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HowTo: add Mastodon feed to WordPress

HowTo: add Mastodon feed to WordPress

A very simple Wordpress plugin took all of five minutes to install and show a Mastodon feed.

stuart 6 January 20236 January 2023 Articles Read more

Howto: Archive an old WordPress site?

Howto: Archive an old WordPress site?

Using the wget command to archive/site rip a website in a single line – completely free!

stuart 25 April 202228 March 2024 Articles No Comments Read more

Website Relaunch

Website Relaunch

This is the fourth generation of our website. The beginning was very different. Tim Berners-Lee had defined html but there was no ‘Dummies” guide to building a website. No google to ask. Nobody to do it for you. Netscape beta

stuart 20 April 202227 April 2022 News Read more

Howto: WordPress RSS icon removal

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

stuart 10 April 20221 June 2022 Articles No Comments Read more

Hugo: two wheels better than four?

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.

stuart 1 April 202211 April 2022 Articles No Comments Read more

PHP 8.1 Release

PHP 8.1 Release

The latest and greatest edition of PHP is now available to all our users. A major step forward from PHP 7.4. What does it mean to me?

stuart 4 February 202215 July 2022 News Read more

Howto: Breaking the WordPress upload barrier

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

stuart 6 October 20141 June 2022 Articles Read more

QwikSites makes its mark!

QwikSites makes its mark!

5pm on a Friday is when my email inbox goes wild. It feels like everybody on the planet is trying to complete their week’s actions by passing them on to me!

stuart 14 April 201418 April 2022 News Read more

Wasted by WordPress 3.8

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.

stuart 20 December 201318 April 2022 Articles Read more

Welcome to QwikSites

Welcome to QwikSites

Today we re-launched QwikSites (http://qwiksites.com). Just 20 years after launching Brainstorm we have moved from majoring on building bespoke websites to off the peg designs tailored to your needs using the world’s favourite CMS.

stuart 15 November 201318 April 2022 News Read more
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Brainstorm News

  • Status Page Update
  • A new home on Mastodon
  • New Status Page
  • Website Relaunch
  • BrainMail just got better
  • PHP 8.1 Release
  • Log4j Vulnerability
  • Our emails are now digitally signed
  • Nominet: a scandal that has to stop
  • Credit & Debit Cards now accepted

Brainstorm Articles

  • HowTo: add Mastodon feed to WordPress
  • One flew over the cuckoo’s nest
  • Howto: Fishing with KDE
  • Howto: Archive an old WordPress site?
  • Howto: WordPress RSS icon removal
  • Hugo: two wheels better than four?
  • Internet Rescue
  • Howto: Breaking the WordPress upload barrier
  • 1-2-3 Reg Rip Off
  • Domain Fatigue

The Articles Section is intended to be  the random jottings of a SysAdmin and occasional website builder. Problems solved and, occasionally, unsolved.

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Brainstorm News

  • Status Page Update
  • A new home on Mastodon
  • New Status Page
  • Website Relaunch

Brainstorm Articles

  • HowTo: add Mastodon feed to WordPress
  • One flew over the cuckoo’s nest
  • Howto: Fishing with KDE
  • Howto: Archive an old WordPress site?

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