Now that a lot of hosts are offering Let’s Encrypt as part of their hosting package and Google is punishing non-https sites, there’s no better time to convert your site to HTTPS. What Is the HTTPS Protocol? HTTPS (HTTP Secure) is an extension of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) for secure communication over a computer […]
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Creating Info Boxes With CSS
A great feedback for online forms is the info box. There can be several kinds. The green success box lets you know the form was successfully submitted. There are other kinds of info boxes as well, that indicate, variously, warnings, information, or errors. Create your own custom info boxes using css. Here’s the CSS: Here […]
Rukovoditel: Creating a Project-Independent Ticketing System
One of the things on my wishlist when hunting for a new project management system was the ability to create project-independent tickets. There was something similar available in activeCollab but it was a bit cumbersome. And other PM systems I tried (e.g., Collabtive, PHP Collab) did not have the capability to create tickets that were […]
Using Breadcrumbs with GeneratePress
GeneratePress doesn’t natively support breadcrumbs. The GP forums suggest using the Yoast SEO plugin for that. But I have found a solution I like better which includes using the FontAweome icons. Here is what my breadcrumbs look like now: To achieve this, I used a plugin called BreadcrumbNavXT. There are code snippets in the settings […]
Creating a Gallery and Albums Without a Gallery Plugin
A few months ago, I wrote about our experience in porting a site from CMS Made Simple to WordPress and the difficulty in finding similar plugins to replace the CMSMS modules the site was using. Turns out that the popular WordPress plugin Next Generation Gallery conflicted with the one plugin we found that worked well […]
Adding Document Icons to Links
I’m a firm believer in knowing where that link is going to take me before I click on it. That’s why I like to use document icons to indicate what kind of document is behind a download link. For client sites, it’s a matter of creating a paragraph style that inserts an icon when that […]
