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WordPress & Webpack – “Hey, that’s pretty easy!”

Webpack is awesome – and using it with wordpress is easy! Beyond performance increases – Webpack can greatly improve your development experience....

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Changing the backorder message in Woocommerce

A client walks into a bar and asks me “can I change the backorder message in woocommerce?” I reply: “Of course! 😀” Setup The...

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Using a Highlight.js with GatsbyJS & WordPress

GatsbyJS is awesome because it allows developers to quickly design, develop and deploy projects. Gatsby sites are automatically optimized for speed...

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Gatsby + WordPress Menu API

GatsbyJS and WordPress work beautifully together – you get to keep using the familiar WordPress backend while running react in the front. Getting...

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Using wc_get_template from a plugin

wc_get_template is great for breaking up a complex plugin into simpler parts. By default wc_get_template is designed to search in /wp-content/plugins/woocommerce...

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How to add Bootstrap columns to WooCommerce Shop Page

If you prefer the Bootstrap Grid System over the default woocommerce column setup then it requires a few lines of code to get going. This is one of...

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How to add Free Gifts on Woocommerce Programmatically

A client wanted a free pack of blades to be automatically added to when a customer added 20 knives to their cart. This seemed like good information...

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How to setup SSH Keys (TL DR;)

SSH Keys are wonderful and easy to set up. You can SSH keys to quickly log into a remote server (like your website) from the command line WITHOUT a...

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How to Setup WP-CLI on WordPress Server

Setting up WP-CLI is super easy and can be done in just a few steps. Installation First download WP-CLI using curl or wget. Next check if it worked....

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How to add Bootstrap 4 to your Ruby on Rails Application

Luckily adding Twitter Bootstrap 4 to your ruby on rails application is not too complex. Here’s the quick and dirty steps to adding bootstrap...

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How to setup Rails App for Heroku

If you want to host your Ruby on Rails application with Heroku- your database must be PostgreSQL. Unfortantely, it can be difficult to get setup if...

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How to fix “A server is already running.” error in Ruby on Rails

Luckily this is an easy fix. You error message will more accurately say something along the lines of: A server is already running. Check /home/greg/odin/spitter/tmp/pids/server.pid....

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How to Match & Index with Excel & LibreOffice Calc

Match and index is a super useful tool that has personally saved me hours of manual copy and pasting of information. Instead there is a better way....

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How to create PostgreSQL database for Ruby On Rails

This is a note to myself and those who are interested. GERRG I use Heroku for hosting my Ruby on Rails applications. Problem is, Heroku doesn’t...

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How to create a WordPress plugin

Creating the plugin WordPress plugins make it easy for anyone to modify a WordPress website. First, create the folder ‘gerrg-wordpress-plugin‘....

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