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 →
Old Portrait Doodles
Here are old portrait drawings of some notable characters at my old highschool. School life seems so long ago that I feel like it was all an imagination. How I wish to go back to those boring times of quietly sitting on a chair, writing, drawing, chatting and occasionally learning. Click the images to expand.← continue reading →
Create a Custom Menu for a WordPress Theme
This post is all about how to create a custom WordPress menu that you can incorporate in your WP Theme. Register the Menu The First step is to register the menu so that the potential user may see this: Add this to your WordPress Function.php : Output the Menu Next step is to add the…← continue reading →