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Change is inevitable and, in the technical world, usually beneficial. Keeping your Git installation up to date is highly recommended, it gives you all the latest features, improvements, bug fixes, and more. Let’s see how to check which Git version you’re currently using and how to update it to the latest version. To stay up […]
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Next Generation Eco Friendly WordPress Websites
Do you want a WordPress website that is truly unique and reflects your brand? We design and build high performance websites for all purposes. […]
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Losing Your Head with WordPress
What does the future hold for WordPress? Full Site Editing? Blocks and Patterns? PWAs? Or will the most popular CMS also become the leading approach for managing cross-platform “Headless WordPress” apps and websites. Let’s explore the options available to the modern web developer and the possible future of content management. […]
How to Build a Headless WordPress CMS Website with Next.js
Elevate your web projects to the next level as we delve into cutting-edge techniques, empowering you to craft lightning-fast, SEO-friendly, and infinitely customisable websites. Say goodbye to traditional web constraints and embrace the future of web development. […]
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Build a Headless WordPress React App with Ionic
In this beginners guide we’ll take a look at how to get started building an App with Ionic React. A newer tech combination but with less of a steep learning curve than Angular and a larger developer community. A popular choice when wanting to create fast, high end, quality experiences in a bespoke or custom application. […]
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Build a Headless WordPress Angular App with Ionic
In this beginners guide we’ll explore how to get started building an App with Ionic Angular. The traditional pairing with the widest selection of built in tooling. Somewhat the Marmite of JS frameworks but a go-to architecture when wanting to rapidly build an application with standard UI elements and themes. […]
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Do we still need The CSS Reset?
The goal of The CSS Reset was to achieve consistent rendering, or appearance, of web pages across all browsers. As the biggest sinners (Internet Explorer) are now defunct do we still need to concern ourselves resets? […]
Landing Page Conversion: The Formula for Success?
The formula c=4m+3v+2(i-f)-2a was first devised in 2007 to sum up the potential factors that influence landing page conversion rates. […]
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How to make sense of your Homebrew dependencies
Homebrew is versatile and user-friendly package manager that simplifies the process of installing and managing software on macOS and Linux. […]
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How to specify local modules as npm package dependencies
While specifying local modules as npm package dependencies shouldn’t be done in production or published packages. Sometimes, when doing development locally, you may want to use local modules that are not published to the npm registry. For this to work my-project must be configured as a module with its own package.json, see creating NodeJS modules in NPM’s docs for […]
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Optimised Selection (with JavaScript)
When using JavaScript, selecting elements from the DOM (Document Object Model) is a common task. As is selection of an item from within a list, often only after checking if that item meets certain condition(s). There are several ways to achieve this, the performance of selecting elements can have a significant impact on your application’s […]
How to Install a GUI on Ubuntu VPS
If you’re not comfortable talking to a computer via the command line, here’s how to add a graphical user interface. […]
How to Set up Your VPS
VPS or Virtual Private Servers are… Mac OS includes a native SSH client, Terminal, which allows you to quickly and easily connect to a server via SSH. What is SSH Secure SHell (SSH) is an encrypted connection protocol used to connect to the command line interface (CLI) of a remote machine. SSH utilises TCP port 22 by […]
How to completely clear git repository, without deleting it
Local git repository only To erase your whole history and start over again, run the commands below and start committing again: If you want to remove both files and history, run the commands below and start committing again: Local repo with a remote repository To start over again, but retain history there is a quick […]
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