Remove The Blogger Nofollow Attribute Tag

Have you heard of the relatively new "nofollow" attribute that webmasters are using to stop links on websites from being followed. This can mean that a link can be clicked on to go to your site, however it will not register as a backlink with the large search engines.

When you have a blogger website there is a "nofollow" attribute included on all comments. You can remove this form your blogger website by editing the template html. Here's how to remove the blogger nofollow attribute tag:

1. Open your Blog dashboard

2. Choose The Template tab

3. Then choose Edit Html

4. Press on download full template in case you accidentally delete something that you shouldn't

5. Then tick the box that says Expand Widget Templates

6. Click in the area where the template is and then press the Ctrl and F key together

7. A find box will come up. Type nofollow in the space. It will find it for you. Change nofollow to follow.

8. Press save template.

There are benefits to removing a nofollow attribute tag from your blogger site. I think it encourages more people to comment at your Blog posts, therefore creating a larger following and more traffic. There are also heaps of websites that are publishing lists of sites that have removed the nofollow tag.

Remove The Blogger Top Navigation Bar

I tried numerous ways to get rid of the ugly and annoying top navigation bar on a Blog I was developing. Having the top navigation bar seen just shouted BLOGGER to the world. I really wanted to make my blog unique and therefore the top navigation bar had to go!!!

Here's the easiest way found to remove the top navigation bar from blogger.. This one actually worked for me!!

Here's how to remove the navigation bar from your blogger website

1. Open your Blog dashboard

2. Choose The Template tab

3. Then choose Edit Html

4. Copy the text below and paste it into the exact position in your blogs HTML that I have shown below.

5. Preview your Blog to see if it has worked

6. If it looks fine because there is no navigation bar, then press save template.

Copy this text
#navbar-iframe {display: none !important;}

Create A Backup of your computer data using Windows XP

We all know how important it is to backup your data on your computer, but did you know that Windows can do it for you. Follow these steps to create your backup.

Go to the Start Menu at the bottom left corner Choose All Programs, then Accessories, then System Tools, and finally Backup The Backup and Restore Wizard will appear. Here you can choose to either Backup or Restore Click next Then you must choose what to backup. Select the one you want and click next. A screen will appear according to your choice. My Documents and settings only Everyone's Documents and Settings All the information on your computer, making a complete recovery disk. (wow) Let me choose what to backup The you must choose where to save your backup file. I usually save it on the desktop so I can transfer it to a disk for safe keeping. Click finish to start the backup process

Extra Tips

• Create a restore disk of your entire computer when it is clean and freshly formatted. Only have your usual programs installed and all of your settings in place. This way you can use this backup restoration as a system overhaul and clean out.
• Once you have made the first entire backup of your system, then when you build up your own personal data on your computer, just backup that. Then you can just choose to backup only My Documents and not the whole computer, because that takes along time.
• To Restore a backup file choose Restore in the first step and choose the file you want to restore.

How to make Windows 2000 and XP shutdown faster

You can cut down the time it takes for Windows to shutdown all of your running program by making a couple of changes to your registry. This can make the shutdown process a little bit quicker, which is great for the impatient users of today. However, before doing so I recommend you backup your registry , just in case you make a mistake..

Here's how to make your computer shutdown faster:

1. Go to the Start Menu and choose Run from the menu

2. Type regedit in the box and press OK

3. The registry editor will appear.

4. Click the + sign next to My Computer

5. Then click the + sign next to HKEY_CURRENT_USER

6. Then the + sign for control panel

7. Scroll down and find Desktop and click on the writing to make it blue like in the screenshot below.

8. This will make a list appear in the right column. Look in there and Double click on the AutoEndTasks file.

9. The default value here is 0. Change it to 1. Press OK.

10. Then find another file in the right panel called WaitToKillAppTimeout

11. The default value here is 20000. Mine is set to 3500 now. Press OK

12. Restart your computer for the changes to take effect.

How to set Jumper Pin settings on a CD rom or hard drive

When installing a CD/DVD rom drive or even a hard drive, there are some tiny little pins at the back that sometimes need to be adjusted. If you do not have the jumper in the correct position, your device will not be recognised by the computer.

There are three basic jumper pin settings

1. Cable Select

2. Master

3. Slave

Cable Select To use this setting you will need a cable select compatible IDE cable. They have a blue end. This will allow you to connect Two devices on the same cable. The cable decides which is master and which is slave. By default the device plugged in on the end of the IDE will be the master. For Example: If you installed two hard drives you will definitely want your computer to boot to the main one with the operating system on it. Therefore that harddrive will be plugged in on the last connection and the slave hard drive will be on the middle connection. The other end will be connected to the motherboard.

Master If you do not have a cable select cable, set your main hard drive to master. This also applies if you have two CD Roms.

Slave Use this setting when you install a second harddrive or cd rom and use the same cable for both. The main is the master..

Note: Don't put a cd rom on the same cable as a hard drive. But you can have two hard drives together or two CD roms.

How do you find the Jumper pin settings combination?

The Jumper pin order of a CD rom or hard drive is usually written somewhere on the drive. It could be at the back, like in the picture below, or it could be on the top or sides. Sometimes there is an elaborate diagram which confuses some people, however if you look for a familiar word or letter, you will know that it is the pin order. Below they have abbreviated the settings to CS (cable select), SL (slave), MA (master).

Notes:

• A blue end on the IDE cable means it is a cable select. A normal black one means you have to set the hard drive jumper pins to either master or slave. The blue end connects to the motherboard. Sometimes the connection on the motherboard is blue also.
• A master gets plugged into the end of the IDE cable.
• If you wanted to add another hard drive you should have a master and a slave, selected with the jumper pins at the back of the harddrive. However the easiest way is to set them both to cable select. Then connect them on the same IDE Cable( they usually have two connections) but put the main hard drive on the last or end connection of the IDE cable. This way the one connected on the lower is the slave.
• Now days the default settings are cable select. All new cables, devices, and motherboards are compatible