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Bricks Builder has a flexible slider module called “Slides (Nestable)” which allows each slide to be built from scratch within the builder. In some cases, it may be necessary to create external tab-like navigation. In order for the following code to work properly, we need 3 things: The second half of the slider ID. By […]
Read MoreWhen using a Linux guest OS on Parallels, I was occasionally getting the following error, along with a password input: The password you use to log into your account no longer matches your login keyring However, when entering the login password into the prompt, it fails. After going down this rabbit hole for a day […]
Read MoreLet’s start by looking at the timeline of a form submission, and then we can look at what can be done to combat spam at each section of the timeline. A user (or a bot) visits a page on our site. The user (or bot) fills out and submits the form. Our system processes the […]
Read MoreWhen pasting text into the WordPress classic editor, the default behavior is to keep the formatting of the pasted content. The keeps things like links working, but it also keeps font colors, sizes, and other formatting that may be undesirable. To change the default behavior so that by default all formatting is removed, we can […]
Read MoreBeaver Builder has a top level menu item in the WordPress admin menu. However, it doesn’t allow new menu items to be added using the standard WordPress methods. After reading a bunch of the Beaver Builder code base, I was able to find the filter that handles the submenu items in the /extensions/fl-builder-user-templates/classes/class-fl-builder-user-templates-admin-menu.php file. The […]
Read MoreFor some reason, Beaver Builder’s video lightbox opens quite small, even on large screens. I wanted the lightbox to take up most of the screen, so I used the following CSS to make that happen: .mfp-iframe-holder .mfp-content { max-width: 95%; aspect-ratio: 16/9; height: auto; } @media (min-aspect-ratio: 16/9) { .mfp-iframe-holder .mfp-content { height: 95%; aspect-ratio: […]
Read MoreThis post exists primarily for my own future reference. Sometimes I want to disable all comments without using a plugin. The code below borrows heavily (maybe even copies blatantly!) from a couple GitHub repositories I came across a while ago: – https://gist.github.com/mattclements/eab5ef656b2f946c4bfb – https://gist.github.com/alexwoollam/2f4bcd4eb4740eb49562131290248f26 Here’s the code: /** * Disable post type support for comments […]
Read MoreI think I first became familiar with accessibe.com when their clients started getting sued for accessibility issues (https://twitter.com/karlgroves/status/1349800053985206274). Among people working in the accessibility field, overlays like Accessibe have such a bad reputation that 700 specialists have signed the Overlay Fact Sheet (https://overlayfactsheet.com/) explaining the pitfalls of accessibility overlays. In my own testing, I’ve noticed […]
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