The Techie Mom

WordPress Migration Consultant | Techie Troubleshooter

Why flushing DNS is important

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After every migration that I do, I tell my clients that they need to flush their DNS before logging in to their "new" website. Domain names are alphabetic, therefore it is easier to remember.  But the internet uses IP addresses to "call" that site and bring it up.  Example, www.migrationtowordpress.com might translate to 198.54.23.101 .  Our browsers and servers put this into their "memory bank" so that the next time you go to that site, they will use this DNS to load that … [Read more...]

How to fix that annoying “oops, google chrome cannot find” error

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A lot of people ask  my help to troubleshoot one particular annoying error that appears on Google Chrome: "Oops, Google Chrome cannot find <insert URL here>".  It doesn't pop up in every site that you surf though, so a lot of users would think that there is a problem with that specific site they're browsing.  Chances are, there isn't. The culprit?  Your Google Chrome browser. Google Chrome has been getting a lot of unsatisfactory feedback for "unexplained" errors, and this is one of … [Read more...]

Top 5 things you might not know about blogspot

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Nobody can deny that it is so easy to sign up and use Blogspot (or sometimes known as Blogger), even non-techie and newbie bloggers can use it on the fly and since it is a free platform, it seems like a no-brainer to choose it as your platform for blogging. Here are the top 5 things you might not know about Blogspot/Blogger.  You might need to rethink your decision, especially if you are in it for the long haul and will be investing your time maintaining your blog. … [Read more...]