Category: Tech Tips

Track Form Submissions as Events with Google Tag Manager (GTM)

Google Tag Manager is wonderful. Along with a friendly UI replacement for all Google codes Google Tag Manager also works to replace third-party codes. You’re also easily able to track events in Google Tag Manager including the ability to track form submission as events with Google Tag Manager. Google’s resource for tracking form submits with Google Tag Manager can be found here. Mine hopefully elaborates on this process and provides supporting images.

Why Use Google Tag Manager to Track Form Submissions as Events?

Simplicity
No need to access/modify code
User management control without giving access to site source
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January 20, 2015

Blog / Kodi / Steam / Tech Tips

Launch Steam From Kodi

These instructions to launch Steam from Kodi are an update to my instructions to launch Steam from XBMC. Those instructions still work for XBMC, but Kodi is different. As with everything, there are multiple ways to accomplish a single task; the same is true when looking to launch Steam from Kodi. I will touch on both methods for launching Steam from Kodi. This launches Steam in Big Picture Mode.

The first method to launch Steam from Kodi will require us to add the source for Total XBMC. The reasoning is to install an addon installer addon. This is likely the … Read More

January 15, 2015

Blog / Steam / Tech Tips / XBMC

Best XBMC (Kodi) Program Add Ons

This is a list of the best XBMC (Kodi) program add ons based on my humble opinion and extended experience with XBMC (Kodi). Please note that this is not a top list of add ons in general, so you will not find video or music add ons in this list of best XBMC (Kodi) program add ons.

I must preface this with two facts: this list is subjective and I surely haven’t tried every program add on. Not yet, anyway. The best XBMC (Kodi) program add ons are ones that help add to the experience I have with Kodi on … Read More

January 8, 2015

Steam / Tech Tips

Host Steam Library From Different Drives

These instructions cover Windows machines In many common instances, you will have multiple drives in your machine and will need to host Steam library from different drives. Fortunately, this is an easy task. Unfortunately, it’s not well documented. That’s why I thought I’d quickly lay out how to host Steam library from different drives.

Host Steam Library From Different Drives

If you already have your files saved to one drive then you need to skip to the section on migrating Steam game to different drive. If your Steam files are new or starting over then to host Steam library … Read More

December 28, 2014

Blog / Tech Tips / Wordpress

How To Test WordPress Install On Dedicated IP Without Pointing Domain

This is a quick walk through of how to test WordPress install on a dedicated IP without pointing domain or DNS. When should you test a WordPress install prior to pointing your domain? Anytime you migrate a WordPress install to a new server and don’t want to risk any down time due to issues discovered after the sometimes lengthy DNS propogation. This same method can also be used on shared IPs, but the instructions vary slightly for most hosting service.

*Note that this is for a quick test. If you’re going to leave your install in a staging environment … Read More

December 24, 2014

Blog / Google Analytics / Tech Tips

Destination URLs Not Tagged Google Analytics Alert

The destination URLs not Tagged Google Analytics alert is often accompanied by the equally annoying Tracking Code Mismatch Google Analytics alert. Google Analytics has recently become very, we’ll say, good about alerting you of errors with your data. I’ve covered the redundant hostnames Google alert before. Many people have seen these alerts and are wondering what’s going on. So, what do the destination URLs not tagged Google Analytics alert as well as the Tracking Code Mismatch Google Analytics alert mean? First, this is what I’ve seen and you’re seeing:

Destination URLs not Tagged Google Analytics Alert:

Click “See Group” … Read More

December 20, 2014

Tech Tips

How To Find the Best Deals Online From Multiple Deal Sites

Now, the question of how to find the best deals online from multiple deal sites is certainly loaded, but I’m going to share a way for aggregating any and all deal websites with an RSS feed and have a tool fetch the deal you want to help you find the best deals online from an assortment of deal sites. There are many ways to integrate a similar setup for devs and their affiliate schemes, but this walk-through of how to find the best deals online from multiple deal sites is for end users.

To find the best deals online from … Read More

December 10, 2014

Blog / Tech Tips / XBMC

Backup and Restore XBMC (Kodi) With XBMC Backup Add-on

This is a quick tutorial on how to backup and restore XBMC (Kodi) with XBMC Backup Add-on. The XBMC backup add-on is a great add-on that will grab your userdata and roaming XBMC (Kodi) folder and log them in a folder of your choice ALL from within the XBMC (Kodi) UI. You can also use this process to backup your XBMC (Kodi) install and migrate it to another machine. As an alternative to this or if you simply want to understand what is being backed up and restored you can check out my post on migrating XBMC settings and install … Read More

December 3, 2014

Blog / Tech Tips / XBMC

How to Add a Menu Item to Confluence XBMC (Kodi)

Confluence is the default XBMC / Kodi skin yet it is very robust and offers very few customization trade offs for those wanting the convenience of the default theme with robust UI functions. However, Confluence is very limiting in terms of the main navigation and your ability to customize within the XBMC / Kodi UI. This is a short tutorial on how to add a menu item to Confluence in XBMC / Kodi. This walk through will cover a Windows machine, but for all the different environments our there all you will need to do is change the file paths … Read More

November 25, 2014

Blog / Tech Tips / Xbox

How to Hook Up Wireless XBox Controller to PC

**These instructions are old. If you’ve installed the Windows 10 August 2020 update follow the instructions in this video**

Unfortunately, when I was looking into how to hook up a wireless XBox controller to a PC it was far less than intuitive and there were limited and varying resources. These steps for getting your wireless XBox controller connected to PC will work for Windows 7 and 8.1 guaranteed. The screen shots will be for a Windows 8.1 machine.