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Saturday, July 18, 2009

How to Remove False Libelous Info About Yourself Online

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Bloggers are usually well aware of the dangers of being accused of libel, and that's why most independent online journalists are very careful to make sure that everything they write about someone on their blog is backed with documentation and evidence. But when someone writes something libelous about you, you need to be well prepared to fight back hard.
So what can you do?

What is Libel?

In the United States and in many countries around the world, truthful statements about another person are safe to publish. However, publishing outright lies with the intent to defame or injure the reputation of others is illegal.
In the U.S., the victim of libel has the right to bring a civil lawsuit against the defamer. Such lawsuits are usually very expensive and not worth the effort for most people. If you find that someone has published untrue information about you online, there are less expensive and more effective ways to remove that false libelous information about yourself online.

Beg For Mercy

Before you do anything else, swallow your pride and contact the person who published the information. Locate the contact details on the website if you can, and send a friendly email pointing out why what they wrote is untrue. Don't call them a liar, just ask them if they wouldn't mind entering into a friendly dialog with you regarding the issues that were published. You'd be surprised how many of these situations arise out of a gross misunderstanding. Communicating with the other person can immediately clear up any disagreements you may have had, and you may discover that the author is willing to remove the hurtful page. Kindness can often go a very long way to getting what you want.
Unfortunately, the odds are pretty good that you may be dealing with an unstable or unreasonable individual. They may get obnoxious and rude in response to you, and refuse to cooperate. That's when it's time to step it up a notch.

Shut Em' Down

Before you conduct full-fledged warfare against the offending website, you'll need to do a little bit of investigating. The first step is to identify the name and contact information for the person who registered the site that hosts the libelous material. Personally I like the Domaintools Whois Lookup because it provides detailed information about the website. The results you get back from a whois search will look like the results below.
The two items that you need are "Admin Email," and towards the top of the listing, Domaintools also reports the host company in the "Server Data" section as shown here. The admin email listed above is the address you'll need to contact the webmaster if no contact emails were listed on the website.

Once you know the name of the web hosting company, visit the website and obtain their contact information as well as a list of their Terms and Conditions. Make a list of those terms that you can determine the offending webmaster has broken on his website.

#1 - Report All Terms & Conditions Violations to the Host

If you've contacted the webmaster and they are unwilling to cooperate, then the first part of this battle will be firing off as many abuse violation reports as needed. Your first order of business is to report a violation to their web host. It's important that you find a violation on the web page that goes against the terms and conditions of the host. Most web hosts do not allow libel or copyright infringement.
For example, Hostdime, the web host of the offending site listed above, provides an "Unauthorized Personal Material" claim form. One of the first things HostDime will do when they receive such a report is to "Expeditiously remove or disable access to the personal material that is claimed to be unauthorized." This occurs immediately! There is no faster way to remove a website with libel on it. All you need to do is find any place on the website where the author makes use of your name, personal information or any other "personal material," without your permission.
Usually you'll need to send in the notice via snail mail, so do so as soon as possible. Wait a week or so, and then follow-up with an email to make sure they received it okay, and to let them know that you're very serious and expect a prompt response. You should notice the website go down within just a week or two.

#2 - Report Privacy or Copyright Infringement To Google

Another approach is to get the web page delisted from the search engines. Google is the powerhouse of online search rankings, so getting delisted from Google would virtually destroy any chance the offending website would have of getting any visibility. There are specific situations when Google will willingly remove the site from their listings. Those situations include when any of the following are published on a web page:
* Your social security or government ID number
* Your bank account or credit card number
* An image of your handwritten signature
* Your name or business published on an adult content site spamming Google's search listings.
* Infringement of copyrighted content like text or images
In most cases you can use Google's web page removal request tool to submit your request to Google.

#3 - Report Any Other Abuse to Google

If the website that's posted libel about you hasn't broken any privacy rules, you still have a chance of removing their site from Google if you can find a case of abuse related to Google's Terms and Conditions. Search the website and try to find examples of any of the following.
* If the site is just spam
* If the site buys or sells links
* If the site is infected with malware or malicious software
If you can identify any of the above activities on the website, submit a report to Google using the Spam Report Tool.

Don't Give Up

One of the most important things you can do when you're looking to take down libelous content about yourself online is to be persistent and tenacious. In 2006, a person seeking to libel me sent out my personal information to a mass list of over 200 email addresses. By following the guidelines in this article, I was able to trace down the sender's ISP, and after submitting an official report for both spam and distribution of private information - the spammer's ISP issued him a warning and removed his Internet access for a full week. It was very sweet retribution.
Have you ever had to remove libel about yourself from the Internet? What tools or tricks did you use to do it?
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In the space between a long-form blog and a short-form Twitter account, there are mini-blog services like Posterous and Tumblr that seek to make blogging much more immediate, support all types of rich media, allow for longer entries if needed, and support short spurts that auto-post to Twitter as well.
Once the niche powerhouse dominating this middle space, Tumblr has since seen Posterous, the somewhat unremarkable email-to-blog platform, rise from obscurity, iterate at lightning pace, and start to build up well-deserved web buzz and high profile users.
This tumbling and posturing web-aholic has been using both sites for quite some time, so the head-to-head you're about to read is filled with intimate knowledge of both applications.

Posting Options


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Both Posterous and Tumblr have bookmarklets that make grabbing content as you browse and posting it to your respective site easy as can be. When it comes to posting original entries from the web, Tumblr's text, photo, quote, link, chat, audio, and video options are just plain killer.
Posterous, though not really made with the web-created post in mind, does have a web posting WYSIWYG editor that does just fine. It's a little bit more difficult to post and preview, but that's not where Posterous tries to excel.
Posterous' knockout posting punch is email — the technology that most of us take for granted on a daily basis. What Posterous can do with your emails is simply incredible, and we recommend creating all of your posts by emailing post@posterous.com.
posterous post
The email post creation process is dead simple. Email whatever you want — photos, videos (even iPhone 3G S vids), audio — to post@posterous.com and it will do the rest. Your subject line becomes the title, the email body your post description, and you can even add tags to your post by adding them with the appropriate syntax to the subject line: ((tag: social media, photo)).
We'd also be remiss if we didn't discuss mobile options for posting to Tumblr and Posterous. While we've made it clear that email is the way to go with Posterous, we haven't yet stressed the fact that this means your blogging activities are incredibly mobile on any smartphone. Take a video on your iPhone 3G S, email it to Posterous, and instantly have it pushed out to the other social sites you have integrated (like Twitter). Tumblr, however, does have a pretty fantastic iPhone app, and even allows for audio posts if you call 1-866-584-6757 and record your message. Their email and SMS posting options work just fine, but they're just not as exciting as the competition's.

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"posteroustumblrIn the space between a long-form blog and a short-form Twitter account, there are mini-blog services like Posterous and Tumblr that seek to make blogging much more immediate, support all types of rich media, allow for longer entries if needed, and support short spurts that auto-post to Twitter as well.

Once the niche powerhouse dominating this middle space, Tumblr has since seen Posterous, the somewhat unremarkable email-to-blog platform, rise from obscurity, iterate at lightning pace, and start to build up well-deserved web buzz and high profile users.

This tumbling and posturing web-aholic has been using both sites for quite some time, so the head-to-head you’re about to read is filled with intimate knowledge of both applications.
Posting Options

Tumblr posting

Both Posterous and Tumblr have bookmarklets that make grabbing content as you browse and posting it to your respective site easy as can be. When it comes to posting original entries from the web, Tumblr’s text, photo, quote, link, chat, audio, and video options are just plain killer.

Posterous, though not really made with the web-created post in mind, does have a web posting WYSIWYG editor that does just fine. It’s a little bit more difficult to post and preview, but that’s not where Posterous tries to excel.

Posterous’ knockout posting punch is email — the technology that most of us take for granted on a daily basis. What Posterous can do with your emails is simply incredible, and we recommend creating all of your posts by emailing post@posterous.com.

posterous post

The email post creation process is dead simple. Email whatever you want — photos, videos (even iPhone 3G S vids), audio — to post@posterous.com and it will do the rest. Your subject line becomes the title, the email body your post description, and you can even add tags to your post by adding them with the appropriate syntax to the subject line: ((tag: social media, photo)).

We’d also be remiss if we didn’t discuss mobile options for posting to Tumblr and Posterous. While we’ve made it clear that email is the way to go with Posterous, we haven’t yet stressed the fact that this means your blogging activities are incredibly mobile on any smartphone. Take a video on your iPhone 3G S, email it to Posterous, and instantly have it pushed out to the other social sites you have integrated (like Twitter). Tumblr, however, does have a pretty fantastic iPhone app, and even allows for audio posts if you call 1-866-584-6757 and record your message. Their email and SMS posting options work just fine, but they’re just not as exciting as the competition’s."

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

10 Killer WordPress Hacks


 

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2008 was a very good year for the WordPress community. The software was updated numerous times, leading to the recent release of version 2.7, and many new blogs dedicated to WordPress were created. Of course, tons of new hacks were discovered, which helped lots of bloggers enhance their blogs.
In this article, we'll show you 10 new useful killer WordPress hacks to unleash the power of your favorite blogging engine. Each hack has an accompanying explanation, so you'll not only unleash the power of WordPress but also understand how it works.
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1. Display AdSense Ads to Search Engines Visitors Only


The problem. It's a known fact that regular visitors don't click on ads. Those who do click on ads are, 90% of the time, visitors coming from search engines.
Another problem is Google's "smart pricing." Being smart priced means that your click-through rate (CTR) is low and the money you earn per click is divided by between 2 and 10. For example, if a click would normally earn you $1.00, with smart pricing it could earn you as little as $0.10. Painful, isn't it? Happily, this solution displays your AdSense ads to search engine visitors only, which means more clicks and a higher CTR.
The solution.
  1. Open the functions.php file in your theme.
  2. Paste the following code in it:
    function scratch99_fromasearchengine(){   $ref = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];   $SE = array('/search?', 'images.google.', 'web.info.com', 'search.', 'del.icio.us/search', 'soso.com', '/search/', '.yahoo.');   foreach ($SE as $source) {     if (strpos($ref,$source)!==false) return true;   }   return false; }
  3. Once done, paste the following code anywhere in your template where you want your AdSense ads to appear. They'll be displayed only to visitors coming from search engine results:
    if (function_exists('scratch99_fromasearchengine')) {   if (scratch99_fromasearchengine()) {     INSERT YOUR CODE HERE   } }
Code explanation. This hack starts with the creation of a function called scratch99_fromasearchengine(). This function contains a $SE array variable in which you can specify search engines. You can easily add new search engines by adding new elements to the array.
The scratch99_fromasearchengine() then returns true if the visitor comes from one of the search engines containing the $SE array variable.

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2. Avoid Duplicate Posts in Multiple Loops


The problem. Due to the recent popularity of "magazine" themes, there's a high demand from WordPress users who use more than one loop on their blog home page for a solution to avoiding duplicate posts on the second loop.
The solution. Here's a simple solution to that problem, using the power of PHP arrays.
  1. Let's start by creating a simple PHP array, and put all post IDs from the first loop in it.
    <h2>Loop n°1</h2>  <?php $ids = array(); while (have_posts()) : the_post(); the_title(); ?> <br />  <?php $ids[]= $post->ID; endwhile; ?>
  2. Now, the second loop: we use the PHP function in_array() to check if a post ID is contained in the $ids array. If the ID isn't contained in the array, we can display the post because it wasn't displayed in the first loop.
    <h2>Loop n°2</h2> <?php query_posts("showposts=50"); while (have_posts()) : the_post(); if (!in_array($post->ID, $ids)) {   the_title();?>   <br /> <?php } endwhile; ?>
Code explanation. When the first loop is being executed, all IDs of posts contained within it are put into an array variable. When the second loop executes, we check that the current post ID hasn't already been displayed in the first loop by referring to the array.

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3. Replacing "Next" and "Previous" Page Links with Pagination


The problem. By default, WordPress has functions to display links to previous and next pages. This is better than nothing, but I don't understand why the folks at WordPress don't build a paginator by default. Sure, there are plug-ins to create pagination, but what about inserting it directly in your theme?
The solution. To achieve this hack, we'll use the WP-PageNavi plug-in and insert it directly in our theme.
  1. The first thing to do, obviously, is download the plug-in.
  2. Unzip the plug-in archive on your hard drive, and upload the wp-pagenavi.php and wp-pagenavi.css files to your theme directory.
  3. Open the file that you want the pagination to be displayed in (e.g. index.php, categories.php, search.php, etc.), and find the following code:
  4. <div class="navigation"> <div class="alignleft"><?php next_posts_link('Previous entries') ?></div> <div class="alignright"><?php previous_posts_link('Next entries') ?></div> </div>
    Replace this part with the code below:
    <?php include('wp-pagenavi.php'); if(function_exists('wp_pagenavi')) { wp_pagenavi(); } ?>
  5. Now we have to hack the plug-in file. To do so, open the wp-pagenavi.php file and find the following line (line #61):
    function wp_pagenavi($before = '', $after = '') {         global $wpdb, $wp_query;
    We have to call the pagenavi_init() function, so let's do it this way:
    function wp_pagenavi($before = '', $after = '') {  global $wpdb, $wp_query;         pagenavi_init(); //Calling the pagenavi_init() function
  6. We're almost done. The last thing to do is to add the wp-pagenavi style sheet to your blog. To do so, open up header.php and add the following line:
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="<?php echo TEMPLATEPATH.'/pagenavi.css';?>" type="text/css" media="screen" />
Code explanation. This hack mostly consists of simply including the plug-in file directly in the theme file. We also had to add a call to the pagenavi_init() function to make sure the pagination would be properly displayed.

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4. Automatically Get Images on Post Content


The problem. Using custom fields to display images associated with your post is definitely a great idea, but many WordPress users would like a solution for retrieving images embedded in the post's content itself.
The solution. As far as we know, there's no plug-in to do that. Happily, the following loop will do the job: it searches for images in post content and displays them on the screen.
  1. Paste the following code anywhere in your theme.
    <?php if (have_posts()) : ?> <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>  <?php $szPostContent = $post->post_content; $szSearchPattern = '~<img [^\>]*\ />~';  // Run preg_match_all to grab all the images and save the results in $aPics preg_match_all( $szSearchPattern, $szPostContent, $aPics );  // Check to see if we have at least 1 image $iNumberOfPics = count($aPics[0]);  if ( $iNumberOfPics > 0 ) {      // Now here you would do whatever you need to do with the images      // For this example the images are just displayed      for ( $i=0; $i < $iNumberOfPics ; $i++ ) {           echo $aPics[0][$i];      }; };  endwhile; endif; ?>
Code explanation. The above code basically consists of a simple WordPress loop. The only difference is that we use PHP and regular expressions to search for images within the post's content instead of simply displaying posts. If images are found, they're displayed.

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5. Create a "Send to Twitter" Button


The problem. Are you on Twitter? If so, we're sure you know how good this service is for sharing what you find interesting online with your friends. So, why not give your readers a chance to directly send your posts' URLs to Twitter and bring you some more visitors?
The solution. This hack is very simple to achieve. The only thing you have to do is to create a link to Twitter with a status parameter. Because we're using a WordPress blog, we'll use the function the_permalink() to get the page URL:
<a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Currently reading <?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="Click to send this page to Twitter!" target="_blank">Share on Twitter</a>
Pretty easy, isn't it? But pretty useful too, in our opinion.

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6. Using Normal Quotes Instead of Curly Quotes


The problem. If you're a developer who often publishes code snippets on your website, you have probably encountered the following problem: a user tells you that the code you posted doesn't work. Why? Simply because, by default, WordPress turns normal quotes into so-called "smart quotes," which breaks code snippets.
The solution. To get rid of theses curly quotes, proceed as follows:
  1. Open the functions.php file in your theme. If that file doesn't exist, create it.
  2. Paste the following code:
    <?php remove_filter('the_content', 'wptexturize'); ?>
  3. Save the file, and say goodbye to broken code snippets!
Code explanation. The wptexturize() function automatically turns normal quotes into smart quotes. By using the remove_filter() function, we tell WordPress that we don't want this function to be applied to a post's content.

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7. Deny Comment Posting to No Referrer Requests

The problem. Spam is a problem for every blogger. Sure, Akismet is there to help, but what about preventing spam just a bit more? The following code will look for the referrer (the URL from where the page was called) when the wp-comments-post.php file is accessed. If a referrer exists, and if it is your blog's URL, the comment is allowed. Otherwise, the page will stop loading and the comment will not be posted.
The solution. To apply this hack, simply paste the following code into your theme's function.php file. If your theme doesn't have this file, just create it.
function check_referrer() {     if (!isset($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']) || $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] == "") {         wp_die( __('Please enable referrers in your browser, or, if you\'re a spammer, bugger off!') );     } }  add_action('check_comment_flood', 'check_referrer');

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8. Using CSS Sliding Doors in WordPress Navigaton


The problem. The built-in wp_list_pages() and wp_list_categories() functions allow lots of things, but they do not allow you to embed a <span> element so that you can use the well-known CSS sliding-doors technique. Happily, with some help from PHP and regular expressions, we can use this awesome technique on a WordPress blog.
Due to the number of tutorials on CSS sliding doors, we're not going to explain how it works here; consider reading this excellent article if you need to know more about the technique. To view a live demo of this example, click here and refer to the main menu.
  1. Create the images you need, and then edit the style.css file in your WordPress theme. Here is an example:
    #nav a, #nav a:visited {   display:block; } #nav a:hover, #nav a:active {   background:url(images/tab-right.jpg) no-repeat 100% 1px;   float:left; } #nav a span {   float:left;   display:block; } #nav a:hover span {   float:left;   display:block;   background: url(images/tab-left.jpg) no-repeat 0 1px; }
  2. Now it is time to edit the header.php file. Simply copy and paste one of the following codes, according to your needs:To list your pages:
    <ul id="nav"> <li><a href="<?php echo get_option('home'); ?>/"><span>Home</span></a></li> <?php echo preg_replace('@\<li([^>]*)>\<a([^>]*)>(.*?)\<\/a>@i', '<li$1><a$2><span>$3</span></a>', wp_list_pages('echo=0&orderby=name&exlude=181&title_li=&depth=1')); ?> </ul>
    To list your categories:
    <ul id="nav"> <li><a href="<?php echo get_option('home'); ?>/"><span>Home</span></a></li> <?php echo preg_replace('@\<li([^>]*)>\<a([^>]*)>(.*?)\<\/a>@i', '<li$1><a$2><span>$3</span></a>', wp_list_categories('echo=0&orderby=name&exlude=181&title_li=&depth=1')); ?> </ul>
Code explanation. In this example, we make use of the echo=0 parameter in the wp_list_pages() and wp_list_categories() functions, which allows you to get the result of the function without directly printing it on the screen. Then, the result of the function is used by the PHP preg_replace() function and finally displayed with <span> tags added between the <li> and <a> tags.

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9. Display a Random Header Image on Your WordPress Blog


The problem. This is not really a problem, but many WordPress users would love to be able to display a random header image to their readers.
The solution.
  1. Once you have selected some images to be your header images, name them 1.jpg, 2.jpg, 3.jpg and so on. You can use as many images as you want.
  2. Upload the images to your wp-content/themes/yourtheme/images directory.
  3. Open header.php and paste the following code in it:
    $num = rand(1,10); //Get a random number between 1 and 10, assuming 10 is the total number of header images you have <div id="header" style="background:transparent url(images/.jpg) no-repeat top left;">
  4. You're done! Each page or post of your blog will now display a random header image.
Code explanation. Nothing hard here. We simply initialized a $num variable using the PHP rand() function to get a random number between 1 and 10. Then, we concatenate the result of the $num variable to the path of the theme we are using.

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10. List Your Scheduled Posts


The problem. Like many bloggers, you probably want your readers to visit your blog more often or subscribe to your RSS feed. A good way to make them curious about your future posts is by listing the titles of your scheduled posts.
The solution. Open any of your theme files and paste the following code:
<?php $my_query = new WP_Query('post_status=future&order=DESC&showposts=5'); if ($my_query->have_posts()) {     while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>         <li><?php the_title(); ?></li>     <?php endwhile; } ?>
Code explanation. In this code, we have created a custom WordPress query using the WP_Query class to send a database query and fetch the five most recent scheduled posts. Once done, we use a simple WordPress loop to display the posts' titles.

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This guest post has been written by Jean-Baptiste Jung, a 26-year-old blogger from Belgium who blogs about WordPress at WpRecipes and about everything related to blogging and programming at Cats Who Code. You can stay in touch with Jean by following him on Twitter.
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5 Sites To Recharge Your Creative Mind


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The creative industry, like the fashion industry, follows a pattern. Sooner or later a certain colour, style, shape will go out of style, and your designs will look dated. Some people are gifted in design, and make their own styles dictate the terms of what is cool, but many of us who just do the occasional blog or banner are stuck with our styles from the time when we learnt those techniques.
Design inspiration sites help you refresh your concepts. You look at the work of the best designers, and incorporate – not copy – those concepts into your own. There are tons of websites and blogs that showcase creative design content, but here are some that actually specialise at the task.

FaveUp

One of my favourite design sites, Faveup features categories for logos, business cards, flash websites and CSS websites. The submissions are hand picked by the staff, which ensures that only the best of designs get through. Seriously, there's no junk in here. The site itself is pleasant to look at, with minimal ads and interruptions (although a bit of a pain to navigate). From the day I discovered it, FaveUp has stayed in my bookmarks.

Web Creme

If designing websites is your thing, you're going to love WebCreme. The site provides a daily dose of websites that reeks of quality. These are not concept sites but real websites that are designed by professionals.
Web Creme also has a pleasant design of its own, with ads tastefully placed so as to not interrupt your great enlightenment!

Logo Pond

For logo design ideas, look no further than Logo Pond. Featuring an extremely large user base, constantly fed with logos. The quality control isn't as tight, but most of the logos that come through are solid. You can even hire designers or buy logos directly from the site.

DesignFLAVR

If Photoshop, Illustrator or one of these graphic editors is your kind of application, DesignFLAVR is your kind of site. While it includes CSS and Flash website categories, its main content revolves around digital art, advertising, photo manipulation and such.
The artwork isn't necessarily done by professionals, but it's a lot better than weeding through hundreds of amateur submissions on DeviantArt. The site is updated regularly with decent quality content.

I Love Typography

What is design without type? Typography is a means of communicating with the viewer, spelling out the words we speak. Started by graphic designer John Boardley just over a year ago, the I Love Typography blog has taken the design world by storm. iLT features a brilliant site design, well written articles and is a great resource for finding type used in the most unique ways.
The site will also prove to be an excellent font resource for your design needs. You might also want to take a look at these free font download catalogues.
That completes my creative fodder. What remains is of course, putting it all to practice. What is your regular stop for design inspiration?
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Gmail: 90 Tools And Tips To Make You A Gmail Pro


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Google Mail is without doubt one of the most popular online email services. What makes it so interesting is not only the functionality that it provides out of the box but also its extensibility. The following article contains all the tools and tips needed to make you a Gmail pro. It contains the best Firefox extensions, Greasemonkey scripts, desktop tools as well as how tos and other tips that will increase the functionality of Gmail immensely.
Firefox add-ons:
Better Gmail – Compilation of some of the best Greasemonkey scripts for Gmail compiled as a Firefox add-on.
Cookie Swap – Manage multiple Gmail accounts at once with this Firefox add-on.
DragDropUpload – Drop files into attachment boxes easily.
Email This – Emails the current title, highlighted text and link of the active page using email applications like Gmail.
Email Yourself – Use this Firefox add-on to email information about the current webpage to yourself.
GContactSync – Synchronizes the contacts between Gmail and Thundebird.
Gmail Ad Blocker – Removes the ads that are shown in the Gmail interface to make more room for your messages.
Gmail Agenda – Integrates Google Calendar into Gmail.
Gmail Checker – Checks for new emails automatically in Firefox.
Gmail Contact Book – Easily pick contacts when writing mails in Gmail.
Gmail Manager – Manage multiple Gmail accounts and display new mail notifications.
Gmail Notifier – Will monitor a single or multiple Gmail accounts from within Firefox. Displays information such as unread email messages in the status bar.
Gmail Redesigned – A complete new CSS stylesheet for Gmail that changes the look and feel of the website.
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Gmail S/Mime – Makes it possible to send and receive signed and encrypted emails in Gmail.
Gmail Signatures – Automatically inserts HTML signatures in Gmail messages based on the address the emails get send from.
Gmail Skins – Change the color of the skin of the Gmail website.
GTD Inbox – Increase the productivity and manageability of Gmail with this Getting Things Done add-on.
Integrated Gmail – Makes it possible to display other Google services like Google Calendar or Reader directly in Gmail.
Bookmarklets:
gCompose – Will display the new mail dialog when pressing the bookmarklet's button.
Gmail Search Bookmarks – Save searches with this bookmarklet.
Gmail This – Button to email the current page using Gmail.
Multiple Gmail Signatures – Create and use multiple signatures in Gmail.
Greasemonkey:
Always Show CC Field – Will always display the CC and BCC fields in Gmail.
Attachment Reminder – reminds you of an attachment based on words used in the email.
Gmail + Reader Integrator – Integrates Gmail and Google Reader.
Gmail Attachment Icons – Adds bigger and better attachment icons to Gmail
Gmail Emoticons – Adds emoticons to Gmail.
Gmail Filter Assistant – Ads an advanced filter management module to Gmail.
Gmail Macros – Adds extra keyboard shortcuts and macros.
Gmail Persistent Search – Save and access previous searches in Gmail.
Gmail Preview Bubbles – Preview a message without opening it.
Gmail Right-Click – Adds a right-click menu to Gmail to navigate the website faster and more comfortably.
Gmail Spam Count Hide – Hides the spam count in Gmail.
Gmail Super Clean – Provides a cleaner interface for Gmail.
Gmail To – Forces all mailto links to use Gmail.
Gmail Unread Message Count In Favicon – Display the unread message count of your Gmail account in the Gmail favicon.
Google Account Multi-Login – log into multiple accounts at the same time.
One Click Conversations For Gmail – Access conversations with one click.
Desktop Applications:
Blogsigs – For Webmasters: Add the title of your latest blog post in your email signature.
Gdisk (MAC) – Turns the Gmail account into a portable hard drive on the computer.
Gmail Assistant – A notifier for multiple Gmail accounts with many options.
Gmail Backup – Explains how to backup all mails of a Gmail account locally.
Gmail FS (Linux) – Add Gmail as a hard drive in the Linux operating system.
Gmail Mobile – Mobile application for Gmail.
Gmail Todo – Quickly Add ToDo's to the Gmail account.
GMDesk – Run Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs and Google Maps as standalone applications.
Google Email Uploader – Upload emails to Gmail.
Google Mailbox Loader – Import mailboxes into Gmail.
GPhotospace – Use Gmail as a online storage space for your photos.
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GSN SMS Notifier – Send SMS when new mail arrives.
GTray – Display notifications of new email messages in the system tray.
KCheckGmail (Linux) – System Tray application for Linux KDE.
Mailstore Home – Backup Your email using this email backup software.
You've got Gmail (Trillian) – Adds new mail notifications to Trillian.
Tips:
11 Power Tips For Gmail – A collection of 11 tips for Google Mail.
Add Gmail Tasks To Your Firefox Sidebar – Explains how to add Gmail tasks to the Firefox Sidebar.
Edit Gmail Contacts From Chat List – It is far easier and faster to edit the Gmail contacts from the chat list.
Force Gmail to Always use Secure Connection – Forces Gmail to always use a https connection.
How To Read Mail Without Touching Your Mouse – It is possible to use Gmail without using the mouse at all.
Mark All Unread Mail As Read – Explains how to mark all unread mail in Gmail as read.
Ten Gmail Labs Features You Should Enable – A list of ten experimental features that can be activated in Gmail.
Top 10 Gmail Tips And Hacks – Ten excellent Gmail tips.
Watch Videos right in Gmail Chat – Watch videos that have been posted in Gmail chat in the same window.
What To Do If You Cannot Access Your Gmail Account – A collection of tips that explain what a user can do if he cannot access Gmail anymore.
How To:
Access Gmail From Thunderbird – How to configure Thunderbird to work with Gmail
Access Your Gmail Inbox With Python – How to access the inbox with a python script.
Analyze Mail Usage With Mail Trends – How to analyze mail usage over time.
Archive Mail On The iPhone – Explains how to backup mails on the iPhone.
Attach and Send Any File Type with Gmail – How to send blocked file types with Gmail.
Backup Gmail In Linux – A four step guide on how to backup Gmail in Linux.
Build Advanced Gmail Filters – How to create and use advanced Gmail filters.
Compose Gmail Messages With Launchy – Using the launcher Launchy to compose Gmail messages.
Create A Feed For Unread Gmail Messages – Use RSS Feeds For Unread Messages.
Export And Backup Emails From Outlook To Gmail – How to export email messages from Microsoft Outlook To Gmail.
Fast PDF Viewing in Gmail – How to view PDFs right in the browser.
How To Setup Gmail In External Mail Clients Properly – Explains how to setup Gmail in external mail applications like Mozilla Thunderbird or Microsoft Outlook.
Import Contacts From Hotmail – How to import Hotmail contacts into Gmail.
Import Emails Into Gmail – How to import desktop emails into Gmail.
Manage All Email Accounts With Gmail – Guide for users with multiple email accounts.
Set Gmail As The Default Mail Client – How to set Gmail as the default mail client in Firefox 3.
Send SMS Text Messages – How To send SMS messages with Gmail.
Use Gmail As A Drive In Windows – Configure Gmail to Appear as a normal drive letter in Windows.
Use IMAP in Gmail – Explains how to use Gmail over IMAP.
Work With Attachments – Work with attachments in Gmail.
Misc:
Gmail Mobile - Access Gmail from a mobile phone.
Gmail Productivity Tips – Three productivity tips for Gmail.
Gmail Shortcut List – List of Gmail Shortcuts.
Gmail Shortcuts – How to use shortcuts for Gmail shortcuts.
Gmail Stickers – Get some Gmail stickers for your computer keyboard from Google for the price of a return stamp.
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How To Make a Physical Gmail Notifier – Create a new gadget that will tell you if new mail has arrived in the Gmail inbox.
Gmail: 90 Tools And Tips To Make You A Gmail Pro
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