Microsoft 365 Family Price Increase, Bypassed
Don’t want or don’t use Copilot? Then don’t pay for it, and keep using Microsoft 365 on your original price! See how.
Unable to transfer Residential Starlink plan to a new Residential account, due to waitlist
Who would have thought that a company owned by the richest man on the planet might rip people off? Is that a harsh take on what happens in areas where the Residential service for Starlink is listed as “on waitlist”? I don’t think so. The issue faced A customer that I was trying to assist […]
FooGallery not opening custom URL, resolved
Recently I wanted to add a small, yet nice looking gallery of work to my site, specifically to my Services page (update 28th November 2024: I have since removed this gallery due to other technical issues, and am now using one of the ones Elementor provide, though not entirely happy with it. Hopefully the information […]
OneDrive Users Continue to be Frustrated by Shared Folder Bug
A shared folder in OneDrive now acts like a browser shortcut (for some users) It came to my attention a few weeks ago (mid June 2024), from a customer of mine, that they were having an issue with a OneDrive shared folder. The customer is using Microsoft 365 Family. This is despite following the instructions […]
Having Blog in your Post URL without affecting Custom Post Types
Is it possible to include “blog” in the Post URL? I was working on a project where I was transferring to a different CMS (WordPress), and the original blogs all had “blog” in the URL. I wanted the same format in the new site, figuring this was the best thing to do for existing SEO. […]
How to avoid online scams
Scammers online are rife these days, with Australian victims perceived to be rather soft targets. Gone are the days where we might be duped by Nigerian Princes or very poorly written emails from, apparently, Margot Robbie (yes, I got one of these once). Instead, scammers often rely on your goodwill or perhaps a moment of […]
How to remove the text “Published On:” in Avada custom archive page
Recently I created a custom Blog and Blog Archive page for a site using the Avada theme, and this brought my first experience with Fusion Builder. This in itself was a reasonably smooth process, once I watched a tutorial or two on how to best delineate between header, content, and footer. Whilst I got the […]
Unable to purchase Robux via App Store for my child’s Roblox
As the father of a child under the age of 13, I am often tasked with giving permission for her to purchase / install apps on her iPad, including purchases of Robux for her rather popular Roblox app. Sometimes though the permissions don’t seem to work, and I either don’t get the notification at all, […]
A beginner guide to Yoast SEO
Mastering SEO can be a time-consuming thing. Whilst there are a lot of options available and many ways you can increase your Google search rankings, sometimes you need to simply get started and are looking for some basics, some general tips and explanation of the various options seen when editing your page or blog. Well, […]
Making your WordPress site mobile friendly for Google
As you may know, as of April 21 2015 Google will rank mobile-friendly websites higher than those that are not mobile-friendly. If you’re not sure whether you pass the mobile-friendly test, Google provides a link where you can simply enter your site URL, and see some general results. If not mobile-friendly, Google offers some advice […]