I have been trying to find a way to automate a daily purge of a nitropack cache on a server without wp-cli. I have out together some code based on the Nitropack API (https://docs.nitropack.io/) which is called daily via a cron job. Place this in a file on the server (don’t forget to exclude it’s […]
It is always nice to add a bit of animation to a website and all the better if rendered with CSS and JavaScript so it is iPad/iPhone friendly. The Flux Slider project is a free and open source way to create smart image transitions with the use of CSS3 and jQuery. My favourite is the
This website has been running for a couple of years now, and the database has continued to grow with it! Yesterday I looked into how I could remove some of the redundant content and reduce the overall size. I found an article by ProBlogDesign entitled “How to Optimize a WordPress Database” which was very helpful.
In ordinance with the new EU ‘Cookie Directive’, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) brought in new legislation regarding the usage of cookies on websites on the 26th May 2011. In brief, on a business website a user needs to be asked for their permission before any non-essential cookies are run. Have a look at the
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Getting good WordPress plugins can be trial and error since there are so many available which offer so many different options. I’ve put together a quick list of my current favourite plugins, in a rough descending order from essential to nice-to-have: BackUpWordPress This is the only backup plugin I’ve found which works when wp-cron has
The Flutter plugin for WordPress is an excellent tool for enhancing the backend layout for use as a CMS. The duplicate fields and groups functionality in particular is very useful as it allows users to repeatedly add similar types of content to a page – for instance a staff biography. The downside of duplicate fields
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