Category: Troubleshooting
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Ask a SuperGeek: What is PHP?
In my continuing mission to demystify the world of tech for everyday people, I’ve been writing about different coding languages and what they do. (Did you miss the articles on HTML and CSS? Check them out now!) In this article, the focus is on PHP. With PHP, we’re getting away from the pretty, relatively easy-to-grasp…
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How to make your WordPress website secure
Unfortunately, we live in an age where website hacking is prevalent. Hackers don’t discriminate – whether you have a large multinational company website, or a small personal blog, you are at risk of your website being compromised. This can, understandably, be scary. If you don’t know when and how a hacker is going to attack…
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Ask a SuperGeek: What is HTML?
I often come across people who are completely baffled about the languages and terminology used online. HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP… what are all these things? It’s totally understandable that many non-technical people struggle with coding languages. After all, these are complex languages, and require time and dedication to learn. I’m a firm believer that not…
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How to remove borders from an image in WordPress
Here at WP SuperGeek, we often get asked how to make simple design edits to a WordPress website. An example of these questions is: “How can I remove the borders that appear around all the images on my site?” While some themes allow users to change fonts, colours, layout, and other stylistic elements directly from…
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What are the WordPress core files?
When you install WordPress, you are actually installing a group of files (the “WordPress core”) that become the admin interface of your website. You may never need to look into these WordPress core files. However, you will probably need to troubleshoot them at some point, and it will be very useful to have an understanding of…
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Use browser testing to see what your website looks like for different visitors
What’s the best way to test your website on different devices? How can you use browser testing to find out what your visitors are seeing? Should you buy a laptop at every size and operating system, and every smartphone and tablet on the market? Well, of course not! There are easier ways to make sure…
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WordCamp San Francisco 2013 Liveblog: Grant Landram
This weekend, I’m virtually attending WordCamp San Francisco. Which means, I am watching the wonderful livestream from my chaotic, toddler-infused living room. I’ve already blogged about yesterday’s talks from Natalie Maclees and Tracy Levesque, and today I hope to write up a couple more. I was really interested to hear Seattle-based Grant Landram’s talk entitled…
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Using Inspect Element or Firebug to peek behind the scenes of your WordPress website
Have you ever been frustrated by the way something appears on your website? Perhaps you thought some text was going to be green, but it actually looks red. Or perhaps you formatted text to be aligned to the left, but it’s actually centred. Maybe an image has an ugly-coloured border around it that you didn’t…