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Email Protection using SPF, DKIM, DMARC
Computer Security, Email, Email Marketing, Marketing, Online Security, Security, Technology Support, Web Hosting, Web SecurityTired of having your emails go into client junk / spam folders? You can increase the deliverability of your emails while protecting your brand and clients using free tools to create SPF, DKIM and DMARC records. With these free records in place, you can help block phishing, ransomware, and spam messages.
Email service providers like Gmail and Office 365 are increasingly sending unauthenticated emails to spam or rejecting them outright. This article will show you how to add an SPF, DKIM and DMARC record to your domain to help prevent this while keeping most malicious actors out. Note, this article is only intended for my personal use and comes with no guarantee of any kind.
However, be aware of the security risks involved with DMARC.
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List of Spider Crawlers to Block
Apache, Security, Snippet, Technology Support, Web Hosting, Web Security, Web Site Support, WordPressBelow is a personal list of web spiders and web crawlers that I block from crawling various sites.
This helps mitigate issues related to server load, security, and content scraping.
Carefully consider the impact on your website’s visibility and search engine ranking before applying any of my crawler blocks within this article.
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How to Fix Brother BrLog Errors
Microsoft, Technology Support, WindowsThe most effective resolution for the “STI BrtSTI FindPushAwareAppName:: Invalid Arg” error is to delete the BrUtilities and PushScanApp registry folders located under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Brother
Simply uninstalling and reinstalling the Brother software suite often does not clear this issue because of the lingering registry keys which continue to trigger the error loop.
This article will guide you through the process that I used to prevent the BrLog error from triggering every single second on my Windows 11 PC.
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How to Fix the “Not Secure” Address Bar Error
Brave, Online Security, Security, Technology SupportYou finally installed your SSL certificate, but your browser is still stubbornly shouting “Not Secure” in the address bar.
You try pulling the site up on your phone or a different browser, and it looks perfectly fine. Beautiful green padlock, completely secure. So why is your main browser gaslighting you?
If this sounds familiar, the issue usually boils down to a single moment: you accessed the site before the SSL was set up and bypassed the browser warning.
When you click “Advanced” and proceed to an insecure site, your browser creates a persistent security exception. Even after you install a pristine SSL certificate, the browser often refuses to re-verify the site, clinging instead to its cached memory of that initial insecure connection. If you are stuck in this loop, a standard page refresh won’t fix it. Here is how to break the cycle by clearing your browser’s HSTS and SSL cache.
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LinkPull Extension, Grab Any File From a URL
Accessibility, Brave, Chrome, Edge, General News, Github, Google, Technology Support, Web Hosting, Web Site SupportI built LinkPull because downloading a file shouldn’t require multiple steps, three tabs, and a prayer that the “Download” button isn’t actually an Ad. If you’ve ever right-clicked a link, chosen “Save As,” and watched your browser fail to save the file with the right extension — or worse, opened a new tab just to paste a URL into some sketchy downloader site — LinkPull is for you.
It’s a small, fast Brave / Chrome browser extension with one job: take a direct file link and pull it down to your computer. That’s it. No accounts, no Ads or upsells, no bloat, and the code is publicly published on GitHub for review. Like this free extension? Buy me a cup of coffee.
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How to Automatically Sign into Windows 11
Microsoft, Technology Support, WindowsIf you use a password to sign into your Windows 11 personal computer (PC) you can adjust a setting which will allow you to automatically sign in, bypassing the password input requirement.
This is handy if you need to have an account password set (for example, network sharing) but don’t want to manually insert a password upon starting or rebooting your PC.
Follow the steps within this article only if you’ve physically secured your Windows 11 PC and you’re the only person using your computer.
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How to Separate Blog, FAQ, & Portfolio URLs on Avada WordPress Theme
Avada, Gist, Marketing, PHP, Search Engine Optimization, Snippet, Themes, Web Hosting, Web Site Support, WordPressOrganizing your website’s URL structure is crucial for both user experience and SEO. A common challenge for WordPress users, especially those using robust themes like Avada, is separating different content types.
By default, setting a global permalink structure like /blog/%postname%/ often forces all content—including FAQs and Portfolio items—into that same directory.
This guide walks you through the exact steps to configure your WordPress website so that your blog posts, FAQs, and portfolio items each have their own distinct, clean URL structures.
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How to Change Your WordPress Blog Post Directory
Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, Web Hosting, Web Site Support, WordPressMoving your WordPress blog posts to a subdirectory like /blog/ is a strategic move to separate your dynamic content from static pages, improving site structure and user experience.
This article will explain to you how to achieve putting all your blog articles under a different directory.
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Disable Windows Smart App Control
Computer Security, Microsoft, Security, Technology Support, WindowsMicrosoft does not provide a way to bypass Smart App Control for individual applications; the security feature is designed with a strict enforcement model that prevents end-user overrides for specific files or programs.
However, you can turn the Smart App Control feature off.
In order to run blocked software or files, you must turn off Smart App Control entirely.
This article will show you how to do so whether you want this change permanent or just temporary.
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Allow Avanan to Email from Client Domain
Email, Online Security, Security, Technology Support, Web SecurityAre your client email Restore requests are being sent to your spam folder? Chances are their domain DNS SPF record needs to be updated.
Because Avanan inserts itself into the outbound mail flow to handle these requests, those Restore request emails originate from Avanan’s cloud IPs instead of your client’s primary mail server (like Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace).
If the client’s DNS doesn’t explicitly authorize Avanan, receiving servers will flag it as an SPF failure, thus sending the Restore request email to spam.
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