While installing the Atomic theme for Lookahead Consulting’s updated site, I found a few helpful resources for free stock photos in ArrayTheme’s documentation: Unsplash Boss Fight Jay Mantri Startup Stock Photos Massive Github repo of free resources
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The WPEngine PHP Compatibility Checker
The PHP Compatibility Checker plugin isn’t just for WP Engine customers. They’ve made it available to anyone with a WordPress site. Any WordPress publisher can now leverage the plugin to test their site’s PHP 7 compatibility and identify and fix any issues so they can enjoy the performance gains PHP 7 offers. As most of you know […]
How to Find Your WordPress Directory and Wp-Config.php file
A friend was struggling with this on their installation. They’d forgotten (and not written down) their install directory for WordPress. Here are two simple ways to find your WordPress directory and to find its wp-config.php file: ls /var/www That will show all of the WordPress sites installed for Apache, if your server is using the […]
How to Reboot Ubuntu with MySQL
I’ve not been able to verify that the reboot sequence on Ubuntu shuts down MySQL prior to restarting. So, I usually stop MySQL first, just to be safe: $ sudo service mysql stop mysql stop/waiting $ sudo reboot $ Broadcast message from server.io (/dev/pts/0) at 13:58 … The system is going down for reboot NOW! […]
Black Friday WordPress Hosting Deals at WPEngine
I’m a big fan of WPEngine (and a compensated affiliate of theirs). They have some great deals on their WordPress hosting for Black Friday and Cyber Weekend. I wanted to share them with you. It’s basically 30% off your first month or your entire annual plan. Save 30% off your first payment with WP Engine. […]
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How to Publish a Knowledge Base with WordPress – Authoring Your Website
[sc:khtutor][sc:khpreamble] Begin Authoring Your Website Writing Our First Knowledge Base Entry Wow! Finally, we’re ready to compose our first entry. Authoring content for your knowledge base is just like blogging in WordPress. Let’s start with an example SimpleStart article. “The topic of this article is How to Publish a Website”: Let’s begin by clicking +New Post or […]
How to Publish a Knowledge Base with WordPress – Installing Your Theme
[sc:khtutor][sc:khpreamble] Install the Theme Once you’ve purchased the KnowHow theme, you can download it from the Envato website. Note: If you purchased a ready made quick start setup from me, it’ll already be installed; however, you will be required to provide a proof of purchase from Envato before I share the image. Visit the Appearance -> Theme […]
How to Publish a Knowledge Base with WordPress – Installing Plugins
[sc:khpreamble] Install the Necessary Plugins [sc:khtutor]Let’s begin installing all WordPress plugins we’ll need to run our knowledge base website well. Note: If you purchased the readymade bundle from me, they’ll already be installed. From the Dashboard, hover over the left sidebar Plugins menu and select Add New. Then, install each of these in any order by typing the name […]
How to Publish a Knowledge Base on the Web with WordPress
Sharing Your Knowledge on the Web [sc:khtutor]If you’re an expert at something and have ever thought about sharing your knowledge about certain topics with others on the web, you may want to configure a community-oriented knowledge base website rather than a traditional blog. I’ve set up a handful of these and enjoy running them. They seem to […]