Saturday, April 3, 2010

How to update AVG antivirus offline?


AVG antivirus is one of the best free antivirus solutions available today and the new version (v.8) comes with some new features such as new antivirus and anti spywrae scanning engine, Link Scanner Search shield safe search protection and also the AVG Security toolbarwhich was previously available only with paid version of AVG.
Updating any antivirus program with latest virus definitions are must for continued protection. However, if you don’t have an internet connection and want to manually update AVG Free Antivirus offline with the latest virus definitions, here is how. And also, even if you have internet connection, updating the free AVG has given lower priority; than the commercial user.
Procedure for manually updating free AVG:
Download latest virus definition updates (example: u7iav2083yh) from here using another computer with internet connection. Create a directory called ‘avgupdate’ on your USB drive, CD or your PC and copy and paste this file into it.
Now open your AVG User Interface. In the menu bar, choose Tools > Update from directory to update AVG antivirus offline (see image)
A new window pops up (see image).
Choose the folder (avgupdate) where the virus definitions are copied. Click OK.
A new window pops up (see image). Click on 'Update'
AVG will update its virus database offline using this file.(see image)

Sunday, March 28, 2010

The Blogger Template Designer

Blogger over the years, but one thing that’s been constant for some time has been collection of templates. While a number of talented designers around the web have offered their own fresh and interesting designs that you can apply to your Blogger blog, stock set has grown a bit stale, and you’ve noticed. You let us know
Today you are taking a big first step in improving not just our template designs, but all the ways that you can customize the look and layout of your blog. Blogger even made a video with jaunty music to show it off:






Here’s what we’re launching today to Blogger in Draft:

  • 15 new, highly-customizable templates from our design team, split into four families: Simple, Picture Window, Awesome Inc, and Watermark
  • One-, two-, and three-column layouts for each template, with complete control over the size and arrangement of the columns
  • Hundreds of background images and patterns from iStockphoto, the leading microstock image marketplace
Try it Now

Go to http://draft.blogger.com/ to log in to Blogger in Draft. (If you’ve never been there before, Blogger in Draft is just like regular Blogger, except with new, in-development features like this one.) Click on your blog’s “Layout” link to go to the Layout tab. The link to the Template Designer is at the end of the row of sub-tabs.





You can use the live preview to see your new template without affecting your blog. When you find a new look that you’re happy with, just click the “Apply to Blog” button to publish it to the world. Note: You can backup your existing template ahead of time by going to Layout > Edit HTML. We recommend this if you have a customized blog design that you might want to go back to.



Classic template blogs: If you have a “Template” link or tab instead of “Layout,” you’ll first need to switch from Classic to Layouts before you can try out the Template Designer. Go to Classic > Customize Design and follow the instructions there. You’ll need to switch to one of our old templates first, but then you’ll be able to use the Template Designer to pick a new one.



Tips from the Blogger Team

  • Get your links to match a background image quickly by using the Background panel’s “Main color theme” to adjust all of your blog’s colors at once. This works particularly well with Simple’s second design.
  • With a three-column footer, you can fit in several gadgets to interest your readers after they’re done reading your post. For inspiration, read Derek Powazek’s post, “Embrace your bottom!”
  • If you’re using our new Pages feature, put the Page List gadget in the wide section at the top of your blog. We’ve added unique tab designs to all of the new templates.
  • Many of the patterns in the background image picker are semi-transparent, to let your blog’s background color show through. Look for the “transparency page curl” to see which patterns these are.
  • The Attribution gadget (added to the footer by all new templates) is there to give credit not just to the designer and artist of the background image, but to you as well. Edit its settings by clicking “Edit” on Layout > Page Elements to add your own authorship or copyright information.
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