Author: Robert Went

Remove Yoast HTML Comments in Version 11.0

If you were previously stripping Yoast HTML comments on your website then there is a good chance that updating to v11.0 will show the new schema data at the top of your website.

The problem is that a widely used snippet for stripping out the comments searched for the string ‘yoast’ and then removed the surrounding comment tags. The new schema data added in V11.0 uses the word ‘yoast’ as a class on the script tag, so the script tags get stripped and the schema data shows at the top of the website.

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Add Joomla’s Article Layout as a Body Class

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If you are using Joomla’s alternative layouts for certain pages, you might want to target those pages with a css class.

You could add a class directly into the layout file, but since the layout file is inserted into the main component area this only lets you target that specific area and not the page as a whole.

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How to Stop Joomla 3 Loading Bootstrap 2 JavaScript

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It used to be easy to remove core JavaScript files from Joomla’s output by unsetting the script at the top of your template’s index file.

unset( $this->_scripts[ JURI::root( true ) . '/media/jui/js/bootstrap.min.js' ] );

For whatever reason, this doesn’t work anymore with Joomla 3.9.

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Block WordPress Image Uploads by Filename Match

Are you continually telling people to optimise their image filenames before uploading them to a website?

Do staff members keep assuring you that they will optimise their filenames in the future whilst having no intention of doing so?

Have they said “I’ll go back and do it later” rather than taking 2 seconds to do the job properly in the first place?

Then it’s time to start blocking their uploads so you don’t have to check up on them like a child 🙂 Continue reading “Block WordPress Image Uploads by Filename Match” ››

Securing ISPConfig Admin Panel the Easy Way

The latest ISPConfig hosting panel includes support for Let’s Encrypt free SSL certificates. This makes it easy to secure all domains added to the panel, but it doesn’t have an option to generate a cert for the actual control panel login.

Rather than manually installing and configuring a new cert through the command line, there is an easier option. Continue reading “Securing ISPConfig Admin Panel the Easy Way” ››

Better Mautic Opt-In Campaigns

How to create a double opt-in campaign with Mautic that instantly sends the confirmation email rather than waiting for a campaign to trigger.

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Removing WooCommerce noindex Tags on Account Login Page

If you have a website using WooCommerce and have registered it with the new version of Google Search Console, it’s likely that you will get an email notification about ‘index coverage’ issues for the /my-account/ page (Or your custom url for the same page).

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How to Send Custom Attributes with the Official Mautic WordPress Plugin

In a previous post, I looked at sending WordPress user information to Mautic using the new plugin options. Around the same time that the user information option was added, a filter was also introduced which allows you to send custom parameters.

In this post, I’m going to show an example of sending a custom attribute to update the preferred locale contact field with information from WPML

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Tracking Known WordPress Users in Mautic with the Official Mautic Plugin

A new option was recently added to the official Mautic WordPress plugin (Version 2.1.0), but it won’t do anything out of the box.

Here’s how to set it up to track extra information from your logged-in users.

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Using LetsEncrypt With Serverpilot

If you need to quickly set up a blank server or don’t have much experience with systems administration then you can’t really go wrong with serverpilot. The free plan covers everything you really need to set the server up and keep it updated but it has one large drawback in that you need to upgrade to a paid plan to install and manage free SSL certificates. Continue reading “Using LetsEncrypt With Serverpilot” ››