Things to Know Beforehand Changing or renaming the “wp-content” folder is easy. All you have to do is add a few lines of code. However, there are some things you should consider before renaming the folder. If your website or blog is already live and serving content, be prepared for at least a couple minutes of downtime. Renaming the “wp-content” folder doesn’t necessarily improve security or hide the fact that you are using WordPress....
Get Ready Before you do any of this, make a backup. While this process should be painless, “should” is no guarantee. It’s also highly recommended that you turn off iCloud Documents and Desktop if you have that feature enabled. iCloud doesn’t always cope well with home folder changes. Create an Additional Administrator User First, you’ll need to create an additional administrator user on your computer. If you already have one, you can skip this part....
Here we show you how you can change your iMessage bubble colors in iOS 14. Why You’d Want to Change Your iMessage Bubble Color The traditional colors on Apple’s iMessages app show a green bubble for a sent SMS message, and a blue bubble to show a message relayed over iMessage. However, you may want to change the colors for any number of reasons, for example: Accessibility reasonsA specific need for a different colorA new color scheme fits with your own personal taste...
Tip: make route planning more efficient with a few Google Maps extensions. Checking Traffic in Google Maps The traffic feature in Google Maps can come in handy when deciding which route to take to work or the grocery store. This feature color codes your map based on traffic volume, with green indicating no traffic delays, yellow or orange indicating medium traffic, and red indicating severe traffic delays. Before you even begin your journey, you can quickly check the traffic conditions by following the steps below....
What Is Clipboard History? The Clipboard is a temporary storage place for data when you are copying and pasting items. In previous versions of Windows, you could not keep a record of what you copied. Whenever you put something into the Clipboard, the last entry was deleted. The October 2018 update first gave users the ability to keep a history of items and text you had copied. You can go back and paste an item more than once or pin items that you paste more frequently to the panel so you won’t delete them by mistake....
Just imagine going to your “Posts” page in your WordPress dashboard and having a variety of posts at different points in publication – drafts, pending, published, etc. Sure, you can look under the “Status” column to see what type of post each one is, but having them color-coded is so much easier. Colors catch your eye and are easy to identify. So how can you color code the WordPress Posts page for easier post management?...
What Is Network Reset? Before we talk about how to activate a network reset, let’s take a look at what it does. A network reset isn’t as simple as stopping and restarting your network drivers or wiping your network details. In some ways a network reset can be considered the “hard reset” solution for solving a network issue. When a network reset is activated, it will clean your computer of all network drivers....
Note: If your device is running Android 3.1 or higher or if the device itself supports manual configuration of the proxy, you don’t need to root the smartphone. Otherwise you can check if your Android phone is rooted and try any of these root apps before you proceed. AdBlock said it is “desirable” to use a rooted device for seamless blocking of ads. Pre-installation configuration On your Android phone go to Settings....
This, of course, leaves the question of how, but that’s what we’re here for, right? Getting the Boot Disk Installation Tool Click here to go to Microsoft’s website, where you can download a Windows 10 Download/Installation tool. Be sure to select the one corresponding to the architecture (32 bit or 64 bit) that the system you’re using is on. To check what architecture you’re on, open Start, right-click “Computer” and select “Properties....
When you add a dropdown list to a cell, an arrow will be displayed next to it. Clicking on this arrow will open up the list and give the user the option to choose one of the items on the list. This will not only save you space on your spreadsheet but also make you look like like a superuser and impress your co-workers and boss. Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to create a dropdown list in Excel....
Why the Pi 4? The Pi 4 is your best bet when you are building a Plex server. The reason for this is purely about speed. Firstly, it’s a very fast little computer, almost up to the level of a low end laptop. Secondly, it has fast USB 3.0 ports to hook up a hard drive to storr the films. In video streaming it’s all about data throughput. The USB 3 sockets on a RasPi 4 are more than fast enough to shoot the data from the disk into the server brain and out to the waiting clients....
How to Create a Group Poll on Facebook The first method allows you to create a poll, then share it to one of your Facebook groups. The poll will be accessible to all members of the group. How to Create a Poll in Facebook Messenger When creating polls on Facebook Messenger, if you want to survey a select group of people, you’ll first have to add them in a group....
Getting Started First, let’s clarify that turning your notes into presentations is a feature available for Evernote Premium users only. With that being said, we can begin with the first step. Turning your notes into presentations is very easy. All you have to do is click the “Presentation Mode” button located above the note title between the “Reminder” and “Annotate” buttons. This mode is also available in the mobile version but with only one customization option: switching between night and day mode....
As good as it is, if you are not using or simply don’t like Cortana on the lock screen, you can easily disable it as needed. Here’s how. Disable Cortana on Lock Screen from Settings App Windows 10 has a dedicated section in the Settings app that allows you to control the permissions and behavior of Cortana. As such, you can easily disable or enable Cortana on the lock screen by toggling a single switch....
Here is how you can get a copy of the previous version of macOS on your Mac. How to Get a Previous macOS Installer Getting hold of a previous macOS installer is not easy as it seems. Apple doesn’t feature exclusive links to the previous versions. If you’re running a version of macOS prior to Mojave, you can download the installers by accessing the Purchased tab in the App Store....
1. Make Your Own Arrow One of the easiest ways to add an arrow in GIMP is to draw it manually. For that, click on the Paintbrush tool in GIMP. Choose a simple brush from the list of brushes. Click once on your image where you want one of the arrow to begin. Press the Shift key on your keyboard. (Find more GIMP keyboard shortcuts in our cheatsheet.) With the key pressed, click again on the canvas to draw a straight line....
Others might toss them in a drawer to be forgotten with the passage of time. Those of you who are a bit more industrious may attempt to sell your old electronics via eBay or Craigslist. Unfortunately, these online marketplaces can be wildly unreliable. If you’re looking for a quick and easy way to earn money from your old electronics, have a look at the websites listed below. If none of them seem appealing, be sure to check out our previous list for additional options....
You can also set your own global text substitutions for emoticons, so that you can quickly access them in multiple programs. While this is more useful for enhancing e-mails, chats, messages, etc., OS X also supports the use of emoticons and other symbols in your file names. This is a really unique way of naming files since you can easily search and characterize them using an image instead of simple text characters....
Here are some ways you can use to make resizing the window an easier, and enjoyable task. 1. Alt + Middle click At anywhere in the window, press “ALT” key and the middle button of the mouse and the cursor instantly become an arrowhead. You can then move in the direction that you want to resize. 2. Press At + F8 The “Alt + F8” hotkey is a quick keyboard shortcut to activate the resize mode....
Not sure what an “alternative DNS” service is? Check out this article that outlines in detail why these services exist and why users should strongly consider using them! Adding alternative DNS servers on Linux Start by clicking the “Edit connections” option. Since each Linux distribution and desktop environment is different, you’ll need to find this setting yourself. A good rule of thumb is to find the “WiFi icon” and right-click on it....
