8 Facts about Haris – The Tagging Game
Oh cool! I just got tagged by dEEPAK. Now I’ll tell some facts about myself :) .
1. I’m a die-hard computer geek :D
2. I’m the owner of SizzledCore.com
3. I don’t know any programming language.
4. I only know HTML and I’m currently trying to learn CSS, even though I don’t know PHP. :P
5. I like making friends, and I’m always in search of nice, friendly people.
6. I’m addicted to blogging and was badly addicted Counter-Strike before! :D
7. I like watching movies.
8. My favorite cartoons are Tom and Jerry, Dexter’s Lab and Scooby-Doo.
OK, looks like it’s time to tag 8 more people: Rishi, Jake, Lost, DJ Flush, Saman, Keith, Mariuca, Siddharth… Don’t know anymore :( I’m still new! Will add them as soon as I get to know more people.
Speed Linking – July 8, 2007
Oh my god… Sorry, for being a bit late :p . I had really forgotten that it was Sunday today and it’s time to post a new set of links for this week.
Hacker Unlocks the iPhone’s iPod and WiFi without activation – Shashank
5 simple ways to fight Spyware for dummies – Ashish
120+ Buttons That are simply amazing – Jake
8 Most Stylish iPhone Concept Designs – Dj Flush
Make your WordPress blog more Search Engine friendly – Shankar Ganesh
3+1 Things Blogger’s Should Never Ever Do – Arpit Jacob
Check Your Blogging Addiction
by Haris on July 1, 2007
in Blogging, Humour, Uncategorized
Yesterday, while reading Daily Blog Tips, I came to know about a cool site which helps you in checking your blogging addiction. I’m new to blogging but some how I still managed to score 80%. I think that was quite good for me :) .
Now check yours and let me know how much are you addicted to it.
Speed Linking – July 1, 2007
Aaaahhh… New month, new day, with cool new fresh links :) . Below are the link to some of the posts I found interesting while reading them on different blogs I visited.
Here comes the first and the best one:
iPhone Autopsy – Saman Sadegh, don’t forget to see the gallery.
5 Simple Steps to Protect your Windows XP – Nirmal
How To Use 3rd Party Msstyle Themes in Windows XP – Flush
How to avoid keyloggers by scramble keystokes on public computers ? – Ashish
Keep Your Password Safe using KeePass – Madhur Kapoor
Download 20 Funky Firefox Extensions you dont want to miss – Another one by Ashish
Wikipedia Tools and Tricks – Impressive stuff like always, Jake
That completes the list! I hope you enjoy as much as I enjoyed reading them.
Happy reading!
WP Theme K2: Common Errors and Fixes
I was recently setting up a blog for my friend using wordpress as the platform, when I found some common installation errors that occur while installing the famous theme K2. I have even found the fixes to these problems, thanks to the K2 Support forums.
Errors with their fixes
1. If you get this error:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: get_option() in [...]/wp-content/themes/k2/theloop.php on line 28
To fix this, disable all the plugins that load their own version of prototype.js.
2. If you get this:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: wp_bootstrap() in /home/mybattle/public_html/wp02/wp-content/themes/k2/app/
includes/sbm-stub.php on line 24
You will have to re-install the theme from scratch, because the file structure have change. This error occurs while installing K2 0.9.6 on top of a previous installation.
3. For this:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: is_active_module() in /home/…wp-content/themes/k2/theloop.php on line 76
I don’t know the actual reason for this error, but this error is fixed in the latest version 0.9.6. So, if you are getting this, make sure you are using K2 0.9.6, not 0.9.5.
These were the only errors I found with the fixes. If you know any other common error that you have come across, then feel free to share it here. Your additions will be highly appreciated. If you still have some question regarding a problem, the K2 Support Forums are always open.
I hope this article has been helpful to you. This was the lat post for today… See you guys tomorrow :)
Speed Linking – June 17, 2007
Nowadays everyone seems to be speed linking… :D So I thought, why do I stay behind :) From now one, I’m also going to use this lazy way of blogging. I’ll post all the useful links I collected this week.
So, here goes the first list by Sizzled Core :)
Sony Ericsson Launches new Phones by Nirmal
WordPress: Top Commentators Plugin Option by Shankar Ganesh
Replace Your Windows Calculator with Speed Crunch by Mr. Flush :D
Safari for Windows by Madhur Kapoor
Sony Ericsson new Cyber shot k850i with 5 MP camera by Shashank
YouTube Mobile Site and Youtube Remixer Tool by Mr. Ram
Social Music Sites by Jake
Well, I guess these are enough for this Sunday. I’ll get more cool links and keep them for next week.
Hope you enjoyed reading them :)
Reduce Spam by 99.9% in WordPress
Finally, I have found a way by which you can reduce spam by 99.% in your WordPress blogs. I was getting a lot of spam messages daily and this was the reason why I had to enable comment moderation :( . But now, I have finally got rid of this problem by using just two plugins :) .
I was already using Akismet, but now I have also started using Challenge. Akismet was not filtering out all the spam. I was still getting spam as comments. So, I googled some anti-spam plugins for WordPress and found Challenge. You must have seen that 2+2= in the comments :P . That’s Challenge. The combination of both Akismet and Challenge reduces spam up to 99.9%. It’s been more than a week since I installed Challenge, and till now, I haven’t received any spam comment :D . Even Akismet isn’t receiving any spam comments.
I would recommend everyone to use both of these plugins. This way I don’t even have to enable comment moderation, and this really helps me in getting more comments on my posts.
How to get traffic from WordPress.com to your blog
If you are a new blogger, or have just started another new blog, you will definitely find this easy, cool technique quite useful to gain popularity. Even I use this technique to get some part of mail daily traffic from WordPress.com and gain to gain some popularity 
.
Apart from publicizing your blog in the usual manner, such as advertising on bulletin boards, on Orkut, MySpace, submitting them on various link directories etc. you use this sweet technique to gain popularity in the blogosphere.
My Top 10 WordPress Plugins
I have been using WordPress for the past 2 months, and in all this time, I have come across many WordPress plugins that are very useful, and is used by almost everyone. I have compiled a list of WordPress plugins that I think are the best ones available. Whether you are a new user or an existing one, you will definitely find these plugins useful.
So here goes the list:
Sidebar Widgets
Customize the look of your sidebar without manually editing the PHP files.
Ultimate Tag Warrior
Best Tag system for WordPress.
