This post documents the process of setting up a reverse proxy to load one (Origin) website in the subdirectory of another. During this process the... August 2021
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Over the course of 2021 eBay will be incrementally changing how it works with sellers. Changes include updates to the fee structure, how fees are... June 2021
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A run down of the most popular web browsers including Firefox, Chrome, Edge and Opera as well some alternate options if you'd like something different.... May 2021
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There are plenty of website speed tests out there, some are better than others. Pingdom is one of these tools, this post explains how to... February 2020
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This is a simple EU cookie notification pop-up for legacy websites. All that’s required is jQuery. Add the following HTML, jQuery script and apply some... November 2019
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This walk through will allow you to set-up a website to automatically deploy on a remote server whenever updates are pushed to the GitHub repository.... November 2019
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Choosing the right ecommerce platform is an important decision for any business looking to sell their products online. The three options below are tried-and-tested ecommerce... October 2019
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Jekyll uses the Liquid templating language to process templates. This post provides a basic example to show the five latest blog posts and highlight the... October 2019
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From time to time unwanted pages can appear in Google Search Results. Could be a temporary page, old content or even a test page that’s... June 2019
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As a PHP developers most of my time is spent working with Linux servers. When Microsoft introduced the Linux Sub-system for Windows I jumped at... January 2019
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To start XAMPP run the following and the command will return a list of running services: sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start To stop XAMPP run the command... June 2018
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**One of my favourite aspects of Windows 10 has been the Linux subsystem for Windows. ** I’ve been using it since launch partly because it... January 2018
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I’ve been working to dramatically reduce page load times on my site. Load times were reduced from 6 seconds to about 3 just by minifying... March 2016
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I can get access to better internet in rural Mid Ulster (a townland called Tyanee just across the River Bann from the town of Portglenone) than on the... March 2016
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Expires headers let the browser know whether to server a cached version of the page. This can simultaneously help to reduce server load and increase... February 2016
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Putting this together because I always end up checking online for the correct bash commands for Linux. These commands rely on your knowing for sure... February 2016
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If you’re having issues connecting to a server via FTPS in phpStorm I found that the magic combination for PHP Storm and FTP-SSL connections is…... November 2015
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My colleague Steven Cotterill has outlined just how useful a messenger app can be in a development environment. At the beginning of the year we... September 2015
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Some useful copy-and-paste lines for the .gitattributes file when using Beanstalk Git. Image and other binary files Upload and store images as binary files, rather... May 2015
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