
  http://google.com.au/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=www.example.com
  
  In my case
  
• First Warning: Malicious software is hosted on 1 domain(s), including riotorio.com/.
• Second Warning: 1 domain(s) appear to be functioning as intermediaries for distributing malware to visitors of this site, including 91.121.198.0/.
• It will also tell you weather your site hosting any malicious software. In my case it was not hosting any.  No, this site has not hosted malicious software over the past 90 days.
  
• Secondly, you need to go to Webmaster Tools and get some more clues about your situation. Also, we required Webmaster Tools to request a review in the last step. So, if you haven't add your website to Webmaster Tools do it so.
  
  Here are the couple of information I gathered from Webmaster Tools.
  
• Some of the URLs on this site redirect browsers to web pages that install malware. This indicates that the server(s) that host pages for this site may contain altered configuration files (such as Apache's .htaccess file).
  
• General Problem
  When Google last tested this page, no content was returned from your server. Instead, the browser was redirected to a malicious web page. It is likely that your server configuration has been modified.
  

Are you in the same situation. Then you may continue and there is a change that you may able to get your site back to normal. Even if it is not the exact messages following steps will give you a general idea. 

• First thing First. Back up your word press site completely, including all the files, posts, database. WordPress plugin XCloner - Backup and Restore will help you to do that. Remember, this copy is infected but in any case if you don't have any other backup and clean up process breaks down your site at least there is a infected copy that you can start up again.
  
• Then use one or more Online Website Scanners to scan your website to double check that your web server is not hosting any viruses. Most probably results will be negative except for  Stop badware scanner results.
  
• Then install the Exploit Scanner WordPress plugin. This step is bit tricky. It scans the entire WordPress website and give all the possible code that hackers can hide the redirection. eval(base64_decode, script, iFrames are key ares you need to look. I scanned all my pages with Exploit Scanner and kept the result aside. Don't start visiting all those pages and deleting the line which this plugin indicates. Instead, just try to read the url and the file name and guess which plugin or page is having suspicious code.
  
• Here is what you need to do. Uninstall all the plugins that you are not using or  Exploit Scanner indicates that there is a suspicious code segment. if you re do the scanning you can see that no of suspicious codes are shrinking.
  
• In my case,  Exploit Scanner showed me that wp-settings.php file has a  eval(base64_decode, but non of the plugins instillation able to remove that. I can easily remove that lines manually but I am not sure is it something needed. Then I noticed that there is a new version of WordPress.  So, I updated the site from WordPress 3.3.0 to  WordPress 3.3.2. Bingo  wp-settings.php is clean. No more major issues.
  
• Log in back to Webmaster Tools and request Google to review your site. I got it cleared with in couple of hours. 

Hopefully, you will be able to remove all the malicious code which black list your site. 

• One more tip. Don't forget to look into  .htaccess file for any unwanted redirection. Look for any suspicious URLs.

Good Luck! If you have any questions or better way to do this drop a comment.
 

Download Websites Browse Offline

HTTrack website Copier is a simple tool that will allow you to download websites to your local computer and browse them offline. It will recursively download all the directories getting all the html, images, css , javascript and all other files from server to your computer.

Also, it will rearrange the links in a way that will allow you to browse the website offline. When you find a informative website next time do not forget to download it and keep a copy on your hard drive. In case of site go offline still you will be able to browse and refer to the website content without any problem.

Download HTTrack here.

Images does not show in IE but shows in all other browsers

I was creating a simple website and noticed that images are not displaying in the Internet Explorer (IE) but shows in Google Chrome and Firefox. Then I paste the image URL in IE browser and it did not display the image at all. Solution is quite simple. Images are in CMYK mode and some browsers including Internet Explorer dose not support CMYK images. Change the image mode to RGB and upload the images and all the images will start appearing in Internet Explorer as well. How to change CMYK to RGB in Photoshop? Simply open the image in Photoshop and go to Image, Mode and tick RGB. Make sure you save the changes. What is CMYK Colour Model? The CMYK color model (process color, four color) is a subtractive color model, used in color printing, and is also used to describe the printing process itself. (Source and More information can be find in wikipedia.org) What is RGB Colours? The RGB color model is an additive color model in which red, green, and blue light are added together in various ways to reproduce a broad array of colors. The name of the model comes from the initials of the three additive primary colors, red, green, and blue... (Source and More information can be find in wikipedia.org)

404 Custom Error Page

Webmasters always focus on developing the main website and forget about scenarios such as what would happen when a user try to visit a page which is not there. 404 Custom Error Pages will come in o action. Believe it or not it can do a real difference to you website.

Why 404 Custom error page?

By default it will display a boring page that will only notify your visitors that they have reached to a dead end.

However, you need to make it more effective and use that page to make your valuable visitors to live pages. There for you can always create a simple HTML page saying that "Sorry! the page you were looking for could not be found." and then give a search option, or simple direct links to your product and services page. Yes, it is not rocket science but most of the webmasters forget that.

Here are some funky but helpful links that you can learn more about 404 Custom Error Pages.

How to Set Up A Custom 404 File Not Found Page - Gives you and inside out of the technical points of setting up a custom error page. First thin is to log in to your web hosting account control panel and check there is a option to setup the error page. It can be different from web hosting company to company. However, if you are running a dedicated server without a server managing software then you might have to do it manually.

Here are 50 creative 404 custom error page for your reference. These pages can be funny and funky but make sure you will direct your visitors back to your live web pages.

Do you missing a effective custom error page. Create one now and do not loose your valuable visitors.

How to select the best website template?

Choosing a website template is one of the most interesting tasks for both the web designer and owner. Before looking into the practical concept of this article, let me ask you one personal question- ‘What do you feel after looking to any great website on internet?’ I am sure your expressions must be, “wow, great, perfect, attractive, beautiful” and so on! This is what I am going to explain you in this article, making your website template just perfect and attractive.
 
How to select the best website template?

There are lots of things to keep in mind while selecting your website template. Website template is the main attraction of your website as it acts like a banner of your business. The website template solely depends upon the nature of your website and its content. So before finalizing your website template, you have to pen down some of the important things that might include in your main content framework.

One easier way to choose your website template:

There are many people owing more than 10 websites on internet due to numbers of online businesses. These website owners hardly find time to design the template and hence they choose some best website template from internet sites and changes the main and sub-page content to make it look fresh and attractive. This is nothing but imitating one popular website template for your new website launch.

Take suggestions from people:

This is also one of the great ways to decide your website template design. You can select some top ten high level website templates from internet with the help of your designer and can send to some people in your regular network for suggestions. You can go for the template that gets maximum votes or feedbacks. This is nothing new but one of the most common ways to select the website template.

Website template can help your online business to grow higher by bringing in more customers or visitors. It is said that a website without proper design and template cannot help your visitor to stay longer, and this is hindered percent true! A good website template cannot not only help your business to grow high but also helps your online market credit to reach the level of heights with great appreciation and comments. After all, somewhere in this business industry, perfect really matters!

Take time: Don’t mess up

There are many web owners who really mess up while choosing their website template, which really fails for their business growth. Thus, I advise to take efficient time and suggestions from people before finalizing your website template. Once the website template is designed and website is launched, it’s difficult to re-design and re-launch your website with new content and data all over again. So, think before finalizing your website template. Moreover you can surf online sites and read articles on designing website templates for further reference.

5 Reasons to have a website for your business

Having a website is always beneficial as it gives your business a chance to stand separate and attractive amongst the other online business over internet. Website is Ofcourse an online presence of your business and hence it is must to have a separate website for your running offline or online business. Taking about the benefits of possessing a website, I must say that there are infinite benefits of having your own business website.

21st century is the advanced stage of life and technology where technology rules man. In this era, half of the work is done with the help of internet. Talking about developed countries like America and England, I must share that 75% of the work is done via internet facility. Thus, this is why you deserve to owe your own business website for being in competition with your competitors.
These days even small businessmen owe website for making their business famous over international market and when we talk about business, website therefore becomes obvious as it gets the international market opportunities with no restrictions!
5 Reasons to have a website for your business:

1: Once you design your business website, your business becomes more professional and decent. This helps in maintaining a professional touch by exploring your services worldwide. Moreover your business website becomes the evidence of your business life on internet.

2: Next reason for having a website is its nature. A website is the only thing that can be updated regularly via content and links for making your visitors or fans aware about your new and latest services or products. This brings a touch of punctuality between you and your readers. It brings a soft and friendly relation with your customer!

3: Owing a website is really beneficial for marketing point of view. As I said earlier, 70% of people use internet for day to day needs and communication purpose. Internet website can help your readers to know about you in a expressing way. Website presence helps your business in getting more credit and fame on the international stage.

4: Website is used to improve your credit and hence it becomes a door to earn more money. Website can be marketed using SEO techniques for ruling the Internet world. This increases your visitors and sales per day, which ultimately results in more income and earnings. Thus, having website is not only beneficial but lucky for your financial matters!

5: Creating a professional website for your business helps your customers to put trust in your product. Website is the latest technology appearance for any business and hence, owing one business website is really great for your future projects. Even your suppliers and retailers can search for your product with the help your website address.

Thus, having a website is a great achievement for any small-big business.

Hack ASP.NET Form Authentication in 30 minute

A bug in the default encryption used to protect the cookies used to hack forms in ASP.NET forms. Security researches Thai Duong and Juliano Rizzo claim that process is hundred percent reliable and it only takes 30 to 50 minutes by using Padding Oracle Exploit Tool (POET). As a webmaster it is important to take immediate action to secure your ASP.NET website been hacked. Directly quoting from visual studio magazine following changes to the web.config file will fix the exploit instantly.

The encryption method can be set in the web.config file for a site, in IIS 7 for a Web server, or in the config file for .NET on a server in %SYSTEMROOT%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\version\CONFIG\. On 64-bit systems, it must also be set in %SYSTEMROOT%\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\version\CONFIG\. A typical entry would look like this:

<machinekey decryption="3DES" decryptionkey="AutoGenerate,IsolateApps" validation="3DES" validationkey="AutoGenerate,IsolateApps">

On a Web farm, this setting will have to be made on all the servers in the farm.

Reference and to read more from Security Hack Exposes Forms Authentication in ASP.NET [Visual Studio Magazine] 

Website Loading Time is not a Joke

This is the time to think about the website loading time. Seriously. Time to time I was going through this and came up with small hacks and tricks to make the blog load faster. However, did I do it seriously. I do not think so. Did you took it seriously and really thought about the loading time each time you do a change to your template or adding new gadget? It is time to take it seriously as Google is using site speed in web search ranking.

First this is what Google Search team says about their decision.

Speeding up websites is important — not just to site owners, but to all Internet users. Faster sites create happy users and we've seen in our internal studies that when a site responds slowly, visitors spend less time there. But faster sites don't just improve user experience; recent data shows that improving site speed also reduces operating costs. Like us, our users place a lot of value in speed — that's why we've decided to take site speed into account in our search rankings. We use a variety of sources to determine the speed of a site relative to other sites.

So that means we need to find out ways to speed up our website or blog. Here is my brain storming.

1. Choose/Switch Better web hosting ( Reliable and Faster and cheap web hosting might not going to work any more )
2. Choose/switch faster simple templates for the websites / blog. No more bulky images or flashy content but optimized images. Need to get the HTML coding optimized as well.
3. Use Tools effectively to measure what is really happening with the web site and do the necessary changes.

Some of the Web speed tools - Page Speed, YSlow, WebPagetest, Webmaster Tools
Also you can us Google Analytics asynchronous tracking.

Like I said earlier it is a better move from Google as it will improve the quality of the billions of websites and will come to an standard. Would like to see you thoughts as well.

reBlog @Blog HQ Tracking Visitors in Real Time

Are you sick of your current Website statistic program. Is it not quite giving you the information what you need. Blog HQ points out a great tool named Clicky Analytics for the job. It is worth giving a try.


It is quite important to know what is really happening with your blog or website to improve it. Every webmasters dream is to get more traffic to their website and make more money out of it. So i believe understanding the current traffic situation can teach so many things to improve it as you want.

So here is a better tool for it and read more details about Tracking Visitors in Real Time using Clicky Analytics.

TechPitch.com is now out of private beta

We would like to share a message from techpitch.com team. It will be a fun place to join. Enjoy


We are pleased to announce that TechPitch.com is now out of private beta with hundreds of business software products and services showcased and with over 11,000 members added in just less than 5 months!

TechPitch is a unique, focused site that serves as a business technology showcase, a multimedia content hub and an interactive community platform built just for the business technology community. As a member of TechPitch, you can now showcase yourself and publish all your content to a focused target audience in a structured and contextual manner like never before!

TechPitch members can access a rich stock of structured multi-media technology content, get the latest on products & services, write blogs, upload relevant content, join topical channels and most importantly, learn, share and interact with a growing industry-focused community. Also, if you are a product or services provider, you can showcase your offerings, publish branded channels, announce events and upload multi-media content contextually to inform & educate your users.

We invite you to come visit or join us at www.techpitch.com today.

Thanks for your kind attention,

Sincerely,
The TechPitch team

Can your Business afford $6.95 per month for a website?

If your answer is NO then do not waste your time reading further.

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Naming your Website

Registering for Domain is NOT easy. I mean the logistic part is easy but what name do you register? The answer should be easy if you have an established business.

But what if you are an online startup and you need ideas for a Business name and also check if the corresponding domain is available?

Here's a cool service WORDOID


Why WORDOID?

Naming is not easy. Coming up with a catchy name for a product, company or domain can be a real challenge. It is like looking for a needle in a haystack: the right name should sound good, must not be already used by someone else, should have the potential to become a brand, and preferably with as little Google search results as possible.


How WORDOID works?

Wordoid.com is a webapp that strives to help you invent a good name. It makes up new words. Automagically. It knows how to create words in English or Spanish. It even knows how to create words in an imaginary language, constructed by blending two or more real languages together.


It is simple to use

Just choose one or more languages, select the preferred quality level, type in a fragment you would like the wordoids to contain, and press Create.

How to Setup or Maintain a website on the Internet for Free?

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Crazzycool has been sharing computer and internet hacks, tricks and tweaks for over 2 years now. As a next step we have decided to provide free help to setup website and maintain it.


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How much does it cost?

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* Setup the web server account
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So BlueHost is offering really great features that you cannot resists. On top of this we are offering free help to setup your website.

What is 44tips?

Are you lost in the cyber space? Do you remember all the forums, social networks, blogs and all sort of web sites you have joined? How many interesting sites you might have forgotten over the time? To be honest I have no clue. 44tips came up with a simple but cool idea to solve this problem.

What is 44tips?
44tips helps you Create a start page with everything you love!

Import your photos, videos, music, bookmarks and more
Bring all your online accounts together in one place: simple and organized!



View your favorite websites in one place
Read, view, listen and play! Easy access to all your favorite sources, like YouTube, Flickr, LastFM and Delicious.

Discover similar content
Find new content everyday with our suggestions of sites, videos, music and photos similar to what you already love: convenient and surprising.

Collect everything you like
Save the content you find and build collections of your favorite videos, music, photos and bookmarks. Or create your own multimedial presentation!

Share your 44tips with your friends
Send your favorite content to your friends. Give them tips about new music or videos and show them what makes you tick!

Keep up with your social networks
If you are using many different social networks, such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Hyves, it’s easy to get lost. How to keep up with all those networks? How much time does it cost you to check for messages and updates?

Why don't you give 44tips a try and see how you can organize your favorite sites.

She told me how to make extra money

SheToldMe is another cool site that share AdSense revenue you. I recently registered to this site which was referred by letblog. There are so many AdSense revenue sharing websites and it is quite handy when you really do not get much income specially at the beginning. It will keep positive statistic for you. Plus there are couple of more advantages with shetoldme website as a blogmaster or webmaster...

Even though it says she told me not only girls but guys can join it as well. Once you registered you can submitting links to it. What they call it is "Create Scoop". Providing the URL and the 10-100 characters long title and 200-5000 description, category and related tags you can submit the links. Once you submit the link it will start publishing the content and base on the user rating it will start going up in the ladder. But under upcoming you can always find your newly submitted links (Scoops).

If you have provided the AdSense publisher ID to SheToldMe it will start displaying AdSense ads next to your content and it will start sharing all the revenue it gets from valid clicks.

Forget about the AdSense revenue. It is a good way to build back links to your website or blog by Scooping all the interesting links with SheToldMe. Also good way to get some extra visitors on your way as well.

If is 100% Free to register and cool site that you can have fun, income, back links and visitors. Give it a try and see how it is going to work out for you.

Top 100 Dirtiest websites

This is some thing we always discuss about today's situation about cyber space. It is not like what it was couple of years ago and it will not be the same tomorrow. Only concern is that is it going to be better or worst? Today Norton Semantic Safe Web names Top 100 dirtiest websites and what they reveal is bit hard to believe but true.


You have no ideas what sites you are visiting doing in background. Norton says that even without any clicks or any downloading it can infect your computer just by visiting these sites. Here is the filthy facts Norton published...

• Average number of threats per site on the Dirtiest Websites list is roughly 18,000, compared to 23 threats per site for all sites rated by Norton Safe Web
• 40 of the Top 100 Dirtiest Sites have more than 20,000 threats per site
• 48% of the Top 100 Dirtiest Web sites feature adult content
• 3/4 of the Top 100 Dirtiest Web sites have distributed malware for more than 6 months
• Viruses are the most common threat represented on the Dirtiest list, followed by Security Risks and Browser Exploits
  
  

Couple of dirty websites from the list (Do not visit any of these sites)

17ebook.com

aladel.net

bpwhamburgorchardpark.org

clicnews.com

dfwdiesel.net

Sample of dirties Websites can be found in Norton Safe Web

What are the Actions you MUST take.

1. Now you know at least 100 of dirties websites you should stay away from. If not have a look at the list at Norton Safe Web.

2. You should be up to date with the list as this is not the complete list or the latest. By tomorrow you will have a totally different list.

3. Block at lease these known websites using your firewall, router or from Host file in your Windows OS

5. Update your Operating System. According to Norton it really does not matter you use Windows or MAC it can still affect your computers. So update to the latest patch available to have the maximum security.

4. Update your Antivirus, Anti Spyware, Anti Malware programs and do a complete scan.

5. Spread the message to everyone you know.

What is TweetBoard Alpha?

Tweetboad is introduced as "Tweetboard is True Twitter Conversation for your website"

Basically you can add twitter conversation in your website or blog. Visitors with twitter account can log into twitter account and start or join a conversation or leave a message. At the movement Tweetboad Alpha is open up for invitations. You will receive instant message from them with the instructions and make sure you tweet the correct homepage URL as it's needed to enable your Tweetboard instance.
If you would like to add more interaction with your visitors this might be a good add-on.

For more information and request an invitation visit tweetboard.com

How to Speedup Your Web - Google Secret revealed

Google web pages loads really fast. What is the secret behind it? Official Google Webmaster blog revealed the tools they use to optimise the web pages that will help them improve the loading speed. If you are looking for hacks tricks and tweaks to speed up your web site this will be the tool for you.

Page Speed and Firebug are the two secret tools now available for anyone to download and add to FireFox Add-on list. It is quite simple and east to use tool. 

Page Speed provides you the optimised images that can be used in your website or blog and gives suggestions on optimising JavaScript and CSS files. 

Web Performance Best Practices gives out all the methods you can be used to make your web page load faster. 

Following is the result given by Page Speed for CrazzyCool. I will be busy optimising the blog and I am sure you will find this Google Secret tools interesting. Do not forget to share your experience with us.

Must use 3 keyword tools

Knowing the best keywords to be used in your website is one of the major plus point in search engine optimisation (SEO). Selecting a best trustworthy keyword tool is important. If your keyword tool provide wrong or out of date information about the keywords your website might suffer a lot. It will be a waste of time and money. 

Google is the biggest player in search engine game and the information given out can be trusted as well. These 3 keyword tools are provided by Google. These three keyword tools cover different areas and can be used in different situations. 

1# Google Insights for search 

        # Category search - Over 23 Categories and you can figure out what are the most searched key words for a category such as Computers & Electronics, Entertainment, etc. This might be really useful if you are planning to start a blog. 

        # Seasonality - You can check which key words are been searched most during a given period of time. For example you can check what are the best keywords to be used during Christmas.

        # Geographic distributions - If you are interested in knowing what are the best keywords to be used in your country you can look into that as well. 

        # Properties - Classic example for this is New York Christmas shopping, 2008. This query will return what New York people searched during the 2008 Christmas time. 

#2 Search-Based Keyword tool

This is a simple keyword tool that will help you to analyse the keywords that suits for your website or blog for the AdWords. However, that will give you a general idea about how those keywords can perform and the composition for that key word.

When you enter the website and the keywords you would like to optimise your site for search-based keyword tool will pick up the keywords related to your blog and keywords related your word or phrase. In addition it will show the monthly searches, composition and suggested bid if you are interested in AdWords campaigns.

#3 AdWords Keyword Tool

This is one of the famous, old keyword tool among webmasters and blogmasters. Even though it is targeted on the AdWords you can always use it to have a general idea about the keyword popularity and the composition.

Out of these three my favorite keyword tool is Google insights for search. It is quite flexible and full options and pretty much cover every possible view you would like to know.  

Other keywords tools 

Google Trends for Websites Pretty basic but You can check what keywords mostly worked for a given website.

Google Trends in general you can see the trend for a given keyword or keyword collection.

What is your favorite keyword tool? Are you using any other keyword tool that really works and can be trusted? Share it with us in the comments.