Chris Yee ⁄ Toronto Web Developer

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Allow access to the WordPress REST API on GoDaddy

I was recently working on a WordPress site hosted on GoDaddy. The problem that I was encountering was a persistent “Welcome to the block editor” modal every time I loaded the Block Editor. Investigation Fix Allowing my IP addressed fixed my issue temporarily but this was not a permanent solution as I have a dynamic […]

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Smooth Image Zoom on Hover with CSS

This simple CSS hover effect will subtly & smoothly scale an image 20% larger on hover. HTML CSS

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bbPress tips & tricks

I recently had to use the bbPress plugin on one of my WordPress projects. Here are some helpful tips and tricks I wish I knew before using this WordPress plugin. You need to enable registration If you are allowing public user registration you need to enable the “Anyone can register” setting under General > Membership […]

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Full Width Container with CSS

Here’s how you make a full-browser-width container when we’re inside a max-width/limited wrapper. HTML Full width parent container In this example my parent container is set at a max-width of 100% with a nested content wrapper. Constrained parent container In this example my parent container (.site-main) is set at a max-width of 1800px with a […]

Technology

LG 32″ 4K UHD Monitor Review

I’m coming up on 8 months of using this monitor and I think it’s time for a review of the LG 32-inch 4K Monitor (32UK550-B). I’ve been using this as my display every day for programming and gaming on the weekends. Below are my impressions of using this monitor and why you should buy it. […]

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Responsive Google Slides & YouTube Embeds with CSS

Here’s a simple way using only CSS to make your Google Slides & YouTube/Vimeo embeds look great on your website. The Solution Add the following CSS to your website. These CSS selectors will target any iFrame’s with the domains of docs.google.com, youtube.com, and player.vimeo.com and make them responsive with the aspect ratio of 16 / […]

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Uploading AVIF images in WordPress

By default, WordPress doesn’t support uploading of AVIF images to the media library. Luckily this is super easy to fix with a minor addition to your theme’s functions.php file and a helpful plugin. The Solution Add the following PHP code to your theme’s functions.php file: 2. Download & activate the Lord of the Files: Enhanced […]

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Restoring the Seamless Style in ACF

If you use the excellent Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) WordPress plugin and the Gutenberg editor you may notice the seamless style has no effect. Choosing either Standard (WP metabox) or Seamless (no metabox) has no visual effect on the ACF field group. ACF removed the seamless styling from Gutenberg editor due to “due to styling […]

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Customizing Gutenberg: Disabling Certain Blocks

The Gutenberg editor comes with a whole bunch of useful blocks by default but you might not want to use them all. Updated November 2020: You can now enable/disable blocks from the block inserter using the Block Manager included in WordPress 5.2+ Typically you’ll want to only allow specific blocks when customizing the CMS for […]