Jose M Castaneda

Category: web

  • That baby step

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    I finally took the plunge and started a Droplet. Okay, two but one was destroyed. Both were a good lesson on how things sort of work too. The first one was a simple Ubuntu installation to get familiar with how to connect and what it does. The second was a WordPress based droplet Digital Ocean…

  • Random local install woes

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    The other day I wanted to tinker more with Django and a local installation. I was able to copy things over but had a slightly frustrating issue when trying to install some of the dependencies. It was really annoying and a little flustering I guess because I felt like I would be getting no resolution…

  • Reading things again

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    Today I decided to try and install Django on my playground. Again. Not going to lie I did struggle a few times getting the admin to work but I was able to finally get it running. I’m pretty sure some of you may take a quick guess as to what happened but I’ll spare you…

  • Small win

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    Today I was able to set up my random playground subdomain and it’s using CloudFlare. The other day I was tinkering with it because I wanted to learn a little more. I had some issues here and there but I think that was in part because I was stressed for some reason. There really have…

  • Re-adding downloads

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    Finally managed to get a lot of the photos I wanted to share uploaded to this site. In the following days and weeks, I will try to keep adding random photos. I shoot with a Nikon D200 so if you are a camera snob and or a Canon fanatic I will ask you to leave.…

  • Vary all the vagrants

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    It’s no secret that creating a proper web hosting environment can be a pain. Main reason being that there are many things that you have to take into consideration. Processor, storage, memory and sometimes if the motherboard can support it all. And I’m getting far ahead of myself again. When it comes to creating WordPress…

  • Creating and sharing

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    For the last five years I have taken quite a few photos. Most of which I’m pretty happy with and some that I questioned why I even took them. More and more I’ve had this little itch and I just can’t seem to take it anymore. I finally decided that I’m going to edit as…

  • So you want to become a WordPress Theme Reviewer?

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    What does it take? Some PHP, JavaScript, HTML, CSS knowledge and a little bit of time to spare. At least that is what it takes to get the ball rolling. Yeah, very simple. Doesn’t take much really. The basics There are some things that you really have to know in order to becoming a WordPress…

  • Make things a little more accessible

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    I was asked to redesign a site not too long ago and I’m pretty pumped about. Not going to lie. What I do like is that the site already has plenty of content to work with. The trick will be creating a good user experience for the person I will be handing off the site…

  • Regenerate all the things!

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    So, I’ve been dabbling with WordPress for some time and I have loved every bit of it. I even helped a few people along the way. Learned many things and met and talked to many more. Every day I do feel like I am learning something new. Whether that is how to enqueue a certain…