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- Relja Novović a.k.a. Bike Gremlin - https://www.bikegremlin.com/about/
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Keeping it simple for now and sticking with Cloudflare free tier. I've tested a plugin that enables real CDN function for free: WP Cloudflare Super Page Cache
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(Quote) No problem - it makes sense. Having a separate thread for each topic. That would make it easier to find the needed info later on.
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(Quote) It's not explained clearly enough. It could mean at least two different things. For me, that would be a big step-down in the available resources - if you get say 1 vCPU and 3 GB of RAM to share between all the cPanel accounts. On the …
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An "idiot-friendly" (just how I like and need it :) ) step-by-step tutorial on how to add Google AdSense to a WordPress website. I've also covered the AdSense for AMP website versions - for those who use it.
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(Quote) That doesn't sound good. Were you able to retrieve the backups, or get to log into your cPanel/DirectAdmin? Was it a shared, or a reseller hosting account? On that note - some providers (Veerotech for one) are fine with a user hitting …
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(Quote) In my experience, HostMantis has been very reliable (uptime, stability, even performance). Highly reputable (and a lot more expensive) hosting providers don't offer such packages. I've asked - had a project that needed more resour…
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(Quote) My bad - cPanel. DA is still not mature enough in my opinion. The "Entry" option looks good if you have a few websites that need more resources (2.5 CPU - since CPU seems to be the bottleneck with WordPress website performance, at…
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How I built my website - theme, plugin choice, custom code etc: https://io.bikegremlin.com/22393/how-i-built-this-wordpress-website/ * As close as it gets to step-by-step without being too long. :)
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(Quote) Updated: '. $updated_date . ' '; (Quote) Oh, I had tried that - that way the function doesn't do the job (but the error code does disappear :) ). It is my understanding that the variable should be defined first as an…
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(Quote) I'd be happy to, just please post the complete, edited code (idiot friendly) :) Here's the faulty original: // BEGIN Last-updated displayfunction wpb_last_updated_date( $content ) { $u_time = get_the_time('U'); …
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(Quote) From what I could gather - it's been a bad piece of code from the start. Just didn't get any warnings about it until now. And some themes and plugins seem to make those warnings disappear. :)
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Here's the full, thorough report: Strange WordPress PHP 8.0 error
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@PHP_Backend and @nickelodeon ... and the others who've contributed and helped: I am trying to do it all cautiously, by the book. Testing it first in a staging environment, staging on the production server, one production website, then the oth…
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A "Solomon's solution" - I've removed all the PHP and added this to the style.css: /* BEGIN updated date showing only */.posted-on .updated { display: inline-block;}.posted-on .updated + .entry-date { display: none;}.poste…
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(Quote) That didn't help with the error. :( Didn't hurt, nor take much time to poke a bit. :) Edit - PS: Removing only the first one reports the error at the line of the second one. However, removing the second dot prevents the function…
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Removing the dots in both places removes the error, but the function no longer works. Removing only the first one doesn't remove the error. What I mean: $custom_content .= '<p class and $custom_content .= $content; Those two .= repla…
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Thank you - I'll give it a try. Interesting (for me at least): The function does its job with no problems, even when that error gets reported in the root directory. When I install and activate a plugin called “Subscribe To Comments Reloaded,…
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(Quote) Same setup - plugins, themes, custom code. One website has problems with PHP 8.0 - the others work fine. Well - no problems, all functions great in the frontend - but I get that PHP error in the error log. The function my custom code does …
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(Quote) Yes, still mainly HostMantis. Tried the 8.0 - looking good so far. Slight performance improvements, with nothing broken. But it is hectic. 7.4. seems like yesterday, yet EOL (security support only) is in two months! :) And 8.0 doesn't…
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Anyone (or most already? :) ) tried PHP 8.0? I wanted to wait until most of the themes and plugins have been patched and tested. Now seems like a good time to try - so I did. The first test results seem fine - no problems with the themes and plugi…
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If they'd been less stubborn in the 40s, now we would have had Hetzner there as well. But noooo... :)
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LowEndSpirit is now officially approved! :) https://io.bikegremlin.com/18172/questions/ I think this is a positive, healthy community (well, at least as far as online communities go), and we should help it grow. :)
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For a bit of a laugh. :) (Image)
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Made a video that's boring and funny at the same time. :) The story of my website redesign (hadn't known about figma.com until relatively recently): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuSXxN1OJ3w
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(Quote) It does the job for each image. Unless you get it started on a website with hundreds of thousands of images, it should be able to keep running even on a large website.
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(Quote) LiteSpeed cache plugin does image optimization too, and it does it well. The plugin is free but requires a LiteSpeed server to run properly. I usually use squoosh.app - online, before uploading.
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My GT-metrix and Lighthouse scores were very good with GeneratePress using a basic design. With 200+ posts and thousands of comments and replies. After having redesigned the website, to get a nicer look easier to navigate, GT-metrix is still OK, bu…
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Thanks for taking the time. I greatly appreciate your feedback. :)
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(Quote) Cookie banners are becoming obligatory. I hate them, but it's practically become a must. I don't understand the search bar feedback. The cookie banner is present currently on both website versions and is not related to the search …
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(Quote) That was deliberate (and took some work to get it working). :) The search is basically my main "call to action" as the marketing folks say. I prefer the cleaner look of A. But I don't take my opinion seriously when it comes t…
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Which one do you guys prefer? Design A, or design B? Any suggestions/improvements to either?
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For a bit of a laugh - BikeGremlin website redesign (still a work in progress). :)
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(Quote) I was looking at their lifetime offer with those exact thoughts. Decided to wait. Edit - regarding Blocksy child CSS: https://creativethemes.com/blocksy/docs/general/child-theme/
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(Quote) I gave Blocksy another try - while redesigning my website(s). Pros: The free version offers many options out of the box. Menus are nicely and logically sorted. Big downside (IMO): their CSS uses a lot of "!important"-s. For all I…
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:) (Image)
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(Quote) The new DE server seems to be OK - better than the US server. My uptime stats.
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(Quote) Current pricing: Even with their newest pricing, if we compare cPanel to cPanel, and DirectAdmin to other DirectAdmin hosting prices, HM prices are not outrageously expensive, especially considering the service quality, like speed and uptime…
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(Quote) My point was that test done by that plugin doesn't reflect "real-life" performance - at least from what I could see, test and measure. I used the two providers I'm currently using the most for an example and comparison (M…
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MySQL benchmark test plugin tests show MyW.pt hosting to be faster than HostMantis, especially the MySQL query test. However, GTmetrix test, and load tests simulating visitors opening and browsing web pages, show HostMantis to perform faster (MyW d…
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Blocksy seems slower compared to GeneratePress or OceanWP - at least when looking at GTmetrix test results. It's not the worst I've seen, but compared to those other two, I'd call it "OK" in terms of speed. It may be "s…
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@Chievo With WP, at least in my experience, CPU is the bottleneck. When editing post categories in the backend, you can get a lot of CPU load. For example, say you have 40 posts in category B, which is below category A. If you edit B to set C as i…
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(Quote) For about a year now, I've switched all the websites to The SEO Framework (TSF). For a bit more details, I wrote an article comparing it with Yoast, and mentioning some other alternatives: TSF vs Yoast (long, boring, in detail, as usual…