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How Does Remote Desktop Work

BY Jan HarrisSeptember 9, 2021Leave a Comment

Remote desktop works by enabling users to connect to a particular computer and then control or use it over the internet as if they’re in front of the computer. So it’s more or less remote-controlled software.
A good instance to use is a technical support call scenario. After you inform the technician of the issue you’re facing on your computer, he uses your mouse cursor to fix the problem, that’s a remote desktop connection at work. It enables you to operate a computer from a remote location.
This article will discuss in detail how the remote desktop software works and what it is.
What Is …

Which Laptop is Best for Teaching Coding?

BY Jan HarrisAugust 8, 2021Leave a Comment

There are a ton of laptops that have robust specs but are not tailored for coding per se. In this guide, you will discover the best laptop for teaching coding.
A writer can use any laptop with good keyboards, which is pretty much every laptop, but coders need laptops with immense power, processing speed, and storage. Let’s start with the hard drive:
Hard Drive
Some laptops come with HDD while others come with SSD. HDD stands for hard disk drive while SDD means solid-state drive. A hard disk drive is …

WordPress 101: The Basics of Themes

BY Jan HarrisJuly 9, 2021Leave a Comment

WordPress themes are collections of files that designate the blog or website’s style and features. Upon installation, your website will have a default theme, which can be found under the themes directory (wp-content folder) on your web server. However, you can install another WordPress theme available on the WordPress Theme Directory.
Each WordPress theme is divided into pieces in the theme folder that is assembled by the WordPress programming system. The following are the usual theme files common in every WordPress theme. …

How to Back Up Your WordPress Blog?

BY Jan HarrisJuly 8, 2021Leave a Comment

Backing up your WordPress Blog is as important as backing up your website. It means you can back it up and must do so especially when you are working on on-site changes. Especially when things go wrong, failing to back up means having to work on your website from scratch, which is the one thing you do not want to experience.
Tips for Backing Up WordPress

Back up your WordPress folders and files using your FTP. Place this in a different folder from your live blog copy.
Back up your WordPress database through the MySQL database section. Please refer to your web hosting for more detailed info on…

A Step-by-step Guide to Self-Install WordPress

BY Jan HarrisJuly 5, 2021Leave a Comment

As one of the most well-known blogging software programs, WordPress is a great start for anyone who wants to start a blog or a website. While today’s web hosting providers, including WordPress itself, offer a one-click blog setup, there are still a ton of benefits in self-installing WordPress.
These benefits include knowing the version you are working with, has full control of the features that can be useful to blogging, and backup options for your database and files.
Before self-installing WordPress, you need to check whether you have PHP v5.2 or updated, MySQL v5.015 or updated, or an Apache mod-rewrite module that is …

Designing Your Website: Technologies

BY Jan HarrisJuly 3, 2021Leave a Comment

Designing the Web with technologies is as visual as it is technical. While developing web pages requires extensive knowledge of coding, especially HTML/CSS coding, designing web pages requires extensive knowledge of visual aesthetics and interactive web appeal.
Visual aesthetics come in the form of graphics, color presentation, palette principles, and even the use of Flash to support video content or animated elements.
What web graphic elements require extensive website technologies?
The following elements will tell you when you need an extended website technology to, initially, reduce the bandwidth …

Designing Your Website: Audience Targeting

BY Jan HarrisJuly 2, 2021Leave a Comment

Web designing revolves around audience targeting and the technologies supporting it. In planning your website design, it looks at the available technologies of the audience it caters; the computer itself, its OS version and subsequent updates, software updates, internet connectivity type, and browser versions alongside subsequent updates.
When designing your website, you need to keep in mind the skills and technology of your target audience. Some of the things to consider include:
1. Target Audience skills
Determine whether your target audience is computer savvy or they have no computer experience….

Designing Your Website: Site Purposing

BY Jan HarrisJune 25, 2021Leave a Comment

Designing your webpage covers two important purpose factors: User Experience (UX) and User Interface (UI). They define how your website is designed that is deemed accessible by the users depending on their experience navigating your website as well as the presentability and appeal of its interface.
No matter the evolution stages of the World Wide Web, the user’s purpose of building websites has always been the same. The needs for a website have always revolved around its marketing appeal as well as its communicative appeal.
Designing your website revolves around the following purposes:
1. Generate Revenue…

Building Your Website: Technologies

BY Jan HarrisJune 25, 2021Leave a Comment

In building websites, you must incorporate certain technologies. Planning the website technologies will depend on its type and its target audience.
1. Website Planning – Ecommerce
Technologies that are common in eCommerce websites include shopping carts, payment gateways, shipping databases, data security, and aftersales support. All these technologies are essential in keeping track of inventory, sales, aftersales, and even customer support.
2. Website Planning – Communications
Technologies common in communication websites include email captures, message …

Building Your Website: Audience Targeting

BY Jan HarrisJune 20, 2021Leave a Comment

When it comes to building a website, the first question you might want to ask yourself is who your target audience is. Who visits your website and what do they intend to do there?
These questions will define your target audience. When assessing the audience of your web pages, you will look at the things they expect from visiting your website.
Target Audience Skills
You need to also see how the user experience works for your website. Is it easily navigable? Can the least computer literate individual be able to navigate through your web pages? You need to know how your visitors interact with your page …