Jan’s blogs about life

TM’s streamyx service is getting bad again these past week. Looks like more kvetching about their lousy broadband service. With WIMAX looming to be launched, I wonder how’s their internet service in comparison with all the pretenders out there vying to get a piece of the internet service provider market. Read more »

Whoa, so they try to change their look to trick unsuspecting MSN instant messenger user into giving up their user id and password, no? The phising trick is still the same, enter your MSN login id and password and that’s it. You are hacked! Read more »

Wordpress by far is the most popular software used for blogging. Almost every self-hosted website that was build for blogging uses Wordpress. It sheer versatility, ease of use, numerous themes and plugins available make it the choice script to install. In addition, if you decided to turn your Wordpress blog into a Content Management Style (CMS) type website with hierarchical structure, no problem, it could be done too. Read more »

The new Joomla version 1.5.x is a much improved version and recommendable for making your own website. It has overcome some of the limitations of the previous Joomla version 1.0. The interface is now much sleeker and easier to use and a couple of other improvements that make it easier for customizing it to your needs. Read more »

There is no need to purchase a specialized web editor such as Office Frontpage, Dreamweaver, CoffeeCup HTML, etc. Here’s how one can save some precious dollars just using the Notepad or WordPad that came with your Windows OS. Read more »

Joomla is one of the most sophisticated CMS to make your own website with. It was branch off from the Open Source Mambo which it has based its coding. Joomla is getting more popular while Mambo usage is declining. The appearance of a Joomla website certainly catches the eye. With the many well designed Joomla templates around be it free or paid versions, you can get a well designed template to suite well with your website theme and stand out from the www crowd. Read more »

Drupal is like a jack of all trades. You could use it for setting a proper website with tier like structure for easy navigation, you could use it to set up a forum, or you just use it to set up a blogging site. It is so versatile that according to the Drupal website, it is use for: Read more »

My current webhosting provider - Bluehost has a feature called webdisk file storage system. With its current feature of unlimited hosting space, it could actually be use as a cheap way of keeping your files online. So not only could you host your website on the hosting company, you could now store or use it as way to backup your files. Read more »

I’m actually quite pleased with this WordPress software for my blog website. It is quite easy to use and has many features. With each upgrade, some new features were added. But my last upgrade caused some problems and took me a whole day to fix it. Read more »

There are so many CMS software around which you could use to make your website, from free to commercial versions. For corporate company, choosing a correct CMS should be carefully thought out as it involves the whole business process. For home users and small businesses, picking a CMS system shouldn’t be a painful process. Each CMS software is not the same, though in basic, they should deliver the content in a way that can be easily navigated for visitors dropping by your website. Read more »