Flushing Safari Cache

Safari’s easiest. Just go to the Safari menu and select Empty cache.

Flushing Firefox Cache

Firefox is also easy, but first you have to set some preferences. So open Firefox preferences.

Click on the Privacy Tab, then Settings

Uncheck everything but Cache, then click OK

Then click Clear Now

In the future….

Now that you have your "Clear Private Data" settings you can clear your cache in one step from the Tools menu. (Note: your Tools menu will not look exactly like this example because it lists any Firefox extensions that are installed.)

Open iChat

Open iChat by selecting from your Dock or by double-clicking on the iChat icon in your Applications folder. Click on Continue in the Welcome window.

Jabber Settings

1. Account Type is Jabber Account.

2. Account Name is the Full Jabber address.

3. Password is whatever was set up for your Jabber Account.

4. Click on Continue

5. This should take to a Conclusion window, click on Done.

6. If it does not successfully Conclude, then there must be some discrepency between your settings and the settings that were set up at the Jabber Server.

Open Jabber List

Connect With Buddies

Your Jabber List shows any Buddies — those who you are connected to via Jabber addresses — and will show if they are online or not. If a Buddy is online, you can hilite their name and then choose from the bottom icons to connect:

1. By Text Messaging

2. By Voice

3. By Video, with Voice

4. By Screen Sharing

If you want to Add a Buddy, click the plus sign and select Add Buddy.

Adding a Buddy

The Account Name is the full Jabber Account which your friend has given you. First and Last name is how the Buddy will be identified in your Buddy list.

Fill in, then click on Add, and this sends a message to the friend saying that you want to Connect.

If the Account Name is correct, and the Buddy is online, and they Appprove, then a connection will be made and you can start communicating.

Conversely, if you have given your Account Name to another Jabber user, they can send the message to you, asking your Approval, and they can initiate the communication.

Settings for Screen Sharing

If you want to use iChat for Screen Sharing then both Buddies must have mac OSX 10.5 )Leopard) with Screen Sharing enabled.

Open System Preferences from the top left Apple Menu.

In System Preferences Panel, click on Sharing (third row, fourth column)

Set Up Remote Management

1. Click on Remote Management.

2. Check All Users.

3. Click on Options.

Check Everything, then OK

You’re ready for Screen Switching.

Your Buddy must have the same settings…….

Open hard disc in List View

Close all programs and windows. Double click on the hard disc icon. Then click on List View icon.

Open Show View Options from the View Menu

Check Calculate All Sizes

lso, make sure that Size is checked in Show Columns.

Click on the Size column

This sorts the folders so that largest comes to the top. Most likely the Users folder.

Open the Main User folder. This should show you where the problem is. Now you have to go through individual files, backing up and/or eliminating those that you don't need to have on your main drive.

Open Preferences from the Mail menu.

Click on Accounts

Add an Account

Click the plus sign, bottom left of the Accounts box.

Input Email Info

Full Name is the name that will appear on your outgoing emails. Email Address is the full email address for this account, and password is whatever you set up with your mail server.

Add Server Info

These are settings you get from your mail server. For DreamHost: the Account Type is Pop. Description is to indentify this account for you, if you have more than one email account. Incoming Mail Server is mail.yourdomain.com. User name is your full email address. And password is the same as previous.

Ignore "Verify Certificate."

If you get this window, just click on Connect.

Outgoing Server

Description is for your purposes. Outgoing Mail Server is mail.yourdomain.com. Check User Authentication and, if it doesn’t fill in the form for you, User Name is the full email address and usual password.

Working?

You see a window like this, in which case click on Create. If the set up wasn’t successful, retrace the steps and try again.

Fine Tuning

Just a couple settings to adjust. From the main Accounts window, with the new Account hilited (if you have more than one listed in the left panel), click on the arrows on the Out Going Mail Server menu, and select Edit Server List.

Hilite the Account, then click on Advanced.

Adjust Server Settings

1. Server port is 587.

2.Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is NOT checked.

3. Authentication is Password, with the usual settings.

4. Click on OK.

Click on Advanced

Almost done!

1. Enable the Account is Checked.

2. Port is 110.

3. Use SSL is NOT checked.

4. Authentication is Password.

5. Close the Accounts window and Save changes.

Logging into WordPress

This assumes you have a web domain with the latest version of WordPress installed. Logging in for the first time, add /wp-admin/ to your root URL, hit return, and it will bring you to the log in screen. Type in user name and password and click login. If you want to go automatically to the page from now on (on this computer/browser) check "remember me."

Opening Page

WordPress opens into the Dashboard to begin with. Click on Write and you can compose and publish your first post.

Posts and Pages

Posts are time-oriented items that usually get added to your website with the most recent post at the top of the page. Pages are static items, such as an About Page, that stand out of time. Click on Write Post.

Create a Title in the first box, type or paste in your content in the larger box, then click on Publish, and wa la….

Edit Posts

Click on Manage, then Posts, and you will go to a list of your Posts. For each Post, you can View, Edit or Delete. Click on Edit.

Edit a Post

MAke any changes to the Title or the Content, then click on Save and Continue Editing or Save.