I intend to focus this article on yet another way of speeding up your website's page loading time. We will go over using Redis to speed page loading in complex websites. Over the years website pages have become more complex to meet the demands of information and...
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Remove Long Description Text Field in WooCommerce
When editing or adding text to a product, the text in the top part of the page is what appears in the product tabs (below the product image, price, etc.). The short description is what appears right under the title, next to the product image. The short description is...
DirectAdmin Upgrade from MySQL 5.7 to MySQL 8.0 breaks Installatron
Installatron is a great server product. We have been using it since May of 2016 on a number of our website servers. Installatron is very cost effective and interfaces directly with DirectAdmin. It allows CharlesWorks staff to quickly set up websites on our servers for...
Fixing Website Page Not Found (404 Errors) Using Redirection
In the course of managing Search Engine Optimization (SEO) in one or more websites, you or your web clients most probably have seen an email from Google containing something along the lines of what looks like what is shown here. What is a 404 Error? The infamous 404...
PayPal Procedure to Intergrade the Advanced Version Check Out
I had to look up the word intergrade when I first came across the directions for this process. In a nutshell it means to merge gradually one with another through a continuous series of intermediate forms. Seems to me it is a fancy word for upgrade or update. In this...
Installing Facebook Pixel Code on a Divi WordPress Site
How to install your Facebook Pixel Code when you have a WordPress Site with the Divi Theme. 1. Copy and paste your base Pixel Code into a text editor. Make sure that your Pixel ID is in the place of [Insert PIXEL ID# Here]Â in the code below. You can add more...
Embedding YouTube videos on WordPress site
Plugin for embedding youtube videos - https://wordpress.org/plugins/youtube-embed-plus/, to hide related videos at the end of playback, need to create api key, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqML5F8hcRQ It works.
Some Helpful Plugins for use with WooCommerce Plugins
There are many plugins out there to enhance Woo-Commerce functionality. Here are some of my favorite helpful plugins for use with WooCommerce. This list may be added to over time: Side Cart WooCommerce https://wordpress.org/plugins/side-cart-woocommerce/ Google...
How To Fix WordPress Mobile Image Alignment & Text Wrap Problems
You need to add the margin snippet every time you align and image to right or left. <img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-2440" style="padding: 20px;" src="https://website.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/plank-pest-spiders-problems-223x300.jpg" alt=""...
Remove Default Selected State from WooCommerce Checkout Billing Fields
Please put this code in functions.php file. //default checkout state add_filter( 'default_checkout_billing_state', 'change_default_checkout_state' ); add_filter( 'default_checkout_shipping_state', 'change_default_checkout_state' ); function...