On Gun Control in 2016
Statistics, definitions, and information on gun laws, gun control movements, and personal thoughts regarding gun control in the United States of America.
2015 – A Year in Review
In what I hope to be a continuing pattern, here is my follow-up to my 2014 – A Year in Review post from last year, written around the same time. This isn’t a professional post, tutorial, or announcement – this is a reflection on 2015, what I’ve been up to, what I’m doing, and what … Read more
Understanding WooCommerce Template Overrides
One of the most common issues I see with WooCommerce sites are template overrides. In this article I want to first establish what a template override is, how it gets on your site, and how to either address or fix the issue. [toc] What is a Template Override? A template override simply means that a … Read more
WordPress “Image Cannot Be Loaded” Error
I recently came across a site that threw me for a loop – in it, I was able to create products and add images just fine, but I was receiving a strange error – when I clicked on the product image or any gallery image, I was given an error stating: Image cannot be loaded. … Read more
The (True) True Cost of a WooCommerce Store
I recently came across an article called “The True Cost Of A WooCommerce Store”, posted on wpin.me. In the article, the author discusses hidden costs behind a WooCommerce installation and shows how prices can add up, eventually claiming it costs nearly a thousand dollars for initial licenses and that the renewal costs are extremely expensive. … Read more
Can a Facebook status update protect your online content?
Recently, one of the more frustrating viral posts has resurfaced on social media. In short, it claims that Facebook has updated their privacy policies, and that by COPY AND PASTING (for some reason) a specific, vaguely-legal sounding claim you can protect your information. If you’re a glutton for punishment, here’s the full post that you … Read more
WordCamp Vegas 2015 – Slides
Hello WordCamp Vegas attendees (and the WordCampers that couldn’t actually attend inLas Vegas)! There was a lot to take in with my #WCLV talk on “Unleashing WordPress”, so I’ve uploaded the slides here with hopefully the wordpress.tv video once it becomes available. If you have any questions, comments, feedback, or ideas, feel free to add them … Read more
Troubleshooting WooCommerce Issues – Where to Start
As a lot of people with WooCommerce on a .org site know, things may break. Sometimes conflicts arise when third party themes or extensions are used. Updates might break a custom feature or hook installed. An extension may not display how it should. You might experience slowdown. The possibilities are endless, but there are a … Read more
Change the Shop Title in WooCommerce
In this quick code snippet, we’ll talk about how to change your storefront’s shop title in WooCommerce. By default, it is set as simply “Shop”. One would think working with WordPress that we’d only have to change the name of the Shop page – unfortunately, it doesn’t quite work that way. Since the issue has … Read more
I’m speaking at WordCamp Vegas 2015!
I’m extremely happy to announce that I’ll be speaking at WordCamp Vegas 2015 – a new venue for a new talk. This will be my fourth WordCamp presentation of the year and the fifth to attend – a definite increase over last year’s 1 and 0 (it was a remote presentation, wouldn’t suggest it). As the … Read more