Troy Welch's stuff, blog and design tips
http://wpchild.trubox.ca I’m playing a little catch up here. This resource was created in the spring of 2017 to support a 2-part workshop at the Educational Technology User’s Group (ETUG) spring conference. I found the documentation on creating child themes was … Continued
It started simple enough, a WordPress issue was brought to my attention that affected both the TruBox server and the OpenETC server. It was behaviour that I was certain had changed, but none-the-less the behaviour was correct. Well, now it … Continued
Every now and then a WordPress plugin comes along that I instantly know will be a useful game-changer for many TruBox and OpenETC users. I recently installed this plugin on both servers and will take a few paragraphs to show … Continued
Trubox has been updated to a version that includes the new Gutenberg editor. Read on for what it means for you and how to use the new editor.
This app profile was scribbled out by Troy Welch with inspiration, advice and consultation from Brian Lamb What is it? I don’t know if it is just me and my stubby fingers, but I find the ‘Lilliputian keyboards’ on mobile … Continued
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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season … Continued
Early in June a small group of intrepid TRU folks made their way to the Festival of Learning. The four days passed at a furious rate. As I await my homeward flight in the quiet and relatively unknown Stanley’s Brew … Continued
“…it’s cloud illusions I recall…”[ref]http://jonimitchell.com/music/song.cfm?id=83[/ref] The “Cloud” has become a staple of everyday computing. We can store our documents in the cloud, create content in the cloud and use a variety of cloud applications. We can move from work to … Continued
Not sure where that half a year went. My joining Brian Lamb in the TRUOL Innovations dept. was a fairly unusual recruiting process. I’ll forgoe the details for the pub, but he needed first to introduce a diagnostic period to determine … Continued
I know they both have the letters “word” in them, but can WordPress and Microsoft Word really work together somehow? Recently I discovered not one but two ways that MS Word can be helpful in your WordPress work. Copy and … Continued
The following sites are places you can get artwork and images for free. Be sure to check the terms of use, Some of them require a credit line or other type of attribution. Images Canada Central search access to the … Continued
Wordpress has three standard places to put the majority of your stuff: Configuration settings, pages and posts. There are also some non-standard places to put stuff. You will want to think carefully about where you are going to put your … Continued
There is a quote attributed variously to Benjamin Franklin or Winston Churchill. I first encountered it on a hand produced wooden plaque at my uncle’s cabin. The cabin is constructed on a side hill and depends heavily on a series … Continued
Several months back I developed a learning plan for bringing my coding skills up to speed. As I started working with a couple of programming languages it became apparent that I need to buff up my logic and design theory. … Continued
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