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Gmail has increased the limit of attached file size to 20MB, and overall the storage space to 6 GB. But, did you know that there is a daily quote on sending mails? Breaking the rule will cause Google to disable your Gmail account temporarily without any warning.
Lockdown in sector 4!
Our system indicates unusual usage of your account. In order to protect Gmail users from potentially harmful use of Gmail, this account has been disabled for up to 24 hours.
So, there are some rules that you should obey in order to avoid temporary shut-down of Gmail.

.htaccess is a text file that contains commands to instruct web servers how to behave in certain situations. The file name starts with a dot because dot-files are hidden files on Unix-like operating systems.
It has a bit complex rules for writing commands. Mis-coding can cause serious risks. With .htaccess Editor you can create .htaccess files (without any knowledge of complex rules) that includes;

Deny all access to files
Basic authentication
Custom error pages
Password protection
Default pages
Redirect directives
Access restrictions

Comment Sorter: It allows you to give more options to your readers such as to sort comments by date or name.
Image Caption: Generates a caption directly underneath images with in your blog post by extracting the title attribute. Supports custom CSS styling for captions.

Here we are with another WordPress theme, Kollane. The features of our new theme are;
* Unique design
* Valid CSS
* Valid XHTML
* 2 column
* Widget ready
* Fixed width
* Adsense ready
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The 10 Great SEO tips for your site: Dustin has an article where he talks about how to make your site search engine optimized by 10 easy steps.
8 Ways to Turn Negative Feedback into an Opportunity: We are all trying to accomplish somethings. But the feedbacks are never always positive. Wendy has listed 8 ways to turn negative feedbacks into an opportunity.
The Challenges of Multi-Author Blogs: Daniel from Daily Blog Tips wrote an article where he talks about 10 challenges that come along with multi-author blogs.
8 Web Design Mistakes That Developers Make: An excellent article about most common web developer mistakes.
13 Questions to Ask Before Publishing a Post On Your Blog: A checklist to go through before submitting a post.

There is a longstanding discussion around the blogsphere as how often a blog should be updated? Every bloggers has different responses to that question.
If you don’t have anything to say, don’t post anything.
The most important variable that would bring you success is the quality of your content, that contains original ideas, clear instructions, breaking news, etc…
You should publish something only when you have something to say. Your loyal readers will subscribe to your RSS feed.

WPListCal
WPListCal allows you to list upcoming events on your blog in a list or table format. It plugs straight into the Wordpress admin pages to let you keep track of events just like posts and pages.
PrefPass Universal Login and Registration
This plugin lets users register and log in using IDs including Facebook, OpenID, and Yahoo via PrefPass.
WP-Spam-Hitman
WP Spam Hitman is based on set of rules and concept of hitpoint. With right set of rules and hitpoint level you can eliminate most or even all of the spam on you blog. It works in 3 modes - Delete, Moderation, Spam and is quite customizable. It allows to set unlimited set of rules - both - simple words and regular expression patterns. It’s [...]

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There is a huge list of things that you can do with .htaccess file like protecting folders with a password, redirecting your visitors, custom error messages, banning certain IP address or only allowing users with certain IP address, to stop directory listing, etc… In this article I am going to explain how to create your own custom error pages instead of using your host’s error pages or having no page.
Custom error pages
The 404 error message is an HTTP response indicates that the server couldn’t find what the client requested. You may want to redirect your visitors to error message that you created. This can be done by adding the line below into your .htacess file.

Its very common to see newbie bloggers who have just entered into blogging world and set unrealistic expectations from the very first day. As a new blogger, you need to put a lot of efforts into the blog to achieve your goals. Do not forget that, there is a long way that you need to move on and your priorities should always be content along the road.
Lets start with a basic principle as having your own domain. I believe that branding and having freedom (no-limitations) is very important. So, you have decided to blog, but you dont have any experience. And you think that it’s not so important to host your blog under a free service. Well, you are [...]