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PHP’s ftp_nlist() Returning False, Even When Files Definitely Exist 18 Jul 2013 | 12:32 am
PHP comes with a whole host of FTP functions built-in that makes performing FTP operations quick and easy. One of the things you can do is to use the ftp_nlist() function to get the contents of an ent...
WordPress Plugin – Property Portal BLM Export – WP-Property Add-On 16 Jul 2013 | 03:54 am
If you send automated feeds to property portals such as Rightmove and Zoopla, to name but a few, you’ll know doubt of heard of BLM files; A format that allows you to send your properties to these prop...
Debugging Why WordPress Won’t Create Plugin Tables On Activation 11 Jul 2013 | 11:18 pm
I’ve wrote small-ish WordPress plugins in the past, however at the moment I’m working on something a little more girthy (can a WordPress plugin be girthy?) where I’m getting to experiment with more of...
PHP Snippet – Deleting Files Older Than X Days 10 Jul 2013 | 01:20 pm
Sometimes it is necessary to perform clean-up operations and only keep the latest files within a directory. If we take application logs for example, we might only want to keep the last 7 days worth of...
jQuery Tubular YouTube Video Not Loading On WordPress Site 9 Jul 2013 | 05:10 pm
Normally I like to think I’m quite a calm and relaxed person. Or so I thought until I came across this problem when I was on the verge of throwing the PC out of the window. Ok, maybe that’s a little e...
Removing The Small Gap Below An Image With CSS 9 Jul 2013 | 12:26 pm
There is a layout issue that I find myself coming up against over and over again regarding images. The scenario occurs when an image is wrapped within a div, and results in a small gap a couple of pix...
How To Change The WordPress ‘Featured Image’ Meta Box Title 8 Jul 2013 | 01:42 pm
The ‘Featured Image‘ feature in WordPress was introduced in version 3 and is used in pretty much in every site I do. This uploaded image however can be used for multiple reasons (ie. slideshows, carou...
Fixing SagePay Error 4006 – The TxType requested is not supported on this account 7 Jul 2013 | 02:35 am
On an e-commerce site I was recently working on, the client wanted to use SagePay as their payment gateway. Integrating this was made easy due to the fact I was using WordPress and the WooCommerce plu...
Page Jumping To Top When Clicking Link Containing Click Event 4 Jul 2013 | 01:13 pm
There are number of reasons why you might want a link to not actually redirect the user to another page, but instead perform a specific JavaScript action. This might include such things as switching t...
Putting a WordPress Website Live On a Windows IIS Server 3 Jul 2013 | 03:38 pm
A while back I wrote a quick guide on how to put a WordPress site. I still stand by this guide to this day, and still refer back to it myself as a kind of checklist. Today I came across something dif...