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Hide WordPress Version From Dashboard Footer
Hiding your WordPress installation version is a good idea. Knowing what version you’re running, a malicious person could take advantage of the vulnerabilities identified within that version and potentially corrupt, delete, or even control your WordPress installation and all your web host files. Why some theme developers decide to advertise the version within the <head> element and WordPress itself displays the version to everyone with an account inside the Dashboard (wp-admin) area is unknown to [...]
Web Development Cheat Sheet Compilation
Cheat sheets are great reference guides for quick and direct information and they come in a plethora of topics. They make great desktop wallpapers and printouts, too. Here is a compilation of cheat sheets on various web development languages, Internet systems, and more. Anatomy Of A URL Google Advanced Search Shortcuts Wikipedia:Cheatsheet – Download .pdf HTML 5 Canvas Cheat Sheet – Download .pdf | .png Ultimate HTML5 Cheatsheat [Infographic] – Download .png HTML 5 Cheat [...]
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Tagged: code, CSS, HTML, JavaScript, syntax, wallpaper, web, web development, WordPress
Disable Or Move WordPress Admin Bar
With the release of WordPress 3.1, a feature was added called the Admin Bar that has quick access to common administrative tools including user’s profile, new posts and pages, comments, updates to plug-ins or the WordPress core, and even a search box. When you’re logged into your blog, you’ll see the Admin Bar at the top of every page on the site. There are two easy ways to disable this feature: by user, or universally [...]
WordPress Update Error: Maximum Execution Time
WordPress 3.1 was released only a couple days ago, and millions of people who use this awesome software are updating their systems. Some of these people who use the automatic update tool may get the following error message: Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in http://www.mysite.com/wp-includes/class-http.php on line 1060 You’re not alone. I seem to get this same error for each update, especially on my local development site. The great news is [...]
Block Visitors From Viewing Directory Indexes
Adding blank index.htm files to all your website directories in effort to keep nosy visitors from viewing all the files in a directory is an annoying chore. You have to check each directory and upload an extra file per directory, so you end up wasting time. Fortunately, there is an easy, 1-shot deal if you create a .htaccess file in your website’s root directory. Add the following line to the .htaccess file: Options -Indexes A [...]
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Tagged: .htaccess, 403, code, directory, disable, folder, index, message, permission, syntax, web, web development
WordPress.com Stats Plugin
Since the day after I started my blog until yesterday (a span of 3 weeks), the WordPress.com Stats plug-in has not worked for me. I wasn’t sure why but I didn’t make it a priority because I’ve setup Google Analytics to track visitor trends and site referrals. I was fixing a couple bugs yesterday and decided to tackle this problem too. Fortunately, and admittedly a little embarrassing, the fix was very simple. I had forgotten [...]