Bitnami: Start or stop services
Each Bitnami stack includes a control script that lets you easily stop, start and restart services. I had to save this for myself as I use these commands DAILY! Hope...
Fun with info graphics
I’ve been a 100% ‘remote worker’ for a decade now. With nearly our entire world working from home currently, I wanted to put together my top suggestions for anyone who’s...
Learn Flexbox CSS Layout
Flexbox is AMAZING! As you might imagine based on its name, it’s very flexible. In a nutshell, flexbox is a css layout framework for displaying and positioning parent elements and...
Rotate URLs with PHP Location Header Exit Code at Fifty Percent Random While Preserving URL string
This is a great piece of code to rotate 2 separate landing page urls using PHP location headers and a 50% random string. This code also preserves the URL string...
Set Up, Configure and Install FTP on AWS EC2 Instance – Bitnami LAMP ubuntu-14-04-lts/ Apache2 – vsftpd
Set up new user to use FTP, use $ sudo passwd only to change the password later if needed, $ sudo adduser will prompt you to create a password then....
Simple Javascript Form Validation
When it comes to contact forms, validating the information submitted by your visitors is key. With proper form validation, we can help cut down fraudulent submissions and keep you relatively...
Accelerate Your Web Site Using Free Page Speed Test Tools
Your website’s page speed is of the utmost importance. If your site doesn’t load fast enough, your potential customers and conversions are at risk. With our instant gratification culture of...
Using the pen tool in Photoshop for cutouts – v2 – Video Tutorial
In a previous article, I posted on the benefits of using the pen tool in Photoshop to create quality cutouts of people or object on a complex background. With there...
Gmail SMTP WordPress Plugin Saves The Day
Configuring your WordPress site to send your web form submissions correctly is a must. Time and time again this small, yet vital, aspect of WordPress is overlooked. The potential to...
Get User Agent For Custom Browser Styles – PHP Get User Agent Variables
Often, I come across the need to pull the user agent from the browser to echo custom CSS styles for that specific browser. This comes in very handy when developing...
Set .HTACCESS File To Force NON-WWW SSL HTTPS
I often come across sites that need SSL but require the path to be force with NON-www. Below is a handy snipped of code to place in your root folder...
Carry and Pass Variables From Page to Page in WordPress – Google UTM Tags Vars
Last week I posted about grabbing Google UTM tags from a url string and using that to hide or show specific content based on a variable. After that task, I...