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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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  • How to justify paragraphs in wp block theme editor

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    A personal bug-bear of mine: un-justified text!! It just bugs me from a visual point-of-view. Once upon a time, the Gutenberg editor in WordPress (before becoming the so-called block editor, I think we’re going back to 2018 or 19 here…) used to give you a justified text option, just like most word-processing apps do, along-side […]

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  • How to stop wp-admin on local host asking for FTP credentials

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    I was very happy to finally get my wordpress site up and running on a localhost environment. However, I soon came up against a rather annoying snag… Whenever I tried to install a plugin (or a new theme for that matter) a dialogue screen would come up asking for FTP credentials: Anyway.. it turns out […]

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  • Handy keyboard shortcuts for Windows 10

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    win + e, open new file browser window, (ctrl + w, close it) win + d, show the desktop right-click in the window space > w > t, create a new text file type a name for the file. I often use text files as a way of making notes in folders. To ensure that […]

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  • How to: Run Apache2 and Mariadb (mysql) at startup on Windows 10 WSL

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    … also create .bat file in windows startup. Hit wondows key, Type:

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  • Why do I have a horizontal line below my post title?

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    I noticed this when trying to add a column block within my posts…

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