Javascript var_dump() equivalent
In php var_dump() provides a nice easy way to identify exactly what an object is and what it contains. Unfortunately, there is no equivalent built-in to Javascript. But as with most programming...
View ArticleNameserver Testing
If you ever wonder if your nameserver is working properly, try this command from a server other than your nameserver: host -a targetdomain.com dnsserver.com If it works, you should get a nice list of...
View ArticleSASS for WordPress Revisited
Late last year, I released a simple plugin to add SASS/SCSS capabilities to WordPress. I was fairly disappointed with the result since the stylesheet compiler I was using (PHamlP) had some serious...
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Technology Reboot
I love post-apocalyptic fiction, and to a lesser degree movies/television shows in the same genre. What fascinates me most about these scenarios is that they all start with immediate survival, and...
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WordPress 3.5 Released
The latest release of WordPress is now available and you can read the official announcement Here. The biggest changes (and most significant improvements) are regarding uploading and managing media: If...
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WordPress 3.5 – Cannot Upload Media
Well, the first upgrade (for me) went fairly poorly. The site continued to work just fine but the authors could not post or upload new media. Clicking the media button on a post did nothing and the...
View ArticleEasy OpenGraph in your WordPress Theme
There are dozens or more plugins that provide social capabilities. My experience has been that often they don’t work properly with the current incarnation of Facebook’s OpenGraph. Another common...
View ArticleBootstrap for WordPress
I love Bootstrap as a starting point for new projects and Initializr is even better as it packages everything up nicely and adds extras if you want them. However, most new projects for me are WordPress...
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Dynamic Copyright Year in WordPress
Copyright dates are typically hard-coded into custom themes so now that we have crossed the threshold into a new year, it is a good idea to double check your site and make sure the correct dates are...
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Security: What should I do about Java
What Java is: Java is a programming language developed in 1995 by Sun Microsystems . It is now managed by Oracle. The interesting thing that Java introduced is the concept of bytecode running on a...
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