If you wish to connect to your MailChimp account, for example using a plugin or module from your CMS website, then an API key will be required. An API key is a unique code which is passed between computer applications. By creating an API key on the MailChimp website and adding this to a plugin […]
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Control Image Browser Caching
I had read that setting a browser cache expiration was a good thing to do. The benefits are Limits the downloading of the image Governs how long before the image is re-downloaded The cache time can be defined per image but Extra to do per image Parameters may not be available through the CMS’s interface […]
Heart Internet spf Record Values
Heart Internet’s spf records are a little different to default configuration achieved through tools. For Heart Internet mail servers only: v=spf1 exists:%{i}.mta.spf.extendcp.co.uk exists:%{i}.web.spf.extendcp.co.uk exists:%{i}.exch.spf.extendcp.co.uk -all With Google’s mail servers: v=spf1 exists:%{i}.mta.spf.extendcp.co.uk exists:%{i}.web.spf.extendcp.co.uk exists:%{i}.exch.spf.extendcp.co.uk include:_spf.google.com -all Rather than implementing with -all you may wish to use ~all. This gives a soft fail. Emails which are received […]
Moving nameservers from 123-reg
A website domain can be registered, for example with 123-reg, and then the technical part of the domain can be split off to put the hosting functions, eg. website and email on different servers. If you have a design agency or developer looking after your website you can retain ownership of your domain and pass […]
My Email Mailbox is Full
Receiving warnings that your mailbox is full? You’ll want to free up some storage space by changing your email client sever settings. Whether you are using IMAP or POP for your email interaction with the mail server will be leaving copies of the emails on the server. The email client programme needs to be configured […]
Warning: preg_match(): Compilation failed: two named subpatterns have the same name at offset 75
I was using the ARVE video embedder plugin on WordPress. Observing a page referencing either Vimeo or YouTube I saw the error: Warning: preg_match(): Compilation failed: two named subpatterns have the same name at offset 75 in /wp-content/plugins/advanced-responsive-video-embedder/public/functions-shortcode-filters.php on line 255 Disabling plugins didn’t cure the issue And reverting to the default TwentySeventeen theme didn’t […]
Unused Domain Name and IP Addresses for Documentation
When writing documentation or blog posts it would be nice to include domain references which don’t link to real websites. Fortunately the people who organised the domain DNS references set aside some domains specifically for this. The domains won’t be made available and are to be kept purely for documentation. There’s a document detailing Reserved Top […]
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MailChimp Modify Line Spacing
On emails sent from MailChimp the line spacing and the gap between paragraphs may be too large. Can the spacing be easily configured? The line spacing, the height of each line of text, can be set within the template editing. However, the option to configure the spacing between paragraphs is not given. Login to your […]
Create reCAPTCHA API Keys
reCAPTCHA can be used to help prevent spam and abuse from the completion of the forms on your website. If you, are registering a domain for your own use, or to provide the reCAPTCHA API keys details for your website developer this guide will be of interest. In this example a new website will be […]
Add Custom CSS to DNN Website
If you wish to add some custom CSS to your DNN website the Stylesheet Editor within the Admin pages offers easy editing. Not wishing to edit your DNN skin but wanting to amend the rendering of your DNN website? Using the Stylesheet Editor allows for overriding of the website’s skin and the presentation of modules […]
