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How to quickly clear the browser cache
As a developer I use many browsers and I often forget the menu navigation to find “clear cache”. Indiana University to the rescue. In most computer-based web browsers, to open menus used to clear your cache, cookies, and history, press Ctrl-Shift-Delete (Windows) or Command-Shift-Delete (Mac). If this doesn’t work, follow the appropriate instructions below. One…
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How to create numbered appendices in Word 2013
I have wasted hours of my life trying to make Word number a document correctly. My first attempt was 25 years ago when I was doing my thesis. I gave up and retyped it in Tex. Time has moved on by Ph.D students are still fighting this war and one at least has won the…
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How to render a blank WordPress page
I want to create a REST endpoint on my WordPress site. This is to be consumed by a computer so I don’t want any HTML in it at all. In the WordPress architecture the page or post content is put into a template and rendered to the user. This template has all the HTML boilerplate…
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Joke: Ever wonder why Java programmers wear glasses?
Ever wonder why Java programmers wear glasses? They don’t C#
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Extending the WordPress application framework with Formidable Forms
In my previous post I discussed how WordPress fulfils many of the needs of an application development framework but I noted that it did not support forms. I have chosen to implement this requirement with Formidable Forms (other forms plug-ins exist). This page is a work in progress and subscribe if you want to receive future updates.…
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Understanding WordPress as a web application framework
I have decided to use WordPress as my preferred web application framework. This is because it is free, simple, elegant and easily extensible. For this post I though it would be useful to compare it with a general web application framework as described on Wikipedia (displayed in italics below). Model–view–controller (MVC)[edit] Main article: Model–view–controller Many…
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Excel CSV is not UTF-8, fix it with Notepad++
Excel CSV is ANSI encoded (the CSV specification does not define an encoding). Many web applications are UTF-8 encoded. If necessary you may open the file in Notepad++ and change the encoding. I had to do this to successfully import to Formidable forms on WordPress.
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Fighting DNS Propagation when you move server
If this is the sort of problem you face, then you will like this article. Fighting DNS Propagation with a Reverse Proxy
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Ouch – PDF might not preserve your website
I have a some very valuable website content that I have archived by printing to PDF using Adobe Acrobat Professional. What follows is true for websites but also any other sort of file you want to preserve. The take-away from the post is that if you want to preserve digital content and be able to…
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Off topic: Russian dashboard cameras
Nobody dies in this video. This is either a testament to the wonders of modern engineering, a benevolent god or the role of luck in our lives. Incredible but not for nervous car drivers or passengers. As each scene opens try to guess what happens next. http://www.youtube.com/embed/5RAaW_1FzYg?autoplay=1&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0
Dr James Bayley
Creating successful projects
Dr James Bayley 