This new theme utilizes FontAwesome, an iconic font, to adapt to new locations and devices more easily. For example, the search magnifying glass, the RSS feed icon, and a few other icons around the site come from FontAwesome. I use Chrome as my default browser and all looked well and good there. When I was checking over the site in other browsers like Firefox and IE I … [Read more...]
Google Reader’s farewell
As you well know, Google Reader was retired yesterday. It went from the most popular RSS feed reader to defunct in a matter of 3.5 months. Now when you visit google.com/reader, you see the following message: Thank you for stopping by. Google Reader has been discontinued. We want to thank all our loyal fans. We understand you may not agree with this decision, but we hope you'll … [Read more...]
Making WordPress Comment-free
While implementing the new theme for 404 Tech Support recently, I was running tests through Pingdom's full page test. Upon looking over the results, I saw a few external requests taking up time for Disqus, the third-party comment system I use. This isn't a criticism of Disqus because they provide a useful service. While testing out a different theme, Disqus would not show up at … [Read more...]
PSA: Google Reader retires tomorrow
In case you have chosen to procrastinate, Reader, the popular RSS feed reader, is being put out to pasture by Google tomorrow. If you have been idling despite notification in mid-March, the time to migrate services is now. Many services offer a direct import from Google Reader, making the transition a very easy process. In case you wish to change services after the deadline, … [Read more...]
Choosing a responsive WordPress theme for 404TS
Over the past month, 404 Tech Support has been in transition. It was certainly not the plan for it to take that long. For a few weeks before I made any changes, I shopped around for themes. Most premium themes are now offered as responsive, able to transition gracefully to devices with different widths - from desktops to tablets to smartphones. I was hoping to move to a … [Read more...]