General web nerd. Rider of bicycles. Amateur picture taker.

  • Exclude posts from WordPress’s Sitemap

    Starting with 5.5, WordPress now generates its own sitemap.xml without the need of a plugin. It’s possible to filter the results to exclude a specific post using the below filter: That filter takes a familiar WP_Query argument, so it’s quite simple to add any additional filters, for example if you wanted to exclude posts from…

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  • Updated Firefly III Shortcuts for iOS 13

    Back in March I shared a few iOS shortcuts to add transactions to a Firefly III when on the go. Both Shortcuts and Firefly III’s API have changed in the interim, and I’ve finally got around to updating my shortcuts to reflect those changes. The bulk of the changes for iOS 13 were just structural,…

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  • Quick Script to Migrate from SimpleNotes

    Moving hundreds or thousands of notes from SimpleNotes (to Apple Notes in my case)? This script aught to help clean up a few things for a better structure after importing. Converts tags in *.txt files to #tag format for easier searching. Preserves original modified timestamp. Updates the modified timestamps to a UTC offset (if specified)…

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  • Based on the title of this link you’d probably expect it to be an old fart ranting about web standards, but really it’s an important lesson in accessibility… oh, those are the same thing? Right, read on. www.brucelawson.co.uk/2018/the-practical-value-of-semantic-html/ Also on: Twitter

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Please excuse the rough edges. This site is an experiment with WordPress 5.9’s Full Site Editing – a new way to make websites with open source software. Things may be a little rough for the foreseeable future, though (hopefully) still entirely useful.