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Welcome!

Thank you for visiting Doss Designs.

We offer a wide range of services. If you do not see a category in the top menu that fits your interest, please email your question to mary@dossdesigns.com and I will personally respond – normally within 24 hours.

Feel free to browse our blog full of helpful information about many different CMS platforms and marketing suggestions.

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Is Google rejecting your mail forwarded from your domain?

Method 1: Fetching & Sending Your Domain Email in Your Free Gmail (POP3)

  1. Get Hosting Details: Log into your web host (cPanel/hosting) and find your POP/IMAP & SMTP server addresses, ports (usually 995 for POP, 465/587 for SMTP), and password for your domain email.
  2. Open Gmail Settings: In your personal Gmail, click the gear icon (⚙️) > See all settings > Accounts and Import.
  3. Add Mail Account: Under “Check mail from other accounts (using POP3),” click Add a mail account.
  4. Enter Domain Email: Type your you@yourdomain.com address and click Next.
  5. Enter Server Info: Use the details from your host:
    • Username: Your full domain email address.
    • Password: Your domain email password.
    • POP Server: Your incoming mail server address (e.g., mail.yourdomain.com).
    • Port: Usually 995, check “Always use a secure connection (SSL)”.
    • Check “Leave a copy…” if you want emails on the server too.
  6. Add SMTP (Sending): Click Yes, I want to be able to send mail as… when prompted and enter your SMTP details (server, port, login info) from your host.
  7. Verify: Gmail sends a confirmation code to your domain email; enter it to finish setup. 
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PHPMailer

Host disables mail() function on your shared server?

Install PHPMailer & update all of your forms

https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/website/using-phpmailer-to-send-mail-through-php/

https://help.dreamhost.com/hc/en-us/articles/360031174411-PHPMailer-Installing-on-a-shared-server

set debug to 0 so it does not show in your browser

Add your variables at the top and place your html for the email recipient in the body tag

And add the html for the thank you page at the bottom

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PC’s unable to see each other on Network

Create a new network for them to share.

  • Click on Folder in Task Bar
  • Rt Click on This PC > Properties
  • Advanced System Settings > Computer Name
  • Change next to Rename this computer or change its domain or workgroup.
  • Create a new name to enter into Workgroup > ok
  • Reboot computer
  • Do this to each computer you want on your network.
  • Type cmd in search bar
  • Type ipconfig in both machines
  • Type ping and the other machines IP v4 address to see if they can see each other
  • Done
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Uploading Theme Error Link Expired

This is really an upload limit issue.

  1. Log into cPanel.
  2. Find the Software section and click on MultiPHP INI Editor.
    MultiPHP INI Editor
    If you don’t have the MultiPHP INI Editor but do have the PHP Configuration tool, you can skip to the “If you don’t have the MultiPHP INI Editor” section.
  3. In the dropdown, select the domain for which you wish to change the maximum upload size.
  4. Find the following values and set them accordingly:
    upload_max_filesize = 64M post_max_size = 64M memory_limit = 90 file_uploads = Enabled
  5. Click Apply to save your changes.

After these changes go back to Media > New and see if limit has increased from the auto 2MB

Upload your new theme

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cPanel Forward Not Working On Website Forms

I have an email info@mydomain.com that forwards to a personal my@gmail.com and works fine when someone sends info@mydomain.com a message, I receive it in my@gmail.com – GREAT!

BUT I have a form on mydomain.com and that form emails to info@mydomain.com
info@mydomain.com does receive the form submission
my@gmail.com does NOT receive the form

My Solution

My solution was to ADD my business email info@mydomain.com to my gmail account and delete the forward completely.

This video show step by step how to do that – very simple and takes only a few minutes.

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wp-admin captcha pop-up

image is broken so cannot access the admin section…..
WP Limit Login Attempts is not working

FTP into your site and go to /public_html/wp-content/plugins/
rename wp-limit-login-attempts TO x-wp-limit-login-attempts
You should be able to login to your dashboard now.

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Google Analytics Mandatory Move to G4

Add a Google Analytics 4 property (to a site that already has Analytics)

If your website builder/CMS does not use the gtag.js tag, and your current tag is analytics.js.
You will need to create a new property. Make sure to use “enhanced measurement” to keep your prior data.

Goto G4 Setup Assistant
Click Data Stream & click on the G4 listing
Configure tag settings
Install Instructions
Install manually
Copy the gtag.js and add it to your site header pages

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DIVI SEO Settings

  1. Divi >Theme Options > SEO
  2. Enable title, description, keywords
  3. Submenu “Single Post Page” Enable title, description, keywords, canonical
  4. Save
  5. Click on pages > about > edit (Not edit with Divi)
  6. Click 3 dots in the top right > preferences > panels > custom fields > enable & reload
  7. Under name “enter new” > seo_title > then enter the unique title in the right field > add custom field
  8. Enter new again > seo_description > then enter the unique description in the right field > add custom field
  9. Enter new again > seo_keywords > enter the unique keywords for this page > add custom field
  10. Click the “Update” button in the top right of your screen
  11. Choose your next page
  12. i.e. Contact page > now these 3 options are in the pulldown at the bottom of the page
  13. Choose & fill in each Value and click add custom field after each
  14. Don’t forget to Click the “Update” button in the top right of your screen to save your changes
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Share a gDrive Folder

Note: You can share your gDrive with a non-google email securely IF that user has a google “account” See Instructions: https://www.marypainterdoss.com/uncategorized/create-a-google-account-with-your-business-email/

Login to Gmail
Click on the block of dots next to your profile picture in the top right
Then click gDrive
Under “My Drive” choose the folder you want to share, or create one.
Right click on the folder and click share

Enter the email address of the gmail user OR business email if they have a google account
Choose how much access they have Editor (full access), Commenter (limited access), Viewer (they can only view the files)
Add a message if you desire
Click Send

Anything you put into that folder (or the folders below) that person will have access to if they login into their google account and click gDrive and “shared with me”

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Create a Google Account with your Business Email

Goto google.com/accounts/NewAccount
Enter your name
Click “Use my current email address instead” – input your business email
Enter a new password (twice)
Next

Check your business email – copy the verification code
Enter the code in the box where it says “enter code”
Next

Enter your phone, dob & gender
Next

Verify your phone
Next

Connect your phone number or skip
Skip

Agree to the privacy terms

Click on box of dots next to your profile pick and click Drive

Shared with me