Chris’ Tips
Easy::Apache Configuration for PHP & WordPress on WHM
A customer recently asked about a recommended configuration for WHM’s Easy::Apache. He needed to reconfigure his Apache/PHP setup since it was lacking GD and PHP cURL and wanted to know if there were any other recommended changes. While every hosting need is different, I thought I could at least provide what one of our servers is running as far as Easy::Apache configuration is concerned. I’d like to again preface this [...]
Produce Better Designs with Sample Content
This week’s tip will help you produce themes/designs that stand up to real-world use. The problem is all too common. You develop a design, and it looks great. Then you ship it off to a client, and it starts to look horrible. The reason? The client is putting in different content than you did. The solution is simple, get the content from someone else and make sure that content is [...]
Learning CSS 101: The Box Model
If you want to design awesome web sites or just make little tweaks to your site’s CSS, you should first learn some fundamentals. One of the most important things to learn know about CSS is how the box model works. Everything on a webpage is a box. The site you are looking at right now is composed of hundreds of boxes. These boxes come from tags. Each time a tag [...]
Simple wp-config changes to increase security and aid code debugging
Both my intermediate and advanced tips this week are simple changes you can make to your site’s wp-config.php file. One change will enhance your site’s security while the other will greatly help you as you make code changes. Set up custom security keys There are four security keys in your site’s wp-config.php file: AUTH_KEY, SECURE_AUTH_KEY, LOGGED_IN_KEY, and NONCE_KEY. Each of these keys are a salt, which are used to make [...]
Improve WordPress Development with the Codex and Grep
My tips for this week will help you become a better WordPress developer and designer. The WordPress Codex is your first stop to learn more about WordPress functions. To dig deeper than what the Codex can offer, use Grep to locate functions inside WordPress so you can see exactly how they work. WordPress Codex If you are a WordPress developer, a WordPress site designer, or just want to get a [...]
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