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Topic: WordPress – Ctrl blog
Daniel Aleksandersen
https://www.daniel.priv.no/
Copyright © 2019 Daniel Aleksandersen.
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2019-08-21T15:38:00Z
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2019-05-06T22:55:00Z
2019-05-06T22:55:00Z
Enough of WordPress
WordPress no longer makes me happy, so I’m changing it out for something that does. A static-site generator is the best option for me.
<p>Ctrl blog have been on a month long break while I’ve been migrating the entire website away from WordPress. This has been the longest break without an update since I launched the blog six years ago. I’ve never been super-happy about using WordPress and the number of paper cuts and annoyances had finally reached my limit. I wanted to get away from WordPress before I lost the enthusiasm for blogging.</p> <p><a href="https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/enough-of-wordpress.html">Read more …</a></p>
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2018-11-28T19:54:00Z
2019-08-21T15:38:00Z
Link blog archive pages together to avoid navigational dead-ends
How to help visitors and search engines better navigate through your yearly blog archives: Provide links from year to year!
<p>Many blog publishing platforms will generate yearly or monthly archive pages that lists the posts published in that period. However, most platforms creates dated archive pages as isolated islands and navigational dead-ends with no obvious path forward for visitors.</p> <p><a href="https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/blog-archive-pagination.html">Read more …</a></p>
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2018-11-26T06:37:00Z
2018-11-26T06:37:00Z
Structure WordPress’ upload directory to handle lots of files
Here is how to structure WordPress’ upload directory for scale. Sticking thousands of image files in one directory can cause performance problems.
<p>This is a quick post about organizing WordPress’ uploads directory, wp-content/uploads, for many files using a file name-derived directory structure.</p> <p><a href="https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/wp-content-uploads.html">Read more …</a></p>
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2018-11-19T14:03:00Z
2018-11-19T14:03:00Z
WordPress with PHP GD’s image resize artifact-pattern problem
PHP GD graphics library (libgd) causes bad artifact-patterns when downsizing images. Makes images bigger and quality lower.
<p>Until now, I’ve been using WordPress with the PHP GD graphics library (libgd) to downscale images for thumbnails and responsive images. The resulting images haven’t always been pretty and they’ve ended up larger than the source images. I finally found a good solution that doesn’t involve switching to ImageMagick.</p> <p><a href="https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/php-libgd-resize-artifacts.html">Read more …</a></p>
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2018-01-19T16:42:00Z
2018-01-19T16:42:00Z
Set a custom /path for WordPress search result pages
Set a custom <code translate="no">/path</code> for WordPress search result pages
How to set up a custom /search URL path for search result pages from your WordPress installation. Nicer URLs help search engines understand your site structure.
<p>Create a site-search landing page, separate your front page and search result pages in analytics, and make your search links explain themselves by adding a custom <code>/search</code> path to your WordPress website.</p> <p><a href="https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/wordpress-search-path.html">Read more …</a></p>