Month: October 2015
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What is a Website?
One of the best metaphors for describing a website is the world of books. What is a Website? What is a Web Page? A website is made up of a series of web pages. In this way, a website can be thought of as a book, and a web page like the page of a…
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Automatically Check for PHP Syntax Errors
I was developing some PHP code the other day for a WordPress website and got interrupted. I left halfway through editing a PHP file. When I came back I had lost my train of thought and left a simple syntax error in the file. In a momentary lapse of reason I FTP’ed the file back…
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How to Use Multiple CSS Stylesheets with a WordPress Child Theme
Why Multiple Stylesheets? It’s better to have separate stylesheets for different areas of styling in order to make the codebase more maintainable and easier to manage. For example, if you use a particular plugin to display tables and later you start using a different plugin to do this, then you will have to find which…
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Only Allow one IP Address on Website (.htaccess)
Requirements: This is for people using the Apache web server who have a basic understanding of coding or configuring a system. Overview Sometimes it’s useful to only allow a single IP address to access a website. I use this when I’m developing a website that has only just been mapped to a domain. I still want to test…
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Make a Logo Using SVG (Tutorial)
The best way to design logos is to use a design application like Illustrator (a vector-based tool). However for some that is too expensive so they fall back on an illegal copy of Photoshop (not recommended) or they use GIMP (recommended). Photoshop and GIMP are raster-based design tools which means you won’t be able to scale finished logos…