category: Misc

Wordpress is fantastic, except when it isn’t. There are a few scenarios in Wordpress where you would want to migrate from an existing URL (e.g. your localhost, http://domainname.com, or https//abc.com) to a new URL (e.g. https://domainname.com). You can end up with a confusing setup and a broken site if you don’t go by the book! The easiest way to take precautions for a successful migration is to read a 100 line manual, or may lie in finding a “good plugin” that can migrate the site for you. ...

Web developers today are a spoiled lot. I consider myself as an absolute beginner in the web development world, but I am truly amazed at the things I can do today with free / minimal cost infrastructure. The system automates everything except me - I am that stupid man in the middle. Despite stupidity, I can and want to build truly great stuff for my human brothers and sisters (and then some for the animals in you, for Alexa, Cortana, the robots and so forth). ...

Have you used npm install to get mysql package? npm i --save mysql It is quite common to see the below error on Windows: c:\dev\proj\js\adonis\hwblog2>npm i --save mysql adonis-fullstack-app@4.1.0 c:\dev\proj\js\adonis\hwblog2 `-- sqlstring@2.3.1 extraneous npm ERR! Windows_NT 10.0.17134 npm ERR! argv "C:\\dev\\js\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Users\\itsme\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "i" "--save" "mysql" npm ERR! node v10.11.0 npm ERR! npm v3.9.5 npm ERR! path c:\dev\proj\js\adonis\hwblog2\node_modules\.staging\bignumber.js-1aa9aeba npm ERR! code EPERM npm ERR! errno -4048 npm ERR! syscall rename npm ERR! Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, rename 'c:\dev\proj\js\adonis\hwblog2\node_modules\.staging\bignumber.js-1aa9aeba' -> 'c:\dev\proj\js\adonis\hwblog2\node_modules\bignumber.js' npm ERR! at destStatted (C:\Users\itsme\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\lib\install\action\finalize.js:25:7) npm ERR! at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:154:21) npm ERR! npm ERR! Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, rename 'c:\dev\proj\js\adonis\hwblog2\node_modules\.staging\bignumber.js-1aa9aeba' -> 'c:\dev\proj\js\adonis\hwblog2\node_modules\bignumber.js' npm ERR! { Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, rename 'c:\dev\proj\js\adonis\hwblog2\node_modules\.staging\bignumber.js-1aa9aeba' -> 'c:\dev\proj\js\adonis\hwblog2\node_modules\bignumber.js' npm ERR! at destStatted (C:\Users\itsme\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\lib\install\action\finalize.js:25:7) npm ERR! at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:154:21) npm ERR! npm ERR! Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, rename 'c:\dev\proj\js\adonis\hwblog2\node_modules\.staging\bignumber.js-1aa9aeba' -> 'c:\dev\proj\js\adonis\hwblog2\node_modules\bignumber.js' parent: 'adonis-fullstack-app' } npm ERR! npm ERR! Please try running this command again as root/Administrator. npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request: npm ERR! c:\dev\proj\js\adonis\hwblog2\npm-debug.log The above error is caused when trying to install mysql package for AdonisJS app, but the error itself is universal on Windows 10. ...

It is interesting how the minor things eat away a lot of your time. Especially if you happen to be like me, one of the greater idiots on a planet full of idiots. One of the days, I had to create website really fast to demonstrate to a potential customer. I abandoned my dear old friend Jekyll since - well, I had to create something in Hugo. There was a requirement to show a data list (phone numbers and some related information) on one of the pages. ...

I had been exploring Jekyll for quite sometime. I simply followed the below traditional, developer like approach - download Ruby download Jekyll play around with platform capabilities - focus on Liquid see how themes are created However, I realised mid-way that select themes offer a good way for anyone to get started. Just copy themes to your own repository Edit content Go-live on github.io This information is available to anyone who is remotely interested, but the conversation on such sites were not as prevalent as they should be. ...

I had been searching for modern but clean looking themes for one of my older Blogs. I had been using Sahifa earlier. Although the theme is good and does its job, Sahifa is not really pleasing to the eye. This is my opinion, of course. The way I see websites and Blogs has changed over time (hopefully for the good), and Sahifa did not fit the definition of a “clean”, “minimal” theme. ...

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