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Clear cookies in chrome for just one page or site

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How do you clear cookies for just one site in Google browser Chrome? The answer isn’t easy to find! In Google results, the only answers I found for “clear cache and cookies – computer – Google Chrome” deleted everything – all cookies and all cache for every website! So then I tried “Chrome clear cookies and data from only one page” but all of the answers were still the same – to delete everything – all cookies and all data. Every cookie and cache for every webpage. Some of the instructions even deleted your entire browsing history! But by trial and error, I found how to delete cookies for only one website or webpage.

A web page quit working & you need to clear Chrome cookies. But maybe you don't want to delete everything. How to delete cookies for one website.…

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How to convert portrait video to landscape for free

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video editing tips for beginners - how to convert a portrait video (upright) to a landscape video (sideways), for FREE! And get rid of the ugly black bars!Well, I did it. I took a video with my phone upright instead of across in landscape mode. So the video has the ugly black bars on the sides. And what I want to see is teeny tiny. Now that Google has taken away YouTube video editing, I had to find another way to convert portrait video to landscape video.

Get a look at these cliff jumpers we saw in Maui….

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Overwhelmed by all your Pinterest boards? Find a board fast!

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Pinterest likes to make changes all the time! I’m sure it always eventually leads to better experience, but sometimes it’s annoying. Recently Pinterest made it harder to arrange your boards and keep them arranged. So how do you find a specific board you’re looking for?

Here’s a quick tip to find one of your boards on Pinterest fast!Here's a quick tip to find one of your boards on Pinterest fast! - Blogger's computer for blogging and planning…

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How to update PHP on your website for speed and security

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It turns out PHP – probably something you’ve never touched if you’re not a full time website developer – needs to be updated by you. Updating your version of PHP will not only increase the security of your website, but speed it up as well. Learn how to update PHP.

Blog tip - your website is probably running outdated PHP and you don't know! Learn what PHP is, and learn how to update it and increase your site speed and security - a WordPress tutorialWhat version of PHP is on your website?

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Beginner Tailwind Tips

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Pinterest is my favorite social media platform. I would hang out there and collect ideas, even if I wasn’t blogging. For years I have heard successful bloggers recommend Tailwind for increasing Pinterest traffic. But I kept putting it off until I had the time to learn how to use Tailwind and set it up. Well, I decided that it’s finally time to MAKE the time to work with Tailwind!

So I signed up.

Tailwind app is awesome for Pinterest traffic to your blog, but there can be a bit of a learning curve. Use these beginner Tailwind tips to rock Pinterest!

If you haven’t signed up yet you can use my link to sign up for Tailwind and get a free month! (And I will get a free month too, so thank you very much.) You can also use Tailwind for Instagram, so if you’re active there it’s even more of a bargain!

It does take awhile to set up Tailwind for Pinterest. Here are 11 tips that I stumbled across or thought of as I started working with Tailwind….

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SSL and how to change your website from http to https

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Beginning July 2018, Google Chrome will start warning all visitors to HTTP sites that the site doesn’t have SSL encryption and is “not secure.” Do you know if you have SSL encryption on your website? Do you have a little padlock before your website URL in your browser? Does your URL start with httpS? (Emphasis on the s!) If not, keep reading for a tutorial to easily move your WordPress website from HTTP to HTTPS and preserve SEO. And make Google and your visitors happy!

Blogging on WordPress? How to make Google happy. How to move your website from http to https. Why you need it (not just because it will make Google happy), how to do it without coding! And how to preserve your SEO.

What is SSL?

Why do you need SSL?

SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) improves web site’s security with encryption and authentication. Secure sites will begin with https:// (instead of http://). Most web browsers will also display a little lock icon.

Why you need SSL, regardless of the type of website you have

It used to be that you only needed SSL if your website collected information, like payment information and passwords. But now Google has decided to favor websites that have it regardless of whether or not they collect information.…

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Batch resize and watermark to photos using free IrfanView

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Save time on your blog images for social media. Tutorial for how to batch resize and add a watermark to your images all at the same time using free Irfanview.You save a lot of time if you resize your photos all at once instead of one at a time. And if you do it in free Irfanview, you can add a watermark to each of them at the same time!…

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Resize Transparent PNG Images in Irfanview

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Before you can add a watermark to your photos all at once in a batch, you need to have the right size image as a transparent png image. To do it in Irfanview you need know this trick!Before you can add a watermark to your photos all at once in a batch, you need to have the right size image as a transparent png image. To do it in Irfanview you need know this trick!…

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The best image size for social media and blog posts

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Social media image sizes keep changing! and they all have different sizes and dimensions. Save youself time with this tip about one best photo size to use in blog posts and social media, including Facebbok, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest. And learn how to process a big batch of photos all at once.Photo sizes for blogs and social media change all the time as screen resolution gets better. This can make it hard to know what size to upload photos to a blog. At this point, I’ve chosen to go with a social media size that seems to be the largest and hope it will last me for awhile without taking up too much space. Then to save even more time, I’m going to process the photos in batches all at once. AND at the same time I’m going to watermark them all.

Here’s how I decided on a size and dimensions….

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Facebook Image Testing 2

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Testing Pinterest Images to see how they work on Pinterest. I this Image 2 will be better than than Image 1.

Before you can add a watermark to your photos all at once in a batch, you need to have the right size image as a transparent png image. To do it in Irfanview you need know this trick!

I was right. Image 2 is the best for the type position.