The subject that dominated this week’s IT news was Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter. Walking in with a sink, declaring it a free spech have full of fun and comedy
One flew over the cuckoo’s nest
Howto: Fishing with KDE
With the Dolphin file manager you can go fishing across your network of servers as though they were just different folders on your desktop.
Howto: Archive an old WordPress site?
Using the wget command to archive/site rip a website in a single line – completely free!
Howto: WordPress RSS icon removal
The Wordpress RSS widget is great for adding news and stuff to your website. By default it adds an RSS logo to the title. What if you don’t want it?
Here is how I did it by just editing one line
Hugo: two wheels better than four?
Is the world’s fastest framework for building websites the thinking coder’s answer to Wordpress?
No, but that doesn’t mean it shouldn’t join Wordpress and DokuWiki in our portfolio.
Internet Rescue
Stuff set up years ago which you are now dependent can suddenly go AWOL. And so can the the guy who set it up or even the company who host it. Or different people blaming each other.
Howto: Breaking the WordPress upload barrier
WordPress uploads are limited to a maximum size. Many find it set to 2MB by default. It is straightforward to increase this. If you are using Multisite then go to Network Settings and at the bottom you will find the
1-2-3 Reg Rip Off
The Register reports Nominet Domain Registra 1-2-3 has introduced a stealth charge on customers wishing to transfer out their uk domains (changing the IPS TAG).
Domain Fatigue
This year I have been receiving a sledgeload of spam emails urging me to register the new TLDs. Todays lot includes the riveting: .directory .technology .contractors .construction .land .today .kitchen
Wasted by WordPress 3.8
Blind panic this week when our upgrade from 3.7 to 3.8 left our clients unable to log in. A bit fundamental that.