Here’s a quick tip for keeping your long cords neat and tidy without the need for cable ties, rubber bands, or clips. This works just as well for long networking cables as it does for guitar cords, iPhones cords or anything else.
Exploring WordPress Hosting Options
I’ve been working with WordPress pretty much full-time for over 7 years. I’ve built custom plugins, premium plugins, and deployed a bunch of WordPress sites – both for my own company as well as for our consulting clients. So, I thought I’d share some of the details and, hopefully, it will help you find a good home for your WordPress hosting needs.
Have You Met Ray Mitchell?
If you have not been to a WordCamp yet, you’re missing out on learning some really helpful information and meeting some really interesting people. If you do go to WordCamps, especially those in or around North Carolina, you have most likely encountered Ray Mitchell. Ray, and people like him, are the reason I think WordCamps are so effective and fun.
BackupBuddy: More Than Just Backups
I’ve been using BackupBuddy by iThemes for backing up my WordPress sites for quite a while. But did you know that you can do a lot more than just backup WordPress sites with BackupBuddy? Here’s a look at some more advanced things you can do with BackupBuddy. The ability to pull and push changes back and forth between sites can literally change the way you build and maintain your WordPress sites.
Install WordPress With WP-CLI
Here is how to get a basic WordPress site up and running using WP-CLI. This is particularly helpful for spinning up local WordPress installations for development of plugins and themes. You can also use WP-CLI to get started with unit testing your WordPress plugins with PHPUnit. For now, let’s see about getting WordPress installed.
Why Didn’t I Think Of That?
After running multiple online businesses, here is a nice summary of things things that have worked well, things that haven’t worked so well, and tools we use to keep things going. I had a great time catching up with my friends at WordCamp Raleigh. Here’s a recording of my presentation.
Making Playlists for SanDisk Clip Sport in Linux
I got a SanDisk Clip Sport the other day and became exceedingly vexed by my inability to get an ordered playlist working. I’m using Ubuntu, and here’s the secret that finally got things going.
Moving Windows In Ubuntu
I’ve been using Ubuntu on my laptop for the past few weeks and have found a few handy tips for flinging windows around. Here are a few keyboard shortcuts as well as some custom little commands that use wmctrl to do some custom window sizes and locations.
Setting up dnsmasq for local development
The Network Manager in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS uses dnsmasq already. This makes it easy to set up a development domain to always return your localhost IP address. That way you can route *.dev to always return 127.0.0.1. Here’s what you need to do.
Installing WP-CLI and PHPUnit with Composer
WP-CLI and PHPUnit are excellent tools to use when developing and testing WordPress plugins. Composer is a great tool as well. It seems most people use Composer on a per-project basis – installing the packages they need just for the project they are working on. You can also install “global” packages, like these system tools, that you can use across multiple projects.