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Question from Kevin A.: Hi Rick. First of all, I really love your blog. What a wonderful service you’re providing to those of us who struggle with technology!
I have a WordPress blog of my own and the sidebar widgets sort of run together because they all have a white background.
How can I give my own sidebar widgets a light gray background color like the widgets on your blog?
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Question from Edwin G.: I’m really upset Rick. I checked my email this morning and found that both of my WordPress blogs had been updated to the latest version during the night without my knowledge or consent. I don’t like that!
I’ve had problems in the past with WordPress core updates breaking my blogs so now I always update my blogs one at a time, then check to make sure everything still works before updating the next blog.
Is there a setting in WordPress that I can change to prevent it from installing updates automatically? If there is, I can’t find one.
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Do you use Instagram? If so, there’s a very good chance that your account will get hacked very soon.
Right now hackers (who appear to be from Russia) are hacking into and taking control of Instagram accounts by the thousands.
In a nutshell, the hackers are somehow breaking into the accounts and changing both the username and password, making it impossible for the rightful account owners to log back in (or in many cases even locate the account). [Read more…]
Question from Seth P.: I have a WordPress blog that has several missing posts that I’ve deleted because they contained outdated information that was either incorrect or no longer relevant.
My blog now has lots of requests going to the 404 error page because those posts no longer exist.
I’d like to redirect all of those requests to my blog’s home page instead of displaying the 404 error page. How can I do that?
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Question from Neilen G.: I have a fairly small 11.6 inch laptop that I carry with me when I travel (and I travel frequently for work). I’ve found that it’s the perfect size to use when I’m on a plane.
Unfortunately, I also have an issue with my vision. Nothing major, but it’s bad enough to cause problems for me at times.
I usually don’t have a problem reading the screen when I’m using Twitter, but sometimes at night when my eyes are tired I find it hard to make out some of the text.
I tried typing Ctrl+ to make the text bigger but it ended up pushing some of the content off the sides of the screen.
I read somewhere that switching to the mobile Twitter site when my eyes are tired will make the text easier to read, but it didn’t give instructions for making the switch.
I guess my question is can you tell me how to switch to the Twitter mobile site on my laptop (and how to switch back when I need to)?
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