BuddyCamp Brighton – 8 August 2015
I attended BuddyCamp Brighton, on the 8th of August, 2015. A very good day indeed. The post BuddyCamp Brighton – 8 August 2015 appeared first on herb miller.
View ArticleHow to fix WP_Widget deprecated notices for Artisteer themes
I recently updated this site to WordPress 4.3 and immediately started receiving the following PHP Notice. [bw_blockquote text="Notice: The called constructor method for WP_Widget is deprecated since...
View ArticleError 509 Bandwidth limit exceeded due to Hotlinking
A couple of days ago I received a message from my hosting company saying my bandwidth usage was 80%. Yesterday I received the Error 509 Bandwidth limit exceeded message. I increased my allowance then...
View ArticleH2GD Part 47: Introducing Ava
[bw_blockquote text="Ava - Aoife - is a radiant beauty"] The post H2GD Part 47: Introducing Ava appeared first on herb miller.
View ArticleH2GD Part 48: Super side effect of oik-types provides workaround for TRAC #16956
Using my oik-types plugin it's possible to override a post type definition such that it's still registered even when the original plugin that created it is not activated. The post H2GD Part 48: Super...
View Articleoik-nivo-slider passed 80,000 downloads
A few days ago my [bw_plug name=oik-nivo-slider] finally passed the 80,000 downloads milestone. Hurrah! The post oik-nivo-slider passed 80,000 downloads appeared first on herb miller.
View Articleoik base plugin passed 100,000 downloads
Late yesterday my [bw_plug] base plugin passed the 100,000 downloads milestone. Another hurrah! The post oik base plugin passed 100,000 downloads appeared first on herb miller.
View ArticleTotal downloads from wordpress.org reached 250,000
Over the weekend the total downloads from wordpress.org of my plugins reached 250,000. Suffice it to say I'm quite proud of this... but there's still work to do The post Total downloads from...
View ArticleH2GD Part 49: Crocodile maths question – PHP solution
Here's a little bit of PHP that helps you to solve the Crocodile maths question. The post H2GD Part 49: Crocodile maths question – PHP solution appeared first on herb miller.
View ArticleH2GD Part 50: Cannot redeclare func previously declared in file:xx in file:yy
I've had this problem for a while now. I'm happily working away on my Windows PC, editing posts, changing code and testing and then out of the blue comes a Fatal error: Cannot redeclare message. But...
View Article4-5-6-7-8-9-10 since WordPress first released
Assuming WordPress was released at midnight (GMT), then on 27th November 2015 at 8:09:10 WordPress would have been available for this long... 4567Days8Hours9Minutes10Secondssince WordPress 0.70 The...
View ArticleBecause “code is poetry”
A short poem entitled '... Because Code is poetry' telling the listener a little about myself, Herb Miller. The PS is a call to action - Let me know if you're interested in reforming WordUp Pompey! The...
View ArticleCelebrating 5 years on wordpress.org
Today is the 5th anniversary of my registration on wordpress.org as both [bw_link text=herbmiller profiles.wordpress.org/herbmiller] and [bw_link text=bobbingwide profiles.wordpress.org/bobbingwide]...
View ArticleTwelve plugins of WordPress
On the first day of Christmas my WordPress gave to me, Akismet for comments spam free. The post Twelve plugins of WordPress appeared first on herb miller.
View ArticleWordPress 301 – how to unredirect spammers?
Loads of spurious requests to my content are using up valuable server time. So how am I supposed to deal with them? The post WordPress 301 – how to unredirect spammers? appeared first on herb miller.
View Articleallow-reinstalls – The WordPress user’s lament
How many of you have bought a premium theme (or plugin ) for your website, which was easy to install... but then something went wrong, or they made a change, and you got a “download” file which got you...
View ArticleBe my valentine
A belated Valentine's day message. The post Be my valentine appeared first on herb miller.
View ArticleH2GD Part 54: Windows 10 butterfly effect
Here's a sequence of events I wouldn't wish on anyone. What started out as one website running low on disk space ended up with me having to reload some of my local databases from backups. The post H2GD...
View ArticleHello I’m Bramble
Bramble the cat lives at 41 Redhill Road, Rowlands Castle. It's semi-detached with number 43. The post Hello I’m Bramble appeared first on herb miller.
View ArticleDisappeared without a trace
Just recently something went terribly wrong and I lost some recently made source code updates that, even though they'd been checked into version control had not been pushed anywhere. So there was no...
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