Occasionally you will try and install a new plugin on a fresh install of WordPress, and come a cropper with an error that returns ‘Download failed. Destination directory for file streaming does not exist or is not writable.‘ This is usually caused by incorrect permissions in the wp-content folder, as WordPress needs to create a…
On the 8th of April 2014 we hit a modern milestone. The operating system we all learned to love has been tossed away by Microsoft. Finally, after 13 years, the updates have stopped (publicly). If we ignore the fact the British government is paying Microsoft £5.5 million to carry on providing updates for public services…
As WordPress developers, we’ve all been there. We have created a fantastic looking website and the client is super happy with it, except the WordPress Login screen doesn’t match the clients expectations. As perfectionists we want to complete the experience for the client. All you need to do is create a small function in your…
Chobe Game Lodge is a luxury safari company based near Kasane, Botswana, Africa. They are host to one of the most impressive locations for seeing wildlife in the Chobe National Park. In conjunction with Black Duck, we have developed a modern site to reflect their professional brand. Based on the Bootstrap framework, it enables the…
Employmentor is a fixed fee annual subscription service which will equip you with all the tools you will need to manage day to day employment law issues in your business. Employmentor needed a fresh new look to re-launch their service. We created a WordPress website for the main website and a custom CMS for the…
Obviously, where possible, you should always keep your plugins and WordPress versions up-to-date to avoid any security implications. However there maybe times when you need stop a plugin from updating, for example when you have modified it. This small code snippet will stop any update notifications on a specific plugin. add_filter(‘site_transient_update_plugins’, ‘dd_remove_update_nag’); function dd_remove_update_nag($value) {…
If you are seeing the words “error on line 2 at column 6: XML declaration allowed only at the start of the document” when you try visiting your WordPress blog’s RSS feed, then you are not alone. It seems that there are issues with some installations where whitespace amongst core files is causing XML errors….
Norfolk & Suffolk Financial Advisors are chartered financial planners offering a comprehensive financial planning service, based in Lowestoft, Suffolk. They specialise in providing independent, whole of market advice, on all areas of financial planning to individuals, attorneys, companies, trusts and charities. Norfolk & Suffolk came to us needing a new, modern website with interactive tools for their…
Here in the UK, we take the internet for granted on a daily basis. We can find practically any piece of information we want, when we want, by simply visiting Google. But what if things were different. What if you couldn’t read up about world politics or world news. What if you couldn’t even check…
Since Facebook unveiled the cover photo on your profile or page, user engagement has increased and people are being able to express themselves even more than before. Unfortunately Facebook have also decided to use an utterly rubbish compression algorithm to resize your cover photo, making it look horrible and pixelated. See these examples below of…
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