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Remove Slide Show From Blogger Site

These days a lot of people who build Blogger themes will give you two blogger XML templates of the same theme to download. One with the slider code embedded and one without. This is great for those who don't know how to remove the slider manually, and equally as good for people who don't want the hassle of finding and deleting code.

Personally, I hate sliders / slide shows. They almost always stretch the original image so much that it looks faded and terrible. Also, with sliders you basically have to add an image to each post. If not you get a big - "No image available" or similar showing up in the slider, and it looks ugly. Now don't get me wrong, the functions / display of the slider can all be changed if you want to spend the time editing the code, but who has time for that. And, to be honest, I just prefer to remove the slider all together.

How to remove the slider from a Blogger template

Some templates will have a slightly different slider code. However, if you follow this guide in a general sense, and understand the HTML may be different but mostly the same, you should be able to remove any slider from any Blogger template. As long as you start and end (deleting the code) in the right places there shouldn't be any problems.

OK, first add the templates XML file / HTML code to the "Edit HTML" window in Blogspot. Once that is done open up the search facility of your browser. I'm using Firefox, so I'll click the "Edit" tab (in the browser) and then click "find". Make sure your on the "Edit HTML" window, then type "slider" into the browser search / find box. You may have to scroll down quite a bit in order to find the correct code to remove the slider. See below for a code example.

Note: Some templates, like the one I'm using as an example, mark their codes with a start and end. Such as . This is great as it makes our lives that little bit easier when taking the HTML out, because all you then need to do is remove everything in between the start and end. Job done. Be aware though, not all templates have this, so here is a code as an example of what you need to remove. Ignore the  and  if the template you are working with does not have them and just take out everything else.


<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType != "static_page"'>
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType != "item"'>

<div class='carousel slide' data-ride='carousel' id='myCarousel'>

<ol class='carousel-indicators'>
    <li class='active' data-slide-to='0' data-target='#myCarousel'/>
    <li data-slide-to='1' data-target='#myCarousel'/>
    <li data-slide-to='2' data-target='#myCarousel'/>
</ol>

<div class='carousel-inner'>

<div class='item active'>
   <a href='ENTER-SLIDE-1-LINK-HERE'>
   <img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHPCmpL_S6lV3BPHvDxDcD6ukTVeJtZ7-1d2qp2pRz4Ptn6fb5gMnwGs79QHvpU57wPgxx-BSVNEt6eJEeHUdO66id5zOVyaQx3Mwc0qy6lhfVA6hXgcmrrA60nddp7kDRLQifBSh2xu8/s320/slide1.jpg'/>
   </a>
   <div class='carousel-caption'>
      <p>Enter Slide 1 Title Here.</p>
   </div>
</div>

<div class='item'>
   <a href='ENTER-SLIDE-2-LINK-HERE'>
   <img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMlASH7tM9M19f4qusKNCa8tuQPIUxXimXOw9rr24nKWgfZ45P37A6LBvaEMwBS3D1MFFc3-eRzBGNWpX0lZF9WX9HmW6uiotaTzHP1OHf686YaKUunYfkJd206YW253enkoCLC1_Ssjs/s1600/slide2.jpg'/>
   </a>
   <div class='carousel-caption'>
      <p>Enter Slide 2 Title Here.</p>
   </div>
</div>

<div class='item'>
   <a href='ENTER-SLIDE-3-LINK-HERE'>
   <img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKab8admG_Pe69DlW93OtZRnMGUSFbWnr_R188YrHhV6vLUM_nYokh1lDAGLgDB47C17S2T-k2uZd4kjIguZofiqNzM84oeBcsiAj0P4sRbk9mQSRTJyqdJuOna4yaHd5pBA4DLZHUZ0o/s1600/slide3.jpg'/>
   </a>
   <div class='carousel-caption'>
      <p>Enter Slide 3 Title Here.</p>
   </div>
</div>

</div>

<a class='left carousel-control' data-slide='prev' href='#myCarousel'><span class='glyphicon glyphicon-chevron-left'><img alt='First slide' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_7aDFUX4JpbcVVbPxxuYKiB27T_252A8Oy1mfjNGDBmEoNaUZSTx6GsR13f8fmBR-sOfhxgId4R7nQVFB35IcWEodxWM_du4VSAw56zdYDP0AidGwLcq-YRfYCfapK0DBoBQrtx09sirC/s1600/previous-arrow.png"/></span></a>
<a class='right carousel-control' data-slide='next' href='#myCarousel'><span class='glyphicon glyphicon-chevron-right'><img alt='Next' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8OuB3YUECSdlB6WG1XnPAFNKsR2BAU4sVmhvr6Bmwp9vubgEWZGnnYS3XTKsVU6sCrrf4O2BWpJVdaQ43paw_HQ7z4ON2GUPcZ5xgtvpJVVvafDPHxdgeHmbAJgLtCq34-SN6i2NhyOMS/s1600/next-arrow.png"/></span></a>

</div>

</b:if>
</b:if>


Take that ^ code out (or similar depending on the template) and then press preview. The slider should now have disappeared. If everything looks good and you are ready to proceed press "save theme". And that's it, the slider is now gone and you can start posting some content on your blog. As long as you take out the correct amount of "B" and "Div" tags (opening and closing tags: Example: </div> - </b:if>) you will be fine. If you make a mistake Blogger will give you an error message at the top of the edit window. Either that or when you press preview you will see that something isn't right with the layout of the theme.

For both issues there is nothing to worry about. Just press either the "Back" tab, or "Revert changes" tab that are on the Edit HTML blogger page (above the code). Blogspot will give you various notifications (depending on what tab you click) on if you want to "discard the unsaved changes" - "unsaved changes will be lost". Press OK and just start the removal process again.

Quick tip. If you look to the left when in the Edit HTML window you will see numbers that get higher the further you scroll down the code. When you find the slider code make a note of the number so that if you make a mistake you can just scroll straight down to the number and start again. Makes things that bit easier. Hope this helped you out. Until the next time.

Wordpress Site Broke After PHP Edit Fix

I see this problem time and time again. Someone is editing / messing with the PHP code of a Wordpress theme, they press save, and bang, site gone. Usually, after this the website now shows a blank page. And to the many thousands of people who experience this problem who don't have much knowledge on how to quickly fix this issue, it can be very stressful. Websites broke and there's no way back. Well, the good news is there's an easy way back.

PHP is a strict taskmaster. One little mistake and it can be curtains. For a while. Just like with the Line 56 Error and many other irritating problems that can arise, in many cases the same fix will restore your site back to it's former glory. All you have to do is:

1. Log in to your Cpanel.
2. Go to your file manager
3. Click "public_html"
4. Double click the website folder with the problem
5. Double click the "wp-content" folder
6. Double click themes
7. Find the theme that has the problem
8. Right click the problem theme and choose "Rename"
9. Rename the theme folder by adding a few numbers to the end of the file / folder name

Click save or Rename file. And that's it. If you go and load your website it should now be up and running again. However, it will now be using another theme. A default theme. Because you changed the name of your main folders problem theme this automatically forces Wordpress to use another (default) one because now, the files needed to load the theme can't be found. If you want to use the same theme you were using before (which still has the error) you will need to delete it and re-upload the original template that is free of errors. You can then use the same template you were previously using. Just be more careful in the future! Hope this helped you out. Until the next time amigo.

Easy Fix: Missing Right Click WordPad

WordPad is the number one program I use on a daily basis. That may sound crazy to some, I know. However, I don't need Microsoft word, Open Office or anything else. I just need the simplistic features and non energy sapping blank white canvas that WordPad provides to do my writing and editing. It would be nice if it had a word counter, but hey, you can't have everything.

The problem of, all of a sudden having no options when right clicking in WordPad seems to be a common one. Like, nothing happens what so ever, but right clicking anywhere out of WordPad and everything is fine. Some people recommend just deleting the WordPad.INI file from the Windows folder. That will work fine. But some users are paranoid of deleting anything that's located in the C: drive of the computer in fear of removing something important, and then the computer not working anymore. And that's understandable.

So an easier, or less panicky method is to save and then close all your open WordPad files. Then go and download the free version of CCleaner. This is an excellent program. After that, simply run a clean and, just to be newbie safe, make sure the above cleaning options are selected as the pictures shows. Run the clean. Re-open your WordPad documents and give them a right click. All should be fixed. Hope this helped you out. Back to work for me. Until the next time.

JetPack Plug-In Stats Not Showing Fix

A little annoying, but in my experience with this problem, an easy fix. I've read about a few people experiencing this problem disabling the plug-in, uninstalling, and then re-installing it and all has been well. I didn't do that as I was convinced that wasn't going to solve the problem in my case. And was I right, it wasn't needed. There are most probably several causes and numerous fixes to this error. Some of the causes may be because the server were the stats are pulled from may be down. Or there could be a conflict with another plug-in. Some people have taken their sites apart trying to find out the cause of this issue!

Here is the error. You try to fetch your stats, it looks like everything is about to load but then throws up the following error message:

"We were unable to get your stats just now. Please reload this page to try again."

How to fix it? The cause of this problem for me was when Jetpack (Or Wordpress- where the stats are coming from) updated their SSL Certificate. If an SSL Certificate gets updated and your Date and Time are not correct (behind the time of the update) it will throw up all types of errors. "Connection not secure", Untrusted website, and even, We were unable to get your stats just now..

My CMOS battery has died, so my time was about one hour behind. I usually set it to what I think the time is - which is usually close enough - each day. Upon receiving this error, applying the solution, and then refreshing the stats page, I'm back in business and everything is working well. Be sure to check your date and time if you are getting this error message in Jetpack Stats.

How To Clear Android Keyboard History

Doing a quick Google search on to how clear / delete the Android keyboard history throws up many results relating to Samsung mobile phones, such as the Galaxy S7 etc. The first few pages are nothing but related to mobile phones.. This is understandable due to how popular Samsung phones are. But if you want to clear the keyboard cache on a Tablet device that's running Android, the instructions / procedure is not the same.

Other than it being a bit annoying, there are many instances in which you may want to clear the keyboard history. One could be that you were researching something and have completed it and now the history isn't relevant / needed anymore. Or you may be using a shared device and don't want someone else's history popping up every time you type something. Or, even for your own privacy. Whatever the reason, here is how to clear the keyboard history on an Android device - in this case a tablet with Android Lollipop OS installed.

1. Click the settings (cog) icon
2. Click "Language & Input"
3. Select "Android Keyboard Settings (AOSP)"
4. Click "Text Correction"
5. Turn off "Personalised Suggestions"

And that's it, the history has been cleared and wont be saved anymore. Please note: Predictive text is still activated when the above feature is turned off. Hope this helped you out. Until the next time amigo.