Reference Library: Threaded v. Asynchronous
How to “work smarter, not harder” lies in controlling the work flow. It is also an important software issue.
Category: Web Development Technologies
CSS: Where Did the Layers Go?
When you are first working on a responsive site, well, actually, when you are learning CSS in general, layers tend to disappear on you. At first it’s very frustrating, but maybe the layer is actually there, just not visible.
Plugin Writers Don’t Have Crystal Balls
… they can’t foretell every possible situation where people will want their plugin to work. That means that just because a plugin is supposed to do a specific job, it doesn’t mean it will do what you want in your specific case. Sometimes the reason a plugin is the wrong …
CSS: Lining up Page Elements Horizontally
I don’t want these two Amazon book listings on my site to stack vertically. I want them side-by-side. I can do that with CSS. TOOLS I NEED Software to upload and download files. I will use WinSCP. Software to work on WordPress style.css file. *** User name and password to …
Web Development Tools: Taking a Database Dump with PHPMyAdmin
I have been adding quite a few posts and images to my new website. If I don’t have a backup plan, I could lose it all. If my site is hacked, I could lose it all. 4 options I have for backing up my database are: 1) pay my …
Website Mystery: Links to Posts from Category Page Don’t Work
If you have two files or folders or categories or whatever with the same name, you confuse the computer. It can’t complete the task you ask it to do. Back in the old days, the computer would just crash (temper tantrums computer style.) Now a days, the programmers know that …
Building My Site: Should I have a Phone Number in the Banner?
The banner of https://montanawebmaster.com now has a Contact link and form. Is that enough? What are the benefits and drawbacks of having a phone number in the banner too … where it is easy to use?
Making Lousy Use of Website Navigation
The closer you can come to meeting the Viewer’s agenda, or at least promising to, the more likely they are to allow your agenda in their picture. Ideally, your agendas match, reciprocally. Your navigation should help your viewers find what they want, not what you want.
Now, How Did That Happen? Debugging your Website
Every home page “Feature Box” where I used the WordPress logo has a faint icon behind it (see screenshot 1). It’s not from the WordPress logo; it’s from the Kahuna theme. Time for some debugging!
Web Development Tools: Firefox Inspector
Back in the old days of static websites, it was pretty easy to see which elements were inside which layers. But, with Content Management Systems (CMS), there are layers created on the fly by the CMS, as well as, layers a developer creates in the customizations. What this means is …