I’ve talked a lot about my favorite host Siteground, but today I’d like to talk about a plugin they offer that helps speed up your site called SG Optimizer. Actually, I’m not going to just talk about it; I’m going to show you some results from adding it to some of my clients sites. Review…
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ReCAPTCHA ERROR for site owner: Invalid domain for site key
Recently got this error after changing domain names for a customer. I tried two things to fix. 1) I tried V2 instead of V3. That didn’t work 2) I realized that I had added the https:// at the front of the domain name on the google setup. Once I removed that, it worked like a…
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Creating a map with custom icons with Toolset
Recently a customer needed a map with custom icons rather than the regular map maker icons that come with Google maps. He wanted it to look something like this so each icon represented a different type of store. To do this you’ll need 3 things: 1) A custom post type with Toolset Custom Fields set…
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Are You Ready for The Gute?
Hopefully you’ve heard that WordPress 5.0 is on it’s way with the new Gutenberg editor. It’s very different from the current “classic” editor. The new editor will be much more like the page builders that have become popular. With the release of WP 5 expected at the end of November 2018, you should make sure…
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Login Protect Content
There are many different ways to protect your content. For this client, he simply wanted to capture people’s email address before they could read the content. Seems simple, but there was multiple articles that needed to be protected and what if people came back? We didn’t want people to have to submit their info all…
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Using WP Code Highlight? Don’t Upgrade to PHP 7 Until You Do This!
I recently upgraded my site from PHP 5 to PHP 7 and loved the speed boost, but then I noticed one of my favorite plugins broke. I was getting this warning: Deprecated: preg_replace(): The /e modifier is deprecated, use preg_replace_callback instead in /Applications/AMPPS/www/mysitetest/wp-content/plugins/wp-code-highlight/wp-code-highlight.php on line 68 Yes, WP Code Highlight has been deprecated for a…
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WordPress Website “Go Live” Checklist
As a developer, for me, the “go live” day is always filled with mixed emotions. I’m psyched to have the project almost finished and show it off, but also a little nervous about the transfer process and the final tests to make sure everything works correctly. Here’s the checklist I like to run through to…
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