Proxy subdomains of a remote domain with nginx
With a few simple rules, nginx can proxy all domains of a remote server.
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Photographic PNGs with transparency are better as lossy WebP
WebP image files are typically much smaller than their JPEG and PNG originals, with virtually no loss of fidelity. But a photographic PNG with a transparency can really show how much better WebP can be.
WordPress login link with a popup form
I'm a big fan of the Login with Ajax plugin. It makes it really easy to add a nice popup login form to a website. Here's how to make the most of it, with a little custom code.
Enqueue scripts on the WordPress front end and login page
If you want to load a script or stylesheet on both the WordPress front end and login page, here's how to register it once and load it in the appropriate places.
Gravity Forms and WooCommerce country codes
Gravity Forms and its User Registration add-on make it really easy to create custom registration pages. One problem you'll hit if you combine that with WooCommerce is that WooCommerce uses standard country codes, but Gravity Forms uses country names. But that can be fixed.
Restrict Amazon SES by domain name
Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) makes it easy, and cheap, to send emails reliably from a website. Here's how to set it up for use with multiple domains.
Select PayPal landing page for Easy Digital Downloads
Easy Digital Downloads comes with a PayPal Standard payment gateway, which lets us get our store up and selling quickly and cheaply. Let's get it to select a better landing page with PayPal Standard, and make our credit card customers happier.
Localising a Gravity Forms add-on
The Gravity Forms Add-on Framework makes the job of creating an add-on really easy. But there's a couple of problems with letting it load our text domain for us:
Gravity Forms add-ons need to have capabilities
TIL that you need to give Gravity Forms add-ons some capabilities, otherwise they might disappear from the WordPress admin.
Customise WooCommerce out of stock message
Sometimes the WooCommerce out of stock message isn't quite appropriate. Here's a couple of ways to change that message.
Searching custom meta on custom post types
Ever needed to search for a post by something other than the title or post content? If you've built a website with custom post types that have additional fields, it's a good chance that admins will need to search on your custom meta.
VBScript For Next and Continue
I still get the occasional Classic ASP VBScript maintenance job from time to time, and it reminds me of the language statements it just doesn't have. Like "continue", great for skipping a bunch of logic inside a For loop. Turns out, there is a nice simple way to get that functionality.