I have a few favourite sites that provide the ability to watch things moving or happening around the world, in real time. Here they are as a simple list, that I’m sure will grow (GPS satellites and the International Space Station – ISS – come to mind): Lightning Watch lightning strike as it happens. You […]
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Error 500 on password protecting a directory
I was recently using cPanel to password protect a directory on a website. It was all point-click, so should have been simple and just work, except it didn’t. After entering your login credentials, the server would return an error instead of giving you access to the directory contents: Error 500: Internal Server Error By password […]
WooCommerce – Watch What You Expose to Google
It is common to add a Google Sitemap to your WooCommerce shop. There are many WordPress plugins that will provide this functionality for you. However, be careful you do not expose more than you bargained for, because it can have disastrous consequences on your SEO rating. If your shop uses variations – variable products with […]
Google Web Fonts API – categories and subsets
Each font provided by the Google Web Fonts API is in a category, and comes in a variety of one or more subsets. The category provides a broad grouping of the fonts into styles. These are the categories: Sans Serif Display Serif Handwriting Each font will appear in just one of these categories. When you […]
What is github?
I has asked today what github is, after bringing it up in discussion concerning files that have come out of CultureCode hack this weekend. I suspect this will not be the last time I’m asked, so thought it an ideal subject to post about. So here is a brief discussion for absolute beginners, hopefully with […]
New WooCommerce site now live
The www.relaxtimeout.com website was launched over Christmas. It is my first foray into WooCommerce, the free WordPress e-commerce plugin from WooThemes. Although this free shop is designed to hook you into purchasing themes and plugins, it really is a complete product just as it is, and functions well out of the box. I wanted to […]