Create a Child Theme in WordPress

Hello! Creating a child theme in WordPress allows you to make changes to an existing theme without modifying its core files. Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to create a child theme: Create a new folder on your computer or in your host server. Give it a name that represents your child theme (e.g., my-child-theme). …

Remove Powered by WordPress footer from Twenty Twenty-One Theme

To remove this “Powered by WordPress” from the footer is quite easy. For best practice I suggest you create a child theme first. If you don’t you will loose the changes whenever you update your theme. A client called me to make this simple change for his new website about Latin America Coffee. I put …

Format External HD for macOS and Windows

If you want to use an external hard drive that can be used on both Mac and Windows computers, it’s recommended to use the exFAT file system. exFAT is a file system that is supported by both Mac and Windows operating systems, as well as by other systems like Linux. This means that you can …

Remove default Storefront footer

A customer called me saying he was creating an online store for selling cool hats online. The customer was using the default Storefront theme in WordPress. I have some experience setting up online stores. After setting up some products, permalinks and etc. We saw the theme was still displaying the default credit footer “Built with …

ImageMagick to convert jpg to webp

I have been working with a lot a photos I take during my walks in NYC and when I travel to visit coffee farms in Latin America. I needed an efficient way to process my images for the web. I put these brief instructions together. You can also make this a script and process images …

Create Symbolic Links in Linux

Symbolic links in Linux is the same as creating a shortcut in Windows. Use the ln command to create symbolic links. I was a little confusing to me when I was learning about it. But, then I got it. After a walk in the new Long Island RR station at the Grand Central Terminal in …

Disable SELinux RedHat/Centos Server

To disable SELinux on RedHat/Centos server is an easy process. All we need is to edit a config file located here: Use your favorite text editor (I like vim) and edit the above file: Change the value to SELINUX=disabled Then, you must reboot your RedHat/Centos server in order for changes take effect: That’s all! Go …

Changes in Flask Don’t Show in Docker Compose

When working on my blood pressure readings app I noticed changes in Flask Don’t Show in Docker Compose automatically. I had to do a docker compose down and then up to see a simple change to one of my HTML template files. This got me very frustrated and I had to run to the kitchen …