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Notes from the Riksi studio in Melbourne. Plain guides on WordPress, Shopify, front-end code, speed and the tools I use every day.

The folder layout Deployer creates on the server

Lesson Guides Deployer, the PHP deployment tool: get started Deployer puts PHP sites live with no downtime and rolls back with one command. Install it, write a deploy.php, deploy a Laravel or WordPress site and roll back. March 21, 2020 3 min read

PHP code example from this post

Dev log PHP How to increase the PHP memory limit (and WordPress too) Fix "Allowed memory size exhausted" by raising memory_limit in php.ini, .user.ini or .htaccess, or WP_MEMORY_LIMIT in wp-config.php. Then check which one wins. February 15, 2020 4 min read

Ex-GST sums: $110 divided by 1.1 is $100, so the GST is $10

Trick Everyday How to calculate an ex-GST price in Australia Divide the GST-inclusive price by 1.1 to get the ex-GST price, or divide it by 11 to get the GST. So $110 is $100 plus $10 GST. February 1, 2020 4 min read

PHP code example from this post

Dev log WordPress How to add /blog/ to WordPress post URLs Put /blog/ in front of every post URL with a custom permalink structure. Keep custom post types out of it with with_front, and keep old links working. January 20, 2020 3 min read

Terminal showing wsl --install

Trick Terminal Use the Linux command line on Windows 11 and 10 with WSL Open PowerShell as administrator, run wsl --install and restart. You get Ubuntu with a real bash shell, running alongside Windows. November 19, 2019 4 min read

Apache config code example from this post

Lesson Guides MAMP: set up a local site with a virtual host Give each local project its own address, like mysite.test, in MAMP on a Mac. I turn on virtual hosts, add the site, map the name in /etc/hosts and restart. September 6, 2019 3 min read

SQL code example from this post

Lesson Cheat sheets MySQL JOINs explained: INNER, LEFT, RIGHT, FULL, CROSS, self What each MySQL JOIN returns, shown with two small tables and the real rows that come back. Plus how I build a FULL OUTER JOIN, which MySQL doesn't have. August 21, 2019 7 min read

Git's warning that LF will be replaced by CRLF

Dev log Git Git warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF, and how to fix it Git is converting line endings, usually because core.autocrlf is true on Windows. It's harmless, and a .gitattributes file fixes it for the whole team. July 17, 2019 5 min read

Terminal showing alias name='command to run'

Trick Terminal How to create and use shell aliases on macOS and Linux An alias turns a long command into a short one, like alias ll='ls -lah'. Add it to ~/.zshrc on a Mac or ~/.bashrc on Linux to keep it for good. June 19, 2019 4 min read

Terminal showing lsof -nP -iTCP:8000 -sTCP:LISTEN

Trick Terminal How to kill a process using a TCP port on Mac Find what's holding the port with lsof -nP -iTCP:8000 -sTCP:LISTEN, then stop it with kill PID. I keep kill -9 as a last resort. June 17, 2019 4 min read