October 1st, 2011 is the deadline for Facebook apps to use secured URLs. So… this is an app thing right? What has that got to do with you and your Facebook Pages? Here’s what. If you have created custom tabs for your Pages and you host these customized tabs yourself; Or, if you used a WordPress plugin to create content for your Page, guess what? You most likely have created a Facebook app. You didn’t know you were a developer did you How to be sure? Step 1: Go to your own Facebook Page. Take a peek at the tabs (links) down the side on the left. Are there any tabs there that you created yourself? If there are and you used a Facebook app to create it – and you are pretty sure you didn’t create this app then go ask the app creators or check out their pages and web site to see if they have taken steps to support this change. They should. If you still have no idea whether you are hosting the content on the tab yourself, using Firefox or Chrome, click on the tab. Right click anywhere on the tab content – make sure it’s

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I’m working on something for our fabulous BlogEnergizer Premium members that’s still kind of hush-hush at this time and hit a predicament. I have 81 CSV files that needed to be merged into one huge file.  I had all of them in one folder and sure as hell didn’t want to sit here copying and pasting 81 files. As someone who loves automation and tries to batch my work as much as possible, I had to dig for a solution and found one using good old fashioned DOS. You know, I love modern computing and the snazzy interfaces but at the same time a lot of ‘real computing’ knowledge like using DOS commands is also lost. I’ll admit I’m no where near a DOS ninja I don’t know how to do many things in DOS plus this stuff is kinda scary. However, this was easy. First, I opened command prompt. If you’re following along, you’d go to Start >> Run >> type cmd in the box and hit Open Then, I navigated to the folder where all my files are. For convenience and less typing you could simply move the folder containing all the files you want to merge to

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Maybe you have a few files you only want accessible to yourself, your team or only those who have purchased your product. Whatever your reason, one way to control access is to simply password protect the folder on your web site. If you have a web host who uses cPanel, here are the steps. Log in to your cPanel. Locate the Password Protect Directories icon/link You may be asked what directory you want to open into. If unsure you can simply click the Go button Select the folder you want to protect by clicking on it In the first block here, check the password protect this folder box and enter a name for the folder this name is shown when people are presented with the log in dialog box. Click Save. You should receive a confirmation like this. Click Go Back. Your next step is to create a username and password so people can access the folder. When you click back on the screen above you will be returned to the previous screen. At the bottom you will see the option to enter a username and password. Enter whatever username and password you desire. If you can’t think of a

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