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How to fix: Missing value: size [size], colour [color], gender [gender], age group [age_group] in feeds for Google Merchant Center and Google Ads

Here are the steps we take to protect an external hard drive: Open Disk Utilities Select the drive to protect Select Erase Rename the drive Provide a secure password and a useful hint Erase and recreate the password protected drive Enjoy protect external assets 1. Open Disk Utilities > 2. Select the drive to protect […]

Also, how to fix “nfsd service does not appear to be running” This solution is for Mac users only – thanks CW. Short answer: Open “System Settings” Unlock padlock Select “Full Disk Access” Add “Terminal” (or whatever you use) Close padlock Restart Terminal (if open)

Recently, a newly acquired client needed the styling from the Customizer’s custom CSS to show in the classic editor (TinyMCE). In all my years of working with WordPress, this was the first time I’d had this request, so, knowing that you can inject styling into the TinyMCE editor, I set about finding a solution. There […]

Once upon a time, a challenge like this, where you want to reveal a footer when the end of the content is reached, would have needed position: fixed|absolute and a bit of JavaScript to calculate the dynamic height of the footer, for responsiveness. Thankfully, we now have a much simpler solution, using sticky positioning. With […]

On a couple of occasions, I’ve encountered a very annoying issue where PhpStorm will not open. Instead of opening it throws up the error message, “the IDE cannot create the directory.”, in a modal window. I’m using JetBrains’ Toolbox to manage their IDEs and on the whole it’s a great little app to navigate their […]

To make position sticky work in Safari make the sticky element a block and make a parent relative.

Use Live Templates to create custom code snippets that you can quickly insert into your code by typing a custom abbreviation. This is extremely handy for commonly used code blocks, such as the echo statement in php or inserting a php block into html. In this example I’ll demonstrate how to create a php block […]

Sometimes you want to programmatically move a WordPress meta box to a more ideal position on the editor screen. Here’s my way, with code.

Have you needed to apply styling to only touch devices, or only non-touch devices? Well, great news, the hover media query can ease your woes.