Stuff You Already Knew, I’m SURE (…but I didn’t…)
Went to update my version of WordPress (man, those things are thick on the ground lately, huh?) on a local xampp stack. Basically a Franken-site that I am hosting on […]
Easy Way to See SSL Info
A quick way to see info on your SSL cert (even some hosts use it to show customer’s info). Specfically, go to https://www.sslshopper.com/ssl-checker.html#hostname=YOURDOMAINNAMEHERE Just a handy trick to have up […]
When Right Click is Disabled (WTF, amirite?!?!?)
If you’re like me (mouth-breather, loves yo-yo’s and warm potato salad) any visit to an interesting site usually includes casually right-clicking to inspect the element or view the source. I […]
Move Over, Caching
I listened to a few downloaded youtube videos (sort of a choose your own adventure poor man’s podcast) while I was on a recent road trip. They were by Miriam […]
Easy Way to Stop Those Varmints from Stealing Your Images n Stuff
If you don’t lock down your directories, people can come along and poke through them and take your images and sometimes even pirate a copy of your theme. (though I […]
Easy Way to Link to a Specific Spot on Someone’s Site
Probably everyone else remembers how to do this, but I didn’t, and if it helps even one person I’ll be glad. Suppose you’re writing a blog post, and suppose you […]
PHP – More Stuff to Think About
So I just had another client’s site have a problem, most likely from incompatibility between a plugin they needed and the version of PHP running in their hosting plan. Specifically, […]
Upgrading Your Version of PHP for Fun and Profit
What does it mean to upgrade your version of PHP? (start using a newer, better version of PHP to run your site) Why should you do it? (your site will […]
Good Habit – Keep Your Hosting and Domain and Backups Separate
You know how the royal family has to travel separately, in order to mitigate risk to the line of succession? Of course you do, it was the entire plot of […]