Hi,
I updated one of my websites to the latest Wordpress version 4.9 and now the widgets in the Wordpress editor are not clickable anymore! And the customizer does not w
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Widget issues after wordpress update 4.9?
Hi,
I updated one of my websites to the latest Wordpress version 4.9 and now the widgets in the Wordpress editor are not clickable anymore! And the customizer does not w
Hmmm ... thank YOU Gerlinde, for sharing this. I've been in touch with my theme developer thinking the issue I'm seeing with Featured Images is the fault of theirs, as they TOO updated right around the same time WP did. Hmmmm ... now I wonder...
Hi Trish,
yes, site support wrote me, it looks like my theme is not compatible with the new WP version... so, could be! They updated the theme not long ago, as well...
Thanks for stopping by...
Gerlinde
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Hi all,
when I want to share my homepage (not a particular post) on facebook, no image is shown but only a blank profile image.
I'm doing researches since yesterd
Wish I could be of help Gerlinde but I'm not really familiar with this. Hope some of the suggestions help you out.
Jerome
Thanks, Jerome... no worries... I am still trying to figure out what the problem might be... with one website it works now, not with the other one... it's not sooooo important, but it's driving me crazy that I don't find the solution! lol :D
Thanks again, Gerlinde
Thanks for that, but I think, it's not up to date anymore. I already cannot find the first setting in Social Meta General Settings Pj is talking about... but I will check out the rest...
I found that one, too now, but not in the General Settings as in the training, but in the Advanced Settings... but anyways, I tried to follow his steps, but still no image... very strange.
I even made a reset to default settings... nothing.
Maybe I will be luckier tomorrow! :D
Thanks, Gerlinde
Yes, only for posts or pages, not for my homepage... but I will try again...
Thanks, Gerlinde
Loes, I used my common sense yesterday (lol) and I found out that the only reason for the Share App ID missing-error in the Facebook Debugger could be that I have no Facebook App on my Laptop! :D And I don't want one....
So, I will try another solution and give the Plugin Trish suggested a try...
Thanks for your help, I find Pj's training still helpful...
Gerlinde
Thank you Loes... again. I was able to fix one website with the training you suggested and the other one with the Plugin Trish suggested! It was really hard work, but the missing Facebook App was not the reason.... :D
Just wanted to let you know...
Gerlinde
Yes, now I will, haha! :D It was driving me crazy...
Have a great weekend, too.
Thanks, Gerlinde
Hey Gerlinde,
Are you using the Featured Image option in WordPress? Featured Images I've found that Facebook prefers our featured images to be 600 x 315 (or a ratio of).
Most times I find that I have to add the URL that I want to share on my fan page twice ... deleting the first try. Then on the second try, Facebook's server FINALLY shows my image card so that I can delete the URL and click Publish ... or schedule.
If that doesn't work ... I used to have to use a plugin https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/facebook-thumb-fixer/ until I decided to purchase a fully optimized theme in which this option is included.
Hope this helps.
Hi Trish,
yes, I'm using featured images... but on a homepage or a blog roll? Some time ago it simply showed my header image, if I'm not wrong...
I entered the image I want to appear in the AIO Settings, but nothing... but I will check your Plugin, but wanted to avoid using one for this...
Thanks, Gerlinde
I understand your confusion Gerlinde, as I too thought the same. However, the fully optimized theme offered me this option so that when I share only the URL of my blog(s), the image I selected to represent the entire blog is used ... just like the featured image in WordPress.
Another awesome option they included ... a Twitter card for EACH post and page! Took me awhile to learn all of the goodies that came with these themes ... but I'm LOVIN' all of the inclusions. No more need for soooooo many plugins any more :D
Thanks, Trish! I will check that, too... could not solve the problem yet and I remember, that some time ago there always was an image... have to find out what changed....
Thanks again, Gerlinde
The fb thumbnail fixer plugin worked for me. Just don't need that plugin anymore given the premium theme I purchased earlier this year. Why not try the plugin ... what have you got to lose?
H Trish!
I think the Plugin might be the only solution for me because maybe I know now why it does not work for me: I don't have a Facebook App on my Laptop! Yes, I might be the only one in the world, haha, but this might be the reason why I get the Share App ID missing...
So, I might give the Plugin a try...
Thanks, Gerlinde
It has nothing to do with any app on a personal device Gerlinde. This issue is only caused from what the code supplied by the website you're sharing a link from.
For your domain URL image ... once you've installed the plugin, check your Settings page (I've forgotten which sub-directory) to find the newly offered option.
Hi Trish!
I tried the Plugin, but nothing changed... I tried another one, nothing. I changed the AIO Seo settings, and with one website it's ok now (those with the static homepage), but I don't kow whey exactly, so you are right, it has nothing to do with the App. But still have the issue with the website with the blogroll...
I'll give it another try with the Plugin...
Thanks for your help,
Gerlinde
Trish, I finally got it with the Facebook Thumb Fixer Plugin! Puh... but I had to try several times, very strange... and I had to delete the Facebook cache, now it's showing! Cool!
Thanks... it was hard work, but I learned a lot....
Gerlinde
Hmmm.. That error message may be an indication that some sharing violation is occurring. I wonder what would happen if you took an image from elsewhere, upload it and see if that error message persists.
No, uploading images, in general, is not a problem... I think, this is a Facebook thing... reading some discussion on the internet, many are wondering why no images are shown since awhile...
Yes, it might be something you must know! :D Thanks for your comments, William! Appreciate it
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Blank profile image on facebook when sharing my website?
Hi all,
when I want to share my homepage (not a particular post) on facebook, no image is shown but only a blank profile image.
I'm doing researches since yesterd
Wish I could be of help Gerlinde but I'm not really familiar with this. Hope some of the suggestions help you out.
Jerome
Thanks, Jerome... no worries... I am still trying to figure out what the problem might be... with one website it works now, not with the other one... it's not sooooo important, but it's driving me crazy that I don't find the solution! lol :D
Thanks again, Gerlinde
Thanks for that, but I think, it's not up to date anymore. I already cannot find the first setting in Social Meta General Settings Pj is talking about... but I will check out the rest...
I found that one, too now, but not in the General Settings as in the training, but in the Advanced Settings... but anyways, I tried to follow his steps, but still no image... very strange.
I even made a reset to default settings... nothing.
Maybe I will be luckier tomorrow! :D
Thanks, Gerlinde
Yes, only for posts or pages, not for my homepage... but I will try again...
Thanks, Gerlinde
Loes, I used my common sense yesterday (lol) and I found out that the only reason for the Share App ID missing-error in the Facebook Debugger could be that I have no Facebook App on my Laptop! :D And I don't want one....
So, I will try another solution and give the Plugin Trish suggested a try...
Thanks for your help, I find Pj's training still helpful...
Gerlinde
Thank you Loes... again. I was able to fix one website with the training you suggested and the other one with the Plugin Trish suggested! It was really hard work, but the missing Facebook App was not the reason.... :D
Just wanted to let you know...
Gerlinde
Yes, now I will, haha! :D It was driving me crazy...
Have a great weekend, too.
Thanks, Gerlinde
Hey Gerlinde,
Are you using the Featured Image option in WordPress? Featured Images I've found that Facebook prefers our featured images to be 600 x 315 (or a ratio of).
Most times I find that I have to add the URL that I want to share on my fan page twice ... deleting the first try. Then on the second try, Facebook's server FINALLY shows my image card so that I can delete the URL and click Publish ... or schedule.
If that doesn't work ... I used to have to use a plugin https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/facebook-thumb-fixer/ until I decided to purchase a fully optimized theme in which this option is included.
Hope this helps.
Hi Trish,
yes, I'm using featured images... but on a homepage or a blog roll? Some time ago it simply showed my header image, if I'm not wrong...
I entered the image I want to appear in the AIO Settings, but nothing... but I will check your Plugin, but wanted to avoid using one for this...
Thanks, Gerlinde
I understand your confusion Gerlinde, as I too thought the same. However, the fully optimized theme offered me this option so that when I share only the URL of my blog(s), the image I selected to represent the entire blog is used ... just like the featured image in WordPress.
Another awesome option they included ... a Twitter card for EACH post and page! Took me awhile to learn all of the goodies that came with these themes ... but I'm LOVIN' all of the inclusions. No more need for soooooo many plugins any more :D
Thanks, Trish! I will check that, too... could not solve the problem yet and I remember, that some time ago there always was an image... have to find out what changed....
Thanks again, Gerlinde
The fb thumbnail fixer plugin worked for me. Just don't need that plugin anymore given the premium theme I purchased earlier this year. Why not try the plugin ... what have you got to lose?
H Trish!
I think the Plugin might be the only solution for me because maybe I know now why it does not work for me: I don't have a Facebook App on my Laptop! Yes, I might be the only one in the world, haha, but this might be the reason why I get the Share App ID missing...
So, I might give the Plugin a try...
Thanks, Gerlinde
It has nothing to do with any app on a personal device Gerlinde. This issue is only caused from what the code supplied by the website you're sharing a link from.
For your domain URL image ... once you've installed the plugin, check your Settings page (I've forgotten which sub-directory) to find the newly offered option.
Hi Trish!
I tried the Plugin, but nothing changed... I tried another one, nothing. I changed the AIO Seo settings, and with one website it's ok now (those with the static homepage), but I don't kow whey exactly, so you are right, it has nothing to do with the App. But still have the issue with the website with the blogroll...
I'll give it another try with the Plugin...
Thanks for your help,
Gerlinde
Trish, I finally got it with the Facebook Thumb Fixer Plugin! Puh... but I had to try several times, very strange... and I had to delete the Facebook cache, now it's showing! Cool!
Thanks... it was hard work, but I learned a lot....
Gerlinde
Hmmm.. That error message may be an indication that some sharing violation is occurring. I wonder what would happen if you took an image from elsewhere, upload it and see if that error message persists.
No, uploading images, in general, is not a problem... I think, this is a Facebook thing... reading some discussion on the internet, many are wondering why no images are shown since awhile...
Yes, it might be something you must know! :D Thanks for your comments, William! Appreciate it
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Yesterday I found out that if we have posts or pages with "thin" content (almost no content, only images, quotes or products to sell for example) then we better should check th
Hmmm....this is interesting. Honestly, the majority of my posts tend to average 1,000-1,2000 words, a few that are in the 1,500 mark and one that even got to 2,000!!!
But if I did have a post with mainly images or with less than 1,000 words, I probably wouldn't even worry about it, but it's good to know some options.
Thanks for the tip, Gerlinde!
Hi Veronica!
Wow, you have long posts! Some of mine are long, too... but I did not think about that when I added some images with quotes on my page, or only images with my promoted products with only some content.
A friend on Facebook told me to be careful about duplicate content on my website... so I started doing some researches and discovered more, also my "thin" content! :D
Thanks for your comment!
Gerlinde
Initially, I kept hearing about all posts should be 1200-1500 words! I nearly fainted! But then one of the Ambassadors said he had some posts with just 200 words! I thought, "If it's good enough for him, it's good enougb for me!"
Although I still like to keep it to around 1000-1200 words, I don't freak out or get weird if I have one that's well under 1,000.
That's good to know! When I read that one could get penalised by Google because of the "thin" content I got a little nervous... :D Now I'm trying to do find out as much as possible about it... it's a totally new topic to me...
I know for certain that if there are too many images, Google AdSense may reject an application. So, I guess as, with anything, it's good to have a balance.
I would say, that it is not necessary to do that for thin content pages. If there are some pages like that, it doesn't matter. For these pages just won't be high-ranking most of the time if there is not link building technic. Sometimes you can rank height and good keyword page with 200 words if there are some more additional signals for Google.
Depending on the site structure, but sometimes is better to make noindex tag and/or categories, archive, author pages or pages with duplicate content.
If these pages have just thin content, then it doesn't matter.
P.S. If you do noindex, then don't forget to add FOLLOW tag.. Google crawl these NOINDEX pages as well, and if there is follow tag, then robots will crawl links on that page and it will help Google to understand your page content and page authority will be forwarded to some other pages which you want to rank height.
Ok, thanks... I read about the duplicate content, too. So, that's good to know that I don't need it if there is just thin content... Have to learn more about that topic, though...
Thanks also for your PS: So, adding a Follow tag in order to point to my original post, right?
I have to check that out as well...
Thanks a lot!
Check this out: https://moz.com/blog/controlling-search-engine-crawlers-for-better-indexation-and-rankings-whiteboard-friday
Not really follow to the original post. The most important think is not add NOFOLLOW at all. Probably, if you are using AIO SEO plugin for WP, than there should be possibility to tag as well NOFOLLOW or FOLLOW.
In short, if you add nofollow on robots header, than robots theoretically won't check any link on that page. If you don't add FOLLOW, it's not a big deal.
Gints, one more question: when I already checked some pages to noindex, now, where do I put the FOLLOW tag? I have the AIO Seo plugin... but I guess, I have to do that in the header, right?
Thanks...
Yep. 'meta robots' what is part for page header. I usually use Yoast SEO plugin and there is possible to add noindex and follow. I think AIO SEO plugin this option must be as well somewhere where you add noindex.
Just to make more understanding. if you are talking about link tag, than there is just nofollow option. Example:
link to another website
Basically you must add for all links what is on your website. It will keep page authority on your own site ;) And there is an awesome plugin for this to add nofollow link tag for all links on your page which goes to another websites.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/sem-external-links/
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Thin content - better check noindex, right?
Yesterday I found out that if we have posts or pages with "thin" content (almost no content, only images, quotes or products to sell for example) then we better should check th
Hmmm....this is interesting. Honestly, the majority of my posts tend to average 1,000-1,2000 words, a few that are in the 1,500 mark and one that even got to 2,000!!!
But if I did have a post with mainly images or with less than 1,000 words, I probably wouldn't even worry about it, but it's good to know some options.
Thanks for the tip, Gerlinde!
Hi Veronica!
Wow, you have long posts! Some of mine are long, too... but I did not think about that when I added some images with quotes on my page, or only images with my promoted products with only some content.
A friend on Facebook told me to be careful about duplicate content on my website... so I started doing some researches and discovered more, also my "thin" content! :D
Thanks for your comment!
Gerlinde
Initially, I kept hearing about all posts should be 1200-1500 words! I nearly fainted! But then one of the Ambassadors said he had some posts with just 200 words! I thought, "If it's good enough for him, it's good enougb for me!"
Although I still like to keep it to around 1000-1200 words, I don't freak out or get weird if I have one that's well under 1,000.
That's good to know! When I read that one could get penalised by Google because of the "thin" content I got a little nervous... :D Now I'm trying to do find out as much as possible about it... it's a totally new topic to me...
I know for certain that if there are too many images, Google AdSense may reject an application. So, I guess as, with anything, it's good to have a balance.
I would say, that it is not necessary to do that for thin content pages. If there are some pages like that, it doesn't matter. For these pages just won't be high-ranking most of the time if there is not link building technic. Sometimes you can rank height and good keyword page with 200 words if there are some more additional signals for Google.
Depending on the site structure, but sometimes is better to make noindex tag and/or categories, archive, author pages or pages with duplicate content.
If these pages have just thin content, then it doesn't matter.
P.S. If you do noindex, then don't forget to add FOLLOW tag.. Google crawl these NOINDEX pages as well, and if there is follow tag, then robots will crawl links on that page and it will help Google to understand your page content and page authority will be forwarded to some other pages which you want to rank height.
Ok, thanks... I read about the duplicate content, too. So, that's good to know that I don't need it if there is just thin content... Have to learn more about that topic, though...
Thanks also for your PS: So, adding a Follow tag in order to point to my original post, right?
I have to check that out as well...
Thanks a lot!
Check this out: https://moz.com/blog/controlling-search-engine-crawlers-for-better-indexation-and-rankings-whiteboard-friday
Not really follow to the original post. The most important think is not add NOFOLLOW at all. Probably, if you are using AIO SEO plugin for WP, than there should be possibility to tag as well NOFOLLOW or FOLLOW.
In short, if you add nofollow on robots header, than robots theoretically won't check any link on that page. If you don't add FOLLOW, it's not a big deal.
Gints, one more question: when I already checked some pages to noindex, now, where do I put the FOLLOW tag? I have the AIO Seo plugin... but I guess, I have to do that in the header, right?
Thanks...
Yep. 'meta robots' what is part for page header. I usually use Yoast SEO plugin and there is possible to add noindex and follow. I think AIO SEO plugin this option must be as well somewhere where you add noindex.
Just to make more understanding. if you are talking about link tag, than there is just nofollow option. Example:
link to another website
Basically you must add for all links what is on your website. It will keep page authority on your own site ;) And there is an awesome plugin for this to add nofollow link tag for all links on your page which goes to another websites.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/sem-external-links/
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Hi,
I added me as a new user to my new website with the role as Administrator and wanted to change the admin-role to Subscriber (in order not to have two admins).
My understanding is that you should delete the user "admin" once you've set up a new user as Administrator.
Mike
Yes, I did that now!
But I learned it differently, to change the role of the first admin, because with the old version of WP it was not possible to delete it, if I'm not wrong...
Now I could! Deleted and it's fine...
Thanks, Gerlinde
Hi,
The only time I have see this happen is when there is only one administrative user. Did you change the role of the admin user? You need to have at least one user with administrative rights and if there is only one that has those rights, it will not let you change the role.
The default admin was already there, I added me as a new user with Administration rights and changing the default admin role was not possible...There appeared two Administrators as users!
I deleted now the first default admin... so, all good for me! But this must be new due to the WP update.
Thanks, Gerlinde
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I cannot change the role of a wp user anymore?
Hi,
I added me as a new user to my new website with the role as Administrator and wanted to change the admin-role to Subscriber (in order not to have two admins).
My understanding is that you should delete the user "admin" once you've set up a new user as Administrator.
Mike
Yes, I did that now!
But I learned it differently, to change the role of the first admin, because with the old version of WP it was not possible to delete it, if I'm not wrong...
Now I could! Deleted and it's fine...
Thanks, Gerlinde
Hi,
The only time I have see this happen is when there is only one administrative user. Did you change the role of the admin user? You need to have at least one user with administrative rights and if there is only one that has those rights, it will not let you change the role.
The default admin was already there, I added me as a new user with Administration rights and changing the default admin role was not possible...There appeared two Administrators as users!
I deleted now the first default admin... so, all good for me! But this must be new due to the WP update.
Thanks, Gerlinde
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Hi,
maybe it takes only some time to be fixed, but I noticed it today after reading a member's blog that my custom homepage link and my wa affiliate main link have only
Don't worry about it. They still work fine as just http. They do not have to be https to work. All it means is that WA has not made the switch to https yet. Don't let that stop you from using them.
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Two of my wa affiliate links have only http?
Hi,
maybe it takes only some time to be fixed, but I noticed it today after reading a member's blog that my custom homepage link and my wa affiliate main link have only
Don't worry about it. They still work fine as just http. They do not have to be https to work. All it means is that WA has not made the switch to https yet. Don't let that stop you from using them.
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Hmmm ... thank YOU Gerlinde, for sharing this. I've been in touch with my theme developer thinking the issue I'm seeing with Featured Images is the fault of theirs, as they TOO updated right around the same time WP did. Hmmmm ... now I wonder...
Hi Trish,
yes, site support wrote me, it looks like my theme is not compatible with the new WP version... so, could be! They updated the theme not long ago, as well...
Thanks for stopping by...
Gerlinde