Most of the latest mobile phones now support computer connectivity, not only as a temporary hard drive (USB drive), but also the management of phone books, SMS messages (sending and receiving), applications etc. through computer software.

From some of the features, one has been focused here, and that is Sending of Bulk SMS through Computer Software.

If you have a mobile phone which supports mobile management through computer software, and if you have a cheap sms packages sim, and want to send bulk messages to your family, friends, colleagues etc. on a single click, without sending SMS one by one from the phone book, or choosing different groups for sending bulk SMS, then here is a good solution.

All you need is a USB Data Cable or Bluetooth may also be supported. Simply download and install one of the following software, available for free:

1. MyPhoneExplorer (Windows)
2. FMA (floAt’s Mobile Agent) (Windows)
3. Wammu (Windows / Linux)

Out of these three, Wammu supports Nokia, Siemens, Alcatel, Sony Ericsson etc., while FMA and MyPhoneExplorer are only for Sony Ericsson.

If you have any Sony Ericsson mobile, then I prefer to use MyPhoneExplorer, as it has great functionalities in it, while for others, go for Wammu.

This article will help you installing a WordPress Theme on your website.

Install WordPress Theme

To install WordPress theme in your free wordpress.com account or on your own domains, please follow the simple steps below:

Install WordPress Theme On Free Accounts

If you have a free WordPress account, and want to install default themes provided by wordpress in your account, then follow the steps below:

1. Login to your WordPress account, and goto Dashboard.

2. Select Appearance -> Theme in the left navigation.

You will find plenty of themes over there, or you can also search for different themes of your interest by choosing the search box in Browse Themes.

3. After you find your desired theme which matches your interest, click on Activate link right below that theme, and you’re done.

Now refresh your WordPress blog, and you will find your newly installed theme in your WordPress.

Please note that you cannot install the themes which are not provided as default themes in the wordpress itself. For making your own themes, or installing other themes you have downloaded from other websites, usually in a zip format, you have to have your own domain, where you can install wordpress API and then will have options to install themes, plugins etc. on your own domains for wordpress.

Install WordPress Theme On Your Domains

If you have your own domain and you are hosting your own website with WordPress API, and want to install themes in your account, then follow the steps below:

1. Select the WordPress theme you have downloaded, and if it is in zip format, then extract them in a separate folder.

2. Upload all the extracted files, along with the folder in your website, through FTP, or whatever the way you upload your files into WordPress.

Remember, you have to put your files in the themes folder, example if your site is www.xyz.com, then probably your themes folder should be:

ftp.xyz.com/wwwroot/wp-content/themes/
or
ftp.xyz.com/wp-content/themes/

Upload your extracted folder in the Themes folder.

3. Login to your account of WordPress, and goto Dashboard.

4. Select Appearance -> Theme in the left navigation.

You will find your theme over there, with the other default themes installed.

5. Click on Activate link right below that theme

Now refresh your domain, and you will find your newly installed theme in your WordPress.

Install WordPress On Your Domains

To install WordPress on your own domains or on local computer, check out the following post, where you can install and manage WordPress API at:
Install WordPress On Your Domains

As we all know that Windows XP License is no more available and only option now is to purchase Windows 7 License.

But what about the users who still want to use Windows XP?

Let me explain the answer for the ones who are really fans of XP and now they want to purchase its license, after the usage of pirated versions of XP:
After having little talk and discussion with the Microsoft and its registered clients, who sale Microsot products, it has been observed that there are still chances for us to use License copy of Windows XP. The best and valid option for the us to use Windows XP is to buy the latest license version of Windows, i.e. Windows 7 nowadays, and on behalf of that license key, you can apply for the Windows XP license key to Microsoft, informing them that you want to use Windows XP on behalf of Windows 7 license. Soon you will be provided a Key from Microsoft, and the what? Simply download any Windows XP setup from internet or install from any CD, and give your Microsoft’s provided key of Windows XP to start using the license of Windows XP.

If you still have any confusions, simply contact your nearest Microsoft center, or visit Microsoft or Windows 7 for further details.

If you are unable to find any good and free PHP IDE for Ubuntu (Linux) then this blog should help you in finding some.

gEdit

gEdit is a built in software in Ubuntu, which is normally used as a text editor for your text files. But this could also be used for other languages like PHP etc. It has a good interface when talking about PHP, which will show you colorful environment and some other good features.

Some of the gEdit features include:

Syntax highlighting for PHP, HTML, CSS, Javascript etc.
Auto indentation
Beautify PHP using PHP_Beautifier
Line numbering
etc.

Geany

If you think gEdit is not the one, and you want some advance features with light weighted software, then Geany could provide you some extra features which gEdit does not have. Projects could easily be managed on Geany, and you can install some other plugins for Geany as well.

Some of the Geany features include:

Syntax highlighting
Code folding
Symbol name auto-completion
Auto-closing of XML and HTML tags
Simple project management
Plugin interface
etc.

Komodo Edit

Komodo Edit is little heavier comparing to gEdit and Geany, but it really has good functionality like Autocompletion, Find in Files, Projects etc.

Some of the Komodo Edit features include:

Autocompletion
Templates
Syntax highlighting
Syntax Checking
Syntax Coloring
Code Snippets
Code Folding
Project explorer
Navigation
Standard Editing Features
Search Highlighting
Editor Hyperlinking
and many more

Some other useful PHP IDEs could be find in the list below:

Quanta Plus

Bluefish

Aptana

NetBeans

iGoogle is one of another Google’s product, where you can install different type of Google Gadgets (aka Widgets), and make them available at one spot i.e one Google’s webpage (iGoogle).

What are Gadgets ?

Google Gadgets are basically different sort of programs or widgets, which you can put in one page, like viewing the Weather Forecast, maintaining your Daily To Dos, maintaining Calendars, checking your different Email Accounts, Tips and Tricks for your interested topics etc.

How to install Google Gadgets ?

To install a Gadgets, simply sign-in to your Google account at www.google.com/ig and click on the Add Stuff link to view or find different sort of Google Gadgets you are looking for.

How to install Themes for iGoogle ?

Yes! iGoogle also provides you the themes on which you want your Gadgets to view. There are plenty of themes available on iGoogle’s Themes section by clicking on Change Theme link where you can view or search for your related and interesting themes.

Wanna create your own Google Gadget ?

This is another great interesting section where one can create his or her own Gadget.

For the creation of Gadgets, you can check out another of the post on this website i.e. How to create a Google Gadget for iGoogle for details on how you can create a Google Gadget easily.

So what are you waiting for? Simply goto iGoogle and login, and enjoy using another type of surfing on the web, using iGoogle, which makes you feel like a world in one single page.

If you are new to Ubuntu, and want to install PHP, MySQL and Apache, simply goto the Terminal (gnome-terminal) through:

Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal

and write the following commands:

1. Apache HTTP Server:

sudo apt-get install apache2

To start the Apache server, you have to write:
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 start

To stop the Apache server, write:
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 stop

To restart, write:
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

2. PHP 5:

sudo apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5

3. MySQL Server:

sudo apt-get install mysql-server

After these installations, restart the Apache server by typing:
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

After successful installation of the above mentioned steps, simply write http://localhost/ on your browser, and see if you see the text: It works

Now goto the folder where you have to place your other PHP projects or files i.e. /var/www and change the index.html file to index.php, and by editing it, write some PHP code in it to check if PHP also works in it e.g.

<?php
   echo ' It works on PHP too ' ;
?>

Simple isnt it? Now start working on your different projects with PHP and MySQL on Ubuntu.

Notepad ++ (Notepad Plus Plus):

If you want to have a good, free and easy IDE which takes less memory and gives you most (not all) of the things you want to have in a paid and memory taking IDE, then you should start using Notepad ++ . Download Notepad ++ from the following link:
http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net

Plugins for Notepad ++ (Notepad Plus Plus) :

If you are already aware of Notepad ++ and are shocked that how you can have the IDE environment in it, then let me explain. Plugins is what you require. After having research on different Free IDEs, I got to know that Notepad ++ can give me loads of plugins which I’m willing to find somewhere else.

Some of the great plugins I found in Notepad ++ are:

Light Explorer Unicode, ANSI

Explorer Plugin Unicode, ANSI

Plugin Manager Unicode, ANSI

Search In Files ANSI

Npp Auto Indent Unicode/ANSI

For more details and plugins please visit:

http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/notepad-plus/index.php?title=Plugin_Central

Yes! Now you can receive your Google Calendar reminders on your SMS as well, for Free. There is nothing hard in doing that, believe me.

Setup your Mobile Phone with Google Calendar in easy steps:

1. Click on the Settings and choose Mobile Setup

2. Choose your Country, and put your Phone Number there in the international format e.g. +92XXXXXXXXXX and click on Send Verification Code button.

If your mobile network has been supported by Google, you will receive an SMS on your mobile phone with the verification code.

Note: Please don’t rely (not reply) on the Supported mobile providers list as provided by Google. Do put your mobile number and click on Send Verification Code to check if your provider is supported by Google or not, as it’s being observed that Google dont show all the Providers in the list, but still it supports them. If not, then do check it frequently for Google to start supporting your network.

3. After successfully receiving the code, put your verification code and click on Finish setup.

This is it. Now start using your Google Calendar, and while putting your reminders on your calendar, select the SMS option over there, and start receiving the SMS.

Most of the users must now be aware of iGoogle. If not, simply write the url http://www.google.com/ig, and sign in to your google account and start using iGoogle.

You can create Google Gadgets by adding the Google Gadget Editor on your iGoogle. It will let you create your own xml file, and you can preview your changes on the same iGoogle page.

For simple gadgets, all you need to know is simple HTML and JavaScript. Even if you dont know HTML, you can create your webpage through any IDE (any website creation tool) and paste the HTML on that Gadget. For example, if you want to create a search promotion tool for your website, which will let the users visit your website contents through iGoogle, simply create a form in HTML and link it to your website, where your form’s action would be action=”http://www.yourwebsite.com”

A short example of Google Gadget is as follow:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<Module>
<ModulePrefs title="hello world example" />
<Content type="html">
<![CDATA[
Hello, world!
]]>
</Content>
</Module>

instead of Hello, world! above, you can start using your HTML over here, like:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<Module>
<ModulePrefs title="hello world example" />
<Content type="html">
<![CDATA[
<html>
<body>Hello World</body>
</html>
]]>
</Content>
</Module>

Also add My Gadgets, through which you can have a rough idea that how the other Gadgets are made and view their source codes as well.

You can also make Widgets for other domains, with the help of your Google Gadget, and submit them on www.widgetbox.com etc.

Things have been very easy, until and unless you don’t know how they work.
Installing the API of wordpress on your domain is like that easy.

How to install WordPress on your domains?

Simply download the latest WordPress API from http://wordpress.org/download/
After successful download, extract it on your specified folder, like your Desktop, or any other root drives.
Goto the folder where you have extracted it, and rename the file: wp-config-sample.php to wp-config.php
Open this same file in your text editor, and change the following variables values to your website’s database settings:
DB_NAME
DB_USER
DB_PASSWORD
This is it.

Now copy all the files along with their folders on your website, and access your website.

Visit your website..

WordPress is now ready on your web to get configured.

P.S. If your website contains the folder wwwroot in it, then put all these files in that folder.