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Query vars

Created: 2017.05.29

• https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/set_query_var
• https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_redirect/
• https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/109094/wp-redirect-and-sending-variables

I got the query redirect working, but when it loaded http://domain.com/?foo=bar, it showed a page that wasn't the homepage

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Cookie login issues

Created: 2017.06.12

After changing my virtual host names in MAMP Pro, I suddenly found myself unable to log in to any of my WordPress multisite sub sites.

This was immediately frustrating, as it meant that I couldn't store notes in my knowledge base anymore.

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Font-smoothing

Created: 2017.05.29

-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;

• http://usabilitypost.com/2012/11/05/stop-fixing-font-smoothing/
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13627848/how-to-make-font-sharp-in-css#13628099

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UpdraftPlus installation

Created: 2017.05.29

When downloading UpdraftPlus Premium, rename the updraft 3 folder to updraft.

Failing to do so will result in a barrage of errors like:

[29-May-2017 00:31:48 UTC] PHP Warning: Can't to read the plugin header for 'updraftplus/updraftplus.php'. The file does not exist. in /Volumes/DanBackup/Dropbox/Websites/www.basejumpimprov.co.nz/public_html/wp-content/plugins/updraftplus 3/udaddons/plugin-updates/plugin-update-checker.php on line 960 [29-May-2017 00:31:48 UTC] PHP Warning: Can't to read the Version header for 'updraftplus/updraftplus.php'. The filename is incorrect or is not a plugin. in /Volumes/DanBackup/Dropbox/Websites/www.basejumpimprov.co.nz/public_html/wp-content/plugins/updraftplus 3/udaddons/plugin-updates/plugin-update-checker.php on line 960

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IDE Update

Created: 2017.06.01

Lately I've been enjoying the ES6 tutorials from the cheery Wes Bos. He has a great workflow, so I decided to do something about my own, which was feeling a bit rough around the edges.

Sublime Upgrade

So today I decided to address some long standing inefficiencies in my own workflow, using his Uses page as a guide to reliable modern technologies.

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The hosts file

Created: 2017.05.27

A client recently asked me to edit my hosts file, in order to access a staging site.

How DNS works

DNS is used to resolve that domain name to its mapped IP address. >

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Get Widget ID for ACF

When using ACF to build a widget, it's necessary to pass in the widget ID.

Old way

Get the widget by outputting it on the backend and copying it into

if ( !function_exists( 'bji_display_widget_id' ) ) {

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Cloaking

Created: 2017.05.27

Serving Googlebot different content than a normal user would see is considered cloaking, and would be against our Webmaster Guidelines.

• Google for Webmasters AJAX Crawling (Deprecated)
• Deprecating our AJAX crawling scheme
• Use Fetch as Google for websites
• Fetch as Google for DBTH

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Find closing tag

Created: 2017.05.25

Using Emmet plugin for Sublime: Shift + Control + T

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14814182/find-closing-html-tag-in-sublime-text

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Copy SSH Key to clipboard

cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | pbcopy