Quick Tip: Fix Shrinking (Or Enlarging) Web Pages

You're browsing the internet, looking at your favorite blogs, and next thing you know, everything shrinks (or enlarges) beyond what's normal. There's a quick fix for that. (Sorry, these tips are only good for PC users. I know nothing about Macs.)

'ctrl' + '0' (zero)

This simple two key combination will reset your brower's zoom to default and you'll now be able to view websites how they should look.

Is the font on a website too small?

'ctrl' + '+' (plus)

This two key combination will enlarge a website's content for you. And with the opposite, you can make a website smaller:

'ctrl' + '-' (dash)

If you use the scrolling wheel on your mouse while online, and hold the 'ctrl' key while scrolling, it also makes the page shrink or enlarge. This is how my page often changes size on accident.

Hope this quick tip helps! Have a great Tuesday!

Attention Blog Post Commenters: This Post Is For You!

Love, love, love when I receive comments. They make my day. Honest.

Many comments that are left are questions or statements that deserve some followup. But, if your email address isn't linked to your Google Profile or you don't leave your email address in the post, I can't respond!

Unless it's a giveaway post and I'm receiving comments for entries, I really try to respond to every single comment that I'm left. Even if it's just one that says that you love my blog. Hello! I love your positive feedback. I want to email you back and THANK YOU!

A few months ago Shelley, from The House of Smiths, wrote a blog post on this topic. Now I know why.

I'm going to show you how to change this setting.

This is what I get when I try to reply to a comment without a linked email address: noreply-comment@blogger.com. Boo!

If you comment with your Google account, then it will make you "sign up for Blogger" before leaving your first comment. This doesn't mean you have to create a blog or anything, it just means you have to create a profile with Blogger so you can comment with your Google account. You can change all of the profile details to make it as anonymous as you'd like once you create the profile.

Once you sign up for Blogger, you'll need to go to www.blogger.com to edit your profile.

Then you'll need to click "show my email address" and "save profile". You can change the email address that is associated with this feature on this page as well - under "identity" and "email address". You can always use your "junk mail" account or set up an email with Gmail for this.

Your email address will not literally show up in your Blogger profile. It will show like this:

When you leave a comment for me, I receive an email with your comment, and your email address will automatically be the "reply to" email (if you go through these steps and enable this feature). Pretty simple.

All in all, I'd really like to be able to respond to each one of you. You can always leave your email address in the comment for me like this: tiffany (at) thenesteffect.com. That way it can't be picked up by spam bots because it's not technically a real email typed like that.

Thank you! =]

* You may repost this, as long as you link back to my blog. Thanks! *

Quick Tip: No More Wasted Hand Soap

Do you use Bath & Body Works Moisturizing Hand Soap and get frustrated when reaching the last inch of the soap...and it won't pump out?

I have no idea if the newer bottles still have this issue, but the old ones (like the one pictured) definitely does. I had this happen this morning and remembered something I learned when I used to work at BBW a few years ago. You can add a little bit of water to the bottle and shake it so it mixes with the soap. This makes the soap thin enough to get "sucked" by the pumping of the bottle. If you add just enough water to liquify it, it will still have the same consistency as usual and won't be too watered down.

No more wasted soap!