At WordCamp Lehigh Valley 2018, I presented How to Avoid Mucking Up Your DNS. When I started working with websites, modifying DNS settings terrified me. We’ll discuss the things I wished I knew then: A records, CNAMEs, TTLs, name servers, and how to test these things. We’ll look at things I broke and how the […]
Computing
Bootstrap vs WordPress
The quick answer to the question of Bootstrap vs WordPress is, in terms of sheer numbers, WordPress is used on more websites than Bootstrap, so WordPress wins, if that’s the kind of answer you want. However, the problem with this comparison is we’re asking the wrong question. Apples vs Oranges I love Bootstrap and I […]
Git Case Sensitive Rename
One can rename a file with git mv however, if you try to use this technique to change the case of the filename it will fail and you’ll get fatal: destination exists. I prefer to keep all my filenames lowercase, so getting this to work is important to me. If I modified the filename case […]
Reddit Tracking Incognito Clicks
Reddit is an fascinating and wonderful collection of what the Internet has to offer, however their agressive link tracking is disappointing. Recently Viewed Links If you have an account at reddit, when you are browsing you are provided with a list of Recently Viewed Links. Arguably, this area provides functionality beyond your browsers built-in history […]
Network Neutrality, Open Letter to the FCC
Net neutrality is a fundamental principal of the Internet and should be defended. ISPs herding users to sites of their choosing is a gross abuse of their power. My ISP is a pipe of information delivered to my home. I pay for a pipe that is capable of carrying a certain amount of bandwidth each […]
Sal Ferrarello Genesis Contributor
This week version 2.1 of StudioPress’s Genesis Framework was released. I’m very excited to have been a contributor on this release. In addition to being able to contribute to a framework that I use everyday in my WordPress development which also helps power both this site and my business website, Iron Code Studio; the opportunity […]
htaccess Redirect with Hashtag
I had to setup a redirect the other day with a hashtag. Whenever a visitor hit a specific URL, I wanted to redirect them to another URL but I also wanted to include a hashtag to indicate where they came from when tracking the information in Google Analytics. It appears the secret is the NE […]
Git Submodule fatal: Could not read from remote repository
Why to Setup Your Git Submodules as https:// not ssh I was pulling a public GitHub repo the other day which featured submodules. The frustrating problem is whenever I tried to init the submodules with the line git submodule update –init –recursive I got the error Git Submodule fatal: Could not read from remote repository […]
Chrome Clear Redirect Cache
Chrome Caches Redirects Google Chrome caching redirects, is a known behavior and not one that is planned to change. This is a logical decision, unfortunately the lack of any obvious mechanism to clear these redirects is frustrating at times. There are generally two situations where this occurs. When the Website Returns a HTTP Status Code […]
Undo Git Commit
That is Not What I Meant to Commit It seems no matter how many times I do git status, I still managed to sneak in a completely wrong commit sometimes. Additionally, I never remember how to undo a commit so I end up googling “undo git commit” and I get way more information than I […]