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Short Sale Woes: First mortgage holder approves; second mortgage holder procrastinates

Thursday, October 8, 2009

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One of our associates is representing a buyer in a short sale where both a first and a second mortgage holder must approve the sale.  The existing first and second mortgages are held by different banks, and as sometimes happens, the first and the second are completely out of sync with each other. The listing agent completed a [...]

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Which search engine has the deepest cache?

Sunday, September 13, 2009

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If you have a computer or server catastrophe, it might be necessary to rebuild your blog or website.  If, for some reason, your backup files are also damaged or disappeared, it might be necessary to find another way to restore your previous pages and/or posts. The major search engines all have a “cache”, that is a temporarily [...]

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Customize BuddyPress Registration Slug

Monday, August 31, 2009

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I run a couple WordPress MU/BuddyPress community sites. While I can defeat the machine spambots thanks to what I learned from Norman D’Arcy here and Ron Rennick at WPMU Tutorials here, I cannot defeat the live human spambloggers who are paid to post.   Hey, I figure they are simple folk just trying to make a living, [...]

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Choirs of Angels

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

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I couldn’t get a border to display on an image.    I put the contrary image tag within a styled div   <div style=”border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: cccccc; “>   Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Add IP Printer

Saturday, July 11, 2009

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Notes to self: 1.  Add printer -> Next 2. Local printer  (Not network!)  UNCHECK automatically detect 4. Create new Port 5.  Type of Port Standard TCP/IP 6.  Printer address 7.  Generic – Have disk (install driver)

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Just a little line of code

Friday, July 10, 2009

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One hard-fought battle, one very small victory.  This one took a little effort <?php query_posts(’showposts=7&order=ASC’); if (have_posts()) : ?> It displays  a list of posts in a footer  - not to exceed 7 – with the oldest date displayed first. The answer to why I wanted to do that is complicated………..

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AdWords: Turn Content Network On or Off

Sunday, June 14, 2009

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Another: How do I turn the content network on or off? You can turn the content network on or off for each campaign in your account. Here’s how to do it: Sign in to your AdWords account. Check the box next to the campaign you want to edit. Click the Edit Settings button. Locate Networks and bidding. Check (or uncheck) the [...]

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AdWords: Edit Ad Text

Sunday, June 14, 2009

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As I learn AdWords, I think I should bookmark and copy each little piece of information I have looked up more than once, so I can find it again, like this: How do I edit my ad text? To change your ad text: Sign in to your AdWords account at https://adwords.google.com. Click the name of the campaign and then [...]

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Adwords: Enable/Disable Budget Optimizer

Sunday, June 14, 2009

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As I learn AdWords, I think I should bookmark and copy each little piece of information I have looked up more than once, so I can find it again, like this: How do I enable or disable the Budget Optimizer? The Budget Optimizer™ automatically adjusts your maximum cost-per-click (CPC) bids on your behalf to help you receive [...]

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BuddyPress Themes:

Friday, May 22, 2009

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The newest version of BuddyPress was released last month (April, 2009), and I am liking it a whole bunch. At the moment, there are very few BuddyPress themes to choose from.  Maybe I can help with that sometime in the future. However, for now,  a couple tips on installing themes that are available: 1.  The folder with the home [...]

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