An SSL certificate provides a secure connection between your website and the visitor’s browser. All data transmitted is encrypted and protected from eavesdropping and tampering. Wamp doesn’t come with it enabled out of the box, so here’s how to set it up. This article assumes you already have Wamp up and running. Enabling https in […]
I’m always forgetting how to update my raspberry pi, this is just short & to the point cheat sheet. If you’re accessing the pi remotely, the following commands can be run within a regular powershell terminal via Windows. Just make sure that you have the OpenSSH Client enabled on your windows machine. You should find […]
I thought I’d share some of my personal opinions about the rise of AI art, the debates around it, and how it’s coming to take all the jobs of artists. This focuses on the likes of dalle-2 and midjourney. Which I have used both extensively. As a developer, I can totally sympathise with that fear […]
Arrays are the bread and butter of javascript when it comes to handling data. Especially awhen grabbing data from APIs and filtering results. I’ve noted some super useful built in methods relating to arrays, to help with all sorts of situations. Get to know these, for great power comes great responsibility…
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What makes a good website ‘good’?
This is obviously a very broad question, but what makes a good website good? Here’s a general overview of the cornerstones that can be applied to most types of business/informational type website that makes it good. It’s Maintainable A good website is maintainable. For developers and content entry folk. A website that’s well organised will […]
I’ve started to enjoy using Visual Studio Code as of late, my favourite choice in Code editor (Intellisense ftw). However, if you notice that vs code scripts are disabled using the terminal, you might need a slight configuration. Specifically, if you plan on using it for running global commands.
Have you ever had a situation where your css just doesn’t seem to be working. You know you added the styles, but they just refuse to show up in the inspector? Fun fact: It might just be your browser’s adblock stylesheet.
I’m always improving my javascript skills when I’m learning something new. Sometimes it’s worth going over existing skills again to reinforce that knowledge. I’ve found these 5 things to be pretty powerful. 1. Underscoring Variables and Namespacing events These is more helpful for code readability, rather than it being a particular feature. The first uses […]
I have some go-to recommended WordPress plugins I always install on new projects. They’re essentials, in my opinion, for making a WordPress website that much better. However, if you’re a WordPress developer, chances are you have some of these in your list already. Hey ho, here we go…
The last time I had to update a WordPress website for SSL delivery, I thought it would be quick and easy. But a couple of things tripped me up along the way. I’ve documented my particular WordPress https redirect problem here, in the hope that you don’t run into the same issues I did.