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Ubuntu, ssh-agent and You!

Jason Gill — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 23:25:23 +0000

Background I’m in the process of setting up a new Droplet on DigitalOcean. Mine is a Ubuntu droplet. The joy about DigitalOcean is that you have full control over your (super fast) server (and at a great price). You want Apache? you can install it yourself. You want git? same deal. Trying out node.js? You... Read more »

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FancyBoxThumbs Extension v2.0 released

Jason Gill — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:31:23 +0000

My MediaWiki extension, FancyBoxThumbs, has been completely rewritten from the ground up and has been released. This extension makes use of, and provides functionality for using the fancyBox JQuery lightbox plugin. The default behavior of MediaWiki is to take you to a dedicated image page when a thumbnail is clicked, which is less than ideal... Read more »

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Accessibility Tools for HTML5

Jason Gill — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 21:47:52 +0000

Google released an awesome tool this year as a Chrome Extension called Accessibility Developer Tools which adds a feature to the Audits panel of Chromes dev tools. With this extension enabled, you can run an audit on the accessibility compliance of the page you are viewing (either by refreshing or in its current state). This... Read more »

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Microsoft Live Meeting on a Mac

Jason Gill — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 22:21:26 +0000

I struggled for over a week trying to get my MacBook Pro to connect with the Live Meetings that were happening at work. I’ve been working from home a lot and needing to join the conversation remotely. After searching the internet high and low, it seemed that I kept running into the same dead ends,... Read more »

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Is the Fold a Myth?

Jason Gill — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 21:47:38 +0000

As web developers, we’ve all heard at least one client or member of corporate management express concern about the design and layout of a site because things are appearing “below the fold.” The concept of the fold seems to make sense at first glance, which is probably why it is one of those myths that... Read more »

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WordPress Loading Two Pages at a Time?

Jason Gill — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 06:27:31 +0000

I think I may have just discovered a major issue with WordPress. It would seem that WordPress is loading two pages at a time, the second loading after the first one has rendered on the screen, the other somehow in the background. Here’s what I did to discover it. I’m hoping someone else can verify... Read more »

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WordPress Theme Not Showing Up

Jason Gill — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:49:08 +0000

I was having an issue with my newly created theme not even appearing in the Appearance -> Themes settings page on WordPress. After much searching online I never did find an answer so I’m posting it here. I did some trial and error of adding and removing files and realized that WordPress not only requires... Read more »

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Host Your Own Custom WordPress Plugin Auto-Updater

Jason Gill — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 22:53:51 +0000

Update It looks like there is a fully fledged plugin for accomplishing this feat for both plugins and themes. I recommend using it instead of this hack: https://github.com/jeremyclark13/automatic-theme-plugin-update The Problem The biggest appeal WordPress has is it’s extensibility via plugins. But if you create a private plugin for personal use or for a corporation with... Read more »

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Chimpadeedoo Transparent PNG Logo

Jason Gill — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:15:34 +0000

If you want to use a transparent PNG in MailChimp’s Chimpadeedoo iPad app, the file must be saved, not synced. In other words, if you try to transfer a png to your iPad by syncing it with iTunes, it’s going to get flattened and the transparency removed. But, if you email it to yourself and... Read more »

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CForms CAPTCHA Not Working

Jason Gill — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 16:15:41 +0000

Using Cforms II, when I select font17.ttf as the captcha font (the one that looks comic book style) it will not validate…ever. I continue to get the message “Please double-check your verification code.” If I switch fonts, it validates just fine. This has nothing to do with disabling other plugins and using default theme, as... Read more »

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