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Google Chrome Download Location

Friday, September 4th, 2009

Today I changed the options in the Google Chrome Browser to change the location of Google Chrome's downloads. Here's how it's done:

To customise and control Google Chrome, click on the wrench icon in the top right of the Google Chrome Window:

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Select "Options" from the drop down menu:

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Click on the "Minor Tweaks" tab and browse to the new location where you wish to save the files. You can now set your files to download to a specific location on your PC.

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If you want to go a step further there's a check box that allows you to "Ask where to save each file before downloading". I found this handy as it lets you organise any files immediately instead of storing everything in a central location.

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Loch Ness Monster spotted on Google Earth

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

You just have to laugh! Another siting of Nessy and this time it's on Google Earth :) Classic! What Scottish Genius came up with this one to promote tourism?

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It was actually spotted by an security guard from Nottingham, England and can be seen on Google Earth under the following co-ordinates: Latitude 57°12'52.13"N, Longitude 4°34'14.16"W. The Sun have a blown up picture of it here and I have to say that assuming this shot is taken from space this looks like a speedboat to me :) It's all good fun anyway and when I heard it on the radio I had to go and have a look for myself :)

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Googles Analytics for WordPress

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

I installed Google Analytics a while back. When I launched my new blog theme a few days ago, I've since realised that I overwrote all the files for my theme and therefore replaced the Google Analytics code. I don't know if many people have made this mistake before, but it took me a few days to pick up on what I'd done. My Google Analytic stats weren't rising and I knew there was something wrong as I was checking my AWS stats that I installed as part of my hosting plan and this blog actually had it's best day of traffic since I started out. So this is just something to be aware of, if you're updating your WordPress theme. Yeah I know I'm spending lots of time looking at stats :) but I'll be making more of an effort to boost traffic very soon so it's something I need to be looking at.

Geographic distribution of visitors
Creative Commons License photo credit: richardmasoner

It's easiest just to place the Google Analytics code in footer.php as the footer shows up on every page and therefore this tracks all hits on your website. There's a nice article on exactly what to do over at ThemePlayground.com. It cleared things up for me as I previously thought I needed to put the Google Analytics code in a few different files, but it turns out that footer.php is the only place it needs to go! If you're using WordPress, there's lots of other nice tips on ThemePlayground and I'll be checking back there for a few tips and tricks as I continue to update this site.

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