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Music Remixes
Those of you who know me know that I am a huge fan of old-school video game music - especially remixes, which is largely why I founded 8BitCool. Well, maybe it's just retro music, in general. I recently came across a Doo-Wop version of "My Heart Will Go On" and it...
Hiding WordPress backend menu items
I'm reworking a client's site and am replacing their functions.php. In there, I found a function that I wrote to remove specific menu items from the WordPress Administrative area. For future reference, here it is: /** * Several menus items are shown to...
A call stack for PHP
So, I've not come across any useful tool, like VisualStudio, that has an interactive callstack. Next best thing? This function from PHP: debug_print_traceback. Give it a go. Besides just a bunch of echo/die statements, you might want to use debug_print_traceback to...
Odd SSL forcing
I've been with my wife at the hospital today and have been working on the BluePrint-Q Tones while she rests. Inbetween sessions, exactly one of the websites that I develop on localhost stopped loading properly. I saw a ton of errors like this in the browser console:...
Surface resolution
I've been working with a Windows Surface Pro 3 for the past year now. Speed is great for my work, I'm able to play some of the latest games, and it is super-light. However, its biggest detractor is this flimsy keyboard that makes it difficult to work with on my lap...
Bootstrap navbar overflow strategy
Although it can be complicated markup, the Bootstrap navbar does have lots of features. Unfortunately, the component does not handle menu overflow, as stated within a warning box on the official Bootstrap site. Generally, the content wraps decently except for when...