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Comment on Fixing the “White Screen of Death” in WordPress by AJ

AJ — Fri, 20 Apr 2018 01:36:10 +0000

Thanks for the in-depth article Ellice, very well written. With people I’ve worked with, it’s almost always a plugin that’s causing them grief. It never ceases to amaze me just how many plugins some people are willing to install, not realizing it puts their sites at risk.

Comment on Fixing the “White Screen of Death” in WordPress by Daniel Kian Mc Kiernan

Daniel Kian Mc Kiernan — Thu, 19 Apr 2018 23:54:25 +0000

Nice article. Now-a-days, when my ‘blog is broken, it is usually a consequence of my having done something unfortunate with my theme (which is my own extensive reworking of what was once the WordPress default theme).

But, at my previous host, when my ‘blog was broken, it was usually because their apes had modified a security module in some foolish manner. I once spent hours debugging the problem, with the aforementioned apes insisting that they’d done nothing wrong, only to learn that using some phrase such as “security hacks” in a ‘blog entry had triggered the security module to block the site. (Perversely, the entry itself mentioned that a number of sites on the server that I used had been cracked as a result of the poor security of the host.)

Comment on Fixing the “White Screen of Death” in WordPress by Alan Cole

Alan Cole — Thu, 19 Apr 2018 22:57:22 +0000

Ellice,

Thank you for your work, and the attention to detail you put into it. Web writing quality has become highly disappointing of late, running completely contrary to well-edited prose in even print magazine pages, forebearers of the blog post. You present your information clearly and link to amplifying work.

And thanks to DreamHost, my own host, for making you available to us!

Bet regards,

Alan Cole

Comment on Dreamiest Websites of 2017: The Winners! by Diego

Diego — Thu, 21 Dec 2017 18:43:41 +0000

Thanks for sharing this, next time I’m in!

Comment on Pay-Per-Click (PPC) Advertising: A Beginner’s Guide For Marketers by Soumya Roy

Soumya Roy — Fri, 24 Nov 2017 14:19:54 +0000

This step by step PPC campaign setting up guide is really helpful for beginners. In the advanced level there can be many things to take care of, but most important part is data analysis. Setting up one AdWords campaign is one thing but making it more profitable is another thing. This needs proper understanding of different data we get from AdWords reporting section or may be from Google Analytics tool.
But at a beginner level this post is really valuable. Anyone who wants to start working on PPC, this post is going to be helpful for them. I am going to share this post URL with all my PPC students and I hope they will like it.

Comment on Net Neutrality and the Future of the Open Internet by Gabriel the Seagull

Gabriel the Seagull — Wed, 01 Mar 2017 06:55:33 +0000

Diddo… that’s why I came back to hosting with you!!
You’re HUMANE… amongst all these electrons and networkings!
And you have absolutely “caught” the drift… of concentrating on “what is right and making it righter” instead of complaining and crying out what is wrong and not working.
Yes, humanity has a loooooooooooooonnng way to go before it can “ascend” to a level of galactic community but I’m sure this little “concentration-AWARENESS” gesture is the first step.
YES, WE CAN!! By focussing differently… and INTENDING with all our passion and LOVE!
Keep doing your good work… LOVE is the answer. FEAR will always destroy at the end.
Just like absolute zero cold… is a dead end while heat can expand at “infinite” levels… with no known end in site.
LOVE and JOY,
gabrielseagull… of OMAJI… World Organization of INTENTIONAL LOVE and JOY

Comment on Net Neutrality and the Future of the Open Internet by Marco Dory

Marco Dory — Wed, 15 Feb 2017 02:44:42 +0000

Posts like this are why I stick with you guys. Thanks for standing up for what’s right. The new FCC can eat my ass. Why aren’t you at OSCON this year?

Comment on Announcing the Dreamiest Sites of the Year Awards! by Ellen Williams

Ellen Williams — Tue, 22 Nov 2016 15:45:18 +0000

You should have a category for nonprofits! We have no budget and all work is done by volunteers!

Comment on Why You Need a Child Theme And How to Create Your Own by Francis Warren

Francis Warren — Sun, 14 Aug 2016 15:07:49 +0000

This is an instruction written by someone that imho knows a process so well that they don’t realize when they are leaving chunks of instruction out.

First off it isn’t just basic CSS and HTML. You need to also understand how to get around in Developer Tools. A lot of code pops up when you choose Developer Tools and I have trouble finding what style goes with what. But I guess I can figure that out.

BUT
Then you tell us write code into a php file.
Where is the functions.php file?
Should I go into my FTP and search for it?
Am I going to duplicate that file or are we creating a whole new php file?

Do you realize you never gave us the code to put into said php file?
This is what you wrote in quotes below.
“Simply copy-paste the following code into the functions.php file:”

Then there is nothing, no code, no instruction on how to create a php file.