How to setup a simple WordPress development environment using Docker Compose. With detailed explanations and troubleshooting hints.
How to use Docker Compose for WordPress Development
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WordPress Development using Docker CLI
How to run development WordPress and MySQL using Docker CLI. An easy guide with troubleshooting tips to:
– create a MySQL database container,
– create a WordPress web server container,
– connect them with a user-defined bridge network,
– persist data in a named Docker volume, and
– attach a host folder to hold the WordPress installation.
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Google Calendar API Returns 403 Forbidden – A Quick Fix
OK, so I just noticed (rather late) that the Events view on the web site I look after isn’t working – it’s blank. After lots of trial and error – and then some Googling, the answer turns out to be that the V2 Google API I was using (Oh, is that what it is?) has Read More
Displaying Google Calendar Events on a Club Web Site
Well, it was good while it lasted… but now the v2.0 API this is based on has been partially deprecated. I’ve started the job of migrating – but in the mean time I’ve done a quick fix described here. In this article I will explain how I present a list of events from Google Calendar Read More
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I’ve Written My Own WordPress Site Theme
OK, so for all you WordPress design experts out there this is not exactly world shattering news, but this has taken me quite a while and several false starts to achieve. As you can see from the new look and feel of the site (if you ever saw it before) I have changed to a Read More
Embedding Google Calendar Events in a Club Web Site
I maintain a web site for a Scottish Country Dancing group, Thistle Society Wigan (http://www.thistlesociety.org.uk/). As part of this I need to update the list of forthcoming events for the society and this can be quite time consuming. So I wondered if I could find a way to simplify the way events were maintained – Read More
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