Step 1- Open up a text editor (such as Notepad or cPanel’s File Manager) and add in the lines you need and save the file.

Step 2- Using the cPanel’s File Manager or your FTP client you will need to upload the file to the location you need it. This is usually inside of your public_html folder.

Step 3- Rename the file to php.ini, and save. To protect the php.ini file, you can add these lines to your .htaccess file:

<Files php.ini>

order allow,deny

deny from all

</Files>

This way, it can not be displayed when somebody types in the file path into their browser.

Step 4- Also, in the .htaccess file, you will need to add the following line:

suPHP_ConfigPath /home/username/public_html

Replace username with your actual cPanel user name. This will tell your account where your php.ini file exists.

This list includes the php.ini directives you can set to configure your PHP setup:

• http://us2.php.net/manual/en/ini.list.php

Friendly Reminder: Adjusting the memory limit on the shared hosting plans is not suggested. Since you are on a shared hosting platform, your memory limits are pre-determined by the server you are hosting on, and trying to use more memory than you have assigned to you will cause you issues in the future.

Want to create and share a quick note with somebody? All you need to do is visit Rmmbr, type our your note and then share the URL with anybody.  They will then be able to check out the note you have for them – and maybe even send you one back.  Today, I will be taking a look at how easy it is to create a note using Rmmbr.

To create your first reminder, just type in a note into the text box on the website, like so.

Next, we hit the "Enter" key on our keyboard. That will create your note for you.  Now you can write your note in the empty text box, or double-click the title to change it too.

Once you are happy with your note, hit the big "Saved!" button at the bottom of the webpage to make sure the latest version of your note has been saved.  Now, all I have to do is share this link with anybody I want to see this note:

• http://www.rmmbr.com/visit%20support.firefoxfacts.com

When you click that, you will be taken to go visit the note I created using the steps above.

The author of this neat website script has promised that more features will be coming soon, so you might keep an eye on this domain in the next few months for even more awesome features. Try it out for yourself at Rmmbr.com.

Working with WordPress is almost like learning a new language.  Not only do you need to learn some of the basic fundamentals of PHP, but you also need to learn what WordPress tags go where, and what they do. Since nobody has the time to do that these days, I thought it would be about time to break out my WordPress cheat sheet collection.

This first WordPress cheat sheet comes from Ekin Ertac’s blog:

It covers a lot of the basics for your template and theme creation tags, and can also be downloaded at blog.ekinertac.com.

The WP Help Sheet is the next one I want to show you.  Rather than downloading a PDF, everything is stored on one single webpage you can bookmark and save for later.

Last, but not least, we have a cheat sheet for template tags to use in WordPress from DBS Interactive.  If you have a hard time remembering that one tag that pulls the data you need, this website is the perfect reference tool for the occasion.

Hope these three cheat sheets help out the next time you dive into WordPress template editing, and get a little lost.

Now that Google Buzz is out in the wild, your Google profile page deserves a little more attention.  So, what all have you done to spruce up your own profile page?  I’ll share with you some of the things I did to make this a much more informative page about me for Googlers to find.

First things first, you need to setup your Google profile page.  If you are logged into Google in any way (for example, with a Gmail account) this is fairly easy to do.  All you need to do is set it up at Google.com/profiles.

Once you fill out all the basic information, then you might want to start thinking about what pages you want to show up in the links section.

To add custom links, just go to your Google profile page, click on Edit Profile, then scroll down to the Links section.  You should see several links Google knows about, that you have given it before – then you can also add your own.  I have added links to all my various web pages, and then my Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and MySpace profiles.

Next, you should setup Google Buzz via your Gmail account.  Once you do, anything you post via Google buzz – you will automatically share on your Google profile page.

Feel free to visit my Google profile page if you need some inspiration.

Now there are a lot more various boxes and basic you can fill out via the Google profile page, but they are all pretty self explanatory.  With the tips I gave you here, you can use your Google profile page as a social landing page for your own work and also a better way to let people know who you are and what you do.

Searching the Web for a few great bookmarklets to make your web site coding a little easier?  I have found a great collection of them over at Squarfree.com.  You can drag and drop any of these bookmarlets to your saved bookmarks to use later. 

• test styles – Type in CSS rules to experiment or to create a temporary user style sheet.
• edit styles – Experiment with changes to the page’s style sheet.
• ancestors - Lists the ancestors of any element you hover over in the status bar.
• computed styles – Lists the computed styles of an element and of its ancestors.
• zap style sheets – Disables all style sheets.

Most of these bookmarks work for Firefox only, but a few will work with Internet Explorer and Opera too.  Go chec out the Web Development Bookmarklets page at Squarefree.com to check out the 18 other tools they have for you to use.

Ever been browsing an article or guide online that you wish you could print out, without all the junk that the web site provides?  Print Friendly offers to make any web site out there easier to print.  You can use their web site tool to enter the URL you wish to simplify for your printer, or use the bookmarklet to gain access to the tool at any time. 

You can then e-mail the printer friendly version to your friends, tweet about it, or edit the document removing pictures or blocks of text. 

Want to add this interactivity to your own web site layout, maybe under each article that you post?  You can do that too by grabbing the Print Friendly button code.  For WordPress users, there is even a plugin you can install to add it to all your blog posts automatically.

Overall, Print Friendly is a pretty nice service, if you are looking to do a little article simplification, perfect for print. 

Better PDF Editing Abilities

Need an easy way to edit PDF files without the expensive PDF editor?  In the past, I have told you about creating PDFs via Open Office.   However, what if you could convert those PDFs to Word doc files to edit instead?  Pickup the Free PDF to Word Converter for Windows to get the job done.

Better PDF Browser Support

How about better PDF support for the browser?  PDF files are notorious for crashing your modern web browser.  So with that said, what tool can you use to make the experience better?  A browser add-on named PDF Download.  It’s features include:

• Convert Web pages to PDF. (NEW) Convert any Web pages to great looking PDF files, and then save, share, print or archive them.
• View PDF as HTML. View the contents of PDF files faster and eliminate browser problems by instantly converting any Web-based PDF to a browser-friendly HTML Web page.
• Control PDF files in Firefox. Stop crashes and get the upper hand on Web-based PDF files by automating and controlling how your Firefox or Flock browsers deal with them.

PDF Download works with Firefox 2 & 3, Flock 1, and Internet Explorer 7 & 8 (beta) web browsers.

Better Printing Abilities to the PDF Format

Now this one isn’t really PDF’s problem, however I do have a solution.  If you are wanting to cut down on the paper you use, printing to the PDF format can save you some cash in the long run as well as conserve that printing paper.  All you need to do is grab PrimoPDF for Windows.  It will add the ability for you choose “Print as PDF” from any print screen.  All you have to do is select it as the printer of your choice.

So what other things bug you about PDF files, or have you found any other solutions to your PDF powered problems?  It might not be the best standard in the world, however it can come in handy from time to time.

First Step?  Get Paint.NET!

First step was to pickup Paint.NET.  This is an awesome free image editor with all the bells and whistles of your hundred-dollar programs.

Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for computers that run Windows. It  features an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools. An active and growing online community provides friendly help,  tutorials, and plugins.

Grab the Paint.NET ICO Plugin

Well worth having, just as a backup image editor if nothing else.  Since Paint.net does not have .ico support built in by default, I picked up this page:

http://paintdotnet.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=1152

To use it, all you need to do is unzip and then put it in the “FileTypes” folder in the Paint.NET directory.

Startup Paint.NET and try dragging and dropping an .ico icon onto the canvas.  Thanks to this neat plugin, it will open just as any other image would open.  With saving as an .ico, I had a few errors at times but doing it again or changing the name of the file seems to have helped.

So there is a totally free way to edit and create custom desktop icons for your next design project or desktop redecoration.

To use, just fire up the web site and paste in the text you wish to style. Then use the controls at the bottom of the web site to adjust the text spacing, line height, font color, font style, how it is formatted and much more.

This is turning a three hour job of playing with CSS, trying to get it just right uploading and downloading all into something you can do in about five minutes.  CSS Type Set has earned a spot in my web dev folder for sure.

I have to say it went pretty smoothly going through the manual controls but I had only one issue come up. After words – I decided I wanted to cutout the commercials. After doing a little searching I found Lifextender.

Here is how the creator explains how it works:

Lifextender is pretty simple. It scans the directory that Media Center records TV to every X minutes for new TV shows. All new TV shows are queued up to be analyzed and scanned for annoying commercials. After a show has been analyzed, a new file is created from the original with commercials cut out, around 3/4 the original size. The original show is then replaced by the new, commercial-free show. Rinse and repeat.

Does it work? Well I plan on starting it up tonight and letting it work through the night. From some of the other reviews I have seen I have high hopes, but I’ll let you know if I run into any issues – of course.