Blogger - Get Back Missing Labels

This worked. I consolidated information I found across the web.


1. Make sure the "Labels" box is checked: Page Elements> Blog Posts> Edit (Mine was no longer checked... odd) Note you may have changed the "Labels" box to something else, like "Tags".

2. Go to Design > Edit HTML and Download Full Template (this is your backup just in case)

3. Click on the check box which says “Expand Widget Templates”

4. Look for  <b:include data='post' name='postQuickEdit'/>  and immediately after that place the following code. Yes, just put this code between the line above and whatever is directly below that line.


 <span class='post-labels'>
        <b:if cond='data:post.labels'>
          <data:postLabelsLabel/>
          <b:loop values='data:post.labels' var='label'>
            <a expr:href='data:label.url' rel='tag'><data:label.name/></a>       
            <b:if cond='data:label.isLast != "true"'>,</b:if>
          </b:loop>
        </b:if>
      </span>


5. You can click "PREVIEW" and view your work before committing with "SAVE NOW".


As you can see on my posts, I now have my labels back.


Source for most of this: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/blogger/thread?tid=2ebc44aed318124b&hl=en

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Blogger - How to Add a Page Element

I can't seem to find this whenever I'm looking for it on Blogger. So saving it here for safekeeping.

Use this to add 3rd party elements to your page:
http://www.blogger.com/add-widget.

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How to Open Task Manager when Ctrl Alt Delete Isn't Possible

When I'm working remotely, Ctrl+Alt+Delete doesn't work when I want to kill a program. Here is another way to open Task Manager.


Open Task Manager

Task Manager displays the programs, processes, and services that are currently running on your computer. You can use Task Manager to monitor your computer’s performance or to close a program that's not responding. For more information, see Exit a program that isn't responding.

If you're connected to a network, you can also use Task Manager to view network status and see how your network is functioning. If more than one person is connected to your computer, you can see who's connected and what they're working on, and you can send them a message.

• Open Task Manager by right-clicking the taskbar, and then clicking Start Task Manager.

Tip

You can also open Task Manager by pressing Ctrl+Shift+Esc.

Source: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Open-Task-Manager

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Find Missing Chrome Bookmark Bar

1. Click the wrench icon  on the browser toolbar. (update: the icon now looks like 3 bars on top of each other, but it's in the same place)
2. Select Bookmarks.
3. Select Always show bookmarks bar.

You can also use the keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+Shift+B (Windows and Chrome OS) and ⌘-Shift-B (Mac) to toggle the bar on and off.

When the bookmarks bar is undocked, you can always find it at the top of the New Tab page.

Hide or undock the bookmarks bar

Right-click (or control-click on a Mac) the bookmarks bar and deselect Always show bookmarks bar. 

Source: http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95745

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Opt-out of PeekYou Showing your Data

Click here and fill out the Opt-out page:
PeekYou | Business Solutions | PeekYou Opt-Out Support

I opted out because they kept putting my twitter picture beside someone else's name that was very close to mine. Their algorithm isn't working correctly. Those 2 elements were not found together and shouldn't be put together. Fix that PeekYou! You have all my credentials with someone else's name and age.

You'll need to have the user id they've assigned to your name. So if you don't have that do a search to find it:
http://www.peekyou.com/.

You can also email PeekYou directly: info@peekyou.com

More good info about removing data about you from the web:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/223682/erase_yourself_from_the_web.html

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Does Jailbreaking Void my iPhone Warranty? Maybe.

Jailbreaking voids the warranty, but if you use iTunes and restore to original factory settings, the Geniuses at Apple may not know (or look hard enough to find out).

Source and thanks: Jailbreak iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, and Apple TV:

"Yes and no. Yes, because if you go to the Apple store and show your jailbroken iPhone to an Apple employee, you will be told that you can’t receive customer support because you voided your warranty the minute you jailbroke. Apple of course acknowledges the US government’s DMCA exception ruling that makes jailbreak legal, but that doesn’t mean that Apple has to allow jailbreak in its customer agreement.

From Apple’s support article on jailbreaking:

“Apple strongly cautions against installing any software that hacks the iOS. It is also important to note that unauthorized modification of the iOS is a violation of the iPhone end-user license agreement and because of this, Apple may deny service for an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch that has installed any unauthorized software.”

If you really have to take your iOS device to an Apple store, you can always restore it to its factory settings in iTunes. This will bring your iOS device back to the way it was when you first bought it, and Apple will have no way of telling that you ever jailbroke.

Many people have taken previously jailbroken devices to Apple several times before that were restored beforehand. Apple is usually not able to tell will provide full and normal customer support."

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Password not saving in Outlook

You won't like this answer, but it is likely the correct answer.

If Outlook all of a sudden keeps asking you for your password when automatically checking email (even though you checked 'save', nothing's changed, and it still keeps asking), it is likely because your ISP has an issue, and you will just need to wait it out and suffer through the Yes, Yes, Yes.

Eventually (it has taken a week sometimes for mine to work itself out, but generally only a day or two) it just starts working again without your doing anything.

If you really, really want to waste a LOT of time and muck around with something, you will find instructions on how to create/replace Outlook email profiles, change your registery, etc. etc., but trust me, it will work itself out. When this happens I just close Outlook more frequently until the ISP gets their act together.

For reference, mine was @yahoo.com, but it could be any.

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How to Add a Line in your Blog

Copy this code and place in your HTML code (in Blogger, that's the tab that say's "Edit HTML' not the one that you are probably in right now that says "Compose"):

 <div style="border-bottom: 1px red solid; margin-left: 25%; width: 50%;">
 </div>

to get this:

What's Missing on the New Blogger Design Interface!!!

UPDATE 9/8/2012: You can now change this!! See here:
http://digital-qa.blogspot.com/2012/09/change-url-of-your-blogger-post.html

Thanks Google!

Old post:
The reason I'm not fully converting to the new Blogger design interface is because there is not a way that I can see to change a Post's heading link. I'm not talking about the Post's URL (I know you can't change that), I'm talking about the link you go to when you click the title of a Post.

Where is this "Link:" in the new Blogger interface??

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Change Google Ads Preferences

It's past being eerie, but I still don't want to see a pair of shoes I viewed once on all these different web sites. 


Here's how to Opt out per Google:

Opt out

Opt out of customized Google Display Network ads

Opt out if you prefer ads not to be based on interests and demographics. When you opt out, Google disables this cookie and no longer associates interest and demographic categories with your browser.

Click Link directly below to go to Opt Out Page:

https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/
and select "Opt Out" on the left side of the page.


Google and its advertisers may work with certain third-parties for advertising purposes. If you opt-out of customized ads, we extend your decision, so that services provided by these third-parties do not work in conjunction with our cookie.

Google is a participating member of the Network Advertising Initiative and follows the industry privacy standards for online advertising. You can opt out of this cookie, as well as other companies' cookies used for interest-based ads, by visiting the aboutads.info choices page. If you want to persist your opt-out of interest-based ads from all NAI member companies, you can install the Keep My Opt-Outs plugin.

It's easy enough to opt back in if you ever want to do so... just click the link and you'll see an Opt in button instead of Opt out.

More good info here: http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/ads/
and here: http://www.aboutads.info/choices/