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Whenever I try to make changes to my blogs, they won't update in WP, and I have no idea why. I've done it many times before, but now I can't?

Thanks for the Question have'nt had this problem yet but good to know it could happen, hope it is sorted soon. Take care Gordi. Jackie

This seems to be a temporary problem. Follow as suggested by LIS. This happened with me too. Hope it will be corrected soon.

Hi Gordi,

There was a problem earlier with the WA servers which also prevented access to websites and webmail. It appears to have been sorted out.

You may want to try logging out. Clearing your browser cache and trying again.

I hope this makes sense, if not let me know and I will explain.

Lis.

Thanks Lis. Hope this is going to work. Let you know.

Do you know how to video record your desk top? Use Monosnap and record a session, so we can see what exactly you are doing.
John

Thanks John, but the problem was temporary. It's working fine now

Did you change any settings.?

Nope, didn't make any changes there.

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Why can't I update changes on my site?

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Whenever I try to make changes to my blogs, they won't update in WP, and I have no idea why. I've done it many times before, but now I can't?

Thanks for the Question have'nt had this problem yet but good to know it could happen, hope it is sorted soon. Take care Gordi. Jackie

This seems to be a temporary problem. Follow as suggested by LIS. This happened with me too. Hope it will be corrected soon.

Hi Gordi,

There was a problem earlier with the WA servers which also prevented access to websites and webmail. It appears to have been sorted out.

You may want to try logging out. Clearing your browser cache and trying again.

I hope this makes sense, if not let me know and I will explain.

Lis.

Thanks Lis. Hope this is going to work. Let you know.

Do you know how to video record your desk top? Use Monosnap and record a session, so we can see what exactly you are doing.
John

Thanks John, but the problem was temporary. It's working fine now

Did you change any settings.?

Nope, didn't make any changes there.

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I found out that my side bar banners are not showing up as pictures, and are unclickable on other computers. However, they work just fine on mine. Any ideas as to why that is ha

The banners seem to be working for me (I'm using the Firefox browser on a Windows 8.1 machine). However, the breast cancer banner takes me to a link which my browser flags as "untrusted".

The breast cancer banner won't open but the others work when I click them.

Most suggestions are that ad blocks will not allow people to click on the banners. Thank you for your thoughts

Your friends probably have ad blocks on.

Hi. They worked ok with me. Maybe you should clear your DNS and cookies now and again.
Robert

Haha...this is definitely the tricks to get clicks on affiliate links to those stores.
Saying the banner links are not working is a powerful tip for any WA members to trying to click on it to check it out ;-).

Just kidding...your links are working just super fine though...

I can see five images in your right column and I clicked on Pinterest and it works fine. I don't have ad blocking in my browser but that may be why your friends can't see them. Ask them to turn off any ad blocking in their browsers and check again. It's all good as far as I can see. ~Marion

Thank you Marion. I didn't know about ad blocker. I will ask my buddies that said they didn't work.

Hi Gordi. Try turning off your AdBlock if you have it on.

They show up fine for me! I also looked at the link functionality and those appear to be functioning as well.

I'm on Mac 10.10.2. Google Chrome 40.0.2214.111 (64-bit)

P.S. I didn't click the links =) So don't worry about any penalties.

Hello,

I went to your site and all three on your sidebar do work. The first and the last are fine.

The one in the middle gives a warning message though:

Your connection is not private

Attackers might be trying to steal your information from thebreastcancersite.com (for example, passwords, messages, or credit cards).

And so, I am not able to proceed
I hope someone will come here and offer you a solution

Is there a way I can improve my connection on the breast cancer site, Tae?

what you mean by "connection"?

Hi Tae. You said that maybe my connection on breast cancer site is not private. Can I change that? I wasn't even aware of that. I just copied link I was given.

Actually, that was a message I got when I clicked the middle link: Here is that message again:

Your connection is not private
Attackers might be trying to steal your information from thebreastcancersite.com (for example, passwords, messages, or credit cards).

I'm sorry but I don't know how to help you with that message. If you ask about that specific message, I'm sure others will be able to help you. Good luck

Hi Gordi,

Your breast cancer site is working normal for me, it loads fast too. Beaufiful looking site as well.

Are you hosting that site on WA? or is it just a subdomain as blogspot.com & hosting depends on greatergood.com 's server?

thanks/vuong

Thank you for your kind words, Vuong. My site is hosted here.

Oh, I see. I will have to see if there is anything I can do about that. Appreciate your help with this.

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Why are my side bar banners not working?

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I found out that my side bar banners are not showing up as pictures, and are unclickable on other computers. However, they work just fine on mine. Any ideas as to why that is ha

The banners seem to be working for me (I'm using the Firefox browser on a Windows 8.1 machine). However, the breast cancer banner takes me to a link which my browser flags as "untrusted".

The breast cancer banner won't open but the others work when I click them.

Most suggestions are that ad blocks will not allow people to click on the banners. Thank you for your thoughts

Your friends probably have ad blocks on.

Hi. They worked ok with me. Maybe you should clear your DNS and cookies now and again.
Robert

Haha...this is definitely the tricks to get clicks on affiliate links to those stores.
Saying the banner links are not working is a powerful tip for any WA members to trying to click on it to check it out ;-).

Just kidding...your links are working just super fine though...

I can see five images in your right column and I clicked on Pinterest and it works fine. I don't have ad blocking in my browser but that may be why your friends can't see them. Ask them to turn off any ad blocking in their browsers and check again. It's all good as far as I can see. ~Marion

Thank you Marion. I didn't know about ad blocker. I will ask my buddies that said they didn't work.

Hi Gordi. Try turning off your AdBlock if you have it on.

They show up fine for me! I also looked at the link functionality and those appear to be functioning as well.

I'm on Mac 10.10.2. Google Chrome 40.0.2214.111 (64-bit)

P.S. I didn't click the links =) So don't worry about any penalties.

Hello,

I went to your site and all three on your sidebar do work. The first and the last are fine.

The one in the middle gives a warning message though:

Your connection is not private

Attackers might be trying to steal your information from thebreastcancersite.com (for example, passwords, messages, or credit cards).

And so, I am not able to proceed
I hope someone will come here and offer you a solution

Is there a way I can improve my connection on the breast cancer site, Tae?

what you mean by "connection"?

Hi Tae. You said that maybe my connection on breast cancer site is not private. Can I change that? I wasn't even aware of that. I just copied link I was given.

Actually, that was a message I got when I clicked the middle link: Here is that message again:

Your connection is not private
Attackers might be trying to steal your information from thebreastcancersite.com (for example, passwords, messages, or credit cards).

I'm sorry but I don't know how to help you with that message. If you ask about that specific message, I'm sure others will be able to help you. Good luck

Hi Gordi,

Your breast cancer site is working normal for me, it loads fast too. Beaufiful looking site as well.

Are you hosting that site on WA? or is it just a subdomain as blogspot.com & hosting depends on greatergood.com 's server?

thanks/vuong

Thank you for your kind words, Vuong. My site is hosted here.

Oh, I see. I will have to see if there is anything I can do about that. Appreciate your help with this.

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I've had problems with my Dropbox not backing up my website. When I loged in today, I see a couple of posts that are not mine, and are being re-directed to another site????? How

So, I thought I fixed the problem, turns out it has something to do with my shareaholic plugin. Just sent in for help to shareaholic. Hopefully I get a good answer. In the meantime, my sociable plugin is off.

I think I fixed the problem. I deleted my shareaholic plugin, changed all my passwords, and re-installed shareaholic. No more weird stuff on my site. Woohoo!!! Will keep an eye though, make sure nothing goes wrong again. Thank you friends, for giving me helpful answers.

Hi Gordi experienced the same thing and managed to install Norton Internet Security on my system... Browser hijacker ... Was up till 12:00pm last night and managed to sort my home PC out, its clean as a whistle now, very irritating. Daniel

I am going to try to clean it up. I did that a few months ago, and haven't had any problems until now. Thank you for your advice, Danig

Somebody else posted that they got hacked yesterday and there were posts on their site not from them. Once you lock everything down and change passwords, etc., if it happens again, Gordi, file a Support Ticket. Good Luck! Scary stuff.

Thank you Carla. Will keep that in mind

Sorry to hear this is happening, Gordi! It is hard enough to build a business, it's even harder to figure out how to keep hackers out of your website.

Have you tried submitting a support ticket?
You may need to revisit your backup arrangement. Dropbox may have dropped the ball.

I hope you resolve this soon enough.

Thanks, Ade. Yeah, very annoying. I changed the PW, but I still need to delete those intruding posts. Wish I knew how to add my stuff to other successful sites, lol

Hmmm......the price of success! What does that tell you about your site? People will do anything to identify themselves with successful ventures.

I wish you much more success......without the intrusion of leaches, of course.

Just wonder if this issue has been resolved yet. If not, pls share a screenshot of it (upload to image sharing site). Then easier for us to give specific solutions.

Vuong, I thought I fixed it after I deleted, then re-installed my shareaholic plugin (which I really lik), and I thought the problem went away, but those posts came back too. They are not on there without the plugin.

Un check the anyone can register in general settings

Thanks Barry, it was unchecked all along, so it's some other issue.

General Settings via the dashboard, check for users, and see if anyone else is registered-as no one should be able to post unless they have some level of permissions granted by "Admin"- if there are others and you have not appointed them, then it might be that your site security has been breached and that is a whole different ball-game.

Thanks, Andy. I checked all those things. No unauthorized authors, all my settings are ok. So, for now, I deleted the plugin, and asked them for advice how to fix the problem before I re-install it.
Long time no hear from you

you have shown resourcefulness and persistence in the face of concern- as Yoda would not have put it, but well done! I had an enforced absence but now back- good to see you too.

Oh yeah, I checked my users, all is fine there. Still waiting for reply from shareaholic.

That is scary. Hopefully you get an answer. I am curious to see how that happens.

Yeah, Kristy, it really is. I checked the websites, and they have to do with supplements, but I do not want them appearing on my posts

Go to settings .general. anyone can register untick that, whilst that is active anyone can change your blog including delete it. The underneath there is an option to make new members a position. Make sure it is set as subscriber because even if your blog is hacked then they cant delete it or aler your database

Thanks for your help, Katkat. When I checked my settings my "anyone can register" is unchecked. It's scary seeing these new links that are not mine.

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I've had problems with my Dropbox not backing up my website. When I loged in today, I see a couple of posts that are not mine, and are being re-directed to another site????? How

So, I thought I fixed the problem, turns out it has something to do with my shareaholic plugin. Just sent in for help to shareaholic. Hopefully I get a good answer. In the meantime, my sociable plugin is off.

I think I fixed the problem. I deleted my shareaholic plugin, changed all my passwords, and re-installed shareaholic. No more weird stuff on my site. Woohoo!!! Will keep an eye though, make sure nothing goes wrong again. Thank you friends, for giving me helpful answers.

Hi Gordi experienced the same thing and managed to install Norton Internet Security on my system... Browser hijacker ... Was up till 12:00pm last night and managed to sort my home PC out, its clean as a whistle now, very irritating. Daniel

I am going to try to clean it up. I did that a few months ago, and haven't had any problems until now. Thank you for your advice, Danig

Somebody else posted that they got hacked yesterday and there were posts on their site not from them. Once you lock everything down and change passwords, etc., if it happens again, Gordi, file a Support Ticket. Good Luck! Scary stuff.

Thank you Carla. Will keep that in mind

Sorry to hear this is happening, Gordi! It is hard enough to build a business, it's even harder to figure out how to keep hackers out of your website.

Have you tried submitting a support ticket?
You may need to revisit your backup arrangement. Dropbox may have dropped the ball.

I hope you resolve this soon enough.

Thanks, Ade. Yeah, very annoying. I changed the PW, but I still need to delete those intruding posts. Wish I knew how to add my stuff to other successful sites, lol

Hmmm......the price of success! What does that tell you about your site? People will do anything to identify themselves with successful ventures.

I wish you much more success......without the intrusion of leaches, of course.

Just wonder if this issue has been resolved yet. If not, pls share a screenshot of it (upload to image sharing site). Then easier for us to give specific solutions.

Vuong, I thought I fixed it after I deleted, then re-installed my shareaholic plugin (which I really lik), and I thought the problem went away, but those posts came back too. They are not on there without the plugin.

Un check the anyone can register in general settings

Thanks Barry, it was unchecked all along, so it's some other issue.

General Settings via the dashboard, check for users, and see if anyone else is registered-as no one should be able to post unless they have some level of permissions granted by "Admin"- if there are others and you have not appointed them, then it might be that your site security has been breached and that is a whole different ball-game.

Thanks, Andy. I checked all those things. No unauthorized authors, all my settings are ok. So, for now, I deleted the plugin, and asked them for advice how to fix the problem before I re-install it.
Long time no hear from you

you have shown resourcefulness and persistence in the face of concern- as Yoda would not have put it, but well done! I had an enforced absence but now back- good to see you too.

Oh yeah, I checked my users, all is fine there. Still waiting for reply from shareaholic.

That is scary. Hopefully you get an answer. I am curious to see how that happens.

Yeah, Kristy, it really is. I checked the websites, and they have to do with supplements, but I do not want them appearing on my posts

Go to settings .general. anyone can register untick that, whilst that is active anyone can change your blog including delete it. The underneath there is an option to make new members a position. Make sure it is set as subscriber because even if your blog is hacked then they cant delete it or aler your database

Thanks for your help, Katkat. When I checked my settings my "anyone can register" is unchecked. It's scary seeing these new links that are not mine.

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Last two days I've been getting alerts that a certain member has posted a blog here at WA. A few a day. However, when I click on the link, nothing shows for that particular memb

Thank you for your help, friends. I guess I am not going to worry about this any more.

Gordi. I have gotten some where when you click on it, it says the blog is not available. Is that what you mean?

No Zora. Nothing at all shows up, including this person's profile. Only the picture. I thought that if there are a lot of discussions about a certain subject, then some blogs will disappear.

I've been able to get into blogs on my phone, but when I come to my computer, they're already gone. (can't respond on my phone - fingers too fat :-) In any case, I think for whatever reason they were pulled that fast.

All great possibilities. :)

If they're not appropriate, they are usually removed quickly. Not sure if this is the case, but it happens.

Thank you Carla, that makes sense. In this case, even this person's name is blank. The works, except for profile picture

I've noticed that as well. I also recently saw 2 blogs posted within minutes of each other, by the same person, with the same title, but with different content.

Maybe the same ones I saw, Ade ???

If posts are purely for promotions, duplicate comments or for the sole purpose of WA rank gaming, without helpful content, posting privileges could be restricted. ~Jude

Thanks, Jude. Maybe that's the problem. I thought titles seemed a bit promotional

Either he or she has deleted it. Another thing they might be banned from blogging or he is not premium maybe.

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Why blogs posted by a member do not show up at all ?

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Last two days I've been getting alerts that a certain member has posted a blog here at WA. A few a day. However, when I click on the link, nothing shows for that particular memb

Thank you for your help, friends. I guess I am not going to worry about this any more.

Gordi. I have gotten some where when you click on it, it says the blog is not available. Is that what you mean?

No Zora. Nothing at all shows up, including this person's profile. Only the picture. I thought that if there are a lot of discussions about a certain subject, then some blogs will disappear.

I've been able to get into blogs on my phone, but when I come to my computer, they're already gone. (can't respond on my phone - fingers too fat :-) In any case, I think for whatever reason they were pulled that fast.

All great possibilities. :)

If they're not appropriate, they are usually removed quickly. Not sure if this is the case, but it happens.

Thank you Carla, that makes sense. In this case, even this person's name is blank. The works, except for profile picture

I've noticed that as well. I also recently saw 2 blogs posted within minutes of each other, by the same person, with the same title, but with different content.

Maybe the same ones I saw, Ade ???

If posts are purely for promotions, duplicate comments or for the sole purpose of WA rank gaming, without helpful content, posting privileges could be restricted. ~Jude

Thanks, Jude. Maybe that's the problem. I thought titles seemed a bit promotional

Either he or she has deleted it. Another thing they might be banned from blogging or he is not premium maybe.

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Is anyone here familiar with Shopify affiliate program, or used it? Feedback would be appreciated.

Hi I just recently checked out some YouTube reviews for it and it's pretty cool when you build your store it can do the tax for many different countries ect it pretty simple to create apparently and the website can be translated in many different language try the free trial to see what it's all about ou can also create a store on facebook with it I believe

Thank you for your advice Carol. So, is Shopify basically an ecommerce kind of program? I don't have ecommerce website.

Well they have ecommerce site you can use for templates when you join using either your own domaine and their packages but the bigger the package it can be expensive try the free trial first that my suggestion ;)

Thanks for the tip CJ.

I've heard of shopify and I'm also curious to hear from someone who is actually involved with them.

Shopify is used to create online stores and sell products online or in store. Basically an E- commerce website. When you subscribe, they give you the 1st 14 days free and then you choose the program you want: ranging from $14 / month (starter plan), $29 / month (basic plan), $79 / month (professional plan), $179 / month (unlimited plan).

The affiliate program is free and you can earn 20% of each monthly shopify bill and 200% per sale from a referral.

Thank you Ade. I kind of thought that it could be applied to ecommerce and affiliate as well. I am only thinking about affiliate, for now, but am not at all familiar with how reputable they are.
Going to wait and see if I get more advice. Are you thinking to sign up with them too, Ade?

I'm following after your footstep, Gordi. If it is worth it, why not?

I'll keep you in mind then, Ade. Still hoping to get some more feedback, lol, none coming though

Never heard of it either.

I have not, but I know that others have. May they show up soon!

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Is anyone here familiar with Shopify affiliate program, or used it? Feedback would be appreciated.

Hi I just recently checked out some YouTube reviews for it and it's pretty cool when you build your store it can do the tax for many different countries ect it pretty simple to create apparently and the website can be translated in many different language try the free trial to see what it's all about ou can also create a store on facebook with it I believe

Thank you for your advice Carol. So, is Shopify basically an ecommerce kind of program? I don't have ecommerce website.

Well they have ecommerce site you can use for templates when you join using either your own domaine and their packages but the bigger the package it can be expensive try the free trial first that my suggestion ;)

Thanks for the tip CJ.

I've heard of shopify and I'm also curious to hear from someone who is actually involved with them.

Shopify is used to create online stores and sell products online or in store. Basically an E- commerce website. When you subscribe, they give you the 1st 14 days free and then you choose the program you want: ranging from $14 / month (starter plan), $29 / month (basic plan), $79 / month (professional plan), $179 / month (unlimited plan).

The affiliate program is free and you can earn 20% of each monthly shopify bill and 200% per sale from a referral.

Thank you Ade. I kind of thought that it could be applied to ecommerce and affiliate as well. I am only thinking about affiliate, for now, but am not at all familiar with how reputable they are.
Going to wait and see if I get more advice. Are you thinking to sign up with them too, Ade?

I'm following after your footstep, Gordi. If it is worth it, why not?

I'll keep you in mind then, Ade. Still hoping to get some more feedback, lol, none coming though

Never heard of it either.

I have not, but I know that others have. May they show up soon!

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