Change YouTube Size on your blogpost

Want to change the size of an embedded-video from YouTube in your blogpost ? Try this one..(hey, I'm still an amateur...so correct me if I'm wrong, okay?)

1. Open your YouTube video to be inserted in your post. Copy its HTML code (in the red circle)
2. Create a new post. Add video from YouTube by pasting the embedded HTML code of the video in your create-post box.
   
3. Click on "Edit HTML". You will see the HTML code from that YouTube video.
4. Find the parts that show the width and the height of that video. (see the red arrows).
5. Change those numbers with the suitable size like you want. Change both, upper and lower parts. Usually YouTube video/object has "425" in width and "344" in height.
6. Publish post. You can immediately view your blog now.

Hope it works....:)

Installing WAMP in your Computer

This time I would like to share about how to install WAMP in our computer.
This is based on my experience as a very very beginner, who knows a little about webserver, hosting, database, etc. I just want to share it. Hope its useful though....:)

WAMP is a package of webserver and database that runs on Windows. WAMP contains : a fully operational webserver i.e. Apache, a database i.e. MySQL, and a scripting language i.e. PHP. These are needed when you want to install Joomla in your computer and use WAMP as your localhost. A localhost is a webserver and assiociated database that is set up directly on your computer or that may be on a local network.
(http://downloads.joomlacode.org/docmanfileversion/1/7/4/17471/1.5_Installation_Manual_version_0.5.pdf)

1. The first thing you have to do is to download that package. You can download it from : http://www.wampserver.com/en/. It contains Apache ver. 2.2.11, My SQL ver. 5.1.30, and PHP ver. 5.2.8.
2. Then click on "Download Wamp Server 2". It will be stored in your computer, usually in this location : "C:\wamp".
3. As soon as you download it to your computer, you can install it.To check whether or not it has been installed, you can open your browser and visit : "http://localhost/". If you have been successful, you should see this :
4. Now, in the folder "C:\wamp", find a folder named "www" (C:\wamp\www). Open that folder and make a new folder in it. Give the folder name : "Joomla15". So next time you download Joomla 1.5, extract all Joomla's file to that folder (C:\wamp\www\joomla15).
5. To activate the localhost, just simply click on the "WampServer" icon on your desktop. Then visit "http://localhost/", or click on "Localhost" icon in the Wamp toolbar.

Install Joomla

Piuuuhh.........

Akhirnya hari ini berhasil meng-instal Joomla. Berkat bantuan seorang rekan yang memandu langkah demi langkah via chatting.

Hari ini juga pikiranku mulai terbuka dan dapat menangkap gambaran dari proses instalasi Joomla.
Versi yang saya instal hari ini adalah versi 1.5. Sedangkan untuk server, saya pakai WAMP, yang sudah mengandung satu paket yang terdiri atas :
1. Apache version 2.2.11
2. PHP version 5.2.8
3. MySQL version 5.1.30

Meskipun saya sama sekali buta dengan konsep-konsep webserver, PHP, database, My SQL dan sebagainya, tetapi dengan menggunakan Joomla, saya mulai bisa belajar tentang hal-hal itu. Rupanya benar, untuk menggunakan Joomla, tak harus mempunyai background yang mendalam tentang hal-hal tadi. Cuma, supaya lebih bagus, memang sebaiknya kita juga belajar sedikit-sedikit mengenainya. Hmmm..lumayan susah juga, karena orang awam seperti saya, belum mempunyai konsep mapping yang jelas. Masih sepotong-sepotong, dan mencoba menghubung-hubungkan satu dengan yang lain. But its worth to try...

Langkah selanjutnya adalah mulai mengutak-atik Joomla ini demi menghasilkan suatu website yang menarik, dengan menggunakan template-template yang sudah disediakan. Well, I hope I can do that...sudah tak sabar buat menyelesaikannya. Berikutnya mungkin bisa masuk ke urusan domain dan webhost, yang juga tak kalah membuat saya bingung....lha wong sama sekali belum pernah berurusan sama mas "Domain" dan kang "Webhost" itu tadi...

Kita lihat saja nanti...

Try to figure them out...

This time i'm trying to learn about several things in the virtual world. Things that are new for me. I'm trying to understand the connection between those things, i.e : domain, hosting, webserver, database, CMS and website.
Perhaps someone could help me?