Rick's Daily Tips

Q&A: What’s the difference between a ‘Post’ and a ‘Page’ in WordPress?

Posted on March 12, 2023

Question from Kathleen: I was recently tasked to take over for the lady who had been writing our company’s blog and I’m trying to learn all I can about how WordPress works.

Although I’ve never blogged before I believe I’m beginning to get a handle on things. But one thing is very confusing to me.

I keep seeing references to “posts” and “pages” like they are different things. I always thought they were the same thing.

Am I missing something?

Rick’s answer: I can certainly understand your confusion, Kathleen. Most of us think of anything that’s found on the Internet at a specific URL as a web page, and on the most basic level that’s correct. But in WordPress things are a little different. [Read more…]

How (and why) to protect your PayPal account with 2-Step Verification

Posted on March 12, 2023

Two-Factor Authentication is an awesome feature that adds an almost insurmountable second layer of security to any online account that supports it.

And luckily, most online services do support it nowadays.

In a nutshell, Two-Factor Authentication works by requiring anyone trying to log into an account to enter a security code they received on YOUR mobile phone before being allowed to log in to your account.

That makes your account a lot more secure because anyone trying to log into it would need physical access to YOUR mobile phone in order to receive the security code.

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Q&A: How do I delete a lost iPhone’s backup from iCloud?

Posted on March 11, 2023

Question from Claire: I recently lost the iPhone I’d had for several years so I bought a new one to replace it.

That’s not really a bad thing because I’d been looking for an excuse to buy a new one (smile).

The thing is I still have the backup from the old iPhone stored in my iCloud account. How can I get rid of it?

Rick’s answer: [Read more…]

Q&A: How can I delete all of my Gmail messages at once?

Posted on March 11, 2023

Question from Kenny: I love your site man. Too cool!

I hope you can help me with a Gmail question.

I have over 7000 messages in my Gmail Inbox and about as many in my “Sent Mail” folder.

I’d like to wipe out all those old messages and start fresh, but it would take forever to go through there and delete them a page at a time.

My question is do you know of a way to delete all of my Gmail messages at once? [Read more…]

Here’s a fantastic (and free) online HTML to PDF Converter

Posted on March 10, 2023

There are many ways to convert HTML files to PDF files, and some of them are free while others cost a small fortune.

If you’re a regular reader of this site you know that I’m all about free, so as you can guess my preferred HTML to PDF Converter is indeed a freebie. It’s called ExpertPDF.

While some of the commercial solutions available come with tons of extra useful features, this one is extremely easy to use and it does an excellent job at creating basic PDF files. [Read more…]