This is a drawing of a tree growing on top of a cave. Trees always fascinate me, they’re very beautiful, lively and mysterious at the same time. This was done on a notebook and some of the paper lines are still visible. Click the image to expand. This is what you do when you’re bored…← continue reading →
Fix bbPress not working on WAMP
bbPress is a very popular WordPress plugin that adds a bulletin board functionality to any site run on WordPress. This is a good alternative to more popular forum software like vBulletin, IP.board, phpBB, smf and xenforo. Admittedly, bbPress is just a lightweight version but it does the job efficiently and elegantly. It’s structure is very…← continue reading →
Background Pattern – Honeycomb Texture
A visitor on this blog had asked me how to achieve the blue background that I have. It does have a nice look, so I’ll share the background pattern I created and show how to use it. It was fun making it, I might create new patterns in the future. Download the texture here: bg-honeycomb.png…← continue reading →
Limit number of WordPress Login Attempts
Some posts ago, I was talking about how there was a surge of login attempts to my blog. The majority of the attackers were from Netherlands and on second place were bots from Russia, the US ranked at 3rd place. A fellow blogger, commented that he receives a daily dose of login attempts also coming…← continue reading →
Asteroid Theme Fix for IE8 and Below
When I made the Asteroid Theme for WordPress, I wasn’t planning on IE-proofing it. The plan was to simply make sure that it works on most modern browsers like Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera and IE9 or later. It turns out that the theme’s menu / navigation is not properly displayed on previous versions of Internet…← continue reading →
Login Attempt from Netherlands
Hmm, it seems that there’s someone from the Netherlands is attempting to log-in to my blog. There is no doubt that it’s a bot of some kind as there’s probably no human persistent enough to try to login more than a thousand times. This blog probably has no more than 10 visitors , a few…← continue reading →
Create New Theme File in WP-Admin without FTP
If you are working on a live WordPress site, there might come a time when you would need to upload a new theme file. This is common if you are creating new templates for a WordPress Theme. No FTP Access But how would you upload it if you do not have access to the site’s…← continue reading →
Goodbye XAMPP, Hello WAMP
I’ve been using XAMPP for a long time, ever since I got into web programming. But the software seems to be taking a lot of time just to load a local WordPress installation. Is this due to an update? I’ve been hearing about WAMP for just as long as I’ve been using XAMPP. I was…← continue reading →