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WordPress.com Video UX Needs Work

January 3, 2019February 6, 2023Lance Cleveland

For those that are not aware, Automattic and the entire WordPress “stack” have been moving more-and-more toward an all-inclusive SaaS model. At every turn Automattic’s Jetpack and WordPress users are…Continue readingWordPress.com Video UX Needs Work

WordPress

Automattic was not ready for WordPress 5

January 2, 2019Lance Cleveland

The problems with uploading Jetpack videos in WordPress 5 is just one example of many as to why I continue to recommend not upgrading to WordPress 5 at this time.…Continue readingAutomattic was not ready for WordPress 5

WordPress

Uploading Jetpack Videos on WordPress 5

December 28, 2018February 6, 2023Lance Cleveland

If you are uploading Jetpack videos on WordPress 5 you are going to need to go through some specific steps to get that to work. The built-in Video Block of…Continue readingUploading Jetpack Videos on WordPress 5

JavaScript Quality Assurance Technology

Selenium IDE if element exists

December 21, 2018February 8, 2023Lance Cleveland

Did you know you can tell Selenium IDE to execute certain commands only if a specific element exists on the page? The if element exists trick makes your web app…Continue readingSelenium IDE if element exists

Quality Assurance Technology

Web App Testing, Selenium IDE Is Back

December 21, 2018Lance Cleveland

After a year-long hiatus, one of my favorite web app testing tools is back. It is nice to have Selenium IDE back as a viable option. Yes, it is similar…Continue readingWeb App Testing, Selenium IDE Is Back

Security Security Technology WordPress

WordPress Continues To Break Things In The Name Of Security

December 18, 2018Lance Cleveland

In what has become a nearly annual tradition, WordPress has released yet another update that broke thousands of plugins across the Internet. As usual, they claim this is in…Continue readingWordPress Continues To Break Things In The Name Of Security

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Should I Update To WordPress 5

December 10, 2018Lance Cleveland

Should you update to WordPress 5? This is a question that has been asked thousands of times in the past week. I have been asked at least a dozen…Continue readingShould I Update To WordPress 5

Development JavaScript

Vue Intro Article

November 21, 2018Lance Cleveland

A quick intro to Vue. If you are a jQuery fan I highly recommend looking into adding Vue to your developer toolbox. www.telerik.com/blogs/vue-for-jquery-developers

Development Technology

Using Bitbucket Pipelines To Deploy to AWS EC2

October 4, 2018Lance Cleveland

This is not an in-depth article — have too much going on these days for that. It is a more a short-hand techie crib sheet of how I got a…Continue readingUsing Bitbucket Pipelines To Deploy to AWS EC2

Technology

Microsoft Teams Wiki Export

September 6, 2018Lance Cleveland

Microsoft Teams is a mixed blessing. Like most Microsoft products it starts off with a great idea, does some of it exceptionally well and the rest of it is half-baked. …Continue readingMicrosoft Teams Wiki Export

AWS

Alibaba An AWS Threat? Not Quite

August 30, 2018Lance Cleveland

A recent Seeking Alpha article proposes the theory that Alibaba could threaten Amazon’s AWS cloud services. Amazon has been my best investment by far. The article has some great information…Continue readingAlibaba An AWS Threat? Not Quite

JavaScript Plugin Development Programming Programming Languages Technology WordPress

Vue – JavaScript Library Outside Google/Facebook Control

August 23, 2018Lance Cleveland

Vue is running on several projects to create a better admin user experience. Vuetify is layered on top and baked into WordPress themes and plugins. You will need to add…Continue readingVue – JavaScript Library Outside Google/Facebook Control