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More Fun with php.ini: Allow WordPress Plugin to Access Data On Remote Server

Have you ever found that a WordPress plugin that works fine on one web host isn’t working as you would have expected when you move it to a new webhost? We recently experienced this with a plugin that reaches out to a remote server to collect XML data to be displayed by the plugin. The …

Make Sure Wordpress Has Enough Memory

I’ve just wrapped up spending an inordinate amount of time trying to debug a problem with some client sites that were hosted on WestHost. These sites are cookie cutters in that the theme and the plugins are the same as was running on other hosting companies (BlueHost, HostMonster, HostGator, iPage, etc) but on this new …

Outdoor Furniture features in new celebrity home

A good friend of mine, Marty over at LAOutdoorFurniture.com recently posted about how some of the their furniture provides a highlight in Lisa Ling’s newly redone Santa Monica home: http://laoutdoorfurniture.com/la-outdoor-furniture-customer-lisa-ling/ Check out the video, especially if you are intested in some inexpensive, designer patio furniture

Allowing WWW and Domain Only Access to WordPress Site

Say you have a client who’s come to you to build them a new website; great, congratulations. You do some research and find out that the links on their old site all pointed at the raw domain (no www preceeding it). You’ve also decided that based on their needs, the new site should be set …

Access StoreId from Codebehind in AspDotNetStorefront

If you’ve ever worked in the codebehinds of the latest versions of AspDotNetStorefront, you’ve probably run into this problem before. Or perhaps you’re smarter than me and already knew this in which case, this isn’t for you. 😉 With the new Multi-Store feature in v9.x of AspDotNetStorefront, there are instances where you need to access …

Google Account without a Gmail Account

*UPDATE*: 9/25/2019 to reflect changes in Google’s signup process Note that the below directions still work but you also now get here easily from a Sign In link on any Google page. Just click on “Sign In” link and on the dialog box, click “Create account” This will take you to the screens mentioned below: …