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Web Development Wordpress

Changing the default Demo Store Notice in Woocommerce

Josh MooreMay 5, 2015June 14, 2024

Woocommerce has "store notice" functionality built in, which enables you to post a message that displays on every page throughout the site. Most themes display this message at the very top...

Wordpress

Why update_user_meta doesn’t work with display_name in WordPress and how to use pre_user_display_name instead

Josh MooreApril 16, 2015June 14, 2024

Wordpress is powerful ... but occasionally you'll hit a problem where you hunt for hours online trying to find a solution. You may find plenty of other people searching for the some thing...

Wordpress

Clearing All Filters in WooCommerce Layered Navigation

Josh MooreApril 7, 2015June 14, 2024

WooCommerce Layered Navigation is great for giving your online store visitors easy to use filters. I added the "Active Filters" widget to my sidebar so that users could easily see...

New technology

Securing Your Home Simply

Phil ScottMarch 27, 2015June 14, 2024

New home security technologies are complex, intense and expensive. As technology enthusiasts rolled out new security technologies boasting to be more complex than the last one, Canary decided to take...

New technology Opinion

Why the Apple Watch Isn’t the Be All End All

Phil ScottMarch 19, 2015June 14, 2024

Ahh the Apple Watch. A revolution in wearables. A huge step forward in haptic technologies. A 340x272 px watch which will change everything. Well, maybe not quite. The Apple Watch (NOT...

New technology

Recent Developments in Sporting Technology

Phil ScottFebruary 25, 2015June 14, 2024

"Technology" and "sporting" aren't two words you often put together. In fact, when thinking of people immersed in technology, you often picture the very opposite of being active! While that...

Tech news

Neuroscientists Induce Artificial Daydreaming

Phil ScottFebruary 20, 2015June 14, 2024

Neuroscientists have figured out how to induce daydreaming according to a paper just published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. For the skeptic (with their head already in...

Web Development

The New Age of Website Sliders

Phil ScottFebruary 18, 2015June 14, 2024

It's pretty amusing to look back at old websites and see how static (read: boring) they used to be. One of the things that often catches me off guard is...

Opinion

Best iPhone Apps for 2015

Phil ScottFebruary 15, 2015June 14, 2024

Two months into 2015, and apps still aren't going away any time soon. In fact, iPhone apps are reaching record sales numbers! Unfortunately, this onslaught of techies with large app-etites...

New technology

App Changes Air Here, There and Everywhere

Phil ScottFebruary 4, 2015June 14, 2024

A cool new app makes it seem like the smart home is closer than ever. Sure it's not this fully furbished smart home that cooks, cleans and entertains for you. But...