Before attempting to reset the MySQL root password, be aware that a fresh install of Ubuntu & MySQL will often give you full access to all databases if you login as a user with the sudo privilege: If you still need to reset the MySQL root password, this post will guide you through the process.… Read More »
Sometimes you do not have access to your client’s web server. All you can get is a copy of their WordPress files and database. In this situation, you can still troubleshoot and make modifications to their site by copying everything to a local server and working on it from there. All you need to do… Read More »
Are you building an application that needs to calculate the cycling, walking or driving distance between two addresses? Google offers a handy service called the Google Maps Distance Matrix API that you can use to get this information and present it to your users. The service is free, and you can specify the mode of… Read More »
Do you have a sidebar that contains essential widgets that your visitors must see when they visit your site from a mobile device? Perhaps a search box, product categories, an advertisement, or something else? A lot of WordPress themes display the sidebar below the content on mobile devices, so visitors have to scroll all the… Read More »
Youtube-dl-WebUI is a web interface for the program Youtube-dl, which allows you to download audio and video from streaming sites, and save them to your computer in a variety of formats. Youtube-dl-WebUI is a convenient interface to Youtube-dl but was missing some key features such as previewing the video and selecting the format. The customizations… Read More »
It’s handy to have a test server that we can use to see what will happen when we upgrade WordPress, install new plugins, or mess around with the layout and design of our blog. But how can we copy the changes we make to our test WordPress site to our live server? In this post,… Read More »
So you’ve written a fantastic blog post and set the featured image, but all you’re seeing is bland text and a hyperlink when you tweet it. A picture adds a thousand words to your tweet, grabs your audience’s attention, and drives traffic to your website. This is a quick guide that will show you how… Read More »
“Failed to send your message. Please try later or contact the administrator by another method.” Are you seeing the above error when trying to send a message via the Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress? The Contact Form 7 plugin sends email using a mail server installed on your DigitalOcean server. If no mail server… Read More »
Data submitted to a database via AJAX or other means sometimes includes a non-breaking space ( ). How this entity is displayed depends on the character encoding of the database and its tables. Using the default Latin1 encoding, a non-breaking space is displayed as this little funny character right here -> Â To have it displayed… Read More »
If you have an HTML table with multiple columns it likely doesn’t render very nicely on a small smartphone. One way to solve this problem is to hide lower priority columns when the table is viewed from a mobile device. First, create a new class in your CSS file, under the @media tag. For example… Read More »