Author Archives: Michael Visser

Michael Visser is the founder of Visser Labs. He works as a professional Front-end Web Developer, loves Wordpress, Joomla and helping people get more out of their sites.

Deploying a Digital Home Video Security System

Ever since cash mysteriously started disappearing from my room I’ve been researching how to best keep an eye on my belongings when I’m not there, a home video security system is definitely the best and easiest solution which provides reliable evidence identifying who’s to blame and who you’ll see in court.

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Local Access and Unidentified Network Issue Windows Vista Fix

Windows Vista continues to amaze me after I introduced multiple Windows Vista machines into a wired network environment using DHCP to assign local IP addresses. After a day’s exhaustive research I now have stable “Local and Internet” access on all workstations with consistent results.

Must Haves for Email Newsletters - Header

Continuing our series on building the ultimate e-mail newsletter template we’re now focusing on the header region, well regarded as the most important region of any online newsletter.

Must Haves for Email Newsletters - Footer

E-mail newsletters are a hit-miss opportunity to connect to existing customers and registered followers, ensuring you have the best equip newsletter template is a step towards bringing visitors back to your website.
I’m not going to walk you through adding these features to your e-mail newsletter campaign because there are so many different platforms available! This [...]

PHP open_basedir Error Updating WordPress Plugins

I’ve been religiously using the recently introduced Plugin Update within WordPress to keep all my installed WordPress plugins up to date, a recent change in my server environment broke this and every time I attempted to update a plugin a stream of PHP would come up!

Working Logitech Live! Webcam and Windows Vista Support

I was given a dated Logitech Live! webcam from a friend who had no use for it anymore and went about making the webcam work with Windows Vista: Ultimate, after much research I have a working Logitech Live! webcam that is fully supported by all flavours of Windows Vista!

Adding Static IP’s on the Billion ADSL Firewall Router

The Billion ADSL Firewall Router (BiPAC 7300GA) is your run of the mill ADSL2+ modem/router for homes and small business, typically included as an entry-level broadband modem for new homes connecting to high-speed Internet.

Connecting Windows Vista Network Share to Ubuntu Intrepid

Previous readers will know that I’m using Ubuntu Intrepid, a first-time Linux home user, and I love it! If you’re a first-time reader, now you know too!
I want to be able to access my music library stored on my Windows Vista machine using my wireless connection within Ubuntu, to do this I had [...]

Extreme Internet Access Restrictions Destined for Student Laptops

The NSW Department of Education and Training (DET) have been in the spotlight for announcing imminent plans to introduce an “unbreakable” internet filtering solution on future laptops allocated to students.