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Default local mail server disable for new DirectAdmin domains
As a general policy at CharlesWorks, we set up email on separate servers from your website. Doing this keeps mail server traffic from affecting website resources and vice versa. The local mail server on the DirectAdmin must be disabled when using a remote mail server....
How to enable TLS 1.2 on Windows Server 2008 R2
The Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials runs on top of Windows Server 2008 R2, which was an extremely popular server. It is still an extremely stable platform for handling DNS, serving up websites, and handling email servers. Despite being long past...
Sorting Outlook Hosted Exchange based Email using Webmail
Whether you are running a household or a business, it's easy for your emails to ultimately get out of control. Having plenty of space to store them along with fast access to them can save a lot of time and headaches. A number of years ago, we at CharlesWorks switched...
How to find your IP Address on Desktops, Laptops, Smartphones, Tablets
There are many times when we might need to know what IP address we are using. We at CharlesWorks use this information mostly for some Under Construction plugins. For example, to allow one to view a website that is using an Under Construction plugin without having to...
Insert Pages
Insert Pages lets you embed any WordPress content (e.g., pages, posts, custom post types) into other WordPress content using the Shortcode. [insert page='post-permalink' display='content']
Adding text into a Divi Builder page on your WordPress website.
If you need to edit text in a page in your Divi Builder WordPress site for your restaurant's menu, or your store's hours, etc., you might find that sometimes it doesn't look the same as other text on the page. You might be trying to copy from a word document or a...
WordPress Forms
Many people like the idea of adding forms to their sites as a means of collecting information from site visitors. Anything requiring more time from the web developer will drive the website cost up. The same goes for the additional back and forth between the developer...
Divi boxed layout – full width on mobile
add following to css /*** Full Width On Mobile ***/ @media (max-width: 481px) { .et_boxed_layout #page-container { max-width: 100%!important; width: 100%!important; } #main-header, #top-header { max-width: 100%!important; width: 100%!important; } }
Correcting WordPress folder to subdomain URL changes using redirection
Sometimes we might go from a site located in a folder off the root of a site to a subdomain or site of its own in a standalone environment. Why would we want to do this? There are some advantages for separating out your sub-sites into separate sites: Security: With...
How to turn off the WordPress dashboard Jetpack nags
This is a work in progress, so bear with me as it is not done yet! Jetpack, created and maintained by Autommatic, has increasingly moved toward monetization over the past years. As part of this process, Autommatic wants to generate more and more revenue. There was a...