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If you have a phpBB forum you may see a php warning: [phpBB Debug] PHP Warning: in file [ROOT]/includes/functions_acp.php on line 65: ob_start(): output handler ‘ob_gzhandler’ conflicts with ‘zlib output compression’ This is simply informing you that some other system is already compressing (‘zip’) your files and so the phpBB Read more…
Holoporation is something that blows people away when they see that it is no longer science fiction, but to explain it we need some brief background on Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) and Mixed Reality (MR). Here is the video version of this article: What is Virtual Reality Read more…
If you need to make changes to your ADS.TXT file and need to start again, you may want to download a fresh copy from Google AdSense. In our case, we cut back on the number of advertising partners we had and wanted to remove any dead links. We now use Read more…
If you want to tighten up the security on your Office 365 access, the easiest and cheapest way to do it is by requiring two factor authentication (2FA) using the Microsoft Authenticator App. Microsoft multifactor authentication requires users to enter a username and password along with confirming their identity using Read more…
We are often asked about how small offices, home offices and even medium sized businesses can avoid the high cost of on-premise file servers, by sharing files and folders with Microsoft OneDrive. After all, it seems like nearly all small businesses run on Microsoft Office 365 OneDrive (aka Microsoft 365 Read more…
Put simply two factor authentication is a requirement to prove who you are twice, before being allowed access. The most common use of two factor authentication with your bank because you have two factors: Your bank – debit – credit card is something you HAVE Your PIN number is something Read more…
We recently had a client ask how to quickly determine who their Microsoft Office 365 licenses were assigned to and how many spares they might have. Click to Expand Screenshot Below Fortunately this is easy to figure out: Sign into portal.office.com click on the ADMIN icon (cog) on the left Read more…
We needed to convert a website we had given up on last year, to a forum and so we worked through an evaluation fo several different products before settling on bbPress, the free forum for WordPress. The video discusses: bbPress, BuddyPress, phpBB and other Forum tools that can be used Read more…
In this short OneDrive tutorial, we explain and demonstrate how to use OneDrive then start and configure OneDrive to connect to your Office 365 storage space. What File Names and Extensions Cannot Be Used with OneDrive? This list changes periodically as Microsoft is constantly improving the OneDrive service. However as Read more…
If you have files or folders that you delete on your desktop and they magically reappear at a later date, the problem may be with OneDrive. There are several explanations for this. The most intriguing is that if multiple people having access to the files/folders in question one of them Read more…
If your WordPress site is not showing the thumbnails, like this image we might have the fix for you: In our case we were using the Hestia Pro WordPress theme and you are using Webcraftic Robin image Optimizer. After working with the fin people at Hestia support and playing around Read more…
If you have a WordPress site you likely want to connect Google Site Kit but we found a problem connecting AdSense. We have several articles on issues configuring Google Site Kit and all have simple solutions. This will be the same, with several easy fixes: Open an Incognito session in Read more…
If you have a WordPress site and have installed Google Site Kit, you may see that it gets stuck and stays endlessly on CHECKING COMPATIBILITY. If that happens there are several possible fixes but in most cases the issue seems to be that Google is unable to verify the site Read more…
We have been taking particularly close attention to Googles Page Speed Insights tool and focusing on image files size. Google is fond of promoting its own webp format by telling web developers and WordPress admins that they should “Serve Images in Next-Gen Formats”. There are two problems with this assertion. Read more…
.webp is a graphic format that is yet another attempt to replace .jpg as the king of graphics. Google invented .webp and it has all of the features you would want in a graphic format: .webp supports transparencies, like .PNG .webp supports annimations like .GIF .webp is tight – it Read more…
If you are a Microsoft 365 user you know there has been an explosion of new apps including three that plan things todo in lists (see what I did there!). There are definitely similarities between the products but they each have different use cases. Lets start with the similarities. What Read more…