From time-to-time I see the following error on your WordPress website, usually at the very bottom of your pages below the footer. ob_end_flush(): failed to send buffer of zlib output compression (1) This happens when your WordPress theme or plugins…
Ionicons 4.x provides a web component that you can use to add an icon with <ion-icon name=”…”></ion-icon>. Using this web component in an Angular app doesn’t work though, and many developers have reported that Ionicons 4 is broken when used…
Unfortunately the native Mac OS X dock can’t be used on multiple displays. You can get it setup so that it’s available on both, but what most people are after (myself included) is a seamless dock that spans two external…
To change the width of the WordPress Gutenberg editor you need to load custom CSS rules for it. Here’s an overview of how to quickly change the width, including loading the stylesheet and adding the specific rules that will increase…
Simple tasks are often confusing the first time you handle them in Angular. There are many answers to most of these simple questions, but many of them are overly complex and confusing to understand. If you’re just starting out with…
WordPress 5.0 will be released on 12/7/2018, and with it comes a new editing experience known as Gutenberg. To avoid broken websites, confused and frustrated clients, and havoc within your WordPress websites you can preemptively disable the Gutenberg editor entirely by installing the official Classic Editor plugin from the Automattic team.
ADA website compliance is an important aspect that every business owner should understand and be aware of. It’s always been important to develop a website following the WCAG and ADA compliance guidelines, but most websites out there don’t. It’s now…
WordPress is a highly flexible publishing platform for the web that powers all kinds of websites, from local small businesses to Fortune 1000 enterprises. Examples of big brands using WordPress aren’t easy to find, so I decided to do my own research and compile a list of business from the Fortune 1000 that are currently using WordPress to power their website.
Hanging words are known as typography widows, they’re those annoying scenarios where you find yourself with a single hanging word on it’s own line in an HTML element, like this: Everything looks great until we size down the viewport and…
Here’s a quick function that you can use to make any dropdown menus accessible in your WordPress theme. This assumes that you’re running a layer of JavaScript to actually make `.sub-menu` items appear when a top level menu item is hovered or clicked on. It wouldn’t be good to add this without having dropdown menus implemented, but hopefully that’s obvious.
WordPress comes pre-packaged with a robust REST API that’s great for certain use cases, but it also poses some security risks and concerns. If I’m you’re not using the REST API actively, it may be best to disable it. There…
As I upgrade older sites to use jQuery 3.3.1 I commonly encounter the following error: Uncaught Error: Syntax error, unrecognized expression: … This error occurs when you are trying to select something with an invalid selector. jQuery 2.x and 3.x…
Google provides a set of lesser known, but highly useful, operators that can be used to refine and finely tune search results. These operators are incredibly useful when optimizing and analyzing websites for organic search. Below is a reference of the various operators, or symbols/words, that you can use in Google searches to make results more precise.
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If you’re seeing a SyntaxError: Unexpected token < in JSON at position 0 error in your browser console at angular.js:13920, or Line 13920 or angular.min.js, then it’s likely that you’re working with HTTP API’s, possibly using $resource or $http, and…