I've started working with Laravel 4 and am really enjoying the power of this PHP framework. Now that Laravel uses Composer packages, managing libraries and dependencies has become very simple - it …
How to hide custom post types from the “link to existing content” list in WordPress
When developing a custom WordPress theme for a client we came across an annoying quirk in the WordPress editor user interface. I had added a custom post type to their theme to allow the client to …
To _blank or not to _blank
Browsing through old posts on my personal blog, I came across an entry about using target="_blank" in href tags in HTML to make links open in a new window when clicked. I had convinced myself that …
Error Code 19 from CD/DVD drive in Windows
My sister-in-law was having some difficulty with her laptop where it was not recognising the DVD drive. She even purchased an external DVD drive on the assumption that the internal drive was broken, …
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Variable scope in WordPress template parts
I was building a custom WordPress theme for a client site when I came across a frustrating problem with variable scope. I was modularising the theme using template parts, which get loaded using the …
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