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OceanWP v4.0 loses Google Fonts

Check this! All my OceanWP websites lost their default font and fell back to something Roman, so everything looked ugly! Basically all websites using OceanWP did no longer load their Google fonts after the update to version 4.0.

Solution: I had to manually enable the fonts again! How?
Go to WP Dashboard > Appearance > Customizer > Typography > Google Font Settings and enable Google Fonts – hit “publish” and done!

Looks like someone at OceanWP forgot to check backwards compatibility…
Have a nice day!

KB5043145 update breaks USB

DO NOT INSTALL THAT UPDATE!
(updated 12/10/2024 see at bottom of article)

At least on two of my computers, it completely disabled the USB ports, leaving me without mouse, keyboard, bluetooth and any way of giving any input to the computer to do anything.
Luckily I had Google Remote Desktop installed previously so I could take over the screen and fix the issue.

Not everyone, but others do have the same issue, see:
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-insider-program/major-problem-with-version-23h2-for-x64-based-systems-kb5043145/m-p/4256541
I also posted my issue here:
https://www.elevenforum.com/t/kb5043145-windows-11-cumulative-update-preview-build-22621-4249-22h2-and-22631-4249-23h2-sept-26.28865/

So what happened:

OceanWP and SVG images

Ever tried to enable the upload of SVG images in WordPress, and kept getting the error:
“Sorry, you are not allowed to upload this file type.” ?

So, you tried the plugins Safe-SVG, disabled Wordfence, disabled Solid Security, added a snippet with WPCode, changed your wp-config.php file, and maybe some other options you found on the Interweb?
Well, if you are using the OceanWP theme like I do, then nothing will work, except when you go to your OceanWP panel, select the ‘Integration’ tab on the left, slap your forehead with a flat stretched-out hand, and finally slide the switch on that page, all just to enable the SVG files support.

Next, of course, remove all those plugins, code snippets and other things you have added to your WordPress installation and continue with your life.

Have a nice day!

How to change background-image opacity in CSS without affecting the text

Thank you so much for your quick solution… coder-coder.com

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When building a website, you may often want to put a background image on an HTML <div> that also contains text or other content.

And to make the text stand out, you want to change the opacity of that background image in CSS so that it’s semi-transparent. But you’ve tried, and you can’t change the opacity of the background image without also affecting the text or other child elements!

What can you do? Not to worry– this article will give you some practical solutions to controlling your background image opacity.

So, first, the bad news…

Access Windows Share without a password

Older laptop, simple user to logon without any password; Simply click to login and use the computer.

Now, if you want to access a share on that computer, using that same user, and gave the correct rights to be able to access it, it will not work… This was my solution from 2011, which still worked today!
Start gpedit.msc and find and disable this setting:

Happy sharing!
Have a nice day…

Webhosters pricing development

It was not my imagination … it was getting ridiculous!
So glad I moved all my hosting to mijn.host and my customers to their own hosting accounts. Just read this article today:

SOURCE: EMERCE

Webhosting behoorlijk duur geworden

Webhosting pakketten zijn sinds mei 2020 gemiddeld 39,83 procent duurder geworden. Dat blijkt uit onderzoek van Start24.

Prijzen van hostingproviders die tot een conglomeraat behoren zijn met gemiddeld 71,15 procent omhoog gegaan. Bij onafhankelijke providers zijn de prijzen met 22,29 procent gestegen. Bij drie van de 39 onderzochte providers bedroegen de prijsstijgingen zelfs meer dan 100 procent. Dit was het geval bij Versio (221,98%), Neostrada (189.38%) en Argeweb (162,57%).

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“Prijsvoering zegt aardig wat over de ethiek van een onderneming, stelt Boer. Bedrijven die hun prijzen met een factor 3 verhogen zonder een aanmerkelijk betere dienstverlening aan te bieden, hebben over het algemeen minimale interesse in jouw belang als klant. Met dit soort bedrijven wil je (waarschijnlijk) niet in zee gaan. Hosting providers wiens prijzen echter binnen een redelijke marge zijn gestegen, zullen in de regel betrouwbaarder zijn.“