webdev
Importing Large MySQL Files into PHPMyAdmin
The default file size for uploading mysql dump files into PHPmyadmin is around 2mb. I needed to upload a 160mb file. How to do it? 1. Increase the maximum execution time for phpmyadmin: I use xampp, so I just had to find the config.default.php file, which for me was located in xampp/phpMyAdmin/libraries/config.default.php. I then searched […]
Read MoreCommunicating Website Design to Developers
Where we’ve gone recently as an industry is to develop overly-featured and unnecessary products for design…
Read MoreDesigners Should Just Learn to Code
There is an ever-increasing number of web prototyping tools out there. From Adobe XD, to Invision, to Figma. And the number of apps within this niche seems to grow daily. Every posting for a potential project seems to list a need for knowing one, or a couple of these…
Read MoreAdding PDF Files to Shopify Pages
I’ve had to add pdf files to pages within the shopify platform several times now, and I always seem to forget how to do it. I generally don’t have a problem uploading them (if I’m going through the edit template area), but I can never figure out how to get the URL for the PDF […]
Read MoreOn-Page SEO Checklist
Content is of high quality, aim for main content to be at least 500 words Keywords included in page title (meta title tag) Keywords located in page url Keywords included in page headline (h1 tag) Keywords included in at least one h2 tag Keywords repeated 3-6 times within the body text All images have alt […]
Read MoreReference a Variable Outside of a Handlebars Each Loop
Once within an Handlebars each loop, you can no longer just reference a variable that is outside the loop. In the example below, the first ‘ParentVariable’ will render correctly, but the one within the “each” loop won’t. {{ParentVariable}} {{#each Users}} {{ParentVariable}} {{/each}} To use the variable within the “each” block, you’ll need to add a […]
Read MoreChrome displays a different height than what Chrome says the height should be.
This took me quite a while to track down, which is unfortunate since I know I’ve ran into this several times. Basically I was changing the height of an element, but no matter where I specified the height, it wasn’t displaying what I was putting in — even if I stuck a style attribute right […]
Read MoreGoogle Analytics Sucks
Yeah, it’s a little blunt and harsh, but over the years I’ve been growing more and more disatisfied with the tool. A long while ago, I created my own little website visitor tracking tool, which I have slowly been dusting off. Eventually I may completely remove Google from my websites and opt for my own […]
Read MoreMy Backend is Better than Yours
For some reason I found myself in a subreddit where someone started the familiar post on why their backend programming language was better than PHP. I see this come up quite a bit with regards to PHP, I even remember responding to someone’s blog post several years ago where they were complaining about PHP — […]
Read MoreGit Ignore a Directory
There is a folder within a project that you don’t want to be tracked with git, to do this on a windows computer: 1. In the project folder managed by git, make a new file named ‘.gitignore.’ (no quotes, but with periods at both ends — it will automatically be changed to ‘.gitignore’ 2. Add […]
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