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 like to see if I can guess just from looking if it’s a WordPress site. (I’m right about 80% of the time!) I came across […]
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, the Constant Contact plugin is hasn’t been updated in a while and it still has a (not unreasonable) expectation that you’re running at least PHP […]
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 load faster and be more secure) How often should you? (check the releases, but generally…maybe twice a year) Will it hurt? (not if you are […]
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 King Ralph. Keeping your domain and hosting separate helps to manage the risk that your site can be hacked. Think about it – if someone […]
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words, A Featured Image Needs to Be the Right Size
So we all know that a lot of communication is visual (and thanks to Dr. Merhabian, we know it’s 93% visual) so it makes sense that the photos on your site need to be right. You need to make sure you’re using the right type of image (.jpb vs .png vs .svg vs .bmp) and […]
Tinkering Under the Hood – Increase PHP Memory Limit
So you might notice some apps or scripts are executing slowly, and if you have the time and inclination (and access to your cpanel via your host), you might want to increase the memory limit of your php. Hayden James at haydenjames.io (not to be confused with Britney’s youngest son) has a really good explanation, which […]