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  • Speed up loading of jquery

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    I decided to revert to an older theme for one of my websites, simply because I like its layout for the content of that site and saw no point in re-inventing the wheel. The theme is Baskerville 2 by Anders Norén <<link>>. However, it needed a bit of optimization to achieve a good page-load score […]

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  • Disabling Fontawesome and Dashicons in Worpress

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    add to funtions.php:

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  • Easier editing and organization of style.css and theme.json with VS Code

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    Microsoft’s Free VS Code editor is a must-have for anyone planning on going “under the hood” with WordPress Blocktheme style.css and theme.json files. Here are <<some>> reasons why… At first sight, the theme.json file can be a little daunting, if not downright confusing: Viewed in VS Code, things begin to look a little more organized: […]

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  • How to create a child theme of WordPress Block Theme 2022 – (The easy way that really works!)

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    I created my first child theme from WP 2022 using a plugin (create theme) This worked, but only up to a point. First question to ask yourself is – do you really need a child theme? Possibly not… if you’re 100% happy with the functions and styling that TT2 can offer – which are without […]

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  • How to hide/show top admin toolbar in wordpress

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    It can be really annoying to have the WordPress top “admin” bar showing when trying to preview/edit a site – especially in mobile view. Fortunately, it’s very easy to hide the top toolbar in your browser. How to hide Wprdpress top admin toolbar If the top toolbar is showing, simply click the icon in the […]

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  • How to create a child theme of WP TT2 theme

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    get a plugin called “Create Block Theme”.

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  • Best way to organize and rename fonts on Windows

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    I’ve come a cropper many times with fonts I installed for a specific purpose, be it for a web page design, type-setting a pdf or ebook, or for graphic deign work. In the heat of the moment, I tend to pay little attention to the name of the font, especially since my brain is in […]

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  • How to create a woff2 font file for your wordpress site

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    simple: sudo apt install woff2 woff2_compress <<fontfile>>.ttf (or otf) related post: How to add fonts to wordpress theme.json

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  • 23 Extremely Useful Free Tools for Windows

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    Hibit uninstaller (be careful with vst’s!) Everything (for full win system searching) Astrogrep (for keyword search within files) Files2folder Freeshooter OBS Folder2files? Bulk renamer mp3tag FreeOCR (scan to text) capture2text Autohotkey Classic Shell MIDI OX Audacity (for loopback recording) Exact Audio Copy (ultimate ripping, mention 64-bit fix) Album Art Downloader Jdownloader Visual Studio Code / […]

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  • How to install WordPress on localhost via WSL on Windows 10 / 11

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    Pre-requisites: WSL2 on Windows 10 or 11 On Linux sub-system: Apache2 Mariadb / mysql phpmyadmin Here’s a step-by-step guide for starting a new WordPress website in your locahost environment in Windows 10/11 using WSL2. STEP 1: Open WSL bash terminal Quickest way to do this is hit Win/Start key > type “bash” > enter STEP […]

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