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Troubleshooting Your WordPress Upgrade

Upgrading a WordPress website is not always as easy as people say. Here are a few solutions for problems you may encounter.

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Passing Variables from HTML to Flash

Most flash applications have little, if any, interaction with the web pages in which they are embedded. However, sometimes it is necessary for the page to share information with the flash application. In this tutorial, we will show you two simple methods for passing variables.

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How To Write A PHP Contact Form

Contact forms are a great addition to any website. Read our contact form tutorial and download a complete code sample. This form works out-of-the-box and even verifies that visitors have entered valid email addresses. Download it now, for free!

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How To Parse HTML Files As PHP

There are many reasons to parse HTML files as PHP. Some webmasters do it because they are converting an old static website into a dynamic website and don’t want to lose pagerank. Other websites do it because search engines favor web pages with .html endings. Still others do it for security reasons.

Fortunately, parsing HTML files as PHP easily accomplished on Linux Apache via the use of an htaccess file.

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Proper Use of ALT Text in HTML

The alt attribute in HTML is one of the most improperly used HTML code elements. Either webmasters completely neglect to use it or simply use it in a way in which it was not intended. But by using it properly, you can take advantage of SEO benefits and achieve greater accessibility.

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Superscripts, Subscripts & the Uneven Line Height Problem

Many web browsers do a bad job of displaying text with superscripts and subscripts, resulting in paragraphs with uneven spacing between lines. This article shows you how to fix that problem.

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How To Move A Large MySQL Database

Moving a database can be troublesome, especially if the database is large and your web host has strict upload restrictions. In this article, we address methods to successfully import large databases on shared web hosting packages.

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Uh Oh! My WordPress Blog Is Blank!!!

Seeing that dreaded blank WordPress page is never a pleasant sight. There are no error message nor any other indication of what might have gone wrong. So finding and fixing the problem can be very frustrating and time consuming.

Before you pull your hair out, take a look at our list of things that might have gone wrong.

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