Category: Web Development

I’ve done a write-up on hosting local WordPress sites before, but I definitely prefer this method over the previous one. If you’ve never tried hosting multiple sites using LocalWP, then I’d encourage you to check it out. I’ve had really bad issues with it in the past, and it may have been a combination of…

Page Template (Best for Single Pages) If you only need to call a different sidebar on a single page and that page is totally unique, and there’s no need to have a plan for children of those pages, then a simple page template should do the trick. Just go to your parent theme, copy page.php…

Method 1: Firefox (not recommended) In the Firefox address bar, type about:config. You’ll be greeted with a warning. Click “Accept the Risk and Continue”. Next, you’ll see a search bar where you can search for specific preferences. If you made it this far, there’s a good chance you know exactly the setting you’re looking for.…

Today I ran into a situation where I was getting a new user registration every half hour for the entire afternoon. I came across this solution that will block registrations by email domain. First, it blocks registrations by email domain. This simple denial of registration does not require WordFence, as it’s just a really useful…

Select Your Database To search and replace using phpmyadmin, first you’ll need to select and open the database you want to run the search and replace query on. Once you’ve selected it, you’ll see the tabs across the top of the screen change. Execute Query Click on the SQL tab at the top, and you’ll…

position: sticky vs position: fixed In CSS, you can use both position: sticky and position: fixed to make any WordPress block sticky, but there are some important differences that should be noted. position: sticky keeps that element within the document flow. Great for things like columns and sidebars that have content above them. When the…

As a web developer, it’s always a good idea to have a good working local environment for testing. Let’s dive into how to host multiple local sites using XAMPP and VirtualHosts. XAMPP Install You can download and instlal XAMPP over at https://www.apachefriends.org/download.html. XAMPP includes Apache and all the necessary setup to get your environment off…