14 Jan 09 Windows 7 Beta Version Available for Everyone

For those who are curious about Windows 7, your curiosity is almost revealed. Microsoft has released Windows 7 beta version. 

It is probably not recommended for those without IT knowledge and most importantly, Please do not test on your work computer or everyday computer. As we all know, beta version are buggy, but you will be the first to experience this operating system.

There are three important things you need to know before you test the OS.

• The Windows 7 Beta is actually a pre-release version of Windows. While it is considered stable and high-quality beta, it’s not the finished  final product. It could perhaps crash your computer or cause you to lose important files or information. Bottom line, you have risks of running the windows just like previous beta testing. 
• The Beta version will stop operating on August 1, 2009. To continue using your PC, please be prepared to reinstall a prior version of Windows or a subsequent release of Windows 7 before the expiration date. You won’t be able to upgrade from the Beta to the final retail version of Windows 7. So, let’s say you have 7-8 months of usage, So, don’t really expect to have important files or such. Perhaps use virtual machines if your computer has enormous amount of memory and disk space. 
• Important Note to Internet Explorer 8 Beta testers: If you’re already testing Internet Explorer 8, please be aware that the version in the Windows 7 Beta is at a different stage of release. If you’re beta-testing Windows 7, you need to use the version of Internet Explorer 8 that comes with it. So, if you are upgrading from xp or vista, I suggest DON’T. try clean install on a different computer for just beta testing. 

  I suppose you read all the things above, so enjoy your beta testing here. Any comments? Drop a line here.

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27 Nov 08 Fantastic WordPress Plugin – Clean Archives Reloaded

I would like to introduce an awesome little plugin for your wordpress. In default setting, wordpress does not have archival function, and I sincerely think it is very important that you have archive function on your site, not only it will help you index your posts faster, but also your readers can see the chronological order of your post entries and complete list of your creation. 

There are about 3-4 plugins for wordpress archive process, but I picked this one because It is very easy to install and absolutely effective to view. Thanks for the author viper007Bond for this fabulous script. You can download the plug-in here. According to viper007Bond,

Clean Archives Reloaded generates a list of all of your posts, sorted by month. It’s enhanced with Javascript to allow collapsing and expanding of months.

It’s highly efficient and won’t kill your server with tons of MySQL queries.

I’ll quote directly from the installation page, so that you will have no error to intall this fantastic plugin.

Installing The Plugin

Extract all files from the ZIP file, making sure to keep the file structure intact, and then upload it to /wp-content/plugins/.

This should result in the following file structure:

- wp-content
    - plugins
        - clean-archives-reloaded
            | readme.txt
            | clean-archives-reloaded.php

Then just visit your admin area and activate the plugin.

See Also: “Installing Plugins” article on the WP Codex

plug in install

Here is my example screenshot from my blog. Enjoy your plugin.

Thanks for reading.

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