Web Developer & Full Stack Engineer
All things web development related:
Angular, React, JavaScript, NodeJs, Nightwatch and other JavaScript based frameworks. Even the odd SEO and web design post.
A quicker site, much smaller backups, less storage costs and reduced data transfer charges. It all adds up to a decent saving across a number of websites. This is how I optimise WordPress media galleries and remove unused photographs and images.
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My idea is to have this running as an AWS Lambda for easy deployment and use a schedule to get the service connected behind the scenes automatically.
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It is pretty straight forward, but you may hit some odd errors such as: “554 Message rejected: Email address is not verified”, “Cannot connect to smtp.servername.com, port 25: Connection timed out” or “The server sent an empty reply”.
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We use BuildKite for our CI delivery pipeline. It allows us to thoroughly test code before delivery to pre-production environments. Part of our test suite includes user interface and integration tests using Nightwatch.
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It was surprisingly easy to add extra hard drive space to Plesk Obsidian even though it’s a virtual machine on Amazon’s AWS infrastructure. The underlying Linux disk drive space automatically extended once restarted.
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If you have installed/uninstalled the mail services in a hope that you can get the SendMail utility working for WordPress/PHP or you don’t see any mail in the queue and you can’t see anything wrong… check this!
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I am often asked how to get ranked higher for certain keywords. These steps are simple and anyone can do it. It really is worth your effort!
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It has been a very long time since I last worked on a website for my bro, a log burner and wood stove installer in Birmingham. Being a web developer for the majority of the last two decades, you would think this would be a pretty easy thing to do, but it’s a little more […]
Continue Reading I have a great site. Excellent content. Awesome features. My customers are going to love it, but where are they? And why does my competitor always rank above me in search results?
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Curt is a good friend of mine and a really hard worker. After he put so much effort into putting a new flat roof on the side of our house, working long into the cold winter evening, I wanted to say thank you with more than a few beers.
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