HTTP Wordpress Image Upload Error Fix

Well, wordpress has just been updated (April 2016) and as usual there are a few bugs that need fixing! Wordpress is a great platform, but I'm suffering from the flue here and just trying to keep things moving by tryin to add a hassle free post to one of my websites. Which is usually the case..No such luck though today when I'm ill. I know Wordpress can't always get everything perfect with all the different plug-ins and conflicts etc, but I wish they would test more before releasing new updates! Anyway, rant over. Here's how to be able to upload images again!.

This http wordpress error when trying to upload an image is a seriously annoying problem. Several fixes have worked for a few lucky people, but most do not work. The error remains. Deactivating all plug-ins then trying to upload an image does nothing either. Some have suggested changing the write permissions of the folders, but for me and many other people that did nothing either. So what fixes this problem?

Go to this link on github: https://github.com/getsource/default-to-gd Download the file by clicking the Download Zip button on the right hand side (See picture). Add the file to your sick wordpress site just like you were adding a new plug-in. Install and activate the new mini plug-in and you should now be able to upload pictures again. And the good thing is this file is less than 2kb in size. Right, back to work for me. Hope this helps you out! Until the next time..Hopefully not with this same error!

Adblock Installation Has Been Disabled

I just had this problem when starting my computer up for the first time this morning. I'm using Firefox, but after a quick copy and paste of that message: "Adblock Installation Has Been Disabled", I see that it's a more common problem for people who use the Chrome browser. Anyway, for me all is well again now. It's back working and seems to be doing its intended job of blocking those annoying ads.

Here's how I fixed it. Got to be the easiest fix in the world. Don't "Remove" the program from Firefox. Just leave Adblock as it is in a disabled mode. Head on over to the Adblock for Firefox page. Press "Add to Firefox" and let it install again, overwriting the previous version.

And that's it, you should now have Adblock fixed and working again. I just tried it out on Youtube and its working fine for me. Just needed a re-install! Not sure if this will work for Chrome users but its worth a go. Hope this helped you out.

Change Post Titles And Homepage Blogger

How to change the order of the homepage and post titles (Tags) in Blogger. By default when a post on a Blogger blog thats using a normal default template is clicked the order of what shows first in the browser title is the blog url title (Example: I'll help you) and then the post title comes last. A lot of people want to change the order so they are the other way round. It does look better, and also it supposedly helps with SEO. However, in all honesty I don't think its as important for SEO as it was a few years ago. But there's no harm in changing it round, and its easily done anyway.

First go to your blogs "Edit HTML" page and find this line of HTML code: <title><data:blog.pageTitle/></title>. It will be at the top, right at the start of the coding. See the image below for the correct code and location.

 

Above the red line: Take out that line of code.

 Remove that code and replace it with the code below.

<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == &quot;item&quot;'>
<title><data:blog.pageName/> |
<data:blog.title/></title>
<b:else/>
<title><data:blog.pageTitle/></title>
</b:if>

Press Save Template, and then refresh a post and the order of the title / homepage tags should now be changed the other way round. This should work perfectly fine with any Blogger blog that's using one of the default templates. If you are using a different template make sure to press the Preview Template tab first before clicking save template in order to double check everything is working OK and there aren't any errors. Hope this helped you out.

Make Adblock Filter Out ALL Adverts

Ads still showing up on Adblock? Company's that use online advertising are working overtime trying to find ways around Adblock. A lot of them are really worried because of the huge rise in people using ad blocking software like Adblock. Sadly, Adblock did do a deal with a major online advertising outlet which I won't name but chances are you are using something of theirs right now!. Most probably their search engine.. There were others too, lots of others. Shopping websites, email services, domain company's, and quite a few more major players in the online world that wanted adding to this whitelist. The list is getting longer and longer..

Some people seen this as Adblock selling out. And in a way they did. But not fully. The deal was to have certain ads added to Adblocks whitelist so they will still show up but can be disabled. This feature is enabled (ticked) by default when you install Adblock (still free to download and use) and requires the user to untick the box in order for these "Whitelisted" ads to not show up when you are browse certain pages / websites on the Internet. I hate Ads!. And I don't want to see any at all. I don't care how non-intrusive Adblock say there are.

So how do you disable this Whitelist and remove the Ads?

Click the ABP icon on your browser. It will show a drop down list of options. Select "Filter Preferences". Untick the "Allow some non-intrusive advertising" box at the bottom. See the picture below.

Make sure its unticked

And that's it, now none of these ads will show up. But do remember to update the two higher lists in the picture above - Adblock Warning Removal List and EasyList just to make sure you are fully up to date. Also, make sure those two lists are to your satisfaction in terms of having the ad networks that you don't want to show any ads being clicked (checked) etc. Still seeing some ads? Check your exceptions list.

If you have time and want to see the full "Allow some non-intrusive advertising" list just click - View List - to the right and see the full extent of advertisers that are whitelisted if you don't untick the box. I wonder how much they paid Adblock for inclusion on to the list.. Must have been a tidy sum.

How To Get Adsense In Mobile Blogger

Have you ever noticed that your Blogspot blog which you have installed Google Adsense on by using widgets, either by using your own code manually and using the "HTML/JavaScript" widget or the automatic Adsense widget doesn't actually show any Adsense at all when you check out the mobile version of your blog..I've been working on one of my blogs lately that has Adsense running and noticed that I'm getting some mobile traffic. So when I follow the links in Blogger Stats and see what the visitor sees there is no Adsense what so ever!.

Needless to say, but I'll remind you anyway, if no ads are showing when you are getting mobile visitors then you are losing out on potential clicks. This is quite misleading in a way because if you go to your Adsense account and try to make a mobile ad it tells you to just use the normal contextual ads because those ads are apparently advanced enough to display on most mobile devices. But every time I have tried to view the ads in mobile view they don't show. And since finding this error I have been visiting my site with a whole host of different devices to see if Adsense shows but it does not.

So how do you fix this and get Adsense to show up..It's easy. All we need to do is add a converted for Blogger Adsense Code straight to the coding HTML of your blog.

So first go and grab the Adsense ad code from your Adsense account that you want to add to your site.

Head over to any website that can convert your Adsense code so it's compatible with Bloggers coding. http://adsense-convert.blogspot.com (Click convert just once then copy the code.)

Now go to Blogger and choose the website that you want to add the Adsense to and go to it's layout page. Click Template in the Blogger sidebar/ then Edit HTML.

Use your browsers search facility and find the code <data:post.body/> within the blogs HTML.

Now place your converted Adsense code directly underneath <data:post.body/> if you want the Ad to show at the bottom of your post, or directly above <data:post.body/> if you want the Ad to show at the top of the post. Once the code is added press save. If the spacing looks funny adjust as you see fit. Example: <br /> to add some spacing or Div Align - Div Float etc depending on what position you want your ad to be positioned in. Press save and that's it. Now your Adsense will show when someone visits your site using a mobile device. One of my sites below showing Adsense at the bottom of the post in mobile view.

Please Note: Depending on what Blogger template you are using there may be more than one <data:post.body/>. So it's just a case of trying the code with each <data:post.body/> (adding the adsense code under or above) until you find the correct <data:post.body/> where the Ad shows up where you want it to. There's usually two or three different <data:post.body/> these days with a lot of the newer templates.

Always check the homepage when you have added the code, not just a single post, because if it's the wrong <data:post.body/> the Ad can show on the homepage and it can make things look a real mess. If this happens just move the code to the next <data:post.body/> and re-check homepage and single posts to confirm the code is in the right location and all is well.

If you want to check that the Adsense Ad is showing up in the mobile version of your blog just add ?m=1 to the end of the domain name.

Example: http://ill-help-u.blogspot.com/?m=1

From there just click a post and it will also show you what a single post looks like in it's mobile version.

Hope this helped you out.