Just noticed that Google Chrome browser (version 67-68) is not displaying simple web-safe Verdana font for Hebrew texts on multilingual website. What could be wrong with Verdana?
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Google Chrome Web-Safe Font Issue Resolved
Add HREFLANG X-Default Tag to WPML Multilingual Site
WPML multilingual plugin for WordPress can already add hreflang tags for your languages used. I like to add x-default language tags too to designate default version to search engines. Here’s how it could be added to your child theme, when default language is English.
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Woocommerce Update from v.2 to 3 – Tips for Child Themes
Woocommerce version 3 introduced many changes. You can easily see changes on single product page image galleries. But there are many more changes under the hood.
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Randomize Predefined Colors for WordPress Theme Element
Just put this into functions.php of your child theme with the needed CSS selector. Add your desired colors to colors array.
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Output Total Number of Locations from Store Locator Plus Plugin
I often use Store Locator Plus plugin to have a store locator on a site. This time I wanted to show a total number of locations present in the locator in my theme design.
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Remove Google Fonts from Woo Storefront Theme
The last update (Sept. 2016) of the Woocommerce Storefront theme has included Google fonts into the theme. While WordPress has finally removed its Open Sans font from the core, WooThemes decided to add a default font from Google. And then to sell their Storefront extensions to remove it. Nice.
Old Wacom CTE-430b With Windows 10 and Photoshop 2015.5 or Later
I wanted to install my very old Wacom CTE-430 (Sapphire) pen pad on my new system with Windows 10. Tried several latest drivers from Wacom, but they didn’t work. At the end, found a driver that worked: PenTablet_5.2.4-5 – you may download it from their repository.
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Making of Zendesk Custom Responsive Theme
Recently I had to create a new custom theme for Zendesk. I believe if you already started making a custom Zendesk templates, you know how to access it. Several highlights that would help to find some hidden features of Zendesk template engine are provided below. Zendesk template help provides a list of helpers.
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Enhanced Security HTTP Headers Addition
I’ve recently discovered an opportunity to add enhanced security via HTTP headers, as most big sites do. You can test your headers information with developer tools in any modern browser from the Network tab. There is also a good site that could check your HTTP headers for security. In fact most security headers are very easy to add to your site. Here’s how.
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Custom Transformer Rules Settings when Importing Posts from WordPress as Facebook Instant Articles
Importing posts from WordPress as Facebook Instant Articles (FBIA) is relatively easy. FBIA will show to Facebook mobile app users when you share your posts / pages over the FB networks. Read more about Instant Articles considerations and settings in this post by WebProm. But here I want to show some tweaks possible in Automattic Instant Articles WordPress Plugin.
After you install this plugin, setup guide is written at its settings screen. But the most challenging thing during setup is to avoid and eliminate errors generation when converting WordPress posts into Instant Articles. One must tweak Custom Transformer Rules to remove such errors.
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Arconix FAQ Plugin Customization for Better Speed with Autoptimize
Arconix FAQ is a very nice FAQ plugin useful for any WordPress site. It has a good developer support too.
While optimizing my site for better speed in PageSpeed Insights I’ve noticed that when Autoptimize was switched on for my site, the FAQ page became broken.
Autoptimize is a famous plugin to minify CSS and JavaScript and to optimize their delivery in templates.
I had to add arconix-faq.css into my list of files excluded from optimization in Autoptimize plugin’s settings.
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