How To Screen Capture Your PSP

Many PSP gamers wants to capture screenshots of their PSP games to share them with their friends and on tutorials. Even the above picture is a screenshot of my PSP. I used screen capture for almost every PSP tutorial (two posts yet) on this blog.

Taking screenshots of your PSP screen is not a hard task, but finding and installing a perfect plugin is pretty hard for new users. Don't worry, I'm here to solve this problem.

Requirements:

• PSP with CFW (How to install CFW)

• PSP USB Cable (To transfer files)

• Laptop/Computer (To download & transfer files)

• ScreenVideo Capture Module v0.5 (Download Here)

Installing ScreenVideo Capture Module:

Download ScreenVideo Capture Module from this link. It's .zip file, so extract it to a new folder of your computer. We just need following two files from this archive - capture.prx and capture.ini.

Connect your PSP to your computer via USB cable. Copy and paste capture.prx and capture.ini in the seplugins folder on the root of your PSP's Memory Stick. If your PSP doesn't have any seplugins folder then just create one on the root of your Memory Stick.

Now add following code to your GAME.txt, VSH.txt and POPS.txt files in seplugins folder. You can also create these three files in a simple notepad document if they're not already in your PSP.

ms0:/seplugins/capture.prx 1

Now switch off your PSP. Now turn on your PSP with the R button held to go into configuration mode. Go to plugins and activate all "capture.prx" plugins. That's it.

How To Take Screenshots:

To take screenshots press note button (the music note) to take a screenshot (saved in BMP format). Don't forget to run FastRecovery file before taking screenshots. Hold R and then note to start taking a video (your game will lag a lot in while capturing videos) and press note again to stop taking the video. This will be saved in GIF format.

Additional Settings:

You can also change the location on the PSP where screenshots will be saved by editing the capture.ini file.

The default is ms0:/PSP/PHOTO

DO NOT USE flash0:/ OR flash1:/ AS THIS MAY "BRICK" YOUR PSP

How To Play ISO Games On PSP Without Custom Firmware

Earlier this week, I wrote about installing CFW on your PSP to do some extra-ordinary PSP stuff. Playing ISO and CSO games in one of it. However, you can also play ISO/CSO games on your PSP without doing any modification in PSP.

Any Limits? - Yea, you can only play PSP games under 720MBs without hacking it. There are lot of games under 720 MBs, such as Call of Duty, God of War, Hero of Sparta, NFS Most Wanted, Burnout Legend and more.

Requirements:

• PSP (Any model)

• PSP USB Cable

• Laptop/Computer (For transferring and converting files)

• iso2eboot convertor (For converting ISO/CSO files to EBOOT - Download Here)

How To Play ISO/CSO Games On PSP Without CFW:

Everyone wants to play games on their PSP, but some of those are not always able to afford their favorite PSP UMD. UMDs are very costly for teenagers like us. Some guys like me just install CFW to play those pirated ISO/CSO games on their PSP, but some of them just afraid to install CFW, possibly because of the risk of bricking their PSP.

This way is very easy & there is no chances of bricking your PSP with this trick. So let's just start this tutorial.

So for playing ISO/CSO games on your PlayStation Portable you need to convert your ISO/CSO files to EBOOT.PBP files. That's so easy, we just need a convertor to do that.

Converting ISO/CSO Files TO EBOOT:

For ISO/CSO files, you need to download iso2eboot convertor from this link. Extract all files to a new folder. Converting to EBOOT is a bit complicated for new users, but don't worry, I'm here to help you with this picture tutorial.

• First put your ISO/CSO file to iso2eboot convertor folder:

• Now open the convertor icon and click on convert isos to eboot button:

It takes a bit time to convertor ISO to EBOOT. Sometimes more than you could ever expect, so don't worry about the loading.

After loading/converting, you'll see two new folders in your iso2eboot folder - PSP and ISO folder. The converter has stored your ISO file into ISO folder, and your EBOOT.PBP file on PSP folder.

• Open iso2eboot's PSP folder and copy your game's folder (complete folder, not just EBOOT.PBP file) to your PSP's game folder.

That's it! Now you can easily play your favorite game without paying for it (Not Cool). So if you got enough money in your pocket, then paying for a game is a better idea. And if you don't have, then you can proudly use this trick.

Installing Pro CFW On Sony PSP 1000/2000/3000/GO

BWidgets is a blogsite about blogging, but why we're sharing PSP tutorials here? The answer is very simple. I recently bought a PSP 1000 model so I wanted to share some cool PSP tricks & tutorials with you all.

Before we start this tutorial, here are some simple FAQ about this tutorial:

FAQ:

Q. Can we play ISO/CSO games on PSP with this hack?
A. YES! YES! YES.

Q. Can we play ISO/CSO games on PSP without installing CFW?
A. Yes, but only games under 720MBs. Tutorials is available here.

Q. Do we need Pandora Battery to install Pro CFW?
A. NO! NO! NO!

Q. Any damage or chances of bricking my PSP?
A. Not much. Installing CFW is way too much easy these days, so don't worry about that.

Supported PSP Models:

• PSP 1000 Series
• PSP 2000 Series
• PSP 3000 Series
• PSP GO

Requirements:

• A charged PSP 1000/2000/3000/GO with official Sony Firmware 6.6 (which, at the time of this writing, is the latest firmware released by Sony)
• PSP USB Cable (To transfer files)
• Laptop/Computer (To download & transfer files)
• Pro CFW (Direct Download Link - Repository Link)

Update Your PSP To Firmware 6.60:

Skip this step if you already have Firmware 6.60 installed on your PSP.

In order to install Pro CFW on your PSP, you will need to first update your PSP to the 6.60 Official Sony Firmware. As of writing, 6.60 is the latest firmware released by Sony. If you have older version installed on your PSP. Then there are versions of Pro CFW that will run on older firmwares as well.

To install the latest 6.60 firmware, just visit Sony PlayStation's official website, or on your PSP (Settings > System Update > Update via Internet)

Installing Pro CFW:

This step is very easy, and usually takes less than five minutes. Don't worry, you can easily do this.

Download Pro CFW 6.60 from this link. The archive contains subfolders in the "PSP/GAME" folder. There are several files in the GAME folder, but we just need two for this hack: the FastRecovery and the PROUPDATE folders. Copy those two folders to your Memory Stick's game folder "PSP/GAME".

After adding the FastRecovery and the PROUPDATE folders to your PSP's memory stick, you'll see a few new applications in your PSP's game menu. The one you will want to run in order to install Pro CFW is "Pro Update". This scary screen will appear (but with different options as my PSP is already hacked):

Press X key in your PSP to install Pro CFW. After clicking on X button, screen will load several files, then it will ask you to press X key again in order to launch Pro CFW. That's it!

You can erase the "ProUpdate" folder from your PSP, but keep the "FastRecovery" folder.

Using CFW In Daily Use:

In order to use CFW in your daily use, you'll need to run FastRecovery file every time you reboot your PSP. It takes less than 10 seconds and doesn't requires any actions. That's IT! Welcome to the world of Pro PSP Users!

What's Next?

Thanks for reading this tutorial. I'll write more PSP articles soon on BWidgets. So if you're new to this blog, then don't forget to subscribe to our Feed with your favorite Feed reader or Email Updates. Don't forget to leave your comments, suggestions, or problems.

Image Grabber (Remote Image Uploader) Plugin For WordPress

It's really irritating to manually download and update images from an another website to your own website. It takes to much time and data to do that. Remote image uploading setting makes it easy to upload any type of image from a link.

I recently found a great plugin for this job on CodeCanyon, but it was a premium plugin. So I searched on Plugin Directory with several different names and finally found a perfect plugin.

It's called, Remote Images Grabber, you can download this plugin at this link. Here is the original description of this plugin:

Fetches images from an URL or a piece of html-code, saves them directly into your blog media directory, and attaches to the appointed post. 

After installing this plugin, you'll get an option in your media upload dialog to directly upload images from a link to your blog.

How To Install Image Grabber:

• Click here and download this plugin. Visit your WordPress' plugin page and install this plugin.

• You can also install this plugin from your WP's plugin directory.

• After installing, activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' admin menu in WordPress.

That's it for this time. Comment if you're having any troubles.

Adding Username Availability Checker To BuddyPress

Picking a username is a very hard task for everyone. So this plugin allows you to check for the availability of a user name on BuddyPress registration page. It's very useful plugin and it also gives a pro look to your BuddyPress registration page.

It makes easy for your readers to pick a suitable username, without refreshing the page. This plugin is developed by Brajesh Singh of BuddyDev.com.

How To Install BPDev Username Availability Checker:

• Click here to download this plugin.

• Go to WordPress Dashboard > Plugins > Add New > Upload

• Upload .zip file that you downloaded from the first step.

• Upload/Install and activate the plugin “Username Availability Checker”

Now it's time to check this plugin by logging out of your BuddyPress account. That's it for this time. Don't forget to join BuddyDev Premium Club for more BuddyPress plugins.

How To Automatically Tag WordPress Posts

Tagging posts in WordPress is an another great way to make time traveling navigation more easy for your readers. It's a useful way to group related posts together. Tags are similar to, but more specific than, categories.

Tagging your new posts is very easy, but it's really a huge pain if you post way too much on your blog, or when it comes to tag previously posted posts.

As expected, there are several plugins, which automatically add tags to your WordPress posts. But it's really hard to find them in that crowded plugin directory. So, here are my two favorite plugins for this task.

1. Strictly Auto Tags:

Strictly Auto Tags is a very useful plugin by Strictly Software, which automatically adds the most relevant tags to your posts. I'm using this plugin on my wwefansnation.com, and it's a very helpful plugin for me. It scans an English language post for words that could be used as tags and then orders them so that the most relevant words get added. It won't add any grammar or useless words to your tags. This plugin is only designed for English language blogs.

2. Automatic Post Tagger:

This plugin is very different from Strictly Auto Tags plugin. In this plugin, you have to create a list of tags with related words for each of them and it'll add relevant tags automatically when a post is published or updated. You can also configurable maximum number of tags per post.

Got a great WordPress plugin? Don't forget to share with us in the comment section below, or you can also use our contact page to share them with us.

Adding Arrow Key Navigation To Blogger

First of all, all credits to this amazing tutorial and script goes to our friends at Blogger Plugins. Don't forget to check their website for more great blogging tutorials.Also, I took above picture from their website. It's not copyrighted by them, but still they saved my time by creating this image. So thanks a lot guys!

Tons of big sites are using arrow key navigation to make their site more better, and it's a very useful plugin for readers. It saves a lot of time, as they don't have to look for those next or older post/page links. The code is very light, and would not effect your blog's loading at all.

Let's just get started with this easy plugin. You don't need to manually put any code into your Blog, you can install this plugin by clicking on above Add To Blogger button and that's it!!

How To Add Polls To WordPress

Polls are a great way to find out what your readers thinks about a specific thing or topic. Because your reader's opinion really matters, or maybe we just say that, but polls are a must have feature for all topic based sites.

By using polls, you can know your reader's interest, opinion, and many things. It all depends on how you use them. It's WordPress and you can also use polls in your posts, sidebars, or on an poll archive page.

So there are lots of plugins to add free polls on your WordPress site, but which one is best for us? It's not a really hard question - you can use WP Polls, which is free and fantastic. Official description of WP Polls reads:

Adds an AJAX poll system to your WordPress blog. You can also easily add a poll into your WordPress's blog post/page.

It's very great plugin to use, and you can also add a poll into your blog's posts, pages, or on sidebar widgets. It's extremely customizable via templates and css styles. It also gives you an option to set a Polls Archive page for your site to display all our current and old polls. Let's just get started with this plugin:

Installing WP Polls to WordPress:

• Click here and download this plugin. Visit your WordPress' plugin page and install this plugin.

• You can also install this plugin from your WP's plugin directory.

• After installing, activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' admin menu in WordPress.

That's with this simple part. Now let's move on to second part.

How To Add A Poll:

After installing this plugin, WP Poll menu will appear in your WordPress's right menu section. You can add a new poll by simply clicking on that menu. You can also choose poll's expiring time, starting time, more. Just add your poll and click on Add Poll button.

Now visit Widget section of your WP, and add a WP Poll widget to your blog's sidebar, or wherever you want your poll to appear. You can also add your poll into a post or page by clicking on Poll icon in post/page editor.

You can also display WP Poll into your template by adding following php code into your template:

<?php if (function_exists('vote_poll') && !in_pollarchive()): ?>
    <li>
        <h2>Polls</h2>
        <ul>
            <li><?php get_poll();?></li>
        </ul>
        <?php display_polls_archive_link(); ?>
    </li>
<?php endif; ?>

You can get more details at this link.

Creating Poll Archive:

Creating a Poll Archive page for your blog is a great idea, and I really recommend this step. It's just too easy, you just need to enter a simple code into your page.

• Create a new page and name it Polls or Poll Archive

• Change page's permalink to: http://www.yourblog.com/pollsarchive/

• Just put following code into your page and publish it:

[page_polls]

That's it! Don't forget to leave a comment!

How To Delete Unconfirmed WordPress Users

In past, I shared several articles to manage your WordPress users, such as changing usernames, and restricting usernames. It's time for another article related to WordPress users. It's really important to manage all users, even more if you're using BuddyPress.
Some registered users of your site may not really confirm their id by clicking on activation links, which really sucks, as they're just wasting your database's little space. Activation emails may be caught by spam filters, deleted unwillingly, or simply not understood.

Boone Gorges and CUNY Academic Commons created a very useful plugin called, Unconfirmed, which creates a Dashboard panel under the Users menu (Network Admin > Users on Multisite) that shows a list of unactivated user registrations.

For each registration, you can resend the original activation email, manually activating the user, or delete them. It's a really great and must use plugin for all. If you got some extra money, you can also donate some to keep this plugin up in development at this link.

How To Install And Use Unconfirmed:

• Click here and download this plugin. Visit your WordPress' plugin page and install this plugin.

• You can also install this plugin from your WP's plugin directory.

• After installing, activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' admin menu in WordPress.

• Now visit Dashboard > Users to manage unconfirmed users.

Hope this will keep your community up and clean. Don't forget to leave your responses, and I'll try to help and reach you all.

How To Activate New Facebook News Feed

Facebook has launched a new news feed design. It was introduced in March 2012, and right now is in BETA testing version. It's inspired by a "newspaper" and looks bit like Facebook's smart phone application. It has a very sleek UI, with a very nice off-canvas menu.

It's very user-friendly, and has lot of option to customize in your own style,You can choose from separate sections for friends, photos, music and other activity and updates. I used it, and it was pretty cool. To be honest, it's not very user-friendly at all, and is very confusing for new users.

How To Activate It:

• Visit Facebook News Feed's page at this link.

• Now click on "Join Waiting List", which is located on the bottom.

Now you're on news feed's waiting list. As it's a beta version, once the waiting list completes you will get a notification on the Facebook Home page to use it. That's it guys!