How to Send File using Firefox Send

Have you ever been in a situation where you needed to send file over the email, but the file was too large to send through email? Email was never meant to use for sending large file as most of the service providers don't support large file attachment. A better option for this situation would be using Firefox Send. Firefox Send is one of the experimental projects from Mozilla that provides the convenience of sharing large files. Firefox Send allows you to send files up to 2GB size and it securely encrypts the download link before you share with your recipient. The download links will be automatically expired within 24 hours of its creation or after the link is used. You can also password protect your files to ensure that only recipients with the corresponding password can download the files. Firefox Send is free to use and is supported by most major browsers. In this article, you’ll learn everything you need to know about Firefox Send and how to use it to send file to someone.

How to Block Websites on Android

Online resources are one of the best ways for kids to learn and play. However, not all contents on the Internet are appropriate for kids. As a parent with responsibility, you should ensure that your kids stay safe online. Before handling a phone or tablet to your kids, you should setup filter on the device to block access to inappropriate websites like porn, gambling, drugs, violence, and other harmful sites. This would prevent them from accidentally visiting a site they shouldn’t and exposed to negative online experience.

How to Create Forwarding Filters in Gmail

Last month we discussed about how you can automatically forward Gmail to another email address of yours. This approach is working fine, but what if you want to forward only certain emails based on specific sender, subject or even messages that contain certain keywords? In this case, we can make use of the Filters feature in Gmail. Gmail Filters are used to automate all sorts of tasks for your incoming messages. This includes marking messages as read or important, auto deletes messages, labelling, forwarding and more. If you’re using Gmail and you haven’t known how to create forwarding filters, you may follow the steps provided below. Before you proceed, do note that you’ll need to add a forwarding address, as we will be using this email address to receive the forwarded email.

How to Download Your Google Plus Data

As you might be aware, Google will be shutting down Google Plus (Google+) for consumers on the 2nd April 2019 due to low usage and engagement. Google+ was launched on 28th June 2011 with the aim to challenge Facebook and Twitter domination on the social network, but it never achieved mainstream adoption. If you’re a Google+ user who actually uses the Google+ to share photos, videos and other contents, you may want to download a copy of your Google+ data now before your account is gone. Downloading your Google+ data is a straightforward process and can be easily accomplished by using the official tool, Google Takeout. So, here’s a quick walk through on how to download your Google+ data. 

How to Create a Favicon for Website

A Favicon is a small square icon file used to represent your website. It plays a major role to establish brand identity and differentiate your website from others. Favicons are often found in the address bar of the web browser, but they can also be used in the shortcut, tab, and bookmark. Here is an example of a favicon that we use on our website:

How to Hide or Password Protect a Folder in Windows 10

We all have our own sensitive computer files that we want to keep as private. It could be the bank information, family photos, tax details, and so on. If you’re a Windows 10 user, there are several methods you can apply to secure a folder without buying any additional third party software. These security measures will ensure that your precious files are protected against unauthorized access, thus making them safer. In the article below, we’ll show you the step by step instructions on how to hide or password protects a folder in Windows 10.

3 Plugins to Make WordPress Site Faster

At this point, you probably aware that Page Speed is now part of the signals used by Google’s search algorithm to rank pages. Fast page speed not only makes the search engine happy, but it also provides better user experience to your visitors. According to the study done, every second delay in page loading time, could potentially damage your conversion rates. Many visitors will abandon a website if it’s taking too long to load. Fortunately, if you’re using WordPress as your website platform, there are a large number of plugins available designed to improve the page speed of your website. Below, we’ve selected a list of useful plugins that can optimize your WordPress site and make it run faster. In addition to these plugins, there are still many other ways you can do to make your WordPress site run faster. You may refer to our earlier post on how to improve page speed for more in-depth coverage.

How to Redirect Http to Https Using htaccess File

.htaccess is short for Hypertext Access, and is a configuration file for the Apache Web Server that is used to override the main server configuration. .htaccess operates at directory level and you can even set different configuration to different directories within your website. Common uses of .htaccess including URLs redirection, error page customization, directory protection with a password, https forcing, hot link prevention, cache control, and etc. In the article below, we’ll show you how to redirect http to https by using a .htaccess file. This method is particularly useful if you’ve installed a SSL certificate on your website and would like to automatically redirect your visitors from http to the https web version.

How to Install WordPress in Plesk

WordPress is the most popular content management system in the world, powering over 32% of all websites on the Internet. With the right template and plugins, you can turn WordPress into almost any type of websites. WordPress is a great choice for your content management and it provides the cheapest and fastest solution to build your website online. These days, it is no longer a pain when come to installing and setting up a WordPress site to your host. Most of the web hosting providers offer an auto-installer to make the process easy. So, the next time when you are looking for a web host, make sure that they support automatic WordPress installation.

How to Add Pinterest Rich Pins on Blogger

Pinterest plays a very important role in today’s digital marketing. According to the study done by Millward Brown, Pinterest has great influences in the purchase decision as more than 85% of the Pinners have used Pinterest to plan or research before they purchase something. If you’re using Pinterest to promote your business, then you need to be using Rich Pins. Rich Pins are the enhanced version of regular pins. Unlike the regular pins which would only display an image along with the description that the pinner entered, Rich Pins include extra information from your website including real time pricing, availability, title, and meta description. These extra information will help pinners to decide if they want to come to your website for further information. Generally, Rich Pins will enjoy higher visibility and clicks compared to the regular pins. In case you’re confused the difference between a Rich Pin and a Regular pin, you may refer to the example below.