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Same here – I get Error code: -32300, aka “Something which should never happen, happened. Sorry about that. If you try again, maybe it will work.” But it’s just plain not working…

site https://www.GunnarMadsen.com

Further research:
On a Mac running 10.10.5:
NO social icons show up on Firefox 47.0.1 (no boxes, no nothing)
On Safari, Chrome they are blank colored boxes

On a Mac running 10.9.5:

Firefox 47.0 – Colored rectangles with rectangular boxes containing ASCII characters.
Safari 9.1.1 – Colored solid rectangles

I just installed this plugin, and I’m getting the same thing – it’s not Japanese, it appears to be ASCII or some other thing indicating that the fonts are not being loaded.

https://dev.gunnarspot.com/

Thanks!

Gunnar Madsen

Figured it out! Could be useful info for others – .htaccess is handy for adding security to wordpress sites. There is a secondary .htaccess file that can be added to secure the wp-content directory. If installed, make sure to add your audio file formats to it (mp3, ogg, etc.)! Here is the relevant info, and a link to the great page that educated me all about this:

3. Protect /Wp-Content/

The wp-content directory is one of the most important areas of your WordPress website. It is where vital files are located such as your themes, plugins, uploaded media (images and videos), and cached files.

Due to this, it is one of the main targets of hackers. When a spammer managed to compromise an old website of mine last year, he did it by uploading a mail script to my uploads folder. He then proceeded to send out spam mail using my server; which subsequently placed my server on spam blacklists.

You can tackle threats like this by creating a separate .htaccess file and adding the following code to it:
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
<Files ~ “.(xml|css|jpe?g|png|gif|js|mp3|ogg)$”>
Allow from all
</Files>

You then need to upload this separate .htaccess file to the main wp-content directory i.e. https://www.yourwebsite.com/wp-content/. Doing this will allow media files to be uploaded including XML, CSS, JPG, JPEG, PNG, Gif, Javascript, mp3 and OGG. All other file types will be denied.

From: https://www.elegantthemes.com/blog/tips-tricks/wordpress-htaccess-tips-and-tricks

Thanks so much – I deleted Restrict Widgets and tried the same show/hide scenario with Display Widgets, and it’s working as you said it should!

The blog will be on an inner page (not set up yet). I am using Restrict Widgets (I prefer typing in page titles rather than searching for checkboxes, it’s quicker). Here’s the link to my site-in-progress:

https://dev.gunnarspot.com/?page_id=295

Thanks!