technical ramblings
Sadly, the nRelate WordPress plugin, a simple yet effective related articles plugin, will soon cease to be. Support for this plugin will come to an end on 31st December 2014.
With nRelate often appearing in the list of best related article plugins, this has forced many people to search for a new product, perhaps something just as simple or something with a few more options. Read more Options to replace nRelate related articles plugin
Recently found a list of WordPress tutorials on the Creative Bloq website, that has a vast range of well explained “how to” articles, for the beginner as well as the more experienced WordPress user.
I am still working through the list myself, and sometimes find that links are not working (for articles linked to Smashing Magazine in particular. The link has wp. at the very beginning, if you replace this with www. then it tends to work as expected).
Yes I admit, I play Clash of Clans. Much to the chagrin of my wife. It’s one of few things I actually use my iPad for. My 2 and 4 year old daughters have a far more impressive array of apps. However, sometimes it isn’t handy to use the iPad, whether one of my kids has it, or it is busy charging, or I am already at my computer desk it’d just kill me to have to get up and retrieve my tablet. Recently I have discovered how to play Clash of Clans on PC, and indeed, any Android game or app available in the Google Play store. Here’s how. Read more How to play Clash of Clans on PC (or Mac)
When taking on Responsive Web Design (RWD) and looking to cater for screens of all different shapes and sizes, I think it is largely lost on the consumers that screen resolution does not equal how big a website can be and will appear (and look good) on their mobile device.
Whether it be tablets / iPads, smart phones / iPhones, there seems to be a misconception that whatever the resolution the device lists on its specifications page, that should match the dimensions that the website should take on. Or more to the point, should be able to take on.
But this assumption is incorrect and with good reason – if a website strictly followed the resolution of a device (such as an iPad with Retina support) then it would look teenie tiny (technical term). The question then is, what is the difference between viewport and resolution when it comes to displaying web pages and taking on responsive web design projects?
Read more Screen resolution vs viewport in Responsive Web Design
Except for perhaps most people on my street, nobody could hear my cries of anguish when met with first of all the “white screen of death” in a WordPress site I was working on.
Couple this with also being unable to access the Dashboard area of WordPress, with an error such as:
Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at //home/htdocs/wordpress/wp-config.php:1) in /home/htdocs/wordpress/wp-login.php on line 12
Or something similar.
Both on a live site. Whoops.
Read more When there is a space in your php file no one can hear you scream
When it comes to web design trends, square web design is back.
What I, at least partially, put down to the move away from table layouts for design (and thank whomever you like that we have moved away from that horror) we saw rounded corners on everything web related. But there is no doubt in my mind that square web design, or Flat Design, is making a strong return.
Considering myself something of a web and WordPress developer, of course I looked into using HTML5 in all its much vaunted and promised glory of cutting edge yet backward compatible technology, and see what it was all about.
I was quickly confused, and somewhat put-off.
Read more Inspired about HTML5 thanks to “The Truth About HTML5”
Taking over the world, one domain at a time. Read more Electric Mayhem Solutions purchases new domain
Apple vs Samsung. The battle of patent infringement against Korean tech giant Samsung has been emphatically won by Apple in a landmark decision in a US Federal Court, and yet somehow I feel the war has only just begun.
Legislation passed yesterday (18th June, 2012) to allow gamers in Australia to purchase games that would otherwise be classified R18+.
Previously games that would attract this classification would either have to modify the content to satisfy a less severe classification (MA15+) or be banned from sale.
Read more Gamers in Australia can Start Purchasing R18 Games