My site was running like a dog and so, having cleaned the database, updated plugins, turned off plugins etc, decided to reboot my AWS lightsail server instance. I made sure – by reading a...
As a life-long Windows man (although Android for my mobile devices) I’ve decided to give Linus a go. I’m documenting it for my own record. Inspired by Mr Robot, I did flirt with the...
Right, enough of the doom now, well from me at least. Yes the markets are in turmoil, but it will eventually pass and hopefully before job losses etc. We’ll also quickly remember that actually...
I’ve decided to pen my thoughts while doing my best to avoid facts. Make of it what you will. This isn’t a case of national pride, and it certainly isn’t about trying to make...
It’s ok to make mistake. Hell, I pride myself on it. Most important is apparently learning from them. But sometime the most important thing is just to make it quickly and get it over...
Today I learnt that WordPress doesn’t autosave a draft post. After an hour of editing something on the move, only to have mobile signal drop, this is a particularly painful lesson to learn. It...
Just when I thought I’d convinced myself not to learn anymore techie stuff, I’m now determined to figure out how to build a WordPress template that’s responsive. Starting with what Google Developers have to...
Not one to shy away from vanity projects, this one has the potential to be a great method for experience or service design while involving a clever play on words. Cue the cautiously smug...
Today’s challenge: How to read the IP address of a vistor to alter the content that they see on my website. I’m in the middle of creating a site that will give people ideas...
As part of a new, proper grown-up staging and production environment, I needed to make sure that wordpress built staging domain could only be accessed by authorised users and, equally importantly, be certain that...
