Force Non-WWW URL in WordPress

Posted on November 4, 2012 by David Kryzaniak

Making sure all your guest are coming in through the same url can be important for SEO. Google may see your domain as two sites depending how you use the WWW and non-WWW url. If Google does pickup both your

301 Redirects in Modx

Posted on November 2, 2012 by David Kryzaniak

When moving a new site live, it’s critical that you have 301 redirects from the old urls to the new ones. 301 redirects help to preserve any SEO you’ve earned on the old site. Here’s how to create a 301

Add Custom Menus to the WP Theme Customizer

Posted on October 29, 2012 by David Kryzaniak

Here is a simple Gist (originally created by https://github.com/Abban) that lays out all the necessary hooks to start customizing the new ‘Theme Customizer’ in WordPress 3.4

Installing NGINX on a Raspberry Pi

Posted on October 27, 2012 by David Kryzaniak

I’m going to assume you already have Debian Squeeze installed and running on your Pi. Open the console (LXTerminal); Type sudo apt-get update Let it crunch away… Type sudo apt-get install nginx Let it crunch away… Type sudo service nginx

Handling Fatal Errors Nicely in PHP

Posted on October 22, 2012 by David Kryzaniak

Here is a simple way to nicely handle fatal errors in PHP. I’ve tested this in PHP 5.2, I believe it should work in 4 but I’m not totally sure.

Cross-Browser Compatibility Hack

Posted on October 20, 2012 by David Kryzaniak

Cross-Browser Compatibility can be almost always is a nightmare. Something that looks amazing in Chrome version 22 might look completely different in Firefox 3.5 (or IE7). To make things even more fun (sarcasm), making a minor CSS change to correct

Woohoo! Finally up and Running

Posted on October 14, 2012 by David Kryzaniak

After a lot of struggle, the site is up and running. For the server being over 6,000 miles away (5,910 miles to be exact), response times are pretty good.