Alan’s Personal Techy Website
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WPCS 3.0.0 Breaking Changes
Like many #WordPress #Plugin and Theme developers I use #PHPCS with WordPress rule sets to help with coding the WP standards, especially around security. Also like many I use #composer to install #WP coding standards with its dependencies. The issue is that composer will update without warning, even if there are breaking changes. So I…
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WordPress 6.3 how can I add a link that opens in a new tab?
In WP 6.2 opening a new tab for a link was obvious. In 6.3 it is a bit hidden, seems you have to edit the link, expand advanced and there is a check box.
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Unintended consequences of some CSS techniques
TLDR: a form field with a negative margin margin-left: -99999999px breaks form input on iPhones and iPads Discovering the Incompatibility Issue: As an experienced web developer, I was handed the responsibility of maintaining an old WordPress plugin that incorporated a honeypot field as part of its anti-spam measures. The hidden honeypot field was designed to…
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Battle of the Geeks: PHPStorm vs. VS Code
Prologue: In my coding adventures, PHPStorm has always been my trusty companion. It never failed me, delivering a powerful and reliable coding experience. But then, a tantalizing article by Jonathan Bossenger @jonathanbossenger@fosstodon.org caught my attention, tempting me to reconsider VS Code. Time, however, stood as a barrier between me and this intriguing alternative. Should I…
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Step 2 – Fediversing Badlywired.com – Add Webfinger plugin
I added this plugin https://wordpress.org/plugins/webfinger/ because it was in the tutorial, I have actually no idea what it really does or why it is needed., which is most unlike me. Perhaps some one can explain?
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Step 1 – Fediversing Badlywired.com – Adding ActivityPub plugin
Really was as simple as adding the plugin https://wordpress.org/plugins/activitypub/ and then I could follow myself alan@badlywired.com from my wpbuilds.social mastadon account. Sort of blew my mind how simple and that it works just like that. I’ll add an image here just for fun and a different featured image.