Tech Tips Archives - Trevor Ayers

Multiple Display Settings Stream Stream Deck - Show Only On 2 etc.

Multiple Display Settings Stream Deck – Show Only On 2 etc.

In this post I will cover how to configure the multiple display settings in Windows 10 with your Stream Deck. Specifically for my needs, I needed a solution to toggle to show only on display 2 and switch back to show only on display 1, so that is the multiple display setting I’ll be configuring today for Stream Deck.

Preface:

For this overview, I will arm you with accomplishing this by configuring Multi Actions via the Stream Deck, which has pretty much endless possibilities.

Please note that there may be a better way to configure multiple displays with Stream … Read More

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January 1, 2022

Tech Tips

How to Disable Shareaholic Ads

I’m normally okay with companies generating revenue and especially am so off the free-to-play platform, but with Shareholic, the popular social sharing plugin I still recommend, re-enabling ads after an update once they’ve already been disabled I thought it best to provide an overview for others on how to disable Shareaholic ads.

Why disable Shareaholic Ads

As mentioned, I like the plugin and don’t think that them trying to generate revenue is bad. In fact, there is a profit-sharing ad revenue you can opt into. However, once disabled this should stay disabled and I found random third-party ads on my … Read More

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March 31, 2018

Chrome Extensions / Tech Tips

Top 5 Most Useful Chrome Extensions

I’ve talked about some great Chrome extensions on my blog before. For example, there is the Chrome extension that I wrote about in the post to spoof your location online. However, in this post on the top 5 most useful Chrome extensions I wanted to cover the extensions that fit a wider array of needs or, perhaps, even identify one that scratches an itch you didn’t know you had.

Of course, some of these are cross-browser and will also work with Firefox etc. However, I’m sticking to Chrome for simplicity… and… I know you use Chrome. C’mon, no need … Read More

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October 24, 2017

Blog / CSS / Tech Tips

CSS Tips for Non-Developers for Basic Site Changes

Making site changes as basic as color can be a huge pain for non-developers if the options are not found in the CMS of choice. The great news is that in 2016 most themes are robust enough to allow for all changes in the WordPress, Joomla, Drupal etc. UI without knowing a lick of coding. However, there will be a time when you see something on your site that the them doesn’t let you control and you’ll either come to peace with how it is or you’ll start digging for the solution to edit it. Well, that often leads you … Read More

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December 4, 2016

Tech Tips

How to Spoof Your Location Online

For the sake of sanity, I am only going to cover one method in this how to spoof your location online overview. Clearly, there are a number of solutions.

First, it’s important to understand how a browser, and inevitably, websites you visit know your location. Simply put, a browser uses a number of methods and your IP address is just one of them. This is often referred to as triangulation and it is not limited to mobile or devices with GPS.

Therefore, if you’re VPN/proxy reliant, your actual location may, and probably will, still be available even if your VPN/proxy … Read More

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August 18, 2016

Tech Tips / Wordpress

Top 5 WordPress Plugins to Improve Load Times

Like any CMS or Web architecture, there will be fast and slow websites. The CMS is a layer that can add some latency, but, fortunately, most CMS platforms have a number of solutions for improving page load times. I’ve played with dozens and these are my top 5 WordPress plugins to improve load times.

First, you want a good arsenal of tools for tracking page load times. I tend to reference the below. It’s always a good idea to run the baseline load time test to have a comparison.

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August 1, 2016

Blog / Facebook / Google Tag Manager / Tech Tips

Add Facebook Conversion Tag with Google Tag Manager

Typically, adding conversion tags such as Facebook’s conversion tag with Google Tag Manager is a breeze. Set up the custom HTML tag, place the conversion script and set the triggers to fire the conversion pixel. However, I found Facebook’s information for the conversion scripts to be fragmented, so I wanted to provide the complete overview here. Now, let’s add the Facebook conversion tag with Google Tag Manager.

Note that you will already need a Google Tag Manager account and you need the container placed on all of your site pages – or at least the pages you want to … Read More

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March 13, 2016

Blog / Tech Tips / Wordpress

Top 5 WordPress Plugins

While I appreciate Joomla and Drupal as well as some of the Niche CMS such as Magento and some on the Windows side WordPress remains my go-to CMS for flexibility and potential. For this reason, I find myself using many WordPress plugins. Through this experience I have found dozens of favorite WordPress plugins. Some have niche use and others can really apply to almost ANY install. For this list of top 5 WordPress plugins I will concentrate on the WordPress plugins that can be used on most any Wordpress install with great benefit.

Top 5 WordPress Plugins

1) WordPress SEO… Read More

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December 27, 2015

Synology / Tech Tips

Create Public Link on Synology NAS

This is a quick walk through on how to create a public link on Synology NAS. Your NAS must be running DSM 5 + for this tutorial to work. If you’re more into videos, you can find my walk through on how to share public links on Synology NAS here.

The reason for this video is not because it’s not an intuitive process, but the links generated in the platform will not work off network. Therefore, to create a public link on Synology NAS there are a couple additional, simple steps.

Create Public Link on Synology NAS

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November 11, 2015

Email / Google Apps / Tech Tips

How To Add Free Domain Emails Using Google Apps

As many of you are aware, you can use Google Apps to handle your domain and business emails. This allows an almost-infinite possibility of domains to all have the full functions of a Gmail account. For example, I could use an @trevorayers.com email address and manage it via Google Apps. This is a quick walk through on how to add free domain emails using Google Apps. This process also works for @gmail.com address to consolidate accounts, but there’s never a charge with these.

Please note that you will need to maintain a Google Apps account for your business with … Read More

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October 4, 2015