OSCLASS Tips: How to modify or change the published date of ad listing on OSCLASS website?

If you are using OSCLASS CMS to run a classified ad website and you want to modify the published date of an ad listing, there is no option in OSCLASS admin dashboard to do so. In this post, we shall discuss an alternate way how to modify or change the change the published date of ad listing on OSCLASS website.

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How to Fix the HTTP File Upload Error in WordPress?

How to Fix the HTTP File Upload Error in WordPress?
Today, I encountered an HTTP error when uploading file (a pdf) to WordPress website. While editing a post or page, on clicking 'Add Media', the file seems to upload as the progress bar progresses but after a while WordPress shows HTTP error. In this post, I would like to share how I resolved or fixed the HTTP File Upload Error in WordPress.

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How to hide / Show Blogger Widgets/Gadgets In Home Page, Post, Static Pages, Archive Page etc.

Blogger allows various gadgets or widgets to be included in Blogger blog. Also, apart from the default Blogger widgets, we can also include HTML or JAVASCRIPT codes in Blogger blogs. At times, we may not like to display the widget on all pages. Instead, we may want to hide widgets on certain pages. In this post, we shall see how to 'Hide / Show Blogger Widgets/Gadgets In Home Page, Post, Static Pages, Archive Page etc.'

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Drupal 8 Tips: Display only one image from multifield image on teaser

On Drupal 8, there is a useful feature in Views Module (now in Core) settings called "Multiple field settings" with which we can  display only one image from multifield image on teaser. As seen in the image above, each of the content has multiple images but only one is displayed in the teasers.

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Paint.NET Free Photo Editor Resize Photo For Government Website Requirements 3.5 cm x 4.5 cm

In this post, we will discuss about using Paint.NET for resizing photo to 3.5 cm x 4.5 cm and other specifications required by most Indian Government exam websites . In my previous post "Tools for editing photos for government exams online application in India", I wrote about a few photo editing tools that can be used to edit and resize photos for the purpose of uploading to Indian Government exam application websites where they usually ask photos in specific dimensions and size. And to my surprise, it is one among the most visited articles on this blog. In the post I shared some basic and common photo editors that may be used for editing photo for government purposes. 

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Issue importing WordPress database from development to live server: 1273 - Unknown collation: 'utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci'

So I was trying to import a MySQL database exported from local development machine to a live server and I got the error thrown by phpMyAdmin:

#1273 - Unknown collation: 'utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci'

On some systems, the error could be: Unknown collation: 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci'

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How to fix WordPress plugin update fail - Plugin update failed ?

Alright, so I had some notifications in a WordPress website to update some plugins, which is damn easy in WordPress. Yes, just click update and finish. But no, this time, a new situation had cropped up. On clicking on 'Update' from the interface, I got the message "Update Failed: Plugin update failed". I immediately turned to Google, searched for solutions others have tried for this WordPress plugin update failed error. Here are a few things findings and solution that worked for me. 

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