Renew Self Signed SSL on localhost using XAMPP and Windows
Last year I wrote a post about Setting up SSL on locahost using XAMPP on Windows for multiple host names and the year before Setting up a self-signed SSL certificate for …
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Setup SSL on localhost using XAMPP on Windows for multiple host names
Last year I wrote a post about Setting up a self-signed SSL certificate for localhost when using XAMPP on Windows, in it I outlined the steps I used to setup …
Setting up a self-signed SSL certificate for localhost when using XAMPP on Windows
Often it is necessary to be able to test with SSL in a development environment, as sometimes things just wont work without SSL, especially now that some browsers such as …
Sending email from localhost when using XAMPP and WordPress on Windows
It is often handy in a local test environment to be able to send emails to test various functionality. There is lots of information regarding this for a Unix setup, …
Things you should know about WordPress 5.6
WordPress 5.6 was the final major release of 2020 which came out on 8th December 2020. I just want to highlight a couple of items that are worth being aware …
Upgrading your XAMPP setup on Windows without losing anything
With the latest major release of PHP, being PHP8 just recently released, I decided it was time for an upgrade to my local development environment. Upgrading XAMPP is a task …
Congratulations to the Morris Minor Car Club of NSW
Congratuations to the Morris Minor Car Club of NSW on the long anticipated arrival of their new look website https://morrisminornsw.org.au. There was no shortage of images of lovely cars to …
WordPress Media Upload – HTTP Error
At some time or another we have all come across unhelpful error messages. Well, my most recent encounter was whilst trying to upload some media files in WordPress. It simply …
How and When to Update to WordPress 5.0
Usually my mantra would be to always keep your WordPress version up to date …. but this time with the release of WordPress 5.0 you might want to think twice …
What my website is “Not Secure”!
Have you noticed in the last couple of months, that websites you visit are now showing a message in Chrome saying “Not Secure”. We all know that when you visit …