James Morrison

Introduction to Wordpress

So you’re new to Wordpress?
This is a simple guide to set up your site / blog with as little pain and frustration as possible.
To use Wordpress there are a couple of simple requirements, if you don’t know if your host has this available for you, contact them before attempting to install Wordpress:

PHP version 4.3 or [...]

Deep Blue Template

Its been out a while but its one of my favourite templates.
Designed by Breezy New Media (in Czech not English) this is a dark blue template submitted to Open Designs and available for free preview and download this template was one I once used on this site.
For more free templates visit Open Designs or Breezy [...]

Pretty Permalinks on IIS

Using Wordpress on an IIS (windows) server can be a real pain. The biggest issue I have found is trying to get pretty permalinks (making the address bar look like http://www.james-morrison.org/wordpress/ rather than http://www.james-morrison.org/index.php/wordpress/ or worse http://www.james-morrison.org/?p=123.
I have found an easy way to get around this (my site is hosted on an IIS server) and [...]

Testing Password Strength Using Google

Password is very important because with password we are able to protect our confidential data from being accessed by wrong person. So that is why it is very important that to use a complex password BUT easy to remember when choosing your password.
As far as I know, strong password must contain numbers, [...]

Sony Vaio Sidebar Fix

I recently bought a new Sony Vaio laptop from Currys. It has taken me the best part of 6 months to decide on what I was looking for and ended up choosing the VGN-NR11S/S model with the only difference between this model and the standard (VGN-NR11S) being increased hard disk space and more [...]

The Truth About Safestyle Windows

The following information is correct as of 24th May 2008 and is based on my personal experience whilst "employed" by Safestyle UK.

So you’re thinking about changing your windows and / or doors?
If you’re approached by or contact Safetyle Windows here is the complete guide to how they operate, its not designed to scare you [...]