Find Full Path Name in Mac Finder and Solution for Spaces in Directory Name in Mac Terminal
Part 1 Needed the path name to a folder on my Mac so I can run a command in Mac Terminal. This is all new to me and the How to Copy a File Path as Text from Mac Finder in Mac OS X article was super-helpful at helping me find the path name, which…
BBQ: Protect Against Malicious URL Requests – Perishable Press
WordPress security plugin from Perishable Press: a simple script that protects your website against malicious URL requests. Block Bad Queries (BBQ) checks all incoming traffic and quietly blocks bad requests containing nasty stuff.
WordPress: Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance
The first time I saw “Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance” on my WordPress site I was terrified. I had attempted to update a plugin and it failed. And no matter how many times I refreshed the browser, the site wouldn’t come back up. Now I know what the solution is: delete the .maintenance file on…
Creating a Custom WordPress Gutenberg Block
This post is to document my journey to create a custom WordPress Block. Flywheel‘s article How to create custom Gutenberg blocks in WordPress recommends using a test environment to safely experiment away from a live site. They recommend Local in order to install WordPress on desktop. Then, follow the instructions under the section titled “How to…
Blur Faces in Affinity Photo
“Apply a blur using a Live Filter layer, invert the live filter layer (which makes its embedded mask completely black), then paint the blur effect back in where it’s wanted. This is completely non-destructive, can be made as strong or as weak as one likes, can be turned on and off at will, can be…
