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About Us.

I am Colin Landon and I am the owner of this blog. I am also the owner and admin of my forum Computer Chat. This blog has some useful computer tips and tricks and covers both web and forum hosting tips. Updates to our forums will also be posted here.

This blog.

This blog can be viewed by guests and anyone can comment. However comment moderation is enabled.

Blog Authors.

I have upgraded my Blogger account to Google Plus and I noticed a very useful feature. Which is that every time a post from this blog is published it's automatically posted to Google Plus.

At the moment this blog as three authors. Myself and also Peter Murphy and Jill Adams who are members of my admin team on my forum Computer Chat. You can view our Google Plus Profile by clicking the red links in the sidebar of this site.

Colin Landon, Admin Team.

Computer Chat You Tube Channel

I have now made a second channel on You Tube which is my forums You Tube channel. My first channel is my personal channel. Why I did that was because Google Plus does not let you add users to manage you video channel unless you create a Google Plus page. 

Mistakes Many People Make When Starting A Forum.

Forums are all the rage at the moment and many people want to start a forum. Here are the most common mistakes many forum admins make.

-Using Free Forum Hosts.

Sure free forums hosts such as Proboards and Forumotion are free but there are many restrictions with free hosts. Number one you don't own your own content and you are subject to their terms.

My You Tube Channel.

I now have a You Tube channel. Well it's my personal channel but it I have made some helpful videos on how to join our forum Computer Chat. Also there are some other videos that I have made about web hosting topics such as how to self host your own website and other computer tips and tricks.

Jill Adams-A little About Myself.

Not much to tell really. I work in an office and live in New York but have also lives in other pars of the US. When I am not working I spend time on the Internet and have moderated a few forums. I am one of the moderators and admins of Computer Chat Forums. Before that I was a moderator Andrea Computer Forums until Andrea Borman, the admin closed it down. Then Colin Landon started a new forum Computer Chat on which I am now on the admin team.

Peter Murphy-About Me.

I am many things. Among them I am also a webmaster and  I have helped design several websites. I am a moderator on one Windows 7 forum and I am also one of the admins of Computer Chat forums. I have lived most of my life in New York but have spend several years living in London where I worked on the head management team for an American bank. While I know London quite well, I am American born and now live in New York city where I work most of the time. I have experience in HTML and CSS. I also worked with computers in the past and have built my own computer.

Computer Chat Forums Admin Team-Colin Landon.

I am the owner and admin of Computer Chat Forums on Zoho Discussions and also the admin of this blog.

The forums has been running for a just over a year now and we also have 2 other admins, Peter Murphy and Jill Adams. Who are also contributors to this blog.

Computer Chat Forums-Recent Posts.

I have discovered a really useful feed widget that comes with this Blogger blog. It can display up to 5 RSS feeds of the most recent posts from any site. So I have added it to this blog. It shows all of the newest posts from my forum,Computer Chat. That is all of the recent threads and which members have recently posted.

 On Computer Chat we have 2 forums and there are 3 RSS feeds, Discussion Forum and the News & Updates Forum. The other is the main feed for the whole forum. You can view all of the recent posts on the right hand sidebar of the page.

  

How To Install A Forum To Your Web Host.

Most web hosts now have one click installs so you can install a forum without having to upload through FTP.
here in this video I show you how to install a MyBB forum to your C Panel. The easy way.

How To Add New Users To A MyBB Forum.

Here is a short video which shows you have to add new members to a MyBB forum without them having to register. This is useful if you have just moved your forum over from another platform and you need to add members.

How To Enable The Text Editor On Vanilla Forums.

For some strange reason the rich text editor is disabled on Vanilla forums. So it won't be enabled when you first install the forum software to your web host. In this video I show you how to enable it.

Vanilla Forum Software-Admin Settings.

Here is a quick run down on how to use the settings in the admin panel on a self hosted Vanilla forum.

How To Use The Admin Panel On MyBB Forums.

A short video that I made on how to use the admin panel on a MyBB forum.

How To Embed A Video In Forum Posts.

Our forum hosts Zoho Discussions uses HTML. So in order to embed videos video sharing sites such as You Tube and My Space you must copy the embed code not the actual video URL. Here is short video I made which show you how to embed videos in posts on my forum.

How To Join Computer Chat And Other Useful Tips.

I recently upgraded my G Mail account to Google Plus and when you do that you also get a You Tube account. So I thought I would make my first video. Here is a quick guide on how to join the forums and how to post.

Moderators.

Last year Emma one of our forum admins stepped down from forum moderator on Computer Chat as she moderates other forums. So we had to look for a new moderator. We had offers from members, and we now have Peter Murphy as our new moderator who also is an admin on another forum.

Zorin OS 7.

Here is an interesting video I found on You Tube about Zorin OS,which has the Windows desktop appearance.

Computer Chat Forums-One Year On.

I am Colin Landon and I am the owner and admin of my forum Computer Chat. Computer Chat is exactly a year old. I started the forum on Zoho just over a year ago today.

This Site.

I work with computers and have my own computer repair shop in New York City. I have worked in website design and web hosting. In addition to that I am a moderator on a few other Windows forums. Last year I started my own forum Computer Chat  and we now have quite a few members.