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If you are using Nginx as your web server, one solution to this error is to update the client_max_body_size setting in your Nginx configuration. This setting specifies the maximum size of the request body, in bytes. By default, it is set to 1 megabyte (1024 kilobytes). If you are trying to upload an image that…
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Working locally most of the time a secure site won’t be necessary but from time to time you will require a secure connection. Such as working with oAuth providers, and making sure that you don’t serve any mixed assets. Previously I used OpenSSL locally on my Mac, and it was… OK, but it was sort…
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Adding a custom image size to WordPress could not be easier. The following will create a size called Square that is 150 by 150 pixels, the parameter true will result in the cropping of an image. Now any time an new image is uploaded WordPress will generate a file something like image-150×150.jpg. If you want…
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I will be assuming that you have already got Laravel installed, setup and tour authentication is working. Otherwise, why would you be looking into customizing the email templates? 😁 The Laravel documentation for Email Verification will cover the setup by reading the documentation. But it stops just short of actually explaining how to customize the…
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The Laravel documentation mentions that you can customize the Password Rest Template, but doesn’t explain how you would actually do it. That said, I will assume that you already have auth and have published your auth views. That is covered very well in the documentation. As stated in the documentation you will need to over…
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I have been using Webpack with my WordPress development now fo a few years and implemented it using Laravel Mix. You can read more about that here. But more recently I have started using BrowserSync, mostly because I was working on a front end heavy site and was doing a lot more incremental changes to…
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I’m not sure if I’m the only one who has tried to Cache WordPress API endpoint wp-json without a plugin, but I sure didn’t find anything useful out there. I have been working with the WordPress API bringing some blog content into a non WordPress site and noticed that like most things with WordPress the…
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Last year we bought a PS4 Pro, I was excited having never really played a modern console. We picked up a Destiny 2 and a hand full of other games. Destiny 2 quickly became one of my favorites connecting with friends and eventually joining a clan. My 11-year-old son also enjoyed the game. He would…
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My Dad told me a story many years ago when I was a wide-eyed kid looking up at him ( I was probably 9 ) that I think most people don’t really think about. He told me that honest employees will always make less money. He didn’t tell me this to set me off down…
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Like it or not, MAMP is an excellent tool for local development. If you work on multiple sites or projects at the same time across different frameworks and or CMS’s then MAMP will make your life simple. This MAMP development setup is what I have used for years while working on many freelance projects, personal…
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What is a naming convention? A convention is a set of agreed, stipulated or generally accepted standards, norms, social norms, or criteria, often taking the form of a custom. Why conventions are good Often easy to use They usually follow a standard and are wildly adopted Gives a community structure Gives context Why they can…
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Ever wish you could simply center a bootstrap column? Like an odd-numbered column? Grids are great, Look at all that order that they provide! I have been using them for years, but there are always certain instances where the grid fails, and you begin to lose the practicality of the grid. For instance. If you…
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