Prefill the comment form in WordPress

I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one who hate filling out name, email and homepage every time I leave a comment. Many sites ‘solve’ this by pulling in Disqus, but they don’t allow custom CSS. And I think it’s a bit of an overkill; after all, we’re just going to store three fields of information. So, I came up with an alternative solution: Instead of storing the data on the server, why not do it right in the browser?...

December 28, 2014

Shared SSL in WordPress

Using WordPress on a webhost with Shared SSL? As you’ve probably noticed, it’s not exactly a smooth experience. Here’s the solution. The problem in a nutshell When logging in to your WordPress admin panel, you’ll want to do that over HTTPS. If you’re anything like me, you didn’t pay the extra cost of getting your own IP and SSL Certificate. Instead, you just use the secure URL the web host sent you when you signed up....

June 16, 2014