Posts by Andrew Hoyer

Site Launch: TVInstalls.ca

This is an exciting website launch, marketing to the local area for TV wall mounting, installation, and delivery. The goal is to get the site...

Hide AI: WordPress Plugin

I have launched a new plugin to the WordPress plugin repository. It’s related to AI but not in the way you’d expect. I’ve found that...

Site Launch: Acropolis Organics

Acropolis Organics has been an excellent client for a long time, taking advantage of my Webmaster Services package, and I am really happy to announce...

SEO Warning: WordPress Plugin

When speaking to WordPress users and developers, and following threads on 𝕏, I’m always on the lookout for recurring problems that I might be able...

2024 Year in Review

Each year, I keep an ongoing list of achievements so that when I reach the end of the year, I can look back and see...

Site Launch: Langley Excavator Parts

I am pleased to announce the launch of a brand new site for Langley Excavator Parts, a project I worked on with the team at...

Year Remaining: WordPress Plugin

I’ve been maintaining a Year Remaining account on 𝕏 for a number of years, which does regular posts showing how much of the year is...

Your home on the web

A number of years ago, while at a social media conference in Vancouver, BC, I heard a statement that stuck with me and has guided...

Four ways to get an integer result when dividing two integers in Python

In Python, dividing two integers results in a float being returned, even if the result doesn’t have a remainder: Here are four ways you can...

Improving the MacBook Pro Touch Bar

When I got my MacBook Pro M1 in early 2021, I thought the Touch Bar was going to be a real improvement to my daily...

Zapier, Google Sheets, and Readable Phone Numbers

You have cleverly dug into Zapier’s formatting features and discovered that you can convert a string of characters into an accepted international phone number format....

Shortcode example: Seasons

Creating a shortcode is a simple way to add custom functionality to your WordPress site. Edit the functions.php file in your child theme, either through...

Getting CloudFlare, Instapage, and SSL to work together

Getting CloudFlare, Instapage, and SSL to work together Services like CloudFlare and Instapage are really powerful, but when used together, their specific requirements or options...

Force HTTPS with the .htaccess file

Setting up an SSL certificate on your site doesn’t mean it will be used by default. It’ll only work if your users type https:// or...

SQL: Matching text across multiple fields

SQL: Matching text across multiple fields There are some very advanced methods of doing text searches in databases, but there are cases where you need...

Hacked .htaccess file: Redirecting visits from search engine referrals

During the course of managing websites, developers end up coming across a variety of hacks. I recently found one on a server which puzzled me,...

Setting Git global user for GitHub chart

After making GitHub contributions over a period of time, I looked back at my activity chart and didn’t see the type of results I expected....

Converting HTML to NSAttributedString, copy to Clipboard

Copying a string to the Clipboard using Objective-C is a simple two-line process. But what if you want to copy from an HTML source and...

My Day At The Googleplex

In July, I had the very unique opportunity to travel to the San Francisco area to attend a one-day conference at the Googleplex. Getting an...

1 Infinite Loop

On a recent trip to the Silicon Valley, I was fortunate to be able to make a side trip to see the Apple headquarters. Finally...