Zackery Fretty

Fix “Missed Schedule” in WordPress by Using Linux Cron for your WP-Cron Tasks.

Zackery Fretty — Fri, 03 May 2013 06:56:32 +0000

Have you ever been working with a WordPress site and found things labeled as “Missed Schedule” or had various scheduled tasks be incredibly late/delayed when they were supposed to be set to run/post/whatever at X time in WordPress? That’s probably because wp-cron isn’t using the Read on! →

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Setting your “Featured Image” as the Facebook Image — No Plugins.

Zackery Fretty — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:54:18 +0000

There are a bunch of plugins out in the wild that will help you do this, but, plugins are silly when it is something as simple as this. Essentially all you are trying to do to force an image to Read on! →

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Quick fix for forcing a 960px gird with bootstrap-responsive.css

Zackery Fretty — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 03:21:30 +0000

Really short blog post here with something I just worked out, this is pretty useful when you are using something like roots theme and you don’t want to bother with using the bootstrap customize and download feature to replace the Read on! →

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Installing Ubuntu Touch Preview for the Nexus Devices on Mac or PC.

Zackery Fretty — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 22:18:50 +0000

The official instructions on Ubuntu.com require that you have Ubuntu installed on a PC before you can install the Touch OS preview on your Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 4, Nexus 7, or Nexus 10. Let’s be real though–not a lot of people use Read on! →

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“Secure Erasing Android Devices” Guide for the Super Paranoid Seller.

Zackery Fretty — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 01:40:55 +0000

Any of my friends would tell you that I’m crazy paranoid about malicious users–especially when I sell off my old electronics. I’m the type of guy who’d prefer to put a nail through an old device. Unfortunately I’m also the Read on! →

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Responsive YouTube Videos with FitVid.js

Zackery Fretty — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 02:46:12 +0000

UPDATE: Yes, I know, there is no difference now that I have switched my website to be based on foundation. Foundation has responsive iframe’s built into it. This solution still works, the demo is just irrelevant on this page. One of my Read on! →

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Force empty the trash when getting the “File is in Use” error on OS X.

Zackery Fretty — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 20:55:03 +0000

Probably one of the few really, really, REALLY annoying things about using OS X is when you try to empty your trash and you get greeted by that nice little popup that says something along the lines of “Hey! We Read on! →

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Custom WordPress Login Template Without Silly Plugins

Zackery Fretty — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 04:54:34 +0000

Plugins are cool and all, but I prefer to do things without them whenever I get the chance so long as it’s not at the expense of end user experience. One thing that a lot of people like to use Read on! →

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Unmasking saved passwords in any browser. (AKA Seriously, use @1Password already)

Zackery Fretty — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 02:30:29 +0000

Another good title is “Why you shouldn’t be an idiot and save your passwords in any browser pretty much….ever?” For years browsers have offered the option to “Remember your password” and it’s a horrible idea. These days you are even Read on! →

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Super simple introduction to CSS3 animations.

Zackery Fretty — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 06:44:07 +0000

One of my new favorite features of CSS3 is the ability to quickly make animations, without needing to use anything like javascript. Not that I think anything is wrong with javascript, but man, using CSS3 to make things animate is damn easy. Read on! →

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