I’ve just released Version 1.3 of ZEN DASH and thought a quick video demonstration is in order – and here it is: In this podcast I will show you how to use ZEN DASH for WordPress and explain how you can easily hide menu options, dashboard widgets, admin footer links and suppress Update Notifications (for … Read more
I’ve just finished writing a new WordPress Plugin to help you create Child Themes with a single click, and no need for any external tools. The Child Theme Wizard is a super slim assistant which can be accessed under Tools – Child Theme Wizard. Pick a Parent Theme, enter additional information, click Create Child Theme … Read more
In this video I will show you the two ways of installing WordPress in Plesk 11.5: the “one-click” way and the “custom installer” way. Both options have their advantages: the first offers extremely fast deployment, and the other offers very fine grained control, all courtesy of the WordPress APS package. This screencast was inspired by … Read more
Trouble backing up your device to iCloud? Is your storage constantly at the limit and you don’t know what to do about it? Fret not! In this video I will show you some option you have to deal with that dreaded message “Not enough iCloud Storage”. Essentially there are four things you can do to … Read more
I was pulling my hair out the other day trying to connect to a VM in Parallels Desktop. It’s fairly straightforward, yet rather complex at the same time. Here’s how to do it step by step. In this example I’m running Parallels Desktop 8 under Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks, and my Guest OS CentOS … Read more
In this podcast I’ll show you how to backup and restore your website with Plesk 11.5. Backup and Restore in Plesk can be very easy and straightforward – and it’s fantastic when it works. There are cases though when it does not, so here are few things to keep in mind. Automatic backups may fill … Read more
This week has seen a rather large scale attack of a bot network that specifically targets the “admin” user in WordPress installations. This means that if your site as a user called “admin” then your site is under threat of being a potential target. No matter if you’re using “admin” as an active user or … Read more
This podcast describes how to gain access to WordPress even without username, password or working email address. It’s happened to the best of us: you forgot your Password you forgot what User you are even worse, you’ve forgotten which email you’ve used when you installed WordPress worse still, your email no longer exists Fear not, … Read more
