I’ve been using both Git and Sass for some time now. These two tools have had a huge positive impact on my development. The issue that arises when combining Git and Sass is when checking in compiled CSS, it is common to get conflicts with other contributors on the Git repository. Don’t Check in Your […]
Command Line List Files in Tree View
List all subfolders with formatted output ls -R | grep “:$” | sed -e ‘s/:$//’ -e ‘s/[^-][^\/]*\//–/g’ -e ‘s/^/ /’ -e ‘s/-/|/’ From: http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10402034-263.html
Google Authorship on WordPress.org
UPDATE: Google is removing author images from search results making this tip much less useful. As you can see, when you search “wordpress stop emails plugin” on Google, in addition to my Stop Emails WordPress Plugin on WordPress.org, you are treated to my smiling face. Feel free to try it yourself, https://www.google.com/search?q=wordpress+stop+emails+plugin Google Authorship A great […]
Google Indexing 301 Redirect
While SEO is not my focus of expertise, it is an interesting field which impacts the work I do. I was surprised when fellow developer Dustyn Doyle pointed out to me that Google was indexing 301 redirects. Based on my research, I couldn’t find any of these 301 redirect links coming up in general searches; […]
Create Offline Copy of a Website
Sometimes you need to make a copy of a website for offline use. There are a number of offline website downloader tools I’ve found helpful for this task. Offline Website Downloaders Unix Command line wget -p -k http://www.example.com/ Mac Application SiteSucker Windows Application HTTrack Why Would You Do This? Using these tools has allowed me […]
Iron Code Studio WordPress Development
I’m excited to announce I’ve started my own WordPress development company, Iron Code Studio. In addition to my new development company, I will be continuing my role as Senior Developer at LaunchDM. Iron Code Studio specializes in custom WordPress Theme and Plugin development, specifically using the Studiopress Genesis Framework and the Bootstrap front-end framework. In […]
How to Name a File
Naming a file, while seemingly an easy task has a number of nuances to it. Here are some tips to improve your file naming. A rose by any other name, would smell just as sweet but would be more difficult to locate. Use all lowercase letters A combination of upper and lowercase letters in a […]
WordPress YouTube oEmbed Not Working on Firefox
I came across an interesting issue today. In Firefox the YouTube oEmbed Can Not be Clicked This issue arose in Firefox 25.0 on a Mac when loading a YouTube oEmbed within an element using CSS transform: translate(). This seems to be a known bug. General Solution The general solution, as outlined on this Stack Overflow Thread, is […]
How to Disable JavaScript in Chrome
2014-08-29 UPDATE: Current version of Chrome has issue I’m seeing an issue where the Disable JavaScript checkbox is becoming unchecked on refresh (thus undoing the point of this post). More info at https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=369844 Current fix seems to be “click Disable JavaScript a bunch of times” (yes, I realize this is a ridiculous fix) How to […]
WordPress Genesis Loop Only Display Sticky Posts
Update 2015-09-28 Thanks to Joan in the comments for pointing out the original code posted here was only relevant when using a Genesis Custom Loop. This updated solution applies to the default loop (and is not Genesis specific).