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WordPress loading images – blank thumbnail issue
Issue: When loading images into media library, only a blank thumbnail shows. After testing compatibility of plugins, themes, php, etc, problem persisted. Go to Dashboard -> Settings -> Media Make sure the default file path is there. When I was troubleshooting this...
SEO Scammers
Almost all businesses get the usual spam SEO (Search Engine Optimization) phone calls and emails. Recently, one of our web clients took a spammer's SEO phone call. As a result of such calls, she emailed us. Her concerns prompted this article. She expressed a lot of...
Moving Contact Lists from Smartermail to Microsoft Hosted Exchange
Step One Sign into the Smartermail account you're trying to import the contact lists from. Step Two Click on 'Contacts' icon in the left hand menu, with the image of a person. Step Three At the top of the contacts list above the search bar, there's a blue bar with...
How to migrate email from SmarterMail to Microsoft Hosted Exchange
Step One In your favorite web browser, navigate to https://portal.office.com to log into your Microsoft Hosted Exchange admin account. Step Two Navigate to the Admin area by clicking on the Admin area icon across the top of the page, or by clicking on the grid in the...
Troubleshooting Intermittent Microsoft Hosted Exchange Password Requests
On occasion, Microsoft Hosted Exchange or Microsoft Office 365 email users (or nearly any email users, for that matter) may have an input box pop up requesting that you enter your username or email address and your password. At times this can persist and become most...
Review of Domain Name Tips
We've published information in the past about domain names. Whether your domain name is for personal use or for your business, we hope you find the following tips to be helpful. Keywords Having words pertinent to your business in your domain are increasingly...
WordPress updated to 5.5
The WordPress version 5.5 was rolled out sometime around the beginning of August. It's developers boast there are 157 enhancements and feature requests and 307 bug fixes. Those may seem like high numbers - especially the bug fixes. However, WordPress is enormously...
How to Choose or Update which PHP version my Website uses
It's important to keep your website secure! CharlesWorks uses DirectAdmin on most of its Linux based servers. The latest PHP versions offer the best security. The later versions also offer better speed as well. The CharlesWorks web servers are optimized to keep your...
Common Bitcoin Phishing Message from online Scammers
The lost revenue to individuals and companies responding to and falling prey to these phishing messages is enormous. We in the web field lose considerable amounts of time that we could be working on websites answering queries about such matters. It is obviously part...
Adding a Zoom Link to your Desktop
It's very convenient to place an icon on your desktop so you can click and go directly to a Zoom meeting. This will save you the time and hassle of looking up your regular Zoom meeting addresses. This set of directions was created on a Windows 10 workstation. There...
