In this video I’ll show you how to fix an odd phenomenon I’d like to call “The Occasional White Screen of Death”. Here’s what happened:
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Jay Versluis
How to disable JetPack nag messages in the WordPress Admin interface
I really like WordPress, and I really like JetPack. I use the plugin on many client websites, who usually have their own WordPress.com account, which is necessary to enable the plugin successfully. Most of them however choose not to sign up for a payment plan, which as of 2017 leads to (now rather annoyingly frequent) … Read more
How to find out which version of GNOME you’re using
In the GNOME desktop, there is no obvious way to tell which version you’re running by way of the GUI. Instead, we need to consult the command line and try out a couple of commands to find out more. Here’s how. Let’s open a Terminal session and do some hacking. GNOME 2.x If you’re running … Read more
How to fix the Visual Editor or Text Editor in WordPress when it’s not working
I had a weird phenomenon on a Multisite installation the other day. I can’t tell you with which update exactly it happened, as I only write a post on that site once every couple of months, but it must have been around the 4.7 or 4.8 upgrade. Here’s what was happening: I could log into … Read more
How to use Xcode for C and C++ development
Not only is Xcode an excellent IDE for iOS and macOS apps in both Swift and Objective-C; it does just as fine a job for regular C and C++ code. This includes all the features we know and love, such as code completion, version control, and all the rest of it.
Let’s see how to use Xcode 8.3 for C and C++ development.
A Chinese Version of this article can be found here.
How to fix “can’t log into YouTube from Safari” on macOS
Something rather strange happened to me today: Safari 10 on macOS Sierra refused to let me login to YouTube. All it did was constantly refresh the page in an endless loop, or just display the front page of YouTube. I cleared the caches, reset the history, but no trick seemed to solve the problem. When … Read more
How to rename a batch of files in Linux
Bulk renaming files can be done with the rename command. It shares many similarities with cp and mv, but its simplicity can be so staggering that its difficult to figure out how to use it. If we just type “rename” at the command prompt, all we get is the message rename call: rename from to … Read more
How to exit VI with or without saving
Although many alternatives exist, I like using vi for all my command line editing needs. To save changes, I usually use SHIFT + Z + Z, exiting vi under most circumstances. But sometimes, this trick doesn’t work because of write permission problems. In such cases, vi doesn’t close with the above command. Instead, we must … Read more