{"id":14179,"date":"2018-09-13T07:33:54","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T11:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=14179"},"modified":"2018-09-14T07:02:10","modified_gmt":"2018-09-14T11:02:10","slug":"boggling-technical-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=14179","title":{"rendered":"Boggling Technical Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"I try to keep up with changes in technology as they impact my website<\/a> and this blog, but not being a techie, I get stumped and frustrated.<\/p>\n

Two issues now have me vexed. 1) Installing an SSL certificate on this blog and my website, and 2) getting the new system of captcha (I’m not a robot) to work on my mail form.<\/p>\n

More explanation follows…
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\nSince May(-ish), I received notices that if I did not install an SSL certificate on my blog and\/or website, that these web properties would suffer a reduction in rank for being found via search engines, most prominently, google.<\/p>\n

So I bought two SSL certificates and spent hours and hours and HOURS trying to get them to work. Each time I tried, the website failed. I could see text (in a very odd layout), but no images. <\/p>\n

Since both this blog and my website are very image-heavy, not showing images was a major failure! I restored the blog and website to pre-SSL certificate install status. Then I just quit struggling. I do not have time to figure this out, or anyone with knowledge on how to do that to help me (fee-free; I really don’t want to pay for consulting fees for hobby sites).<\/p>\n

\"\"Also in May, my use of a bot-protecting filter called Captcha had to change to a new way of doing it. I’m sure many readers have seen that “I’m not a robot” box to check off, instead of the old way of entering numbers\/letters from an image presented.<\/p>\n

While I got the new captcha system to work on my mail form, somehow when I did that, it removed the “submit” box. So people diligently tried to complete the email form to send me a message, but they couldn’t. Arrgghh!<\/p>\n

I now need to dedicate more hours to study how to fix this. Meanwhile, contacting me by email is more challenging. Not impossible for those who visit my contact form<\/a> (hint hint).<\/p>\n

I appreciate that technology changes, but for a hobbyist like me, it drives me nuts. I don’t have the time or patience to deal with this (just for a hobby site.)<\/p>\n

Life is short: appreciating patience with those of us who lack skill is a virtue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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