My Computer Back in Service

I come across quite a few programs, applications and features almost every day in the course of normal work-a-day research trying to find the right tools to use in the Computer Consulting Business.

As a result, I often find some little known Free Downloadable or Online Features that could be of use to almost anyone to make their computing experience a little bit better and more productive.

This is just such a find…

As anyone who works online knows, when someone lands on your site you have a split second for them to make a decision if it’s where they want to be. That being the case, if your page loads slowly, they will be gone before they can see what you have to offer.

If you have a WordPress Blog then there is a solution (at least to page-load time).

WP Super Cache will increase page load times for your visitors and readers by generating html files that are served directly by Apache without processing comparatively heavy PHP scripts (especially useful if you are Dugg or Stumbled upon).

You can read more specifics about the plugin on the home page of the author of WP Super Cache or go directly to the Dowload Page to start using it right away.

Just so you know, I use the plugin on all my WordPress Blogs and highly recommend it for that just in case you’re Dugg moment.

I hope you find this tool to be something useful in your daily computing experience.

If you find something you think should be included, please use the comments below or use my Contact Form to let me know and I will be sure to check it out for inclusion in a future article.

I come across quite a few programs, applications and features almost every day in the course of normal work-a-day research trying to find the right tools to use in the Computer Consulting Business.

As a result, I often find some little known Free Downloadable or Online Features that could be of use to almost anyone to make their computing experience a little bit better and more productive.

This is just such a find…

Maintenance Mode (WP Plugin)

Normally, when setting up a new blog or website I will use WampServer for testing new Themes and plugins. However, sometimes you need to do some type of maintenance or setup & testing on a Live Blog.

This tool lets you show visitors a Customized page instead of the normal error pages they get when visiting your site while you are doing something in the background.

As an added feature, you can still view your site while logged in while visitors get your customized message telling them when to return to see your updated page. 

I hope you find this tool to be something useful in your daily computing experience.

If you find something you think should be included, please use the comments below or use my Contact Form to let me know and I will be sure to check it out for inclusion in a future article.

Ok, your Password doesn’t work to log into your WordPress Blog.

You tried the e-mail password recovery from the Login Screen and you either didn’t get the mail or the password doesn’t work.

You tried going through the MySQL command line and making changes there and even tried Resetting your password through phpMyAdmin (both of which should only be tried by experienced users) to no avail.

You even tried to reinstall your WP installation from your Backup file (you Do have a backup right?) and still can’t get into your Administration page.

I know just how frustrating all those steps can be, I had to go through them myself and none of them worked for me either.

Then I found the emergency.php script on the village/idiot.org.

It was originally written for versions 2.2 and 2.3x of WordPress. Well, I’m here to tell you it works up to version 2.7x from my own experience.

Installation instructions

1. Dowload the zip file and unzip the file
2. Upload the emergency.php file to the root directory of your WordPress installation (where wp-config.php is)
3. Type http:// yourblogname.com/emergency.php into your favorite browser.You get a screen that looks like the one above.
4. After you are able to log into your WordPress blog, DELETE the emergency.php file from your server. You don’t want to risk someone else getting in there this way.

Last but not least, Change your password in the Users portion of the Administration page.