Web Development

  1. How to Enable GZIP Compression on Pair Networks

    There’s a lot of different methods for enabling GZIP compression on PHP. Unfortunately, most of the common methods did not work for me on Pair Networks. In particular, trying to enable it via .htaccess for my WordPress sites proved fruitless.
    I finally found the solution for enabling GZIP compression on Pair. All I had to do [...]

  2. Building a New WordPress Theme Called “Modest”

    I’ve been wanting to build my own WordPress theme from scratch for a while. I wanted it to have a focus on usability, modern standards and minimalism. The result of this project is a theme that’s a work in progress, called “Modest.”

  3. Bag of Smashed Buttholes

    Komodo Media has this excellent blog entry talking about a transparent PNG fix for IE 6, but the best part about it is this quote:
    We’ve all seen them, the hoards of PNG fixes for IE6. That is because IE6 is a bag of smashed buttholes