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#amblogging: WordPress Blues

Posted on January 15, 2016 by Elle Knowles

Lately, I have been posting the majority of my posts from my cell phone because of the convenience when I can’t get to my computer, which is often. But…when I am at my computer I want my old familiar original dashboard that gives me every option I may need. Connie explains a simple way to grab hold of that dashboard. Thanks Connie! ~Elle

Life in the Realm of Fantasy

wordpress logoWordPress people…you have pissed me off.

For a year now you have been trying to shove this new, less-than-useful dashboard down my throat, and for that same year, I have refused to use it. You allowed me the option to stay with the expanded version that played to my needs, and so I didn’t complain.

Today, however, you  cut off my simple access to the old, better-for-my-purposes dashboard, and forced me to hunt for a way to get back to it. So rather than the post I had intended, we are going to discuss how a determined blogger can get around your arbitrary decision.

I do not post my blogs from a cell phone. For those people who do, I am sure the bland wall of white fog that is the new default dashboard is fine, but for me it is NOT USEFUL.

First of all, the writing is pale…

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About Elle Knowles

Elle Knowles lives in the Florida Panhandle with her husband and off-at-college-most-of-the-time son. She has four daughters, one son, and eleven beautiful grandchildren. 'Crossing the Line' is her first novel. The sequel 'What Line' is a work in progress. Recently published is Coffee-Drunk Or Blind - a nonfiction story of homesteading in the Alaska wilderness with her parents and four siblings, told through letters by her mother and remembered accounts from the family.

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  1. Sheryl | January 16, 2016 at 10:15 pm

    I definitely prefer the original dashboard.

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  2. jackiemallon | January 16, 2016 at 10:56 am

    Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I thought it was me, not them! That my skills were regressing or something! 🙂

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  3. hirundine608 | January 15, 2016 at 4:08 pm

    Wonderful reblog. Cheers Jamie.

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  4. conniejjasperson | January 15, 2016 at 2:55 pm

    Thank you for the reblog, Elle. It was nice to meet you in our virtual world!

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