Category: Notes (Page 13 of 50)

Notes on programming-related problems that I’ve encountered while working on various projects.

Touch a File (Before Creating It)

February 1, 2016 / Tom / 0 Comments

If you do any type of WordPress development for clients, then you’re likely familiar with having to work within many different environments.

Sure, the backend of each system may be very similar: That is, they are all running on some form of Linux with Apache or Nginx and MySQL. But, depending on the project that you’re working on, you may end up facing a variety of file permissions.

For example, let’s say that you’ve been hired to write a plugin or some custom functionality for someone and the work that you’re doing has to integrate with work that someone else has done. On top of that, it has to integrate with permissions on a file system that you can’t change.

Furthermore, a portion of the work you have to do must write a file to the disk. The problem? The code for saving a file isn’t working.

What then?

Sharing Project Files on OS X

January 5, 2016 / Tom / 0 Comments

If you’re used to working on OS X or a Linux-based distribution and you need to share project files with a peer, it’s not always as easy as being able to drop a file in Dropbox or send a single file via email.

Case in point: Whenever I work on screencasts or demo videos for client files, I use Screenflow in order to capture video and audio. But because of the way I setup screencasting, I use a separate user account on my machine.

This means that I need to share project projects between the account used for screencasting and the account I use for everything else.

Merry Christmas 2015!

December 25, 2015 / Tom / 0 Comments

My family and I are running the gamut today celebrating Christmas with one another – both with my family and my wife’s family.

It’s a busy, it’s exhausting, but it’s a ton of fun and I look forward to it every single year.

Remove an Enqueued Stylesheet in WordPress

November 30, 2015 / Tom / 0 Comments

When working on a pre-existing version of a site, you may need to check if a style is already loaded. This, in and of itself, is not that difficult, but if it’s using an older version of a dependency, then it can get a little more complicated.

For example, let’s say that you’re building a plugin for an existing site. The existing site uses something like Font Awesome, but it’s using an older version.

Font Awesome

The requirements call for some updated icons that aren’t available in the existing version. Furthermore, the version of Font Awesome maybe be the minified version or not so we need to check for that.

Happy Thanksgiving!

November 26, 2015 / Tom

Today, we’re celebrating Thanksgiving in the United States, so for those of you who are doing the same – Happy Thanksgiving!

For those of you who are not, I still hope you have an awesome day!