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Uploading / Restoring Huge WordPress Sites with All-in One WP Migration

2022-12-17T11:01:00.004-08:00

Migration of WordPress site's are easy, thanks to plugins like All-in One WP Migration however if your site happens to be very large then migrating it can be difficult or next to impossible.

For starters the plugin All-in One WP Migration limits the upload file size of a backup, but that can be removed by purchasing their Unlimited Extension, I would recommend you do that, but if you still want to be able to upload large backup files check below.

Disabling Future Dates in WPForms Date Time Field

2022-10-28T22:31:00.002-07:00

WPForms gives us the ability to disable selection of dates in the past however if you want to restrict dates in the future there isn't an option available for the field in the user interface.

That's not impossible to do but you will have to use a bit of jQuery to achieve that. And we will show you how.

Why I don't upgrade to WordPress

2022-02-19T09:49:00.000-08:00

It's been over a decade of StramaXon, and since I started blogging on things I learn, do and want to share with people. Blogger was the first choice back then, it was free and what else can be a better deal breaker for a young student to start his own website.

Years have passed, WordPress is now more popular than ever and I in my professional career have built many many WordPress websites and I am totally aware of its pros and how well you can manage everything.

So why I don't move to WordPress ?

I have given that a thought, I worked on wireframes and designs for a fresh new version of StramaXon on WordPress but dropped it later.

It's the nostalgia. The nostalgia I have for Blogger platform is beyond anything. StramaXon is one of the oldest work from the beginning of my work in this field that's still continuing, albeit not as paced as it used to be back in 2012-2015 but I still love to regularly write a few bits every now and then.

Maybe in the future I change my mind and archive this blog and move to WordPress but for now Blogger is what I am sticking to. Probably will do some minor design updates, make some performance improvements and so on.

Thanks for reading and subscribe to this blog for blogs on new topics I am working on these days

Conditionally loading JS & CSS Files in WordPress / WooCommerce sites for Better SEO

2021-10-10T01:45:00.009-07:00

The score you get on Google PageSpeed Insight tool is a major factor for your website or e-commerce site's search engine ranking, but if you are on WordPress, especially with WooCommerce it is possible your scores are pretty bad.

Getting OAuth Authentication Right for WooCommerce REST API

2021-03-30T22:36:00.001-07:00

Recently I had to work with the WooCommerce REST API to do stuffs with products, mainly create / update it. However with its OAuth 1.0 authentication I couldn't get it just right. The REST API returned authentication error messages.

Unable to Import Products CSV in WoocCommerce - 500 Internal Server Error

2021-02-25T23:02:00.000-08:00

Setting up a store but now you are stuck with the CSV import of your products? It happens and its frustrating when the error is not very descriptive.

I faced a similar issue and after a lot of digging found a solution for the issue I was facing.

Page List widget configuration not working on Save - javascript:void on click

2020-11-11T21:10:00.002-08:00

If you are trying to add / edit the "Pages" widget on your Blogger blog's layout you may have noticed that it isn't working lately.

Show random product suggestions on Checkout page in Shopify

2020-10-17T11:26:00.003-07:00

An "Add more to cart" module on the Checkout is a great way to increase the amount of products your customers buy, Checkout page can be a great place for showing a few more products that your customers may want to add to their carts.

Fixing WordPress Website Infected by .ico Malware

2020-09-05T01:08:00.000-07:00

More cases of WordPress websites being infected by .ico Malware are showing up and it is a difficult job to get rid of it completely and make sure site safe again, but it's not impossible.

Getting Rid of WordPress Malware (.ico Backdoor Malware)

2020-04-02T02:04:00.002-07:00

Recently major malware campaigns on WordPress were launched, infecting and exposing vulnerabilities in many popular plugins which effectively affected hundreds of thousands of WordPress sites.

In this post we talk about a malware that affects the site by injected malicious .ico files at random locations, as well as index.php files and code snippets in core WordPress files.

Show A COVID-19 / Corona Virus Update Message on your Blogger Blog

2020-03-25T00:49:00.001-07:00

The World is in a lock-down, we are all aware of it. Due to many factors you may want to show some message on your Blogger.com blog to notify your readers about what's going on for you.

Solving "Preload key requests" point on PageSpeed for WordPress sites

2020-02-20T09:43:00.005-08:00

Getting a good score on Google PageSpeed is important if you want to rank higher and in the process provide a better experience to your users. However with the constantly updating system of PageSpeed you have to tackle new issues. One of the recent updates now focuses on preloading key requests on your site.

A Review of the Blogger App for Android

2020-01-15T23:08:00.003-08:00

Used and loved by millions of bloggers and content creators around the World, it is just very natural and obvious for Blogger to bring out an Android App to let its users to what they love on the go, but is it really worth the install?

Multiple Descriptions Tab for Shopify Product Pages without any Apps

2019-05-15T05:03:00.000-07:00

It's a very common practice for e-commerce websites to have not just a single description text under your product but more than that, each part of description categorized under different tabs.

Setting up InspectorControl with Color Selection in Gutenberg | Gutenberg Series

2018-12-19T23:45:00.001-08:00

If you have recently gotten on the bandwagon and have been trying out your hands with the Gutenberg editor and its developer interface then you may have spent good amount of time on already learn about the editor and creating your own blocks.

This tutorial however is not about creating blocks, I assume you have already created a block and now are looking to add option for the user to control color of something in your block, for e.g the background or text color.

I will write an article on creating an editable Gutenberg block from scratch using the best practices.

Redirecting HTTP to HTTPS in Magento 2 for Bitnami AWS Stack

2018-10-05T06:13:00.000-07:00

Recently while setting up a Magento 2 store on AWS using Bitnami's Magento Stack I ran into the problem of HTTPS redirection, while visiting the site with http:// it wouldn't redirect to the https:// version, even after searching for solutions on official docs, nothing worked, however I found a simple solution that did the trick.

Add Happy New Year Message to your Blog 2018

2017-12-30T22:40:00.000-08:00

The new year is hours away, why not celebrate the joy of the welcoming the year 2018 with the ones who visits your blog?

Let's put a smile on everyone's faces who visits your blog by wishing them a happy new year when they open your website up for the first time.

New Year, A New Beginning for StramaXon and Me

2017-12-30T08:12:00.001-08:00

I started this blog back in the year 2011 when I was still a young enthusiast who had a craze for creating, creating just about anything that he found to be useful for people, to share what he knew and to help and connect with people.

Trouble Adding AdSense Code for Page-Level Ads? Learn how to fix it.

2017-07-02T21:17:00.002-07:00

In order to add the Page-Level ads functionality from AdSense on your Blogger blog you are required to place a code that AdSense provides which is :

<script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"/>

Unfortunately if you have tried placing the code in your theme you may have run into this error that states:

Error parsing XML, line n, column n: Attribute name "async" associated with an element type "script" must be followed by the ' = ' character.

Inviting All Friends to Facebook Page at Once JavaScript Snippet

2017-06-19T10:56:00.000-07:00

Facebook is a great tool for connecting with the World but one of the problem is that the population on Facebook is very big and so sometimes we feel the need of a "do all" function in most places such as inviting your friends on your new page.

It can be a hefty job clicking on thousands of "Invite" buttons one after one since Facebook doesn't give you an "Invite all" button. Same used to be true for Group requests but fortunately it now does, but as for Facebook page invites you still have to do the manual way.

Full Sized Background Image on Blogger with Blur Effect

2017-06-19T10:39:00.002-07:00

In this short tutorial you will learn how to add an image as the background of your blog that stretches to all edges thus fills your entire blog's background portion.

Full Blog Posts on Notable Theme's Homepage in Blogger Blogs

2017-06-16T03:13:00.001-07:00

In the new themes the page break in post editor is just for the name as the themes auto-truncates the posts and shows snippets and a preview thumbnails only on the homepage. Page break / Jump break is good only for feeds now.

There is no setting to make the theme show full posts on the home, index and archive pages and that is why we feel the need of writing this tutorial.

Semi-Transparent Header on Blogger's Notable Theme

2017-06-15T22:05:00.000-07:00

The header on the Notable theme in Blogger sticks to the top when you are scrolling down, that's a neat design and good thing for mobile users who may otherwise find it difficult to scroll all the way up to access the navigation menu.

In this post we will use a small CSS snippet that let's you make the header semi-transparent or in simple words a see-through navigation menu. You can set the opacity yourself to fit your needs since you may want it to be less or more opaque.

Automatically Place AdSense Ads After Jump Breaks in Blogger Blog Posts

2017-05-25T11:06:00.000-07:00

The placement of ads on a website is a very important aspect to maximize the revenue from ads on your blog. Ads placed inside of articles in a standard way i.e in a way that the user can distinguish between the content and the ad is very effective.

In this tutorial we will go through the steps to set-up the blog in a way that an AdSense ad block is automatically added after the page break in a post.

FancyBox 3 Image Lightbox & Slider for Blogger.com Blogs

2017-05-24T09:12:00.001-07:00

Lot of us posts photos on our blogs daily and being able to view it in light box / gallery view is a basic function for every blog and Blogger does provide one but one that is very old and needs an upgrade so we have decided to post this tutorial to help you add FancyBox 3 in your blogger blog.